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Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BUTTONS, Possible WW2 era
Items relate to HEWSTON Collection WWI & WWII.1) Button, metal, Crown over map of Australia. Australian Military Forces around edge. .2) Button, metal, gold colour with anchor & flower arrangement.costume accessories - haberdashery, uniforms, military history, buttons -
Bendigo Military Museum
Map - MAP, RECRUITING AREAS, Sands & McDougall Pty Ltd, Possible WW1 era
Each Battalion area provided 1400 men for the New Army & for 470 Reinforcements monthly.Map, paper on canvas backing, depicts recruiting areas for the raising & maintenance of Territorial Battalions in Melbourne (Vic) & suburbs. Printing is black & white with battalion boundaries & names in red.maps, battalions, recruiting -
Bendigo Military Museum
Headwear - HAT, SLOUCH, Possible WW2 era
Slouch hat, felt, khaki coloured, light khaki coloured puggaree with a dark coloured copper RAAF hat badge mounted in front. Leather internal band, khaki coloured woven shoe lace as chin strap.uniforms - airforce, costume - male headwear, metalcraft, slouch hat -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - EPAULETTES, RANK, c. WW1 era onwards
Ceremonial Captains Rank Epaulettes. .1) & .2) Base is gold braided cord, 8 mm dia. 3 gold 'PIPs' are mounted on base. The PIPs have 4 spikes pointing outwards. In centre of PIPs green enamel leaves circular red enamel ring, Latin inscription: TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO, centre has 3 small gold crowns. The back has a red cotton strap. .3) & .4) As above except a) Aust Mil Forces gold button at one end on top; and b) The spikes are silvered.numismatics - badges (cloth) - army, passchendaele barracks trust, rank -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - STOVE-SUGAR-OPENER, estimated Vietnam War era
567.1 Stove, metal, rectangular, hexamine, folds open for use, when closed hold packet of hexamine. 567.2 Sugar, 4 serves in plastic wraps 567.3 Combination ration pack tin opener, spoon“567.3 61-1983-7330-66-010-0931”accessories, hexamine, utensil, sugar -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGE AATTV, Vietnam era
Badge issued to Murray Stanley Metherall AATTV. Refer 590.2.Badge, brass, boomerand over top, crossbow under with scroll at base. Pins and clips for clothing attachment.“AATTV-Persevere”badges, aattv, vietnam -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - SHOULDER FLASHES, Est pre and Vietnam War era
Items issued to Murray Stanley Metherall. Refer 509.2.Cotton cloth and cotton embroidery .1) Royal Australian Army Education Corps. Blue writing, blue cloth, boxes. Pre1961. .2) Royal Australian Army Education Corps. Blue writing, blue cloth. Post 1961. shoulder flashes, uniform, education corp -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - BOOT SPRINGS, Ken Nolan Inc, estimated Vietnam War era
Item brought home from Vietnam by Murray Stanley Metherall. Purchased in a US “PX” store in Saigon. Refer 590.2.United States, 2 metal springs to wrap around top of boots, in original packaging.accessory, boot blousing -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - SHOULDER FLASHES, Est Vietnam War era
Items issued to Murray Stanley Metherall. Refer 590.2..1) Khaki cloth with yellow lion and crown over red and blue shield. .2) Greyish cloth with blue shield and crown with white Southern Cross. Southern Command.flashes, shoulder, uniform -
Bendigo Military Museum
Instrument - BUGLE, WW2 era possible
Bugle, copper & brass, silver coloured metal mouthpiece attached by ball chain. Brass trim on flared end brass sections repaired, soldered onto main copper tubing.musical instruments - wind, metalcraft brassware - copperware, military history - army -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Uniform - Jacket, Khaki, Service Dress, Khaki Service Dress Jacket, Unknown, post Vietnam era
Military uniform of an R.A.Regiment Captain, post Vietnam. The uniform is missing two ‘pips’ from both epaulettes, the date bar from the Vietnam Star, and the belt. Ribbon bar - Australian Vietnam Medal, Defence Force Service Medal with Clasp, National Medal, Republic of Vietnam Star. Donor served in 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in VietnamOfficers Khaki Serge Jacket with brass buttons & rank insignia, and 4-medal riband barLabel inside - Cardone Apparel Victoria with care instruction and broad arrow. Hand written ‘14-4-80’ and ‘J A VANSWOL’ uniform, military, officers, vanzwol, vanswol -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Uniform - Boots, Leather, General Purpose, Vietnam War Era
Worn by Paul Gregory Service No 3795363 Vietnam 1969-1970, Forward Scout, 12 PL. D. Company 6 RAR Vietnam 1970Paul Gregory is a member of the Sub-Branch who served in Vietnam.Black GP Boots with Leather Upper and Synthetic Sole. MH 12 RB Tvietnam, boots, 6 rar -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Knife, Clasp, with Marlin Spike and Tin Opener, WW1 era to late 1930s
