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Bendigo Military Museum
Book, My Vietnam. Photographs by Australian Veterans of the Vietnam Conflict, 2002
... goldfields books-albums photography military history On the fly leaf ...Hard cover - black. Dust cover - black with photo of tent with hair cut in progress on front and photo of man and boy - Vietnam flag in fore ground on back All covered in clear plastic. 197 pages - illustrated in colourOn the fly leaf- Frank - thanks for everything Chris ? To Frank - thank you for your contribution to ! RAR and its members. We hold you in high esteem. Signed ? CO ! RAR 1967 -69books-albums, photography, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOKS, Winston Churchill, The World Crisis 1911 -1918, 1) c.1938
... goldfields books history military Books, red buckram cover, gold ...Books, red buckram cover, gold print .1) Volume I - pages 1 - 430 .2) Volume II - pages 431 - 808 .3) Volume IIII - pages 809 - 1154 .4) Volume IV - pages 1155 - 1472books, history, military -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOKS, Trevor Nevitt Dupuy, Col US Army Retired, The Military History of World War II (17 Volumes), c.WWII
... goldfields books history military Red buckram hard covers, black ...Red buckram hard covers, black & white photos & illustrations, black & white text on cover. .1) European Land Battles 1939-43, 91 pages .2) European Land Battles 1944-45, 83 pages .3) The Nard Wat in the West .4) The Nard War in the West - The Raiders, 67 pages .5) The Nard War in the West - The Wolf Packs, 60 pages .6) Air War in the West Sept 1939 - May 1941, 76 pages .7) Air War in the West June 1941 - April 1945, 66 pages .8) Expansion of Japan in Asia, 68 pages .9) Japanese Ambitions in the Pacific, 119 pages .10) Allied Victories in China / Burma, 66 pages .11) The Nard War in the Pacific - Rising Sun of Nippon, 90 pages .12) The Naval War n the Pacific, 89 pages .13) The Air War in the Pacific, 88 pages .14) The Air War in the Pacific - Victory in the Air, 89 pages .15) European Resistance Movements, 88 pages .16) Asian and Axis Resistamce Movements, 88 pages .17) Combat Headers of World War II, 126 pages .18) Strategic Directions of World War II, 65 pagesbooks, history, military -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - AIR CREW BOOK, June 1940
... . Refer Cat No 1760.4. books-technical, educational military ...In the collection of Victor Henry Evans No 418655 RAAF. Refer Cat No 1760.4.Manual for Air Crew Reservists, with blue and grey cardboard cover. Loose leaf pages secured by shoe lace.Numbered "2275"books-technical, educational, military history-raaf, aircrew, raaf -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, MEMORIAL, British-Australasian Publishing Service, The All-Australia Memorial, History, Heroes & Helpers, 1917
... books-history, military... until early 1916 who served. books-history, military All ...Walter Joseph Constantine Baldwin. Refer 1527.4. The book was an edition that came out during the war and had future updates with individual photos in the back. The volume listed all Victorians up until early 1916 who served.Black leather-looking cover with gold lettering and illustration of a rising sun with crown. Photo pasted on first page.Pasted inside front cover "BALDWIN, Walter JC No 1617 Dvr "C" Coy 38th Batt Transport Div 10th Brigade / Son of George and Elizabeth BALDWIN, 11th Street Mildura / Born at Yanac-a-Yanac July 20 1889 Educated Yanac-a-Yanac & Nichol's Point, Mildura SS Horticulturalist; enl Mildura Feb 1916. Emb June 1916. Service France, Belgium."books-history, military, all australian, baldwin, 38th bn -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - INFANTRY BOOK, Infantry Section Leading 1970, 1970
... goldfields books-educational/technical military history-army Infantry ...Army manual for infantry sections. Blue vinyl covered cardboard covers, with spine at top and text printed in white.Inside cover "Cpl Hosking"books-educational/technical, military history-army, infantry training -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Readers Digest Association Pty Ltd, Readers Digest Illustrated Story of WWII, c.1970
... goldfields books history military Mrs R Hall, 27 Wilson Street, Long ...Hard buckram cover, image of Australian Troops & tank in palm trees. Green cardboard spine, gold embossed printing, 536 pages. Illustrated with photos & maps.Mrs R Hall, 27 Wilson Street, Long Gullybooks, history, military -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Elyne Mitchell, Light Horse: The Story of Australia's Mounted Troops, 1978
... in 1918. books light horse military history Author's signature ...The author, Elyne Mitchell is the daughter of General Sir Harry Chauvel, Commander of the Desert Mounted Corps in World War I. Book documents the role of Australian mounted regiments from the South African (Boer) War to the fall of Damascus in 1918.Book, black buckram hard cover with title in grey letters on spine. Black dust cover with illustration on front. Title in black letters. Illustrated end papers, 112 pages with cut edges. Colour & black & white illustrations. Author's signature on title page: Elyne Mitchellbooks, light horse, military, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK & LETTER, Eric Fairey & the 38th Battalion History Committee, The 38th Battalion AIF, 1920
