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Ringwood and District Historical Society
Legal record - Conditions of Sale (C.E.Carter), Ringwood, Lot 111 on Plan of Subdivision 14278, Mr J.J.Constable and Mr W.J.Yob, 1945
Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Property , from Mr J.J.Constable to Mr W.J.Yob, Register No 14278. -
Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Book, Silent Feet:The History of 'Z' Special Operations, 1942-1945
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Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Book, The Private War of the Spotters: A history of the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company, February 1942-April 1945
The history of the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company. This reprinted version contains a map of the dispositions of Spotting Stations August 1943, additional MID awards listed and some additions to the nominal roll. The New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company was formed in Port Moresby in late January 1942 and was granted “Separate Independent Establishment” status in October 1943. The company’s “founding father” was Major Don Small, who had witnessed Japanese air raids on Rabaul and realised that having lacked an effective early-warning system around New Britain meant that the defenders were taken by surprise. At the time, gaps had also appeared in the coast-watching communications network because the territory administration ordered the withdrawal of civilian wireless operators when Japan entered the war. The first influx of men into the company consisted largely of volunteers from the 39th Infantry Battalion, which was stationed at Port Moresby. Initial training was rudimentary, hasty, and was sometimes even carried out on en route to a new station. The first party of company personnel, or “spotters”, left Port Moresby as early as 1 February 1942, bound for the strategically important Samarai area, at the tip of Papua. In the first month of the company’s existence 16 spotter stations were established on the coast of Papua and in the mountains around Port Moresby. At the end of 1942 there were 61 operational stations being run by 180 men. The company’s high-water mark was in late 1944, by which time over 150 stations had been set up in Papua and New Guinea behind enemy lines. On 3 February 1942 the company issued its first air warning in Papua, when spotters at Tufi saw Japanese aircraft about to attack Port Moresby for the first time. The following month the company was responsible for the first Japanese killed in action in Papua by Australian ground forces, when spotters from Gona engaged the crew of a downed Japanese bomber. And in July 1942 the station at Buna signalled Port Moresby with news of the Japanese landings in Papua, marking the beginning of the Kokoda campaign. The dangers involved in the company’s work had also been made clear by this time. In July 1942 a party of spotters attempting to set up a station at Misima Island, off Milne Bay, was intercepted by a Japanese destroyer, resulting in the company’s first operational losses. Anticipating the direction of the campaign as a whole, the company’s focus moved north and north-west over the three years of its existence. In May 1942 a network was set up in the Wau area in association with the activities of Kanga Force. As part of the Wau network, spotter Ross Kirkwood audaciously constructed an observation post overlooking the Japanese airstrip at Salamaua. Kirkwood’s position was photographed by Damian Parer on the understanding that the pictures would not be published. They nevertheless appeared in a Sydney newspaper. The day after the publication of the photographs the observation post was attacked by the Japanese and Kirkwood was lucky to escape. In June 1944 the company’s headquarters were moved to Nadzab. By that time, spotter stations existed behind Japanese lines, as far north as Hollandia, and the company began to train Americans to perform similar work in the Philippines. In early 1945 the company moved to Balcombe, Victoria, where its members were posted to other units of the Australian Corps of Signals.gray plasticnon-fictionThe history of the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company. This reprinted version contains a map of the dispositions of Spotting Stations August 1943, additional MID awards listed and some additions to the nominal roll. The New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company was formed in Port Moresby in late January 1942 and was granted “Separate Independent Establishment” status in October 1943. The company’s “founding father” was Major Don Small, who had witnessed Japanese air raids on Rabaul and realised that having lacked an effective early-warning system around New Britain meant that the defenders were taken by surprise. At the time, gaps had also appeared in the coast-watching communications network because the territory administration ordered the withdrawal of civilian wireless operators when Japan entered the war. The first influx of men into the company consisted largely of volunteers from the 39th Infantry Battalion, which was stationed at Port Moresby. Initial training was rudimentary, hasty, and was sometimes even carried out on en route to a new station. The first party of company personnel, or “spotters”, left Port Moresby as early as 1 February 1942, bound for the strategically important Samarai area, at the tip of Papua. In the first month of the company’s existence 16 spotter stations were established on the coast of Papua and in the mountains around Port Moresby. At the end of 1942 there were 61 operational stations being run by 180 men. The company’s high-water mark was in late 1944, by which time over 150 stations had been set up in Papua and New Guinea behind enemy lines. On 3 February 1942 the company issued its first air warning in Papua, when spotters at Tufi saw Japanese aircraft about to attack Port Moresby for the first time. The following month the company was responsible for the first Japanese killed in action in Papua by Australian ground forces, when spotters from Gona engaged the crew of a downed Japanese bomber. And in July 1942 the station at Buna signalled Port Moresby with news of the Japanese landings in Papua, marking the beginning of the Kokoda campaign. The dangers involved in the company’s work had also been made clear by this time. In July 1942 a party of spotters attempting to set up a station at Misima Island, off Milne Bay, was intercepted by a Japanese destroyer, resulting in the company’s first operational losses. Anticipating the direction of the campaign as a whole, the company’s focus moved north and north-west over the three years of its existence. In May 1942 a network was set up in the Wau area in association with the activities of Kanga Force. As part of the Wau network, spotter Ross Kirkwood audaciously constructed an observation post overlooking the Japanese airstrip at Salamaua. Kirkwood’s position was photographed by Damian Parer on the understanding that the pictures would not be published. They nevertheless appeared in a Sydney newspaper. The day after the publication of the photographs the observation post was attacked by the Japanese and Kirkwood was lucky to escape. In June 1944 the company’s headquarters were moved to Nadzab. By that time, spotter stations existed behind Japanese lines, as far north as Hollandia, and the company began to train Americans to perform similar work in the Philippines. In early 1945 the company moved to Balcombe, Victoria, where its members were posted to other units of the Australian Corps of Signals.world war ii, special operations, new guinea, new guinea air warning wireless company -
Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Book, Victory in the Pacific 1945
10000 denoninationnon-fiction -
Greensborough Historical Society
Map, Scotprint, A Guide to World War II 'Invasion or Liberation': Western Europe Sept 1939 to March 1945, 1999_
Notes of battles, military leaders, cemeteries and other features of World War 11 Western Europe.Double sided col. maps, with notes of battles, military leaders, cemeteries and other features of World War 11 Western Europe.world war ii -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book. WW2. Pacific, Eyewitness to War-Australia's Pacific Campaign 1941-1945, 1985
Soft Cover. Many photographs in contents40th anniversary special Published by DREAMWEAVER MAGAZINES -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Map, NORTH BORNEO CAMPAIGN. June-July 1945
Paper. Colour. Different coloured arrows show troop movements in Brunei and Labuan Islandmap ww2. north borneo -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Map, BALIKPAPAN CAMPAIGN. July 1945
Paper. Basic colourLegend shows troop movements during the Campaignmap. balikpapan -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Map, TARAKAN CAMPAIGN. 1st May-21st June 1945
Paper, Basic colourLegend shows troop movements during the Campaign on Tarakan Island. -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Map, AITAPE-WEWAK CAMPAIGN. Nov 1944-Aug 1945
Paper, basic coloursLegend shows troop movements during the Campaignww2 aitape-wewak -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Map, BOUGAINVILLE CAMPAIGN. Nov 1944-June 1945
Paper, Basic coloursLegend shows troop movements during the Campaign -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Map, NEW BRITAIN CAMPAIGN. October 1944-July 1945
Paper. Basic coloursLegend shows troop movements during the Campaign -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE SS 1923-1945
Paperback Author Andrew Mollo With an introduction by Hugh Trevor-Roper First published by Macdonald and Jane’s Publishers 1976 This edition published by Sphere Books Ltd. New York 1980 ISBN 0 7221 6160 3 ss, germany 1930's ww2 -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, The Illustrated HITLER DIARY 1917-1945
Hard back with dust cover Edited by Stuart Laing Publisher Marshall Cavendish books ltd London 1980 ISBN 085685 863 3 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Andrew Mackenzie, The etchings, lecture notes, and writings of Victor Cobb, 1876-1945 / compiled and edited by Andrew Mackenzie, 1987
Paperback; 111 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN 0909674345 [written on flyleaf] To the members of the Shire of Eltham Historical Society, with my very best wishes, Andrew Mackenzie 8 July 1987.victor cobb, artists -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Andrew Mackenzie et al, A tribute to Victor Cobb, 1876-1945 : a retrospective exhibition / curated by Andrew Mackenzie, 1985
