This is a woollen half coat, khaki colour. It is held shut with 3 brown buttons. It has a second set of buttons adjacent to the first. Four front pockets, two large, no flaps. 2 small with flaps. Small woollen strap at rear waistline. Epaulettes have darkened Captain's insignia rank.Inside is written = 2/72750 HADDEN J. post ww2, australian army, passchendaele barracks trust, j. hadden

Ref. Cat 6719.2P - Swatton. Medals are: British War Medal 1914 - 20 Victory Medal Mentioned in Despatches Leaf Colonial Auxillary Forces - Long Service - Aust 20+ years. Efficiency Decoration 20+ years.1. This is a summer pattern service jacket. Four front pockets held shut with a button. There are 4 front darkened buttons. Motif is = Australian Military Forces. It has the rank insignia of a Lt.Col. It has four medal ribbons and a M.I.D. 2. Khaki cotton belt to suit. Metal buckle.Written inside the neck is = M530 Swatton.post ww2, passchendaele barracks trust

Part of the Collection for Flight Lieutenant Ian A. 'Joe' LYONS. See Catalogue No. 5374P for details of his service record.RAAF Officer's Mess Dress consisting of; 1. Navy coloured Jacket with Badges and Rank Insignia. 2. Black Bow Tie. 3. Pair of Navy coloured trousers. 4. Navy coloured Cumberbund. 5. White shirt with starched front similar to a "Dickey". 6. White starched waist coat/dickey. 5. On Manufacturer's label, "Made in England by AKCO for Nigel R. DAVEY, Sydney, Australia".raaf, mess dress, uniform, ian a. 'joe' lyons

Medals were all awarded to soldiers returning from active service that identifies campaigns in which they served. Awarded to George Bailey Jackson No 2172 AIF. Refer 3446P for his Service details. Set of 3 WW1 service medals court mounted. 1. The 1914-15 Star - Red, white & blue ribbon with gold medal, star shaped, crown on top and crossed swords. 2. British War Medal 1914-1920. Orange ribbon with blue and white edges. King George on front of round silver medal, and mounting horse on back. 3. The Victory Medal. Purple, green, yellow and red ribbon, gold circular medal with angel on front. Inscription on back. Brass pin on back of blue velvet mount.1. 1914 Star has year 1914-15 Inscribed. 2. British War Medal - Inscribed "Georg IVS Britt. OMN: REX ET IND: IMP. 3. Victory Medal - on back -"The Great War for Civilisation 1914-1919. The name, rank & unit of the soldier is also stamped on each medal.passchendaele barracks trust, ww1 service medals, g. b. jackson

Army Driving Licence issued to service men/women to authorise the driving of military vehicles.Brown coloured Army driving licence with white paper and black writing. Folds into 3 to make wallet or pocket size.Licence No. 334560. Unit "38 Inf Bn" stamped, signature of driver, rank and full name too faded to decipher. Signature may be E.P. Seymour. Headed Australian Military Forces Army Driving Licence and lists types of vehicles.passchendaele barracks trust, drivers licence, 38th battalion

Identity cards carried by soldier in case of capture. Contains the information a soldier is allowed to pass onto the enemy to allow notification of Next of Kin. Includes instruction not to answer any other questions.White card carried in battle listing info to tell enemy if captured. info duplicated with perforated line. Two parts have been torn apart but re-attached with tape.Has following information written on - S/N 3/4003461. Rank - CPL. Name: BLISS Leonard Edwin DOB 4/7/24. Also instructions on how to handle if captured.passchendaele barracks trust, identity card, l. e. bliss

Part of the Kevin John Herdman No. 397661 Collection. Service details: *National Service Training - Puckapunyal 6.1.1954 to 6.4.1954 *CMF - 38th Battalion to the end of 1964. *Vietnam visit - 18.2.1970 to 4.3.1970. *RAASC with the rank of Captain - 1974 to 1975. Royal Australian Corps of Transport with the rank of Major. Retired 30.6.1988.Framed black and white photograph of a group of soldiers in uniform. Soldiers are arranged in five rows. Caption at the bottom lists the names of the soldiers in the photograph, relevant dates and the location where the photograph was taken. Frame is made of metal with a stand attached to the back.Photograph lists: '14 Platoon D Company 15 National Service Battalion, 6/1/1954, 6/4/1954, Puckpunyal' plus names.photograph, national service, puckapunyal, keving john herdman

