A Brother and Sister at Arms at Gallipoli
There are many cases of brothers enlisting in the First AIF and in some cases serving together, but it is very unusual to find a brother and sister enlisting and […]
‘Fear God and Honour the King’ Centenary Exhibition
On 26 March 1913, HMAS Melbourne, Australia’s first light armoured, ‘Chatham Class’, cruiser, commissioned at Birkenhead on 18 January 1913, lay alongside Port Melbourne’s Town Pier, on completion of her […]
William Dunstan VC – The Ballarat Victoria Cross
William Dunstan was born in Ballarat East, Victoria. His father, William John Dunstan, a boot maker and his mother, Henrietta (nee’ Mitchell) welcomed their third son on March 8, 1895.
Building the Great Ocean Road: did a member of your family work on it?
The year 2007 saw the 75th Anniversary of the opening of the Great Ocean Road, and marked with many celebrations as befitted this iconic road running along the coast of […]
The Pilatus Porter and Australian Army Aviation
Commencing as the Australian Flying Corps in 1913, Australian Army Aviation re-emerged during the Korean war of 1950-53.
By the Seat of Their Pants: Australian Airmen and Their Machines 1915 -1918
The Great War saw the emergence of an Australian Flying Corps (AFC), which by 1918 was making a tangible contribution to Allied air operations in the Middle East and on […]
Major-General Sir Alexander Bruce Tulloch, K.C.B., C.M.G. Founder of the Royal United Service Institute of Victoria
Alexander Bruce Tulloch was born on 2 September 1838 and educated at Sandhurst.
In the Shadow of War – Australia 1942
In 1942 Australia lay in the shadow of war, a shadow on its very doorstep. The victorious Japanese forces had swept right up to Australian territory and the very lifeline […]
