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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Goetzelmann, Eiermann, Kirsch and Winkler Family
... interned in Camp 3 during WW2. Photograph taken 4 December 1943... families were interned in Camp 3 during WW2. Photograph taken 4 ...The Goetzelmann, Eiermann, Kirsch and Winkler families were interned in Camp 3 during WW2. Photograph taken 4 December 1943. Back row (left to right standing): Leonhard Goetzelmann, Linus Eiermann and Karl Kirsch; Front row: Line Goetzelmann, Anna Eiermann, Marianne Kirsch, Babette Kirsch, Karl Heinz Kirsch, Erika Goetzelmann, Dietrich Winkler, Hedwig Kirsch, Adelhaid Kirsch and Gerhard Kirsch. Black and white photograph of a 3 men standing, 3 women sitting with child on one ladies lap and 6 children standing in front of a hut, camp 3. Photograph is laminated.kirsch family, internment camp 3, goetzelmann, eiermann family, winkler family -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Kirsch and Rohl Family
... in New Guinea. They were interned in Camp 3 during WW2... in the missions in New Guinea. They were interned in Camp 3 during WW2 ...The Kirsch and Rohl families were work in the missions in New Guinea. They were interned in Camp 3 during WW2. Photograph taken 7 March 1945. Back row (left to right standing): Friedrich Rohl, Karl Heinz Kirsch and Karl Kirsch; Front row (sitting) Marie Rohr, Adelhaid Kirsch (standing in front of Marie), Hedwig Kirsch, Marianne Kirsch, Babette Kirsch and Gerhard Kirsch (standing in front of Babette. Black and white photograph of a 4 adults and 5 children (3 standing and rest sitting) in front of a hut. Copy.kirsch family, rohl family, new guinea missions, internment camp 3 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, WW2 GERMAN MESSERSCHMITT, RAAF
... PHOTOGRAPH, WW2 GERMAN MESSERSCHMITT...Black and white postcard style photograph of a WW2 German.... WW2 aircraft Messerschmitt photograph Ian A. 'Joe' Lyons ...Part of Flight Lieutenant Ian A. 'Joe' Lyons MBE Collection. See Catalogue No. 5374P for details of his service record.Black and white postcard style photograph of a WW2 German aircraft. Photograph has a caption and is mounted on mauve coloured cardboard.Caption: 'THE CAPTURED MESSERSCHMITT FIGHTER, PHOTOGRAPH RELEASED BY RAAF'.ww2 aircraft, messerschmitt, photograph, ian a. 'joe' lyons -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Photograph Beaufighter over Melbourne Shrine of Rememberance circ 1944, Beaufighter over Melbourne Shrine of Rememberance, circ 1944
... WW2 eria 1944 Photograph of Beaufighter over Melbourne...Lara RSL Sub Branch McClelland Ave Lara WW2 eria 1944 ...WW2 eria 1944 Photograph of Beaufighter over Melbourne shine of remberance circ 1944photograph of Beaufighter over Melbourne Shrine of Remberance circ 1944Photograph Beaufighter over Melbourne Shrine of rememberance circ 1944GAF - Goverment Aircraft Factory stamp in lower right corner. Title - Beaufighter.beaufidhter over melbourne shine of remberance circ 1944, world war 2 -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Framed photograph, Cpl Sperry BODSWORTH
... Brown timber frame containing black and white photograph...), such as the Laha massacre of 1942. ww2 gull force ambon sperry bodsworth ...Photograph of Private later Corporal Sperry Bodsworth born 27/8/1909. In 1940 aged 30 years he enlisted in the Army and assigned to the 2/21 Battalion. On 13/12/1941 the Battalion was deployed from Darwin to Ambon in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia, to form part of "Gull Force". The Battle of Ambon occurred between 30 January to 3 February, 1942. In April 1942 Bodsworth was listed as missing and on 1/6/1942 was reported as a Prisoner of War. Bodsworth was awarded a Mention in Despatches.The Battle of Ambon (30 January – 3 February 1942) occurred on the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), during World War II. Japan invaded and conquered the island in a few days, facing Dutch, American and Australian forces. The chaotic and sometimes bloody fighting was followed by a series of major Japanese war crimes. Allied casualties in the battle were relatively light. However, at intervals for a fortnight after the surrender, Japanese personnel chose more than 300 Australian and Dutch prisoners of war at random and summarily executed them, at or near Laha airfield. In part, this was revenge for the sinking of the Japanese minesweeper, as some surviving crew of the minesweeper took part.. Three-quarters of the Australians captured on Ambon died before the war's end. Of the 582 who remained on Ambon, 405 died. They died of overwork, malnutrition, disease and one of the most brutal regimes among camps in which bashings were routine. Blood Oath, a 1990 Australian feature film is based on the real-life trial of Japanese soldiers for war crimes committed against Allied prisoners of war on the island of Ambon, in the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), such as the Laha massacre of 1942.Brown timber frame containing black and white photograph of WW2 Soldier wearing slouch hatww2, gull force, ambon, sperry bodsworth, pow -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio Wartimes Camps, Garrison, c.1995
