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Darebin at War

  • Air Raid Shelters

    During World War Two an air raid shelter was constructed in Merri Park near the Northcote High School. It...
  • Aircraft - Wirraway

    In the late 1950s, former Luftwaffe pilot Fred Meuller relocated to Australia and established a petrol...
  • Alfred Hobart Sturdee

    Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Hobart Sturdee served as a surgeon in the 2nd Field Ambulance of the 16th...
  • Bruce Kingsbury

    Bruce Kingsbury was born in Armadale in 1918. After working interstate for a while he joined his fathers real...
  • Charles William Hicks

    Charles William Hicks was 21 when he embarked from Melbourne on board A39 Port Macquarie on June 15, 1915. he...
  • From Cornflakes to Beaufort gun turrets

    The Beaufort was a twin-engine aircraft designed for torpedo or bomb carrying and produced by the Bristol...
  • Harold Edward Elliott

    In 1914 Harold Elliott was residing in Darebin Road, Northcote. Elliott had been born in country Victoria...
  • Northcote Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

    The Northcote Soldiers and Memorial Hall was built in 1922 for the use of Northcote's returned servicemen...
  • Percy Lay

    Percy Lay was born in Ballan on 8 February 1892. During the First World War he enlisted in the A.I.F. and...
  • Preston Air Defence HQ

    During the Second World War, Preston Town (City) Hall played an important role in coordinating defence...
  • Preston Soccer Club in World War One

    During the 1st World War large numbers of people volunteered to enlist in the armed forces to defend ‘King...
  • Rodney Breavington

    Howard, Arthur. Northcote’s bravest son : the story of Cpl. Rodney Breavington executed by the Japanese 2nd...
  • Salvation Army

    In 1943, the Mayor, Cr. W.H.Robinson, on behalf of the citizens of Preston, presented a mobile canteen to the...
  • Sergeant William Ruthven

    Sergeant William Ruthven was born in 1893 in Collingwood and became a mechanical engineer. He was also...
  • Vivian Bullwinkel

    Vivian Bullwinkel was born in Kapunda, South Australia on 18 December 1915. After training as a nurse she...
  • William Williams (1886-1914)

    Able Seaman William G.V. Williams, aged 28, an electricity works employee, of Thornbury, was the first...
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