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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Local colour, 1/05/1987 12:00:00 AM
'Nunawading News' item from May 1987 issue, with photo of Fankhauser family.'Nunawading News' item from May 1987 issue, with photo of Fankhauser family, asking for response from the readers if they recognise faces and also photocopy of same article. Responses from M. Pellow nee Mary Law, Mrs Bon Neumann, Elsie May French, Sue Kraushofer, Joan Frazer.'Nunawading News' item from May 1987 issue, with photo of Fankhauser family. nunawading news, fankhauser family, pellow, mary, law, mary, neumann, bon, french, else, kaushofer, sue, frazer, joan -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Nurses, Committee & Wives seated at a function at the Pleasant Creek Hospital 1918, c1917
Of Pleasant Creek Stawell Hospital. Sent back from France for safe keeping . Mr Heal Laura McLeod, -Witney, Sister Mc Fay George Mitchell Mag Williams, Mabel Wennerbom, Ann Gullen, May Booth Theresa Healy Dr Fox Matron Jennie Wren Nurses seated at tables surrounded by committee at entrance to Pleasant Creek HospitalFavril France 1/12/15 This is the committeemen & their wives at afternoon tea with us . The unveiling of the Honour roll. Sincerely yours May 25-8-18hospital, ww1, medical, nursing -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Plaque - Memorial Penny, James Eric White, circa 1919
Private James Eric WHITE 513 - Draughtsman/clerk from Camberwell Victoria. Enlisted on the 17/8/1914 with the 5th Battalion F Company and embarked on the Orvieto on 21/10/1914. He was killed in action on 25/7/1916 in France and is buried at Villers-Brettonneux. Upon his death his family received a Memorial Plaque also known as "Dead Man's Penny" or"Death Penny"The Memorial Plaque was issued after the First World War to the next-of-kin of all British Empire service personnel who were killed as a result of the war.Round plaque with image of Britannia holding a trident and a lion housed in a brown cardboard envelope"He Died for Freedom and Honour" James Eric WHITEjames eric white, 5th battalion ww1, kia, france -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARDS WW1
Two postcard signs likely taken on Salisbury Plains in UK. Other photo is of NZ Troops lined up in France for meals. Photo taken by Daily Mail as Official War Photo.1P. Black and white photo of troops lined up in France for meals. Postcard format on back. 2P. Photo of image of map of Australia and the word "Australia" inside on a plain in the UK, most likely Salisbury. 3P. Photo of large scale image of the Australian Rising Sun Emblem laid out on a plain. Assumed to be Salisbury Plain.No writing on postcards.selby collection, photographic postcards -
Horsham RSL Sub Branch
Post Cards, Embroidered Post Cards
Sent home to Australia by Pte Paul Johinke from France 1916- 1917 WW 1Set of four Cards 1916-1917. 1. Gumleaf -Kangaroo center Circle 2. French & British Flags leaves center 3. Center red flower buds To my dear daughter in blue 4. Purple & yellow flowers To my dear wife a Merry Christmas in blue -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CARD, WHERE THE AUSTRALIANS REST WW1, Post WW1
This folder is labeled as “Where the Australians Lie”. James Patterson McCall “MM” No 6401, refer Cat No 2925 for his service history..1) Folder, grey cardboard, purple printing of a Rising Sun badge with words: The Folder is in Memory of MCCALL JAMES PATERSON, 6401 CPL, 22 BN, Bellicourt, France. .2) Photo, black & white, depicting temporary grave of a WWI Soldier. .3) As above. .4) As above. The rear of the photos have been printed as a postcard.Handwritten on inside of card: “MCCALL JAMES PATERSON, 6401 CPL, 22 BN, reinterred Bellicourt British Cemetery, Plot 7, Row H, Grave 8, Bellicourt, France”. Rear: “(Mother) M MCCALL, Aust”photography-photographs, documents - postcards, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - COINS
The coins were collected by Jack Grinton No 1043, 38th Batt AIF during 1916-19. Part of the Grinton collection which contained hundreds of negatives and developed photos that he took during the War. Refer Cat No 1280 for service details.Collection of 7 coins from Britain, Belgium, Germany and France .1 British penny, bronze .2 German 10 pfennig, silver coloured, 1912 .3 German 1 pfennig, bronze coloured, 1900 .4 French 1 franc, silver coloured, 1913 .5 French 25 centime, silver coloured, 1905 .6 French 25 centime, silver coloured, 1903 .7 Belgian coinnuimismatics, coins -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Ch. Ph. Reiff, Nouveaux Dictionnaires Parelleles Des Languages Russe, Francaise, Allemande et Anglaise, 1895, 1895
