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Johnston's World War Two Air Force album
Photograph album belonging to 'Johnston' of the RAF, comprising black and white photographs of France, Belgium, Holland and Germany near the end of the Second World War, showing: the devastation caused by the war; destruction of buildings and countryside; Winston Churchill visiting Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer Airfield; Wing Commander Baker's grave near Caen (C/O 146 Wing); German prisoners in Caen; Thanksgiving and Liberation ceremony in Tours-en-Vimeu near Abberville; King George, Monty, A.V.M. Brown and A.M. Broadhurst inspection various Air Force Wings in Antwerp; crashed aircraft in Germany; Germany at the end of the war; RAF Squadron crests for No. 146 Wing; military cemetery; Network Control Room broadcasting house, Hamburg; Johnston and his friends in Air Force uniform in Germany; Johnston and his friends enjoying recreation leave on the beach and swimming pools (some first names provided); women at work in a cabin at Blankenese; and landscape scenes. Selected images have been digitised. See below for details. A researcher has provided the following information: 'I have just purchased an original 1944 album of photos by Sergeant George Lee who was working in HQ Signals of 146 Wing 2nd Tactical Air Force (RAF) and, in starting to research into who George Lee was I came across your website. The photos in your album and mine are virtually identical - clearly of the same events and taken from similar if not identical viewpoints.'
Photographs from the Second World War
Photographs from the Second World War, 1939-1945, donated by members of the South Australian RSL. See special list for details. Selected images have been digitised. To view digitised images, do an archival number search on SRG 435/2.
Photograph album of Flight Lieutenant N.W. Pemberton
Photograph album belonging to Flight Lieutenant Neville Wheeldon Pemberton, No. AU SX417230, RAF 358 Squadron, from Adelaide, of active service during World War Two, comprising: landscapes, cities, buildings, local peoples and Australian and Allied military forces in the Middle East, India and Ceylon, all captioned. Selected photographs have been digitised. See below for details.
War graves of M. Powell, D. P. Croston and B. Fraser
Digital copy of a photograph of a man holding flowers and standing by three Air Force war graves in the Wevelgem Communal Cemetery, Belgium. The cross on the left marks the grave of RAAF Squadron Leader Mervyn Powell, DFC Captain (Pilot), No. 402817, of Mackay, Queensland. The centre cross marks the grave of RAAF Flying Officer David Payne Croston (Air Gunner), No. 405821, of Adelaide, South Australia. Croston was educated at St Peters College, Adelaide, where he developed an interest in rowing and joined the Port Adelaide Rowing Club in 1928, holding the positions of Assistant Secretary in 1938/39 and Secretary in 1939/40. The cross on the right marks the grave of RAF Flight Sergeant B. Fraser (Bomb Aimer). The three men were flying with 463 Squadron RAAF in Lancaster LL882 on a night mission to Lille, France, on 11 May 1944 when the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter about 8 km north of Ypres. All of the crew were killed and are buried in the Wevelgem Communal Cemetery in Belgium. The other members of the crew were: RAF FO Jaques, R (Navigator); RAAF 406700 Flt Lt Read, W N (Wireless Operator Air Gunner); RAF Sgt H L Molyneux, (Flight Engineer); RAAF 407199 FO Croft, R McK (Air Gunner).
Photographs of GMH Fishermen's Bend during World War II
Photographs of production at Fishermen's Bend during war years with boats, trucks, engines, interior shots of laboratory, hospital, engineering areas, machinery and equipment.
GM-H South Australian Plants during World War II; volume 2, Woodville, Plant 11
Black and white mounted photographs, with annotations, of Plant No.11 at General Motors-Holden's Limited manufacturing Plant at Woodville during World War Two. Comprises images houses on the site prior to construction on Plant 11, site levelling and construction, completed building, workers at machinery, mezzanine offices, precision room including the safety showers and staff facilities.
