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Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, NATIONAL SERVICE, James K Oliver, The National Serviceman - 'The 90 Day Wonder' Puckapunyal 1951 - 1959
... military history - army National service James K Oliver ...Cardboard front cover with green head shot photo of soldier. White pages, cut edges, black printing & black & white photos. Front cover below photo: “by James K Oliver, 3/772902, April intake 1955, 20th National Service Training Battalion, 55th Anniversary Edition”books - military, military history - army, national service -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - LETTER, WAR GRAVES, IWGC, 19.9.1922
James Patterson McCall “MM” No 6401 AIF, refer 2925 for his service history.Letter from Imperial War Graves Commission to Mrs McCall, Auburn. It is typed, with letterhead of IWGC & National Scheme for Disabled. Dated 19.9.1922 subject is about exhumation of the body of CPL J P MCCALL re interred to Bellicourt British Cemetary.documents - letters, war graves -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, INTRIGUE, Defending the National Tuckshop, 1988
Part of the HEWSTON collection WW1 & WW2.Paperback, soft cardboard cover, colour illustrated, black ink text throughout, black & white illustration.“F Hewston”books-military-history, tuckshop -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, VIETNAM, Gary J McKay, In Good Company, One Mans War in Vietnam, 1987
Book chronicles the experiences of the author, Gary McKay as a National Serviceman in Vietnam.Brown buckram hard cover, title in gold lettering. White dust cover with title in black & brown lettering. Black & white illustration on front. 197 pages with cut edges. Illustrated with black & white photos & diagrams. Brown end paper paper front & back.books - military, military history - army, vietnam -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW2
Lawrence Raymond Hufer No 3162733 served in Vietnam from 15.10.69 to 15.10.70. The nominal roll shows that he served in 85 Transort Platoon RAASC. He later served in 15 Transport Platoon RACT. Medal set, miniatures, court mounted, set of (6) Re L. HUFER. 1. Australian Active Service Medal with clasp "VIETNAM" 2. Vietnam campaign medal 3. Reserve Force Medal 4. Defence Medal 5. Anniversary of National service meal 6. Vietnam medal with clasp "60 -"medals, military, history, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW2
Re. W.O. 2 R.M. ENGLISH\ 6 Coy R.A.A.S.C. 6 Coy R.A.C.T. Melb Water TPT Unit 15 TPT SQD R.A..C.T.Medal set, miniature, court mounted, wt of (4) Re R. ENGLISH. 1. Reserve Force Medal with one clasp 2. National Medal 3. Defence Medal 4.Anniversary of National Service Medal 1951 - 1972medals, military, history, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED, Full length portrait of Carl Herman Jess
Carl Herman Jess (Sir) CB, CMG, CBE, OBE, DSO had a long distinguished career. This is a very brief summary. Joined the Victorian Volunteer Cadets 1899 to 1906, joined the permanent Military Forces 1906 No 86 age 23 years 4 months and rose through the ranks to Captain when he enlisted in the AIF as a Capt in 4th INF Brigade HQ age 30 years on 23.9.1914, embark for Egypt 22.12.1914, embark for Gallipoli 22.12.1914, promoted to Major 23.5.1915 and transfers to 2nd INF Brigade, awarded MID 12.6.1915, promoted Lt Col and to Command 7th Batt, embark for France 13.4.1916, awarded MID 13.11.1916, awarded Order of the White Eagle (Serbian), he was Gassed but remained on duty at Pozieres, awarded DSO 1.1.1917, appointed Staff Officer HQ 1st Anzac Corps 12.3.1917 then T/Col, T/Brig General through to 7.10.1918, awarded MID and CMG, 1.10.1919 appointed Director General repatriation and demobilisation AIF, resigned appointed in England 21.3.1920. Post WW1 on return to Australia he served in many Military appointments including Honorary Colonel 7th and 38th Battalions.He was made a Knight Batchelor in 1935. On 3.9.1939 to 31.3.1946 No VP16098 during WW2 he served on the Australian Staff Corps, two of his main appointments being man power Dept Labour and national Service and the Women’s land Army, Awarded CB, he retired due to health reasons with the Rank of Lieut General.Framed Photograph. Black & White full length Portrait of Carl Herman Jess, 1884 - 1948. Commander 10th Infantry Brigade, Bendigo born. Frame - Moulded Timber, Painted Silver, glass front. Mount - dark grey cardboard with white inner mount.White print, left bottom corner of photograph "Carl Herman JESS/ 16 Feb 1884 - 16 June 1948" with brief synopsis of career. White print, right bottom corner of photograph, signature "Austin ???"history, photography, army, ww1 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Card - INSTRUCTION CARD, Post 1965
Card issued to Peter John Umina, National Serviceman No 3792233 in Vietnam. Served with 102 Field Workshops 24.3.1969 - 3.4.1969, 106 Field Workshops 4.4.1969 - 3.9.1969. Small card issued by Australian Army for Forces in Vietnam. Lists 9 Rules for use whilst serving in Vietnam, Green colour with Rising Sun emblem.“3792233” printed on 1 side in pen.military history - army, documents - cards, rules -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - LETTER, VIETNAM, 3.8.1992
