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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyDocument - Memo pad, Port Melbourne Council, 1918 - 1919
... Armed Services... Isobel MACBETH and donated to the Society. Armed Services War ...The item belonged to Syd ANDERSON and was later acquired by his friend Isobel MACBETH and donated to the Society.Leather bound, unused memo pad and pencil embossed for presentation to local returned servicemen by the Port Melbourne CouncilPresented by the Port Melbourne Town Council to Local members of the A.I.E.F.armed services, war - world war i, local government - town of port melbourne, sydney sims anderson, isobel macbeth -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyBooklet, Melbourne and Metropoltan Board of Works, Once Upon a Time ... An M.M.B.W. Picture Story, 1950
... armed services - air force... utilities - sewerage engineering - board of works armed services ..."Once Upon a Time ... An MMBW Picture Story" Small oblong booklet. Front cover red banner title and B&W photo of the All England Eleven Hotel. Describes history of Melbourne's sewerage systemutilities - sewerage, engineering - board of works, armed services - air force, built environment - commercial, hotels, all england eleven hotel, mmbw, werribee metropolitan farm, pier hotel, melbourne and metropolitan board of works -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPhotograph - HMS Delhi at Princes Pier, Port Melbourne, 1924
... armed services - foreign services... piers and wharves - princes pier armed services - foreign ...Five digital images of the light cruiser HMS Delhi at Princes Pier (17-25 March 1924) The British Fleet were on the "Empire Cruise" (also called the Special Squadron) and other vessels also here were battle cruisers HMS Hood and HMS Repulse and other light cruisers HMS Danae; HMS Dunedin; HMS Dauntless; HMS Dragonmaritime, piers and wharves - princes pier, armed services - foreign services, empire cruise, special squadron, hms repulse, hms hood, hms delhi, hms danae, hms dunedin, hms dauntless, hms dragon -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - AIF Troops embarking at Port Melbourne, 1941
... Armed Services - Army... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne Armed ...AIF troops during embarkation at Port Melbourne 1941. Troops from the 8th Contingent on the pier with rifles and kitbags.armed services - army, war - world war ii, piers and wharves - station pier, aif, the argus -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Crowds cheering the troop trains at Port Melbourne station, c. 1940
... Armed Services - Army... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne Armed ...Photo of a section of the thousands who crowded the Port Melbourne station and spread along the railway line to cheer the troop trains as they passed on their way to the ships. 2nd Contingent of AIFarmed services - army, transport - railways, port melbourne railway station, aif -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - WWI troops returning to Port Melbourne, 1945
... armed services... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne armed ...Two photographs of WWI troops returning to Port Melbournearmed services, war - world war i, piers and wharves - station pier -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Medal - Victorian Department of Education 1916 ANZAC medallion, Department of Education Victoria, 1916
... armed services - army... April 1916 war - world war i armed services - army medals ...Produced by Department of Education Victoria in recognition of ANZAC Day 25th April 1916Victorian Department of Education 1916 ANZAC medallion. Brown in colour inside cardbuard pouch. King George depicted on one side and ANZAC laurel on the other.Front of medal "For King and Country 1916" Back of medal department of education Victoria. ANZAC lest we forget 25 April 1916war - world war i, armed services - army, medals commemorative, anzac, department of education victoria -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Various ships at Port Melbourne, 1920 - 1940
... Armed Services - Foreign Services... Environment Piers and wharves - Princes Pier Armed Services - Foreign ...Eleven scans of photographs from album of donor's father (Ray Gruneklee). Includes images of ship Edina (possibly a Bay day tripper) and several images of USA warships at Princes pier, possibly July 1925. Civilians in their finery have come to inspect the ships.built environment, piers and wharves - princes pier, armed services - foreign services, ray gruneklee, uss oklahoma, uss pennsylvania, uss seattle, uss nevada -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Troops departing for WWI, Port Melbourne, 1916 - 1918
... Armed Services... and Wharves - Station Pier Armed Services Shirley Sheahan Three photos ...Three photos of troops departing for the First World War from Port Melbourne. "Shropshire"departingpiers and wharves - station pier, armed services, shirley sheahan -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPhotograph - Crew of the Katoomba, 1904
... armed services - navy... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne armed ...From a group of items re ártist, poet and four-navy veteran James Conder 1872-1954: digital copy of photograph of the crew of the 'Katoomba'armed services - navy, transport - shipping, james bryance conder, australian navy, katoomba -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPhotograph - James Conder's journals, Glen Stuart, Aug 2008
