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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Booklet, Alkira Secondary College, Walk A Mile In My Shoes, 2016
... - Biographies Post-traumatic stress disorder - Australia A booklet ...A booklet containing biographies of Vietnam Veterans who were interviewed by students from Alkira Secondary College.vietnam veterans - biographies, post-traumatic stress disorder - australia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Bower-Miles, Tony 'Bomber' and Whittaker, Mark, Bomber: From Vietnam to hell and back, 2009
Tony 'Bomber' Bower-Miles was a young sapper in the Australian Army when he first went to Vietnam in 1969. landmines were one of the biggest threats faced by troops on both sides, and much of Bomber's work involved the dangerous task of clearing them.Tony 'Bomber' Bower-Miles was a young sapper in the Australian Army when he first went to Vietnam in 1969. landmines were one of the biggest threats faced by troops on both sides, and much of Bomber's work involved the dangerous task of clearing them.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 -- veterans -- biography, land mines - detection - vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Blair, Anne, Ted Serong: The life of an Australian Counter-Insurgency Expert. (Copy 2)
... Australia. Australian Army - Officers - Biography.... Australian Army - Officers - Biography Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 ...Ted Serong was on of the most original and influential of the Australian Army's planners in the post-war period. He re-established the jungle training centre at Canungra in the 1950s and developed the Australian Army's doctrine of counter-insurgency warfare.Ted Serong was on of the most original and influential of the Australian Army's planners in the post-war period. He re-established the jungle training centre at Canungra in the 1950s and developed the Australian Army's doctrine of counter-insurgency warfare.serong, ted, australia. australian army - officers - biography, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Barr, Marshall, Surgery, Sand and Saigon Tea: An Australian Army Doctor in Viet Nam (Copy 1)
... - Personal narratives Australian Surgeons - Biography ...This is the story of a young Australian anaesthetist's service in the Viet Nam War - from peril to pleasure, a year filled with experiences.This is the story of a young Australian anaesthetist's service in the Viet Nam War - from peril to pleasure, a year filled with experiences.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, surgeons - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Barr, Marshall, Surgery, Sand and Saigon Tea: An Australian Army Doctor in Viet Nam (Copy 2)
... - Personal narratives Australian Surgeons - Biography ...This is the story of a young Australian anesthetist's service in the Viet Nam War - from peril to pleasure, a year filled with experiences.This is the story of a young Australian anesthetist's service in the Viet Nam War - from peril to pleasure, a year filled with experiences.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, surgeons - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Blair, Anne, Ted Serong: The Life of an Australian Counter-Insurgency Expert (Copy 1)
... Australia. Australian Army - Officers - Biography.... Australian Army - Officers - Biography Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 ...Ted Serong was on of the most original and influential of the Australian Army's planners in the post-war period. He re-established the jungle training centre at Canungra in the 1950s and developed the Australian Army's doctrine of counter-insurgency warfare.Ted Serong was on of the most original and influential of the Australian Army's planners in the post-war period. He re-established the jungle training centre at Canungra in the 1950s and developed the Australian Army's doctrine of counter-insurgency warfare.serong, ted, australia. australian army - officers - biography, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Malone, Michael J., OAM and Peter Lutley, Simmo: A Biography of Ray Simpson, VC, DCM: One Of Australia's Greatest Soldiers, 2015
Bloody untouchable. He'd be one of the best soldiers the Australian Army has ever had and he was a pretty good Rugby Union winger, fast, hard and tough. that's how he lived his life.Bloody untouchable. He'd be one of the best soldiers the Australian Army has ever had and he was a pretty good Rugby Union winger, fast, hard and tough. that's how he lived his life.simpson, ray, 1926-1978, australia. army. royal australian regiment. battalion, 3rd, australia. army. royal australian regiment. battalion, 2nd -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Krasnoff, Stan, Where To? For Valour: The Keith Payne Story (Copy 1)
