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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Badge - military
Found at Camp13 site, post war, by wartime guardMetal German paratroopers dual badge depicting a leaf design around outer edge and a swastika. A flying eagle in the centre of the badge.numismatics, badges -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, channel guard's diary
Three pages of channel guard's diary, for year 1892 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Colin M McDonald Amy records
Army Records for camp guard at Tatura Interment camps8, A4 pages white with photocopied text in blackcolin mitchell mcdonald, vx139955, discharge, demobilization, service and casualty form, tatura internment camp, second world war, army guards internment camps -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Sailmaker's Palm
Leather sailmaker's or roping palm. Left hand- simular to a seaming palm, except for the much heavier indentations in the eye and thicker moulded leather guard to the thumb hole. Rd No 666761.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, sail maker's palm, sail making, roping palm -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, copy 1989
Copy of photograph of early stages of Camp 13.Copy of black and white photograph of pre fabricated huts behind fences. Sentry box and guard in lower left hand corner. Trees in background. Row of light poles in foreground.camp 13, internment camps -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Iron
Tall flat iron with lid. Long Metal funnel attached to iron. Wooden handle and rounded guard under handle. Triangular shaped stand on four legs. Charcoal burner.Wallkin & co Salford/ Lanosdomestic items, irons -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, Phil A'Vard, Tulloh: Beech Forest: Scout Special, March 1961, March 1961
Colour. Locomotive G42, an NC guard's van and eight NBH excursion carriages packed with children round a bend near Tulloh at March, 1961. Two people stand watching.tulloh; railway; colac; -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Wallet, World war 11
This wallet belonged to Staff Sergeant Herbert Cubbin, Camp Guard.Khaki woollen wallet. Decorative top stitching on outside. One inside pocket has small cut-out star with blue lining.The other side has a pocket with decorative zig-zag edging. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Souvenir - Model - Ship in Bottle
Gifted to John / Jack Yeoman who was a guard at Camp 13Camp 13Ship has 3 decks, portholes, windows, masts, flags, funnel. Colours of cream, tan and green, also blue sea, and blue and yellow on some flagsBottle top is black with M and J written in green. Bottom of bottle has a crown and u690 embossed in glass. Piece of paper in bottom of bottle Murchison 7 . 5 . 945 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Decorative object - Monkey Ashtray
Gifted to John / jack Yeoman who was a guard at Camp 13Camp 13Ashtray carved from sandstone, ( cream with dark pink stripes ), slightly triangle in shape, undulating surface. Heart shaped ashtray carved with a cigarette holder in one edge. Monkey is cream in colour, carved with holes to hold spare cigarettes. Monkey attaches with a spike on it's bottom to the ashtray corner. Ricordo Pirgionero = record of my imprisonment / memory of a prisoner is carved on the top and the bottom of the ashtray -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, William James Connor
William James Connor was a guard at Camp 3 during WW2.Colour photographic copy of a painting, in a brown frame, of a man in uniform, side on profile facing right.on back in pencil: William James Connor, painted by Jack Davies 1946 Rushworth Camp donated by Betty Taylor 2007william james connor -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Camp 13 Reunion
Camp 13 Murchison Reunion of ex guards and pow's in 1974 1 Black and white photograph of Gerhard Kruger, wearing a tartan tie check shirt, pen in right hand. gerhard kruger, murchison, camp 13 murchison, camp reunions -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
USB, Anzac Day 1941
Anzac Day 1941 video of guards at Camp 4, Tatura.USB containing a video of Anzac Day 1941 at Camp 4 Tatura.camp 4 guards, anzac day ceremony, anzac day 1941, alan macinnes -
Orbost & District Historical Society
sword, 1940's
