by admin | Apr 27, 2023 | Members News
Anniversary medallion recognises Vietnam service The Australian Government has produced a 50th anniversary commemorative medallion and certificate of recognition, honouring the service of Australians who served in the Vietnam War. On 29 March 2023, Prime...
by admin | Apr 11, 2023 | Salute Their Service
World War 2 Norman Leslie Ginn was born in Mildura on 16 August 1923. His parents were English migrating from England in 1919 to assist family fruit growers in the Riverina. He went to primary and high school in Mildura but left school at the age of 15 and worked as a...
by admin | Apr 11, 2023 | Salute Their Service
World War 2 Douglas Edward Hoile was born 20 May 1924 in Laura, a rural town in the mid north of South Australia. His father was a Gallipoli veteran having served with the 12th Battalion. His uncle Private Charles Valentine Hoile, served with the 14th Field Ambulance...
by admin | Apr 11, 2023 | Salute Their Service
455 SQN pilot– WW2 Born on 24 Nov 1919 at Peterborough, Colin John Ayliffe was educated at St Josephs Convent School, Peterborough, from 1925 to 1935. Prior to World War 2, was employed as a Clerk in the South Australia Railways. He enlisted in the RAAF at No 5...
by admin | Apr 11, 2023 | Salute Their Service
Korea, Malta, Vietnam Lyall Robert Klaffer was born in Prospect, South Australia, in 1928. He attended Nailsworth Primary School and then Adelaide High School before leaving school at the age of 14 to work at F.H. Faulding and Co. Wanting to be a RAAF pilot, he...
