tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.comments2023-12-12T13:20:28.418+10:30Australian Lithuanian HistoryDaina Pociushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11749490215124052045noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-25617004917124612952023-08-22T09:55:35.258+09:302023-08-22T09:55:35.258+09:30I was the 12 year old son of an RAAF Officer, livi...I was the 12 year old son of an RAAF Officer, living in MQ296 on the Williamtown base at this time. The aircraft was practicing aerobatic manoeuvres over the base that day, and in the final moments before the crash, it passed over our house. It was very close I can tell you. and as a young child obsessed with military aircraft,,it was very exciting. I ran from the backyard of the house to the Pedro147https://www.blogger.com/profile/16268409156779261261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-69695533392827183072023-06-06T16:28:00.093+09:302023-06-06T16:28:00.093+09:30I also witnessed the crash. Flying Officer Karpys ...I also witnessed the crash. Flying Officer Karpys was practicing for the coming air force display when his aircraft bottomed out of a dive over the base. He had little to no forward airspeed when his Mirage squashed in intowards the ground. He gunned the engine to try to get forward airspeed and thus control of his aircraft causing it to cartwheel across the roadway into the scrub just missing Tezza2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15642376369052933461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-77961557843836652682023-03-15T21:09:12.027+10:302023-03-15T21:09:12.027+10:30Koolymilka is the name where the airfield was. Kos...Koolymilka is the name where the airfield was. Kos Tymukas became a Civil Engineer with Department of Works. He worked in Woomera then Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-43885949631949026082023-03-13T11:06:51.686+10:302023-03-13T11:06:51.686+10:30Hello everyone, is anyone willing to share a copy ...Hello everyone, is anyone willing to share a copy of this photo? Would like to add to my family research folder...<br />With thanks, Margareta/Maya <br />(Romas)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-54291738895693128552023-01-11T00:47:10.984+10:302023-01-11T00:47:10.984+10:30Very Nice Post.Very Nice Post.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02498684667376613825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-33082924808893594532022-08-06T19:51:17.094+09:302022-08-06T19:51:17.094+09:30My parents have the same print, the man in the moo...My parents have the same print, the man in the moon.Daina Pociushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11749490215124052045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-15470587103730748112022-06-15T13:26:40.586+09:302022-06-15T13:26:40.586+09:30Hi, I have just inherited a work by Vytas. Create...Hi, I have just inherited a work by Vytas. Created in 1974 it depicts a man circling the globe on a bicycle-powered lamp. Does anyone know anything about this work?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172175394839443261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-9311386225476178772021-12-19T17:00:40.425+10:302021-12-19T17:00:40.425+10:30Greetings.
To whom maintains/compiles the Liuanian...Greetings.<br />To whom maintains/compiles the Liuanian Vietnam Veterans List on Australian Lithuanian History.<br />If you access the Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans and do a search, inserting Lithuania in the Country of Birth box at the bottom of the search page, you will find a few more Lithuanian Viet Vets to add to your list.<br />I came across your blog whilst researching deceased Vietnam Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05017011852258746532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-49727594702678969602021-07-21T22:36:20.866+09:302021-07-21T22:36:20.866+09:30Recently the NAA opened up a file for Antanas.
NAA...Recently the NAA opened up a file for Antanas.<br />NAA - MP1154/1 V1961/45511<br /> It tells the story you have written, but through bureaucrats documents. You can see how misunderstood the DPs were and how Social Workers didn't have any idea of what Antanas and other Baltic DPs had lived through.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-80229530692714013652021-01-26T03:38:05.146+10:302021-01-26T03:38:05.146+10:30💛💚❤️💛💚❤️💛💚❤️💛💚❤️Dana Grigonisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-63501301815077239302021-01-26T03:37:44.964+10:302021-01-26T03:37:44.964+10:30����❤️����❤️����❤️����❤️Dana Grigonisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-65262786309495841522021-01-02T01:30:21.466+10:302021-01-02T01:30:21.466+10:30I remember, with nostalgia, seeing the enormous ...I remember, with nostalgia, seeing the enormous portrait of Joseph over the 'fireplace' in quote . . . "Joseph's Room" in Clifton Street. Edvardas, Jonas, Viktoras, Romualdus and Juozapas (my spelling - sorry, memory not what it once was lol). I have never met 5 such powerful men in my life. . . Their Father was a fine man. Antanina (Mamochka) had a wonderful Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12675454582263119636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-70160050915063877612020-11-14T03:01:22.096+10:302020-11-14T03:01:22.096+10:30This photo is definetely Marcinkus in his youth. D...This photo is definetely Marcinkus in his youth. Despite biological similarities between this and his other photos, this uniform is Lithuanian uniform (not Finnish) with typical Lithuanian cocarde. Justinas Zilinskashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14063791433320677375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-51332542822243327892020-09-08T14:28:36.705+09:302020-09-08T14:28:36.705+09:30Daina - you meant at the Bathurst Migrant Camp, no...Daina - you meant at the Bathurst Migrant Camp, not Bonegilla?? Jonasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-62085032160139713512020-08-19T10:19:28.631+09:302020-08-19T10:19:28.631+09:30My father, Vytautas Armanas (played as Armonas) is...My father, Vytautas Armanas (played as Armonas) is pictured fifth from left standing. Kytas was a good friend of my father.Phill Armanashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640603535620722010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-43216405960446035252020-08-19T10:16:20.347+09:302020-08-19T10:16:20.347+09:30My father is pictured in the middle of the 'st...My father is pictured in the middle of the 'standing' row however he is not named. A. Petruska is named in his position. I believe he may have captained a team at some stage. He played for several years. His name was Vytautas Armanas but played as Armonas for some reason.Phill Armanashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640603535620722010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-40367751739023896442020-08-19T10:14:45.609+09:302020-08-19T10:14:45.609+09:30My father is shown in the photo, in the middle of ...My father is shown in the photo, in the middle of the 'standing' row. However he is not named. A. Petruska is named in his position. His name was Vytautas Armanas but he played as Armonas for some reason. I understand he may have captained a team at some stage. He played for several years.Phill Armanashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640603535620722010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-55734280383206164252020-08-19T10:12:02.644+09:302020-08-19T10:12:02.644+09:30The names shown in the 'standing' row omit...The names shown in the 'standing' row omit my father, Vytautas Armanas, who played under the name Armonas for some odd reason. He is the middle person and I note that only six of the seven in that row are named. A. Petruska is named at the position my father is in, or, he is simply missed out.Phill Armanashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640603535620722010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-82710079070652754302020-07-30T14:08:18.965+09:302020-07-30T14:08:18.965+09:30Dear Daina Pocius and Lithuanian History in Austra...Dear Daina Pocius and Lithuanian History in Australia.<br />I am a researcher from the University of Melbourne, working on a research project looking into the migrant workers (DPs) who were sent to Woomera, South Australia upon arrival in Australia.<br />I have discovered some of their names on the Lithuanian History site, and in particular, within the section on Academic Scouts.<br />I am Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002313503746240593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-39872637850896832422020-07-06T08:59:43.107+09:302020-07-06T08:59:43.107+09:30What was the date of these donations?What was the date of these donations?Ann Tündern-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162627848003952705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-66440126614606536122020-01-03T16:26:58.051+10:302020-01-03T16:26:58.051+10:30Hi Sandrute
How amazing to read your comment. We ...Hi Sandrute <br />How amazing to read your comment. We left Mount Gambier after our house burned down. I must have been about nine years old.<br />We moved to Adelaide and I began ballet classes when I was eleven with Madame Babicheva.<br />After moving to Melbourne and graduating from the Australian Ballet School I joined the Australian Ballet. I danced with the Australian Ballet for over 15 Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887771290617547285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-983340190359836562019-04-27T17:40:40.942+09:302019-04-27T17:40:40.942+09:30Joseph's family resided originally in Mt Gambi...Joseph's family resided originally in Mt Gambier and were friends of my parents, Joe & Joan Jakutavicius. I remember Joseph in our front garden as a young boy in his early teens & at that stage he was already a ballet dancer. The family moved to Adelaide & I never saw Joseph again.Sandrutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00928965695570235517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-4689741462116033302019-03-12T23:10:20.655+10:302019-03-12T23:10:20.655+10:30This is my great grandfather. I was fortunate to g...This is my great grandfather. I was fortunate to get the opportunity to know him into my early 20s.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00768005676506301006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-83076467063422609722018-12-02T12:46:08.794+10:302018-12-02T12:46:08.794+10:30It is with great sadness I would like to advise th...It is with great sadness I would like to advise that Vicor Baltutis passed away on 21 August 2018.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-21097826841071613122018-10-29T16:58:44.519+10:302018-10-29T16:58:44.519+10:30The crash was on the 1st of September at 10.30am i...The crash was on the 1st of September at 10.30am in 1967.<br />I was an eye witness not fifty yards from the crash site and was involved with the removal of the pilots remains and burial. The aircraft struck the base side of the road leaving a lump pushed up in the tar on the road flattened the fence on the other side and spread in to the schrub on fire,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com