The coastal city of Gaza was the heart of the main Turkish defensive position in southern Palestine. Three major battles were launched in 1917 by British and dominion forces to capture Gaza - only the ...

Two months after being formed at Darwin on 1 June 1940, 13 Squadron commenced day-night training, shipping security patrols, and weekly patrols of Australia's northern coastline. These activities ...

Mk 1 Limpet mine made from metal. The mine has six horseshoe magnets attached to the charge and a rope carry handle. There are no markings. Limpet mine with AC delay Mk 1 demolition charge as used ...

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The Heckler & Koch G3 rifle is a select fire, magazine fed weapon using the roller delayed blowback action. The G3 is built almost entirely out of metal stampings. The receiver is stamped from sheet ...

Worn as a distinguishing unit indication at the head of each sleeve from 1917.

Laminated timber fragment, roughly 200 mm long x 100 mm in chord, from the tip of a crashed Spitfire Mark IXb propellor blade. The leading edge of the blade is protected by a thin strip of brass sheet ...

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After continued lobbying from the United States government for a larger contribution to the war, the Australian government decided in May 1964 to send six of the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) ...

During the Second World War, Redbank Camp, located near Ipswich west of Brisbane, was one of the largest military bases in Queensland.

Lee-Enfield No 2 Mk IV* Rifle. Receiver marked LITHGOW SHT LE III* within a shield 1920. Butt marked MA No 2. Mk IV* 6/50 R. This rifle resembles the Short Magazine Lee-Enfield No I Mk III* but has a ...