Showing 662 items matching "wars and conflicts"
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, McRoberts, Richard, A Study Guide to Tim O'Brien's, In the Lake of the Woods, 1997
In the Lake Of The Woods is the sort of text often called 'post modern'.In the Lake Of The Woods is the sort of text often called 'post modern'.vietnam war (1961-1975), missing persons -- fiction., vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- fiction -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Badge - Remembrance Day 1919 Pin, Lest We Forget, 1919
... Conflicts ...The badge was printed to raise funds for the returned soldiers and sold for Remembrance Day April25 1919. The badge was printed by A W Patrick & Co. Arthur William Patrick (1864-1954) A small Celluloid Badge printed to raise funds on Remembrance Day 25 April 1919 for the retuned soldiers.Front Lest we Forget April 25 1919, New Guinea - North Sea - Mesopotamia - Egypt - France - Gallipoli - Palestine. Reverse side: Remembrance Day1919. A W Patrick, Button and Badge Maker, 440 Rae Street North Fitzroy. Printed by A W Patrick & Co, 118 Lonsdale Street, Melbourneworld war one, conflicts, fundraising, badge, button, pin, a w patrick, remembrance day -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Recording The Show
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of - Recording The Show, with the cost of good cameras, in the PX, being so low in price, the Diggers were able to record for future reference their time spent on active service in Vietnam conflict. Here the Diggers are recording a visiting concert partyphotograph, entertainment, gibbons collection catalogue, diggers, concert party, denis gibbons -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Packed Luscombe Bowl
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of - As troop numbers and the Australian role in the conflict increased, the pressure was seen at the Latter Day concert Party's at the 1st Australian Task Force Base, Nui Dat Luscombe Bowl. The Diggers eventually completely surrounding the stage areaphotograph, entertainment, 1 atf, nui dat, luscombe bowl, gibbons collection catalogue, digger, 1st australian task force, diggers, australian troops, denis gibbons, latter day concert party's -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Print - Framed print, Catalina Flying Boat
Watercolour painting of Catalina Flying Boat - Attached to rear of frame is a short history of the Catalina Flying Boat together with the service history of Owen and and his younger brother Roy MORTIMER who both served in the Royal Australian Air Force in the South West Pacific area during WW2 Developed as a naval patrol aircraft, the Consolidated PBY Catalina was a widely exported flying boat during World War II. Over the course of the conflict it served with a number of different nations in a variety of roles. In the Royal Australian Air Force, PBYs and PB2Bs (a variant built by Boeing in Canada) served as multi role bombers and scouts, the type eventually earning great renown among Australian aircrews. The motto of the Catalina squadrons was "The First and Furthest." Gold painted embossed metal frame with cream coloured mount containing watercolour painting of plane on waterCatalina Flying Boat Royal Australian Air Force catalina flying boat, raaf, mortimer, ww2 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Lind, Michael, Vietnam: The Necessary War: A Reinterpretation of America's Most Disastrous Military Conflict (Copy 2), 1999
A quarter century after its end, the Vietnam War still divides Americans. Some, mostly of the left, claim that Indochina was of no strategic value to the United States and was not worth An American war.A quarter century after its end, the Vietnam War still divides Americans. Some, mostly of the left, claim that Indochina was of no strategic value to the United States and was not worth An American war.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - united states, united states - foreign relations - 1963-1969, indochina -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Moyar, Mark, Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965. (Copy 2), 2006
Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides, Triumph Forsaken overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War.Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides, Triumph Forsaken overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War.vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975., vietnam - history - 1945-1975., south vietnamese president ngo dinh diem, president diem, president lyndon johnson, us troops -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Coulthard-Clark, Chris, Hit my smoke: Targeting the enemy in Vietnam, 1997
