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Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, DONALDSON Mark, "The Crossroad" A story of life, death and the SAS, 2013
"The Crossroad - A story of life, death and the SAS"Hardcover book with dust cover Hardcover - cardboard, black buckram. White print on spine. Dustcover - paper, gold and white print on front and spine. Colour illustrations, front and back portrait photographs of author in uniform. 422 pages, cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated colour photographs. First title page - handwritten inscription.First Title page = handwritten in black ink, "Merry Christmas/ To my Dad/ Thanks heaps/ heart shape (love) always/ Vicki xxx"book, autobiography, victoria cross -
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Book - BOOK, Gallipoli Landings, Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited, "36 DAYS - THE UNTOLD STORY BEHIND THE GALLIPOLI LANDINGS", 2010
"Hugh Dolan, a former intelligence officer in the Australian military, has minutely re-examined the assault itself, giving us a day by day account of the build up to the landing that shows a very different side to the Gallipoli story".Soft Cover Book. Soft cover - cardboard, white, black and red print on front, spine and back. Front cover - background illustration in grey/black tones of group of soldiers in a landing craft. 445 pages, cut, plain, off white paper, illustrated black and white photographs and maps.non-fiction"Hugh Dolan, a former intelligence officer in the Australian military, has minutely re-examined the assault itself, giving us a day by day account of the build up to the landing that shows a very different side to the Gallipoli story".book, ww1, gallipoli -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - SERVICE BOOKLET, SERVICES GUIDE TO ALEXANDRIA, C 1939
Contains information on services, sport, currency & cinemas, as well as advertisements for shops. Issued to Howard Maxwell DAY VX31282, 2nd AIF. Refer Reg No 92.2 for service details also 87, 88, 89, 91.2.Book, rectangular, light grey cardboard covers, 48 pages. Faded blue inside cover. Fold-out map of Alexandria inside rear cover.Handwritten in red ink top right corner front cover: H M Day. Middle centre front cover: Services Guide to Alexandriabooks - military, travel, alexandria -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, FICTION, Richard Beilby, Gunner, 1990
Gunner by Richard Beilby first published in 1977. From back cover: Gunner is a war story that looks beneath the surface of violence and hatred, and brilliantly depicts the effect that fighting has on human relationships.Soft cardboard cover, yellow / black / white print on front, spine & back. Gold background, coloured painting illustration of 3 military personnel with buildings in the background. 377 pages, cut, plain, off white, no illustrations. Large print volume. Fiction? / biography with the exception of Gunner Lewis all the characters in this novel are fictitious.Blue marks on top R title page: “$1”books- military history, gunner, fiction -
Bendigo Military Museum
Magazine - MAGAZINE WW2, Associated Newspapers Limited, Pix, 6.5.1941
Vol 13, No 19, 6.5.1941. Cover shows an Air Force Officer riding a bicycle past the front of a fighter plane propeller. Other planes are in the background. 31 pages, illustrated black & white photos, military & civilian topics. Sub titled: “Australia's Spitfire Air Aces pages 16-17. Cost 6d” Written in the X of PIX: “Tresize”books - magazines, military history - air force, pix -
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Book - BOOK, BOER WAR, R E King Limited, The Boer War 1899-1900, c.1900
Hard, cardboard cover, mustard & yellow buckram with black & gold print on front & spine. Illustrated in black silhouette soldiers with field gun. 344 pages, cut, plain, beige. Illustrated with black & white photos.Handwritten in grey lead pencil on front flyleaf: “This book belonged to Alexander Steele, Father of Maude Mary Hanson nee Steele, Maternal G.Grandfather to Kenneth John Hanson” Handwritten in black ink on top of flyleaf: “A Steele” Bottom of flyleaf: “Donated by Ken Hanson” “RSL stamp”book, boer war -
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Book - BOOK, RAN, Halstead Press Pty Limited, The Silent Service, 1952 - Second Edition
The Silent Service - Action Stories of the ANZAC NavyHard, cardboard cover, blue buckram with silver print on spine. 372 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated in black / white / blue maps, end papers & back flyleaf. Page/s removed. Handwritten in black ink on title page: “Donated by Joy Wellings Re Stephen Langdon” Black felt tipped pen mark: “On front end paper” “RSL stamp”book, anzac navy, silent service -
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Book - PICTORIAL BOOK, The Alfieri Picture Service, The Dardenelles
“THE DARDANELLES” An Epic told in Pictures.Book, soft cover cardboard, dark brown print on brown background, embossed medals on the front, sepia tone photo of “Walkers Ridge, ANZAC”, Rear has embossed crossed flags with the word ANZAC, 110 pages plain beige colour with collection of photographs and maps.On Forward Page 1 in blue ink “1915”the dardanelles, pictures, 1915 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WW1, John Terraine, The Great War, 1997
Soft cardboard cover, white / red print, front spine & back. Illustrated on front, black / white photo of Australian troops at Chateau Wood in the Ypres Salient on 29.10.1917. 195 pages, cut, plain, white. No illustrations.book, great war -