... the days the Camp operated during WW2, archival material... and recollections from the days the Camp operated during WW2, archival ...Copies of original material, records and recollections from the days the Camp operated during WW2, archival material, photographs and sketches. Unique material collected from the World War 2 Internment and Prisoner of War Camps in the Tatura, Murchison, Rushworth area during World War 2..Black two ring folder containing printed matter, sketches and photos in plastic sleeves.17th army garrison, pow camp, internment camp, tackaberry, ibbot, camp auction. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988
... Tatura Internment Camp built during WW2 for POW's... camp ww2 tatura internees templers Colour photograph ...Tatura Internment Camp built during WW2 for POW's. Photographs taken at exhibition of camp memorabilia displayed at Templer Home for Aged, Bayswater in 1981.Colour photograph of painting of POW barracks and garden by Vagarin. Negative no 9.vagarin, pow camp, ww2, tatura, internees, templers -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988
... Tatura Internment camp built during WW2 for POW's.... photographs vagarin pow's internment camps paintings ww2 templers ...Tatura Internment camp built during WW2 for POW's. Photograph taken at exhibition of Camp Memorabilia displayed at Templer Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria in 1981.Colour photograph of painting of POW barracks and garden by Vagarin. Negative no. 6.photographs, vagarin, pow's, internment camps, paintings, ww2, templers -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, Famous Fighters of the Second World War, 1958
... Hard cover with 128 pages containing text and photographs.... Hard cover with 128 pages containing text and photographs ...Hard cover with 128 pages containing text and photographs of WW2 fighter aircraft. Author - William Green Illustrated by GW HeumannPublished by MacDonald and Co Ltd Maddox Street London. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - PICTORIAL BOOK, The Wars Best Photographs, Post 1945
... on the spine, 205 pages, slightly glossy white with B & W photographs... of the greatest struggle the world has known Photographs pictorial WW2 ...The Wars best photographs - Pictorial Masterpieces of the greatest struggle the world has knownHard cover cardboard red buckram, dark red print on the spine, 205 pages, slightly glossy white with B & W photographs of WW2.photographs, pictorial, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, SANDAKAN WAR CEMETERY, H Eisfelder, 1947
... Three black and white photographs taken just after WW2 .1.... WW2 P.O.W Sandakan .1) Photograph of signs. “Sandakan War ...Sandakan- Panali, North Borneo were the places of the infamous Sandakan death march. Thousands of allied POWS died. Aust lost 1787 men. Refer to the Australian War Memorial for details. Three black and white photographs taken just after WW2 .1) Photograph showing two signs, a gate post and barbed wire gate. .2) Photograph of flat land, with an enormous number of white wooden crosses. The crosses in the foreground are marked unknown. .3) photograph of flat land, with numerous white crosses. The foreground ones are marked unidentified P.W of unknown nationality .1) Photograph of signs. “Sandakan War Cemetery Turn off at Mile 7 Other sign “ Australian War graves at Mile 8” Rear has a label. All three- Sandakan (North Bendigo) photo taken early June 1947 by H. Eisfelder. ww2, p.o.w, sandakan -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Doll
... by the family of J E Brennan a WW2 RAAF servicewoman, her photograph... mornington-peninsula ww2 doll Doll dressed in WAAF uniform. This item ...Doll dressed in WAAF uniform. This item was donated by the family of J E Brennan a WW2 RAAF servicewoman, her photograph is also available see 00281.ww2, doll -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988
... Tatura Internment camp built during WW2. For German POW's... german pow's tatura internment camps ww2 Colour photograph ...Tatura Internment camp built during WW2. For German POW's. Photographs taken at exhibition of camp memorabilia displayed at Templers Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981Colour photograph of a painting by Luise Katz. Aerial view of Tatura Internment camp showing areas A, B, C and D. Negative no. 16.german pow's, tatura, internment camps, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW2, 1945
