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Waverley RSL Sub Branch
Identification Tags (Dog Tags)
Tags were used to identify wounded or deceased soldiers. All soldiers were issued two tags: one to stay with the body and the other to go to the person in charge of the burial for record-keeping purposesRossac Henry Claude 1737 25 Btn....Left Aus 20 08 15 Born India Patna 14 7 1892 Enlisted Queensland Sent to Alexandria Landed Gallipoli 12 10 1915 France Marseille 19 3 16 wia 9 10 17 (France) returned to Aus for discharge (medical) 21 04 18 Awards1914-15 star British War MedalVictory Medal WWII V18817 Enlisted Royal Park served 1939-45 His daughter Mena Roussac also enlisted 2 tID tags for Henry Claude Roussac 1737 Signaller 25 Bn Ist AIF one is round made of brownish fibre board and the other is oval made of aluminiumFibre tag Roussac H C 1737 25 BN AI Bapt The other aluminium Sig. Roussac1737 25 Batt A.I.F.roussac henry, id tags, dog tags wwi, gallipoli, 25 bn. 1st a i f -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Readers Book Club et al, The one that got away, 1958
In World War II James Leasor was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment and posted to the 1st Lincolns in Burma and India, where he served for three and a half years. His experiences inspired him to write such books as Boarding Party (filmed as The Sea Wolves). He later became a feature writer and foreign correspondent at the Daily Express. Here he wrote The One that Got Away.p.255.non-fictionIn World War II James Leasor was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment and posted to the 1st Lincolns in Burma and India, where he served for three and a half years. His experiences inspired him to write such books as Boarding Party (filmed as The Sea Wolves). He later became a feature writer and foreign correspondent at the Daily Express. Here he wrote The One that Got Away. franz von werra, prisoners of war - germany - escapes -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, David Chandler, The Oxford illustrated history of the British Army, 1994
From longbow, pike, and musket to Challenger tanks, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Gulf campaign, the Duke of Marlborough to Field Marshal Montgomery, The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army recounts the history of the British army from its medieval antecedents to the present day. Drawing on the latest scholarship, this survey shows how British fighting forces have evolved over the last five centuries. The continuities revealed are sometimes surprising: narrow recruitment patterns, friction between soldiers and civilians, financial constraints and recurrent political pressure for economies are constant themes. Commanders, campaigns, battles, organization, and weaponry are covered in detail within the wider context of the social, economic, and political environment in which armies exist and fight. The British army has been remarkably successful in fighting terms, losing only one major war (of American Independence 1775-83). As one of the engines of empire it has been active all over the world, as well as shaping the internal destiny of the nation in civil war and revolution. Its history is charted in a sequence of chronological chapters, each containing special feature articles, beginning with the medieval, Elizabethan, and Restoration army and moving on through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the two world wars of the twentieth. The book concludes with accounts of the army of British India, the amateur military tradition, the British way in warfare, and an assessment of what the future may hold in the light of the Options for Change review. Extensively illustrated in black and white and colour, and with a detailed chronology and further reading lists, this is the definitive one-volume history of the British army for specialists and non-specialists alike.Bibliography, Index, Chronology, ill (plates, col, b/w) maps. p.452.non-fictionFrom longbow, pike, and musket to Challenger tanks, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Gulf campaign, the Duke of Marlborough to Field Marshal Montgomery, The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army recounts the history of the British army from its medieval antecedents to the present day. Drawing on the latest scholarship, this survey shows how British fighting forces have evolved over the last five centuries. The continuities revealed are sometimes surprising: narrow recruitment patterns, friction between soldiers and civilians, financial constraints and recurrent political pressure for economies are constant themes. Commanders, campaigns, battles, organization, and weaponry are covered in detail within the wider context of the social, economic, and political environment in which armies exist and fight. The British army has been remarkably successful in fighting terms, losing only one major war (of American Independence 1775-83). As one of the engines of empire it has been active all over the world, as well as shaping the internal destiny of the nation in civil war and revolution. Its history is charted in a sequence of chronological chapters, each