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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Family Letters Written Camp 13-Berlin
Letters written while in POW Camp, to and from.Open fronted red folder containing copies of hand written letters.documents, letters -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Loaned, J.K.Andrews of Merrigum
38 pages of letters written by early settler, J.K.Andrews of Merrigum describing life in the 19th Century. Original document owned by Anne Tyson of Merrigum. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Manual of Field Engineering
This manual is for the use of all arms. It describes only that engineering work for the execution of which in war, units of all arms will themselves be responsible and it indicates how units should be trained for this responsibility in peace.Book, covered in brown paper, 125 pages plus plate diagrams.non-fictionThis manual is for the use of all arms. It describes only that engineering work for the execution of which in war, units of all arms will themselves be responsible and it indicates how units should be trained for this responsibility in peace.field engineering, corporal t bock -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Memorabilia - Folder, POW and Internment Camp Envelopes, 1940's
Copies of envelopes and letters to and from POW's and internees held in Tatura Victoria during WW2.Black cover multi ring binder containing sleeves with copies of envelopes addressed to and from POW's and internees whilst held in Tatura Victoria.postage envelopes, war time letters, ww2 letters -
Melbourne Legacy
Book - Minutes, Minutes B. of M. meetings Dec 1941 - Dec 1942
Pages are of varying width, length and texture. Probably due to wartime shortages. Moved to Archive cupboard H with all other BOM minutes. Number to be reassigned TBCA record of administrative decisions made in that era.Blue cover, white pages, black type, pages numbered in handwritten black ink. 103 pages. In gold letters, Legacy Club Melbourne / Minutes B.of M. Meetings Conferences etc. Dec. 1941 - Dec. 1942 Spine Vol. xivminutes, activities, board of management -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Letter - from C Roy G Field to Wal Jack, C Roy G Field, 1944c
Wal Jack had an extensive range of correspondents throughout Australia and the world who often prepared extensive notes and records for him. It would appear from the letter that both parties are undertaking wartime activities, and provides details of horse tramways in South Australia and Western Australia. The letter may have had a further sheet as it is unsigned. Most likely written during the latter part of World War 2.Demonstrates some of the correspondence that Wal Jack received from around the world and that of Roy Field.Letter - handwritten with ink on a foolscap sheet, both sides.letters, wal jack, tramways, roy field, railways, horse trams, south australia, western australia -
Camberwell Historical Society
Book (Item), Lucy Bracey et al, Annie's War: the story of one Boroondara family's wartime experience, 2019
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Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - I carried my sketchbook, Ken Lovell, 1984
This book represents the wartime service of the author through a series of caricatures and humorous anecdotes. Ken Lovell saw action in Greece and Syria before being transferred to the 2/23rd Battalion, Ninth Division as a Signals operator. Although reflecting the Aussie dry humour, on many pages of the book containing sketches of a mate there appears a small cross with the letters K.I.A. and a date.non-fictionThis book represents the wartime service of the author through a series of caricatures and humorous anecdotes. Ken Lovell saw action in Greece and Syria before being transferred to the 2/23rd Battalion, Ninth Division as a Signals operator. Although reflecting the Aussie dry humour, on many pages of the book containing sketches of a mate there appears a small cross with the letters K.I.A. and a date. world war 11, rats of tobruk, tobruk -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch
Newspaper - Newspaper clipping, Tony Wright, 'My beautiful boy': Diary of broken heart, Saturday, July 20, 2024
Biographical article about the wartime romance of Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps nurse Alice Ross-King and Lieutenant Harry Moffitt. Their story is part of an Australian War Memorial (AWM) project [the transcription of letters and other ephemera by the public] and Robyn van Dyk from the AWM is quoted in this article.Newspaper clipping with a partial black and white photographe of two women walking and saluting. First page of clipping has five columns of text including the caption to the photograph. Second page of the newspaper clipping with partial large black and white photograph with three other small black and white photographs and one colour. This second page of the clipping has four columns of text.alice ross-king, harry moffitt, robyn van dyk, australian war memorial, love letter, wwi, world war one, ww1, awm, australian army women's medical services, florence nightingale medal -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Camp 3
Material collected relating to Camp 3. Material relating to Palestine Group of Internees in Camp 3 Theatre Programs & lists of cast.. Wilhelm Fugmann, Director. Coloured sketch of stage with setting presented to Prompter, Julia Mueller, autographed by the Theatre Group. 1945 Christmas Greetings from the Camp Leaders. "Templers in Israel" by Yossi Ben-Artzi. "Loyalties at Swordpoint - Lutheran Missionaries in Wartime New Guinea" by H.N. Nelson. Records of Resi, Maria, Erich & Friedrich Haering; Rudolf Hoefer, Willy & Else Groezinger, Ruth Stoll, Gisela Stellar. Copies of letters written by Wilhelm Stoll in 1946 seeking employment in S.A. Recollections from Ted Stoll. Obituary of Ruth Stoll. Play (in German) "Prinzess Chiu", written by Fritz Prager for his daughter in Camp 3. Prager, a German businessman in Sydney, Australia, interned with his brother, Hans in Camp 1. Fritz and Hans were later joined by their families in Camp 3. Copy of "FHP Communications", in which Fritz describes how his company, F.H. Prager & Coy. became established. Letter from Ursula Grimsdale describing how the two brothers came to be interned. Prager Company Newsletter from Ursula Grimsdale. Birth certificate of Heidi Wennagel, born in Camp 1 Hospital. Painted backdrop and theatre scene presented to Julia Mueller.Black 3 ring folder with printed material in plastic sleevesdocuments, reports -
Broadmeadows Historical Society & Museum
Archive (collection) - Family Archive, Helen Coulson, Robertson Family Archive, 2010
Collected by Helen CoulsonTo collate and protect family historyCollection has no specific arrangement.The collection consists of letters, notes, photographs and family memorabiliarobertson, gibb, donald, gowrie park, campbellfieldrobertson, gibb, donald, gowrie park, campbellfield