Three newspaper articles from the Herald Sun newspaper. 1. Unveiling the State's first monument to the Light Horse. 2. A new battle to save the Australian Waler 3. The use of colour photography in WW1newspaper, light horse

A typed letter from the Australian War Memorial to Col M W S Bourchier CMG, DSO, requesting papers, documents or maps of war interest that he may have.bourchier, australian war memorial

A black & white photo showing six mounted Light Horse officers.On back: Officers of the 4th ALH Tripoli, Syria December 1918photo, light horse, syria

A sepia toned photograph mounted on card, of a well laid out camp. Lines of soldiers are marching past a saluting station. There is no indication of where or who it is. The buildings in the background suggest Egypt. Uniforms are Australianphoto, light horse parade, egypt

A black & white photo showing horses being watered at a stream.On back: Members of the 4th ALH Regiment watering their horses from troughs at Auja in the Jordan Valley Palestinephoto, 4th light horse, jordan valley

A sepia toned photograph of 84 British and Australian officers outside a wooden building. The location appears to be in Egypt."Anglo-Swiss Photo Studio Cairo" impressed into bottom right corner photo, cairo, officers

A sepia tone stereoscopic photograph of the Light Horse of the Australian Expeditionary Force in Collins Street melbourne12,923 "STURDY SONS OF THE EMPIRE" The Light Horse of the Australian Expeditionary Force, Collins St Melbourne. The Rose Steriographsphoto, light horse, melbourne

Two Beagles post cards, both of Australian soldiers in the victory march through London on 3 May 1919photo, victory march, ww1

The Honor Flag consists of the Australian national Flag in the canton, a white field, with a blue Federal Star and three vertical blue bars in the fly. The flag has a red border. It was awarded to towns and districts that subscribed twice their quota of funds. Flags for individuals did not have the Federal Star nor the vertical bars. A yellow paper certificate that was presented to individuals who contributed to the Seventh War Loan. It has the title and the honour flag is depicted across the centre of the certificate, and a certification that the recipient had subscribed and the signature of W H Watt, Commonwealth Treasurer. This certificate was issued to Mr Hedley Harper and is dated 14 Oct 1918war loans, ww1

Black and white photo, Eleven soldiers are relaxing on rocks on a hillside with cedars behind.Photograph No B839photo, lebanon, ww1

A black & white photo showing 14 Australian soldiers with picks and shovels digging in at Anzac Covephoto, gallipoli

A black & white photo, showing a long line of prisoners under mounted escort on a flat open plain. There are three bodies in the foreground.No B258 Australian War Memorial, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne. On back - 'Site of a battle between Indian Cavalry and enemy at Lejjun on Esdraelon Plain, also near site of Armageddon, Nazareth Hills in background. Prisoners captured during advance on Damascus'ww1, palestine, pow

A small, coloured Christmas card showing the rising sun badge, a sketch of purple pansies and the words" To greet you and wish you a Merry Christmas" on the front. There is a green woven cord down the spine holding the internal sheet on which is written "Christmas, 1917. Did you hear a whispered "Coo-ee". Did you feel a clasping hand, When the Christmas bells were ringing, In Australias Golden Land? For in my thoughts I send them you, From the shatter'd fields of war, That we might meet, greet as in dear days of yore; And O how low distant distant seem those times, When you and I were near, Oh would the Southern Cross and you were shining on me here. From 2987 Sapper C A Roney 1st Aust Divn Signal Coy AIF France"As describedchristmas card, ww1, france

Produced for sale for Remembrance Day 1918A plastic covered paper badge. It is a a shield shape and has a map of Australia in gold surmounted by a red crown. Under the map is a blue ribbon with the word Australia in white. There is a laurel either side of the map in green with a yellow scroll under with 'Heroes, Gallipoli" under with April 25th 1915. On back: Proceeds in aid of State War Council for Soldiers, Widows and orphans and R.S.S.I.L.A.badge, remembrance day

4656 Private Archibald LOBBAN, a 21 year old Grazier from Springdale, Victoria. He enlisted on 16 January 1918. After embarkation and arrival in Egypt where he underwent additional training, he was allotted to the 4th Light Horse Regiment; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 15 June 1919A black & white photo of Mr Arch Lobban takenphoto, lobban, 4 light horse

Four newspaper articles about the First World War. 1. Australian Financial Review 2-3 Nov 2013 "Abbots new Western Front to usurp the Gallipoli legend" by Phillip Coorey 2. "Army" 13 Nov 2008 "Last to fall in Great War" by Peter Burness 3. The Australian 26-27 Sep 1998 "Digging In" by Ross McMullin about the mutinies in the 59th Battalion in 1918 4, The Age 10 Nov 1998 "Lest We Forget" by Geoffrey Blainey- A special feature to mark the 80th anniversary of the end gof World War 1newspaper articles, world war 1

A colour brochure describing the cemetery and monuments at Villers-Bretonneux and other places in the areabrochure, villers-bretonneux

Eleven colour photographs of and around Villers-Brettoneux showing some of the memorials and plaques dedicated to 1st AIF soldiers. Two show Ypres Fire Brigade buglers at the Menin Gate who play the last post there daily. There is also a post card showing the Franco Australian Museum in the townphotos, villers-bretonneux, menin gate

An article written for presentation to the Australian War Memorial History Conference of 8 - 12 Feb 1983. The paper examines the issue of discipline and its application on active service and the apparent lack of discipline in the case of Australiansaif discipline

