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The Japanese bombing of Darwin and northern Australia - Australia's Culture PortalMerchant vessels Barossa and Neptuna burning in Darwin Harbour near the jetty after receiving direct hits during the first Japanese air raid on 19 February 1942. During the Second World War, the Japanese flew 64 raids on Darwin and 33 raids on other targ...
Unknown photographer, Freda Thompson (1906-1980), Pictured here in 1934 just before take off at Lympne Airport when she became the first Australian woman to fly solo from England to Australia, 1934. Courtesy of National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame. Avia...
Gp Capt Eaton Charles, CO RAAF Station Darwin. Image courtesy of the Charles Eaton Photographic Collection and Peter Dunn's Australia @ War. Eaton entered Australian aviation legend when commanding the air searches for two lost aircraft, the Kookaburra ...
Ships wrecked in Australian waters during the Second World War profoundly effected the Australian people, both civilian and military. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: 304919. A Japanese submarine torpedoed the Australian Hospital Ship Centa...
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The Japanese bombing of Darwin and northern Australia - Australia's Culture Portal (website Culture and Recreation Portal )Merchant vessels Barossa and Neptuna burning in Darwin Harbour near the jetty after receiving direct hits during the first Japanese air raid on 19 February 1942. During the Second World War, the Japanese flew 64 raids on Darwin and 33 raids on other targ...
A small group of American airmen helped defend Horn Island against the first Japanese attack on Queensland. At 12.25 pm on 14 March 1942, twelve Japanese Betty bombers and eight Zero fighters descended on Horn Island. Opposite page (top left): Captain ...
Her orders were to land 61 Netherlands East Indies (NEI) troops and their two Dutch officers at Betano Bay and to evacuate other soldiers from Timor to Darwin. The plan was for the two corvettes, Armidale and HMAS Castlemaine, to sail to Betano Bay and r...
On 19 February 1942 Japanese bombs fell on mainland Australia for the first time. At the same time, Japanese submarines attacked merchant vessels off the coast of eastern Australia. Reactions to these attacks varied across Australia. ...
Two months after being formed at Darwin on 1 June 1940, 13 Squadron commenced day-night training, shipping security patrols, and weekly patrols of Australia´s northern coastline. The unit survived the Japanese raids on Darwin, having moved to an inland a...
The 2/23rd Infantry Battalion was raised at the Albury Showgrounds in Victoria in June 1940, as part of the 26th Brigade. In early 1941 the 26th Brigade, along with the rest of the 9th Division, moved into Cyrenica to complete its training. In October t...
At the outbreak of the Second World War the unit searched for enemy vessels in Australian waters using Anson aircraft. After being re-equipped with Hudson aircraft, the squadron moved to Darwin in April 1941 to perform anti-submarine activities and gener...
On this, her first operation to Timor she was to land 61Netherlands East Indies troops and their two Dutch officers at Betano Bay and evacuate other soldiers from Timor to Darwin. The plan was for two corvettes, Armidale and HMAS Castlemaine, to sail to ...
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Air Raid Precautions (ARP) is one of the most remembered aspects of home-front Australia. Dr William Read, a First World War veteran and local air raid warden, made and used these 12 model buildings to plan ARP exercises. On 1 November 1942, extensive A...
1 March 1942 HMAS Perth sunk in Sunda Strait Having survived the battle of the Java Sea HMAS Perth and the United States Cruiser Houston were sunk in a battle against overwhelming Japanese forces off the western tip of Java. 3 March 1942 Broome and Wyndh...
After the First World War the defence of the Australian mainland lay with the part time soldiers of the Citizens Military Force, otherwise known as the Militia. Thus, Victoriaís 7th Infantry Battalion was the ěNorth-West Murray Borderersî. In 1929 the 7...
On 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies announced the beginning of Australia's involvement in the Second World War on every national and commercial radio station in Australia. Almost a million Australians, both men and women, served in th...
A series of victories brought Japanese forces into Australian territory in New Guinea and within a few miles of the Australian mainland. Fifty-six corvettes were commissioned for service in the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War. Opposing...
John Curtin became prime minister in October 1941, just two months before Japan entered the war. Collection Search: John Curtin> Browse the Memorial's collections of art, photographs, film, sound recordings, private records, military heraldry and technol...
After the First World War the defence of the Australian mainland lay with the part time soldiers of the Citizens Military Force, otherwise known as the Militia. Thus, Victoriaís 8th Infantry Battalion was the ěCity of Ballarat Regimentî. In April the 8t...
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