At the height of the Vietnam War, allied tactical fighter aircraft flew over 700 missions every day against ground targets across the southern republic.At the height of the Vietnam War, allied tactical fighter aircraft flew over 700 missions every day against ground targets across the southern republic.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - aerial operations - american, air pilots ., military - australia - personal narratives., fac, forward air controllers, bird dog, cessna -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, 1st Canberra Bomber Arrives
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A coloured photograph of the crew of the first Canberra Jet bomber of the RAAF's No. 2 Sqn to land in Vietnam alight from their aircraft upon arrival at the Phan Rang Airbase to commence their tour of duty on active service in the Vietnam conflict.photograph, canberra bomber, 2 sqn, raaf, phan rang airbase, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, royal australian air force -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated book, Elizabeth Stewart 1964- et al, War wounds: medicine and the trauma of conflict, 2011
War has been an accelerator of the advances in medical treatment and surgery. As modern weaponry became more destructive, medicine developed techniques and procedures to deal with the volume and nature of battlefield casualties. This book is a collection of chapters by historians, medical practitioners and researchers, former and serving military medical officers, surgeons, nurses and veterans, who explore the impact of war, wounds and trauma through the historical record, reported narratives and personal experiences.Illustrated book with dust jacket. Book has a light brown cover with abbreviated title authors' and publisher's names embossed in silver on the spine. Dust jacket has background of shades of brown, off-white and grey. On the front is a photograph 'Australian infantrymen evacuate a wounded soldier on a stretcher to the beach during the landing at Balikpapan, Borneo, July 1945, along with the title printed in brown and navy, and the authors names printed in white. On the spine, the abbreviated title is printed in brown, authors names in black, and publishers name in white. On the back cover is a photograph of a soldier with arm in a sling (in an advanced dressing station on the Menin Road near Ypres, Belgium, 20 September 1917) Also on the back cover is a quote from Graham Edwards (Vietnam veteran, veteran's advocate and former MP) and a list of other contributors to the book. non-fictionWar has been an accelerator of the advances in medical treatment and surgery. As modern weaponry became more destructive, medicine developed techniques and procedures to deal with the volume and nature of battlefield casualties. This book is a collection of chapters by historians, medical practitioners and researchers, former and serving military medical officers, surgeons, nurses and veterans, who explore the impact of war, wounds and trauma through the historical record, reported narratives and personal experiences.war-medical aspects, medicine-military-history-australia, soldiers-wounds and injuries-treatment-australia, alfred nurses -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Magazine - Illustrated magazine, Philip J Turner & Rex Curtis-Griffiths, Wartime: Number 7 Spring 1997, 1999
The Australian experience of war: the magazine contains other war related articles, the ones referring to nursing experiences are Florence Nightingale, Fanny Hines (died of pneumonia in the Boer War), Catherine Tully (awarded the 1914 Star with clasp) other World War One Experiences, Jessie Simmons (World War Two POW) Ann Mackinnon (served with the 2/6th Australian General Hospital), RAAF medevac nurses in Vietnam, nurses in Rwanda, and a review of the film Paradise Road.Illustrated magazine. The front cover has a copy of a painting by Hilda Rix-Nicholas: Australian soldier of the Great War. The man is wearing a metal helmet and combat uniform. Title and list of contents are printed are printed in gold and red brown on front cover also. non-fictionThe Australian experience of war: the magazine contains other war related articles, the ones referring to nursing experiences are Florence Nightingale, Fanny Hines (died of pneumonia in the Boer War), Catherine Tully (awarded the 1914 Star with clasp) other World War One Experiences, Jessie Simmons (World War Two POW) Ann Mackinnon (served with the 2/6th Australian General Hospital), RAAF medevac nurses in Vietnam, nurses in Rwanda, and a review of the film Paradise Road.military nursing-australia-history, world war 1914-1918, world war 1939-1945, vietnam war, world war 1939-1945 prisoners of war, rwanda, nurses, nursing -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Ephemera - Sticker, Stop work to stop the war