containing special feature articles, beginning with the medieval, Elizabethan, and Restoration army and moving on through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the two world wars of the twentieth. The book concludes with accounts of the army of British India, the amateur military tradition, the British way in warfare, and an assessment of what the future may hold in the light of the Options for Change review. Extensively illustrated in black and white and colour, and with a detailed chronology and further reading lists, this is the definitive one-volume history of the British army for specialists and non-specialists alike.great britain - military history, great britain - military tradition -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Cassell, Kohima, 1966
On 7 March 1944 Tokyo announced that the Japanese invasion of British India had begun. By mid-month, the Japanese 31st Division had crossed the Chindwin River in northern Burma, advancing on a wide front towards Imphal and Kohima. In bitter jungle fighting from early April, the British Fourteenth Army under Field Marshal Slim held the Japanese assault on Kohima Ridge. By late June the Japanese were in headlong retreat. Kohima ranks for strategic importance with Alamein, Midway and Stalingrad. The increasing dominance of Allied airpower in the region in the aftermath of the battle was a major factor.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.275.non-fictionOn 7 March 1944 Tokyo announced that the Japanese invasion of British India had begun. By mid-month, the Japanese 31st Division had crossed the Chindwin River in northern Burma, advancing on a wide front towards Imphal and Kohima. In bitter jungle fighting from early April, the British Fourteenth Army under Field Marshal Slim held the Japanese assault on Kohima Ridge. By late June the Japanese were in headlong retreat. Kohima ranks for strategic importance with Alamein, Midway and Stalingrad. The increasing dominance of Allied airpower in the region in the aftermath of the battle was a major factor. kohima - siege - 1944, world war 1939-1945 - land operations - india -
Polish Museum & Archives in Australia
sibirak conference booklet, 40 lat w Australii, January 1990
Siberian survivors - the history of this particular groups on the 40th anniversary of arrival, settlement and self organisation in Australia - testiimony to their displacement - documentation of their members in Victoriadocument of settlement in Australia - photographs and memoirs of memberswhite paper, cream cover,siberia, displacement, langfitt, deportation, booklet, africa, india, memoirs -
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Museum and Archives
Photograph (item) - Sir Douglas Miller in India
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Keilor East RSL Sub Branch
Uniform - British Commonwealth Occupation Forces Jacket, c. 1946-1952
Long sleeve button up khaki woollen jacket with four large front pockets and buttoned down shoulder epaulets. Brass buttons. Ribbon bar and service chevrons. Brass 'Rising Sun' badges on collar ends.Campaign ribbons include 1939–45 Star, 1941-42/45 Pacific Star, 1939-45 War Medal, 1939-45 Australian Service Medaloccupation, commonwealth, forces, japan, post ww2, post wwii, australia, india, uk, new zealand -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, The Folio Society, The moonstone, 1951
The novel that T.S. Eliot called ;the first, the longest, and the best of the modern English detective novels ; Guarded by three Brahmin priests, the Moonstone is a religious relic, the centerpiece in a sacred statue of the Hindu god of the moon. It is also a giant yellow diamond of enormous value, and its temptation is irresistible to the corrupt John Herncastle, a colonel in the British Army in India. After murdering the three guardian priests and bringing the diamond back to England with him, Herncastle bequeaths it to his niece, Rachel, knowing full well that danger will follow. True to its enigmatic nature, the Moonstone disappears from Rachel & rsquo;s room on the night of her eighteenth birthday, igniting a mystery so intricate and thrilling it has set the standard for every crime novel of the past one hundred fifty years. Widely recognized, alongside the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, as establishing many of the most enduring conventions of detective fiction, The Moonstone is Wilkie Collins masterwork and one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.Ill, p.417fictionThe novel that T.S. Eliot called ;the first, the longest, and the best of the modern English detective novels ; Guarded by three Brahmin priests, the Moonstone is a religious relic, the centerpiece in a sacred statue of the Hindu god of the moon. It is also a giant yellow diamond of enormous value, and its temptation is irresistible to the corrupt John Herncastle, a colonel in the British Army in India. After murdering the three guardian priests and bringing the diamond back to England with him, Herncastle bequeaths it to his niece, Rachel, knowing full well that danger will follow. True to its enigmatic nature, the Moonstone disappears from Rachel & rsquo;s room on the night of her eighteenth birthday, igniting a mystery so intricate and thrilling it has set the standard for every crime novel of the past one hundred fifty years. Widely recognized, alongside the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, as establishing many of the most enduring conventions of detective fiction, The Moonstone is Wilkie Collins masterwork and one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century. england - fiction, romantic fiction -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Rudyard Kipling, Soldiers three, 1902
