Gallipoli Lone Pine: two-up set. This commemorative two-up set features an engraved kip made of Gallipoli Lone Pine timber, a velvet pouch, and two copper coins bearing the AWM logo and a First World War soldier. The kip is made from a branch that fell from the Lone Pine Tree during a storm in 2008. This tree was grown from a seed sent back from Gallipoli in 1915.

John Simpson Kirkpatrick enlisted in the Australian Army Medical Corps serving as a stretcher bearer at Gallipoli. With the help of a donkey he recovered wounded from the battlefield, often under fire. He was killed in action on 19 May 1915 and was awarded a Mention in Despatches for his act of bravery.Simpson and his donkey has become the most famous of the images arising from Australia's Gallipoli Campaign in the First World WarA small statuette depicting a World War 1 Australian serviceman assisting a wounded comrade who is riding on a donkey. This statuette is made from pewter and symbolises the brave deeds of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick who, during the early days of the Gallipoli campaign, similarly assisted a number of wounded servicemen. This Army Medical Corps serviceman was a stretcher bearer and commonly known as "Simpson". The statuette is mounted on a stained wooden base which has a small title plate at its front edge.Title plate inscribed "SIMPSON AND HIS DONKEY"

This medal is an example of the type issued by the Victorian Education Department and sold on behalf of the Australian branch of the British Red Cross Society. It was made by Stokes and Sons, Melbourne, in a variety of metals including bronze, silvered bronze (as with this one), sliver, and gold. The mintage quantity is not known. and the initials HH refer to Harry Harvey, an art assistant at the EVD who designed the bust. 26mm dia bronze coloured medal on red,white & blue ribbon lGallipoli, France, Palestine, EVD, ANZAC DAY 1918 medal, honor to aif

Purchased on E Bay from Graham Parry for WWI projectRound badge. World War One "Lest we forget, Gallipoli, April 25th 1915" commemoration badgewar - world war i, gallipoli

Battle Honours awarded to the 4th Light Horse (AIF) comprise: MESSINES 1917, YPRES 1917, Broodseinde, Passchendale, Lys, Kemmel, MARNE 1918, Tardenois, France and Flanders 1916-1918, Anzac, DEFENCE OF ANZAC, Suvla, SARI BAIR, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915-1917, GAZA-BEERSHEBA, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, JERUSALEM, JORDAN (ES SALT), MEGIDDO, Sharon, DAMASCUS, Palestine 1917-1918. Battle Honours shown in CAPITALS are emblazed on the 4th Light Horse Guidon. Military Regulations limit the number of Battle Honours that can be emblazed on guidons Photocopy of undated letter from COL Murray Bourchier, President 4th L H Regiment Unit Committee to 3rd Military District Cavalry Battle Honours Committee requesting the following Battle honours be embodied for the Regiment: GALLIPOLI, MESSINES, BEERSHEBA, YPRES, NEBI SAMWIL, JERUSALEM, Mt KEMMEL, ES SALT, MARNE, MEGIDDO. In wooden frame.

K.S. Anderson CollectionFive typewritten pages - extracts from the Gallipoli evacuation diaries written by K.S. Anderson. (Full copy of diary at War Memorial in Canberra)k s anderson, gallipoli, war diaries, world war i

Major events|Australian history|Olympic Games|World War 1 & Gallipoli centenary. Newspaper articles compiled by Joy & Neville Aldham

1914-1918 Memorial Plaque In early 1920 it was announced that the next-of-kin of all Australian servicemen and women whose deaths were attributable to the First World War would receive a memorial plaque and scroll "as a solace for bereavement and as a memento". The memorial plaques were not uniquely Australian. In fact they were designed and produced in Britain and issued to commemorate all those who died as a result of war service from within the British Commonwealth. The idea for the plaques was originally conceived mid-way through the war. In 1917 a competition was announced to obtain a suitable design and 800 entries were eventually received. The winner, Mr. E. Carter Preston of Liverpool, England, was chosen in 1918. He was awarded a prize of 250 pounds. Mr Manning Pike directed the manufacture of the memorial plaques at the Memorial Plaque Factory set up at Acton, London. Some later plaques were also made at the Woolwich Arsenal. The cost of manufacturing so many plaques must have been considerable. Each plaque had the name of the soldier commemorated individually embossed (some were engraved) as part of the design. The full name was given without any indication of rank or honours to show the equality of sacrifice of all those who had lost their lives. The scroll designed to accompany the plaques was of thick paper, headed by the royal coat-of-arms, and bore the following message: "He whom this scroll commemorates was numbered among those who, at the call of King and Country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced danger, and finally passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice, giving up their own lives that others might live in freedom. Let those that come after see that his name is not forgotten". Underneath the message the serviceman or woman’s name, rank, honours and unit were written by hand in red ink. Because of the late arrival in Australia of the plaques many scrolls were sent out separately. A message from the King, "I join with my grateful people in sending you this memorial of a brave life given for others in the Great War", was included with the scroll. The first plaques were distributed in Australia in 1922. Each plaque was sent out from Base Records Office at Victoria Barracks in Melbourne by second-class mail. Approximately 60,000 plaques were issued in Australia. Families of deceased members of the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army Nursing Service also received plaques and scrolls Collection of items relating to the death of Private Arthur Ernest Bolger, service number 01338, 14th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on 27th April, 1915. Private Bolger was from Victoria and was recorded as being the first Frankston serviceman to be killed in the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli. For more information refer: < > see items 00014.1 and 00014.2