... PHOTOGRAPH WW2...Sepia photograph of WW2 surrender of Japanese. Three... "Japanese Surrender". Sepia photograph of WW2 surrender of Japanese ...Australian general T Blamey is on the LH side of photo.Sepia photograph of WW2 surrender of Japanese. Three crosses marking three people. See notes. Group of allied military personal watching? (Japanese) signing the surrender documents out on a table. Printed in pen across lower edge "Japanese Surrender". photographs, japanese, surrender 1945 -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Book, Pay
... , was issued on the 20th October, 1916. The WW2 paybook, number C 75091..., was issued on the 20th October, 1916. The WW2 paybook, number C 75091 ...Pay books issued to Frederick William Gage an Australian Army serviceman who served in the 1st AIF as a gunner and the 2nd AIF as a sergeant. The WW1 paybook, number 267888, was issued on the 20th October, 1916. The WW2 paybook, number C 75091, was issued on the 4th June, 1940. The WW2 paybook contains photographs of the serviceman. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Mixed media - USB (memory stick), Wilhelm Manzke
... Victoria during WW2. USB contains photographs of him prior to WW2... Murchison Victoria during WW2. USB contains photographs of him prior ...Wilhelm Manzke was a German POW held at Camp 13 Murchison Victoria during WW2. USB contains photographs of him prior to WW2, during WW2 as a POW, a family tree of him and his wife and their children, a photo album and letters sent to his wife whilst interned at Murchison. Compiled by his children. Also a copy of a document on the heritage of Murchison Camp 13 (C3594).Lexar usb (white with green plastic cover) containing photographs and information on Wilhelm Manzkewilhelm manzke, german pow, murchison camp 13, manzke family tree, hildegard manzke, hildegard marake -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photo album, 1942
... Tatura. Military and nursing staff - WW2 - 1942-43 - original... and nursing staff - WW2 - 1942-43 - original photographs borrowed from ...Military and nursing staff from Camp 4.Sky blue photo album. Superimposed on front cover Camp 1 Tatura. Military and nursing staff - WW2 - 1942-43 - original photographs borrowed from Sister Beatrice Moore - Camp 4 commandant Major Scurry - Captain Hendy with Sisters Tootell and Elliott - 1942 - Captain Llewellyn on "Tony" and daughter Jacqueline on "Darkie" - Manfred Mueller POW artist.WW2 internees POW'ssister beatrice moore, sister tootell, sister elliott, captain llewellyn, major scurry, manfred mueller -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, 1944
Taken in 1944 in Bonegilla, Victoria, this photograph depicts soldiers of the 1st Australian Corps Signals training battalion releasing carrier pigeons from a portable loft for their daily exercise.The 1st Australian Corps Signals was a branch of the Australian Imperial Airforce that was active during World War Two. One of the tasked carried out by 1st Australian Corps Signals was to send messages through the use of carrier pigeons. Carrier pigeons were most commonly used by the Allied Forces to send messages from the front line trenches or advancing units.Black and white square reproduced photograph on rectangular archival paperObverse: Negative Number: 066265/ thumbnail/ image 066265/ purchased from Australian War Memorial/ Bonegilla Victoria 1944*05-03 Carrier pigeons being released for their/ daily exercise from a portable loft of the 1st Signals training Battlion/ Reverse: 7993/military album, beechworth, burke museum, military, world war 2, ww2, australian army, bonegilla, pigeons -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, 1944
Taken in 1944 in Bonegilla, Victoria, this photograph depicts soldiers of the 1st Australian Corps Signals training battalion releasing carrier pigeons from a portable loft for their daily exercise.The 1st Australian Corps Signals was a branch of the Australian Imperial Airforce that was active during World War Two. One of the tasked carried out by 1st Australian Corps Signals was to send messages through the use of carrier pigeons. Carrier pigeons were most commonly used by the Allied Forces to send messages from the front line trenches or advancing units.Black and white square reproduced photograph on rectangular archival paperObverse: Bonegilla Victoria 1944 - 05 - 03 Carrier pigeons being released for their daily exercise/ from a portable loft of the 1st Signals training Battlion/ copied from the Australian War Memorial No 066265 Order No 2319835 Copyright/ permission for the collection of/ Robert O'Hara Burke Memorial Museum Beechworth/ Reverse: 7993.1military album, beechworth, burke museum, military, world war 2, ww2, australian army, bonegilla, pigeons -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, 03/05/1944
