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A Vietnam veteran is wearing his military jacket and carrying the guidon of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment. He is also carrying a sign expressing his opinion of the guy who instituted the tariffs.
A Ukrainian soldier from the 2nd Battalion (Shchedryk) of the 411th UAV Regiment strides through a half frozen trench at a training ground in eastern Donestk Province, 3 March, 2025. The troops were training with a fixed wing Sych bomber drone.
Regimental number - 3463
Place of birth - Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales
School - Kangaroo Valley Public School, New South Wales
Religion - Church of England
Occupation - Bushman
Address - Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 29
Next of kin - Father, W J Wright, Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales
Enlistment date - 2 August 1915
Rank on enlistment - Private
Unit name - 2nd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 23/19/2
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll - Private
Unit from Nominal Roll - 2nd Battalion
Fate - Killed in Action 27 October 1917
Age at death - 31
Place of burial - Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery (Plot II, Row H, Grave No. 3), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial - 35
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records - Parents: William James and Isabella WRIGHT
Family/military connections - Brother: 2082 Pte Thomas Alfred Reginald WRIGHT, 1st Bn, killed in action, 11 August 1915.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
The two photographs in this page of the Ternan album are of scenes from a military facility with huts, soldiers and a "Post Office" / recreation room with decorations. The album, however, has some very different images that make it well worth a browse through. Is the scene where the party platoon of soldiers are marching between huts of the British or Free State army? The cap badges are a bit washed out but seem to be those of Oglaigh na hÉireann hopefully we can identify the regiment!
The caption is a reminder of the WW2 song "They say that in the army"...
Photographer: Perhaps a member of the Ternan family
Date: 1920 - 1939
NLI Ref.: ALB151
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Utah National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 222nd Field Artillery participate in a recruiting and family day live-fire artillery demonstration using the M109A6 Paladin at Camp Williams Saturday, May 15, 2021.
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HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Dec. 14, 2010) Hospitalman Chris McNeal and Marines assigned to Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team-1, patrol the area Northeast of Combat Outpost Jaker. The Marines conduct daily security patrols to decrease enemy presence in the surrounding area. Third Marine Regiment is deployed in Helmand Province to support the International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Orlando Perez/Released)
"Medical supply estimating process saves lives on battlefield" By Shawn Richeson, Naval Health Research Center Public Affairs. Published in Navy Medicine magazine Summer 2011. online at archive.org/details/navmed-summer-2011.
Sgt. John Doran, military police officer, 323rd Military Police Company, Ohio National Guard, conducts fast rope insertion and extraction system training out of a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter while special operators with 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) maintain security during Exercise Northern Strike at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Mich., Aug. 5, 2024. Fast-roping is a technique for descending a thick rope, allowing troops to deploy from a helicopter in places where the aircraft cannot touch down. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Aven Santiago, 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Ohio National Guard military police officers assigned to 323rd Military Police Company and special operators with 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct fast rope insertion and extraction system training out of a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter during Exercise Northern Strike at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Mich., Aug. 5, 2024. Fast-roping is a technique for descending a thick rope, allowing troops to deploy from a helicopter in places where the aircraft cannot touch down. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Aven Santiago, 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Ohio National Guard military police officers assigned to 323rd Military Police Company and special operators with 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct fast rope insertion and extraction system training out of a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter during Exercise Northern Strike at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Mich., Aug. 5, 2024. Every military police officer who took part in FRIES was air assault qualified. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Aven Santiago, 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
“”Second World War”
1st + 2nd Battalion
Pg. 236”
“”Second World War”
1st + 2nd Battalion
Pg. 236”
Artwork done by soldier's sister.....wording around photo:
"My brother who nobly responded to the Empire's call"
Regimental number - 4895
Place of birth - Tulna Junction, New South Wales
Religion - Church of England
Occupation - Labourer
Address - Jaunter, Oberon, New South Wales
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 19
Next of kin - Father, J E Stanford, Orange, New South Wales
Enlistment date - 21 August 1915
Rank on enlistment - Private
Unit name - 2nd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 23/19/3
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll - Private
Unit from Nominal Roll - 2nd Battalion
Fate - Returned to Australia 31 July 1918
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New Zealand war museum entry:
www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/recor...