Items in the collection re Craig Triffett. Refer to Cat No 5997.5 for his service details.These are Australian muti cam brassards. In all three cases they are suspended from an epaulette and using Velcro, wrap around the wearers upper arm. 1. This has a sewn Crown on it. Suspension is by a nylon strap at rear. 2. This is a larger pattern example. No badges, suspension is by a sewn slot at the top. 3. This item is the larger type with a sewn on patch and green and yellow D.S. stripes.uniform, aust army, rank badges, brassards

Clarence Henry Shearing No NX206837 enlisted on 27.4.1945 age 18 years. Serves initially in several Training Battalions. Embark for Japan 29.3.1946 as part of BCOF, disembark 13.4.1946, posted to Provo Corps 14.4.1946, transfer to 66th BN 2.9.1946, attached to RAE in March 1947, discharged from the Army with the rank of Pte on 20.10.1947.Photographs B & W of various sizes centred around a soldier Harry Shearing. Some are taken in Australia pre embarcation to Japan and in Japan. The photos relate to individuals and group photos, parades, in the Mess & on leave.All photos have some sort of inscription on the rear in pen or pencil written at various times.photographs, bcof, 66th bn

The Grinton Collection. 38th Bn Soldier, rank Sergeant wearing the ribbon denoting a Military Medal. Believed to be Fred Lehman No 1048 C Coy. Refer Cat Number 1280 for Jack Grintons service details.Photograph framed. Photograph - black and white photograph on paper depicting an informal half portrait of soldier in uniform wearing his Military Medal. Frame - timber, light varnish finish, Perspex front, cardboard backing."Group 4: Portraiture and Remembrance" "H. Sergeant with a Military Medal". framed accessories, camera on the somme, ww1, 38th bn, grinton

This is a photograph of A Section, 1st Topographic Survey Troop taken at Nui Dat, Vietnam in 1969. A nominal roll of personnel and their trade as of the 30th of September 1969, accompanies this photo. Their trades in this photo were as follows - Surveyors Topographic: WO1 Darby Munro, SGT Paddy Strunks, SGT Graeme Birrell, CPL Brian Knight, CPL Colin Laybutt, SPR Roderick Gilbert and SPR Rodney Offer. Draughtsmen Topographic: SGT Terrance Linz, CPL Robert Kay, SPR Peter Aukstinaitis, SPR Lloyd Patterson and SPR Ian Wark. Photographer Cartographic: CPL George Graham. Clerk Admin: CPL Oreste Biziak. Helioworker: CPL Geoffrey White, SPR Lance Percey. Cook AACC: PTE R. Johnston. The first Royal Australian Survey Corps troops arrived in South Vietnam on the 10th of June 1966. This was a detachment from 1st Topographic Survey Troop, which was to give cartographic support to the Australian Task Force. Their main tasks were to establish a Theatre Grid, map compilation and map revision. Engineer Survey Support in the camp and to the civil community and give assistance to the Cordon Search Missions by producing large scale plots from aerial photos with every house and fence etc plotted and then reproduce these by silk screening usually, within a 24-hour period. This support concluded with the withdrawal of Australian troops from Vietnam in 1972. For more information on the career of A Section’s OC MAJ Peter Constantine AM, refer to item 6159P or 6092P. He was the CO of the Army Survey Regiment from 1975 to 1976 and CO of the School of Military Survey (SMS) from 1976 to his retirement in January 1982. His memoirs of active duty in Vietnam ‘Surveyor - Printer Behind the Lines’ was published in 2022. 2IC CAPT Frank Thorogood SB St J’s career culminated at the rank of LTCOL as the CO Army Survey Regiment from 1980 to 1981. More information on the A Section, 1st Topographic Survey Troop and the Army Survey Regiment’s supporting role is provided in pages 89 to 94 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book 'Mapmakers of Fortuna – A history of the Army Survey Regiment’ ISBN: 0-646-42120-4.This is a photograph of A Section, 1st Topographic Survey Troop taken at Nui Dat, Vietnam in 1969. The black and white photograph was printed on photographic paper and is part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photograph was scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, black & white, 1969. Back row L to R: SPR Lance Percey, SPR Bruce Grisdale, SPR Rodney Offer, SPR Roderick Gilbert, CPL Geoffrey White, PTE R. Johnston, CPL Colin Laybutt, SPR Lloyd Patterson. Centre row L to R: SPR Peter Aukstinaitis, SPR Ian Hanna, SPR Ian Wark, CPL Robert Kay, CPL George Graham, CPL Oreste Biziak, CPL Brian Knight. Front row L to R: SGT Terrance Linz, SSGT Gordon Haswell, 2IC CAPT Frank Thorogood SB St J, OC MAJ Peter Constantine AM, WO1 Darby Munro, SGT Paddy Strunks, SGT Graeme Birrell.An A4 nominal roll of personnel and their trade accompanies the photo, as of the 30th of September 1969. A torn paper identifies the personnel in the photo. Annotated on back of photo – ‘Unit Photo – 1 Topo Svy Tp 30 Sept 69’royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr

This medal was awarded to Ernest Henry Swan. He served from December 1941 to July 1942 in the Citizen Military Forces and from July 1942 to September 1944 in the Australian Imperial Forces. His reason for discharge was reserved occupation. He held the rank of corporal in 26th Motor regiment. He was born in Colac 19/11/1919 to Ernest Swan and Daisy Johnson. He died 04/08/2009 and is buried at the Warrnambool cemetery. During his life he farmed a soldiers’ settlers block in the Grasmere area, north of Warrnambool.A common item which commemorates the service of many military personnel which fought in World War 2.This medal is round and silver metal with a crowned image of George VI on the obverse and the reverse side has an image of a lion standing on top of a dragon like creature. The edge is plain with name and number of the recipient engraved. A bar is attached at the top. VX 88010 E. H. Swan

Painted for the Shire of Eltham Historical Society by Audrey Cahn, a member of our Society for many years and Vice President till 1978. Audrey was the sister of the late Charis Palling, founding president of our Society. She had remained a member for many years although she had moved from her family home at Warrandyte to live with her daughter in New South Wales. Audrey had been blind for some years but maintained a local interest by having our Newsletter read to her. Audrey's associations with Warrandyte started because her father Professor Osbourne had bought 60 acres in 1904. " Gold mining was beginning to die out and Warrandyte was a decaying area. Land was cheap because of the lack of transport and the soil was poor for farming” Audrey said. Audrey first attended school in the city at the Church of England Girls Grammar School and was always a bit rebellious. “If I felt some restrictions were unfair or some judgement unjust, I resented it”. Audrey got into Agricultural Science at Melbourne University and in 1928 was the second women to get such a degree. Audrey married in 1926, and later divorced Leslie Cahn an architect. They had twin daughters whom she left with her parents in Warrandyte while she studied dietetics during the depression. She found employment as a microbiologist at the Kraft/Walker Milk and Cheese Factory in Drouin - she drove home at weekends to see her daughters who were then at boarding school. During the war Audrey was in charge of catering at the Heidelberg Military Hospital – again the appointment of a women caused some unrest. She was in the army for more than 4 years and achieved the rank of General which-made her the most highly-ranked-woman at the hospital. After the war she became a senior lecturer in Dietetics at Melbourne University, again being aware of the limitations her gender brought to promotion possibilities. During her time at the university, she undertook a series of studies in nutritional biochemistry. Of especial note is the analysis of common dietary foods so that the composition and calorific value, the data that was needed for inclusion in Food tables - that professional sports people and weight-watchers so avidly follow today! She was an early proponent of the need to reduce fat intake and to substitute saturated fats with polyunsaturated fatty acids. In the 1950's Audrey and fellow workers established norms for the growth of Australian children to be compared with British and American children. Over 17 years they concluded that Australian children were overweight and inactive - what is new! She bought a cottage in Warrandyte as her home. In 1968 she retired to further develop her other interests as a potter and painter. Audrey was a foundation member of the group of potters that set up Potters Cottage. Audrey died in 2008 aged 102. (Ref:Newsletter No. 185 March 2009)art, artwork, audrey cahn, eltham, old bakery, york street

