The Remembrance Driveway is a 320 km stretch of plantations and groves stretching from the Australian War Memorial to Sydney along the Hume Highway commemorating service from the Boer War to East Timor. #docsmemorials #lestweforget #canberra #placesofpride
19-NOVEMBER-1941, While serving in the Royal Australian Navy as a submarine detector, Able Seamen Thomas Welsby Clark served aboard the Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney II in the Second World War, when the Sydney was sunk by the German commerce raider HSK Kormoran with the loss of all hands. three months later, the unidentified remains of … Read More “The (Formerly) Unknown Australian Sailor: AB Thomas Welsby Clark” »
Summary 19-NOVEMBER-1941, While serving in the Royal Australian Navy as a submarine detector, Able Seamen Thomas Welsby Clark served aboard the Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney II in the Second World War, when the Sydney was sunk by the German commerce raider HSK Kormoran with the loss of all hands. three months later, the unidentified remains … Read More “The (Formerly) Unknown Australian Sailor AB Thomas Welsby Clark” »
18-AUGUST-1917. While serving in the Serbian Army as an Ambulance Driver, Sgt Olive May Kelso King, regularly exposed herself to danger and enemy fire while carrying out her duties to help deliver supplies and retrieve wounded in the dangerous Salonika Front in an ambulance nicknamed Ella, that she purchased herself for the cause. For show … Read More “A Pioneer and her Ella-fant: Sgt Olive May Kelso King” »
Summary 18-AUGUST-1917. While serving in the Serbian Army as an Ambulance Driver, Sgt Olive May Kelso King, regularly exposed herself to danger and enemy fire while carrying out her duties to help deliver supplies and retrieve wounded in the dangerous Salonika Front in an ambulance nicknamed Ella, that she purchased herself for the cause. For … Read More “A Pioneer and her Ella-fant: Sgt Olive May Kelso King” »
