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Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
WWI Soldiers Belt (Refer Aso 0539B and 0541)
Brown leather Soldiers belt. Brass sliding adjuster. Brass buckle and catch. Catch features Snake or Dragon "S" shaped clasp. Appears to be Canadian WWI era belt. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Kit bag. Returned to donor's daughter, Ms Deb Wales, Unknown
WW11 Historical significance.WWII army kit canvas kit bag. Bag is shaped like a sausage with holes in the top for a rope to be used for opening and closing the bag.VX42319 Wales A.C.S. is painted in red and white on the bag twice. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
WWI Belt Box (Possibly Canadian) (Refer also 0539A and 0541)
Appears to be WWI period Canadian.Wooden round box 12.5 cm x 7cm with base and lid. Metal band holding base to box and metal band around wooden top to fit over box. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Pennant, Unknown
NilGreen and yellow pennant from the Army Apprentices School.Army Apprentices School written in yellow with Army Apprentices School emblem in yellow and red displayed at the end of the pennant. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
WWI Belt Buckle with Snake clasp ( Refer also 0539 & 0539B)
Brass belt buckle. Rectangular shaped ring to fit around belt with small circle eyelet fused on to hold a "S" shaped clasp.The Clasp is in the form of snake with a head of both ends. S shape clasp has some markings on it and head of snake at both ends. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Kit bag, Unknown
Possibly WW2 historical significance.Red Army sausage style kit bagK. Ramsay painted in white on the bag -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
WWI Belt Box (Possibly Canadian) (Refer also 0539 and 0541)
Round Box to house a Soldiers Belt. Wooden with metal band on bottom. Lid wooden with metal band. Brown in colour.Making on base of box in round stamp-Robertsons Patent Package. Writing on top of box could not be deciphered. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Weapon - Fighting Pick, ca. 1940's
Fighting pick. Appears to be from Papua New Guinea. (fighting pick of Tari.?) Implement in shape of pick with handle and head. Head attached to handle by way of cane binding. Appears to be soft wood handle and head of harder wood. The rear piece of the head behind the binding has carving notches and coloured blue,red,yellow and red inside the carvingpick, fighting pick, tari, papua new guinea -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Fighting Pick
Fighting pick appears to be from Papua New Guinea. (Tari Fighting Pick ?) Implement is made of wood (appears soft wood handle with hard wood head.) Pick/hammer shaped with head attached to handle by cane binding.Some grooving on rear of the head and small binding at back.Wood colour with some red coloring in the grooves at back of head. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Medal - Framed photo with medals, Framed photo of EMMANUEL MIFSUD with medals
WW11 significance Black frame red background, mounted four service medals and a photo in his naval uniform BLACK FRAME WITH RED BACKGROUND, Long Service and Good Conduct medal, War Medal, 1939-45 Star and Africa Star. AND A PHOTO IN HIS NAVAL UNIFORM. Born in MALTA 24th.December 1923. Serviced in WW2 in MALTA as a soldier with the SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY UNIT from 1939-1945. Later Emmanuel served in TOBRUK & TRIPOLI with the ROYAL NAVY. world war two, world war 2, world war ii, wwii, ww2, royal navy, malta, searchlight battery -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Medal - Two framed medals, unknown
WWI replica medalsWooden frame with Replica Victoria Cross and Star of Gallipoli medalsnil. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Model - Small model of ship, unknown
Model of WW11 hospital ship Centaur that was sunk during WWIIHand made model of H.M.A.S. CENTAURH.M.A.S CENTAUR -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Model - Model ship H.M.V.S. CERBERUS, 2005
Model of ship from Crimean War. She now rests at a breakwater near Black Rock Vic.Model of H..M.V.S.Cerberus.H.M.V.S. Cerberus. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Functional object - FIRST AID KIT, 1942
WWII historical significanceU.S.ARMY FIRST AID KIT FROM WWII FIELD DRESSINGS, SAFETY PINS AND DIFFERENT DRESSINGS.OUTSIDE OF TIN.INSCRIPTIONS READ: U.S.ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. FOR EMERGENCY USE ONLY. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Equipment - Morse Signal Key, Unknown
WWII Historical SignificanceMorse Signal Key.Type 3rz 018 serial # 2543. AWA -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Document - Citation to PM4551 Able Seaman Cyril Percy Whiteman R.A.N.R, Citation to ABLE SEAMAN CYRIL PERCY WHITEMAN, PM445,R .A. N.R, unknown
