Australian made battle dress blouse 1942 dated and used by a US Army CBI Corporal during World War II:
Australian made battle dress blouse 1942 dated and used by a US Army CBI Corporal during World War II:
WW2 Australian RAAF 457 Squadron Spitfire Pilot uniform
James John Vickers-Willis - He was born in Mill Hill, England, and they migrated to Australia with their parents at the age of seven.
He was educated in Melbourne at Brighton Grammar School and Haileybury after the family moved to Australia in 1925.
He worked as a journalist for the Sun Herald, Melbourne, and during World War II served as an instructor and RAAF pilot.
After the war began a new career and became the most popular singer and one of the largest paid artists in Australia.
At the age of 36, he contracted polio and this ended his artistic career. The doctors gave him about 5 to 10 years of life, but he challenged medical opinion and lived for more than 50 years or more.
Besides being a famous singer was also an avid nudist.
He was a candidate for the Australian Senate in 1967.
He died at 90 years old.
RIP
Uniform, medal, and documents of the Technician Fifth Grade, 'DOC' Cornelius Cotter, who was born in 1925 in Montana, USA, enlisted in 1943 and was a WW2 veteran of the Battle of Normandy in the Medical Detachment, Special Troops, 90th Infantry Division:
He was awarded the Bronze Star medal for bravery on April 15, 1945 in Hof, Germany, when he rescued members of a crew from a Sherman tank despite the German attack that targeted this armored.
Set of a "Sergeant" of the Regio Esercito Italiano - Africa 1940 to 1943 display in museum:
Group of uniforms, documents, and photographs from World War II Marine Raider, Korea War, and Vietnam War veteran:
Grouping of veteran Josef Schell participated in the First World War and later in World War II as a Transport NCO, participating in the campaigns of Poland, France, Russia and the TR Defense.
Kapitänleutnant Karl-Heinz Assmann, U-219 Officer
Oberleutnant zur See Ingenieur Seemannsjacke:
China Burma India Theater (CBI)?
CBI Command:
LEDO Road:
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