GM-H South Australian Plants during World War II; volume 2, No. 2 Plant Woodville
Black and white mounted photographs, with annotations, of Plant No.2 in General Motors-Holden's Limited manufacturing Plant at Woodville during World War Two. Comprises images of the workshop, workers at machinery, trim fabrication, aircraft assembly, Jeep trailer manufacture, body paint booths, and the Oxy bottle station.
GM-H South Australian Plants during World War II; volume 2, Woodville, Transport Building
Black and white mounted photographs, with annotations, of the new Transport Building at General Motors-Holden's Limited manufacturing Plant at Woodville during World War Two. Comprises images of the intended site prior to construction, yard levelling and building construction, the Lubrication Station, Wheel Aligner, and petrol and diesel pumps. Includes images of men working on cars in the yard and the workshop of the old Transport Building.
GM-H South Australian Plants during World War II; volume 2, Woodville
Black and white mounted photographs, with annotations, of General Motors-Holden's Limited manufacturing Plant at Woodville during World War Two. Comprises images of machinery, portable crane, various Plant frontages and the accounting offices.
GM-H South Australian Plants during World War II; volume 2, Woodville, Plant 3
Black and white mounted photographs, with annotations, of Plant No.3 at General Motors-Holden's Limited manufacturing Plant at Woodville during World War Two. Comprises images of the workshop, workers at machinery, and aircraft and marine craft assembly.
GM-H South Australian Plants during World War II; volume 2, Woodville, Plant 5
Black and white mounted photographs, with annotations, of Plant No.5 at General Motors-Holden's Limited manufacturing Plant at Woodville during World War Two. Comprises images of workers at machinery machinery in the workshop, Kirksite section, Keller machines, Aircraft furnaces, and gun production.
Peter Driffield Gilbert papers and letters from WWII
Official and personal documents related to No. 416168 Flying Officer Peter Driffield Gilbert's active service in the RAAF during WWII, from his initial pilot training in August 1941 and participation in the Empire Air Training Scheme, through to war service in North Africa, the Middle East, Italy and Malta, until his return to Adelaide in 1944. See below for details.
GM-H South Australian Plants during World War II; volume 2, Woodville, Plant 4
Black and white mounted photographs, with annotations, of Plant No.4 at General Motors-Holden's Limited manufacturing Plant at Woodville during World War Two. Comprises images of the factory, workers at machinery, miscellaneous paint section, and grinding, polishing, and plating of car bumpers.
GM-H South Australian Plants during World War II; volume 2, Woodville, Plant 10
Black and white mounted photographs, with annotations, of Plant No.10 at General Motors-Holden's Limited manufacturing Plant at Woodville during World War Two. Comprises images of the workshop, workers at machinery, small press shop, aircraft manufacturing section, and the engine room.
GM-H South Australian Plants during World War II; volume 1 continued
Black and white mounted photographs, with annotations, of General Motors-Holden's Limited Birkenhead and Beverley Plants during World War Two. Comprises images of the Plants and of war time production including marine craft, torpedoes, and gun carriages.
GM-H South Australian Plants during World War II; volume 2, Woodville, continued
Black and white mounted photographs, with annotations, of General Motors-Holden's Limited manufacturing Plant at Woodville during World War Two. Includes images of workers at machinery, the acid deck and treatment bays.
World War Two photographs of Noel Stanley Errington
Photographs and postcards of Lance Corporal Noel Stanley Errington's active service in the Middle East with 2/43 Battalion, 9 Division AIF, including Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Egypt, during the Second World War, comprising: Australian troops and camps, machine guns, artillery and tanks, and local people, landscapes and cities. Selected images have been digitised. See below for details.
World War Two photographs of Noel Stanley Errington
Photographs and postcards of Lance Corporal Noel Stanley Errington's active service in the Middle East with 2/43 Battalion, 9 Division AIF, including Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Egypt, during the Second World War, comprising: Australian troops and camps, machine guns, artillery and tanks, and local people, landscapes and cities. Selected images have been digitised. See below for details.