Taken in 1944 in Bonegilla, Victoria by Captain E.C. Johnston, this photograph depicts soldiers of the 1st Australian Corps Signals training battalion releasing carrier pigeons from a portable loft for their daily exercise.The 1st Australian Corps Signals was a branch of the Australian Imperial Airforce that was active during World War Two. One of the tasked carried out by 1st Australian Corps Signals was to send messages through the use of carrier pigeons. Carrier pigeons were most commonly used by the Allied Forces to send messages from the front line trenches or advancing units. Edgar Charles Johnston (1896-1988) was an aviator and public servant. In WW1 he served with the Australian Imperial Force, and later joined the Royal Flying Corps. For his service in the Royal Flying Corps he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, which assisted him in becoming the assistant director-general in 1939 of the Commonwealth Department of Aviation. During World War II he was heavily engaged in the department’s activities in support of the war effort.Black and white square reproduced photograph on rectangular archival paperObverse: Bonegilla Victoria 1944-05-03/ Carrier Pigeons being released for their daily exercise/ from a portable loft of the 1st Signals training Battalion/ Photograph made 3 May 1944, by E.C. Johnston/ copied from CD Image supplied from/ Australian War Memorial collection/ Copyright/ Use of this image for the/ Robert O'Hara Burke Memorial Museum, Beechworth/ enhanced to remove moir effect/ Reverse: 7993.2/military album, beechworth, burke museum, military, world war 2, ww2, australian army, bonegilla, pigeons, edgar charles johnston -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, 31/08/1918
Taken on the 31st of August ,1918, this photograph depicts Gunner Wilson, Lieutenant Driscoll, and Lieutenant Clark (facing camera) of the 12th Battery of Australian Field Artillery, choosing a site for new battery positions, as members of the 52nd Australian Battalion move past to a new sector north of the Somme, before Mont St Quentin.The Battle of Mont St Quentin commenced on the 31st of August 1918 and ended on the 3rd of September 1918. The battle saw Australian troops storm, seize and hold the key height of Mont St Quentin (overlooking Peronne), a pivotal German defensive position on the line of the Somme.Black and white rectangular reproduced photograph on matte photographic paperReverse: 5144/military album, beechworth, burke museum, ww2, world war two, france, somme, 12th battery of australian field artillery, 52nd australian battalion, military, mont st quentin -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, 1941
Taken in Syria in 1941, this photograph depicts Sergeant Theodore Arthur Horton, dressed in his military uniform, writing down a message to be sent by carrier pigeon. Standing next to Sergeant Horton is an unknown soldier, dressed in his military uniform, holding a carrier pigeon. Both man are standing in front of a large pigeon loft.The 1st Australian Corps Signals was a branch of the Australian Imperial Airforce that was active during World War Two. One of the tasked carried out by 1st Australian Corps Signals was to send messages through the use of carrier pigeons. Carrier pigeons were most commonly used by the Allied Forces to send messages from the front line trenches or advancing units.Black and white square reproduced photograph on rectangular archival paperObverse: Negative Number: 022213/ purchased from Australian War Memorial/ thumbnail 022213/ Syria 1941-12 Sergeant T A Horton of 1st Australian Corps Signals/ writing a message to be sent by carrier pigeon/ Reverse: 7992/ military album, beechworth, burke museum, military, world war 2, ww2, australian army, sergeant horton, theodore arthur horton -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, 1941
Taken in Syria in 1941, this photograph depicts Sergeant Theodore Arthur Horton, dressed in his military uniform, writing down a message to be sent by carrier pigeon. Standing next to Sergeant Horton is an unknown soldier, dressed in his military uniform, holding a carrier pigeon. Both man are standing in front of a large pigeon loft. The 1st Australian Corps Signals was a branch of the Australian Imperial Airforce that was active during World War Two. One of the tasked carried out by 1st Australian Corps Signals was to send messages through the use of carrier pigeons. Carrier pigeons were most commonly used by the Allied Forces to send messages from the front line trenches or advancing units. Black and white square reproduced photograph on rectangular archival paperObverse: Syria 1941-12 Sergeant T A Horton of 1st Australian Corps Signals writing a message/ to be sent by carrier pigeon/ copied from the Australian War Memorial No 2319835 Copyright Neg No 022213/ permission for the collection of/ Robert O;Hara Burke Memorial Museum Beechworth/ Reverse: 7992.1/ archival paper/military album, beechworth, burke museum, military, world war 2, ww2, australian army, sergeant horton, theodore arthur horton -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, 1941
