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Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - TRENCH ART, AEROPLANE, unknown
Item in the collection re Wing Commander Leonard Bacon OBE. Refer Cat No 7510.2 for his extensive service history. Brown tarnished bi-plane. Propellers and wheels and two wings. Struts attaching upper wing to plane is missing and most of the propeller missing. Propeller is movable as are wheels.trench art, model plane -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - Strathfield College
This file contains 2 items. A foolscap page handwritten memories of the school by former teacher Miss Gwen Rowe who taught at the school between 1942 and 1958 A handwritten list form Sands and McDougall Directories 1919-1963 with school addresses and names of principalsschools, independent schools, primary school, pre-school, principals, pushon em miss, miller dm miss, teachers, rowe gwen miss, students, opas phillip, jones barry, schildberger michael, world war 1939-1945, ontario street, methodist hall, halls, parish halls, pearson grove, slit trenches -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Article - Bentleigh East Primary School
This file contains 5 items. A limited edition of a book "A History of the Bentleigh East Primary School No. 2083 formerly Bentleigh formerly East Brighton 1878-1978" published to mark the centenary of the Bentleigh East Primary School celebrated from 1 – 5th August 1978. The book was compiled by the Principal Peter Morris and is a collection of incidents, reminiscences and anecdotes arranged in chronological order to capture the character of the differing periods through which the school passed. It provides an insight to the development of the area and of the school and includes a list of school principals from 1878 – 1978, an honor roll for WW1 students etc. Notes on the Camm family who donated the School Centenary Book A newspaper article on the centenary celebrations. The article is undated and the source is not known. It includes 2 photographs of the celebrations. A name badge for Duchie Laven issued for the centenary. The badge is on pink cardboard. A Black + White school photograph taken in 1948. Josephine and Wilma Newman are identified in the photograph.malane thomas market gardener, atkinson william – head teacher 1878 – 1883, initial school staff, jack margaret, stevens eliza (pupil teacher), water supply, mills henry (prominent head teacher), craig robert district inspector, centre road, primitive methodist church 22/07/1884, tram lines, taylor mr., head teacher list, shelter sheds., joyce colin dr., thiele mr. (head teacher), north road state school, ormond state school no 3074, east bentleigh state school, east brighton state school no. 2083, bentleigh state school no 2083, bentleigh east primary school no 2083, school 213 brighton east, bentleigh elementary school no 2083, bentleigh west state school no 4318, coatesville primary school, tucker road moorabbin primary school, bent thomas sir, honor lists, honour book, awards, snowball o.r. mla gilbert mr. head teacher, brighton gas lighting, sloyd classes, gilbert mr. (head teacher), cross bob (pupil), school strap, henderson w. (district inspector), school rooms, school work books, schools, school concerts, school committees, caretaker’s residence, fencing, higgins a., higgins stan, bentleigh public hall, marriott william (chairman school committee), bentleigh theatre, old scholars, trenches 1937 (slit), donald j.r. (head teacher), war savings certificates, shelter pavilions, bristol units – classrooms, redmond mr (head teacher), school pedestrian crossings, sound systems, school canteen, world war 1914 – 1918, electricity supply, salmagundi, tamrakis socrates, school libraries, railway stations, education, school rolls, market gardens, cattle – nuisance, bushrangers, toll gates, chinese school, chinese community, school curriculum – historical, flora, aborigines, snakes, migrant teachers, japanese language, rats, caretaker’s residences, fencing, cattle, horse racing, caulfield military hospital, advertising, street lighting, anglican school st stephens, chinese christian church arthur’s seat road (now nepean hwy), st john’s anglican church bentleigh, hit & miss hotel, live & let live hotel, plough & harrow hotel, moorabbin district roads board, army huts, higgins stan mr, . marriott william mr, cremean mr. mla, arnett kevin, vanderlaven vanderlaven adrian, vanderlaven josephine, laven fredericha willamena, laven adrian, laven duchie, newman wilma, newman josephine, camm josephine, marshall gladys, neville gladys, holis ivy, monroe victor, duckmanton keith, tram lines - mordialloc sandringham, school paper, public works dept., springthorpe j.w. dr., vosey joseph, camm terry, camm josie, barrenger elsie, bentleigh oval, race course east bentleigh 1899, keys's hotel, unveiling of honor book and cabinet 25/08/1922 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Dianne Campbell, Anglo-Irish Lawyers in Post-Goldrush Ballarat, 09/2002
Masters thesis bound in marron hard coverlawyers, legal, henry cuthbert, townsend mcdermott, milfred mcdermott, joseph dunne, charles cuthbert, j. dunne, robert le poer trench, adam loftus lynn, robert walsh, beaufort house, genealogical charts, mary cuthbert, william a'beckett, butler aspinall, redmond barry, samuel bindon, daniel brophy, alfred carr, george clenninning, thomas cope, john leslie foster, richard hobson, charles hotham, john basson humffray, richard ireland, archibald michie, robert molesworth, richard o'cock, bryen o'loghlen, william stawell, dianne campbell goldfields lawyers collection, anglo-irish, irish -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, The Kato working on the pumping plant at the end of the sewer trench near Glenvale Road, North Ringwood, on 10 June 1978. Loughnan's Lake site shown as a grassy hollow in the background
