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Framed b&w head and shoulders photo of Major G J Rankin DSO & Bar
Caption: 4th Australian Light Horse 1914-1918
Major G J Rankin DSO & Bar 2nd in Command of the Regiment at the charge at Beersheba 31st October 1917
DVD in case
The War File - The Great War - The Story of WW1 1914-1918
ww1
DVD in case
The Weapons of War - Tanks at War
ww2
PC CD-ROM in case
PC CD-ROM Airborne Assault Conquest of the Aegean Battles for Greece and Malta - Australian Defence Force Version
Rommel
DVD in case
The War File Rommel The Desert Fox "A tireless fighter in the case of the Fuhrer & the Third Reich" General Von Runstedt
ww2
DVD in case
Imperial War Museum the Official Collection - British Tanks at War Five Wartime Films 1941 - 1942
ww2
DVD in case
The War File - Vietnam The Chopper Ware
vietnam
The battle of Cambrai saw the final allied attack on the western front in 1917.
DVD in case
THE ANIMATED MILITARY HISTORY SERIES - CAMBRAI 1917 THE TRIAL OF THE TANKS - LINE OF FIRE
battle of cambrai 1917
Documentary on those that travel to Gallipoli for ANZAC Day Dawn Service
DVD in case
Enough Rope Andrew Denton Gallipoli: Brothers in Arms
gallipoli
Tank Battles El Alamein to the Volga, D-Day, Battle of Britain, The Great War, Dunkirk, Great Sea Battles of WW2, History of WW2, Battleships at War
10 DVDs in cases - contained in a cardboard box/sleeve
10 DVD BOX SET - THE WARE FILES FEARURING - OVER 10 HOURS OF WAR DOCUMENTARIES
ww2, ww1
Tank warfare during WW2
DVD in case
The War File - Tank Battles El Alamein to the Volga - The Story of Tank Warfare During World War Two
ww2
The great tank battle of Kursk took place in 1943, when the Germans mounted a huge attack on the Soviet army with a force f some 900,000 men, 2,700 of their most fearsome tanks, 10,000 artillery pieces and 2,000 aircraft. Codenamed 'Operation Citadel', the attack was Adolf Hitler's plan to avenge the disaster that befell the German 6th Army at Stalingrad.
DVD in case
The War File - The Great Tank Battle of Kursk
The retreat from Mons 1914
DVD in case
The Animated Military History Series - The Retreat From Mons - Line of Fire
ww1
Panzer Divisions
DVD copy in Case
The War File - The Panzer - The Story of Adolf Hitler's Infamous Panzer Divisions
ww2
Four DVDs in case
Victory at Sea The Complete Series - All 26 Episodes
ww2
DVD in case
John Ford's December 7th The Pearl Harbor Story
DVD disc in case
Danger Close The Battle of Long Tan
DVD disc in case
battle of cambrai 1917
Framed Photograph and Service History of LT COL L C Maygar VC
Former OC 4 ALH and CO 8 ALH
Framed Photograph of LT COL L C Maygar VC
Service history and replica medals
portrait of lt col l c maygar vc, replica medals and service history
Former OC 4th ALH and CO 8 ALH
Framed portrait of LT COL L C Maygar VC including replica medals, service history and colour patch
Service history and awards presented during service
portrait of lt col l c maygar vc, replica medals and service history
Clear plastic cover and bound photocopy of the Technical Manual that provides operators with the knowledge to erect and operate the Antenna Equipment RC-292
TM 11-5820-348-15 23 May 1966
Wrist badge for self identifiaction made by 2381 C.W. Smith as Trench Art during service in WW1
Manufactured during WW1 by C.W. Smith as an item of identification in case of an adverse occurrence during his operational service
Hand made metal map of Australia with brown leather band hand stitched and brass metal buckle
“2381 C.W.SMITH/1ST FIELD SQDN./A.N.Z. MTD DIV M.” Inscribed on front of metal map
wrist, badge, metal
Scope - 1818 to 1960
Hard covered book, 105 pages
Cancelled stamp of previous owner - B Sqn, 3 Cav Regt
australian light horse, history, australian military history
Hard covered book of 825 pages
Hard covered book of 1030 pages
Reproductions of prictures taken by the Australian official photographers (Captains G H Wilkins MC and J F Hurley, Lieutenants H K Baldwin and J P Campbell and others. Annotated by CEW Bean and H S Gullett
Hard covered book of 922 pages
Hard covered book of 412 pages
Hard covered book of 490 pages
Hard covered book of 844 pages
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