Letter written to Mrs Reidy by her son Paul's Section Commander BRUCE D SCOTT. It details the circumstances of PAUL REIDY'S death in Vietnam on 25.5.1969. It was during “Operation Reynella” around the Long Hai Mountains. Paul Francis Reidy No 3793403. A National Serviceman Paul served Vietnam first in 1 ARU from 24.2.1969 - 17.3.1969 and then posted to B Coy 9 RAR 18.3.1969 until his death. Bruce Donaldson Scott No 213485. Australian Regular Army served Vietnam first in 1 ARU from 10.3.1969 - 1.4.1969 and then posted to B Coy 9 RAR 2.4.1969 until being Medivaced home on 2.6.1969. 1 ARU (1st Australian Reinforcement Unit) 9 RAR (9th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment) Refer 1189.5, 2224, 2237.2P re Paul Reidy. Copy of typed two page letter on A4 paper from BRUCE D SCOTT to Mrs Reidy.documents - letters, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - ARMY UNIFORM, 4) est 1950
The uniform was issued to Paul Francis Reidy No 3793403 National Serviceman KIA Vietnam. Refer Cat No 2526.2 for his service history and details re his death. The uniform being winter dress remained in Australia as there was no need for this to go to Vietnam..1) Jacket (Battle Dress winter) .2) Trousers (Battle dress winter) .3) Lanyard, red colour. .4) Slouch Hat with leather chin strap, cloth pugaree and brass regimental badge depicting a kangaroo with crossed rifles and wattle. .5) Braces.4) “Reidy 3793403 6 3/8"uniform, slouch hat, army, reidy -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, The Royal Australian Regiment 50th Anniversary 1948 - 1998, 1998 - 50th Anniversary
... military history army National Committee of 3 RAR Association Inc ...Book, green, & orange soft paper cover, yellow print, 32 pages. Illustrated with black & white photos.books, military, history, army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPHS - SERVICE CARD, 30.6.1960
.1) Photo, large, sepia colour, portrait solder in uniform T R HILSON 3/754716 National Service 1955. .2) Photo, large, b&w, group of 58 persons, 6 rows, T R HILSON 1st on right, 3rd row from top. Signed on the back in pen by all. .3) Record of service folder - cardboard, fabric cover, brown inside, details re National Service, T R HILSON 3/754817.photography-photographs, documents - military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BENEFITS BOOK, Dept of Labour and National Service, Re Establishment Benefits for National Servicemen, 2.11.1969
The book is put out by “The department of Labour and National Service Issued to Wayne Forbes 3176337 1 Field Sqd RAE. Refer Cat No754 for service history also 2586.Green cardboard covered book, 22 pages listing 20 points for servicemen in the move back into civilian life.books, re establishment, national service -
Bendigo Military Museum
Souvenir - CLOTH, FRAMED, Embroidered cloth, c1918
... history-souvenirs flags - national manchester - fabric ...CENTRAL white silk square surrounding a small panel of embroidery featuring flags of various nations in the shape of 1918. Cotton lace inserts between 4 silk panels embroidered with pale pink & white flowers & trailing green foliage. Pale pink ribbon bows at each corner < the whole silk panel edged with wide, scalloped edge lace with mitered corners.1918 Souvenir de Francemilitary history-souvenirs, flags - national, manchester - fabric -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - FIELD NOTEBOOK, April 1969
Belonged to George Cameron Wood, National Serviceman No 3798253. Refer Cat no 1872 for his service history.Australian Military Forces Field Message and Note Book AAB.64 with green fabric covers.Handwritten on front cover "Tpr GC WOOD" "TA 33"documents-notebooks, military history-army, field message -
Conservation Volunteers
Echidna: Taxidermal Animal, To be established, Echidna - real and stylised: Taxidermal Animal - overseas visitors to CVA's head office clamour to be photographed with it, To be advised
ACRONYMS: The name of the organisation is Australian Trust for Conservation of Nature (ATCV) from 1981 to 1999 and Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA) from 2000 onwards.............................................Last used in 1999 the Echidna logo was used for 17 years. It was designed by John Zulic, then a young graphic designer at Sovereign Hill Outdoor Museum in Ballarat, and by 2010 the longest serving employee. John was briefed by Peter Hiscock, then director of Sovereign Hill and also President of ATCV, in 1982 to design ATCV’s first logo. Through the image of the echidna John Zulic tried to capture a unique Australian identity (a combination of uniqueness, strength, resilience, role in a balanced habitat and a national feel) for a fledgling local group with big plans. John presented concept to Tim Cox and Peter Hiscock – both were enthusiastic: the rest is history. For many years newly arriving volunteers were photographed with the mascot.The echidna was synonymous with ATCV for many years. The logo appeared on team vehicles and buses and on all publications until 2000. For many years new volunteers had their photograph taken with "Eddy". Even today overseas visitors to CVA's head office clamour to be photographed with it.This item is a taxidermal (preserved and stuffed) echidna. The echidna is an Australian marsupial animal resembling the porcupine or hedgehog found in other continents. It is a nocturnal, burrowing, egg-laying mammal of the genera Tachyglossus and Zaglossus of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, having a spiny coat, slender snout, and an extensible sticky tongue used for catching insects. NOTE: The provenance of this item is not yet established but it has been the unofficial "mascot" of ATCV/CVA from soon after foundation till the present.australian, echidna, mascot, logo, wildlife -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Flag, Australian National, Red Ensign
Originally owned by Lcpl James Gullan Dunstan No 1969 8 ALH Regiment of WW1, later VX17851, Capt, Australian War Graves Commission Standard, Australian red ensign -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Melanie Oppenheimer, The Power of Humanity 100 Years of Australian Red Cross 1914-2014, 2014
Hard covered book with photos, illustrations, tables and referencesNational Library of Australia 9780732294854 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Decorative Australian National Flag, 2007
The Security Detachment Iraq (SECDET Iraq) was the final component of Australia's contribution to coalition operations in Iraq. SECDET was based on an Australian Army combined arms combat team consisting of an infantry company group and a troop of cavalry which operated the Australian Light Armoured (ASLAV) vehicles. The force's duties included static security guarding at the Australian Embassy in Baghdad and the protection of Australian diplomats and vehicle convoys. SECDET was withdrawn in August 2011, with the firm Unity Resources Group becoming responsible for providing security for Australia's diplomatic presence in Iraq. SECDET XII 2007 • D Company, 6 RAR • Troop, 2/14 LHR (QMI) • Elements, 1st MP Bn • Combat Service Support Element Some members of 4/19 Prince of Wales's light Horse Regiment were deployed to SECDETMiniature Australian flag as souvenir of SECDET XI service - Operation Catalyst. Gold coloured material edgingVIID embroidered in lower right quadrant -
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Miniature Australian Flag, SECDET XI, about 2007
Miniature Australian National flag, with 10mm gold coloured fabric border. In wooden frame"VIID" embroidered on lower part of fly -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Uniform, service dress, WO2 David Key
WO2 Key has provided distinguished service to the 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse RegimentService Dress, complete. With medals: Vic Police Valour Award for Bravery Medal, Vic Police Diligent and Ethical Service Medal, Royal Life Saving Society of Australia Bravery Cross Medal, Bravery Award and Bar, National Emergency Medal (Vic Fires 2009), National Police Service Medal, Defence Long Service Medal, National Medal, Aust Defence medal -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Department of Defence, Campaign and Operational Medals Awarded to the Australian Defence Force, 04/1999
Booklet containing photos of and conditions of entitlement for Australian campaign and operational medals. WW1 to post-1975.ISSN 1442-2395 ISBN 0642 29516 6medals -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Service Record, Sherwood, Alfred Samuel Regt. No. 1648, copy of document first dated 16-7-15
Service record of occurrences for Alf Sherwood 1915-1919 1st AIFAlf Sherwood was a soldier of teh 4th Light Horse Regt. serving in the 1st AIF in the First world War. Document Loose Leafservice Records, National Archives of Australia Series B2455, Barcode 8083034, 21 pagesservice file ww1 light horse -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Publication, The National War Memorial of Victoria. An Interpretative Appreciation of The Shrine of Remembrance, 1939 (Fourth edition()
44 page soft covered bookshrine, war memorials -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Medal, Victory Medal
