Eddy Beckett,  TownsVille Airforce Base before being sent to PNG

Eddy Beckett

Don Company, 2/13th Battalion in action at Tobruk, April 1941.  This picture appeared on the front page of the Sydney Sun and was the first picture back of Aussi  boys during the 262 day Siege of Tobruk.  The man closest to the camera, Private Luck was Killed In Action during the 'Breakout' of Tobruk at Ed Duda in November 1941.

Australian's at Tobruk

My father in Melbourne, May 1943. On his way to see a young lady. The greatcoat over his arm, he tells me, was known as a 'groundsheet' on such occasions.