... books-history, military...books-history, military documents-letters 38th bn .1 Book ....1 Book, soft cover. History of 38th Btn by Eric Fairey, includes illustrations and nominal roll. .2 Letter, one page, dated 7 April 1995. Addressed to Laurie from Elaine Riddick.books-history, military, documents-letters, 38th bn -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Remember Them, 2009
This guidebook shares the personal stories of the individuals honoured in 250 of Victoria's key war memorials. It covers metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, providing a unique insight into wartime history and the local heroes who fought overseas. Garrie Hutchinson has authored and edited over 30 books, In the early 1970s Hutchinson was heavily involved in anti-war activism and alternative journalism. From the late 1970s Hutchinson moved away from writing poetry and towards a journalistic career.This is a significant research tool.A 308 pp hard cover book with a dust jacket titled Remember Them, A guide to Victoria's Wartime Heritage. The author is Garrie Hutchinson. On the front cover is a photograph of a close-up image of a sculpture of a soldier. The text is dark grey.It is arranged geographically, with accompanying maps and photographs,military-history memorials-victoria -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WW2, The Military History & Information Section AIF (Middle East), "ACTIVE SERVICE WITH AUSTRALIA IN THE MIDDLE EAST", 1941
Refer Cat No. 7504, 7505, 7506, 4 book collection.Hardcover book. Cover - cardboard, with light brown buckram cover with dark brown print on front and spine. Illustration in dark brown - soldier in silhouette. End papers - illustrated brown and cream colour tones - maps back and front, 128 pages - cut, plain, cream colour paper, illustrated colour, black and white and sepia illustrations, photographs, paintings.books, army, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, RSL HISTORY, Mike IRWIN, "ALL IN A DAY'S WORK", 2005
From back cover- "FROM THE BOER WAR 1900/ TO EAST TIMOR 2000/ MILDURA WAS THERE! / A HISTORY OF SERVICE IN WAR & PEACE."Soft Cover Book. Cover - cardboard with adhered paper cover with gloss finish. Red colour print on front, spine and back cover. Illustrated, front colour photograph of a building entrance - "MILDURA RSL". Back - colour photograph of a stained glass memorial window. 205 pages, cut, plain white paper. Illustrated black and white and colour photographs, portraits and cartoons. Commissioned by the "MILDURA RSL SUB-BRANCH INCORPORATED".books, history, mildura rsl sub branch -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BENDIGO, WW1, Bendigo Health publications, THE IMPACT OF WW1 ON BENDIGO HEALTH: OUR NURSES, DOCTORS AND COMMUNITY, 2015
Bendigo Health publication. "Commemoration booklet celebrating the contributions made by Bendigo's doctors and nurses during the first World War".Soft cover book. Cover, cardboard with adhered paper cover. White and red print on front and back covers. Illustrated front - black and white group photograph of eight nurses in uniform and one Doctor in uniform, with red colour poppy flower middle right. Back - black and white photograph of 150 years sign on brick building wall. 41 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated in black and white and colour, group photographs, awards, memorabilia and sketches.books, history, ww1, bendigo -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WW1, Photographs collected and arranged by Francis J Reynolds, "Collier's Photographic history of the European War", WW1
""Collier's Photographic history/ of the European War" including Sketches and drawings made on the battlefields/ PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, ACCOMPANYING EACH ARMY/ COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY FRANCIS J. REYNOLDS AND C. N. TAYLOR".Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard with light grey colour and dark blue fabric spine tape. Black print on front cover and illustrated black and white photograph of a cannon battle scene. 144 pages - cut, plain, glossy white paper. Pictoorial book - illustrated black and white photographs, sketches and drawings.books, pictorial, ww1 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, REFERENCE, Rick GREBERT/The Australian Army History Unit, "THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RIBBON COLOURS ON MEDALS WORN SINCE 1815 BY AUSTRALIAN", 2007
... Guide History Military Warfare Handwritten - front end paper ...Peter Ball collection, refer Cat No 4704.Hardcover book with dust cover. Cover - cardboard with adhered paper cover. White print. Dust cover - paper with white print. On front and spine with black background. Illustrated in colour - front selection of 8 ribbons worn by Australians. Back - portrait of a soldier in uniform (Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey) 136 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated colour photographs of ribbons and medals. Handwritten - signature of author and owner's name.Handwritten - front end paper, owner's name "Peter C Ball". Title Page, signature of author "Rick Grebert".books, reference guide, history, military warfare -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, REFERENCE, Rick LANDERS, " BRITISH COMMONWEALTH WEB EQUIPMENT 1871-1944", 2005
