Carl Carrigan

Carl Carrigan

w Carl Carrigan (1913-1989) Gunner, 2/3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Australian Army Carl, with his brother Paul and his friends Ron Fitzgerald, Ron MacIntosh, and Lloyd Ledingham, enlisted in 1940. He wanted to live an adventurous life and do something for his country,...
Bert Martin

Bert Martin

w Bert Martin (1919- 1998), 67th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery Bert was enlisted on 20 September 1939, when he was only 20. Four months before, he had married his girlfriend, May. On 17 August 1941, he reached South Africa on the New Zealand ship Rangitiki...
Anthony (Tony) Deane Drummond

Anthony (Tony) Deane Drummond

w Anthony (Tony) Deane Drummond Major, 1st Airborne Divisional Signals Major Deane-Drummond, Royal Corps of Signals, was among the first officers to join the 11th Special Air Service Battalion. In December 1940, he was chosen to participate in the Colossus...
William James Parlett

William James Parlett

w William James Parlett AWM 54 11/12/30/20 William James Parlett, an Australian from Adelaide who, during peacetime, worked as a tradesman’s assistant, was captured in Libya, near the town of Derna, between 7 and 8 April 1941. After his capture, he ended up in PG...
Stanley Skinner

Stanley Skinner

w Stanley Skinner WO 208/3325/48 Stanley Skinner, Corporal in the 7th Armoured Division of the 2nd Middlesex Yeomanry, was captured in North Africa on 8 April 1941 during the Axis offensive against Tobruk. Skinner and the other prisoners spent only a short time...
Robert Sydney Jones

Robert Sydney Jones

w Robert Sydney Jones Imperial War Museums 25573 Robert Sydney Jones[1] was born in Perth, Australia, in 1916. An aircraft enthusiast, he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1939. Initially, he remained in Australia as a pilot trainer, but in...