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SX7964 Sergeant (later Lieutenant (Lt)) Thomas Currie Derrick, VC. DCM, 2/48th Infantry Battalion. Lt Derrick died of wounds received when attacking the Freda feature during the invasion of Tarakan Island by 26th Infantry Brigade on 24 May 1945.
The original grave of Lieutenant (Lt) Thomas Arthur Essex Picot, (also known as Essex Arthur Picot), 18th Battalion. A commercial traveller from Vaucluse, NSW prior to enlistment, Lt Picot embarked wi
Gambut, Cyrenaica, Libya. c. April 1943. Ground crew members of No. 454 Squadron RAAF bombing up a Martin Baltimore aircraft prior to an operation.
Men of the 2/48th Battalion gather around the grave of Lieutenant (Lt) T.C. Derrick VC DCM as Chaplain A. W. Bryson, the Roman Catholic chaplain of the 2/48th Battalion, conducts the funeral service a
Sergeant Smith (left), 2/48th Battalion, putting the cross on the grave of SX7964 Lieutenant (Lt) Thomas Currie 'Diver' Derrick, VC, DCM, in the 2/48 Battalion cemetery off the Anzac Highway. He is wa
Burial ceremony of Lieutenant Thomas Currie Derrick VC, DCM, 2/48th Battalion AIF, at 110th Clearing Station, Tarakan, Borneo. Lieutenant Derrick died on 23 May 1945 from wounds received in action on
The official opening and unveiling of the Cenotaph at Tarakan War Cemetery. All services took part. Grave of SX7964 Lieutenant Thomas Currie Derrick VC DCM, 2/48 Australian Infantry Battalion killed 2
Portrait of a soldier from the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion; SX7964 Sergeant Thomas Currie Derrick, VC, DCM, 2/48th Btn AIF who served in the North African campaign. Derrick was awarded the D
Graves in the 2/48 Battalion cemetery, located off the Anzac Highway. Crosses marking the graves of SX7964 Lieutenant (Lt) Thomas Currie 'Diver' Derrick, VC, DCM (KIA on 24 May 1945) and NX119119 Priv