On one occasion Rodney’s crew flew a night mission to Austria to drop two secret agents near Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest”. The agents had orders to assassinate Hitler if he was in residence.
Ian Harrison
“Meet us in Perth” was the welcoming message of the official poster for the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1962. The poster was designed by Cedric Baxter, a staff artist at West Australian Newspapers.
Patrick Cornish
Harry Lodge was barely 18 years old, fresh out of Hale School, when he joined the RAAF in May 1942. Two years later, he was posted to 7 Squadron based at Aitape on the north coast of New Guinea.
Henry Wauchop
Bev Brock — the longtime partner of Australian motor racing legend Peter Brock — passed away this morning after a brave battle against the disease.
Shannon Hampton
Dita started presenting a weekly arts program on Radio Fremantle which she continued for more than 30 years, into her late 90s.
Colin Jevons
Long before reaching his teens, Perth Modern student Geoffrey Michaels was seen as a prodigy. At 16 he won a scholarship to a prestigious conservatorium in Philadelphia and lived in the US from then on.
Leanne Preston-Found transformed her humble home-based business into a global phenomenon.
John Found
Former City of Kalamunda chief executive and local government stalwart Rhonda Hardy has passed away after a battle with cancer.
Hannah Cross and Jake Dietsch
Hofmann Engineering’s Erich F Hofmann and his brother were chasing adventure in Sydney when their ship stopped over in Fremantle in 1959, setting the scene for a business that now employs 650 people.
Sean Smith
David’s parents had grown up in working-class families who valued the importance of education, and they gifted David with a belief in self-education and a lifelong love of learning.
Chris Bond
A woman who wore many hats — mother, author, historian and community champion — Ena Czeladka-Willemsen grew up on the family vineyard, a connection that would become a cornerstone of her life’s work.
Lorrie Noakes
The sea cools, it carries, but it can kill. Bryn Jones did not keep count of the lives he saved off Scarborough, but if you pressed him hard, he could recall a success or two.
Ron Elphick was the first person to hear their name called at the first roll call when Geraldton High School opened.
Ben Harvey
Italians know how important food is, not just for nutrition but for the enjoyment of life. Carmela loved to make delicious food and her cooking for the grandchildren has remained imprinted on their lives.
Dr Rosanna Capolingua AM
Charlie Stewart loved dogs and sheep, and on a grander scale it was as a vet caring for horses that he was the most obvious winner.
There was no doubt Tom Padbury was tops on merino matters, being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia “for service to the Australian sheep industry”.
Basketball is about throws and hoops, but when faced with jumping through the hoops of life, Len Ettridge endured more challenges than most people.
Harald was born in Hamburg, Germany, in late 1929 during the Weimar Republic and was 15 at the end of World War II and the destruction of the Third Reich.
John Elsegood
Some of the oldest sheds and structures still standing were constructed by a stalwart of the Cowaramup and Margaret River community — builder, dairy farmer, naturalist and a friend to hundreds, Alan Standring.
Nick Bruining
Visitors to a camp in Lancelin were on serious parental business: sharing experiences in caring for children with disability. At the helm of this gathering was Margaret Cole.
A legion of kids remembered Ken Screaigh as the “Polony Man”, whose entrepreneurial skills included giving children free polony at his butcher shop.
Howard Angel was a raconteur — a man who enjoyed life and liked being in the centre of things and involved in activities.
It was Brian Haffenden’s background in the meat industry that led to his path crossing with Thamkrabok monastery in Thailand, where he would personally escort more than 100 drug addicts for treatment.
Martin Stewart
A farmer turned company director whose contributions spanned many fields, Kevin Patrick Hogan was — at the heart of it all — a family man with a great sense of humour.
Michael Chaney AO