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Imperial German Model 1889 Cavalry Sword and Scabbard : 7 Dragoons, Prussian Cavalry
Imperial German Model 1889 cavalry sword and scabbard. The hilt has a steel half basket guard with the heraldic eagle of Prussia as the cartouche badge and the grip is brown bakelite held to the tang ...
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2/8th Field Regiment
Formed in Australia during the first year of the Second World War, the 2/8th Field Regiment served in Egypt and Syria, in the Middle East, and on Borneo, in the Pacific. It was one of the 9th Division ...
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Battle of 42nd Street
In the wake of the conquest of Greece, German forces planned to capture the island of Crete as an air base commanding the eastern Mediterranean. The Germans needed to capture a port or (given British ...
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No. 8 Squadron
8 Squadron reformed in Canberra at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 and began conducting patrols and searches, and providing transportation services from January 1940. Once re-equipped ...
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No. 6 Squadron
On 1 January 1939 4 Squadron (General Reconnaissance) was renumbered 6 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps. Early in the war the unit commenced reconnaissance and bombing exercises with the navy and ...
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No. 460 Squadron
No. 460 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, was formed at Molesworth in the United Kingdom on 15 November 1941. It was an "Article XV Squadron", formed in accordance with agreements that implemented ...
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No. 463 Squadron
No. 463 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force was formed from C Flight of 467 Squadron RAAF at Waddington in the United Kingdom on 25 November 1943, in accordance with Article XV of the Empire Air ...
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No. 467 Squadron
No. 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force was formed at Scampton in the United Kingdom on 7 November 1942. Although intended as an Australian squadron under Article XV of the Empire Air Training ...
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3rd Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment
Between 1966 and 1971 each of three "sabre" squadrons of the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) completed two tours of Vietnam. The SAS was based at Nui Dat where it acted as the "eyes and the ears" ...
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Lieutenant General Leslie James Morshead
Leslie Morshead won fame as the defender of Tobruk during the Second World War and is among the most renowned Australian divisional commanders of that war. He was born at Ballarat in Victoria on 18 ...
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Bendigo flying ace honoured at Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be commemorating the service and sacrifice of Bendigo resident, flying ace and motor racing champion, Group Captain John Raeburn Balmer OBE DFC at the Last ...
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Crowds flock to Royal visit at Australian War Memorial
More than 4,000 people have turned out under clear blue skies to see King Charles III and Queen Camilla during their visit to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra today.