Knife, Clasp, with Marline Spike and Tin Opener, manufactured in England to the Standard Pattern 6353/1905, as modified in 1913 with specific dimensions to the tin opener. This pattern was used by British forces, and was one of the patterns issued to members of the Australian Infantry Force during WW1. This pattern was used up until the late 1930s, where it was superseded by other patterns.Knife, Clasp, with Marlin Spike and Tin Opener, manufactured to the standard British pattern 6353/1905, as modified in 1913 with changed dimensions for the tin opener. The hilt of the knife has two chequered pattern sides secured by five metal rivets. The underside of the hilt has two recesses to allow storage of the blade and the tin opener. A tapered steel Marline spike is mounted on the other side of the hilt, pivoting at the opposite end to the blade and tin opener. A copper wire shackle is also secured at this end of the hilt that was used to attach the knife to a lanyard or belt clip. A fingernail indentation is located near the top of one side of the blade. The tin opener has bevelled edges tapered to a point on one side, with a steel post mounted in the middle of the other side.J. CLARKE & SON SHEFFIELDknife, clasp, ww1, steel, marline spike, australian infantry force, milirary -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Kit Bag, WW1, World War one era
The kit bag was used by James Thomas Alfred Ralph, who was born in South Australia on 25 September 1897. He enlisted for service in the First World War on 17 May 1918 in Adelaide with the Australian Medical Corps General Reinforcements. He was allocated the service number 20568 and embarked from Adelaide on the HMT Gaika on 6 August 1918. He arrived in London, England on the 13 October 1918 and allocated to the Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot. He transferred as a medical officer to the 1st Australian Hospital (Hayfield?) on 2 December 1918, and was attached to the 1st Australian Army Hospital (Sutton Vale?) in January 1919. He returned to Australia in Febuary 1920 on the Cape Verde as nursing staff. He was discharged from service in Adelaide on 17th March 1920.Tan coloured canvas kit bag used by a member of the Australian Army Medical Corps during World War 1. The tubular kit bag has 12 brass eyelets placed around its opening, and is reinforced with a second layer of canvas at its base. The kit bag has a side stitched seam, stiching around the base and top opening. A circular lightweight tan canvas flap is stitched to the top opening at the side seam.On the side if the kit bag is a red cross on a white background, surrounded by a circular yellow line. It also has the numbers 20568, with the words JAS.T. A. RALPH, A.A.M.C, A.I.F., AND 4.M.D. The base of the kit bag has a map of Australia in black ink, with 4.M.D printed in black ink above the map. "Sth. Aus." and numbers "20568" are printed in black ink over the map of Australia. The marking 'broad arrow' is printed in black ink on the inside of the top opening.world war one, kit bag -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Dowel Maker (Moot), Mid to late 19th Century indication of this date range is due to the engraved handles and brass ferrules often used on hand tools of this era
A dowel is a cylindrical rod, usually made of wood. In its original manufactured form, a dowel is called a dowel rod. Dowel rods are often cut into short lengths called dowel pins.These are commonly used as structural reinforcements in cabinet making and in joining large timbers together. To make a dowel, a piece of wood is split or whittled to a size slightly bigger than desired and to place the stock into a vice then rotate past a fixed knife, or alternatively, to rotate the knife around the stock such as the subject tool was used. Machines based on this principle emerged in the 19th century. Frequently, these are small bench-mounted tools, prior to this time dowels had to be cut by hand. The tool is an example of early to late 19th century hand tool used to make timber dowels. It is not associated with an historical event, person or place, makers provenance is unable to be determined at this time. Many small American and British tool manufactures were taken over by Stanley tools after 1843 when the company was established and this item could have been made by one of these. However the subject item appears to be rare and would be regarded as a collector's item.An adjustable woodworking tool know as a Moot, used for making Trunnels or Treenails (Dowels) for fastening joints in timber. Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, moot, trunnels, treenails, circular, dowels, woodworking tool -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Weapon - Cannon Ball, Victorian era