... armed services - navy...' exhibition Aug/Sept 2008 armed services - navy transport - shipping ...Photographed at the home of owner Elizabeth Cromb, granddaughter of James Conder. The other set of journals is in the Australian National Maritme Museum, Sydney. Displayed in 'Navy in Port' exhibition Aug/Sept 2008From a group of items re ártist, poet and four-navy veteran James Conder 1872-1954: digital photograph of one of two copies of two illustrated and handwritten journals which Conder made for his family, 'Únder Sail' and 'Únder Steam'armed services - navy, transport - shipping, james bryance conder, australian merchant navy, royal navy squadron, victorian navy, australian navy -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyDrawing - Drawings by James Conder
... armed services - navy... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne armed ...From a group of items re ártist, poet and four-navy veteran James Conder 1872-1954: .07 - Hand drawn pictures of "Cerberus" .08 - Drawing of sailing ship with annotations naming all sail types .09 - Hand illustrated sheet from "Under Canvas - Notes from a sailor's log"armed services - navy, transport - shipping, james bryance conder, royal australian navy, royal navy squadron, victorian navy, royal australian naval college, australian merchant navy -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Card - Edgar family WWII Christmas cards, 1941 - 1945
... Armed Services - Army... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne Armed ...Five Christmas cards from the front in World War 2 (WWII). Two are from Jack Edgar from prison camps Stalag XXA1 and Stalag V111B. Two fom Charlie Edgar from his unit 2/4 Australian Field Regiment. One from Tommy Edgar from his unitarmed services - army, charlie edgar, jack edgar, tommy edgar -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyDocument - Envelopes, On Active Service, Ernie Wilson, Ernie Wilson, c. 1942
... armed services - navy... - world war ii armed services - navy ernie wilson Official ...Set of four 'on active service' envelopes from letters sent by sailor Ernie Wilson to his mother in Graham Street during WWII, hand decorated with coloured cartoons of himself at work on his ship (Digital image on database)Official postmarks, stamps e.g. Censorwar - world war ii, armed services - navy, ernie wilson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - American Great White Fleet, 1908
... armed services - navy... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne armed ...28 "Rose" stereographs of the visit of the American Great White Fleet to Melbourne and Sydney in 1908armed services - navy, celebrations fetes and exhibitions -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - HMS Hood, HMS Repulse and HMS Delhi, Princes Pier, Port Melbourne, 1924
... armed services - foreign services... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne armed ...Photos of three of four British ships at Princes Pier 1924. .01 - HMS Hood (commissioned 1920) .02 - HMS Repulse (commissioned 1916) .03 - HMS Delhi (commissioned 1918)armed services - foreign services, piers and wharves - princes pier, hms hood, hms repulse, hms delhi -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Newspaper - Newspaper clippings, USA Pacific Fleet, The Age, 1925
... armed services - navy... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne armed ...Eight photocopied pages of the Age,(July 20, 24, 27 and 28, 1925) highlighting the various activities that took place during the visit of the USA Pacific Fleetsarmed services - navy, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, usa pacific fleet, the age -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Newspaper - Newspaper, Arrival of Australian fleet and Melbourne Cup, The Sun News-Pictorial, Oct 1937
... armed services - navy... celebrations fetes and exhibitions armed services - navy hmas australia ...A selection of pages from "the Sun - News - Pictorial" from (.01) Friday October 29, 1937 and (.02) Saturday October 30,1937 in relation to the arrival of the Australian Fleet for the Melbourne Cupcelebrations fetes and exhibitions, armed services - navy, hmas australia -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Ships at Station Pier, Port Melbourne, Chris Piper, 1960s
... armed services - navy... armed services - navy oronsay thalia dan tarooma - ferry james ...A copy photo comprising nine B&W photos of ships at Station Pier, mostly 1960s. .01 - "Oronsay" early 1960s; .02- Antarctic ship "Thalia Dan"; .03 - Tasmanian Ferry "Tarooma" 1960; .04 - tug "James Patterson" in Yarra; .05 - relief pilot "Akuma" (formerly HMAS Gladstone); .06 - tug .07- tug "Batman"; .08 - aircraft carrier "Melbourne"; .09 -"Aruna", photocopy with namespiers and wharves - station pier, transport - shipping, transport - ferries, armed services - navy, oronsay, thalia dan, tarooma - ferry, james patterson, akuna - pilot boat, batman, hmas melbourne -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Pamphlet - Luncheon menu, HMS Arawa, 13 Oct 1939
