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Federation University Historical Collection
Document, E.J. Barker's Practical Laboratory Notes, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1938 and 1942
The lecture notes were obtained by Footscrat Technical School student E.J. (Jack) Barker, who later became the Principal of the Ballarat School of Mines.Foolscap manilla folders containing loose-leaf (and several stapled sets) of printed sheets, and hand-written laboratory. .2. A proceduree.j. barker, jack barker, footscray technical school, laboratory notes, lecture notes -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOKS, Allan S Walker, Australia in the War of 1939 -1945. Series 5 Medical, 1) & .2) 1956; .3) 1957; .4) 1961
Medium red buckram covers with dark maroon plastic covered dust jackets. .2) Dust jacket is lighter shade of puce. Titles on front & spines. Illustrated with photos & maps. .1) Vol I Clinical Problems of War, 726 pages .2) Vol II Middle East and Far East, 701 pages .3) Vol III The Island Campaigns, 426 pages .4) Vol IV Medical Services of the RAN and RAAF, 574 pages.3) Fly leaf stamped in ink, oval shape: Returned Services League Memorial Hall Bendigobooks - history, military, medical -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, The Politics of War. Australians at War 1939 - 45, 2003
soft cover with photo of Gen Macarthur and Pm John Carin and photo of marching soldiers 750 pages with three photo sections spine in silver with black section.First page in pen " Donated by Fred Coleman."books, military, political -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Of Love and War. Letters and Diaries of Captain Adrian Curlewis and his Family 1939-1945, 1982
Collection of letters and diaries written by Captain Adrian Curlewis and his family during the second world war. Philippa Poole who compiled this chronicle is Adian's daughter. Hard cover, green colour background, white print on spine. Dust cover, red and black print on front, back and spine, rising sun badge picture on front, yellow colour background. 280 pages cut plain. Illustrated black and white photographs. On front title page - hand written black ink "Donated by BGO Y Mens Club"books-collections, documents-letters/diaries, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOKS, Charles Meetsing, Pictorial History of Australia at War 1939-45, 1959
Books - green buckram cover, gold text on spine, black & white photos throughout. .1) Volume I - 256 pages .2) Volume II - 255 pages .3) Volume III - 256 pages .4) Volume IV - 256 pages .5) Volume V - 256 pagesbooks, miltary, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Total War. The Home Front 1939-45, 1985
Red, yellow, green, white cardboard cover, colour illustrations front cover. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Pages 92books, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, W P Bolger et al, The Fiery Phoenix. The Story of the 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-1946, c.WWII
Presented by J H CLARKE VX63087 to Bendigo Sub-branch RSL 7.11.88Brown buckram hard cover, loose paper & plastic cover with beige, green & orange colour stripes. White & green text on cover, black & white photos & illustrations, 442 pages.books, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOKS, 1), .2) & .7) Gavin Long et al, Australians in the War of 1939-1945 . Series One. Army, 1) 1952; .2) 1953; .3) 1966; .4) 1957; .5) 1963; .6) 1961; .7) 1963
.3) A Lee, 27 Alamein Court, Golden Square, Bendigo.Red buckram covers with loose paper & plastic covers. White text on loose covers. Black & white photos & illustrations. .1) Vol I The Benghazi, 336 pages .2) Vol II Greece, Crete and Syria, 587 pages .3) Vol III Tobruk and El Alamein, 854 pages .4) Vol IV The Japanese Thrust, 715 pages .5) Vol V South-West Pacific Area - First Year, 655 pages .6) Vol VI The New Guinea Offensives, 851 pages .7) Vol VII The Final Campaigns, 667 pagesbooks, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Claim for Special Allowance to Ex-Prisoners of War 1939-45
The book belonged to George Llewellyn Thomas VX58918 2nd AIF, POW. Refer 1075 for service history also 1073.2, 1074P. Soft cover book. Cover is cardboard. Book binding brown ..cloth tape with staples. Covers fawn coloured.Black printing on front cover. 131 pages, paper cut, plain & off white Inside cover on first page handwritten blue ink " G.L.Thomas./7 Creeth St./Long Gully,/Bendigo" book, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Australia Post, White Ensign 1939 - 1945: The Navy Goes to War, 1993
Documents the roles of various classes of RAN & Merchant Navy ships during World War IIBook, blue illustrated hard cover. Title in blue & purple letters. No dust cover. Illustrated end papers. Colour & black & white illustrations. 40 pages with cut edges.Opposite title page: Donated by Marg Andreabooks, military, navy -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Dave Fehring, 2/8 Australian Field Regiment Remembers WWII 1939 - 1945, 31.8.1992
Makers Details: Possibly collected by Dave Fehring. p3 - list of contributors - Robert GillBook, white black, red, grey illustrated paper cover. Title in black print. Black plastic ring binding, 322 pages, black & white illustrations.books, military history -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, BARTLETT, Vernon, [et al], war of 1939 : a history dealing with every phase of the war on land, sea, and in the air, including the events which led up to the outbreak of hostilities / ed. Vernon Bartlett, W. Godron Williams, 1940?