This small cannon ball was found by the donor around 1975 to 1977 when he was digging a trench to install underground cables at the Warrnambool Surfside Caravan Park' Its location is just below both Cannon Hill and the 19th century Fortifications at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. The ball is made of iron. Cannon balls were used as ammunition for a cannon gun and fired at a target. This cannon ball is only 8 cm round, or 4.15 inches, and is likely to have been called a 4-pounder (4-pdr). The ball was made from molten iron was poured into the small opening of a two-piece mould. The seam between the moulds sometimes left a raised ring mark on the ball, as can be seen on this ball. The ridge would have been filed to make the join smooth, sometimes leaving a slightly flat area. Six 4-powder cannons were recovered from Endeavour Reef, Queensland, in 1969. They were from Captain Cook's HMS Endeavour, thrown overboard when the ship struck a reef there in 1770. They are likely to have been mounted on deck cannon carriages on the ship. Similar 4-pounder cannons were mounted on gun carriages and used as field guns. Cannons with cannon balls as ammunition were installed at Warrnambool for protection from possible invasion in the mid-to-late 19th century and early 20th century.Cannon ball, iron, black with a pitted shiny surface. It has three flat areas and evidence of a seam around the circumference. There are remnants of a possible inscription stamped into the iron. The cannon ball is a four-pounder ball. Imperial weight is 71 oz (201.3 gms or 4.44 pounds).Remnants of an indecipherable stamp and / or red text.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, cannon ball, ammunition, cannon, fortifications, military equipment, firearm, weapon, two-piece mould, seam line, four-pounder, 4-pounder, field gun, field ammunition, gun carriage, cast cannon ball -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Weapon - Cannon Ball, Victorian era
A cannon ball, made of iron, is used as ammunition for a cannon and fired at a target.Cannons with cannon balls as ammunition were installed at Warrnambool for protection from possible invasion in the mid-to-late 19th century and early 20th century.Cannon ball, iron, painted black. Originally marked "16"flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, cannon ball, ammunition, cannon, fortifications, military equipment, firearm -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - SWEENEY COLLECTION: SOUVENIR BOOKLET YMCA SERIES THE CAMP, WW1 Era
Six page booklet, green cover with red highlights, 'Souvenir of The Camp.' (YMCA Series) Contains photos which show different aspects of a large camp: Post and telegraph office, Entertainment at 'The Palace', General office, officers' mess, camp hospital, tennis ground, and the Salisbury cathedral. 3480.17a Front Cover 3480.17b Last Photo inside back cover Inside the back cover - 'Wishing Pa, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 1918-19.' (The signature is indistinct)military, world war 1 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - SWEENEY COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, WW1 Era
Photograph album with dark brown cover, with cord and flower imprint. Some photos have been removed, others are very faded. Content is military, London places and streets, winter scenes. Six pages. 3480.19 Front Cover 3480.19b Inner Pagemilitary, world war 1 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - SWEENEY COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, WW1 Era
Photograph album with name and address F. C. Sweeney, 35 Garsed Street on the inner front cover. It contains six pages (front and back) with 4 small photos on each of Soldiers marching, street scenes, loading ships, and European cities. 3480a Front Cover 3480b First page of photosmilitary, world war 1 -
Dutch Australian Heritage Centre Victoria
Leesplankje (Reading Board), Dutch Colonial Era
Printed collection of pictures and words pasted on a board. The words and pictures indicated this edition of "Het Leesplankje" was used in the dutch East Indies. Among the illustrations are a man dressed for the tropics, a large colonial house surrounded by tropical plants and a coloured young woman.Each word contains a Dutch diphthong. -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Copy of a photograph album page, Photographs of the era 1900 - 1920
The photographs show members of the Swan family: the Rev. Ashby Swan, his wife Elvie and children Ormond, Keith and Max. Ormond Swan was the Rev. Val Aumann's father, and Rev. Ashby Swan was her grandfather. Ernest Ashby Swan: born 1885 Geelong; educated at Melbourne University and the Theological Hall. Ordained in 1913. Served at Gawler, Wallan, Burnley, Mornington, Balaclava and Caulfield Central - St. Giles. Died in 1950.Four photographs, annotated on an album page of members of the Swan family.swan, ashby, aumann, presbyterian, minister. -
Chiltern Athenaeum Trust
Cartridge Shells x 4 (German Mauser and Australian SLR) WW1 and WW2, era 1905 onward
Used in German made Mauser in both WW1 and WW2. 8mm. Used in Australia with SLR Rifles WW1and WW2 7.62mm. used in both WW1 and WW2 by German and Australian troops. 2 x 8mm cartridge shells to suit Mauser - German made. 2 x 7.62mm to suit Australian SLR. Used in both wars, WW1 and WW2. 8mm shells, german made, both ww1 and ww2, 7.62mm australian slr -
