Charl Kleinhaus’s life took a dramatic turn on May 12, 2025, when his plane landed at Dulles International Airport, in a suburb of Washington, D.C. He arrived with his two children and grandson. Waving an American flag and brimming with excitement, he had finally achieved his long-held dream: leaving South Africa.
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Let’s start with the proven facts: Disclosure Day is the most anticipated film of the summer. Its director and screenwriter, Steven Spielberg, revealed details about its plot this week on one of Stephen Colbert’s final shows: he says it tells the story of the theft by officials, “committed to the truth,” of all information held by the government “about UFOs and extraterrestrial visits,” and the system’s desperate attempts to prevent it being revealed.
Aussie~mobs posted a photo:
Written on reverse:
Military Medal
Sgt William Francis Bloxom
With Father, Mother, Sister and Niece
1st World War
WW1 service:
Regimental number - 174
Place of birth - Richmond, Victoria
Religion - Roman Catholic
Occupation - Salesman
Address - 23 Elm Grove, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 24
Next of kin - W Bloxom, 23 Elm Grove, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date - 9 July 1915
Rank on enlistment - Private
Unit name - 29th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 23/46/1
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll - Lance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll - 32nd Battalion
Fate- -Returned to Australia 8 May 1919
Medals -
Military Medal
'At NAUROY on 30th September 1918. For bravery and devotion to duty. He twice went out over the op under very heavy Machine Gun and Shell fire and assisted to bring in wounded. This was an extremely difficult task as he had to crawl flat on his face and drag the wounded along.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 109
Date: 15 September 1919
Date of death - 4 July 1961
Place of burial - Boxhill, Cemetery
WW2 service:
Name - BLOXOM, WILLIAM FRANCIS
Service - Australian Army
Service Number - V8047
Date of Birth - 04 Dec 1891
Place of Birth - RICHMOND, VIC
Locality on Enlistment - DIAMOND CREEK, VIC
Place of Enlistment - -MELBOURNE, VIC
Next of Kin - BLOXOM, DOROTHY
Date of Discharge - 06 Aug 1940
Rank - Private
Posting at Discharge - SPECIAL TRAINING SCHOOL S C
Prisoner of War - No
Aussie~mobs posted a photo:
Photo taken at Flinders Naval Base, later called HMAS Cerberus (which I think is what the name is on his cap). Name changed in 1963.
(This photo sold on ebay together with the portrait of James Murdock McEwen and also the family photo of Lieutenant Lewis)
liane2theworld posted a photo:
an old picture i found in my grandmother's photo album. i am unsure of who it is but on the back they wrote "i a little mad at you." i thought this was neat. it has a light blue tint.
Aussie~mobs posted a photo:
Regimental number - 2392
Place of birth - Colac, Victoria
School - Yalloak State School, Colac, Victoria
Religion - Roman Catholic
Occupation - Labourer
Address - Henty PO, Victoria
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 24
Next of kin - Father, D Hurley, Henby PO, Victoria
Enlistment date - 17 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll - 28 May 1915
Rank on enlistment - Private
Unit name - 5th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 23/22/2
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll - Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll - 46th Battalion
Fate - Died of wounds 13 July 1918
Place of death or wounding - France
Age at death - 27
Place of burial - Crouy British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 6), Crouy-Sur-Somme, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial - 142
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records - Parents: Denis and Mary HURLEY,enty, Victoria. Native of Colac, Victoria
Family/military connections - Brothers: 249 Driver Thomas Joseph HURLEY, 2nd Pioneer Bn, died of wounds, 12 January 1917; 3869 Pte Denis HURLEY, 46th Bn, killed in action, 13 August 1916.
Aussie~mobs posted a photo:
Written on reverse:
This is a photo of the grave of our ?? worker, name on the cross, he was the only one of our Corps who fell on the Peninsula.
Regimental number - 5939
Place of birth - Adelaide, South Australia
Religion - Methodist
Occupation - Plumber
Address - Jones Street, Nailsworth, South Australia
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 20
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs L R Hill, Jones Street, Nailsworth, South Australia
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll - 16 January 1915
Rank on enlistment - Driver
Unit name - Light Horse Brigade Train 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 25/102/1
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 26 May 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll - 8883
Rank from Nominal Roll - Driver
Unit from Nominal Roll - 20th Company, Australian Army Service Corps
Fate - Died of wounds 12 November 1915
Place of burial - Shrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot II, Row E< Grave No. 17), Anzac, Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial - 181
Aussie~mobs posted a photo:
Written on reverse – all very disjointed and written all over the place. Please advise me if I’ve transcribed words incorrectly. Sometimes it doesn’t make sense.
29/4/1917
Dear Mary
This was taken while gardening and digging up ground for potatoes to be planted for the troops. Some old pot took it 4 each. A most remarkable thing to us happened today. Yesterday we were isolated for mumps and measles etc and today we were transferred from hut 30 to a new lot of huts ours is 13 the wash house is no 3.
Note Thorpe marked X, McGowan 14 stone next to me. What do you think in the name H.M.A.T. WILTSHIRE 13 words.
Tomorrow will be the start of 13 weeks since we left Brisbane. Will we have luck or not? I was put as Corporal over the Chows and was told if anyone got away I would go in the clink.
We saw a great sham? fight today at Hurdcott visitors were here and two fellows got badly hurt one lost his eye
gas, bowls, cricket anything. Pretty to see.
I was luck again left watch in bath room for 15 minutes and got it.
Watch losing again 10 minutes each day.
Love and kisses, Harold
With the latest exchanges of fire between the United States and Iran, the war in the Persian Gulf and its fragile ceasefire — marked by increasingly serious skirmishes — has entered a new phase, the most dangerous yet, raising the prospect of a return to hostilities. While the United States attacked Iranian targets for the second consecutive night, the Iranian General Staff has once again announced the complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned that Iranian troops will respond “decisively” to any attack by the adversary. President Donald Trump has threatened attacks may continue on Thursday if Tehran does not accept his conditions for peace.
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