Three country-wide Moratoriums were held in Australian capital cities. This sticker advertises the third of these days of protest, 30 June 1971.Blue sticker with white writing and positioned across the bottom is an orange design symbolizing the moratorium campaign during the Vietnam conflict.Stop work to stop the War/ Moratorium/June 30thvietnam, protesters, moratorium, protest, anti-war, malicki -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated book, Ruth Rae 1957, Veiled Lives: threading Australian nursing history into the fabric of the First World War, 2009
A history of the Australian nurses who served in the 1914-1918 conflict. Also includes history of nursing in Australia pre federation, the Boer War, and the influenza pandemicIllustrated book. Front cover has a black and white photograph of a nurse in military uniform (Pearl Lottie Trayhurn) main title in red and subsidiary tile in white overprinted on this photo. Author's name printed in black at bottom. Main title printed in red on spine along with authors name and publisher's mark printed in black. The back cover has a photograph of a civilian nurse in uniform (Pearl Lottie Trayhurn, Paramatta Hospital) the back cover also has a summary of the booknon-fictionA history of the Australian nurses who served in the 1914-1918 conflict. Also includes history of nursing in Australia pre federation, the Boer War, and the influenza pandemicmilitary nursing-australia-history, world war 1914-1918-nursing, boer war-nursing, colonial history-australia-nursing, nurses -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, Vietnam : the Australian experience, 1987
A summary of the involvement of Australian tropps in the Vietnam conflictIndex, bibliography, ill, maps, p.300.non-fictionA summary of the involvement of Australian tropps in the Vietnam conflictvietnam war - 1961-1975, vietnam conflict - australian involvement -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, War in the outposts, 1980
Describes the peripheral conflicts and actions of World War IIIndex, bib, ill, p.208.non-fictionDescribes the peripheral conflicts and actions of World War IIworld war 1939-1945 - pictorial works, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, The Mediterranean, 1981
Naval conflict in the MediterraneanIndex, bib, ill, p.208.non-fictionNaval conflict in the Mediterraneanworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - mediteranean, world war 1939-1945 - convoys -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, 1st (Aust) Field Hospital Association Incorporated, Call sign vampire : the inside story of an Australian Field Hospital during the Vietnam War, 2021
This inside story of an Australian Field Hospital during the Vietnam War is told through a compilation of operational facts interspersed with the personal experiences of those who served and the patients who passed through the hospital doors, into their care.Call Sign VAMPIRE provides a window into the frenetic world of a military hospital in a war zone through evocative, sometimes confronting imagery. In this environment time was of the essence and life often hung in the balance.Ill, maps, p.280non-fictionThis inside story of an Australian Field Hospital during the Vietnam War is told through a compilation of operational facts interspersed with the personal experiences of those who served and the patients who passed through the hospital doors, into their care.Call Sign VAMPIRE provides a window into the frenetic world of a military hospital in a war zone through evocative, sometimes confronting imagery. In this environment time was of the essence and life often hung in the balance.vietnam conflict - australian involvement, 1st australian field ambulance -
Federation University Historical Collection
Service Medal Colour Bar, Chatham-Holmes Collection: Lance Corporal Horace Pickford's WW1 Army Coloured Ribbon Bar, c2020
Horace Pickford was Mary Elizabeth Chatham's ( nee Holmes) mother's bother Horace Pickford Service number 2882 Rank Lance Corporal Unit 58th Australian Infantry Battalion Service Australian Imperial Force Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918 Award Distinguished Conduct Medal A service ribbon bar, or small ribbon mounted on a small metal bar equiopped with an attachig device, which is issued for wear in place of a medal when it is not appropriate to wear the actual medal. This service medal belonged to Horace Pickford.chatham-holmes collection, army, numismatics, colour bar, horace pickford, ww1, clunes -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Steve Kyritsis, Greek-Australians in the Vietnam war, 2009