Wounded7/5/1915 Gallipoli Died of Wounds at sea in transit to hospital The 1914 Star This bronze medal award was authorized by King George V in April 1917 for those who had served in France or Belgium between 5th August 1914 to midnight on 22nd November 1914 inclusive. The reverse is plain with the recipient's service number, rank, name and unit impressed on it. It should be remembered that recipients of this medal were responsible for assisting the French to hold back the German army while new recruits could be trained and equipped. Collectively, they fully deserve a great deal of honour for their part in the first sixteen weeks of the Great War. There were approximately 378,000 1914 Stars issued. The British War Medal, 1914-18 The silver or bronze medal was awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial Forces who either entered a theatre of war or entered service overseas between 5th August 1914 and 11th November 1918 inclusive Approximately 6.5 million British War Medals were issued. Approximately 6.4 million of these were the silver versions of this medal. The recipient's service number, rank, name and unit was impressed on the rim. SN 1053 14Btn AIF

WW1 Served in Gallipoli & France WW2 Militia The 1914 Star This bronze medal award was authorized by King George V in April 1917 for those who had served in France or Belgium between 5th August 1914 to midnight on 22nd November 1914 inclusive. The reverse is plain with the recipient's service number, rank, name and unit impressed on it. It should be remembered that recipients of this medal were responsible for assisting the French to hold back the German army while new recruits could be trained and equipped. Collectively, they fully deserve a great deal of honour for their part in the first sixteen weeks of the Great War. There were approximately 378,000 1914 Stars issued. The British War Medal, 1914-18 The silver or bronze medal was awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial Forces who either entered a theatre of war or entered service overseas between 5th August 1914 and 11th November 1918 inclusive Approximately 6.5 million British War Medals were issued. Approximately 6.4 million of these were the silver versions of this medal. The recipient's service number, rank, name and unit was impressed on the rim. The Allied Victory Medal Approximately 5.7 million victory medals were issued. The recipient's service number, rank, name and unit was impressed on the rim. The 1939-45 Star Awarded for service as follows: • Army - awarded for six months service in an operational command during the period 3 September 1939 to 2 September 1945. The War Medal 1939-45 Awarded to members who served full-time in operational or non-operational service between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945. Clarke SN 1703 8 Btn AIF

Army Australian Tropical with Lt Col rank & Insignia, Vincent Eugene Schneider VX104367uniform, ww2, army

Army Australian Tropical Officers. With Captain Rank, Insignia & ribbons. Dog Tags & 3 penny piece in pocketuniform, ww2, army

Army Australian Tropical Officers with Majors rank Insignia and Ribbonsuniform, ww2, army

Instituted in 1914, the Military Cross (MC) was issued for gallantry in presence of the enemy to warrant and junior officers of the Army who were ineligible (on account of their rank) for the Distinguished Service Order. During the First World War, it was also available to equivalent ranks in the Royal Naval Division and Royal Marines and it later became available to equivalent ranks in the RAF for acts of gallantry on land. The equivalent award for the other ranks for gallantry on land in presence of the enemy was the Military Medal (MM) which had been instituted in 1916 and, similarly to the MC, later became available to RAF other ranks serving on the ground. This medal was awared to Pte H. S Holgate for bravery in the field in 1917. Pte Holgate was killed in action at Zonnebeke 11 October 1917. Historical and social significance for schoolSilver medal with a swivelling suspension. features King George the V, uncrowned, in Field Marshal's uniform on the obverse. The medal reverse depicts the crowned royal cypher over the words "FOR BRAVERY IN THE FIELD" all within a laurel wreath. Impressed around edge are the recipient's details. The ribbon has a central stripe of thin red and white lines flanked by equally sized stripes of navy. Inscribed around obverse: 'GEORGIVS V BRITT: O[M]N: REX ET IND: IMP:' Inscribed in centre of reverse below royal insignia : 'FOR/BRAVERY/IN THE/FIELD' Impressed around OUTER edge of medal: '4303 PTE H. S. HOLGATE. 8/COY AUST. M.G.C.' Notation on original box A./Cpl H.S.Holgate 29Bn AIF 51531/Decd. 43031917, medals, military medal, world war i, w w 1, holgate, private h s holgate, zonnebeke, holgate medal

