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Norman Bond - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Norman Bond - World War II veteran (Video)

Norman Bond enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in May 1943. He completed training in Sydney before being sent to Canada to train under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS).

Norman Ginn - 460 Squadron - mixed crew (Oral history)

Norman Ginn - Bail out and interrogation (Oral history)

Norman Ginn - Convoy to Glasgow (Oral history)

Norman Ginn - Escape attempts (Oral history)

Norman Ginn - Escape tunnel discovered (Oral history)

Norman Ginn - Liberated by the Russians (Oral history)

Norman Ginn - Motivation to serve (Oral history)

Norman Ginn - Pre-mission fatalism (Oral history)

Norman Ginn - Shot down over Berlin (Oral history)

Norman Ginn - Convoy to Glasgow (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - 460 Squadron - mixed crew (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - Pre-mission fatalism (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - Shot down over Berlin (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - Bail out and interrogation (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - Escape tunnel discovered (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - Escape attempts (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - Liberated by the Russians (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - Motivation to serve (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

North Africa and Syria (Book)

This publication encourages students to become engaged with North Africa and Syria. It concentrates on Australia's involvement in these regions between 1940-1942 before Japan entered the war. This…

North Africa and Syria: Educational Activities (Student activity), (Educational)

This booklet of teaching activities for students complements the book, North Africa and Syria: Australians in World War II. Teachers using these materials are encouraged to select specific activities…

Nurses

Sores wouldn't heal. Your hair was getting thinner. You were so thin that you'd scratch and you'd get your finger caught in your ribs.

Olga Anderson - Nursing and steak picnics (Oral history)

Olga Anderson - Nursing and steak picnics (Video)

Olga Anderson was trained as a nurse at the Brisbane General Hospital and enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service on 1 December 1941.

Online resources for teaching commemoration and wartime history

Download free books and activities for your classroom.

Operation Tamar - Rwanda: History in Focus (Fact sheet), (Educational)

Ordered to leave

Fearing for the safety of the nurses after the fall of Singapore, General Bennett ordered their evacuation from the island.

Other national memories

The Burma-Thailand railway was built by a multinational workforce, consisting of Al

Our Air Raid Shelter (Audio file)

Our Air Raid Shelter. [Written by Jack Davey]

OUR AIRMEN PROMINENT IN INVASION (1944) newsclip (Image)

This article tells us about the involvement of Australian squadrons in the D-Day operations.

Overseas Celebrations: Remembrance Day Poster 2020 (Poster)

We've created this poster to commemorate all those who served during World War II. Display our poster to help remember and recognise the contributions of all Australians during the war.

Papua New Guinea Remembrance Trails website (Website)

This commemorative website tells the story of World War II in Papua New Guinea using a step-by-step approach along 7 trails.

Parer's last reel

The Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, has received a report of the interment of one "Parren Damien", who was killed in action 17 September, 1944, by multiple mortar fragment

Passing out of Officer Cadets (Video)

On 25 November 1944, Sergeant (Sgt) Lindsay Bear DCM MM, Sgt Tom Derrick VC DCM and Sgt Reg Saunders were presented with their pips at the passing out parade at the Officer Cadets' Training Unit (…

Pat Guest - World War II veteran (AWAS) (Video)

Pat Guest enlisted in the Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) in 1942.

Pat Curtis - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Pat Curtis - World War II veteran (Video)

Pat Curtis enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on 9 July 1942 at 17 years of age. He served from July 1943 until November 1945 aboard HMAS Westralia.

Pat Darling (Oral history)

Pat Darling recalls her experience of the plane that came to release them from their prison camp and take them home after the war had ended.

Pat Guest - World War II veteran (AWAS) (Oral history)

Patriotism: Stories from the Australian home front during the Second World War (Book), (Educational)

This commemorative publication is a part of the series, Century of Service. It explores stories from several Australians who served on the home front in World War II. The stories highlight examples…

Patrolling the jungle

Along the Kokoda track, and in the rugged jungle off to the side, both sides were continually patrolling...

Paul Cullen (Oral history)

Peacekeeping in the Middle East: Expressions - Commemoration through Art (Student activity), (Fact sheet), (Educational)

A printable activity sheet to help develop students' understanding of wartime through artwork. The photograph shows Australian peacekeeper Lieutenant Colonel Keith Desmond Howard in the Middle East…

Peacekeeping: In Their Own Words (Educational), (Student activity)

Hear Australian veterans talk about their peacekeeping experiences.

Percival Eric Gratwick

Percival Eric Gratwick was 38 when he enlisted in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force (AIF).

Peril at sea

The ship was like a wreck; ragged, rusted gear, broken casting, bits of plating and junk, winch cylinders almost rusted through, great cankers of rust as if the ship had leprosy, the la

Peter Dixon - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Peter Dixon - World War II veteran (Video)

Peter Dixon enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 3 March 1941 in Melbourne.

Peter Jarzabkowski - Adequate supplies (Oral history)

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