Brass medallionObverse - Coat of arms of Afghanistan National Army Officer Academy on green background. Around coat of arms is the title of Academy in English & Arabic. Reverse - In centre "ISAF" in English & Arabic in white lettering on green. Around this on white background are the flags of Australia, New Zealand, UK, Denmark & Norway. Around edge is "International Security Assistance Force" in English & Arabicafghanistan, isaf, medallion

A copy of the appointment by Rt Hon Baron Northcote GCMG, KGCI, Governor-General of Australia, of Stanley George Allen Hindhaugh Esquire to Second Lieutenant on 14 April 1904. It is dated 13 May 1905. Entered on Records in Registry of Patents No 2 2nd June 1905On rear: Record of promotion - Lt 1 Sep 1905, Capt 3 April 1911, Brevet Major 1 Jan 1919, Lt Col 15 Aug 1920

For training purposes "The Enemy" was a notional country called Musoria A plastic bound book. The aim of this doctrine is to provide a notional enemy capable of undertaking conventional and unconventional operations. The training enemy, the Musorian Armed Forces, is capable of a range of threats.00010 ATD 4.3 Ed 1 Ver 1training doctrine, the enemy, musorian armed forces

For training purposes "The Enemy" was a notional country called Musoria A plastic bound book. The aim of this doctrine is to provide a notional training enemy capable of undertaking conventional and unconventional operations. The training enemy (the Musorian Armed Forces) is capable of a range of possible threats. This pamphlet attempts to present a generic force ORBAT capable of providing the widest range of military capabilities00027 ATD 4.2 Ed 1 Ver 1training doctrine, the enemy, musoria

248 page soft covered book describing Australian honours and awards and stories of recipients, categories: appointments to orders of chivalry, including the Australian Order, bravery or distinguished service decorations, operational service (campaign) medals, meritorious service & long service and good conduct melds. special awards on commemorative occasions, other awards or insignia, foreign awards.ISBN 978-0-9925154-0-9honours, awards, medals

Pocket sized booklet covering coaching for small arms shootingNSN 7610-66-136-3956shooting, coaching

A copy of the appointment by Rt Hon H S Baron Northcote GCMG. KGCI Governor General of Australia of Murray William Bourchier Esq to Second Lieutenant on 12 Feb 1907. It is dated 29 June 1908Entered on record in Register of Patents No 3 page 159bourchier, commission

Six black & white photographs contained in a loose leaf plastic folder. Three photos show the Mosque in Beersheba, one with Light Horse machine gunners passing and another with Light Horse passing. One photo shows General Chauvel's Headquarters. One photo shows the Australian Hospital in Beersheba and one is of a Light Horse Squadron on the side of a hill. They are dismounted and the horses are mainly standing in troop lines photos, beersheba, light horse, chauvel

The 13th Australian Armoured Regiment was a Gippsland militia unit that had been called up for full time duty in December 1941 as a traditional light horse regiment. The early months of 1942 had seen the regiment lose its horses, a conversion to a motor regiment and finally to an armoured regiment in May. During this period there were considerable changes in personnel, however the regiment maintained its strong links to Gippsland and its former identity. Between May and November 1942, individual soldiers had become proficient in their trade training and the regiment changed its focus to troop and squadron activities. On 16 November 1942, the unit was located at the Puckapunyal Army Camp. C Squadron's training program involved a night driving exercise where a column of armoured and B vehicles would depart camp at 0245 hours and proceed to a site to the East of Seymour and set up a bivouac between Whiteheads Creek and Highlands Road. Numerous army camps surrounded the Seymour area; and much of the surrounding farm land had been acquired for military purposes. By November 1942 exercises such as C Squadron's were commonplace and had been repeated on numerous occasions since 1939. At 0400 hrs, C Squadron's vehicles reached O'Sullivan's Paddock on the Kobyboyn Road; prior to reaching the Old Telegraph Road the column turned to the North towards a known crossing point on Whiteheads Creek. The column consisted of seven M3 Medium Tanks and four Universal Carriers. In the case of Corporal McLeod's vehicle, there were seven crewmen rather than the usual five man crew. On arrival at the creek crossing, Captain C.M.I. 'Sandy' Pearson dismounted and with the assistance of Sergeant R.J. Ball began to guide individual tanks across the creek. Four tanks had crossed the creek without difficulty when Corporal McLeod's tank, ARN 24652, began its descent. Captain Pearson stated at the Coroner's Inquiry in December 1942, "Whilst climbing out of the ford the vehicle swerved to the left, apparently striking the tree. It was not the portion of the tank (front) that struck the tree. The tank straightened and appeared to be well under control, suddenly the bank on the left collapsed to the extent of 3ft by 12ft by15ft long causing the vehicle to slide into the creek and turn upside down." Captain Pearson and Sergeant Ball were faced with a nightmarish situation: The Grant had come to rest upside down in soft mud, six crew members were unaccounted for, escape hatches could not be opened and the weight of the tank was settling deeper into the water and mud. Compounding the problem was that the location of the tank did not allow for the other tanks to safely conduct a recovery. It was truly the darkest night.Single A4 card. folded, Contains an account of the raising of 13 Armoured Regiment in December 1941and a tank accident during a night creek crossing in which six crewmen were killed, and, Order of Ceremony for plaque unveiling, Guest of Honour LtCol Stuart Cree CO/CI School of Armour13 armored regiment, tank accident, puckapunyal