... Guide History Military Accoutrements British Handwritten ...Peter Ball collection, refer Cat No 4704.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, black print on front and spine, beige background, small illustration. British Coat of Arms. 192 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white illustration, diagrams and photographs. Handwritten - signature of author and owner's name.Handwritten signatures - front end paper - owner "Peter C Ball". Title page - author - "Rick Landers".books, reference guide, history, military accoutrements, british -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, REFERENCE, Clive Johnson, " AUSTRALIANS AWARDED", April 2008
... , refer Cat No 4704. Books Reference Guide History Military ..."AUSTRALIANS AWARDED" - "A concise guide to Military and/Civilian Decorations, Medals and/ other Awards to Australians/ from 1815 to 2007 with their Valuations" Peter Ball collection, refer Cat No 4704.Hardcover Book Cover - cardboard with adhered paper cover. Gold, black and white print on front. spine and back. Front and spine illustrated in colour - "First Australian Division Artillery going into 3rd Battle of Ypres" by Septimus H Power painting. Artillery guns, horses and soldiers in a battle scene. 359 pages - cut, plain, glossy white paper illustrated in colour - photographs of decorations, medals and awards. Handwritten - owner's name. Handwritten front end paper in blue ink "Peter C Ball" Opposite title page in black ink "Peter C Ball"books, reference guide, history, military warfare -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, ARMY, Australian Army History Unit, The Australian Army - A Brief History, Edition one (1987) This edition - edition five (2017)
Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard with adhered paper cover. Black, white and red print on front, spine and back. Illustrated - front - black and white photograph of 5 soldiers seated within a bomb and battle damaged buildings in a streetscape. Back - colour photograph of troops on patrol at sunrise in Southern Afghanistan. Gold Rising Sun badge on front cover. 166 pages - cut, plain, beige paper, Illustrated in black and white and colour photographs, paintings, maps, Corp badges and Badges of Rank.books, history, australian army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK - BCOF, Captain R.V. Kneale, Lieutenant E.E. Smith, Lieutenant R.F. O'Malley, STAND EASY AFTER THE DEFEAT OF JAPAN 1945, c1945
Book - item in the collection of Richard William McGILVERY, RAAF. Refer Cat. No. 7287P for his service details, photo, awards.Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard with adhered green colour buckram. Light green print on front and spine. Small illustration on front - soldier with hands raised. 208 pages - cut, plain, off-white paper. Illustrated - black and white sepia and colour photographs, maps, sketches and cartoons. End papers - illustrated, green and cream, stylized pattern of uniforms.history, books, ww2, bcof -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK - AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Sir Edward Dunlop, "THE WAR DIARIES OF WEARY DUNLOP", First published 1986. reprinted 1986, 1987
"THE/ WAR DIARIES/ OF/ WEARY DUNLOP/ JAVA AND THE BURMA - THAILAND RAILWAY 1942 - 1945" Book - item in the collection of Richard William McGILVERY, RAAF. Refer Cat. No. 7287P for his service details, photo, awards, HARD COVER BOOK WITH DUST COVER. Hard cover - cardboard with adhered red buckram, gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, white print on front, spine and back on red background. Folded flaps with black print on beige background. Illustrated - front - colour seated portrait of Sir Edward Dunlop. Back - copy in colour of watercolour painting of "Weary Dunlop" operating in a jungle hospital by "Jack Chalker". 401 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and sketches.history, books, ww2, autobiography -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - POETRY BOOK, Williams Books, c.1944
item in the collection re George Lunn VX76842 2/9 Fld Coy. Refer Cat No 5581 for his service history. As the front 2 pages are half missing the Authors full name is not known, just "Sapper Eric Lock......" It also states he was born in England and spent 4 years in the 2nd AIF.Book, contains 78 pages, page 79 missing, each has a poem the first poem beginning in Orange NSW, B & W photos are added throughout. Poems cover Australia, Africa, Palestine and New Guinea, item held together by 4 staples.books, poetry -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, FLYING FORTRESS WW2, W. L. WHITE, "Queens Die Proudly", 1944
Book - account of the Flying Fortresses in the South West Pacific War WW2,Hard Cover book. Cover - cardboard, orange colour paper with black print on spine. 223 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. End papers - Illustrated, black and white map South-West Pacific. Front end paper and Title page - owner's stamp.Front end paper and Title page - black ink owner's stamp - "BENDIGO DISTRICT/ RSL SUB BRANCH INC/ PO BOX 449/ BENDIGO, VIC, 3552. Opposite Title page - handwritten black ink - "Donated by/ Peter Morrison".books, mikitary history, ww2, flying fortresses -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, GUIDE to ANZAC BATTLEFIELDS, LIEUTENANT COLONEL GLENN WAHLERT, "Exploring Gallipoli", 2008