Parallel Dictionary of Russian, French, German and English languages in four parts, extracted from the Dictionaries of the Russian Academy, the French Academy, Adelung, Heinius, Johnson, Spiers and other Lexicographers. non-fictiondictionary, french, german, russian, english, lexicographers, reiff -
Tennis Australia
Plaque, Unknown
Plaque with colour illustration of French town and countryside. Titled 'Clermont-Ferrand...Coupe Davis France Australia...8-9-10 Avril Clermont-Ferrand'. Materials: Stone, Pigmenttennis -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW1, FRAMED, 1917
label : Shell holes on battlefeild in France, taken from observation aircraft in 1917 dontaed by W Truel Milroy No VX113297 2/7th Battphoto of battle field in France 1917 mounted in frame, showing shell holes marked in top right corner is oriental army title of the air photo marked as = 4B 405 28-24 AC, 30c, 21 -10-17 .10 Photo shows major roads, destroyed forests, trench lines, and huge amount of bomb craters. frame - gold with timber trim. photography - photographs, frame accessories, military history, craters, battlefield -
Bendigo Military Museum
Souvenir - CLOTH, FRAMED, Embroidered cloth, c1918
CENTRAL white silk square surrounding a small panel of embroidery featuring flags of various nations in the shape of 1918. Cotton lace inserts between 4 silk panels embroidered with pale pink & white flowers & trailing green foliage. Pale pink ribbon bows at each corner < the whole silk panel edged with wide, scalloped edge lace with mitered corners.1918 Souvenir de Francemilitary history-souvenirs, flags - national, manchester - fabric -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - PIPE
SMOKERS PIPE WITH BROWN BOWL AND BLACK CURVED STEMROBB JUNIOR MADE IN FRANCElocal history, personal effects, smoking accessories -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Photograph - Small brass photograph frame
Small brass photograph frame with picture of W W 1 soldier.France 1st Oct 1918. -
City of Kingston
Domestic object - City of Moorabbin red wine glass, Luminarc, c. 1990
Red wine glass produced for City of Moorabbin, incorporating gold edge and City of Moorabbin logoRed wine glass with gold edging and City of Moorabbin logo printed in gold on front.Marked on base: France / luminarctableware, glassware, wine glass, city of moorabbin -
City of Kingston
Domestic object - City of Moorabbin white wine glass, Luminarc, c. 1990
White wine glass produced for City of Moorabbin, incorporating gold edge and City of Moorabbin logoWhite wine glass with gold edging and City of Moorabbin logo printed in gold on front.Marked on base: France / luminarctableware, glassware, wine glass, city of moorabbin -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Fruit Gardens French Island, 1925-1926
See 405-01Sepia photograph of 5 women and a young girl sitting on a bench and the ground outdoors. Girl is eating fruit and a basket of fruit is on the ground.Fruit Gardens French Islandphotographs, french island, fashions -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPHS, FRAMED WW1, Bethany Gallery
Photograph 1 taken at “Allonville, Northeast of Amiens” France - 38th BATT A.I.F. Officers during a well earned rest”PHOTOGRAPHS Black and white copy of 3 photographs depicting Photograph 1 - 38th Battalion officers at Allonville Northwest of Amiens France Photographs 2 + 3 group of 4 soldiers from 37th, 38th battalions. Printed name information on white card adhered to fron of glass. FRAME - brown stain colour Timber brown stain colour timber with decorative moulding. Dark green cardboards mount, glass frontName information, black print on white card on front of glassphotography-photographs/frame accessories, military history-army, military history ww1, 38th bn -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Photograph, AMX Tank, 1960's
Photograph of a French AMX tank sporting a 105 mm cannonphoto tank amx -
Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Memorabilia - D Day Landing commemoration 50 pence coin
Behind German Lines With the SAS France 1944 by Fraser McCluskey -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Sword
Briquette Sword made for French Revolution and Napoleonic wars, c1793ammunition, 1795 -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Map France
