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Arthur Leggett, WA's oldest surviving World War II prisoner of war, dies aged 106
Western Australia's oldest surviving World War II army prisoner of war, Arthur Leggett, dies in Perth aged 106.
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Australian WWII plane wreck discovered off the coast of Greece
The wreck of the RAAF plane Baltimore FW282, which was shot down by the Nazis in December 1943, was found in the Aegean Sea ...
Nazi mystery that left three Brits dead finally solved after 82 years
A World War Two bomber shot down by the Nazis over the Mediterranean has been found after 82 years. RAF Airman Leslie Norman Row, from Gravesend, Kent, was flying a mission near the coast of Greece ...
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As a German-Australian, I’ve been learning the importance of grappling with the past — lest we repeat its horrors
It was there, during the Second World War, that German industrialist and Nazi Party ... In one photo, he’s wearing a World War II Wehrmacht (armed forces) uniform. Aged 19, I read, he died ...
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Broome: Diving the remnants of a WW2 attack on Australia
During World War Two, a surprise air raid on the remote Australian town of Broome killed scores of people. But even in Australia it is not widely remembered, historians say. Dave Jackson is among ...