Category Archives: Honour Roll – Australian Stories

Stories involving Australians who have served during wartime.

KUTTABUL COMMEMORATION PROJECT 1942 – 2012 70th Anniversary of the sinking of H.M.A.S. Kuttabul in Sydney Harbour

Posted on 7 February, 2011 by gary

An advertisement for the KUTTABUL COMMEMORATION PROJECT 2012 appeared in the RSVP section, page 23 of The Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday 5th of February, 2011.  The snippet calls for the contact details of any relatives/descendants of the crew who … Continue reading →

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A Digger Twice Over – Corporal William John McDonald M.M. and the Second Tunnelling Company AIF

Posted on 15 January, 2011 by gary

CORPORAL WILLIAM JOHN McDONALD 640 – 2nd Tunnelling Company IMAGE LEFT:  The Military Medal and British War Medal of Corporal William John McDONALD are missing.  His South Africa Service medals are also lost to his family.  Can you help? William … Continue reading →

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Necessity …. The Mother of All Invention – William BEECH & The ‘Beech Periscope Rifle’ – Gallipoli 1915

Posted on 6 December, 2010 by gary

“The sap was between 70 and 80 yards in length, and along it lay several dead Turks.  On reaching the head of it we found five of our men dead, including Sergeant Higgins and Fred Thompson, both of whom were … Continue reading →

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From Syria To Gona And Kokoda In Between – Captain Harry KATEKAR M.I.D. of the 2/27th Battalion

Posted on 30 November, 2010 by gary

Most of us in the modern western world are lucky enough, never to know hunger.  That intense kind of hunger which gnaws away at your stomach and causes you to drop around 12 kilograms of body weight in just two weeks.  Very … Continue reading →

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Remembrance Day (Armistice Day) 2010 – The Day To Claim Or Find Your Missing War Medals

Posted on 2 November, 2010 by gary

Remembrance Day, also known as ‘Armistice Day’ in some parts of the Commonwealth – is almost upon us for 2010. It is at the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month – that we pause for a … Continue reading →

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