This sword was collected by Norman Ladner in New Britain during WW11. It was returned to Australia in 1946. Lorraine Joiner (Norman Ladner's daughter) gave the sword to Orbost Police in 2010.Katana were one of the traditionally made Japanese swords that were worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan, also commonly referred to as a "samurai sword.A Japanese Army Samurai sword from WW11. It has a Katana style blade - a curved, slender, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands.sword ww11 katana samurai japanesse-army weapon -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd, War Gases Learn and Live, late 1930's or early 1940's
A soft covered illustrated handbook produced for the public, civil defence services and the home guard covering the nature of war gases, gas attacks, protection, first aid and gas detection tablePrice 6dhandbook, war gases -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Lamp
Lamp, rectangular shaped ship's lamp with handle attached to curved top. Burner site on rectangular fuel tank with sloping edges. Glass partitions have metal cross protective guards.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, lamp, rectangular shaped ship's lamp, ship's lamp -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO - ST.AIDEN'S ORPHANAGE
Photograph - sepia. Photograph of St.Aidens Orphanage, Bendigo. On left hand side of photo - Valentine Series No. 2268. Shows the front entrace to the Orphanage. Young trees in protective guards to the left of the gates.Valentine's, Melbourne.buildings, government, st. aidens orphanage., bendigo - st. aiden's orphanage. -
Puffing Billy Railway
1 NBC - Combined Second-Class Passenger Car And Guard's Van, 4/ 2/1899
Van 1 NBC - 1 compartment and van (7 & 4 ton capacity) - awaiting Restoration Vehicle Length 25 feet 2 inches ( 7671 mm) Coupled Length 27 feet 4 inches (8330 mm) Width 6 feet 3 inches (1905 mm) Weight 10 tons Capacity 7 passengers, 4 tons of goods Built 1898 - 1910 Number Built 7 In use NBC 2 To be restored NBC 1 & 6 VR Service History NBDBD 1.VA - 4/ 2/1899 NWS Built new - circa 1910 - To NBC 1.VA - *NBC 1.VA - / 4/1926 - Modified AC Malco 5/ 7/1937 NWS Into Workshops - 16/ 7/1937 NWS Out of Workshops (12 days) 13/ 3/1941 NWS Into Workshops - 5/ 4/1941 NWS Out of Workshops 24 days / 1/1954 - Sold (to) - circa 1955 CAC Body (v) / /1995 EME Note in Workshops Historic - Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge - Passenger Rolling Stock: Passenger and Guard's Van carriage. Used on first official train between Wangaratta and Whitfield in 1899.1NBC - Combined Second-Class Passenger Car And Guard's Van. - Made of Timber on a Wrought iron frame 1NBC - 1 compartment and van (7 & 4 ton capacity) - awaiting Restoration1 NBC puffing billy, 1nbc, 1nbc - combined second-class passenger car and guard's van, victorian railways, narrow gauge passenger and guard's van rolling stock, 2'6" guage -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Richard Gilbert, c1976
Black and white photograph of Graeme Jordan painting a life guard bracket, possibly for No. 28. The tram is behind on No. 2 road and No. 26 on 3 road. Printed on Kodak Paper. Photo c1976. trams, tramways, btps, depot, tram 28, tram 26 -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, Knox Collection, Beech Forest: train hauling timber, 1912
B/W/ "NA" class locomotive, NQR wagons and NC guard's van hauling timber near Gardner's property in Beech Forest in 1912. Note the workmen clustered on the engine and wagons.beech forest; railway; -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BHS COLLECTION: KAY MACGREGOR BENDIGO GAOL (JAIL) DURING RE-CONSTRUCTION, 2014
BHS COLLECTION: KAY MACGREGOR BENDIGO JAIL DURING RE-CONSTRUCTION Colour Photo Part of gaol (Jail) interior of wall and guard tower during the re-construction to the Ulumbarra Theatre.photograph, building -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, R. Preston, Gellibrand: DOWN goods with G42 awaiting departure, 14 December 1955
A DOWN goods train consisting of a G42 locomotive, a louvre van, two NQ trucks and a guard's van awaits departure from Gellibrand. Three youths are seated in the doorway of the guard' van. On the near track further NQ trucks are parked. A water tank appears in the distance.A DOWN goods train with locomotive G42 awaits departure time from Gellibrand on 14 December 1955. B/W.gellibrand; railways; locomotive g42; louvre van; nq trucks; guard's van; water tank; -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Craft - Warship model, Japanese warship