The Victory Medal was authorised in 1919 to commemorate the victory of the Allied Forces over the Central Powers. Each of the Allied nations issued a ‘Victory Medal' to their own nationals with all of these having the figure of Victory on the obverse as a common feature. Australians were awarded the medal issued by Great Britain. A member mentioned in despatches (MID) for service during World War 1 wears a bronze spray of oak leaves on the Victory Medal ribbon. Only one emblem is worn no matter how many times a member may have been ‘mentioned'. When a ribbon alone is worn a slightly smaller insignia is worn as a ribbon emblem. Eligibility The Victory Medal was awarded to prescribed classes of persons who entered a theatre of war on duty between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. The Medal The Victory Medal is bronze with a winged figure of Victory on the obverse. The reverse has the words ‘THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION', all surrounded by a laurel wreath. The Ribbon The Victory Medal ribbon has a ‘two rainbow' design, with the violet from each rainbow on the outside edges moving through to a central red stripe where both rainbows meet. No 19 Farrier Sgt William Stephens, a 26 year old station hand of Drouin, Vic, enlisted RHQ 4 LH Regiment on 21 August 1914.Embarked 19 October 1914, A Squadron 17 April 1916, sick (malaria) 10 Aug 1917, 14 Army General Hospital , Abbassia, 18 Aug, rejoined Regiment 11 Jan 1918, Returned to Australia 15 Nov 1918. Militia service with 13 LH Regt Full size medal with ribbon, unmountedSGT W STEPHENS 4 LHR AIFvictory medal, sgt stephens 4 lh -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Medal Set, early to mid 20th century
Indochina Campaign commemorative medal Awarded by France Type Campaign medal Eligibility French citizens and foreign nationals fighting under the French flag Awarded for 90 days service between 16 August 1945 and 27 July 1954 Campaign Indochina War First awarded August 1, 1953 Precedence Next (higher) 1943–1944 Italian campaign medal Next (lower) North Africa Security and Order Operations Commemorative Medal Morocco commemorative medal (1909) Medaille du maroc France Medal with three clasps Awarded by France Type Campaign Medal Campaign Second Franco-Moroccan War First awarded 22 July 1909 Last awarded 20 July 1912 Total awarded ~63,200 Orient campaign medal Medaille d orient FRANCE Awarded by France Type Campaign medal Eligibility French nationals and foreign nationals Awarded for Service with the French Army of the Orient prior to 11 November 1918 Status No longer awarded Established 15 June 1926 Syria-Cilicia commemorative medal Awarded by France Type Campaign Medal Eligibility French nationals, soldiers under French flag Awarded for Middle Eastern campaigns between 11 November 1918 and 30 September 1926 Clasps "Levant" and "1925-Levant-1926" Established 18 July 1922 Precedence Next (higher) Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1914–1918 Next (lower) Dardanelles campaign medal Medaille commemorative de Syrie-Cilicie (Levant) Set of 4 full size French medals, comprising: 1. The Indochina Campaign Commemorative Medal, 2. Morocco Commemorative Medal, with clasp "Maroc" 3. Orient Campaign Medal,"Orient " on reverse 4. Syria-Cilicia Commemorative Medal, with clasp "Levant"medals, french -
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Medal, Order of the British Empire (Civil)
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Awarded by Sovereign of the United Kingdom Type Order of Chivalry Motto For God and the Empire Eligibility British nationals or anyone who makes an impact for the UK Awarded for A national order of chivalry Status Currently constituted Sovereign Queen Elizabeth II Grand Master Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Principal Commander Sovereign Grades (w/ post-nominals) Knight/Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight/Dame Commander (KBE/DBE) Commander (CBE) Officer (OBE) Member (MBE) Established 1917 Precedence Next (higher) Royal Victorian Order Next (lower) Varies, depending on rankMiniature medal with ribbon-medal, obe -
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Plaque, 1988
The 4/19 PWLH Band supported the Corowa Festival for many yearsPlaque, rectangular, brass coloured sheet metal.Presented by Corowa's National Federation Festival 1988 Bi-Centenary to Colonel John Boyce CO 4th/19th PWLH In Recognition of Many Years of the Bands Magnificent Contribution to the Communityband, corowa -
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Certificate, Seventh War Loan. The Honor (sic) Flag, 14 Oct 1918
The Honor Flag consists of the Australian national Flag in the canton, a white field, with a blue Federal Star and three vertical blue bars in the fly. The flag has a red border. It was awarded to towns and districts that subscribed twice their quota of funds. Flags for individuals did not have the Federal Star nor the vertical bars. A yellow paper certificate that was presented to individuals who contributed to the Seventh War Loan. It has the title and the honour flag is depicted across the centre of the certificate, and a certification that the recipient had subscribed and the signature of W H Watt, Commonwealth Treasurer. This certificate was issued to Mr Hedley Harper and is dated 14 Oct 1918war loans, ww1 -
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Brochure, J Williams, Australian National Memorial Villers-Bretonneux, Oct 2004
A colour brochure describing the cemetery and monuments at Villers-Bretonneux and other places in the areabrochure, villers-bretonneux