This item is on display in the gardens of the Bendigo District RSL Sub Branch Inc Havilah Road. Refer Photo .1) for details of manufacture, history and use..1) Plaque metal black with white text re details of the item. .2) General Service Wagon Model: Mark X*, wood metal construction on 4 wheels.brsl, smirsl, wagon, general service, bdrslinc

This item is in the gardens of the Bendigo District RSL Sub Branch Havilah Road.Hawkei protected Mobility vehicle, camouflage colours, 4 wheeled.“Hawkei”brsl, smirsl, bdrslinc, hawkeye

This item is in the gardens of the Bendigo District RSL Sub Branch Havilah Road..1WW2 era Truck painted green, open cabin with tray back, mounted on the back is a 40 mm Bofor gun.“4” - “913” - “3100682”brsl, smirsl, bdrslinc, bofor, mounted

The Herald Sun released this series starting Aug 31, 1989 as a collection item and commemoration of WW2 covered all key events of WW2. The extracts are as per the headlines and by lines of the day.Series of a collection of 55 broadsheet newspaper pages covering the entirety of WW2. Each page is a single sheet broadsheet in black and white, with extracts of actual war articles and photos from key days starting from Sept 2, 1939 with the start of the war in Europe and finishing with final surrender of Japan on August 16th 1945.Headed "MY WAR" from part 1 to part 55 with the Sun News Pictorial heading.herald-sun, ww2, commemoration papers

Training notes for 3 Division Officers Training Course - Exercise "Easy Chair". Exercise was conducted on Sunday 4 March 1973 from 0800 to 1700 hrs at Yarra Glen, Victoria. Part of the Kevin John Herdman. No. 397661 collection. See catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service.Thirty three (33) page document with pages secured with a staple in top LHC. Pages are of varying sizes from Quarto to A4 to foolscap. Text in black type. Handwritten notes in red and blue ink.Handwritten notes on various pages.exercise easy chair, training notes, kevin john herdman, officer training

This is a medium size poster. It is drawn in black ink. It shows an image of HMAS SYDNEY, SS BURESK (Collier) and SMS EMDEN. It shows the tracks the two ships took through the battle. It shows dotting lines throughout the drawing - possibly indicating when shots were exchanged. It shows a list in the centre, showing basic specs of the two warships and their battle casualties. It also shows relative positions of Keeling Island and Direction Island.ww1, sms emden, hmas sydney

This is a medium size newspaper cutting. The paper has yellowed, printing in black ink. It covers crucial events from 1939 - 1945. Unknown paper source. The cutting is taped to a black plastic backing.ww2, newspaper cuttings

Each quiz forms part of the 3rd Division Staff Officer's Training Course. Part of the "Kevin John Herdman" No. 397661 collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service.Collection of quiz papers on A4 paper. Each quiz has pages stapled on top LHC. Each has text in black type on either pink, green or cream coloured paper.Handwritten notes on various pages in red and blue ink.training notes, quiz forms, 3d division staff officers, kevin john herdman

This is an A3 size sheet of paper. Top left has words "Instrument of Surrender". Right side has a list of signatories, Two Japanese and ten Allies. At bottom is a drawing of USS MISSOURI.ww2, japanese surrender, poster

Newspaper cutting, yellowed, printing is in black ink, the title is in large print. In the centre is a black square with the words “Hitler and dreams of Conquest dead”. Mounted on a black plastic board. ww2, german defeat, newspaper cuttings

See Cat 7656This is a very large poster with coloured printing in red, blue and black ink. One side is titled "The surrender of Singapore". Both sides have maps and photos.ww2, poster, fall of malaya, fall of singapore

Research paper written by K.J. Herdman (Captain) on the topic of alcohol and the Army. Part of the "Kevin John Herdman" No. 397661 Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service.Nine page quarter sized document. Printing on one side of each page. Text in black type. Pages stapled on top LHS.Handwritten corrections in pencil on each page. Handwritten examiners comments in pencil and blue ink on P.9. Handwritten signature in black ink on page 9. "K.J. Herdman".army drivers, research paper, alcohol, kevin john herdman

Standard issue slouch hat. Leather liner, leather chin strap. R.A.C.T. Badge on upturned brim.slouch hat, ract, passchendaele barracks trust

1. Jacket - long sleeved thick wool. Darkened copper buttons. AMF Motif, on collars is a CMF dark rising sun, on shoulder epaulettes is metal "Australia" Badge. It has four pockets. On shoulders are an oval shaped colour patch, purple over red (38Bn). 2. Trousers - long Khaki wool. Two pockets - metal buttons cuffless trousers.1. XXX 2. Number "62286" Gregory Inside waist line, has number 32, handwritten on it.winter dress, uniform, army, passchendaele barracks trust