Given to Corporal Taylor, a guard at camp 4 in appreciation of his treatmentHandmade wooden model on a stand. Japanese inscription in front of warship as well as "Tatura Australia" below Japanese inscription both standing on this stand beside the warship. As in the physical description, with inscriptions on stand.japanese internees, japanese warship -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Domestic object - Cigarette Lighter
Found at Camp 13 POW site post war by Wartime guardMetal cigarette lighter, no stopper in base. No igniter on the top.cigarette lighter, camp 13 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Button - metal
Found at POW Camp 13 site post war by wartime guardRound metal button with bar across the centre. on the back "Superior" qualitymetal button, military uniform accessories -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Domestic object - Glass Bottle, Bottle
Found at Camp 13 site post war by wartime camp guardGlass cylindrical bottle. Summit Ague mixture, registered no. 3159.Summit Ague Mixture India. IFD Co. Made in Germanymedicine, medicine bottle, camp 13 glass bottles, mr darley -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Decorative object - Sailing Ship in Bottle, POW- Pedereul, Sailing Ship Wendy, 1944
Made by a POW as gift to Guard Clement Williams to celebrate the birth of a daughter A 3 mast sailing ship inside a spirits bottle. Polished wood with white sails. The name "Wendy" on the hull. A distant scene is painted on the back inside of bottle. A dark stained wooden stand is provided to hold the bottle."Wendy" on hull. "POW Pedereul Murchison POW 7231 Murchison" on bottle.pow, camp 13, murchison, ship in bottle -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Ship in Bottle, c.1943
Made by unknown POW for a guard Cpl. McGlade probably in Camp 13.Model of white hulled, four masted sailing ship in a bottle.italian pow, ornaments, corporal mcglade, murchison camp 13, garrison guards -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Photograph
Aboriginal soldiers formed a special all volunteer platoon at No 9 Camp Wangaratta in Victoria from late 1940 until February 1941. No 9 Camp was set up at the Wangaratta Showgrounds to allow the formation of the 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion prior to leaving for Egypt. Major Joseph Albert Wright a WW1 Light Horse veteran was in charge of this platoon the only Aboriginal squad in the Australian Military Forces at that time. The soldiers from Lake Tyers enlisted at Caulfield between June and July 1940 include Harold Cornelius HAYES VX 48217 DOB 2/4/1916 Enlisted 25/7/40 Discharged 22/3/1941 Edward FOSTER VX48218 DOB 25/5/1921 Enlisted 25/7/1940 Discharged 22/3/1941 Noel Ernest HOOD VX48194 DOB 3/1/1919 Enlisted 25/7/1940 Discharged 22/3/1941 Edward Leslie MULLETT VX48199 DOB 30/6/1910 Enlisted 25/7/1940 Discharged 22/3/1941 Image relates to a "special platoon" based at No 9 Camp Wangaratta as being the Australian Army's first all Aboriginal Unit formed in 1940. The soldiers were all volunteers mainly from Lake Tyers in Victoria.Black and white photograph of aboriginal soldier holding rifle and young girlAttached to rear - Little girl asking Guard if she can go into Showgrounds Wangaratta end of 1940 - J A Wright 1940 Wangno 9 camp wangaratta, aboriginal platoon -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Victorian Railways Lamp, c. 1970s
This type of rectangular dark blue painted metal railway lamp was used by train guards in the Victorian Railways in the 20th century for communication, safety and lighting. It is the same type as the lamp attached to the Victorian Railways guard's leather satchel dated to the 1970s, registration WHS 00074 on Victorian Collections online.The Victorian Railways lamp has local significance as it was donated by a resident of Wodonga, as well as state significance as an example of communication and safety equipment used by the Victorian Railways employees in the 20th century.Rectangular dark blue painted metal lamp with a large handle on the top and a circular glass disk in front of a green filter. The initials 'V.R.' are embossed on the top and both sides. White metal/aluminium rim around the clear glass disk."V.R." on the top and both sides.victorian railways lamps, v.r. lamps, vr lamps, victorian railways guard's lamp, victorian railways equipment