WWII historical significanceCitation His Majesty the King has been Graciously pleased to award the Distinguished Service Medal to Able Seaman Cyril Percy Whiteman. the Royal Australian Naval Reserve, for gallantry, outstanding skill and devotion to duty in hazardous operations in dangerous waters in the South-Wes Pacific Area prior to the end of the war. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Weapon - Bullet, Circa 1900s
UnknownBlue bullet with brass casing10-MF-88 on blue part of the bullet -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Memorabilia - Framed photo with medals, Unknown
WWII historic significanceWhite frame with 2 x service meals and a small photo of VX3521 Albert Winfield BowdenVX3521 Albert Winfield BOWDEN. 2 x Australian Service Medals - 1939 - 1945. "Lion Inscription and Australian Coat of Arms". -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Photograph - Framed photo, Wangaratta Camp 23rd October 1940, Unknown
WWII historical significancePlatoon photo of 30 men with their names on the photo1 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/14 Infantry Training Battalion. Writing on the back - to Cliff Hill with my compliments -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Equipment, Water Bottle, Unknown
WWII historic signficanceMilitary water bottle in khaki container with webbing shoulder strap. Blue enamel body with felt covering (for insulation). Held approximately 1 litre. Had a cork stopper. The name 'ELLISON' is written on the strap -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Equipment - Canvas kit bag, 1943
WWII historic significancekhaki army kit bagD. D. V280 1943. VF508462 P. E. Ellison (Pearl Eileen Ellison) -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Functional object - Metal mess tins x 2, Unknown
WWII historic significance2 x steel WWII Army mess tinsNil -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Clothing - Jerkin, Leather, H. Creighton, Approx 1947
UnknownSleeveless brown leather jerkin lined with khaki wool serge. The jerkin fastens down the front with four large brown plastic buttons, which fasten into leather bound buttonholes. Jerkin Leather Jacket Size 41, to fit 34 to 40Australian Military Forces printed on the buttonsworld war 2, second world war -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Medal - ANZAC 1915 Medalion, Unknown
WWI Historical significanceANZAC medallion with crown on top and Simpson and his donkey engraved on the medalion1915, ANZAC on one side with a map of Australia and New Zealand with the Southern Cross engraved on the other. The name E. Bourke is engraved on the bottom. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Medal - Framed medal, Unknown
WWI historyFramed Replica of Gallipoli Star MedalGallipoli 1914-1915 . This medal was designed to given to all troops who served in the Gallipoli Campaign. The Australian Government, of the time, demanded that it only be given to the ANZAC'S. Following certain concern, it was never presented. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Document - Various letters and documentation, Unknown
WW1 and WWII historic significance.Soldiers pay book, Identification papers, Certificate of discharge, War Service Homes Commission. Documentation for Ernest Arthur Michael Burke.Letter from WWI. Discharge certificates from WW1 and WWII. Soldiers pay books from WWI and WWII. Letter from War Service Homes Commission. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Medal - 3 x medals, Unknown
WWI and WWII Historical significance.1 x Pacific Star, 1 x RSL membership badge 1919 - 1926, I x mothers badge.Mothers Badge - to women of Australia No #184033, RSL badge #34555. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Functional object - Morse Code Key, Unknown
WWII Historical significanceWW11 Morse Code KeyPMG 1942. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Memorabilia - Table lamp, Unknown
Trench Art from WWII.Trench art with Rising Sun badge mounted on metal stand.Rising Sun badge inscribed Australian Commonwealth Military Forces. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Document - 1/ Attestation Paper of enlisted persons. 2/ Copy of Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Unknown
WWI historical significance.1/ Australian Imperial Force. Copy of Attestation Paper of Persons Enlisted for Service Abroad, George William Cameron dated 17/7/1915. 2/ Copy of Certificate from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Ypres (Menin Gate) In Memory of George William Cameron 4172, 8th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F. who died on 20th September 1917 Age 34.As above