E550 N2 & N3 Part of a 51-photo record of the development of the "Kubis" Estate, Ringwood North, including road works to Debbie Place, Kubis Drive, Werac Drive, Manuelo Drive, Iluka Place and Glenvale Road. From the Jack Lundy Clarke collection.51 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Kubis Estate, North Ringwood on 16 June 1978. Kato working on final trench. The hole for the 27 feet deep well is seen beyond the trench
E550 N10 Part of a 51-photo record of the development of the "Kubis" Estate, Ringwood North, including road works to Debbie Place, Kubis Drive, Werac Drive, Manuelo Drive, Iluka Place and Glenvale Road. From the Jack Lundy Clarke collection. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Kubis Estate, North Ringwood on 16 June 1978. The Kato lifts a bucket out of the trench
E550 N11 Part of a 51-photo record of the development of the "Kubis" Estate, Ringwood North, including road works to Debbie Place, Kubis Drive, Werac Drive, Manuelo Drive, Iluka Place and Glenvale Road. From the Jack Lundy Clarke collection. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Kubis Estate, North Ringwood on 10 June 1978. Trench for sewer below the manhole
E550 N7 The hole for the 27 feet deep well shows as a white patch, lower right. Part of a 51-photo record of the development of the "Kubis" Estate, Ringwood North, including road works to Debbie Place, Kubis Drive, Werac Drive, Manuelo Drive, Iluka Place and Glenvale Road. From the Jack Lundy Clarke collection. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Kubis Estate, North Ringwood on 16 June 1978, using the Kato as a crne to de-water final trench
E550 N9 Part of a 51-photo record of the development of the "Kubis" Estate, Ringwood North, including road works to Debbie Place, Kubis Drive, Werac Drive, Manuelo Drive, Iluka Place and Glenvale Road. From the Jack Lundy Clarke collection. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Artwork, other - Trench art, ash tray, HMAS Brisbane
A round metal ashtray that has silver colour on top and golden colour bottom. The ashtray also has a straight handle in the middle.Gunline development ... This ashtray was made from the base of the second last 5 inch (122 mm) shell fired in anger against north Vietnamese army.hmas brisbane, trench art, ashtray -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Artwork, other - Trench art , ash tray
Base of a mortar cylinder which has been made into an ash tray. Lining of inside of tray has been painted red. there is a brass post in the centre of the tray. the post has cord wound around it.Engraved on the outside of the tray is "HMAS Vandetta - vietnam 1969HMAS Vandetta - Vietnam 1969trench art, hmas vendetta -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Australia. Dept of Defence, Army: the First 200 Years
They fought on the African Veldt. They fought in the mud-choked trenches of France. they fought in the searing heat of the Western Desert and the tropocal jungles of the pacific and Vietnam...australia's soldiers.They fought on the African Veldt. They fought in the mud-choked trenches of France. they fought in the searing heat of the Western Desert and the tropocal jungles of the pacific and Vietnam...australia's soldiers.australia. army - history, australia. dept of defense - history -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Memorabilia - Sweetheart Brooch
RAF Sweetheart Brooch most likely made during WW2. The heart has possibly been made from llucite acrylic. Sweetheart badges were momentos given to loved ones by troops departing for foreign shores. Originally regimental badges worn close to the heart, they represent a close connection to a particular armed force.Clear plastic sweetheart brooch in the shape of a heart with crown above eagle with pin fastening attached to rear.raf, sweetheart brooch, trench art -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Financial record - Assorted Papers, Comfort Fund, circa 1940
Wangaratta Comfort Fund final Meeting Report dated 18th December 1945 and 2 x Lists of Camouflage Nets sent to CWA Headquarters dated 24th and 31st of August 1943 2 x newspaper cuttings 3 page photocopy of handwritten notes dated 13th August 1941 detailing gift of Autoclave (medical apparatus) for use by the AIF presented by the then Mayor of Wangaratta Cr J F Dundas and President of the Wangaratta Branch of RSSILA Mr W Law The ACF provided a source of comfort, support and encouragement for the troops abroad and offered a means for women at home to contribute to the war effort and identify with the men in the trenches. The ACF acted as a vital link between home and the battlefields. The Australian Comforts Fund officially closed on the 27th June 1946. Typed and photocopied handwritten notes.Wangaratta Comforts Fund.comfort fund, wangaratta, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Souvenir - TRENCH ART
Part of the Cooper Collection. "John Percy VERCOE", No. 2530, enlisted 18/5/16 in 5th Reinforcements, 60 BN. Aged 30 years. Embarked for England 25/9/1916, embarked for France 4/2/1917, WIA 26/4/1918. GSW to left eye, severe. Left eye excised England 30/4/1918. RTA 23/9/1918. Discharged from the AIF 4/1/1919. Passed away 30/12/1925. John received a Congratulatory card from MAJ.General J.H. Hobbs, K.C.B, V.D. Commanding 5th Aust. Division - for bravery and devotion to duty in dressing and carrying wounded to the Regt. Aid Post during a counter attack on Villers Brettoneux on the night of 24/25th April 1918.Brass map of Australia fashioned into a bracelet. Band is secured with a clip. Owners details engraved on the map.Engraved in the face of the map: 'No.2530, PTE J.P. VERCOE, 60TH BATT, AIF, 1916.cooper collection, trench art, john p. vercoe