The purpose of this book is .... to let those Greek-Australians who served [in the Vietnam War] - whether as National Service conscripts or as regular soldiers - tell their own storiesIll, p.257.non-fictionThe purpose of this book is .... to let those Greek-Australians who served [in the Vietnam War] - whether as National Service conscripts or as regular soldiers - tell their own storiesvietnam conflict - australian involvement, vietnam war 1961-1975 - biography -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Hugh Lunn, Vietnam: A reporters war, 1985
Saigon,1967. Fresh-faced 25-year-old Hugh Lunn arrives in Vietnam at the height of the war to cover it for Reuters and quickly meets a fascinating cast of characters: journalists, Vietnamese, military and best of all, Dinh, the Vietnamese reporter and guide who spoke his own brand of English (Dinglish) and whose wisdom and humour become inextricably bound up with the young reporter's view of the war. Before long the author experiences the full horror and tragedy of war, and finds himself questioning not only the US/Australian role in Vietnam, but his own role in a war where images and words could be as powerful as bullets.p.258.non-fictionSaigon,1967. Fresh-faced 25-year-old Hugh Lunn arrives in Vietnam at the height of the war to cover it for Reuters and quickly meets a fascinating cast of characters: journalists, Vietnamese, military and best of all, Dinh, the Vietnamese reporter and guide who spoke his own brand of English (Dinglish) and whose wisdom and humour become inextricably bound up with the young reporter's view of the war. Before long the author experiences the full horror and tragedy of war, and finds himself questioning not only the US/Australian role in Vietnam, but his own role in a war where images and words could be as powerful as bullets. vietnam conflict 1961-1975 - personal recollections, vietnam conflict 1961-1975 - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Robert O'Neill, Australia in the Korean war of 1950-1953, 1981
Comprehensive history of the Australian involvement in the Korean conflictIndex, ill, p.548.non-fictionComprehensive history of the Australian involvement in the Korean conflictkorean war 1950-1953 - australian involvement, korean war - commonwealth forces -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, World Almanac Library, The Vietnam war, 2005
A short illustrated history of the Vietnam warIndex, ill, maps, p.63.non-fictionA short illustrated history of the Vietnam warvietnam conflict - australian involvement, vietnam conflict - 1961-1975 - pictorial works -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Headwear - Beret, Armoured Corps
Standard issue item as worn by members of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) during the conflict in Vietnam.A black woollen beret with badge with a silver hat badge featuring a First World War-era tank in the centre, surrounded by a silver wreath, twin Lancer pennants, and flags. A Queen's crown is positioned above the tank, and the Australian motto is on a boomerangberet, vietnam, raac, armoured corps -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Artwork, other - Commemorative Medallions
This collection was compiled and donated by a veteran who saw overseas active service in a post-Vietnam conflict. While an inmate of the Coral-Balmoral Building at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in Melbourne, 2025, he met with the President of the Vietnam Veterans Association (Vic) and explained to him that during his early Army career, he had been deeply influenced by Vietnam veterans, who had taught him life-skills and given him a sense of direction lacking in his upbringing. He created this piece to honour those Vietnam Veterans.Large black frame with khaki matt board. A black bayonet in the centre is set over a gold wreath reflective of the Royal Australian Regiment emblem. Set in a circle around that are 17 circular medallions. Beneath that is line of 5 more medallions. Three rectangular plaques are engraved with information explaining the significance of the medallions.See images in media sectioncommemoration, vietnam, medallions, vietnam war -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Work on paper - Newspaper, The Sun News Pictorial, May 8th 1945
Describes the end of conflict in Europe 1945The Sun News Pictorial (Melbourne Victoria) dated May 8th 1945.Front page headline says Unconditional Surrender By Germans to all Allies. War ends in Europe. Paper contains 16 pages and is priced 2d. Seems to be original.Editorial -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Michael Lee Lanning, The military 100 : a ranking of the most influential leaders of all time, 1996
One hundred biographies of the most influential military leaders of all timeIndex, ill, p372.non-fictionOne hundred biographies of the most influential military leaders of all timegenerals - biography, war and conflict - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Alex Woolf, The Arab - Israeli conflict, 2005
