War Diary

Update: This is the diary of Private George William Sayce of the 36th Battalion.You can view photos of George here. Thank you Les for solving this.This is a diary presumably from a soldier in WW1. I have not yet transcribed it but it was found in Malcolm Horace Brown's cupboard. It could belong to his father…

The New Guinea campaign

This is a collection of photographs from Jack Whittaker (1924-1983) taken during WWII. Jack was a 'Leading Aircraftman' in the RAAF, service number 74966. From what I understand he was mostly based in Papua New Guinea near Lae and Madang but there are also some photos from Guam. I believe he was deployed as part of the New…

Mystery Photo Album

This leather photo album was found in an old wooden cupboard that formerly belonged to Australian soldier Malcolm Horace Brown. Malcolm was killed in action in 1915 during WWI and buried at Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli. After his death Malcolm's mother Ellen Sophia Keen (Dodd) Brown (1863 - 1938) took ownership of his belongings. After Ellen Brown passed…