Reply With QuoteWow... great thread. Thnx guys!
D.G you legend! the pics will help heaps! Thanks alot!
would love any interior pics if anyone has them!
Wow... great thread. Thnx guys!
Keep up the good work guys Ive been saving these like mad. lol
Have you been here? Lots of pics and info that may assist with your decals / paint job.Originally Posted by kamarian
Boar War VC Winners:
Australian Victoria Cross Winner
Lieutenant Frederick William Bell
Unit 6th West Australian Mounted Infantry
Born 3 April 1875 in Perth, Western Australia
Date of action 16 May 1901
Place Brakpan, Transvaal
Details While his unit was retiring through heavy fire, Bell returned to pick up a dismounted man and took him up on his horse. The animal fell under the additional weight and Bell, after insisting that the man take the horse, covered him until he was out of danger.
Died 28 April 1954
Buried or Commemorated Canford Cemetery, Bristol, England
Current location of the VC
Western Australian Museum, Perth
Australian Victoria Cross WinnerTrooper John Hutton Bisdee
Unit 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen
Born 28 September 1869 at Hutton Park, Melton Mowbray, Tasmania
Date of action 1 September 1900
Place Warm Bad, Transvaal
Details Bisdee and other members of an advance scouting party were ambushed by Boers in a rocky defile. Six of the party of eight were hit including two officers, Major Brooke and Lieutenant Wylly (who was also awarded a VC). Brooke’s horse had bolted so Bisdee dismounted, put the officer on his own horse and, despite being seriously wounded, ran alongside, then mounted behind him and withdrew under heavy fire. For this he received the first Victoria Cross to be awarded to an Australian-born soldier in an Australian unit.
Died 14 January 1930
Buried or Commemorated St James Churchyard, Jericho, Tasmania
Current location of the VC
Tasmanian Museum, Hobart
Australian Victoria Cross Winner
Captain Neville Reginald Howse
Unit New South Wales Army Medical Corps
Born 26 October 1863 in Somerset, England. He emigrated to Australia in 1889 and set up a medical practice at Taree, New South Wales.
Date of action 24 July 1900
Place Vredefort, Orange Free State
Details At the height of an engagement Howse saw a trumpeter fall wounded in the foremost line. Howse galloped out under extremely heavy fire to rescue the man. Howse’s horse was shot dead, but he continued on foot to the casualty, treated his wounds and carried him out of the action. His Victoria Cross was the first awarded to an Australian soldier and is still (as at June 2002) the only one to have been awarded to a member of the medical elements of the Australian forces.
Died 19 September 1930
Buried or Commemorated Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England
Current location of the VC
Australian War Memorial
Australian Victoria Cross Winner
Lieutenant Leslie Cecil Maygar
Unit 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Born 26 May 1872 at Dean Station, Kilmore, Victoria
Date of action 23 November 1901
Place Geelhoutboom, Natal
Details During an intense action Maygar galloped out to a detached post which was being outflanked, and ordered the men to retire. The horse of Saddler A. Short was shot from under him and Maygar dismounted and lifted Short on to his own horse. The horse bolted into boggy ground and both men had to dismount. Maygar, realising that the horse could carry only one person, ordered Short to gallop for cover. Maygar followed on foot, evading the heavy rifle fire around him.
Died 1 November 1917 of wounds at Beersheba, during the last great cavalry charge in history.
Buried or Commemorated Beersheba War Cemetery, Palestine (Israel)
Current location of the VC Australian War Memorial
Australian Victoria Cross Winner
Sergeant James Rogers
Unit South African Constabulary
Born 2 June 1875, at Moama, New South Wales
Date of action 15 June 1901
Place Thaba ‘Nchu, Orange Free State
Details He was one of a party of seven men attacked by about 50 Boers. Lieutenant ****inson’s horse was shot and he was compelled to follow his men on foot. Rogers reined his horse in, and returned to fetch the officer, firing from his saddle as he rode. He took ****inson up behind him and carried him 800 metres to safety. Although continually under heavy rifle fire Rogers returned on two occasions to within 350 metres of the enemy to pick up the unhorsed men. The Boers called on Rogers to surrender but his answer was to continue firing. He caught two riderless horses and helped another two men to mount and ride to safety.
Died 28 October 1961, in Sydney, NSW
Buried or Commemorated Springvale Cemetery, Victoria. His name is also commemorated on a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance also at Springvale. A memorial cairn with a plaque commemorating the deeds of Rogers was unveiled in the main street of Heywood on ANZAC Day 1963.
