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Bathurst Island was depicted as Mission Island in the 2008 Baz Luhrmann film Australia. In the film, Japanese infantrymen land on the island; however, the presence of Japanese troops on the island is entirely fictional, as no such landing by the Japanese was made during World War II. [9]
The Rockingham Naval Memorial Park, opened in 1996, is dedicated to the Royal Australian Navy and its activities during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. [5] The memorial consists of three main parts, a walk way with commemorative plaques, the HMAS Orion fin and the HMAS Derwent gun turret.
Bangka Island Massacre Memorial Monument in Mentok, Bangka Island. In South Australia an annual commemoration known as the Bangka Day Memorial Service has been held at the Women's Memorial Playing Fields, St Mary's, on the Sunday closest to 16 February [5] since 1955.
Adelaide River War Cemetery was listed on the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004 with the following rationale: [1]. The Adelaide River War Cemetery established in 1942, serves as the last resting place for service men and women who lost their lives in northern Australia as a result of World War II .
The Remembrance Driveway in Australia is a road and memorial system of arboreal parks, plantations, and road-side rest areas that provide a living memorial in honour of those who served in the Australian Defence Forces in World War II, the Korean War, Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War, and who continue to serve around the world.
Margaret Anne Somerville MBE (24 September 1912 – 6 August 2014) [1] worked as a cottage mother at the Croker Island Mission which was run by the Methodist Overseas Mission. She is best remembered for her bravery in assisting with the evacuation of 95 Aboriginal children from there during World War II during the Bombing of Darwin. This ...
Sydney Sweeney hit back after body shamers piled on one of her Instagram posts, which included videos and photos of her hitting the gym to prepare for her role as boxer Christy Martin.
Arthur Reginald Evans, DSC (14 May 1905 – 31 January 1989) was an Australian coastwatcher in the Pacific Ocean theatre in World War II.He is chiefly remembered for having played a significant part in the rescue of future US President John F. Kennedy and his surviving crew after their motor torpedo boat, PT-109, was sunk by the Japanese in August 1943.