Regimental number - 5415
Place of birth - Victoria
Religion - Presbyterian
Occupation - Labourer
Address - Euroa, Victoria
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 21
Next of kin - Father, J McNair, Euroa, Victoria
Enlistment date - 14 September 1915
Rank on enlistment - Private
Unit name - 2nd Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 23/19/3
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A4 Ceramic on 14 April 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll - Private
Unit from Nominal Roll - 54th Battalion
Fate - Returned to Australia 18 January 1919
Regimental number - 5415
Place of birth - Victoria
Religion - Presbyterian
Occupation - Labourer
Address - Euroa, Victoria
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 21
Next of kin - Father, J McNair, Euroa, Victoria
Enlistment date - 14 September 1915
Rank on enlistment - Private
Unit name - 2nd Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 23/19/3
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A4 Ceramic on 14 April 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll - Private
Unit from Nominal Roll - 54th Battalion
Fate - Returned to Australia 18 January 1919
He was initially commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and later joined the Parachute Regiment.
At the age of 26 he went into action in the Battle of Arnhem where he was part of the small force that was able to reach Arnhem road bridge.
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the posthumous award of the VICTORIA CROSS to: —
Lieutenant John Hollington Grayburn (149002), Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps (Chalfont St. Giles).
For supreme courage, leadership and devotion to duty.
Lieutenant Grayburn was a platoon commander of the Parachute Battalion which was dropped on 17th September, 1944, with the task of seizing and holding the bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem.
North end of the bridge was captured and, early in the night, Lieutenant Grayburn was ordered to assault and capture the Southern end with his platoon. He led his platoon on to the bridge and began the attack with the utmost determination, but the platoon was met by a hail of fire from two 20 mm. quick firing guns, and from the machine guns of an armoured car. Almost at once Lieutenant Grayburn was shot through the shoulder. Although there was no cover on the bridge, and in spite of his wound, Lieutenant Grayburn continued to press forward with the greatest dash and bravery until casualties became so heavy that he was ordered to withdraw. He directed the withdrawal from the bridge personally and was himself the last man to come off the embankment into comparative cover.
Later, his platoon was ordered to occupy a house which was vital to the defence of the bridge and he personally organised the occupation of the house.
Throughout the next day and night the enemy made ceaseless attacks on the house, using not only infantry with mortars and machine guns but also tanks and self-propelled guns. The house was very exposed and difficult to defend and the fact that it did not fall to the enemy must be attributed to Lieutenant Grayburn's great courage and inspiring leadership. He constantly exposed himself to the enemy's fire while moving among, and encouraging, his platoon, and seemed completely oblivious to danger.
On 19th September, 1944, the enemy renewed his attacks, which increased in intensity, as the house was vital to the defence of the bridge. All attacks were repulsed, due to Lieutenant Grayburn's valour and skill in organising and encouraging his men, until eventually the house was set on fire and had to be evacuated.
Lieutenant Grayburn then took command of elements of all arms, including the remainder of his own company, and re-formed them into a fighting force. He spent the night organising a defensive position to cover the approaches to the bridge.
On 20 September 1944, he extended his defence by a series of fighting patrols which prevented the enemy gaining access to the houses in the vicinity, the occupation of which would have prejudiced the defence of the bridge. This forced the enemy to bring up tanks which brought Lieutenant Grayburn's positions under such heavy fire that he was forced to withdraw to an area farther North. The enemy now attempted to lay demolition charges under the bridge and the situation was critical. Realising this, Lieutenant Grayburn organised and led a fighting patrol which drove the enemy off temporarily, and gave time for the fuzes to be removed. He was again wounded, this time in the back, but refused to be evacuated.
Finally, an enemy tank, against which Lieutenant Grayburn had no defence, approached so close to his position that it became untenable. He then stood up in full view of the tank and personally directed the withdrawal of his men to the main defensive perimeter to which he had been ordered.
He was killed that night.
Now lies in the Airborne Cemetery Oosterbeek.
A CH-47 Chinook assigned to the New York Army National Guard’s Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation removes a 3,900-pound steel pontoon from the Niagara River just above the American side of Niagara Falls in Niagara Falls, New York on May 4, 2022. The pontoon, which washed away from an ice dam in 2019, was removed because of concerns that it could go over the falls and damage the “Cave of the Winds”. ( Photo Courtesy New York Power Authority)
The view from the bottom hatch of a CH-47 Chinook assigned to the New York Army National Guard’s Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation shows a member of the New York State Park Police High Water Rescue Team clipping a lifting cable onto a 3,900-pound steel pontoon in the Niagara River just above the American side of Niagara Falls in Niagara Falls, New York on May 4, 2022. The pontoon, which washed away from an ice dam in 2019, was lifted by the CH-47 and moved to Goat Island. It was removed because of concerns that it could go over the falls and damage the “Cave of the Winds”. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Roberta Comerford)
