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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.

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Loss of HMAS Perth I remembered

04/03/202204/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 487 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.

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

12/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1763 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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