Formal certificate outlining Promotion of V.H. Evans, No 418655 RAAF to Officer Rank. Signed on 23 Oct 1945 but backdated to 1st Sept 1944. From the Governor General and signed on his behalf.Heavy white paper. Fold mark in middle and stamp imprint on bottom left corner. A little dirty around edges. Style of writing, form with gaps left for unique date (name & dates) to be filled in. Blank on other side.Note on side stating record entered in Register of Patents No.177 P.118 on 12th Feb 1946. Form has imprint of Official Commonwealth of Australia stamp in bottom left corner. Signature at bottom of form. An address noted in pencil on back.promotion, officer, raaf, ww2

From the collection of "Maxwell Lennox Matheson" No.418447 RAAF. Enlisted 22/5/1942 Aged 19. Discharged 19/2/1948 - Rank FLTLT.This map is in colour. It is made of a stiff paper and has a map printed on both sides. Side1 - scale 1:2,315,000. 31.72 Nautical miles = 1 inch. It shows Eastern half of New Guinea. It also shows New Britain and New Ireland. Manus Island is at the top. Side 2 - Scale 1:1,000,000 - this shows Manus Island on right side, top of New Guinea at bottom edge (Wewak) and some other little islands. The map on side 1 has numerous navigation tracks and calculations in pencil. i.e. LAE, KOKODA, PORT MORESBY.ww2, raaf, new guinea

Framed photograph/portrait of W.J. HILSON WW2 VX 73637. Enlisted 10/2/42, age 20 years. Discharged 12/11/46 with Rank CRAFTSMAN, 1st AUSTRALIAN MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT WORKSHOPS.Photograph - Portrait, black and white, copy of a soldier in uniform. Frame - timber with brown stain, shaped edge. Glass front, cardboard backing. Mount - cream coloured cardboard.framed photograph, portrait, ww2

John Raymond Bruns (Jack) enlisted in the 38th Bn CMF date unknown or "V" number at this point. A family photo shows the marriage of Jack to Margaret Joyce (Peggy) Ball dated 10.3.1942. The 38th Bn were part of the 6th INF Brigade and they moved to WA in March 1942 for Garrison duties. By the DVA roll he enlists in Geraldton on 23.7 1942 with the number VX88627. The unit relocates to the NT in January 1943. He is discharged from the Army on 13.4.1944 with the rank of Cpl in 6th Inf Brigade Dep Platoon. Refer Cat No 5588, 5589P, 5599P for Peggy's Brothers.Set of Identity disc's, fibre one round orange colour, one eight sided fawn colour, a small metal is attached to them all held by a leather thong.Stamped on both disc's, "VX88627 Bruns J.R M4" on reverse of both "04"identity disc's, accessories, 2nd 38th

items issued to John Raymond Bruns VX88627, refer Cat No 5592 for his service history,.1) Corporal rank insignia, fabric "V" shaped, khaki colours. .2) Corporal rank insignia, two stripes sewn onto an arm band, all khaki colour variants, band has elastic piece on inside with metal buckle for adjustment around arm.uniforms, insignia, corporal, 2nd 38th

Richmond Douglas Ball VX71333, enlisted on 8.1.1942 age 37 years, discharged from the AIF with the rank of Cpl on 22.12.1944 in 5th Docks Operating Company. Refer Cat No 5592 re his sister "Peggy"Framed hand drawn fabric souvenir re the 5th Docks Operating Company RAE AIF. Centre piece is a Boomerang with the unit details over, around that is hand drawn details re men in the unit, around the outside are details where the unit served, at the top is the name of the recipient given to."CPL R.D BALL. VX71333"memorabilia, framed, 5th docks, ball

