LORD, Robert James - VX114520
| Original items held by the Army Museum of Western Australia |
| Conflict | World War 2 |
|---|---|
| Service Arm | Citizen Military Force Australian Imperial Force |
| Unit | HQ Lae Base |
| Service No. | VX114520 |
| Service Arm | Army |
| Date of Birth | 17 Dec 1917 |
| Date of Death | |
| Relatives | Wife - Joyce Lord |
Certificate of Discharge and a photo of the 28 soldiers who had been left stranded in New Guinea once the war had ended.
This note explains the photo. 28 Army chaps who could not get back to Australia from New Guinea after the war was over. One night the HMAS Cessnock, a corvette, radioed that they would take only the married men, so that included me.
The Cessnock had very little room for its crew so we were very crowded. Also we were towing an RAAF Rescue Launch which made the going very slow as it was as rough as hell and we were all sea sick - the Army fellows that is.
We left the RAAF Launch at Bundaberg, Nth Queensland and proceeded to Sydney. At the wharf waiting for us was a double deck bus with banners each side reading Returning Long Service Men.
We had a great welcome from the crowd and this is when the photos were taken at the wharf in Sydney.
Photos taken in New Guinea
Lae
Salamoa Salamaua
Finschafen
Father and son fishing
Family photo
Japanese ship off Saidor, New Guinea
Nadzab River, New Guinea
Old mission church
Japanese foxhole.jpg
Nadzab airstrip
Fly River, New Guinea
Mum and the kids
Salamaua, New Guinea
River of the Mists
Hospital ship 'Manunda'
Lae airstrip in foreground
Gun Gun River
Village Chief and son
Nipper in birthday suit
Japanese qreck 'Makyo-Maru'
The graveyard of shot up planes, USA, Nadzab Airstrip
Mt Nimbus
Headquarters in Lae
open air pictures Wewack
Mission church
Man with the arrow is Danny Curry
Bob Lord and friends
Bob Lord and friend with cat mascot
staff car
Lionel and myself
Father O'Byrne MC and myself
sun baking to try to get rid of dermatitis
myself, Manunda, Don
me on my own
Here's Health. A couple of no-hopers at Malahany Beach, Lae
Get a load of this one. Jack and myself up on the front of the Myoko Maru. 12 Nov 1945
This one will give you some idea of the bomb damage
Jack on the wreck of the Japanese ship Myoko Maru
Family photos
Pitt Street, Sydney; Lionel, myself and Syd
Bob, Joyce and Robert in Melbourne
