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THE STORY OF SQUADRON LEADER KEITH ‘BLUEY’ TRUSCOTT

Published in Wings Magazine THE PRICE OF BEING A HERO Only once did he end up in the frigid English Channel awaiting rescue. It is not known why his war service in England only came to 10 months. His promotion was rapid — a Pilot Officer in February 1941 and Acting...

MERLE HARE (nee STORRIE)

Merle Hare (nee Storrie) is an iconic figure in the ACT naval community. Remarkedly spry, she continues to live independently in the same villa she has called home for 25 years. Merle doesn’t use a stick but suggests she is slowing down. Merle Hare is 105 years of...

RUBY BOYLE-JONES

Ruby Olive Boye, born in Sydney on 29 July in 1891 in Sydney, was the fifth of eight children. She worked in retail until her marriage on 25 October 1919 to Sydney Skov Boye. Ruby was described as a tall and imposing woman who radiated a natural dignity and a...

Dr Phoebe Chapple (Captain QMAAC)

by Kathryn Spurling | Aug 21, 2024

It could be tough growing up in a family of high achievers. Her father was Headmaster at Prince Alfred College, Adelaide. A brother was a Cambridge University, England, graduate and now lecturer in engineering; another brother also a graduate of Cambridge, was taking...

Amazing Woman: Mary Lindell

by Kathryn Spurling | May 11, 2024

Her real name was Ghita ‘Mary’ Lindell, preferred name was Gertrude Mary Lindell, but her code-name was ‘Marie-Claire’. Some knew her as the Comtesse de Millville or Comtesse de Moncy. Another title was ‘The Nazis most wanted woman’. She was the fearless woman who...

Controversy surrounds combat roles for women

The Government has announced women will be allowed into elite front-line military units if they pass stringent physical and psychological tests. Kathryn Spurling spoke on ABC Lateline

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