Paperback; 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.ISBN 0858166143victor cobb, artists -
Expression Australia
Annual Report, 61st Report of the Adult Deaf and Dumb Society of Victoria 1945
The Adult Deaf and Dumb Society of Victoria, now known as Vicdeaf, (the Victorian Deaf Society), was founded in 1884 as the Victorian Society for Promoting the Spiritual and Temporal Welfare of the Adult Deaf and Dumb. The provisional committee being Mr W Bates, Mr J M Bruce, Mr J D Gowan, Mr Edwin Newbiggin, Mr C M Officer, M. L, A., and the Rev. W. Moss. The Adult Deaf and Dumb Mission's objects were: 1. To provide the means for religious worship and instruction for the adult deaf and dumb of Victoria 2. To visit the deaf and dumb in their homes, especially when sick or in distress 3. To assist the deaf and dumb of good character in obtaining suitable employment 4. To provide technical and other education for the adult and dumb 5. To give pecuniary assistance to adult deaf and dumb who are in need The Annual Reports of the Adult Deaf and Dumb Society are historically significant providing insight into the history of the evolving Deaf Community in Victoria. They are a annual 'snapshot' of the year with references not only to the progress of the Society but also to the significant people and events within the Deaf Community.Cream/tan Cover, Size 21.5Hx13.5W, 20 pagesjulius bruche, r. f. sanderson, f. w. spry, edgar h. peacock, c. r. b. james, dr boyd penfold, dr w. j. craig, dr selwyn sutton, h bedggood, e. j. l. bremner, m. j. hoath, s. g. hobson, j. f. hunt, c. r. b. james, e. r. noble, w. ross, g. w. sweetland, i. trescowthick, j. e. vincent, douglas abraham, e. a. reynolds, e. r. empson, j. m. johnston, h. blackmore, b. grayden, t. d. mcrae, h. g. campbell, c. monahan, h. ludbrook, alice c. graham, rev f. a. hagenauer, -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Gavan L Burn, Carey Roll of Honour, 1939-1945, 2001
120 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 31 cm. non-fictioncarey baptist grammar school -- students -- biography, private schools -- victoria -- kew -- history, world war 1939-1945 -- biography, cemeteries, australia - armed forces - biography -
Melbourne Athenaeum Archives
Internet Article, This Happy Breed (film 1944) starring Robert Newton screened at Athenaeum Theatre June 1945
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Melbourne Athenaeum Archives
Newspaper Article, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (film) screened at Melbourne Athenaeum Theatre - Sporting Globe, Saturday 6 January 1945
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Melbourne Athenaeum Archives
Newspaper Article, The Way Ahead (film 1944) screened at Melbourne Athenaeum Theatre April 1945
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Melbourne Athenaeum Archives
Newspaper Article, Henry V (1944 film) screened at Melbourne Athenaeum Theatre December 1945
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Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Magazine, Images of War 1939-1945 The Real Story of World War II, 1988
Magazine Issue 1 volume 1 part of " A Marshall Cavendish Collection in association with the Imperial War Museum". Red black and white magazine - cover depicting withdrawal from Dunkirkdunkirk, magazine collection, images of war 1939-1945 -
Grey Street Primary School, Traralgon
Book, War Service Record 1939-1945 Education Department Victoria
Navy blue cloth covered. bound 313 pages, b&w text and photosworld war 2, war service, teachers, enlistments, honours and decoratons, deaths, victoria -
Grey Street Primary School, Traralgon
Shield, 1945-1995, 50 Years since end of WW11. Lest We Forget
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Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Peggy Warner and Denis Warner, Kamikaze: The Sacred Warriors 1944-1945, 1983
SoftcoverStamped: Library of John Dowell Daviesjapan, world war ii, kamikaze, military , walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Michael Foot, Aneurin Bevan: A biography. Volume One: 1897-1945, 1962
Hardcover w/ Dust JacketPencil inscription first page: 'BIB | 4 / 9'walsh st library -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, No Mean Destiny : The Story of the War Widows' Guild of Australia 1945-85, 1986
Author was a Surrey Hills resident. 288p; illus. This is a story of the War Widows' Guild and the story telling of energy released through grief, of women fighting for their children and their spouses.288p; illus. This is a story of the War Widows' Guild and the story telling of energy released through grief, of women fighting for their children and their spouses.war widows' guild of australia, societies and clubs, women, widows, (ms) mavis thorpe clark -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Mavis Thorpe Clark, No Mean Destiny: The story of the War Widows Guild of Australia 1945-85, 1986
History of the War Widows Guild of AustraliaSouth Yarra, Vic. : Hyland House, 1986 xii, 288 p., [36] p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 25 cm. non-fictionHistory of the War Widows Guild of Australiawar widows -- australia -- societies and clubs -- history., war widows' guild of australia -- history. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, The Home Front Family Album Remembering Australia 1939 - 1945
Blue Bookww2