Jack Dwyer was born at Lovett (now Cygnet) Tasmania. He enlisted in early 1915 and served on Gallipoli with the 15th Battalion. In 1916 he went to France with the 4th Machine Gun Company. Next year on ...
Arthur Blackburn, a lawyer, became the first South Australian to receive the Victoria Cross. At the 1915 landing on Gallipoli, it is believed that he and another man penetrated further inland than ...
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Note FIRST only. A single sheet from the France/Belgium/Holland 1:40 000 topographical map series covering the area around the towns of La Roche-en-Ardenne and Bertogne in southern Belgium. Shows ...
The Royal Australian Navy has never won a Victoria Cross. This article hopes to prove, by comparing a VC winner from the Royal Navy with Lieutenant Commander Rankin of HMAS Yarra, That Lieutenant ...
Note FIRST only. A single sheet from the Vietnam 1:50 000 topographical map series (L7014) covering the area around the village of Cirlao Da S'Rang in the southern province of Lam Dong. Shows ...
Note Topographical map of the area around the extinct city of Cirene (Cyrene), west of Derna, in northeastern Libya. Shows the Mediterranean Sea coastline, populated places, roads and tracks, ...