... armed services... transport - shipping armed services arts and entertainment - music ...Luncheon menu for HMS Arawa, 13.10.1939 transport - shipping, armed services, arts and entertainment - music, ernie wilson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Pamphlet - "A Passing Cheer", Songbook "For the Aussies of the Second World War", 1942
... armed services... transport - shipping armed services arts and entertainment - music ..."A Passing Cheer" songbook "For the Aussies of the Second World War" enscribed to Ernie Wilson from the compiler Ethyl Campbell 1942 transport - shipping, armed services, arts and entertainment - music, ernie wilson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Ernest Wilson, Service record, 1939 - 1945
... armed services... transport - shipping armed services arts and entertainment - music ...Service record Ernest Wilson 1939 -1945 (copy from internet 2008)transport - shipping, armed services, arts and entertainment - music, ernie wilson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Booklet - Destroyer, Perth, 1965
... armed services - navy... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne armed ...Booklet on the details of Australia's first guided missile destroyer "Perth". Commissioned 1965. The history of the first HMAS Perth, a light cruiser of 1936 which was lost in 1942.armed services - navy, hmas perth -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Arrival of destroyers Yarra and Parramatta at Melbourne, 12 Dec 1910
... armed services - navy... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne armed ...Book on arrival of destroyers Yarra and Parramatta at Melbourne 10.12.1910.armed services - navy, hmas yarra, hmas parramatta -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Map - Route of US Navy Great White Fleet, 2008
... armed services - navy... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne armed ...Large photocopy of map of the world with the route of the Great White Fleet (US Navy) 1908 marked in red and white tapearmed services - navy, great white fleet, us navy -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Mixed media - Private George Williams MM, WWI medals and photograph
... armed services - army... mounting so they wouldn't come loose again. war - world war i armed ...This was kept by George's daughter Marjorie Williams, and donated to the Society by herself and granddaughter Valerie Morris. PMH&PS applied for information on the MM citation, which is item 813.02. Refer to this for George's records, plus a summary of his history. During storage one medal came loose and stuck to a photograph. In March 2011 the items were re-framed, with window mounting so they wouldn't come loose again.Mounted under glass, the WWI photograph of Private George Williams MM, flanked by his war medals. Five medals with ribbons, including the Miltary Medal 'For bravery in the field' Ref 813.02 for history.war - world war i, armed services - army, valerie williams morris, marjorie williams, george willaims -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Military record, Private George Williams, WWI, Australian Archives
... armed services - army... citation. war - world war i armed services - army valerie williams ...George's medals were kept by his daughter Marjorie Williams, and donated to the Society by herself and her daughter. These documents were obtained when PMH&PS applied to Canberra for information on the MM citation.Australian Archives folder containing WWI personnel records for Private George Williams of 1st Australian Imperial Forces, who was awarded the Military Medal 'For bravery in the field' Ref 813.01 for medals mounted with photo..Cream and brown, contains 48 pages including letter, notes, official sheets and photocopies of letters, war and medical recordswar - world war i, armed services - army, valerie williams morris, marjorie williams, george willaims -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Photocopy, WWI personnel records for Private George Williams, Australian Archives, Black and Gold
... armed services - army... Battalion, the 29th war - world war i armed services - army george ...George's medals were kept by his daughter Marjorie Williams, and donated to the Society by herself and her daughter. These documents were obtained from ANZAC Hourse Library, for added information on George's Battalion, the 29thPhotocopied by the RSL for our Australian Archives folder 813.02 containing WWI personnel records for Private George Williams, these are excerpts from Black and Gold, the History of the 29th Battalion 1915-1918 by Ronald J Austinwar - world war i, armed services - army, george willaims -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - HMAS Lonsdale, decked out with flags, Port Melbourne, c. 1952
... armed services - navy... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne armed ...Small photographic print of HMAS Lonsdale, decked out with flags for a special occasion c1952. Quonset huts in years.armed services - navy, hmas lonsdale -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, "The Chaplains Wars", 1980s
... armed services - navy... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne armed ..."The Chaplains Wars" by Bill Coffeyarmed services - navy, religion - anglican (holy trinity), rev h w (bill) coffey mbe, john coffey, amelia finch