... Australia. Australian Army - Officers - Biography... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Australia. Australian ...A True Story...Keith Payne's citation for the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration awarded in the British Commonwealth for valour, reads like a touch of madness.A True Story...Keith Payne's citation for the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration awarded in the British Commonwealth for valour, reads like a touch of madness.australia. australian army - officers - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction, keith payne, victoria cross, aattv -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Krasnoff, Stan, Where To? For Valour: The Keith Payne Story (Copy 2)
... Australia. Australian Army - Officers - Biography... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Australia. Australian ...A True Story...Keith Payne's citation for the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration awarded in the British Commonwealth for valour, reads like a touch of madness.A True Story...Keith Payne's citation for the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration awarded in the British Commonwealth for valour, reads like a touch of madness.australia. australian army - officers - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction, military decorations, keith payne, victoria cross, aattv -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Arnold, John, Cop In A baggy Green Skin
An MP had much better working conditions and '5' star accommodation' compared to the poor bloody field soldiers.An MP had much better working conditions and '5' star accommodation' compared to the poor bloody field soldiers.australia - armed forces - military police - biography -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumBook - Book - Biography, Memoirs of My Life During World War II, 1997
Wartime memoirs of Werner Buschmann, a German Merchant Seaman, captured on the "Hohenfels" and brought to Australia for internment, later classified as a prisoner of war. Printed material in black plastic folder, comprising of 62 pages of A 4 size pages in clear plastic sleeves. mv hohenfels, german merchant seaman, ranji tiki, dhurringile pow camp, hohenfels, werner buschmann, ralf taeuber -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumBook, The Uncles, The Story of the Heyde Brothers, 2011
Written by Margaret Bowering a neice of the Heyde Brothers.Brown soft cover book with photo of five men in work clothes on front.german migrants, western australia, internment camp 1 tatura, books, biography -
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Document, Biography of Heinrich Walter Fuchs MD, 1991
Biography of Heinrich Walter Fuchs MD, an internee in Persia and Camp 3 Australia. Written by his daughter. Presented to the Society by his daughter.Plastic folder with red back.heinrich fuchs, internment camps, camp 3, persia, medical personnel -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document - Biography, Peter Drescher, 1991
Peter Drescher interred as a child from Palastine, in 1941, at Camp 3. Served for 20 years in the Australian Army, Still living in Darwin. Uhlheer and Hoffman Families Palastine group intered Camp 3, 1941, settled in Australia after the war.Clear plastic, red back foldercamp 3, tatura victoria, internment camps, hoffmann -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book - Biography, George Michael Larin 1916 to 2008, 2013
Written by N. M. Larin. A biography of G. M. Larin of his life from Russia to Australia and his family. Interesting story of post war migration and WW2 resettlement of European displaced persons in Australia.On front cover rural scene and channel and photograph of G. M. Larin. On Back cover story of life of G. M. Larin and photographs as a young man.larin family history, george michael larin -
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Folder - biography, Gustav Pohlig, 27 June 1945
forwarded by Mr Gustav Pohlig: University exam results and on the back page addressed envelopes, Australian landscape and pastoral landscape, typical of the Christmas post cards mailed from Australia. Mailed from No 16 POW group in Marrinup WA to Germany.a clear plastic envelope with many pages written in German of Obergefreite Gustav Adolf Pohlig, geberen 6 November 1916. gustav pohlig -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Pompey Elliott, 2002. This edition 2015
Pompey Elliott was one of the most successful and admired Army Brigaderes during World War 1. A comprehensive , deeply researched biography tells Elliott's fascinating story. It examines Elliott's origins and youth, his peacetime careers as a lawyer and politician, and his achievements - as well as the controversies he aroused during his years as a soldier. Pompey Elliott officially opened the Victory Hall in Hogan Street Tatura, on September 14th 1925.This work retrieves a significant Australian from undeserved obscurity. It reassesses notable battles he influenced, including the Gallipoli Landing, Lone PIne, Fromelles, Polygon Wood, Villers - BretonneuxA biography of Pompey Elliott, by Ross McMullin. Paper back edition with colourful portrait of Pompey on cover. (Portrait by Bill McInnes) with thanks to the Australian War Museum) 718 pages, B/W photos, and maps Foreword by Les Carlyon. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Camp 4 Archival Records