1. Black Military Jacket - four pockets. brass buttons with AMF motif - 2 epaulettes - 2 on top pocket, 4 on chest. There are three officers pips on each epaulettes. It has a 38 Bn - Northern Victorian RACT silver badge on each collar. It has a qty of six medal ribbons. War Medal 1939-45/ Defence Medal/ Pacific Star/ Africa Star/ 1939-45 Star/ Australian Service Medal. 2. White shirt - long sleeved - possibly silk. 3, Tie black - possibly silk. It is stitched in place. 4. Trousers black, red stripe, black buttons.The shirt has a sales ticket "St. Vincent of Paul" Cost $0.30.ww2, formal army uniform, passchendaele barracks trust

Broad leather tan belt - Big shiny military brass buckle. No markings - not clear if army or not. Leather width 7 cms - thickness about 1.5 mms.belts, uniform, passchendaele barracks trust

This is a foolscap size sheet of paper. It is very thin. Printing in black ink, except for the Red Cross. The Red Cross Badge and committee names are top LHS. Heading at top, “Victorian Red Cross Fund for Australia's sick and wounded soldiers” The bottom has signature of Margaret E. Stanley, President of Vic Division of Aust Red Cross Society. no year is marked.ww2, sick and wounded soldiers fund, red cross fundraising

Part of the "Kevin John Herdman" , Regt No 379661collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service.Ten page - A4 sized document. Printing on one side of each page. Text in black type. Pages stapled on top LHC.mess, officer's mess, mess customs, kevin john herdman

Order of Australia Medal.This is full scale replica of an OAM It has a circular blue enamel ring in the centre. The word "Australia" is in the blue ring. The large gold section has a large quantity of replica gems. The top of the gold medal is a crown set with red and white enamel. A ring is above the crown. Attached to the ring is a brass loop 30mm long. Through the loop is a small piece of blue ribbon with gold wattle flowers printed on it. The medal is pinned to a piece of green cardboard.order of australia reproduction, aust awards

Notes relate to courses run by 3rd Training Group - Reserve Command and Staff college between May 1981 and May 1988. Part of the "Kevin John Herdman" No 397661 collection. See catalogue No. 5942P for his service details.1. - 12. A4 sized multi page documents, each stapled on top LHC. Text on each page in black type. Printing on one side of each page. Pages vary in colour - pink, cream, blue and green.Handwritten markings on various pages in red and black ink.training notes, army, 3rd training group, kevin john herdman

1. Minutes of the first meeting of the RACT A-RES Corps Planning Committee held at the RACT Centre, Puckapunyal at 1400 hrs 26 Jun 1977. 2. Provision of self drive vehicles, Army Reserve Staff. 3. Physical Training tests (PTT) ARES. Part of the "Kevin John Herdman" No. 397661 Collection. See Cat 5942P for details of his service. Three Australian Army photocopied documents on A4 paper. Each document's pages are stapled on top LHC. Text in black type. Australian Army letterhead on top of first page of each document. Printing on one side of each page.1. Handwritten in blue ink on page 1: "Maj Herdman". 3. Handwritten in blue ink on page 1: "MAJ K. HERDMAN"ract, vehicles, army, physical training, kevin john herdman

This was used as a dummy propeller when test running aircraft engines.This is a heavy wooden propeller for an aircraft. It is painted blue with birch tips. It has a large centre hole of 8 cm diameter. It has 8 bolt holes of 18 mm diameter. The propeller tips are squared (ie not tapered). One side of the blades have an aeronautical curved form.aircraft maintenance, propeller

All photos include George Ballinger, No. 828 Enlisted 8/3/1916, Age 24 in C Company 38th Battalion. 7670.1P includes Charles Barkell, No. 811, enlisted 29/2/1916, age 22 to same unit (top RHS), Walter Montieth No. 936 enlisted 14.3.1916, age 18, KIA 4/10/1917 (Bottom LHS). and Charles Christian Snell who enlisted as John Lewis No. 925, enlisted 11/3/1916, age 21.Various black and white/sepia photos of WW1 soldiers. 1. Landscape photo of 4 WW1 Aust. soldiers posed in two rows (Charles Barkell, Walter Montieth, George Ballinger, Charles Snell). 2. Portrait photo of George Ballinger & Charles Snell (seated). 3. Landscape photo of two soldiers (George Ballinger & unknown). 4. Posed photo of George Edward Ballinger in front of photo board. 5. Portrait photo of George Edward Ballinger. 6. Portrait photo of George Ballinger. 7. Portrait photo of George Ballinger with his image within an oval and an inscription below it.2. On back written "Snell (seated) & Ballinger” 3. On back written "Unknown & Ballinger” 4.- 6. “Ballinger”on back. 7. “Ballinger”on back & "My father George E. Ballinger", "Home studio, A. Power, Brunswick”38th battalion, ww1, photographs

