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Frank Partridge VC Military Museum

Locality: Bowraville, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6564 7056

Address: 29 High St 2449 Bowraville, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.militarymuseum.org.au

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25.01.2022 Remember tomorrow marks 75 years since the end of World War II and Victory in the Pacific. There’s still a lot happening to commemorate this important day and r...emember and thank the almost one million Australians who served bravely. There’s a nationally broadcast commemorative service starting from 9.30am and there are lots of great museums throughout the Cowper electorate open that display some great wartime memorabilia. Frank Partridge VC Military Museum in Bowraville is open from 9.30am-1.30pm, the Bellingen Valley Historical Society Museum is open 10am-2pm, Don Dorrigo and Guy Fawkes Historical Society Museum in Dorrigo is open 10am-1pm, Macleay River Historical Society and Kempsey Museum is open 10am-4pm, Mary Boulton Pioneer Cottage & Museum in Macksville is open 1-4pm, Nambucca Headland Museum is open 2-4pm, Port Macquarie Museum is open 10am-3.30pm and Urunga Museum is open 10am-1pm.

25.01.2022 #Onthisday in 1942 the battle of Milne Bay began in New Guinea. On the night of 25 August 1942, Japanese troops landed by sea at Milne Bay. Two Australian briga...des (about 4,500 men), some American engineers, and two RAAF squadrons were awaiting them. A savage battle raged along the shore, but after several days and extreme exhaustion, Japanese troops began evacuating by sea on 4 September. Of the 2,800 Japanese landed, only 1,318 re-embarked. Allied deaths included 167 Australians and 14 Americans. Milne Bay is remembered as the first defeat of the Japanese on land during the Pacific War. Learn more: http://ow.ly/ap1Y50B358E Image: RAAF airmen of No. 75 Squadron sitting on top of a dugout awaiting an action against the Japanese. August 1942. RAAF Official photograph. P02018.129 Identified, left to right: 404103 Flight Officer (FO) Richard (Dick) Tweedy Holt; 404355 FO Roy Gordon Riddel (Hotshot); 403049 FO Keith Munro Gamble; FO Max Johnston (Hawkeye); 404087 FO Raife James Cowan; 402963 Pilot Officer (PO) Stuart (Stu or Stewy) Munro; 033077 FO George (Hugh) Hubert Newborne Shiells (Digger). On 27 August 1942, PO Munro, aged 21, was killed in flying battle over New Guinea.

25.01.2022 #OTD Two Australians killed in Afghanistan Helicopter Crash In the early hours of the 30th of August 2012, Australia was rocked by yet another tragedy when i...t was announced that two Australian soldiers had been killed with a US Marine Corps Helicopter crashed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. This was only hours after it had been announced that three Australians had been killed in a separate incident involving a green-on-blue by an Afghan National Army Sergeant. Today, we pause to remember the life and service of 8534725, Private Nathanael Galagher, and 8252467, Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald. Both men were from 2 Commando Regiment, and were serving with the Special Operations Task Group on Operation Slipper in Afghanistan. Private Galagher and Lance Corporal McDonald were tragically killed on 30th of August 2012 when the helicopter they were on crashed in during landing. They were the 37th and 38th Australians to be killed in Afghanistan. Please click on their individual portraits for my information on the soldier. Lest we forget. --------------------------------------------------------------- If you spot an error, please send me a message. Join our group here: https://business.facebook.com/groups/2626189084317964

24.01.2022 Battle of Amiens. Captured German Maxim machine gun and a British soldier resting at the post. Note steps leading to dug-out. Malard Wood, 9 August 1918. "Malar...d Wood lies just north of the River Somme and some 3,750 yards south of Morlancourt. Its eastern edge was on the Green Line (the initial objective on 8 August). The 3rd and 2nd/4th Londons were actually to take part in the second phase and were supposed to jump off from the eastern edge of the wood, but were held up by machine gun fire from the Chipilly Spur area as they exited the wood." (8 August 1918) (Photo source - IWM Q 6927) Brooke, John Warwick (Lieutenant) (Photographer) (Colour by Doug)

23.01.2022 Today marks the 105th Anniversary of the Battle of Lone Pine. The Lone Pine attack was launched in the late afternoon of 6 August 1915 by the 1st Brigade, AIF.... A feint designed to draw Turkish reinforcements away from major operations elsewhere, it pitched Australian forces against formidable entrenched Turkish positions, sections of which were securely roofed over with pine logs. In some instances the attackers had to break in through the roofs of the trench systems in order to engage the defenders. The main Turkish trench was taken within 20 minutes of the initial charge, but this was the prelude to four days of vicious hand-to-hand fighting, resulting in more than 2,000 Australian casualties. Turkish losses were estimated at 7,000. The battle was a success, although the larger operations it was meant to draw enemy reinforcements from ultimately failed. Learn more: http://ow.ly/3qod50AGPZh Image: The taking of Lone Pine, Fred Leist, 1921 ART02931

