Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, Dorset Regiment, walk past a knocked-out M3 Lee Medium Tank as they make their way to the foot of Mount Popa, Burma - April 20, 1945
Coastal Command Convoy attack. In April 1943 No 144 Squadron joined with No 404 Squadron RCAF to form a second Beaufighter strike wing, based at Wick. The two units flew their first operation together on 27 April, when they attacked a convoy off Norway. One large merchant ship was hit by at least three torpedoes, one of which is seen exploding in this photograph. No Beaufighters were lost.ddd
Civilian workers pose with sections of an Airspeed Horsa glider, as received from the manufacturers, before assembling it at No. 6 Maintenance Unit, RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, 26 April 1944
Corporal Alexander McHutchison and Private Patrick McKenna both of the 2/13th Battalion, 2nd AIF after the 241 day siege of Tobruk. Both survived the war
A Hawker Typhoon prepares for a sortie. Ground crewman helps Flying Officer Lawrence Jackson with his parachute, while another warms up his 182 Squadron Typhoon for him. Airfield B86 Helmond, Holland, March 1945
Three members of the Australian Army who were awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in the Pacific Theatre.
From the left they are Sergeant Reginald Rattey, Privates Frank John Partridge and Richard Kelliher. All 3 survived the war, Frank Partridge died in a car crash aged 39
Signalman H.G. Gladstone, B Company, 2/5 Infantry Battalion, 2nd AIF with his kitten ‘Tiger’. He found the kitten in a deserted village at Malba and it is content to ride on his shoulder. New Guinea 1945
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