This RAAF Kit Bag is one of a number of objects gifted to the Kew Historical Society in 2015. A number of the items relate to F.C.M. McArdle, the donors' father. Others belonged to his relatives. Some of the items testify to the family's close connection with the Sacred Heart Church in Cotham Road, Kew.A kit bag made of khaki cloth with brown leather handle, trim and nameplate belonging to F.C.M. McArdle (no 94449) of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The address on the plaque is 3 Wills Street, Kew, Victoria, Australia. second world war 1939-1945, mcardle, kew, royal australian airforce, raaf

Members of PD in mess kits with banner 1 CDO and RVR banner. 1 member was in the winner mess kit and 3 other members are in the black mess kit.

Manufactured by Ashford of New Zealand, probably sometime in the 1990s. Ashford would produce various wool-related machines (weavers, carders, spinning wheels, etc) as kits which the purchaser could then assemble.Mini drum carder, assembled from kit. Carder is a natural wood colour. Has a base with two sloping sides, the right side has two cogs and a handle to drive the carders. The carder rolls are a red/orange covered in steel bristles. A hand-written tag is tied to the handle.ASHFORD / MADE IN NEW ZEALANDcarding, wool

AWAS tropical kit.uniform, ww2, army

Combat Medical Kitequipment, afghanistan, army

Kit mess & Etc.equipment, somalia, army

First Aid Kitequipment, c1960, army

Duffle/kit bagequipment, vietnam +, army

Cleaning kit for SLRequipment, vietnam, army

Novelty Sewing Kitstawell

This kit belonged to Roy Basil Cope an Orbost jeweller. He was in the Air Force. Roy was an instrument maker in the air force. He was born on 14 Aug 1907 at Korumburra, Victoria, Australia and died in 1985 at Orbost. He was married to Emily Ruth Powell who was born in Orbost in 1907. . An every-day toiletry kit issued by the Air Force . It is a brown leather zippered case. It contains a mirror, shoelaces, a razor blade, an oblong container, a clothes brush, a hair brush, two cylindrical containers and a metal soap container with rounded corners.On the fornt of the brown leather zippered case is R.B.C. 41738 made in Englandpersonal-effects cope-roy toiletry-kit

From left to right: Bill (Charles Meynell Pitt Withers), Kit (neighbour), Marge (Margery Pitt Withers), Dall (Emily Gladys Withers), Mods (Mary Pitt Withers) and Nan (Nancy Josephine Withers) Note Bill is proudly holding a copy of "The Boys Own Annual" [Nicknames and identification provided by Charles Witherers's son, John Withers, Sep 2024]On back of photo: "From left to right Bill, Kit, Marge, Dall?, Mods? and Nan About 1917" Many items in this collection have suffered from significant water damage and black mouldjohn withers collection, eltham, 1917, kit, margery pitt withers, nancy josephine pitt withers, the boys own annual, charles meynell pitt withers, emily gladys withers

Cleaning kit for SLR rifle.equipment, current, army

Full medical kit in pouchequipment, vietnam, army

Cleaning kit for 7.62 Rifleequipment, vietnam, army

RAN Mess kit jacketuniform, ran

Swiss army mess kitequipment, 1970, general

RAAMC Patrol Medical Kitequipment, desert storm, army

Kit Bag brown 1954equipment, korea, army

Kit Bag brown incompleteequipment, ww2, army

Kit Bag Blue incompleteequipment

MESS kit Tin Mugequipment, ww1, army

Troops training in full kitphoto, 1960's, army

WWII historic significancekhaki army kit bagD. D. V280 1943. VF508462 P. E. Ellison (Pearl Eileen Ellison)

Small blue kit baguniform, kit

Plastic bag (khaki colour) with yellow printed list of contents and directions. Brown shoe lace to tie. Note: Contents incomplete.D:D6545-66-019-9800 First Aid Kitfirst aid kit

Item issued to Maurice Charles Betts No 3795164 served in Vietnam with initially B Sqd 1st Armoured Regt for 12 days then A Sqd 1st Armoured Regt until tour over, 10.12.1969 to 19.11.1970. .1) & .2) Metal tin with black metal lid, tin has rusty hole in corner .1) Lid of tin, black with white print “For Use with Water Bottles”kits, sterilization, water

In the 1600s, William Harvey realised a finite amount of blood circulates in one direction through the body. Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille introduced the mercury hydrodynometer in the early 1800s for measuring blood pressure. Karl von-Vierordt created the sphygmograph in 1855 and, in 1881, Samuel von Basch created the sphygmomanometer, distinct improvements on the hydrodynometer. In 1896, Scipione Riva-Rocci developed the mercury sphygmomanometer. American neurosurgeon, Harvey Cushing, was an early adopter, and advocate for monitoring patients during surgery and anaesthesia. Blood pressure monitoring is still an essential component of evaluating a patient’s condition.This blood pressure kit is housed in a rectangular, vinyl covered box with metal handle and press-stud lid release mechanism. The lid opens upwards and the glass blood pressure valve and plastic scale is attached to the underside of the lid. The measurements are written in black and go up in increments of ten, from 0 to 300. The glass valve has unidentified increments labelled in red, which is housed within a metal cylinder. The bellows is attached to the measuring valve via a dark green pressure cuff and rubber hose.Blue sticker affixed inside the kit: JOHN MARUM Ornate manufacturer's label: THE ARMOURED / ELLISCO / SPHYGMOMANOMETER / MADE BY / ELLIOTTS & AUSTRALIA DRUG / [indecipherable] LTD / CENTEN[indecipherable] MODELharvey cushing, blood pressure, measurement, anaesthetics, john marum, sphygmomanometer, elliotts & australian drug pty ltd, centenary model, cuff, bellows, ellisco, armoured