Taken in Syria in 1941, this photograph depicts Sergeant Theodore Arthur Horton, dressed in his military uniform, writing down a message to be sent by carrier pigeon. Standing next to Sergeant Horton is an unknown soldier, dressed in his military uniform, holding a carrier pigeon. Both man are standing in front of a large pigeon loft.The 1st Australian Corps Signals was a branch of the Australian Imperial Airforce that was active during World War Two. One of the tasked carried out by 1st Australian Corps Signals was to send messages through the use of carrier pigeons. Carrier pigeons were most commonly used by the Allied Forces to send messages from the front line trenches or advancing units.Black and white square reproduced photograph on rectangular archival paperObverse: Syria 1941-12/ Sergeant T A Horton of 1st Australian Corps Signals/ writing a message to be sent by carrier pigeon/ copied from CD Image supplied from/ Australian War Memorial collection/ Copyright/ Use of this image only for the/ Robert O'Hara Burke Memorial Museum, Beechworth/ enhanced to remove moir effect/ Reverse: 7992.3/ archival paper/military album, beechworth, burke museum, military, world war 2, ww2, australian army, sergeant horton, theodore arthur horton -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Album - Photographic album, Ports of call with the M/S Mongabarra from December 1st 1949 to July 23rd 1950, 1949
The album tells the story of ports visited by Allan Charles Quinn during his service on board the M/S "Mongabarra". He signed on in San Francisco on December 1, 1949. Note this trip overlapped with the Album (00278) which documents the next trip Quinn made to Africa out of Gothenburg. The album preserves a 1950s perspective of a Merchant Seaman and his experience of the respective Ports at that time. The Collection is especially useful when viewed along with contemporary Quinn family correspondence.Album with metal Metal binder rings at spine and beige fabric cover with gouache printed colour design featuring scandinavian buildings. The album contains 25 pages of b/w mounted photographs. Some are missing. The cover is illustrated with colour screenprinted pictures of a white tower on the left and a brown Barn-like building on the right. There are stylised canoe boats containing rowers in the foreground.. On the inside front cover is a handwritten itinerary of the places visited.On front cover possible designer printed signature in black: "Grane"; On inside front cover on adhered sheet of paper in aqua ink lists intinerary/ index of 20 Ports visited: Title (see above) / "Signed on in San Francisco December 1st 1949 / " then a header line for 4 columns: " PORT COUNTRY ARRIVED DEPARTED / 1. San Francisco U.S.A 10-10-49 4-12-49 / ... / 10. ADELAIDE ... 11-4-50 19-4-50 / .../ 20. HALDEN NORWAY 23-7 - 50 25-7-50" ; Most of the photographs in the Album also annotated and dated ; inside back cover has an embossed letter R.album, photograph, ms mongbarra, san francisco, dunkirk, voyages, allan quinn, barbara quinn, seafaring life, ww2, seafarer, melbourne, sydney, brisbane, san pedro, newcastle, adelaide, port pirie, port lincoln, cape town, las palmas, australia, south africa, canary islands, usa, united states, france, antwerp, belgium, hull, england, hamburg, germany, copenhagen, denmark, gothenburg, norway, sweden, halden, malmö -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Album - Photographic album, 1946
The 1946 voyages of Allan Quinn. Possibly his inaugural voyage in peacetime after WW2This photo album shows how Allan Quinn, like many other seafarers, travelled the world and kept a record of where he had been.Brown leather embossed photographed album with eight pages of photos attached.On the inside front cover is the date 1946 with a list of ports, countries and dates of visits. photo, album, voyage, allan quinn -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, c.1948-1956
Original owner, Nora O’Connor, the donor’s adopted aunt migrated to Canada during WW2 and also worked as volunteer at the Vancouver Mission to Seamen where she met her husband Edward O’Connor who later migrated to Australia.Black and white photograph of women at an event at the Vancouver club of lightkeepers of the missions to seamenphotograph, event, lightkeepers' auxiliary, british columbia, canada, nora o'connor, ww2, vancouver, mission to seamen, seamen's mission, overseas missions -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Henry Bennell and chicory kiln
... or substitute. It reached it's peak during WW2. Historical Chicory ...Chicory farming on Phillip Island was introduced in 1870, with the root destined used as a coffee additive or substitute. It reached it's peak during WW2.HistoricalCopy of a small black and white photo of a man wearing trousers with braces and a hat, with hands on his hips, standing in front of a chicory kiln. Tall plants in the foreground.Henry Bennellchicory, photograph, henry bennell -
