ON THIS DAY
17 September
1944
Damien Parerkilled
Academy award-winning, Australian cameraman Damien Parer killed while filming American troops on Peleliu in the Pacific. Parer's documentary, Front line Kokoda, won an Oscar for best documentary in 1943. Having filmed Australians in action during the early years of the war, Parer accepted a job with the American film company, Paramount, to film Americans in action in the Pacific.
LEST WE FORGET
| YEAR |
NAME |
SERVICE |
SERVICE NUMBER |
| 1978 |
TANNER Joseph |
Army |
NX59905 |
| 1990 |
LANDSBOROUGH W.M. |
Royal Scots |
3066242 |
| 1991 |
SINCLAIR H. |
RAAF |
24286 |
| 2003 |
LEVANOS P. |
Army |
N478832 |
| 2014 |
KERR Reginald |
RAAF |
32434 |