Percival Sylvester LANYON NR V 14661 enlisted 21 May 1941 Aged 45, Discharged 5 June 1944 Rank PTE. UNit 3 Garrison Bde. Heavy copper medallion and chain. At the top of the chain is a solid rod, 5 rings in the chain. Medallion is gold colour, top has the Rising Sun Badge covered with a saluting soldier. Two rifles go from his waist to the ground. A blue enamel across the medallion. Centre has a small shield with a concave recess in its centre. A wreath up from the bottom on both sides, bottom has a boomerang.Front. “DUTY. BRAVELY. DONE. P.S. LANYON in the boomerang Back is stamped “presentation from Bendigo” ww2, bendigo, medallion thankyou

Items issued to and worn by Leonard John Young in Malaya. Regt No 3793454 National Serviceman served in Malaya with 8 RAR 1969 then Vietnam with from 17.11.1969 - 25.3 1970 when his 2 years were up, discharged with the rank of L/Cpl..1) Shirt green colour cotton, heavily starched with sleeves rolled up, has two arm patches, one a "Rising sun" and second is a "Commonwealth" in two blues with crown on. .2) Shirt khaki colour, heavy cotton, long sleeves British pattern for tropical use. .1 On tag in texta, "A82" being a washing number. .2) On tag, "Size 2 E.R. Ltd 1952"uniforms, shirts, malaya

This is a set of four photographs of three Regimental Sergeant-Majors (RSMs) of the Army Survey Regiment at Fortuna. Their appointments as RSM spanned from 1963 to 1976. WO1 Robin Wilson’s appointment was from 1963 to 1966. He served in the Australian Army from 1946 to 1979. WO1 Wilson ended his service in another corps as a commissioned officer and reached the rank of Major. WO1 Peter Gale’s appointment was from 1966 to 1968. He served in the Australian Army from 1946 to 1968. WO1 John Hogan’s appointment was from 1968 to 1976. After transfer from the British Army, he served in the Australian Army from 1952 to 1976. WO1 Hogan continued his service in Defence as the RAN Liaison Officer located in Fortuna’s coach house building for several more years. WO1 Aub Harvey’s appointment was from 1976 to 1982.This is a set of five photographs of four Regimental Sergeant-Majors (RSMs) of the Army Survey Regiment at Fortuna, Bendigo, from 1963 to 1982. The black and white photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, black & white, 1963-1966, WO1 Robin Wilson. .2) - Photo, black & white, 1963-1966, WO1 Robin Wilson. .3) - Photo, black & white, 1966-1968 WO1 Peter Gale. .4) - Photo, black & white, 1968-1976, WO1 John Hogan. .5) - Photo, black & white, 1976-1982, WO1 Aub Harvey..1P to .5P – No annotation.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr

Boer War South African War Photos are copies from old sources on modern photographic paper. Each portrait has white borders, all have the name of the soldier at the bottom, most show rank. .1) Capt Alfred Hobart Strudee 4 V.M.R .2) Lieut Alexander Campbell MacDonald .3) Lieut Timothy Margus Pendlebury 1 V.M.R (INF) wearing a peaked cap with army badge and the number 5 n the front. .4) Cpl. James Peter Fox 2 V.M.R The number 64 is in the image .5) Pte James A McGhie 1 V.M.R (INF) The number 231 is in the image .6) Pte William Henry James 1 V.M.R. (INF) .7) Charles Windsor 1 V.M.R (MR) Number 116 is in the image boer war, south african war, victorian soldiers.

George Stockett Gerrans No 2336 28 BN AIF. Enlist 20.7.15 RTA 23.8.19 Final rank Lieutenant The letter was writte when he was a Sgt with Postal Corps AIf.1) .2)Two page letter with envelope. The paper is lined and handwriting in blue ink. Written by George Stockett Gerrans No 2336 to his sister Lizzie. He mentions he is leaving soon to “Another place- near where mum was born” .3) Envelope On the envelope has has written “ On active service- no stamps available “ Envelope, one postage rubber stamp is marked Cairo. The other river stamp marked Abbassia, Artillery Barracks Addressed to P. Gerrans Esq. C/o G.R. Chart Esq Pyramid Hill Victoria Australia letters home, cairo, pyramid hill