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Book New Testament, New Testament
Black covered New Testament (Book)To Leslie Goode from all at Devon on the eve of his departure for the front. May the God of battles protect you (and) bring you safely back. Your affn. Uncle J. P. Goode 20-4-15 -
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Hat W.R.A.N. hat from H.M.A.S. Harman
Worn by Nancy Clemments Navy felt W.R.A.N. hat from H.M.A.S. Harman worn by Nancy Clemments and a photo of the Crew of H.M.A.S. HarmanH M A S Harman embroidered on band -
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Badge Board
Badges from WWI and early RSL badges also WWI Mothers badges with 1 star (1 son enlisted) and 2 stars (2 sons enlisted) and WWI and WWII medalsFelt backed badge board showing service medals, R.S.L. badges and Mothers badges band corps and othersmedal, badge, medallion, insignia -
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Vases
2 matched brass shell cases made into vases for use as bowls trophiesWaverley RSL Lawn Bowls Section Challenge Trophy 6Pr 1934 -
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Japanese Occupation Money
Used by Japanese forces in the Pacific theater during WWII 5 Japanese occupation notes of various denominations -
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medal USO Korea
Issued on the 50th anniversary of the Korean warThe USO provided entertainment for troops on active service in Korea. These were primarily for American troops, but others could attend. The USO sites in Korea were at Camp Kim, Osan AB,camp Casey, Camp Humphreys, camp Walket and Incheon airport. USO Centers provided a warm and comforting place where troops telephone, catch a movie, read a book, have a snack or just put their feet up and relax.Bronze medal with enamel insert50th Anniversary of Korean War U.S.O. medal uso, uso korea, uso medallion, medallion -
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Aerial Photographs
Shows the condition and placement of Nt. Korean trenches on 28 March 19533 areal photos of Nth Korean trenches taken from 18 000 feet 98th A E Pr Co line 28 March 53,18 000 feet 98th A E Pr Co line 28 March 53, -
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Peace Medal
Gold coloured metal medal on red white and blue ribbon approx. 1 meter in length.Korean War Veterans Museum and Library . The forgotten victory (peace medal) -
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Tail fin candlestick
Exploded mortar tail fin used as a candle stick during Korean warAlloy metal tail fin from a 3 inch motar -
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German Ammunition
1 silver cased round with copper head and 1 brass round with copper head -
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Sight for 40 Cal Deck Gun
On 2nd July 1955 Warramunga and Arunta became the first RAN Ships to join the force countering communism during The Malayan Emergency. Other ships which served during the emergency were HMA Ships Quickmatch, Queenborough, Anzac, Tobruk, Vampire, Vendetta, Voyager, Melbourne and Quadrant. Some of which took part in Bombardments against the CT's in Johore State.Identified by Barry McKilop ex RANBlack painted metal object with 4 thumb screws adjustments and 2 vernier scales. Mounting has one cut out and 2 screw or pin guide holesParkerdale England Mk VII PH5Agun sight, deck gun -
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Cap Officers R.A.A.F
Worn by Ft. Lt. L T MalempreNavy blue cloth peaked R.A.A.F. officer's cap with R.A.A.F. bronze badge -
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Epaulettes and badge
Worn by Ft. Lt. L. T. MalempreA pair of blue uniform epaulettes with Ft. Lt. stripes and a small enameled metal R.A.A.F. badge (3cm x 2cm) -
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hat Slouch
Worn by Lt. Austin FeoreBrown felt "slouch" hat with cloth hat band and leather head band. Rising Sun bronze badge affixed Colour patch of the 26th Infantry Batallion -
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Webbing Field Pack
Used as field equipment AIF WWI WWIIWebbing Feild pack 1908 pattern with brass buckles and webbing straps part of "pack and basic pouches -
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Pack Gas Mask
Used by AIF WWI and WWIIWebbing pack for side or neck mount usually used to carry gas mask -
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bank note 100 lire Italian
Liberated during WWII in Italy100 lire Italian bank note -
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Currency notes
Used WWII Pacific5 paper notes Hongkong China and Japanese occupation notes -