23.01.2022 #OTD: Last Australian KIA during Korean War Today we pause to remember the life and service of Private Leon Dawes, a 19 year old Australian believed to have bee...n the last Australian killed in action during the Korean War. Private Dawes was serving with 2RAR in the Samichon Valley on the 26th of July 1953, on the day he was killed. 2RAR had been tasked with defending The Hook, a key strategic position near Kaesong. Alternating between artillery bombardments and waves of charging Chinese, the Chinese hoped to overwhelm the Australians in a final desperate assault. The Chinese army attacked the Australian position at The Hook three times during the night, but failed to take the hill and suffered over 2,000 casualties in the process. In the final hours of the 26th of July, just hours before the ceasefire was signed later on the 27th, Leon was killed after being hit in the stomach during the final intense artillery bombardment of the Battle of the Hook. He is believed to have been the last Australian casualty of the Korean War. Lest we forget. --------------------------------------------------------------- If you spot an error, please send me a message. Join our group here: https://business.facebook.com/groups/2626189084317964

23.01.2022 #Onthisday in 1943 RAAF Spitfires intercepted the formation of 42 Japanese bombers and fighters, shooting down nine bombers and five fighters. This was the most... successful encounter by the RAAF over Darwin, during which the Group Captain Caldwell, an ace from the European theatre, shot down his fifth Japanese aircraft. The final air raid on Darwin took place on 12 November 1943. Read more: http://ow.ly/KHPh50A3u3x Photo: A Spitfire fighter aircraft which made a forced landing on the beach during a Japanese air raid on Darwin 20-06-1943.

23.01.2022 #OTD Multiple Victoria Crosses awarded The 1st of September must have been a very dangerous day in history! Today, 7 Victoria Crosses were awarded to Austral...ians for acts of bravery and gallantry in the face of the enemy, in 3 separate engagements. Today we acknowledge the following men who were awarded a VC for bravery on this day. Click on the picture of each person below to read their citation. Trooper J H Bisdee, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen - South Africa 1900 Lieutenant G G Wylly, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen - South Africa 1900 Temporary Corporal A H Buckley - 54th Battalion - Péronne, France 1918 Private W M Currey - 53rd Battalion - Péronne, France 1918 Sergeant A D Lowerson - 21st Battalion - Mont St Quentin, France 1918 Private R Mactier - 23rd Battalion - Mont St Quentin, France 1918 Lieutenant E T Towner - 2nd Machine Gun Battalion - Mont St Quentin, France 1918 Lest we forget. --------------------------------------------------------------- If you spot an error, please send me a message. Join our group here: https://business.facebook.com/groups/2626189084317964

20.01.2022 The Battle of Lone Pine is remarkable in that seven Australians were awarded the Victoria Cross on a small stretch of ground on the Turkish Gallipoli ridge wi...th four going to a single battalion in just 24 hours. It was here on 6 August 1915 that a bayonet assault was launched against the enemy lines. Reaching the trenches, the Australians found them covered with stout logs and had to fight their way in. The Australians then had to hold on for four days against heavy counter-attacks. Losses were heavy. These were furious actions. Captain Alfred Shout had been one of the heroes of the original landing at ANZAC in April. Now at Lone Pine he personally led attacks until a grenade exploded in his hand, mortally wounding him. At one point Lieutenant Frederick Tubb and Corporals Alexander Burton and William Dunstan fought side-by-side. Tubb was wounded, and Burton was killed in the savage fighting. All three got the Victoria Cross. Other awards went to Private John Hamilton, Lance Corporal Leonard Keysor, and Lieutenant William Symons. Hamilton was just 19. #AWMemorial #myAWM #VC #VictoriaCross #LonePine

19.01.2022 Second Lieutenant David Sabben was a 21-year-old National Serviceman when he found himself in the middle of the battle of Long Tan, one of Australia’s fierces...t and most intense engagements of the Vietnam War. It was his first battle, and one he will never forget. Nothing could prepare you for it, Sabben said. I’d been in the army a year and a month, and to come into what was essentially a pitched conventional battle no amount of training could prepare you for how to cope with it. It was the first contact the first time that we had exchanged fire with the enemy and there’s no baptism like a real baptism. Please see individual photos for additional information Original description and photographs sourced by: www.awm.gov.au//blog/dave-sabben-and-the-battle-of-long-tan

16.01.2022 Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess (154) during the late 1960s during escort duties to Vietnam.