Brief history of the Arab - Israeli conflictIll. maps, index. p.74.non-fictionBrief history of the Arab - Israeli conflictarab israeli war 1967 - history, israel - politics and government -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, B Lewis et al, Historical atlas of the world at war, 2009
The Historical Atlas of the World at War" details the history of war, from the tribal origins of war to the major world wars of the twentieth century. War has shadowed the whole of human history, featuring its greatest triumphs and greatest tragedies, and underlying all of it, the paramount need of all living things to survive.Ill, maps, p.400non-fictionThe Historical Atlas of the World at War" details the history of war, from the tribal origins of war to the major world wars of the twentieth century. War has shadowed the whole of human history, featuring its greatest triumphs and greatest tragedies, and underlying all of it, the paramount need of all living things to survive. war - history - maps, conflict - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Ian Westell, World War I day by day, 2002
A chronological history of the conflict from the opening shots at Sarajevo in June 1914 to the armistice in November 1918. All of the major war theaters are covered, as is the fighting in the air and sea. The dated entries also discuss espionage, home fronts, politics, and technology. Contains 400 photographs and maps.Ill, index, p.192.A chronological history of the conflict from the opening shots at Sarajevo in June 1914 to the armistice in November 1918. All of the major war theaters are covered, as is the fighting in the air and sea. The dated entries also discuss espionage, home fronts, politics, and technology. Contains 400 photographs and maps.world war 1914-1918 - history, world war 1914-1918 - photographic record -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, GL Kristtianson, The politics of patriotism : the pressure group activities of the Returned Servicemen's League, 1966
s Australia's largest veterans' organization, the R.S.L. has been the subject of bitter controversy. The League has often been attacked, and as frequently defended, but it has never been examined in depth by an impartial observer. This book is the first detailed and dispassionate examination. It is not an 'official', or even an authorized account of the R.S.L.'s pressure group activities - while the League provided unrestricted access to its files and records, the organization's leaders exercised no censorship or control over the final results. The author examines the R.S.L.'s attempts to influence the Commonwealth government against a background of continual internal conflict over tactics. He describes the constant approaches to the government on pensions, medical benefits, war service homes, soldier settlement, employment preference, and gratuities, as well as on such controversial subjects as defence and anti-communism, all of which serve to mark the R.S.L. as one of Australia’s most active pressure groups. The book also points to the danger implicit in the R.S.L.'s attempt to monopolize the virtues which it claims are uniquely Australian. In its rigid enforcement of the exclusiveness of Anzac Day, it is argued, lie both the League's peculiar strength and its greatest problems.Index, ill, p.286.non-fictions Australia's largest veterans' organization, the R.S.L. has been the subject of bitter controversy. The League has often been attacked, and as frequently defended, but it has never been examined in depth by an impartial observer. This book is the first detailed and dispassionate examination. It is not an 'official', or even an authorized account of the R.S.L.'s pressure group activities - while the League provided unrestricted access to its files and records, the organization's leaders exercised no censorship or control over the final results. The author examines the R.S.L.'s attempts to influence the Commonwealth government against a background of continual internal conflict over tactics. He describes the constant approaches to the government on pensions, medical benefits, war service homes, soldier settlement, employment preference, and gratuities, as well as on such controversial subjects as defence and anti-communism, all of which serve to mark the R.S.L. as one of Australia’s most active pressure groups. The book also points to the danger implicit in the R.S.L.'s attempt to monopolize the virtues which it claims are uniquely Australian. In its rigid enforcement of the exclusiveness of Anzac Day, it is argued, lie both the League's peculiar strength and its greatest problems. australia - politics and government, pressure groups - australia