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Badge Board
Awarded to Bob Stuart (Ft. Lt.) who flew 37 missions for 466 Heavy Bomber Squadron over EuropeBadge board displaying DFC 39-45 Star France Star and Service medals, Photo Box for DFC and "D Day" commorative medal -
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Medals
3 Medals Africa Star 39-45 Star awarded to N. B. Walter TX 548 and Iron Cross second class with swords (1939)N. B. Walter TX 548 -
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Letter
Letter from Cpl. A R Leach sent from POW camp 383 and ID plate from Stalag 8ID Plate Stalag VIII/a 92457 -
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gaiters
2 non matching webbing gaiters 1908 pattern -
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puttees
Keeps the nasties out of your sox and trousersHandy3 cloth Puttees with brown retaining straps -
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Photograph 12th Battery Field Artillary, 12th Battery Field Artillary, u/k
2nd Division Artillery Formed September 1915 and assigned to 2nd Division Subunits: 2nd Division Ammunition Column September 1915 - past November 1918 4th Field Artillery Brigade 23 September 1915 - past November 1918 10th Field Artillery Battery 11th Field Artillery Battery 12th Field Artillery Battery 104th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery 4th Brigade Ammunition ColumnPhotographic Print of 12th Battery Field Artillery France 1914 1918 in wooden frame under glassphoto artillery, 12 fab, raa 2nd division -
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Medal Board, Decorations and Campaign Medals
Wooden black felt covered board with 53 mounted replicaAustralian medals and decorations each with a printed description in a glass faced wooden frame -
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Painting Roy Longmore, RoyLongmore
Longmore set aside his life as a farm-hand in Geelong, Victoria, when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at age 21. Private (Pte) Roy Longmore, 3rd Reinforcements, 21st Battalion, of Bannockburn, Victoria enlisted on 13 July 1915; and he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Anchises on 26 August 1915.[2] After training in Egypt, was sent to the Battle of Gallipoli where he was a tunnel digger with the 2nd Division, burrowing underneath the Turkish positions and laying mines. After evacuation from Turkey, he fought at Pozières, Armentières, and Villers-Bretonneux.[1] He was wounded three times in France and was momentarily given up for dead when he was shot as the Armistice in November 1918, approached. He later recalled, "We were patrolling in a gully when suddenly half a dozen Germans appeared over a hill armed with machine guns and opened fire. Jerry riddled me, knocking me flat on my back, and the last I heard was 'Longy's had it, they got him.'" Fortunately, his fellow soldiers saw him move and rescued him.[3] Lance Sergeant (LSgt) and returned to Australia on 16 March 1919 as a member of the 2nd Pioneer Battalion.[2] Civilian life[edit] After returning to Australia in 1919, his injuries made returning to farm work impossible, so he drove a taxi in Melbourne. Another change caused by the war was more telling. Before, he had hunted rabbits; but he later explained that when he returned home, he no longer had an appetite for firing at anything alive.[3] Longmore married and had one son, Eric.[1] The one-time LSgt Longmore died peacefully in his sleep at a Burwood Nursing Home aged 107 on 21 June 2001. He was the second last Anzac to die.[2] At his death, Australia honored him one final time with a state funeral.[3] Australian "legend"[edit] In 2000, Longmore was recognized as one of the "Australian Legends." His name and photograph were honored as part of an annual series of commemorative postage stamps issued by Australia Post since 1997. The stamps commemorate living Australians "who have made lifetime contributions to the development of Australia's national identity and character".[4] Longmore lived to fully enjoy this honor.[3] Longmore's 45-cent Legend stamp displays the soldier's portrait as a young man, photographed just prior to his departure for Gallipoli. Formal photographs of the other two ANZAC centenarians complete this stamp set. In addition, a fourth stamp features the 1914-15 star medal which was presented to all those who fought in campaigns during those war years.[5] These stamps, designed by Cathleen Cram of the Australia Post Design Studio, commemorate the story of events and people shaping contemporary Australia.[6] The Longmore stamp honors him as an individual and as a representative of all 68,000 soldiers at Gallipoli whose actions affected Australia's evolving self-image.[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_LongmoreFramed painting of Roy Longmore wooden frame glass fronted -