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Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Their name liveth: some pictures of Commonwealth war cemeteries, 1914-1918 [and] 1939-1945. Volume VI Part 1, 1965
This volume covers descriptions and photographs of cemeteries in Gallipoli and Greece50 p paperback, text and black and white photographs, red cover with gold letteringworld war i, world war ii, war graves, commonwealth war graves commission -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society et al, The Borough and Its People: Port Melbourne 1839-1939, 2013
Soft cover book of 293 pages; Appendix, Sources of Images, Endnotes, Bibliography and Index, by Margaret and Graham Bride. Front cover is sky blue and features a 2.5 cm wide strip of five small photos above the cream coloured title. Organisational logos on the back; Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society, City of Port Phillip, Port of Melbournenon-fictionport melbourne, early settlers, port of melbourne, port phillip, reverend kerr johnston, seamen's mission, mission to seafarers, sandridge, bethel, church, hulk emily, pmhps, pat grainger -
Lorne Historical Society
Photograph, Eastern View - The Memorial Archway, 1939
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Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Sydney D. Waters, Ordeal by Sea: The New Zealand Shipping Company Limited. The Company's History in the Second World War 1939-1945, 1949
The men and ships of the New Zealand Shipping company and their participation in the British Merchant Navy during WWII. Includes details of the company's ships lost through enemy action, including the Turakina, victim of the German raider Orion in the Tasman Sea in August 1940 which was the first of the company's ships lost. Also covers the sinking of the Rangitane and Cambridge, as well as the salvage of the Hororata and the Battle of the Atlantic with the Essex in the Malta Convoy.non-fictionThe men and ships of the New Zealand Shipping company and their participation in the British Merchant Navy during WWII. Includes details of the company's ships lost through enemy action, including the Turakina, victim of the German raider Orion in the Tasman Sea in August 1940 which was the first of the company's ships lost. Also covers the sinking of the Rangitane and Cambridge, as well as the salvage of the Hororata and the Battle of the Atlantic with the Essex in the Malta Convoy. keith oliver, ww2, merchant navy, new zealand shipping company, turakina, rangitane, hororata -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book - Photocopy, John Slader, The Fourth Service - Merchantmen At War 1939 - 45, 1995
The book tells the story of the merchant fleet during World War II, the non-fighting service in which 32,000 men died, yet whose essential role has never been fully appreciated. Action seen by merchantment and their crews is told with insight, from the early days of war to the day of victory on the Rhine, the complete operation of the fleet is examined, with vivid accounts of the horrific losses undegone, the heroism of the crews and the sacrificies endured.non-fictionThe book tells the story of the merchant fleet during World War II, the non-fighting service in which 32,000 men died, yet whose essential role has never been fully appreciated. Action seen by merchantment and their crews is told with insight, from the early days of war to the day of victory on the Rhine, the complete operation of the fleet is examined, with vivid accounts of the horrific losses undegone, the heroism of the crews and the sacrificies endured.merchant navy, ww2 -
Greensborough Historical Society
Map, Scotprint, A Guide to World War II 'Invasion or Liberation': Western Europe Sept 1939 to March 1945, 1999_
Notes of battles, military leaders, cemeteries and other features of World War 11 Western Europe.Double sided col. maps, with notes of battles, military leaders, cemeteries and other features of World War 11 Western Europe.world war ii -
