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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Official History Of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 Vol xii.|Photographic Record of the War, 1923
... Mitcham melbourne books history/local history military Mt. Gambier ...Red covered book of photographs of Australians' activities during the Great War - 1914-1918.Mt. Gambier Christmas 1923.books, history/local history, military -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK WW1, Brenda Stevens - Chambers, Honkie & Ginny, 2013
... a grand niece. books-biography military history Title: Honkie ...Honkie & Ginny is a journey that travels from the cottagers of Port Melbourne to Gallipoli, the battle fields of the Western Front and the gold fields of Bendigo. A personal tale from a grand niece.Title: Honkie & Ginny From Black Sheep to Holy Dove, Henry Foster Midgley 1894 - 1917 At Peace in Flanders. Biography. Soft cardboard cover, black print on front, spine & back. 2 sepia portraits, smaller one of a woman superimposed over the left corner of a soldier in uniform, yellow coloured background. Below portraits is a small colour photo of At Peace in Flanders with poppies below these words Back cover has colour photos of a wreath. 220 pages, cut plain paper. Illustrated in black & white are photos, line drawings, posters & paintings.books-biography, military history -
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, 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 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, VIETNAM WAR NARRATIVES, Gary McKAY, "Vietnam Fragments", 1992
"Vietnam Fragments/ An oral history of Australians at War"Soft cover book Soft cover - cardboard, white, yellow and black print on front, spine and back. Background - blue, red and light blue colours. Illustrated with campaign ribbon and black and white photograph of two soldiers in a jungle setting - on front. 307 pages - paper, cut, plain white, illustrated black and white maps. front and back end papers - illustrated black and white photographs.books, history, vietnam war -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, VIETNAM WAR FROM BOTH SIDES, Michael CAULFIELD, "The Vietnam Years", 2007
"THE VIETNAM YEARS/FROM THE JUNGLE TO THE AUSTRALIAN SUBURBS". The Vietnam Years is the story of both sides of that war."Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, red and white print on front, spine and back. Illustrated on front, top colour photograph of soldiers. Bottom black and white photograph of a civilian crowd. 493 pages, paper, cut, plain, white. Illustrated, black and white photographs and maps.books, history, vietnam war -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, VIETNAM CONFLICT BIOGRAPHY, Frank WALKER, "The Tiger Man of Vietnam", 2009
"THE TIGER MAN OF VIETNAM/ THE HILL TRIBES MADE HIM A DEMI-GOD/ THE CIA WANTED TO KILL HIM/ THE REMARKABLE TRUE STORY OF/ AUSTRALIAN WAR HERO BARRY PETERSEN"Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, gold and black print on front, spine and back. Illustrated, front montage photo of sepia toned soldier with jungle scene behind. Back - sepia toned photograph - portrait of a man with an animal skin. 356 pages, paper, cut, plain, white. Illustrated - black and white photographs.books, history, biography, vietnam conflict -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, VIETNAM WAR SOLDIERS, Frank WALKER, "Ghost Platoon", 2011
"GHOST PLATOON/ 39 AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS, VIETNAM, 1969/ THE ARMY DENIED THEY EXISTED/ WHAT WERE THEY TRYING TO HIDE?"Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, maroon and black print on front, spine and back. front cover illustration - photograph in muted tones of green and grey, soldiers receiving supplies by helicopter. 338 pages - paper - cut, plain, white. Illustrated, colour and black and white photographs.books, history, vietnam war -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, VIETNAM WAR BATTLE, David W. CAMERON, "The Battle of Long Tan", 2016
"The Battle of Long Tan/ Australia's Four Hours of Hell in Vietnam".Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, white and light gold print on front, spine and back. Illustrated - colour photograph from front to back of soldiers resting in foreground, helicopter in background, with jungle vegetation. 392 pages - paper, cut, plain, white. Illustrated colour, sepia and black and white photographs.books, history, vietnam war -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLETAND NOMINAL ROLL FOR WAIKATO 1863, William THOMASON, "Marching to the Waikato 1863"
"Marching to the Waikato 1863/ An outline of the Waikato War/ With A Nominal Roll/ of the Volunteers from Bendigo "& District" "New Zealand Wars of the 1860's".Soft cover booklet facsimile. Cover - cardboard, black print on glossy blue background. Illustrated front and back, black print. Front - Column of troops on the march. Back - troops with cannon carriage. 36 pages, paper, cut, plain, white. Illustrated in black print - photographs, posters and illustrations.books, history, new zealand wars -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BIOGRAPHY - Facsimile, The Education Department, Victoria, "The Education Department's Record of War Service Victoria 1914-1919", c1921
Book - Facsimile - Hard cover, cloth tape binding. Cover - cardboard, front black print on white background. Blue cloth tape binding. 304 pages - paper, cut, plain, white. Illustrated - black and white copies of photographs and illustrations. Handwritten marking top front cover> Owners stamp top front cover.Front cover - top, handwritten, grey lead pencil "50-" Front cover - Owners stamp, black ink. "Mr. W.J. HAMMILL, A.A.I.M./PO Box 76, Kangaroo Flat/ Victoria, 3555, Australia"books, history, war service, ww1, biography -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BIOGRAPHY - Facsimile, The Education Department, Victoria, "War Service Record 1939 - 1945", 1959
Facsimile - hard cover, cloth tape binding. Cover - cardboard, front - black print on white background. Green cloth tape binding. 313 pages, paper, cut, plain, white. Illustrated - black and white copies of photographs and illustrations. Handwritten marking, top front cover. Owners stamp top front cover.Front cover top - handwritten, grey lead pencil "50--" Owners stamp, black ink. "Mr W.J. HAMMILL, A.A.I.M./PO Box 76, Kangaroo Flat/Victoria, 3555, Australia"books, history, war service, ww2, biography -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK - facsimile, Sunday Sun Newspaper - ANZAC Anniversary Souvenir April 22, 1990, "ANZAC 75th ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR ROLL OF HONOR", 1990
ANZAC Roll of Honor. Published in Sunday Sun - 75th Anniversary of one Gallipoli campaign - Lists 7594 dead.Soft cover book - facsimile. Front cover - light cardboard, front cover black print on white background includes copy of newspaper article. Back cover - beige colour, yellow cloth tape binding. Pages - paper, cut, plain, white. One illustration - black print. Front cover top - owner's stamp.Front cover top - owner's stamp, black ink - "MR. W. J. HAMMILL, A.A.I.M./P.O. BOX 76, KANGAROO FLAT/VICTORIA, 3555, AUSTRALIA"books, history, anzac, ww1 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK - facsimile, The Australian Newspaper - with Assistance of the "Staff of Central Army Records", "THE BATTLE OF ALAMEIN.", c1992
The Battle of Alamein - The Australian Casualties. The Australian`, The Weekend Australian - 50th Anniversary Special Edition. Honour Roll and Newspaper Articles.SOFT COVER BOOK - FOLIO FACSIMILE - Cloth tape binding. Cover - thin cardboard, front cover - black print on blue background, illustrated in black print three photographs - top/troops in a vehicle, bottom/ tanks and soldiers advamcing. Pages - paper, cut, plain white. Illustrated black and white copies of photographs. Owners stamp - inside front cover.Inside front cover - owner's stamp black ink "Mr W.J. HAMMILL, A.A.I.M./ PO Box 76, KANGAROO FLAT/ VICTORIA, 3505, AUSTRALIA"books, history, ww2