A novel of British military life in Indiap.388.fictionA novel of British military life in Indiaengland - fiction, india - british occupation - fiction -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book - Life's handicap, Rudyard Kipling, 1911
Stories of life in India under the British occupationp.407.fictionStories of life in India under the British occupationengland - fiction, india - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Francis Yeats-Brown, Lancer at large, 1936
Indian life as described by a British soldierp.320.non-fictionIndian life as described by a British soldierindia - social life and customs, india - description and travel -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Francis Yeats-Brown, Bengal lancer, 1936
Autobiography of a British cavalry officer in pre-war India and on the western front, who later became a member of the Royal flying corps in Mesopotamia. The closing chapters concern his subsequent travels in India and give his interpretation of the Hindu philosophy through the medium of his own personal experience.p.278.non-fictionAutobiography of a British cavalry officer in pre-war India and on the western front, who later became a member of the Royal flying corps in Mesopotamia. The closing chapters concern his subsequent travels in India and give his interpretation of the Hindu philosophy through the medium of his own personal experience. india - social life and customs, india - description and travel -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, J.H. Williams, Elephant Bill, 1956
Though he was officially known as Lt. Colonel J.H. Williams, the author was known to the world at large as Elephant Bill. That is because he spent 25 years living with the elephants in the mountains and forests of Burma. There he trained them to haul teak logs out of the isolated jungles. Yet this is also a story of great courage because when the Second World War struck, it also came to Burma. The Japanese Imperial Army planned to confiscate the Burmese elephants, drafting them to make the bridges and railways they needed to invade India. When he learned of these plans to put his beloved animals to a war-like purpose, Elephant Bill knew what had to be done. The mighty kings of the jungle had to be evacuated to safety. Elephant Bill is thus the story not only of the peaceful days in the jungle, starting in 1921, but also the story of the largest elephant rescue in history. It tells the amazing account of how Elephant Bill, along with his friends and family, rode 45 of the great beasts across the mountains of Burma, before reaching safety in faraway India. Collapse summaryIll, p.245.non-fictionThough he was officially known as Lt. Colonel J.H. Williams, the author was known to the world at large as Elephant Bill. That is because he spent 25 years living with the elephants in the mountains and forests of Burma. There he trained them to haul teak logs out of the isolated jungles. Yet this is also a story of great courage because when the Second World War struck, it also came to Burma. The Japanese Imperial Army planned to confiscate the Burmese elephants, drafting them to make the bridges and railways they needed to invade India. When he learned of these plans to put his beloved animals to a war-like purpose, Elephant Bill knew what had to be done. The mighty kings of the jungle had to be evacuated to safety. Elephant Bill is thus the story not only of the peaceful days in the jungle, starting in 1921, but also the story of the largest elephant rescue in history. It tells the amazing account of how Elephant Bill, along with his friends and family, rode 45 of the great beasts across the mountains of Burma, before reaching safety in faraway India. Collapse summary world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - burma, elephants - burma -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Ward, Lock & Co, Khaki and gown : an autobiography, 1941
Autobiography of British Field Marshal Lord Birdwood, who saw action in India, the Second Boer War, and World War I.Index, ill, maps, p.456.non-fictionAutobiography of British Field Marshal Lord Birdwood, who saw action in India, the Second Boer War, and World War I.generals - great britain - biography, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - france -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, John Murray, Jinnah, creator of Pakistan, 1954
