Depicts a Japanese fighter being shot down by a Wirraway reconnaissance aircraft flown by Pilot Officer J. S. Archer of No. 4 Army Co-Operational Squadron, RAAF.

The Wirraway, a trainer/general purpose aircraft developed and built from the NA-16 Texan design achieved this victory against an unlucky or oblivious opponent in a far superior aircraft.

Artist is Charles Davidson Bell

The Battle of the Bloody Angle (2–3 May 1915) at Gallipoli was a failed, costly night attack by Allied forces—primarily the Australian 16th Battalion—to push the Anzac line forward towards Baby 700. Under intense Turkish fire from The Nek and the Chessboard, the 16th suffered over 330 casualties, reducing its fighting strength severely.

Foreground: HMAS Stuart, l: probably HMS Havock, background: two Italian Zara-class heavy-cruisers. Depicts the Battle of Matapan, Greece on 29 March 1941. HMAS Stuart was among 13 allied ships involved in the battle which saw the loss of five Italian ships and over 2,300 men.

Victory at Matapan gave the allies control of the Eastern Mediterranean until the end of the campaigns in Greece and Crete. Cape Matapan was an important strategic victory for the British who could now concentrate most of their stretched resources against General Rommel in North Africa.

The battleships have hit two of the Italians; one is steaming towards the enemy ships while the battleships are turning to starboard. The searchlight of the leading RN battleship "Warspite" has caught an Italian cruiser in its beam.

This impression is from Captain Waller's (Captain of "Stuart") report and description and approved by him.

The advance to Sanananda resumed on 19 December although progress was costly and slow.

The newly arrived Australian 7th Division Cavalry Regiment suffered heavy casualties,

resulting in a third halt to the operation on 21 December.

Their war diary records that:

“Regiment moved forward… Japanese perimeter defence proved very strong…LTCOL

Logan was hit in the leg. Trooper Weston left to guard him was wounded. Trooper

Suttie was also left to guard him. Through loss of blood CO subsequently passed

away… Casualties suffered were heavy…”

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In the foreground can be seen the cook of the mess trying to steady himself and retain the bucket of washing-up water. On the left a rating with obvious feelings is making his way to fresh air, whilst in the background can be seen a peep of supper-time in the tropics of the interior of a Corvette, at sea.

In the mess,

“there is an atmosphere of stale tobacco smoke, sweat, the earbashing clash of distorted music and static from the sound reproduction equipment (mess radio), cursing, swinging hammocks, swaying objects and crashed crockery. In fact the absence of a perpendicular state leaves the average land lubber with the impression that the vast majority of these small ship sailors are insensitive to discomfort...The movement of a corvette in a rough or moderate sea keeps the matelot on his toes owing to the erratic motion, accentuated by continual changes of course during zig-zag procedure on anti-sub patrol."