1. Topic: EN - INTRO. 2. Topic: EN - ORGANISATIONS. 3. Topic: TACTICS OF EN CONVENTIONAL FORCES. Part of the " Kevin John Herdman" No. 397661 Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service.Three handwritten multipage documents. Text is in black ink. 1. Notes are written on lined foolscap paper still in pad format with cardboard backing. Writing on one side. 2. & 3. Notes written on reused green coloured A.4 paper. Writing on one side only. Back of each page has unrelated text in black type. Pages of 2. & 3. are stapled on top LHC.lecture notes, enemy armed forces, kevin john herdman

Notes related to 3rd Division Staff Officers Training Course. Date range 1972-73. Part of the "Kevin John Herdman" No. 397661 collection. See Cat No. 5942P for details of his service.Yellow covered card folder containing pages secured with a metal fastener. Front of folder has title in black type, Australian Army 3rd Division logo located on top half of cover. Internal pages vary in size from foolscap to A4. Text on printed pages in black type. Handwritten pages in blue ink. Notation on first page handwritten in pencil.training notes, 3rd division staff officers, army, kevin john herdman

Letter was from a USA family member of a US soldier staying at a private residence in Bendigo. The US soldier was not permitted to communicate with family members as to their location. the Granger family circumvented that by sending a cable to his family and this letter was a reply to them..1) & .2) A4 page typed letter (2 pages) from Edna Johnson to Enid Granger. Black typed writing on cream coloured paper. Address on top and signed off on page 2. .3) Cream coloured envelope, address on front and six stamps. Various black stamps on front and air mail stamp address from written on back. .4) Small newspaper cut out photo of a young girl..1) Address on top - Edgemont Station, Box 241, East St, Louis, Ill, USA, April 10th 1942. .2) Signed "Sincerely Edna Johnson. .1) Address on front, Mrs Enid Granger, 32 Mt Korong Rd, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.us soldiers, censorship, letter

"Peter Stocklahsa" No. A317352 joined the RAAF in 1966. He did recruit training in S.A. and Course training in Wagga. Following was a series of postings to Point Cook 1969, Malaysia 1971, back to Point Cook in 1976, to ACT in 1978, to Laverton in 1981, to East Sale in 1982, back to Malaysia in 1984 then back to Point Cook until he retired in 1987.Black and white photo of Peter Stocklahsa being presented with a medal while on Parade, in full uniform and shaking hands with another Officer.Written on back "546".air force, photograph, peter stocklahsa

This is a set of two photographs of Directors of Survey Army Headquarters circa 1942 to 1967. COL Lawrence FitzGerald OBE was Director from 1942 to 1960. He received the Order of the British Empire in 1948 for his service in WW2. Although it is not known when BRIG Lawrence FitzGerald OBE was promoted to Brigadier, it is possibly an honorary promotion on his retirement in 1960. He served in the Australian Army from 03 September 1923 to 05 January 1960. COL Lawrence FitzGerald OBE was succeeded by COL Donald Macdonald AM, whose appointment to Director was from 1960 to 1967. COL Macdonald AM was promoted to Brigadier on his retirement before assuming the honorary position of Colonel Commandant of the Royal Australian Survey Corps. He served in the Australian Army from 01 January 1936 to 22 March 1960.This is a set of two photographs of Directors of Survey Army Headquarters circa 1942 to 1967.The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. They were scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, black and white, c1950s. D-SVY COL Lawrence FitzGerald OBE. .2) - Photo, black and white, c1960s. D-SVY COL Don Macdonald AM, MID. .1P to .2P – no annotationsroyal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr

