Two items about the Attwood Family: A seventeen page computer typed copy of the memories of John Attwood, compiled by Colin Smith in January 2002. Includes memories of his childhood, contact and impressions of local identities including Merric Boyd and others; the retailers and business owners in the Murrumbeena area, the trains and railway stations, picture theatres and other businesses. A photocopy of an article taken from the Herald Sun newspaper 06/11/2007. Myra Attwood, wife of John, local business person in Murrumbeena Newsagency; includes brief local history of family and Myra’s personal hobbies, till the time of her death. Also a newspaper clipping of her death notice, unknown source and date.emily street, murrumbeena, elsternwick, railway stations, signal boxes, beena avenue, murrumbeena state school, primary schools, attwood john, attwood myra, attwood rhonda, attwood colin, attwood warren, attwood murray, attwood janine, attwood susan, attwood michael, attwood greg, attwood gerard, black bridge, outer circle railway, murrumbeena newsagency, newsagents, murrumbeena railway station, railway stations, book binders, stevens alf, sykes harold, attwood motors, neerim road, boyd merric, boyd mrs., timber houses, outbuildings, artists, trains, car parks, christie’s woodyard, ferguson cam, railway accidents, ardyne street, north road, dalny road, brett street, barnes family, newspapers, roads and streets, soils, flower growing, market gardens, world war 1939-1945, land subdivisions, air raid precautions, bicycles, drawing, springthorpe park, mass media, murrumbeena shopping centre, butcher shops, grocer shops, green grocers, shoe shops, confectionary shops, barber shops, beck george, bowyer ralph, rennie bill, bookmakers, presbyterian church, methodist church, hanna’s milk bar, sunday school, woodland bill, ssw grocery chain, drays, woodland alec, lee ron, jewellers, bakeries, fish shops, dressmakers, delicatessens, east bentleigh, selkrigs family, pottery, heads’ garage, head lindsay, head doug, head clarry, head ron, murrumbeena road, car retailers, petrol pumps, motor vehicle repair shops, billy one motors, bird mr., real estate agents, w.b. tonks and company, sparrow mr., pidgeon mr., hardware stores, florist shops, murrumbeena post office, tile shops, gardens, murrumbeena chamber of commerce, kiosks, gardeners, carnegie citizens band, spurway nursing home, argosy theatre, cinemas, dance halls, the capri, theatre groups, caulfield council, the blowfly train service, billiard rooms, printers, hammond olsen and company, l.j. miles and company, moody’s real estate agency, paddocks, flats, es&a bank murrumbeena, esanda bank murrumbeena, state savings bank murrumbeena, commonwealth bank murrumbeena, fuel merchants, hobart road, golden fleece service station, quince’s buses, bus services, ardyne street, timber yard, gow mr., railway parade, shell service station, pharmecies, house miss, bicycle shops, barnhill les mr., fliner mr., boot makers, widdop peter, moran and cato’s, grocers, pizza shop, car yards, classic caravan, o’brien kevin, wrought iron work, williams mr., candle making factory, lights, power tom, gates, fences, whitelaw monier tiles, whitelaw bill, hanna rex, dandenong road, cumloden grammar school, independent schools, emmaus rest house, oakdene, house names, taranto bob, hanson cab service, billy one motors, grey mr., horse troughs, horse drawn vehicle, taxis, board roy, buick cars, charleston’s bakery, carnegie, rosstown hotel, corum’s dairy, kangaroo road, reids dairy, dalny road, reid shaver, racehorses, cove’s dairy, wilson street, police, murrumbeena police station, dunoon street, murrumbeena park, footballers, gangs, liberal party, labour party, united australian party, uap, woodland alec, liquor shops, johnson suzanne, singers, taylor squizzy, boyd family, artists, criminals, skase christopher, skase charles, sunaria competition, herald and weekly times, ralph j.w., j.h. ralph butchers, butcher shops, pennington gardens, home units, flats, schrape frank, builder, smith colin, mansions, death registers, hockley myra, esperanto, book keepers, accountants, solicitors

Framed b&w head and shoulders photo of LT COL James Lawson DSOCaption: LT COL James Lawson DSO Commanding Officer of the First Australian Armoured Car Regiment Horsham and Rupanyip circa 1934. As Major J Lawson led A Squadron at the charge of Beersheba

Framed b&w photo of HQ facility on coast. Three tents in foreground, four cars parked nearby, Radio antenna to the leftCaption: WW1 German Headquarters Samak, Palestine. Photo from Museums Whyte collection

Silver serving dish, rectangular, small horizontally mounted handles at each endOn under side. FIRST ARMOURED CAR REGT MG ACTION CONTEST 3 columns headed: A SQN, B SQN , C SQN In column for A Sqn: "1934" PRESENTED BY HORSHAM R.S.S. I. L.A.serving dish, trophy, 1st armoured car regiment

Soft covered blue booklet describing switches, instruments, driving controls and driving instructions and maintenance hints for the tankstank m5

Photograph of a Marmon-Herrington Mk VI, an eight wheeled, rear engined, armoured car fitted with a 2-pounder gun, .30 co-ax mg with twin .30 mgs for anti-aircraft mounted on a turret.photo, marmon-herrington

A soft covered booklet describing the development of the Armoured Car from 1900 to 1963british armoured cars

Photograph of a Canadian Scout Car, possibly taken at the Tank Museum, Puckapunyalcanadian scout car

A set of seven post cards, each with photograph of vehicles in the Tank Museum at Bovington, UK. The vehicles are Charioteer Tank, Tortoise SP Gun,Vickers Medium and Light Tanks, Sherman Tanks, Churchill VII Tank, Grant Tank, and three armoured cars - an Austin, Rolls-Royce and Crossley Mk1.post cards, tank museum, bovington

A plastic envelope containing six post cards, purchased from the Tank Museum, Bovington, UK. Each card has a reproduction of a water colour painting of a vehicle depicted in a battle field setting. They depict - a Rolls Royce Armoured Car, a Medium A Wippet Tank, a Mark 1 (Male) Tank, a Mark IV (Female) Tank, a Jeffery-Quad Armoured Car, and, an Austin Armoured Car. There is a sheet enclosed giving a brief history and description of each vehicle.post cards, tank museum, bovington

A soft covered booklet issued as an instructional aid to the armaments for the Saracen APC and the Ferret Scout Car Mk 2, with amendment No 1WO Code No 9437armament, saracen, ferret

Soft covered user handbook for Ferret Scour Car Mk1 & 2. One is a a copy.WO Code No 12174ferret scout car

A collection of documents relating to the Ferret Scout Car, including general details, servicing, a hand-written exam paper for the 1/61 Ferret Driver's Course, CES sheets, and a stores requisition for two Ferrets and all associated equipment, in a plain folderferret scout car driver training