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Photograph Vietnam 1962-1973, Vietnam 1962-1973
Original in National War MuseumOn 26 August 1967 members of 5 Platoon, B Company, 7RAR were lifted by United States Army Iroquois UH-1D helicopters from their location beside the road leading to Dat Do, and returned to their base at Nui Dat in Phoc Tuy Province. These soldiers had completed the cordon and search of the village of Phoc Hai, part of Operation Ulmarra.Mounted in a wooden frame under Glass http://www.awm.gov.au/shop/item/4483/#.UVDu0BdkNe8vietnam, 7rar, ulmarra, dat do -
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Print Kapyong, Kapyong
On 23 April, the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Ferguson, and the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, occupied prominent hills on either side of the seven-kilometre-wide valley, where a small tributary joined the Kapyong River. Also forward were headquarters units, tanks and artillery. The 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, were to the rear. Early in the evening, retreating South Koreans streamed past the Commonwealth position, with Chinese forces closely intermingled. Soon afterwards a platoon of American tanks supporting 3 RAR was overrun. The Kapyong valley was too large an area to defend with the forces available, and the brigade was spread very thinly. Throughout the night the Chinese repeatedly pressed the Australian positions, attacking in waves over their own dead and wounded. At dawn, A Company, under the command of Major Bernard "Ben" O'Dowd, found that the Chinese had infiltrated its position, but a counter-attack was able to eject them. Meanwhile B Company, which had spent the night on a hill near the riiver, discovered Chinese occupying some old bunkers on a small knoll. Hand-to-hand fighting ensued with grenades and bayonets. C Company, under the command of Captain Reg Saunders, was in position to reinforce both A and B Companies. "Major O'Dowd then directed the radio operator to contact anyone. The American 1st Marine Division answered but their operator refused to believe who our operator was speaking for. Major O'Dowd took the phone and demanded to speak to the commanding officer. The general in charge of the [Marine] division came on the phone and told O'Dowd we didn't exist as we had been wiped out the night before. Major O'Dowd said, 'I've got news for you, we are still here and we are staying here.'" Private Patrick Knowles, 3 RAR, on the morning of 24 April 1951 Fighting continued throughout the day with the Australians holding their positions, and the Chinese also engaging D Company. But late on 24 April, with their position now untenable, the Australians were forced into a fighting withdrawal down a ridge to the valley, where they rejoined the brigade. Their withdrawal was supported by New Zealand artillery from the 16th Field Regiment. Having found the Canadian position unassailable, the Chinese made no further attacks. By the afternoon of 25 April the road through to the Canadians had been cleared of Chinese and 2 PPCLI was relieved by US Army units. On Anzac Day 1951, the Australians rested after a long fight. Thirty-two Australians were killed and 53 were wounded for their part in stalling the Chinese advance and preventing Seoul from falling into enemy hands. Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Ferguson was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his skilful leadership, and the Australian and Canadian battalions both received United States Presidential Distinguished Unit Citations for their part in the battle. http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/korea/operations/kapyong/Print of painting of action in Kapyong Korea in wooden frame under glassDonated by Frank Arnold on behalf of Korean Veterans Association of Australia inc.korea, kapyong, 3rar -
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Wooden Propeller
De Havilland made DH 5220 original fitment. The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until replaced by the de Havilland Chipmunk in 1952 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Tiger_MothWooden propeller for Tiger Moth Aircraft with brass bound leading edgesTiger Moth No.43propeller, tiger moth, dh 5220, dh 82 -
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Badge Board, Regiments of Household Cavalry and Royal Armored Corps
Bage board with mounted badges glass fronted