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Magazine - MAGAZINE COLLECTION WW2, Orbis Publishing Ltd, World War II The Postwar Conflicts, 1981
Also see Reg No's 3909.6, 3910.56, 3919.15 & 3921.Magazine collection not in binder. Paper cover with black / white / colour print. Illustrated in colour. Cut, plain, white pages. Illustrated black / white / colour photos, maps, etc. 300 pages Volume I2 Part No 156 to Part No 170magazine, collection -
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Poster - POSTER, FRAMED, Post WW2
Printed cardboard with wooden frame. Commemorating the Unknown Soldier of WWI & WWII. Item shows poetry and statistics.Top section in print: “at the going down of the sun.....” documents-posters, military history-army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK WW1, Martin Marix Evans, Battles of WWI, Published 2012
Battles of WWI is an illustrated account of warfare along the Western front & on the Gallipoli Peninsula.Soft cardboard cover, with a sepia photo of soldiers in a trench, white print on black background on front. White print on mid green background on spine & back. 256 pages, cut plain paper. Illustrated with over 130 black & white photos & battle maps.books-military-history, gallipoli, western front -
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Book - BOOK, POW'S, P.O.W. Australian Prisoners of War in Hitler's Reich, 2011
Australians from every branch of our armed forces in WWII found themselves captives in Hitler's notorious prisoner of war camps.Cover - soft cardboard,black, cream & white print on front, spine & back. Background photo in black, white & red of soldiers in uniform sitting & standing. 523 pages, cut plain white paper. Illustrated with black & white photos & maps.books-military-history, pow's, reich -
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Book - BOOK, GEORGE CROSS, The Register of the George Cross, 1985
Hard cover, dark blue buckram. Gold print front & spine. Dust cover dark blue striped background with the George Cross with ribbon over black band in foreground. Rear view of George Cross on back section of dust cover. 151 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated, black & white photos, portraits of recipients.On front fly leaf handwritten inscription & two RSL stamps: "M R Birks 3 Timbertop Avenue Carlingford NSW, 2118 Australia" Handwritten in black ink on front fly leaf: "To Ray Birks from Leon Goldsworthy" books - reference, military history - army, george cross -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, PHOTOGRAPHS WW1, World War I in Photographs, 2004
From back cover: World War I in Photographs is an astonishing visual account of the Great War recounting the loss, the tragedy, the courage and the horror of military action in vivid detail.Soft, lightweight cardboard cover, white print on black background front, spine, & back. Sepia & black & white photos of WWI scenes, six on front, one on back. 159 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated. Black & white photos.books-military-history, photography-photographs, photographs ww1 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, PHOTOGRAPHS WW2, World War II in Photographs, 2004
From back cover: World War II in Photographs is an innovative visual account of the major events of the greatest conflict of the twentieth century, the Second World War.Soft, lightweight cardboard cover. White print on black background, front, spine & back. Sepia & black & white photos of WWI scenes, six on front, one on back. 159 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated, black & white photos.books-military-history, photography-photographs, photographs ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, MAORI WAR, Frank Glen, Australians at War in New Zealand, 2011
Maori WarsHard cardboard cover, dark blue buckram silver printing on front & spine. Dust cover front background colour photo of flag with rifle with a peaked cap in foreground. Spine & back black & white photos of soldiers in uniform. Spine single full length portrait, back group. 299 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated with black & white photos, maps & illustrations.Hand written in black ink on front fly leaf: “F? Glen, Bendigo 17. May. 2013” Underneath: “Signed by author”book, new zealand -
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Book - BOOK, WW2, Karen Farrington, Normandy to Berlin, 2005
Normandy to Berlin, Into the Heart of the Third Reich. 60th Anniversary Special Edition.Soft cardboard cover. Black / white / yellow print on front & spine, white print on back. Background is dark blue, front sepia photo of 4 soldiers in a battle scene with aircraft overhead. 144 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated, black & white photos & diagrams. Handwritten in black on front fly leaf. "Donated by Len Burkes family. RSL stamp"book, normandy, berlin -
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Book - BOOK, German WW2, Brian Leigh Davis et al, Badges & Insignia of the Third Reich 1933-1945, 1997
From back cover: German badges and insignia used during the period of the Third Reich 1933-45 were both numerous and multifarious. This book is about the cloth badges and insignia used by these German uniformed formations. Peter Ball collection, refer Cat No 4704.Hard cardboard cover, glossy coated finish. Dark brown & black print on front, spine & back. White colour background with coloured badges & insignia displayed on front & back. Paper dust cover covered with plastic, print & colours as above. 208 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated in black / white & colour photos, badges & insignia. Handwritten in blue ink front fly leaf: “Peter C Ball” In pencil top R corner: “$27, 118.549 Kew 4 10” Top L: “1507” book, insignia, german 1939 - 45 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, ANZAC, Cassell & Company Limited, The Anzac Book, 1916