Chiltern Athenaeum Trust
Black Patent Ceremonial Defence Force Boots, current era post 2000 issue
Associated with current Defence Force Uniform Issue for Ceremonial Uniform dress. Issued by the Australian Defence Force. Black Patent Leather boots, rubber heel and tread, lace ups and used with Ceremonial uniform dress. Inside the boot : 5/97 -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper Clipping, Soldiers' Voices Heard in Radio Greetings, WWII era
Newspaper clipping of an article about Australian forces fighting in the Middle East doing a radio broadcast for friends and families at home. Exact date is unknown but during WWII. VX 27898 Corporal Thomas John Morris Thomas (Tom Thomas) donated several items to Cranbourne RSL. He served in the Australian Corp Signals in WWII both in Australia and overseas. He was born at Womerah on 9/11/1906 and died at Koo Wee Rup 16/06/1984. He enlisted at Yarram on 1/7/1940 and was discharged at Royal Park on 9/3/1945.Newspaper clipping adhered to brown support card with note typed by a typewriter down left side.Printed: "SOLDIERS' VOICES HEARD IN RADIO GREETINGS' Typewriter: "STH GILAND SOLDIER - CPL. TOM THOMAS VX 27898"newspaper article, wwii -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Photograph, B&W, Velox, WWII era
Photograph of Tom Thomas on leave in the Middle East during WWII. VX 27898 Corporal Thomas John Morris Thomas (Tom Thomas) donated several items to Cranbourne RSL. He served in the Australian Corp Signals in WWII both in Australia and overseas. He was born at Womerah on 9/11/1906 and died at Koo Wee Rup 16/06/1984. He enlisted at Yarram on 1/7/1940 and was discharged at Royal Park on 9/3/1945.Black and white photograph of group of soldiers wearing uniform and slouch hats standing in front of a brick building. Back: "Velox" (printed); "Center 2nd row / Tom Thomas" (handwritten)wwii, middle east, soldier's leave -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Cunard White Star Menu, WWII era
VX 27898 Corporal Thomas John Morris Thomas (Tom Thomas) donated several items to Cranbourne RSL. He served in the Australian Corp Signals in WWII both in Australia and overseas. He was born at Womerah on 9/11/1906 and died at Koo Wee Rup 16/06/1984. He enlisted at Yarram on 1/7/1940 and was discharged at Royal Park on 9/3/1945.Bi-fold cardboard dinner menu from the H.T. Queen Mary dated Thursday, December 26 1940. On the front cover there is a colour illustrated drawing of a cruise liner, the "Aquitania" and in the bottom right corner, the Cunard White Star emblem. On the inside cover, there are inscribed in ink the names and service numbers of all who attended the dinner. On the main page, the dinner menu is printed in black.See images for details.aquitania, ht queen mary, cruiseliner -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Poem, The Isle of Doom, WWII era
VX 27898 Corporal Thomas John Morris Thomas (Tom Thomas) donated several items to Cranbourne RSL. He served in the Australian Corp Signals in WWII both in Australia and overseas. He was born at Womerah on 9/11/1906 and died at Koo Wee Rup 16/06/1984. He enlisted at Yarram on 1/7/1940 and was discharged at Royal Park on 9/3/1945.Poem by unknown soldier on 2 pages of white paper. Text written using typewriter.See images for details.poem, raf, wwii, crete, isle of doom -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Emergency Ration Tin, WWII era
VX 27898 Corporal Thomas John Morris Thomas (Tom Thomas) donated several items to Cranbourne RSL. He served in the Australian Corp Signals in WWII both in Australia and overseas. He was born at Womerah on 9/11/1906 and died at Koo Wee Rup 16/06/1984. He enlisted at Yarram on 1/7/1940 and was discharged at Royal Park on 9/3/1945.Rectangular painted metal tin for holding emergency rations. Green paint with canvas tape along sides. Hinged lid. Silver inside.Lid: "MADE IN AUSTRALIA / EMERGENCY RATION / To be consumed only when no other rations of any kind are procurable. Consumption of this ration must be reported at first opportunity. / Instructions for use are printed INSIDE the lid. / KEEP PACK INTACT / D (ARROW) D" Inside lid: ' INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE / FRUIT RATION & MILK TABLETS: / To be consumed as found. / MEAT & VEG. RATION: / 1. May be eaten as packed / 2. A more palatable meal results by cooking in orheating with four times its bulk of boiling water. / 3. Moistened with water it can be fried as a Rissole without added fat."ration tin, emergency rations, rissole, fruit ration, veg ration, milk tablets -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Japanese Occupation Money, WWII era
These notes were distributed by the Japanese Government to occupied territories during WWII. Collection of 18 Japanese Government bank notes. Paper notes with variations of blue, purple, brown, green and black text and decoration. Languages of denomination include German, Spanish, English.japanese government money, japanese occupation money, invasion money