Cobber

	Cobber Cobber is an Australian and New Zealand word for "mate" or "friend". Cobber or Cobbers may also refer to: * Edgar Kain (1918-1940), New Zealand Second World War flying ace nicknamed "Cobber" * the athletics teams of Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota) * River Cobber, Cornwall, England - see Coverack Bridges * ''Cobbers'', a sculpture in the Australian Memorial Park by Peter Corlett * , a Second World War trawler - see List of requisitioned trawlers of the Royal Navy (WWII) This is a List of civilian trawlers requisitioned by the Royal Navy for use in World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the v ... {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Australian Memorial Park The Australian Memorial Park is a World War I memorial, located near Fromelles, France, commemorating Australians killed during the Battle of Fromelles. Location The memorial park is located approximately from the V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, on the same road in the direction of the village of Fromelles in France. It lies at the point where the German lines crossed the road, and has several surviving battlefield fortifications. In comparison, the V.C. Corner cemetery and memorial is approximately at the point where the Allied lines crossed the road. Inauguration The Memorial Park was opened on 5 July 1998 by Bruce Scott, the Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs, in the presence of Ian McLachlan, the Australian Minister for Defence. The opening of this memorial park was part of a series of events that commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of World War I. A guard of honour was provided by the French 43rd Infantry Regiment, and the Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Edgar Kain Edgar James Kain, DFC (27 June 1918 – 7 June 1940) was a New Zealand fighter pilot and flying ace who flew in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. Born in Hastings, New Zealand, Kain developed an early interest in aviation and joined the RAF in 1936. He completed his flight training the following year and was posted to the RAF's No. 73 Squadron, flying the Gloster Gladiator and then the Hawker Hurricane. On the outbreak of the Second World War the squadron was dispatched to France. Kain began flying operational sorties during the Phoney War and gained his first aerial victory, a German bomber, in November 1939. He claimed his fifth aerial victory in March 1940, becoming the RAF's first flying ace of the Second World War as well as its first recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross. His success early in the war and consequent media reports made him well known in Britain and the Dominions. The Phoney War ended on 10 May 1940, when the German invasion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota) Concordia College is a private college in Moorhead, Minnesota. Founded by Norwegian settlers in 1891, the school is associated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and practices the liberal arts. Concordia is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and has a total student enrollment of 2,531. It offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, Master of Education, and Master of Science in nutrition degrees. Since Concordia was founded, it has articulated a Christian and global curriculum. Students are required to take courses in health, communication, religion, and culture. The university maintains athletic teams in 22 sports and carries 19 music ensembles, including The Concordia Choir, The Concordia Orchestra, and The Concordia Band. History Concordia College was dedicated as a private academy on October 31, 1891, by a group of approximately one dozen Norwegian pastors and laymen who had recently settled in the Red River Valley. The school was founded on the prope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	River Cobber A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Coverack Bridges Coverack Bridges ( kw, Ponskovrek) is a hamlet in southwest Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated southwest of Wendron in the valley of the River Cober just under one mile north of Helston Helston ( kw, Hellys) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately east of Penzance and south-west of Falmouth.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map she ....Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189''. 1961 The area is mainly farming now but has a long history of well over 200 years of granite quarry. The local quarry is still in business and is located just below the golf course along the banks of the River Cober. References External links Hamlets in Cornwall {{Kerrier-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]