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Mont De Lancey
Certificate, 1916
Certificate acknowledging Mr Thomas W. Gaudion's Voluntary Active Service during World War 1.White coloured Certificate from Shire of Lilydale to Thomas W. Gaudion acknowledging Voluntary Active Service during 1st World War, with a red Wax Seal."Shire of Lilydale, Lilydale 1st March 1916 to Mr Thomas Gaudion......" Red Wax Seal in lower left of Certificatecertificates of appreciation -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Neville Smith, The Second World War in Map and Story, volume 4, ed. by Neville Smith, 1944_07
Series of articles published by the "Argus" 1941-1945, dealing with events and campaigns in World War 2.48 p., col. maps.world war 2 -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Neville Smith, The Second World War in Map and Story, volume 3, ed. by Neville Smith, 1943_
Series of articles published by the "Argus" 1941-1943, dealing with events and campaigns in World War 2.48 p., col. maps.world war 2 -
Mont De Lancey
Letter, 1945
Written by Robert Gaudion. Australian Military Forces - envelope.Letter to Mrs. T. Gaudion - 3 pages from her son Bob during Second World War. 3rd August 1945.Envelope addressed to Mrs. T. W. Gaudion, Wandin East Vic.letters, personal letters, correspondence -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, ANZAC 2014-2018 - Centenary. Sharing Victoria's stories and Making connections, 19 Oct 2014
Collected by Ann Gibson at the event on Sunday October 19, 2014 at Princes Pier, Port Melbourne. The commemoration of the departure of the World War I first convoy 1914.'ANZAC 2014-2018 - Centenary. Sharing Victoria's stories and Making connections" "Victoria's World War One Legacy - Recipients of the Victoria Cross" - bookletwar - world war i, piers and wharves - princes pier, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, armed services - army, armed services - navy, anzac centenary, city of port phillip, victorian government, world war i first convoy, victoria cross -
Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Award - Court Mounted Medals
This original set of medals and memorabilia were donated/bequeath to the Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch by Captain Nankervis’ family. The inscription on the framed box containing the Medal Bar reads, “These medals were awarded to Captain Dick Nankervis for service during World War I and World War II. Part of the Nankervis Collection, there is a lengthy word document in the Media Section6 Court Mounted WWI and WWII medals; laid on green felt, in a wooden display case Measuring 300mm x 220mm with non reflective glass front and metal bar with an engraved inscription Metal Bar measuring 20 x 160 mm engraved with "This original set of medals and memorabilia were donated/bequeath to the Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch by Captain Nankervis’ family. The inscription on the framed box containing the Medal Bar reads, “These medals were awarded to Captain Dick Nankervis for service during World War I and World War II". wwi war medals, wwii war medals, rack of six medals, military medal -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK WW2, 2/2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion, 1953
From page following title page: "2/2 Pioneer Battalion History. To the memory of All Ranks of the 2/2 Pioneer Battalion who were killed or died, as free men or prisoners during the Second World War" Refer Cat No 4072.2P, John Donald (Jock) VX19003, POW twice. Hard cover, cardboard, buckram, dark red colour, gold print on spine. 228 pages, cut plain white. Illustrated with black & white photos & maps. Front & back fly leaf & end papers illustrated, grey & white drawing of a scene with trees & soldiers in action. book, 2/2nd, pioneer -
Melbourne Legacy
Memorabilia - Medal, British War medal, 1921
A British War Medal from World War 1 awarded to Pte J B McLean for his war service in World War One. The British War Medal is a campaign medal of the United Kingdom which was awarded to officers and men of British and Imperial forces for service in the First World War. The ribbon that would have attached to the medal is missing (mostly orange with white, black and blue stripes either side) and the ribbon bar shows he would have also had a Victory medal. There is part of the ribbon for the Victory medal in the collection (rainbow colour). The ribbon for the miniatures is present but the two miniatures are missing. Included are stock photos to show what the medals and ribbons should look like. Was with other World War 1 memorabilia that has come from Private John Basil McLean, 2nd Reinforcements, 37th Battalion, A.I.F. J.B. McLean (Service No. 13824) was from near Maffra, Victoria and enlisted on 22 January 1916. He embarked on 16 December 1916 for Europe. He spent time with the Australian Field Artillery (Pack Section). At the end of the war he worked for a year at the A.I.F. Headquarters in London before returning to Australia on the 'Ceramic', arriving in Portsea in 1920. His full war record is available from the National Archives of Australia (B2455, MCLEAN JBM). In it is a record of this medal being given to him on 16 September 1921.This is an example of a World War 1 medal. The first Legatees were ex-servicemen from World War 1 so would have been familiar with this medal.Silver medal World War 1 medal engraved around the side with Service number and name of JB McLean. Also a cut ribbon and bar of ribbons. Silver medal with King George V facing left, with the legend "GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:" The reverse, shows Saint George naked on horseback and armed with a short sword, an allegory of the physical and mental strength which achieved victory over Prussianism. The horse tramples on the Prussian eagle shield and the emblems of death, a skull and cross-bones. In the background are ocean waves and just off-centre near the right upper rim is the risen sun of Victory. The years "1914" and "1918" appear on the perimeter in the left and right fields respectively.Engraving '13824 P.T.E J.B.M. MCLEAN A.S.C. A.I.F.'medals, world war one -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Statuette, Mates
