Part of the HEWSTON collection re WW1 & WW2.Green paper cover with title & author in black print. 48 pages of war cartoons, black / white illustrations with captions.Front cover printed in black: “1/- Net” Back cover printed in black: “Lifebuoy soap advertisement” Back cover top in pencil: “Illegible name”books - collections, military history - army, fragments, bystanders

Items relate to Bert HEWSTON, refer Cat No 2759.2 for his service history. Part of the HEWSTON collection re WW1 & WW2..1) Souvenir booklet of Westminster Abbey. .2) - .9) Souvenir postcards from France & places enroute to Australia from Europe. Some dated 11.1918. All various sizes..1) - .9) Some dated 11.1918.documents - postcards/booklet, military history - souvenirs

Items collected by Bert HEWSTON on the way to England WW1, refer Cat No 2759.2 for his service history. Part of the HEWSTON collection re WW1 & WW2.3 x Souvenir booklets from South Africa. .1) Dark grey/brown cover with illustration of native children within an oval shape. Contains colour prints of native people & places. 15 pages. .2) A coloured reproduction of a Zulu in marriage costume. Cream card cover with pale brown printing. Contains 3 x dried silver leaves fromTable Mountain fused to the inside back cover. .3) Photo post card of Promenade Pier, Cape Town which has 2 x dried silver leaves from Table Mountain fused to the inside the back cover..1) Printed: “Native life in South Africa” .2) Printed: “Zulu in marriage costume SA” .3) Printed: “From South Africa”documents - booklets, military history - souvenirs, africa

French songs of WW2. Part of the collection of Frederick Gardner Davey DFC No 410533 RAAF. Refer Cat No 3536P for his service details.Small paperback song booklet with two staples down the spine. The cover in colour depicts two caricatures of a sailor and a soldier sitting and playing a concertina, in the back ground is the French flag. 48 pages with 35 songs with words, music and illustrations.french songs, booklet

Item relates to Arthur Thomas MANLY No 431130 RAAF. Refer Cat 3710 for his service details.Hard cardboard, 2 ringed binder, brown. A coloured picture of a De Haviland Mosquito is adhered to the front cover . This is a scrap book with a large quantity of images of WWII aircraft, allied & enemy.raaf, images of ww2 aircraft.

Item belonged to Lawrence Vernon Andrews VX114736, Refer Cat No 4228 for his service details.Soft cover cardboard, greenish colour with black Print, information and advice on Army rehabilitation for Australian Military Forces.rehabilitation, army, ww2

Item relates to George William Alfred MARRIOTT RAAF. Refer Cat No 3117 for his service history.Air Publication No 3023 1st Edn 1943. Brown cardboard soft cover booklet, black printing, 80 pages. Loosely bound by a boot lace through three holes. Numerous circuits, electronic circuits & wave forms on how radios workHandwritten written top of front cover: “F/Lt Marriott 07” Handwritten signature bottom right.books reference/military/eduction, radio

George Llewellyn Thomas. Refer 1074P, 1075 medals..1) .2). Detailed diaries written by G. L. Thomas VX58918. They are written in ink and give a near daily account of life in Changi Prison camp 1942-45 as a POWpow, changi ww2, thomas

A pocket size booklet with a series of articles about Aleppo, Syria. This booklet was sent to an Australian family by a local citizen befriended by an Australia soldier serving in Syria during World War 2. The book inner cover is marked "To Val with best wishes from Bert?? Aleppo 1-2-47". The Foreword explains that during the period 1943-44 large numbers of servicemen were visiting the area hence the need for this document.printed title "Aleppo and its Environs"souvenir, ww2, world war 2, syria, aleppo, blundell

Small printed pocket book size record of soldier's service details. Issued by the UK Army to Colin Proctor who served in the Royal Sussex Regiment during WW2.