Material accessed by Major James Sullivan from the Australian Archives and various Japanese ex internees, and used in writing his book "Beyond All Hate".Black two ring folder containing printed material in plastic sleeves.Camp 4 archival materialdocuments, biography -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, The Early Days of Internment in Australia during World War 2, 1991
Original document produced in Camp 1, translated and printed by Gerhard Meinke in 1991.White plastic side bound covered printed sheets.The Early Days of Internment in Australia.documents, biography -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Templer Camp 3 Reunion, 1991
... of the Templers arrival in Australia. documents biography Black foolscap ...Material on occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Templers arrival in Australia.Black foolscap sized folder with newspaper extracts and photos in plastic folders.documents, biography -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Behind Barbed Wire in Australia, 1948
Blue folio containing photographed printed material in plastic sleeves.documents, biography -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Diary, Repatriation of POW's- Diary
Original diary photocopied by his son, Ross McGann. Australian Army Guards diary of repatriation of German POW's on the Orontes in 1947 together with letters from ex POW's.Black open fronted black folio containing photocopied material in plastic sleeves.Repatriation of POW'sdocuments, biography, ross mcgann, german pow's, repatriation of german pow's, camp 3 -
Robin Boyd FoundationDocument, The Australian Opera, 1985
This publication and accompanying papers marks the 1985 Grand Opening season of The Australian Opera in the State Theatre in the nw Arts Centre in Melbourne. Inside are documents including a five page Guest List (acceptances) for the Cocktail party to announce the 185 season. Mr and Mrs J Davies are listed. Pages with biographies of singers are included. This looks to be part of 1984 Board Papers. Patricia Davies was a member of board of The Australian Opera.The Australian Opera document holder with many documents. Foolscap size.walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, John Fairfax, My Regards to Broadway: A Memoir, 1991
... melbourne Australian biography John Fairfax & Sons James Fairfax ...Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketaustralian biography, john fairfax & sons, james fairfax, publishers and publishing, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, William McBride, Killing the Messenger: An Autobiography, 1994
... melbourne Australian biography Obstetricians Fraud in science Walsh ...Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketaustralian biography, obstetricians, fraud in science, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Geoffrey Dutton, Founder of a City: the Life of Colonel William Light, 1960
... melbourne Australian biography South Australia Surveying Surveyors ...Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketaustralian biography, south australia, surveying, surveyors, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Elyne Mitchell, Chauvel Country: The Story of a Great Australian Pioneering Family, 1983
... melbourne Australian biography Chauvel family genealogy family ...Hardcover w/ Dust JacketDedication "To Dad", dated Christmas 1983australian biography, chauvel family, genealogy, family history, clarence river, tabulam, new south wales, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, W.J Hudson, Casey, 1986
... melbourne Australian biography Richard Gardiner Casey Walsh St ...Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket70th Birthday wishes, October 27th 1986australian biography, richard gardiner casey, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Bernard Smith, The Boy Adeodatus: The Portrait of a Lucky Young Bastard, 1984
... melbourne Australian biography Art Critics Walsh St library ...Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketaustralian biography, art critics, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Michelle Grattan, Australian Prime Ministers, 2000
... melbourne Australian biography Australian history Politics ...Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket2 Cards inside front cover - Card 1: "Dear Mrs Davies - Please find enclosed some notes that may be useful to the conservator - I thought you might like this card, it is the newest addition to our range - please do not hesitate to contact me about the watercolour - Your Sincerely, Ainsley Gowing" Card 2: Birthday note to John from Penleigh, 2000.australian biography, australian history, politics, government, walsh st library