The career of Jinnah, Governor-General of Pakistan.Index, bib, ill, p.226.non-fictionThe career of Jinnah, Governor-General of Pakistan. mahhomed ali jinnah 1876-1948, india politics and government -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Henry Metcalfe, The chronicle of Private Henry Metcalfe, H.M. 32nd Regiment of Foot / together with Lieutenant John Edmonstone's letter to his mother of 4th January, 1858, and other particulars collected and edited by Sir Francis Tuker, 1953
The adventures of a British soldier in IndiaIll, p.117.non-fictionThe adventures of a British soldier in Indiaindia - sepoy rebellion, lucknow - siege - 1857 -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Hollis and Carter, The Indian mutiny : a centenary history, 1957
A centenary history of the Indian Mutiny of 1857Index, maps, p.226.non-fictionA centenary history of the Indian Mutiny of 1857indian - sepoy rebellion, india - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Rupert Hart-Davis, Seven years in Tibet, 1953
Recounts how the author an Austrian, escaped from the English internment camp in India in 1943 and spent the next seven years in Tibet, observing its social practices, religion, politics, and people.Ill, maps, p.288.non-fictionRecounts how the author an Austrian, escaped from the English internment camp in India in 1943 and spent the next seven years in Tibet, observing its social practices, religion, politics, and people. tibet - description and travel, tibet - social life and customs -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Adam and Charles Black, The Durbar, 1903
A travellersguide to IndiaIll, p.210.non-fictionA travellersguide to Indiaindia - description and travel, india - social life and customs -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Macmillan and Co, Warren Hastings, 1889
The life and times of Warren hastingsp.235.non-fictionThe life and times of Warren hastingsgreat britain - military history, india - british occupation -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Macmillan and Co, Havelock, 1892
The life and times of Henry Havelockp.223.non-fictionThe life and times of Henry Havelockgreat britain - military history, india - british occupation -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Macmillan and Co, Lord Lawrence, 1892
The life and times of Lord Lawrencep.203.non-fictionThe life and times of Lord Lawrencegreat britain - military history, india - british occupation -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Macmillan and Co, Colin Campbell, 1892
The life and times of Colin Campbellp.222.non-fictionThe life and times of Colin Campbellgreat britain - military history, india - british occupation -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Macmillan and Co, Lord Clive, 1892
The life and times of Lord Clivep.221.non-fictionThe life and times of Lord Clivegreat britain - military history, india - british occupation -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Proud to be Irish: The Journey of Henry McIllree from Ireland to Horse Breeder in Colonial Victoria, Australia, Jane Morrison, 2019
Born in Belturbet, County Cavan, Ireland in 1824, McIllree was the youngest son of a large family. He achieved much after running away from home, aged just 14, to escape being sent into penury as a clergyman. By the time of his untimely death at Wodonga in 1882, McIllree had packed a lot into his life. He had sailed the high seas as an Able Seaman, toiled as a miner, run the Wodonga pound for 19 years, bought town blocks, set up a farm, a vineyard and a short- lived butchery business, served on local boards, appeared in court, leased and bought Upper Murray grazing lands, established a horse and cattle breeding enterprise at Biggara, taken horses to India for sale, and visited Aotearoa/ New Zealand’s Rotorua spas for a heart disease cure. Perhaps the most important even in his life was marrying a young Irish girl, Isabella Johnston from Belfast, at Wodonga in 1855. Their marriage produced 11 children, seven of whom have descendants living in Australia, Europe, Indonesia, Kiribati, the Philippines, and the United States of America.non-fictionBorn in Belturbet, County Cavan, Ireland in 1824, McIllree was the youngest son of a large family. He achieved much after running away from home, aged just 14, to escape being sent into penury as a clergyman. By the time of his untimely death at Wodonga in 1882, McIllree had packed a lot into his life. He had sailed the high seas as an Able Seaman, toiled as a miner, run the Wodonga pound for 19 years, bought town blocks, set up a farm, a vineyard and a short- lived butchery business, served on local boards, appeared in court, leased and bought Upper Murray grazing lands, established a horse and cattle breeding enterprise at Biggara, taken horses to India for sale, and visited Aotearoa/ New Zealand’s Rotorua spas for a heart disease cure. Perhaps the most important even in his life was marrying a young Irish girl, Isabella Johnston from Belfast, at Wodonga in 1855. Their marriage produced 11 children, seven of whom have descendants living in Australia, Europe, Indonesia, Kiribati, the Philippines, and the United States of America.henry mcillree, irish immigration, mcillree genealogy, wodonga pioneers -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Decorative object - Ornament