Booklet, thin beige cardboard cover (x2). Front cover has a sketch of merchant navy vessel/s on the high seas, along with the insignias of the Merchant Navy Australia, Returned Services League and Battle of the Atlantic 50th Anniversary (BA93).non-fictionmerchant navy, ww2, keith oliver

HMAS Bathurst (J158) named after the City of Bathurst NSW is the lead ship of 60 Bathurst class corvettes that were constructed during WW2. The Bathurst was constructed in 1940 her early career was spent operating with the British Eastern Fleet. Bathurst returned to Australian waters in 1944 and was deployed to New Guinea i n 1945. Bathurst was paid off in 1946 and sold for scrap in 1948.There were 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during WW2 the photograph in this collection is HMAS Bathurst the lead ship of 60. In this collection there are photograph albums, diaries and documents relating to W2156 Noel G Hernan, Stoker, including Sailor's Pay Book, Balmoral Naval Depot Identity Card, Entitlement to War Gratuity, Clothing Ration Card 1945-46 Issue, letters, newspaper cuttings, train tickets, a booklet 'V for Victory, Notes for Guidance in the Wearing of Campaign Stars and War Medals on Civilian Clothes. All of these items are the originals of W2156 Noel G Hernan and the photograph albums and diaries are those collected and amassed by W2156 Noel G Herman. Photograph of HMAS Bathburst., An oblong photograph, colour, kodac paper, a colour photograph of HMAS Bathurst a Bathurst Class Corvette.There is an enlarged print of this colour photograph, framed. The large framed version is hanging in the Geelong RSL 1st Floor.

Small booklet, 23 pages. Red Cover of thin cardFront Cover: Sanax FIRST AID EMERGENCY INSTRUCTIONS. THE SANAX COMPANY 849-51 NEPEAN HIGHWAY MOORABIN VICTORIA. Phone XU2651 Inside Pages: first-aid treatment instructions and advertising of Sanax products

Item from the Papworth CollectionThis item has historic significance because of its connection to Curly Papworth and WW2Soft covered booklet from the Australian Army Education Unit titled SALTVolume 7 No. 2 dated 27/9/1943ww2, commando, papworth

Demobilization book for Corporal Curly Papworth, 2/10 Commando SquadronThis item because of its connection to Papworth and WW2.Printed booklet consisting of 26 pages with hand written entries.Corporal Papworthworld war 2, commando, 2/10 commando squadron, ww2, papworth

The booklet is a reprint of Brigadier WH 'Mac' Grant's history of WW2 Special Forces, written originally in 1995, and was presented to attendees at the 45th anniversary celebrationsThe reprint marked the 45th anniversary of 2 Commando Company, the first (along with 1 Commando Company) post-WW2 SF unit, and explained the origins of its WW2 predecessors. brigadier wh mac grant- history of ww2 special forces-2 commando company-1 commando company-post ww2 sf units

A publication to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the WW2 Commando memorial at Tidal River on Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, where the first Commando units trained. Wilsons Promontory is regarded as the birthplace of the Australian and New Zealand WW2 Commandos.An annual service is conducted each November at the Tidal River WW2 Commando memorial. Since almost all of the WW2 Commando veterans have passed, the annual service is now conducted by the post-WW2 Australian Commando Association Victoria. The WW2 Commando Association disbanded in 2010. The booklet recognises the raising of the Commandos and their training at Wilsons Promontory, and their continued recognition by the annual memorial service.Booklet , 175 mm by 245 mm, staple bound, 30 pages, full colour cover and centre pages.

WRANS by M. Curtis-Otter. Numbered copy 144 of 1000booklets, ww2, ran

Daily Prayers for Womendocuments, ww2, army

Booklet " A letter from Snowy" and picture of Hawker Sea Fury (D007A)documents, ww2, raaf

Practical Air Navigationdocuments, ww2, raaf

The AIF News Christmas 1942 Photo's of the Markham - Ramu - Huon Campaignes 1943-1944booklets, ww2, army

Memories of Moresby - Poems of an Allied servicemanbooklets, ww2, general

Tommy Gun Rifle and Bayonetbooklets, ww2, army

Made cira.1943. Japanese tank recognition booklet. Made during the Second World War (WW2)japanese tanks, world war two, tanks, australian army, recognition booklet

A handbook, most likely from the Second World War that outlines what civilians should expect and how they can be ready for war.second world war, ww2, civilians, home front

circa 1930s, a book containing information on the Napier Lion engine. 1920, 1930, aero engine, napier, napier lion