Map of France showing position of front line and Nomans Landmaps, ww1, general -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Field Map
Very old, fragile map of Becelaere, Western Front, France.documents, ww1, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Brooch
#148425 Fl.Lieut Clifford James Johnson - killed in France in Lancaster.ephemera, ww2, raaf -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Photo
Photo of Portion of Front Line trenchessomewhere in France part of COL046photo, ww1, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Pilot's Map
Part of survival Kit.Map of Burma, part of Thailand & part of French Indo China.equipment, ww2, raaf -
Tennis Australia
Swap Card, Circa 1930
French collectible card featuring Lacoste Materials: Paper, Inktennis -
Bendigo Military Museum
Mixed media - ARCHIVAL BOX - GRINTON COLLECTION, Miss Jean Grinton, Photographs and Ephemera 1916 - 1919 and Folder c. 2009
Items relate to Jack Grinton No 1043, 38th Batt AIF. The postcards document Grinton's visits to various UK, French and European sites of interest. The ephemera in the last section include booklets, sketches, souvenirs, programmes, paper money, photo wallets, letters, pay slips and Grinton's discharge certificate. Part of the Grinton Collection which included hundreds of negatives and developed photos taken by Jack Grinton during WW1. Refer Cat No 1280 for service details. See also 1291.2P and 4528.2P. Black three ringed plastic folder in a rectangular black plastic box. Folder is divided into labelled sections each of which contains a number of postcards and assorted ephemera. Postcards and ephemera are housed in clear plastic pockets. A handwritten label is taped to the spine of the box..1) Each section divider is labelled in blue ink: 'P/Cs CAPE TOWN', 'P/Cs ENGLAND & SCOTLAND', 'P/Cs FRANCE & EUROPE', 'ASSORTED EPHEMERA' .2) On spine label handwritten in blue ink: 'POSTCARDS - Sth AFRICA, UK, FRANCE, ASSORTED EPHEMERA, JEAN GRINTON'. 38th battalion, books - albums, western front, john 'jack' grinton, grinton collection -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - Embroidered Not absent in thoughts, Not absent in Thoughts, 19-14-1918
This is Item 26 of 27 items in the Daisy Vickers collection of World War One memorabilia. These items were sent or given to Daisy Ogier (nee Vickers) during World War One by Corporal Arthur Anderson who enlisted from Warrnambool in 1915 at the age of 21. He served in Egypt and France and returned to Australia in 1919. Daisy Ogier (1907-1987) was a student and then a teacher at Warrnambool Technical School with her early teaching years there from 1925 to 1936 and in 1949. She became the head mistress from 1950 to 1963 and in 1968. She officially retired in 1976. Daisy Vickers was one of the best loved and dedicated teachers that the school ever had. She married the Reverend Fred Ogier and continued her association with the school after her husband's deathDaisy Vickers collection: Item 19 of 27This card is interesting because of its association with World war One and two local people Daisy Vickers and Arthur Anderson This card features an embroidered mauve, silver and yellow centred flower, buds and green leaves and yellow embroidered words. The flower lifts to reveal a pocket in which is a smaller white card with an oval coloured scene of countryside and a town in the background. There is handwriting in ink on the back . Carte Postale - Postcard France 22-6-18 Dear Daisy, Just to let you know I have not forgotten you. I am out for a spell at present. Arthur Smaller card: A Kiss from France daisy vickers, arthur anderson, warrnambool technical school, world war 1 embroidered postcard -
Magnet Galleries Melbourne Inc
Destroyed French Chateau, les chandler_a00052.tif
A once grand French Chateau almost obliterated by artillery fire. Despite extensive frontline service this is one of the few instances where Les Chandler took a photograph of the destruction of war. In the several hundred letters he wrote to his family at home in Australia, he stuck to his vow of almost never mentioning the horrors of war.france, chateau, destroyed, ww1, world war 1 -
Magnet Galleries Melbourne Inc
exlosion in aerial photo, dargo-104.tif
The First World War saw the widespread adoption of aerial photography to record vital tactical information, such as troop movements, gun emplacements and topography. Here an exploding ammunition dump near Bray in France is sending fireworks several thousand feet into the sky.In the top right of the frame there are some coordinates.bray, france, aerial view, ww1, world war 1, 1917