14.01.2022 Warning: This post and the linked article has images of deceased persons. The Australian War Memorial is asking for help to identify two Indigenous soldiers who... served on Gallipoli. More than 100 years later, the Memorial’s Indigenous Liaison Officer, Michael Bell, is trying to learn more about the identity of ‘Curly’ who is described in a letter written in 1916 by Company Sergeant Major Laurence Reginald MacBrair. We are hoping to find others who may have heard of the story, or who might know who Curly is, and what happened to him, Bell said. Michael is also looking to identify an unknown Indigenous soldier who served with the 17th Battalion. We believe the soldier, pictured above, may have been the Batman for Major Francis Joseph Patrick Murphy. Read more: https://www.awm.gov.au/articles//the-search-for-Curly-Dawes

10.01.2022 Today is Vietnam Veterans Day. Each year, on 18 August, we commemorate the men of D Company, 6RAR who fought in the battle of Long Tan in 1966. On that day, 10...8 Australian and New Zealand soldiers fought a pitched battle against over 2,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops in a rubber plantation not far from the small village of Long Tan. The Australians prevailed, but only after fighting in torrential rain for four hours. Eighteen Australians lost their lives and 24 were wounded, the largest number of casualties in one operation since the Australian task force had arrived a few months earlier. After the battle the bodies of 245 enemy soldiers were found, but there was evidence that many more bodies had been carried away. #VietnamVeteransDay Read more about the battle of Long Tan: http://ow.ly/A1k550AT7He Image: After the battle of Long Tan weary men of Delta Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiments, gather on a landing zone for a quick meal before returning to the battlefield. FOR/66/0675/VN L-R: Private (Pte) Peter Doyle; Pte Harry Esler; unknown; Pte Ian Campbell; next four unknown; Pte Neil Bextram; next two unknown.

10.01.2022 Captured enemy weapons, including AK47 rifles and a PPSh-41 submachine gun recovered from the Long Tan battle site by D (Delta) Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Au...stralian Regiment (6RAR) when the company returned to the scene of its bitter engagement with the Viet Cong (VC) D445 Provincial Mobile Battalion at Long Tan. Identified, left to right; 1410985 Lance Corporal Gordon Keith Crowther, 2781829 Private Peter James Doyle and 214543 Corporal William Richard "Bluey" Moore. Source: www.awm.gov.au/collection/C36894

07.01.2022 Members of No. 25 Patrol, 'F' Troop, 2 Squadron, SAS at Nui Dat, South Vietnam, 1971. Left to right, back row: Cpl Ian Rasmussen (2IC), Tpr Don Barnby, Tpr Denn...is Bird, 2Lt Brian Russell (PC). Front row: Tpr Bill Nisbett, John Deakin (US Navy SEAL). #vietnam #SAS #aussie #veterans #selection #operatoredge

07.01.2022 On this day in 1914 Great Britain declared war on Germany. Australia, as a dominion of the British empire, was automatically also at war. A force of 20,000 Aus...tralians were to be placed at Britain’s disposal but by the end of the war over 400,000 were in uniform. Learn more: http://ow.ly/kstd50AELio Photo: Informal outdoor portrait of four 1st Battalion officers. P07973.016

05.01.2022 #OTD This picture was taken! On the 26th of August 1967, one of the most famous images of the Vietnam War was captured by Michael Coleridge. The image, whic...h has been etched on the rear wall of the Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial on Anzac Parade in Canberra, shows members of 5 Platoon, B Company, 7RAR waiting to be airlifted by US Army helicopters from an area just north of Phuoc Hai. --------------------------------------------------------------- If you spot an error, please send me a message. Join our group here: https://business.facebook.com/groups/2626189084317964

04.01.2022 Nambucca Anzacs by Trevor Lynch

02.01.2022 #Onthisday in 1916 was the first day of the battle of the Somme. This was the worst single day in the history of British arms, with 60,000 men being killed or ...wounded. The battle of the Somme then continued for four months and resulted in more than 1,200,000 casualties on both sides. Learn more: http://ow.ly/SnMv50Aij5p Photo: Several unidentified soldiers walk along a line of trenches excavated during the German advance along the side of the road leading to Pozieres.