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Thai-Burma railway

Post Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 12163, James Maughmer, lays a wreath during a service held in Fremantle commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Sunda Strait. Story by Lieutenant Gary McHugh. Photo by Leading Seaman Craig Walton.
History Lest We Forget News Royal Australian Navy 

Loss of HMAS Perth I remembered

04/03/202204/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1854 Views 1 Comment HMAS Perth I, Thai-Burma railway, WWII

HMAS Perth III visited Fremantle recently for events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the sinking of HMAS Perth I and

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Former WWII PoW Gordon Jamieson in a WWII jeep at Carinity Cedarbrook nursing home. Photos supplied by Carinity Cedarbrook.
Australian News Veterans 

WWII PoW honours fallen mates at Remembrance Day service in nursing home

12/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2801 Views 0 Comments Thai-Burma railway

A former prisoner of war who is one of Queensland’s last surviving Thai-Burma railway workers honoured his fallen army mates

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