'EXPLORING/ GALLIPOLI - / AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY BATTLEFIELD GUIDE"Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, blue, grey and black print on front, spine, back and front and back flaps of cover. Front and back illustrations - montage of grey with black and white photographs of soldiers and War Memorial. Back flap - illustrations in colour - maps. 136 pages, paper, cut, plain, semi gloss white, illustrated - colour and black and white photographs, diagrams, maps, illustrations.books, ww1, gallipoli, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, KEITH PAYNE V.C, Keith Payne VC, "NO ONE LEFT BEHIND", 2021
Keith Payne VC/ NO ONE LEFT/ BEHIND. A Memoir of Korea, Vietnam and Life Beyond the Battlefield. Foreword by Mark Donaldson VC Author - Keith Payne VC with Tony Park.Hard cover book with dust cover. Hardcover - cardboard, black colour buckram, white print on spine. Dust cover - paper, gold, white, black, pink print on front, spine, back and front and back flaps. Front and back illustrated with collection of three portrait photographs, two front, one back. 432 pages - paper- cut, plain, off white, illustrated colour, black and white photographs. End papers - crimson colour.books, history, autobiography -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BIOGRAPHY & NARRATIVE of a PHOTOGRAPHER, BOWDEN Tim, "The Changi Camera", 2012
"THE CHANGI CAMERA/ A UNIQUE RECORD OF CHANGI AND THE THAI-BURMA RAILWAY" A unique story of an Australian soldier - GEORGE ASPINALL - a keen photographer.Hard cover book with dust cover. Hardcover - cardboard, black buckram with gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, grey, red and gold print on front, spine, back and flaps. Illustrated sepia toned photographs. Front - Barracks with large crowd of troops. Back - Beach scene. 242 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated - collection of black and white photographs. End papers illustrated - black and white photographs.books, history, ww2, biography, photography -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BIOGRAPHY & NARRATIVE of a POW. WW2, Peter REES and Sue LANGFORD, "A Week in September", 2021
Book - "A WEEK/ IN/ SEPTEMBER/ - A STORY OF ENDURING LOVE/ FROM THE BURMA RAILWAY."Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, white, gold and yellow print on front, spine and back. Illustrated in colour, sky and jungle in silhouette. 356 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated - black and white photographs. End papers - on back of front and back - illustrated, hand writing - in colour yellow.biography, ww2, history, books -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, KOKODA BATTLEFIELD DISCOVERY, Brian FREEMAN, The Lost Battlefield of Kokoda, 2012
"The Lost/ Battlefield/ Of Kokoda/ The extraordinary story/ behind the discovery of a forgotten/ World War Two Battlefield."Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, gold, white and dark green print on front, spine and back. Illustrated - green tones - photograph of jungle scene with 2 timber crosses in foreground. 269 Pages - paper, plain, cut, white, illustrated - colour photographs.books, history, ww2, kokoda -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, AUSTRALIAN WW2 NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN, Phillip BRADLEY, "The Battle for Shaggy Ridge", 2021
"THE BATTLE FOR/ SHAGGY RIDGE/ The extraordinary story of the Australian Campaign against the/ Japanese in New Guinea's Finisterre Mountains in 1943-44"Soft Cover Book Soft cover - cardboard, gold, dark green and grey colour print on front, spine and back. Illustrated - in - colour - front two photographs, at top, troops resting, bottom soldiers in dug out positions. Back - troops marching out of the foothills. 318 pages - paper, cut, plain, off white. Illustrated - colour and black and white photographs and map diagrams.books, history, ww2, new guinea -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, THE KOKODA TRACK & WOUNDED SOLDIERS, Brian FREEMAN with Tony PARK, "Walking Wounded", 2013
"Walking Wounded/ The Inspirational Story of how/ the Kokoda Track is helping our/ wounded soldiers"Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, white, gold and black print on front, spine and back. Illustrated in colour photographs - front top silhouette of soldier. Bottom - a group walking along a track. Back - a group crossing a water course. 265 pages - paper, - cut, plain, off white. Illustrated colour photographs.books, history, ww2, new guinea -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, FIFTY YEARS Of RAAF, Australian Government Publishing Service Canberra for the Dept of Defence, The Golden Years. The Royal Australian Air Force 1921-1971, 1971
"The Golden Years/ The Royal Australian Air Force 1921-1971.Soft cover book - folio binding. Soft cover - cardboard, mid blue colour, embossed, Gold and Navy blue print on front and spine. Illustrated RAAF Crest. 124 pages - paper, cut, plain, white. Illustrated, colour and black and white photographs and diagrams.books, history, raaf