This is a set of nine photographs of medal presentations at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo. In photos .1P to .8P, the Defence Force Service Medal was presented to personnel in recognition of 15 years of efficient remunerated service, or the Clasp for each further 5-year period of service. The photos were taken on four separate occasions. Photos .1P to .3P were taken on the parade ground. LTCOL John Nolan was the CO of the Army Headquarters Survey Regiment from 1965 to 1969. He was subsequently promoted to COL and was the Director of Military Survey from 1972 to 1975. MAJ Lionel ‘Bill’ Sprenger MBE, MID was subsequently promoted to LTCOL and was the CO of the unit from 1969 to 1970. Photos .4P to .7P were taken in circa mid-1970s and Photo .8P was taken on Friday 21 October 1976. Photos .4P to .8P were taken next to the flagpole in Fortuna Villa’s front garden. This is a set of nine photographs of medal presentations at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo circa 1960s-1970s. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, black & white, c1967. L to R: MAJ Lionel ‘Bill’ Sprenger MBE, MID; unidentified visiting General, CO LTCOL John Nolan, LT Jack McNeale. .2) - Photo, black & white, c1967. L to R: MAJ Lionel ‘Bill’ Sprenger MBE, MID; unidentified visiting General, CO LTCOL John Nolan, WO1 Jack Gore. .3) - Photo, black & white, c1967. L to R: MAJ Lionel ‘Bill’ Sprenger MBE, MID; unidentified visiting General, CO LTCOL John Nolan, WO2 Robin Wilson. .4) & .5) - Photo, black & white, c1976. L to R: WO1 Don Taylor, BRIG Jim SHELTON DSO, MC, MID. .6) & .7) - Photo, black & white, c1976. L to R: SGT Syd Davis, Brigadier Jim SHELTON DSO, MC, MID. .8) - Photo, black & white, 1976. L to R: SSGT Gordon Haswell, WO1 Marj Knight, MAJGEN John Williamson AO, OBE GOC FF COMD. .9) - Photo, black & white, c1976-1980. L to R: unidentified (x2), WO2 John McCulloch, unidentified, WO1 Darby Munro, CO LTCOL Bob Skitch, unidentified visiting General..1P to .9P – no annotationsroyal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr

This is a set of nine photographs of Defence Force Service Medal presentations by the Chief of the General Staff (CGS) Lieutenant General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE, CB; at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo on the 5th of June 1979. The photos were taken next to the flagpole in Fortuna Villa’s front garden. Upon retirement from the Army in 1982, Lieutenant General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE, CB; was appointed to the position of Governor of South Australia from 1982 to 1991. On this occasion the CGS presented the Defence Force Service Medal to WO2 Alex Cairney, WO1 Bob Mason and WO2 Ken Slater for 15 years of efficient remunerated service in the Australian Army. It is likely the unidentified UK Exchange senior NCO was the recipient of the UK Army’s equivalent service medal. Other key staff appearing in these photos are LTCOL Bob Skitch was the CO of the Army Svy Rgt from 1976 to 1980 and WO1 Aub Harvey, who was RSM from 1976 to 1982. MAJ Don Swiney MBE was later promoted to LTCOL and was CO of the Army Svy Rgt from 1985 to 1987. He was subsequently promoted to Colonel and was Director of the Royal Australian Survey Corp from November 1988 to January 1991, and the honorary position as Colonel Commandant from January 1993 to January 1996. See item 6034.14P for photos of the CGS’s tour through the production areas of the Army Svy Rgt.This is a set of nine photographs of Defence Force Service Medal presentations by the Chief of the General Staff (CGS) at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo on the 5th of June 1979. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. They were scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, black and white, 1979. L to R: RSM WO1 Aub Harvey, CAPT Don Maskew, CGS LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE, CB; MAJ Don Swiney MBE, CO LTCOL Bob Skitch. .2) - Photo, black and white, 1979. Foreground L to R: CO LTCOL Bob Skitch, MAJ Don Swiney MBE, CGS LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE, CB; CAPT Don Maskew. Background L to R: WO2 Ken Slater, WO2 Alex Cairney, WO1 Bob Mason, unidentified UK Exchange senior NCO. .3) - Photo, black and white, 1979. L to R: WO2 Ken Slater, WO2 Alex Cairney, WO1 Bob Mason, unidentified UK Exchange senior NCO. .4) & .5) - Photo, black and white, 1979. L to R: WO2 Ken Slater, CGS LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE, CB; CAPT Don Maskew, MAJ Don Swiney MBE, CO LTCOL Bob Skitch. .6) - Photo, black and white, 1979. L to R: RSM WO1 Aub Harvey, unidentified UK Exchange senior NCO, , CGS LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE, CB; MAJ Don Swiney MBE, CO LTCOL Bob Skitch, unidentified aide de camp officer. .7) - Photo, black and white, 1979. L to R: RSM WO1 Aub Harvey, WO2 Alex Cairney, CAPT Don Maskew, LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE, CB; MAJ Don Swiney MBE, CO LTCOL Bob Skitch, unidentified aide de camp officer, unidentified photographer. .8) - Photo, black and white, 1979. L to R: RSM WO1 Aub Harvey, CAPT Don Maskew, WO1 Bob Mason, LTGEN General Sir Donald Dunstan AC, KBE, CB; MAJ Don Swiney MBE, CO LTCOL Bob Skitch, unidentified aide de camp officer, unidentified RAAF officer, MAJ Peter Eddy. .9) - Photo, black and white, 1979. L to R: WO1 Bob Mason, WO2 Ken Slater, RSM WO1 Aub Harvey, WO2 Alex Cairney, unidentified UK Exchange senior NCO..1P to .14P – no annotationsroyal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr