Australasia

Make It Stretch

Then came the day when the Japanese shelled Newcastle harbour from their miniature submarines,, after doing...

The fighting didn't stop in 1945

We picked up a load of Australian ex-prisoners of war from Changi prison in Singapore, and went back to...

Evacuation to Tasmania: Adventure and Romance

On 1st August 1940, I left Grimsby and travelled to Liverpool to begin my journey to Tasmania. I stayed...

My Life Story as Told to Pupils at Longford Primary School

I then joined the Gloucester city to Canada and back this was not too bad we watched ships being towed into...

My First Lover has become a Mental Patient

On opening, I was very astonished that this is from my First Lover--Michelle. How can I save my First...

Journey in War-Time

It seemed very strange that they were shouting up at us in Australia if we had any cigarettes to spare, we...

A Naval Pilot

Some months later, back in the U.K. the Squadron was detailed to carry out its first deck landings on an...

MAIL

First it was Oro Bay then onto Hollandia, Finchaven, Game a Do Do, then down to Milne Bay where we dropped...

No Holds Barred

My dad, an ex Gallipoli veteran from W.W.1. rejoined the army and was sent to the Pacific Isles... My...

1940 Destination Putney

With Liverpool behind us we set sail for 'who knows where'; it was a big secret which would...

Thanks For The Women

One marvellous effort I clearly recall, is when the women of the village met at the town hall armed with...

From The Solent to The Phillipines

In May of 1944 as a recently commissioned Lieutenant of the Royal Marines, I joined the Assault Landing...

Signals

Tasmania is an island south of the mainland of Australia and as we were to be trained in Victoria at a...

Evacuation from Hong kong

Mum says she had a really happy time there despite the worry of not knowing the fate her dad, John/Jack...

War Stories from the Battleship HMS Howe

From Sydney we went to Manas. My role on the Howe was as a stoker which was an important but low down...

Freddy Harding's Navy Reminiscences

This was probably why freddy's brother was called up before him and went into the navy on...

My Grandmother and the War

Search lights were constantly monitoring the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and my grandmother remembers a midget...

Bradford Evacuee

My grandmother Vera Field was evacuated in 1940 from Bradford to Australia... They set sail for Australia,...

US Marines In Wellington New Zealand

From the halls of Motisuma to the shores of Tripoli; Their a pack of Yanky barstards for reasons plain to...

Evacuee in the Far East

In the summer of 1940, worried about Japanese intentions in the area, the government ordered the evacuation...

Teenager around the World by Ship

He tells my mother that she must go to Australia with me and be safe as he thought England would be invaded...

AUSTRALIAN EQUIPMENT

The American servicemen there had much better uniforms and equipment than the Australians or British,...

An Embarrassing Moment

This happened early in 1945 when I was serving on Ponam, a remote island in the Pacific, with the Fleet Air...

James Eric Wicketts Memories - Part 4

Jim and his wife celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in August 2005....

The Edwards Boys 1943.

Uncle Vince.