6th May 2009 A large earthenware figure of a spaniel made in the 19th century in Staffordshire and used as a fireside ornament. Also referred to as Staffordshire dogs. They were purchased by errant husbands to comfort irate wives.|Stoke, Burslem, Hanley, Longton and Tunstall were known as the “Five Towns” of the Staffordshire potteries. In the 19th century there were more than 1000 firms working at various times, amongst them Wedgwood, Spode and Ridgway. Largely because of Josiah Wedgwood and the canal system, and later the railways English ceramics spread far and wide. A vast export trade to the Americas and India was from the port of Liverpool. Staffordshire became the pottery supplier of the World. Most factories made figures and tea and dinner sets.|The Comforter Dogs were copied and made by more than one pottery.Staffordshire dog - no makers mark. Right foot cracked. Repair on ear. Some cracks on body.ceramics, porcelain, ornaments -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Talbot Baines Reed, The Adventures of a Three Guinea Watch, c 1883
A vintage early 1800's adventure story for teenage boys with black lined illustrations. A boy is given a watch for his 13th birthday as he goes off to school. The watch narrates his own story as he changes 'owners' and travels to London, a pawn shop, a university, to the seaside, India and back to..... There are strong religious themes throughout.A vintage early 1800's brown hardcover children's book with the title The Adventures of a Three Guinea Watch printed in gold diagonal letter on the front cover with a black lined illustration of two boys playing with a fob watch sitting inside a large barrel. The spine has the title and RTS symbol for the publisher printed in gold lettering. The back cover has a black lined drawing of a boy reading a book in front of a bookcase with the heading: THE BOYS OWN BOOKSHELF printed in a banner above. There are flowers and butterflies too. The frontispiece illustration depicts a woman and a man with a boy in football clothes talking. It is covered with faded tissue paper. The title page has the title, author, publisher details and the same black lined illustration as is featured on the back cover. Throughout the book are many black lined illustrations. At the back is page of further Books for Boys published by The Religious Tract Society. The author,Talbot Baines Reed wrote school stories for boys. Pp. 226.fictionA vintage early 1800's adventure story for teenage boys with black lined illustrations. A boy is given a watch for his 13th birthday as he goes off to school. The watch narrates his own story as he changes 'owners' and travels to London, a pawn shop, a university, to the seaside, India and back to..... There are strong religious themes throughout.children's books, books, children's stories, adventure stories, teenage stories, boys' stories -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Book, A. Hutchison & Son, Tent life in tiger land, 1888
Tent life in tigerland with which is incorporated sport and work on the Nepaul frontier being twelve years' sporting reminiscences of a pioneer planter in an Indian frontier district.Olive green line covered book with gold text on the cover and spine together with black, yellow, white and red illustrations. Author: The Hon James Inglis M.L.A. With 22 illustrations in chromo-lithography.non-fictionTent life in tigerland with which is incorporated sport and work on the Nepaul frontier being twelve years' sporting reminiscences of a pioneer planter in an Indian frontier district.moori, james inglis 1845-1908, nepal, india social life and customs -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Ballarat School of Mines Assays and Analyses, 1897-1903
Brown ledger with leather spine with bond copies of assays on very light, tissue like paper. Includes an alpha listing of customers and the page numbers where the associated assay and report is found. ballarat school of mines, mining laboratory, model mine, assay, frederick martell, alfred mica smith, j.m. bickett, g. desoza, figgis, gilpin, alex lamn, julius lazurus, john mann, james oddie, oldfield, peacock, thomas proctor, charles serjeant, w.c. shoppee, skilbeck, tulloch & co, john chaffy, cumming and smith and co, commonwealth mine, robert daly, dapto smelting co, duke of york co, ernest de beer, eureka company, r. emmett, p.w. fitzpatrick, first chance gold mning company, frenchmans reef company, f. folks, great birthday company, glenfine smith gold mining company, golden dyke extended, india rubber company, madame berry, victoria united gold mining company, black horse company, david melm, jame macarthur, new normanby company, william nicholas, alexander lambert, pitfield quartz and cement company, a.j. peacock, phoenix foundry, h. raven, c. serjeant, thomas smith, south star extended, h. strickland, edward h. shackell, w.d. thompson, union gold mining ompany, r. vale, walhalla pty, wallace butter factory, mining -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Diver, Maud, Captain Desmond V.V. by Maud Diver, 1909
A novel set in India.Hardcover book, 381 pages. Book has a green fabric cover with red printed text.fictionA novel set in India.maud diver, india, fiction