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fastmongrel
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Two legends of the Australian Army. Reg Saunders and Tom Derrick VC congratulate each other after receiving their commissions.
Reg Saunders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom Derrick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reg Saunders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom Derrick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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What I find impressive is that despite the official rules limiting the service of an aboriginal person the real men, from the squaddies he trained with to the most senior officers treated him the same as everyone else.
It says a lot about the average Australian.
It says a lot about the average Australian.
Yep, great Pic.
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fubar57
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SBD Dauntless. Lt George Glacken, gunner Leo Boulanger, April. 1944
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Benevolens Magister
Great detail shot of the Dauntless, and nice, relatively rare shot of a S.D. Lysander in SEAC.
fastmongrel
1st Sergeant
What does the SD mean in 357(SD)sqn. Special Duties is all I can think of.
fastmongrel
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A section of Po-2 Kukuruznik Biplanes. Dont know if they are taking off or just cruising at their usual altitude, could be either I have read that they could fly under a tree when stalking a target.
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Benevolens Magister
Yes, it's Special Duties - detached from the original unit at Tempsford, for ops in SEAC, then formed as a Squadron.EDIT:- Oops!
Clicked on the wrong page! But I'm sure you'll get the idea !!
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Grey Ranks soldiers; children who delivered messages and arms prior to the Polish Uprising.
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syscom3
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Sine its the 70th anniversary of the seizure of the Ludendorff bridge (the bridge at Remagen), here's some pictures I will post.
The 9th armoured division gets the honors for seizing it.
The 9th armoured division gets the honors for seizing it.
Thought this was interesting. Does anyone know what they are doing?
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