Small statuette depicting an Australian serviceman assisting a wounded comrade. The statuette depicts a scene from a famous moving film taken in New Guinea during World War 2 by Australian War Correspondent, Damien Peter Parer who was attached to the Australian Military Forces. The statuette is made from Pewter and is mounted on a stained wooden base. The following text statement is copied from the AWM website and describes the image in further detail: During the advance on Salamaua VX89711 Sergeant Gordon Raymond Charles Ayre MM, a 58/59th Battalion bandsman from Shepparton, Victoria, in pouring rain assists a wounded mate, VX132355 Private William Oswald Wallace Johnson, of the same unit, across Alan's (Allen's?) Creek to an advanced regimental aid post. Johnson had been wounded by a Japanese grenade on the 13th of July 1943 during an attack on the "coconuts" area. Sergeant Ayre was awarded the military medal for his performance during this action. This is one of the iconic images of the Second World War. (Still from AWM film F01866 "Assault on Salamaua", newsreel by Damien Parer)The wooden base has a label which is inscribed with the following: "MATES" Heritage Fine Arts, Limited Edition -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Cutters, Wire
Pair of Australian Army standard issue wire cutters issued to infantrymen during World War 2. Wire cutters were carried to cut through defensive barbed wire barriers encountered in the filed. Refer item 00385 and 00385.2 The manufacturer "GREGSTEEL" and "DɅD" are embossed in both sides of the tool. -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, "Barak Road redevelopment", 1955 - 1970
"Barak road redevelopment". Manilla folder of papers relating to Port Melbourne City Council's efforts to remove the World War 2 storage sheds along Beacon Rd/Barak Rd and its replacement with housing by the Housing Commission of Victoriabuilt environment, public housing, engineering, barak road, housing commission of victoria -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Collection, R. K. Churches
Collection of photographs which were the property of Ronald Keith Churches, service number VX34599, who was a Sergeant in the Australian Army 2/9th Field Ambulance Unit during World War 2. Churches enlisted on the 12th July, 1940 and was discharged on the 4th December, 1945. The 2/9th FA was formed on the 1st July, 1940 at Dandenong, Victoria and was initially based at Seymour (Puckapunyal). The 2/9th FA relocated to Bonegilla in September 1940 and embarked for Singapore in February, 1941. The men of the unit were taken prisoner by the Japanese in February, 1942. Churches spent the remainder of World War 2 as a POW in Changi Prison. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
DVD (2 discs), Sea Power Centre - Australian Department of Defence, The History of the Royal Australian Navy, 2013
Vol 1 - Episode 1 1788 -1918 Genesis Episode 2 - In all Respects Ready Vol 2 - 1919 - 1945 - Episode 1 - Between two wars, Episode 2 - The world ablaze, Episode 3 - Banzai Volume 1 1778 - 1918 Volume 2 1919 - 1945 Plastic sleeves, with naval pictures on cover.australian navy -
Melbourne Legacy
Document - Speech, Legatee Rogers on Armistice Day, 2018
A copy of the speech Legatee Bill Rogers gave in 2018 on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1. The event could be as a speaker at a Legatee luncheon. He focuses on the work of doctors and nurses in the field. Document was from a folder of documents donated to the archive by Legatee Bill Rogers that related to his time as President (March 2006 - March 2008) or as a legatee.A record of speech about doctors and nurses and their work in the battlefield.One A4 page of the speech Legatee Bill Rogers gave on the 100th anniversary of the Armistice of World War 1.bill rogers, armistice -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Photograph, H.M.A.S.QUIBERON photograph. (.1 H,M.A,S, QUIBERON certificate.) (.2 H.M.A.S. VENDETTA certificate,) (.3 Photograph of the crew on the ship, 2 OF.) (.4 Photograph of the crew on the ship,)
HMAS Quiberon was a Q-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy. Although built for the Royal Navy and remaining British property until 1950, Quiberon was one of two Q-class destroyers commissioned into the RAN during World War II. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Louise Ryan, Turnour Family of Cohuna, September 2009
Their experience of World War One Transcribed and researched by Louise Ryan Loose lead book boumd with coil binding white cover page with centred photo of two men and a woman sitting on floor reading newspaper "The bulletin." 88 PP" Donated by Louise Ryan." written inside front cover pagebooks, military history -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Headwear - Steel helmet
Steel helmet based on a design by John Leopold Brodie (1873–1945) was introduced in September 1915 to British troops on the Western Front and with some modifications became standard issue to British Commonwealth troops during World Wars One and Two.helmet, steel, tin hat, wwi, wwii, world war one, world war two -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Tributes to 'Cec' Cook of Mitcham, 1975
Arthur Cecil Cook died in Heidelberg Hospital, Nov 1975.Arthur Cecil Cook died in Heidelberg Hospital, Nov 1975. He was a former president of the Mitcham RSL, a World War 1 veteran and 1972 Nunawading 'Citizen of the Year'Arthur Cecil Cook died in Heidelberg Hospital, Nov 1975. mitcham returned servicemens league, cook, a. c., citizens of the year -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Badge - Fundraising Button, ANZAC Remembrance Day, 1916-1918
Frances Rigg was a local business identity in Kew, at one stage managing the local branch of the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank at 175 High Street from c. 1920 until the 1940s. After Francis Rigg’s death, the collection of buttons and medallions was inherited by his son, Ken Rigg (1922-2014). The collection was subsequently donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2015 by Francis' grandson, Adrian Rigg, at the time of the Gallipoli & Beyond Commemoration in 2015. The collection covers a period of almost 40 years. The majority of the buttons are patriotic buttons, issued and sold during and immediately after the First World World War (1914-1918) to raise funds for national and overseas causes. The collection also includes a number of locally significant sporting event buttons and sporting club medallions, issued in the 1920s and 1930s.Patriotic and other pressed tin buttons and badges were produced in large numbers in the first decades of the twentieth century. By nature, insubstantial and ephemeral, they have not always survived. The collections of badges, buttons and medallions in the Kew Historical Society collection is homogenous and yet diverse, ranging from buttons sold to raise funds for the war efforts in 1914-18 and 1939-45, to those used at festivals and sporting events. Because of the manufacturing process, many surviving buttons and badges have been affected by inadequate storage, suffering from oxidisation and physical damage. These survivors are now historically and socially significant artefacts, revealing much about the attitudes and values of the period in which they were produced. Their widespread distribution means that they are frequently significant at a local, state, national and international level.World War I-era pressed metal fundraising badge, advertising ANZAC Remembrance Day"ANZAC Remembrance Day"patriotic buttons, remembrance day, badges -
Melbourne Legacy
Badge, Laurel Club - Geelong Legacy, 2000s
A Laurel Club brooch from Geelong Legacy. Laurel Club was a name given by some Legacy clubs to the widows' clubs . The brooch was owned by Margaret Burn who was a junior legatee in the 1930s after the death of her father in World War 1. Her husband served in World War 2 and when he died Margaret joined the Geelong Laurel Club. Her family has donated two photos and the Laurel Badge to Legacy.A brooch signifying membership with a Laurel Club.Gold Legacy emblem on a bar brooch with gold text on blue enamel saying 'Laurel Club. Geelong Legacy'geelong legacy, laurel clubs, margaret burn -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Memento, Photo/Greeting card Album, World War One
Collection of World War One PhotosCollection of Post/Greeting cards collected by a Lara family from World War OneDark Blue Photo album A3 (20 Pages) containing greeting cards/photos taken during the the First World War. Some cards are coloured. Cards show various scenes from England, Belgium, Malta, Sudan, Egypt and AthensNo inscriptions or marking on the covergreeting post cards album brussels athens egypt sudan cartoon -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Decorative object - WWII Honour Roll, Rose and Crown Hotel, Port Melbourne, ACMF Port Melbourne Roll of Honour, 1940s
Hung in the public bar of the Rose and Crown Hotel in Bay Street soon after the 2nd World War until major renovations were carried out in aprrox 1986/7. It was then returned or donated to the Port Melbourne Sub-Branch of the RSL, but due to diminishing membership they soon donated it to the PMCC for safe keeping or display. It was kept in storage by the Council until 1994, when it was donated to PMH&PS by Council, just prior to its dissolution.Large wooden decorative World War II honour roll (military) from Rose & Crown HotelAustralian Commonwealth Military Forces - Port Melbourne Roll of Honour - Lest we forget - plus list of names, with those killed marked with an asterixsocieties clubs unions and other organisations, memorials, war - world war ii, e russell, t jacobs, f brill, r thompson, d fisher, l thompson, t mckenzie, a smith, c kerr, f gill, a nugent, f hart, l dobson, w davis, o v ward, a levier, w levier, d ferguson, b ferguson, h duggan, w smith, e miller, j hall, f bushell, s payne, g hall, j melia, f f cunningham, a g w beaumont, d mckenzie, b copeland, d j mcauley, j dunn, j j sullivan, r blacker, l r mcleavy, f dowling, business and traders - hotels -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Badge - Fundraising Button, Our Day Nation & Honor, 1915-1919
Frances Rigg was a local business identity in Kew, at one stage managing the local branch of the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank at 175 High Street from c. 1920 until the 1940s. After Francis Rigg’s death, the collection of buttons and medallions was inherited by his son, Ken Rigg (1922-2014). The collection was subsequently donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2015 by Francis' grandson, Adrian Rigg, at the time of the Gallipoli & Beyond Commemoration in 2015. The collection covers a period of almost 40 years. The majority of the buttons are patriotic buttons, issued and sold during and immediately after the First World World War (1914-1918) to raise funds for national and overseas causes. The collection also includes a number of locally significant sporting event buttons and sporting club medallions, issued in the 1920s and 1930s.Patriotic and other pressed tin buttons and badges were produced in large numbers in the first decades of the twentieth century. By nature, insubstantial and ephemeral, they have not always survived. The collections of badges, buttons and medallions in the Kew Historical Society collection is homogenous and yet diverse, ranging from buttons sold to raise funds for the war efforts in 1914-18 and 1939-45, to those used at festivals and sporting events. Because of the manufacturing process, many surviving buttons and badges have been affected by inadequate storage, suffering from oxidisation and physical damage. These survivors are now historically and socially significant artefacts, revealing much about the attitudes and values of the period in which they were produced. Their widespread distribution means that they are frequently significant at a local, state, national and international level.A First World War button inscribed ‘Our Day Nation & Honour’, and featuring an image of British nurse Edith Louisa Cavell, who died at the hands of a German firing squad in 1915. She became a heroic figure of sacrifice in World War I, and was used to increase military recruitment in Britain and win support for the war in the United States."Our Day / Nation & Honor"patriotic buttons, first world war (1914-18), badges -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Workers on roof of State Library of Victoria Dome 1947, 1947_
This photograph shows two workers on the Dome of the State library of Victoria in 1947. The workers are removing the World War 2 blackout material from the dome. Les Smith is on right. Melbourne rooftops in background.Digital copy of black and white photograph.rex smith, les smith -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Education Department Victoria War Service Record 1939-1945, 1959
List of the 1775 Education Department employees who enlisted during the second world war. A list of those who died, with a short resume of their careers and some photographs is included.military history, education -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Neville Smith, The Second World War in map and story, ed. by Neville Smith, 1941_
Series of articles first published in the "Argus" from 1941 to 1945, dealing with events and campaigns in World War 2.63 p., black & white photographs, col. maps.world war 2 -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Neville Smith, The Second World War in map and story, Vol. 5, ed. by Neville Smith, 1945_
Series of articles first published in the "Argus" from 1941 to 1945, dealing with events and campaigns in World War 2.50 p., black & white photographs, col. maps.world war 2 -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper - The Sun Newspaper dated 27/9/1944 - Special - My war Part 46, Local Newspaper reporting on World War 2 events - Special My War Part 46 - Arnhem Skytroopers Fight On = Burma The Forgotten War
Local Newspaper reporting on World War 2 events - Special My War Part 46 Local Newspaper reporting on World War 2 events - Special My War Part 46 Arnhem Skytroopers Fight On = Burma The Forgotten War - Special - My War Part 46 Arnhem Skytroopers Fight On = Burma The Forgotten Wararnhem skytroopers fight on = burma the forgotten war -
Melbourne Legacy
Newspaper - Document, newspaper, The Red and White Diamond, 1919
An issue of the Field Newspaper of the 24th Battalion by the 24th Battalion Press printed entirely in the field. This edition is Volume No. 5 January 1919. The articles reports on Christmas 1918, honours and awards given to the Battalion, and the arrangements for returning home to Australia. Was with other World War 1 memorabilia that has come from Legatee Frank Doolan he was on the archive committee and made attempts to collate the history of Legacy. A record of publications made for the troops in World War 1. The founding members of Legacy would have been familiar with items like this as they fought in the first World War.A copy of the Red and White Diamond field newspaper x 12 pages, published for the troops in World War 1.world war one, souvenir, 24th battalion -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARDS, PHOTOGRAPHIC WW1, C.WW1
.1) Postcard photo with a poem "Hail Australia" central, photo inset oval shape with soldier in peak hat, background has a kangaroo and bush. .2) Postcard photo, sepia tone with boat central and a tugboat alongside. .1) On rear in pencil: "Mrs C Brown, New York Hotel, Bourke St Melbourne 26/7/18" .2) On rear in blue pen: " A warship First World War, My brother sailed on it to war - Lilian Holding (Donaldson)post cards, poetry, warship