The ANZAC Book, written & illustrated in Gallipoli by the men of ANZAC. Soft, lightweight cardboard cover, navy blue print on front, grey / blue background colour. Illustrated in colour of a soldier in front of a flag. 164 cut, plain, white, pages. Illustrated colour drawings on plates, black / white photos & line drawings.book, anzac -
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Accessory - RATION PACK, 1) SPC Limited et al, c.1970's
Items are part of a One man 24 hour ration pack..1) Tin diced two fruits, 140 g weight. .2) Tin chicken & vegetables, 185 g weight. .3) Tin steak & eggs, 165 g weight. .4) Tube sweetened condensed milk, 71 g net weight. .5) Tube butter concentrate 28 g net weight.military equipment - provisions, passchendaele barracks trust, rations -
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Book - BOOK, WW2, Octopus Books Limited, World War II, c.1977
Hard cover, collage of newspaper headlines in blue, no dust cover. 253 pages with cut edges. Photos throughout.On spine: “World War II”books-military, photography-photographs/reproductions, news papers -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - POCKET BOOK, F J Camm, Radio Engineers Pocket Book
Maroon buckram hard cover book, originally gold embossed label, 144 pages. Illustrated with pictures, electronic data, valve layout, component data, metric data, signal codes. Handwritten inside cover: “5 R I M U”books-military/reference, engineers, radio -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK WW1, Cassell & Company Limited, The ANZAC Book, 1916
Hard cardboard cover, greyish blue coloured buckram with navy blue print on front & gold print on spine. Coloured illustration half portrait of soldier in uniform holding a gun in front of a flag. 169 pages, cut plain beige coloured paper, illustrated with photos, drawings & cartoons, black & white & colour. End papers beige colour, flyleaf beige colour with black print on front. Title page beige colour with black print.Bottom right of front cover illustration: “David Barker - Gallipoli .15 -“ Title page: “The ANZAC Book written and illustrated in Gallipoli by the men of ANZAC. For the benefit of Patriotic Funds connected with the A&NZAC.”books-military-army, anzac -
Federation University Historical Collection
Painting - Illumination, john Sands Limited, Illuminated Address Presented to William Crabb of the Beacon Gold Mine, 1899, 05/1899
William Crabb was later a well respected manager of the Victoria United GMC, Ballarat after leaving the Bucca Bucca region in Queensland.Digital copy of an illumination presented to William Crabb, mine manager at Beacon Gold Mine, Bucca Bucca. We also wish to record our appreciation of the interest you have always shown in the progress of the District, and more particularly the Mining industry. As a Mine Manager, we have found you to be equitable and just to your Employees, whilst at the same time faithfully serving our Employers. We know that you have always had the welfare of your men and the District at heart, and we are as heartily sorry at our loss, which your departure necessitates." (signed) William S Bryce James Demming Thos. G. Fraser, A. Griffith, A. Moncrieff, John Parry, N. Danvers Power, H Skinner, G. Strathen, Trevor W. Alley, William Peter J.P., James Marles, Joseph Smith and 45 others.illumination, william crabb, victoria united gold mine, beacon gold mine, upper bucca bucca, william s. boyce, james dennings, thomas f. fraser, a. griffith, a. moncrieff, john parry, n. daery-porter, h. skinner, c. strather, trever w. alley, william peter, james marles, joseph smith -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Book - Course Text, W.W. Watts, Geology for Beginners, 1903
Red book of 352 pages and 322 illustrations.non-fictiongeology -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, ARMY CUSTOMS, McCarran Bird Pty Limited, 1.2.1965
Item issued to Murray Stanley Metherall. Refer 590.2Red cover with gold lettering, issued to Officers re Military customs.Gold stamped lettering "Customs of the Army", Australian coat of arms, book, army customs -
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Book - BOOKS, The Caxton Publishing Company Limited, The War of 1939, c.WWII
.1) Vol I The War of 1939, 195 pages .2) Vol II The War of 1939, 245 pages .3) Vol III The War of 1939, 286 pages .4) Vol IV The War of 1939, 268 pages .5) Vol V The War of 1939, 275 pages .6) Vol VI The War of 1939, 270 pages Blue hard cover with gold text on cover, black & white photos & black & white illustrations.books, military history -
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Book, The Amalgamated Press Limited, The Great War, WWI
Standard History of the all European Conflict - 5 Volumes .1) Vol I 448 pages .2) Vol III 448 pages .3) Vol IV 448 pages .4) Vol V 448 pages .5) Vol VI 560 pages Maroon woven fabric hard cover with black & gold text, black & white photos & illustrations.books, military history -
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Book - BOOKS, Newman Flower, The History of the Great War
Red buckram hard covers with gold text & gold ship outside covers. Colour & black & white illustrations. .1) Vol I, 186 pages .2) Vol II, 368 pages .3) Vol III, 552 pages .4) Vol IV, 736 pages .5) Vol V, 920 pages .6) Vol VI, 1104 pages .7) Vol VII, 1288 pages .8) Vol VIII, 1472 pagesbooks, military, history