Phillip Island RSL Sub Branch
black and white photograph, HMS Hood
HMS Hood was one of the most powerful ships in the Royal Navy during ww2. She was sunk by the German Battleship Bismark with a loss of all hands on board.The main threat of the Bismark was to allied convoys, so an all out bid was made to find and sink her. Unfortunately she was too powerfull for the HMS HoodBlack and White photograph of HMS Hood under way. Crew are lined up from bow to stern for leaving harbour. HMS Hood hand written in white ink just below forward guns controllerhood, hms, world war ii, royal navy -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Photograph - Military group, C. Fitch & Son, c. 1941
This photograph was taken during World War 2 when Dr. W.R. Angus served as an army surgeon. The details on the back of the photograph include the date of 1941. The photograph was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he would take time to further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . The organisation began in South Australia through the Presbyterian Church in that year, with its first station being in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill where he’d previously worked as Medical Assistant and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what was once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr L Middleton was House Surgeon to the Nhill Hospital 1926-1933, when he resigned. [Dr Tom Ryan’s practice had originally belonged to his older brother Dr Edward Ryan, who came to Nhill in 1885. Dr Edward saw patients at his rooms, firstly in Victoria Street and in 1886 in Nelson Street, until 1901. The Nelson Street practice also had a 2 bed ward, called Mira Private Hospital ). Dr Edward Ryan was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1884-1902 . He also had occasions where he successfully performed veterinary surgery for the local farmers too. Dr Tom Ryan then purchased the practice from his brother in 1901. Both Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan work as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He too was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. Dr Tom Ryan moved from Nhill in 1926. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1927, soon after its formation, a rare accolade for a doctor outside any of the major cities. He remained a bachelor and died suddenly on 7th Dec 1955, aged 91, at his home in Ararat. Scholarships and prizes are still awarded to medical students in the honour of Dr T.F. Ryan and his father, Dr Michael Ryan, and brother, John Patrick Ryan. ] When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery states “HOURS Daily, except Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday afternoons, 9-10am, 2-4pm, 7-8pm. Sundays by appointment”. This plate is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Tom Ryan had an extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926 and when Dr Angus took up practice in their old premises he obtained this collection, a large part of which is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. During his time in Nhill Dr Angus was involved in the merging of the Mira Hospital and Nhill Public Hospital into one public hospital and the property titles passed on to Nhill Hospital in 1939. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. ). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (The duties of a Port Medical Officer were outlined by the Colonial Secretary on 21st June, 1839 under the terms of the Quarantine Act. Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII 1941-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. Their interests included organisations such as Red Cross, Rostrum, Warrnambool and District Historical Society (founding members), Wine and Food Society, Steering Committee for Tertiary Education in Warrnambool, Local National Trust, Good Neighbour Council, Housing Commission Advisory Board, United Services Institute, Legion of Ex-Servicemen, Olympic Pool Committee, Food for Britain Organisation, Warrnambool Hospital, Anti-Cancer Council, Boys’ Club, Charitable Council, National Fitness Council and Air Raid Precautions Group. He was also a member of the Steam Preservation Society and derived much pleasure from a steam traction engine on his farm. He had an interest in people and the community He and his wife Gladys were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. Framed, glass covered photograph, black and white, of Australian Army Officers of 46th Battalion, 3rd Division at Camp Site 20, September 1941. Amongst the officers is Dr.W.R. Angus (front row, 1st on left). Frame is wood. 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