Second World War active service in the Middle East and Ceylon
A collection of photographs from an unidentified Australian Officer of his active service during World War Two in the Middle East, including Jerusalem, and in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), including Colombo, and portraits of the officer (the owner/photographer) in full uniform and mounted on a horse. Most photographs are captioned. Selected images have been digitised. See below for details.
World War II Servicemen
World War II Servicemen with family and onlookers at Adelaide Railway Station, December 1939. The soldier at the front left is Allan Staniland Wake (1904-1972). He is standing between his mother Jessie Wake (nee Nobes), and his wife Catherine Rae Wake (nee Cornish).
Material relating to Paul Jacob Aeuckens
Material relating to the war sevice of Paul Aeuckens.
Celebrations in Adelaide at the end of World War II
GENERAL: A joyful crowd in King William Street, Adelaide celebrating the end of World War II after Victory in the Pacific, August 1945. The young woman at the left of the photograph is Heather Davis (later married name Heather Read): Norma Mewett of Hindmarsh, wearing a striped skirt, is a central figure.
World War II transport drivers
Formal photograph of the Red Cross transport workers of World War II.
Newspaper headline announcing the end of World War II
GENERAL: A Royal Australian Air Force officer, Flight Lieutenant Robert McDonald, photographed by his wife, June McDonald, holding 'The Telegraph' newspaper headlining 'Peace' at the end of World War II.
World War II victory celebration
ENFIELD: Partial view of a property owned by Mrs Sands at Enfield during a World War II victory celebration; Ms Diana Brooks of the Red Cross stands in the foreground.
World War II honour board, Bennett and Fisher
Colour digital photograph of the World War II Honour Board of Bennett and Fisher. The ornate wooden board reads 'Bennett and Fisher, 1914 1918, for our brave boys, White.W.H. 3rd Light Horse [killed], Chapman.W.F. 10th Batt, wounded, Kernot.J.M. 27th Batt. wounded, Matheson.R.G. Artillery, Cutten.M. invalided, Deeley.C.C. Flying Corps, Beckwith.S. 9th Light Horse, Clive Beechmore 9th Light Horse, Roll of Honor'.
Exhortation material during World War II production, General Motors-Holden's
Album titled 'Exhortation, GMH, Woodville 1941', comprising material from and documenting a scheme which was intended to encourage GMH employees to work hard making aeroplanes and other equipment for the World War II effort. Includes posters, newspaper articles, photographs, correspondence, slogan stickers, articles, photographs of graphs, workers at displays, and news service boards, and a pay envelope.
GM-H South Australian Plants during World War II; volume 1 continued
Black and white mounted photographs, with annotations, of General Motors-Holden's Limited manufacturing Plant at Woodville during, and immediately after, World War Two. Comprises images of plans showing the proposed layout of Plants 2 and 5, Port Road entrance gate, G-6 barrel boring, aircraft tank assembly, Dory boat and Beaufighter manufacture, Kirkshire Foundry, Precision room, drill line, small dies section,experimental engineering section, and other areas at Woodville. Includes images of apprentices in the class room and the training workshop, and of measures taken to supply substitute fuels during power restrictions.
War production at General Motors-Holden's
Photograph album titled 'War Production' produced by the GMH Public Relations Department, Melbourne, featuring photographs relating to the production of equipment for the Defence Forces during World War II. Comprising 'A pictorial review of our contribution to the National Effort' including Aero engines - Gipsy Major and Allison; aircraft components - Trainer, Boomerang, Beaufort, Beaufighter, Mosquito and Lancaster; munitions production - anti-tank guns, gun Howitzers, tank attack guns, anti-aircraft guns, torpedoes, anti-submarine bombs, shells and miscellaneous; small craft - pontoons, folding boats, dinghies, life boats, motor dories and work boats; Vehicle production for the Allied forces. Covers plants throughout Australia including Woodville, South Australia.
World War II marine craft manufactured by General Motors-Holden's
Album featuring black and white photographs of Defence Force marine craft, such as dory boats and folding boats, in the process of being manufactured by workers at GM-H during World War Two. Believed to be at Fishermen's Bend. Includes images of boats being launched and tested.