Greensborough Historical Society
List, Government Printer, List of authorized insurers under the Motor Car (Third-party Insurance) Act 1939, 1941c
This list of authorized insurers includes rates for different types of motor vehicles.4 p. leaflet, printed in black on whiteinsurance, black family -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Book, Small Arms Training Volune 1, Pamphlet 7 .303-inch Machine Gun Part III.-Fire Control 1939, Early 20th Century
A book in the possession of Major W.A. Cronk 59 Bn used in the training of Military Personnel in the early 20th Century.This book would have been used in the training of Military Personnel in Small Arms Training.An oblong book/pamphlet buff colour cardboard cover.On the front cover in ink W.A. Cronk. Major. 59 Bn. Inside page 2 in ink W.A. Cronk. Major. 59 Bn. army, military, small arms, .303-inch machine gun, fire control. -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Holland & Stephenson Pty Ltd, Operations Military Training Pamphlet No 23 Part III Appreciations, Orders, Intercommunications & Movements 1939, Oct 939
A soft covered training pamphlet, No 3 in the series, containing the latest ideas on subjects dealt with in Field Service Regulations Vol IINot to be published. Not to be taken into front line trenchestraining, operations, world war 2 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet (2 copies), Victorian Railways Printing Works, Tactical Handling of Army Tank Battalions Military Training Pamphlet No 22 Part III: Employment 1939, 1941
Soft covered booklet. As modified for Australia in 1941.Not to be taken forward of Divisional Headquarters.tank tactics, world war 2 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Honor Roll , 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, Arthur's Creek Methodist Church, 2011
Donated by Ross McDonald, a family member of H.McDonald who died in the First World War and whose name is included on the Honor RollColour photographhonor roll, arthur's creek methodists church -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Defence Act 1903-1939 and Regulations and Orders for the AMF and Senior Cadets 1927, 1940 (estimated)
Hard cover bound copy of Defence Act 1903 and Regulations and Orders for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets 1927Initials: J.H.N on top edge military law, defence act, defence regulations, defence orders, senior cadets -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, THE TANKS The History of the ROYAL TANK REGIMENT and its predecessors HEAVY BRANCH MACHINE-GUN CORPS TANK CORPS & ROYAL TANK CORPS 1914-1945 VOLUME 1 1914-1939
Hardcover book with RAAC insignia on coverbook, tanks -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Captain B. H. Liddell Hart et al, THE TANKS The History of the ROYAL TANK REGIMENT and its predecessors HEAVY BRANCH MACHINE-GUN CORPS TANK CORPS & ROYAL TANK CORPS 1914-1945 VOLUME 2 1939-1945
Hardcover book with RAAC insignia on coverbook, tanks -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, David Finlayson, Green Fields Beyond - A Biographical Honour Roll of the Australian Light Horse, 1939-1947 & Australian Armoured Corps, 1941 - 1947 & Royal Australian Armoured Corps, Post 1947, 2012
Hard Cover book, 387 pagesbook, honour roll, raac, alh, book, honour roll, raac, alh -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Medal, War Medal 1939-1945
World War 2 medalFull size medal, no ribbonVXINwar medal, ww2 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Medal, 1939-1945 Star, abt 1945
WW2 issueFull size medal, no ribbonNone, so possibly a replicamedal, 1939-45 star, medal, 1939-45 star -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Medal, 1939-45 Star
World War 2 issueMiniature medal with ribbonmedal, 1939-45 star