Current location of the VC Australian War Memorial
Australian Victoria Cross Winner
Lieutenant Guy George Egerton Wylly
Unit 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen
Born 17 February 1880 at Hobart, Tasmania
Date of action 1 September 1900
Place Warm Bad, Transvaal
Details Wylly was one of two officers present at the same action as John Bisdee (who was also awarded a VC). Wylly, himself wounded, saw that one of his own men, Corporal Brown, was badly wounded in the leg and was dismounted. Wylly, despite his own wound, went to the assistance of Brown. He gave his horse to Brown and, at the risk of being cut off, opened fire from behind some rocks to cover the retreat of the others.
Died 9 January 1962
Buried or Commemorated Camberley, Surrey, England
Current location of the VC Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Last edited by Toddy1; 07-15-2007 at 09:16 PM. Reason: Layout edit
Inspirational post Toddy.
Here's a fine portrait of V.C. winner Lt. Maygar (centre) seated with a colleague in a South African version of the rickshaw.
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What's inspirational mate is that he was also involved at Beersheba (although it cost him his life) ...one of the legends of our armed forces
(L to R) Captain TSL O'Reilly DSO, Lt Leslie Maygar VC, George Bell DSO. Photo by Duffus Bros. Cape Town and Johannesburg, c. 1901
More pics of Frederick William Bell Boer war VC:
Fred prior to enlistment. Possibly outside his mother's place in Cottesloe, a beach suburb of Perth, WA or outside a Stirling Street, Perth address. Source: John Bissett, WA
WA Transvaal Contingent lining up on Karrakatta station, near Perth, 7th November 1899. Fred is listed as one of those present - he was a Private at the time.
Souce: Aldon George, via John Sweetman and John Bissett.
FW as a young soldier.
Source: John Bissett
FW as a captain in WW1. Source - "The Duffields of Bicton" (see Appendix), via John Bissett.
Fred has written a dedication to his mother on the reverse side. It is dated 10.09.16.
Taken in or near Devonport UK where he was commanding officer at an embarkation / rest camp.
Re: the pic "FW as a captain in WW1."
Those buttons look decidedly "un-military". In fact they look as if they belong on a cardigan or smoking jacket. I wonder if the uniform is of the private purchase type?
Well posted Toddy.
They almost look like the buttons you used to get on Duffel coats back in the UK, perhaps there was a shortage of buttons??
Further information on FW Bell:
At the outbreak of WW1, on the eve of his recovery, he immediately volunteered for service. (In 1907 he had been commissioned in the 4th Reserve Regiment of Cavalry). He went to France with the Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. He was mentioned in dispatches and promoted to Captain in October 1915. He was also wounded again. He returned to England and was made Commandant of a rest camp and promoted to Major; later he was made Lt Col and became the Commandant of the Embarkation Camps in Plymouth.
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Great Photos mate
thanks
Australian Flying Corps
In 1914 Australia's only military aviation base, the Central Flying School, newly established at Point Cook, was equipped with two flying instructors and five flimsy training aircraft. From this modest beginning Australia became the only British dominion to set up a flying corps for service during the First World War. Known as the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) and organised as a corps of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), its four-line squadrons usually served separately under the orders of Britain's Royal Flying Corps. The AFC's first complete flying unit, No. 1 Squadron, left Australia for the Middle East in March 1916. By late 1917 three more squadrons, Nos 2, 3, and 4, had been formed to fight in France. A further four training squadrons based in England formed an Australian Training Wing to provide pilots for the Western Front.
Source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/ww1_flying.htm
More World War 1
Click image for full size - German heavy gun emplacement captured by AIF
Photographs taken by Captain James Francis (Frank) Hurley
Some of Hurley's most famous images of the war were taken during the Passchendaele campaign in the second half of 1917. He ran considerable risks to get his shots, earning the name 'the mad photographer' from the troops. War affected Hurley deeply but he also found the battlefield fascinating.
A self-described "showman", Hurley had spent years producing popular attractions using the latest photographic and film techniques, and he was confident that he knew which images would engage the public's imagination. His methods, particularly his use of composites, led to arguments with the influential Charles Bean and, at one stage, Hurley threatened to resign rather than give up the practice. A compromise was reached, but in late 1917, Hurley was sent to Palestine.
He took many well-known images of the Australian Light Horse and the Australian Flying Corps, finding the relative peace there in stark contrast to what he called 'the hell of France'. He stayed just six weeks, then went to Cairo.
Source: http://www.awm.gov.au/people/222.asp
The following digital images are woefully lacking detail compared to the original pictures on display at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
Some of the infamous composite pictures. These are scenes created from fragments from different negatives to create a more “dramatic” image.
And perhaps one of Hurley’s most famous pictures: “The Souvenir King”
Centurion replacement trials - rare pics.
Source - Wikipedia
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