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Lara RSL Sub Branch
Identity Card, Kenneth Simons
This card belonged to the president of thde Lara RSL for 25 yearsMade of card, two pieces with a plastic cover Kenneth George Simons, Cpl. No 1753,There is a picture attached to first card, with number 37228. Personal Description, change of rank Australian Military Forces Identity Card with rising sun emblem in between, with 4 points Second card, card no name, MIL Service Noor 1173 Card No. N8 240 284,UNIT and APO AUST ARMY,, next line NA, Signature of authorising signature identity, card -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Photographs, Watsonia's R.S.L. Pipes & Drums: ANZAC Day 2003
The Watsonia RSL Pipes and Drums at the Anzac Day march 20033 colour photographswatsonia's whisper, rosie bray, watsonia rsl, watsonia rsl pipes and drums, anzac day 2003 -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
RSL Badge circa 1919-1926, 1919-1926 by Wallace Bishop
This oversize RSSILA Badge was made between 1919-1926 for the RSL.This is an original badgeRSSILA Badge - oversized - brass, crown on the top, white, blue, red, gold coloured.Front - Returned Sailors' & Soldiers' Imperial League, Australia Back - copywright, B1848, W Bishoprssila, oversize badge, oversize badge, 1919-1926 -
Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Photograph - Photograph Machine Gun Practice, Skill at Arms
Presented to Beechworth RSL by Frederick Hoffman's sister Anna in 2009Wooden framed studio picture of 2 men in WWI uniform, training on a Vicker's Machine Gun. Ornate frame with gold inlay; reverse of frame is tattered On a manila board label inserted outside bottom right hand corner with the words; PTE F HOFFMAN "(K.I.A.) / 33 Batt / left of photo / Name in pencil on reverse of frame "Hoffman" probable the photographic studio marking to indicate the owner.picture machine gunners, vickers machine gun -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Document Memorial Scroll, C 1922
Scroll was donated to th Ringwood RSL with George Thom's medals.WW1 Memorial Scroll sent to the family of George Thom South African Infantry after his death on service. Mounted in a plastic frame.Pte. George Thom 4 Bn. S. African Inf. written on scroll\in red ink. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - RSL DIGGERS DAY TROPHY, C. 1971
The man on the left is R.H. Trethewey MLA presenting a Diggers Day Perpetual Bowls trophy to Jack Plant President of the Bendigo RSL Sub Branch. Refer Cat No 8094 for trophy with plaques of winners on. Refer Cat No 8129P for Jack Plants RSL history..1) Photograph B & W showing two men holding a trophy between them. .2) Photograph B & W showing a Bowls trophy held by the men in .1)brsl, smirsl, bowls, diggers day, -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - LIFE GOVENOR 1953, Bendigo & Northern District Base Hospital, 15.12.1953
The Certificate relates to William John Turner Bendigo RSL Sub Branch. Refer Cat No 8029 for details of this specific award and his other RSL fundraising and work. Refer Cat No 8030 for details re his Committee details and WW1 service record.Framed certificate, frame is timber gold colour, certificate backing is maroon, certificate is light fawn colour with ornate columns each side with the words, “Charity, Hope, Faith, Patience”, at the top is “Bendigo and Northern District Base Hospital Inc - Life Govenor” followed by details of the award, at the bottom are the words “Semper Fidelis”Main points; “This is to certify that Mr William.J. Turner was duly elected a Life Govenor of this Institution on the 15th Day of December 1953”. “E.H. D..............President” “.........Cook Vice President” “J.H. Stanistreet Treasurer” “....................... Secretary” At Base of the certificate; “The No 27 District Board of the Returned Servicemen’s League consisting of twenty Sub Branches had pleasure in recommending to the Hospital Board of Management that this award should be conferred”brsl, smirsl, life govenor, certificate -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Oxford University Press, Private Wars, 2000
Book documents the personal stories of ANZACs in the Great War.Hard black cover with title in white on spine. Dust jacket illustrated front and back. Title on spine. 360p. Page edges cut, black & white illustrations. Bendigo and District RSL stamp on first page."To Steve, many thanks for your friendship and support as Best Man on our wedding day. Daryl & Helen. 2 Sept 2000". "Donated by the family of Len Burke" on first page.books, military -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - QUEEN VICTORIA GARDENS: BENDIGO, early 1900's ?
Queen Victoria Gardens, Bendigo, showing statue of Queen Victoria, RSL Hall, Post Office tower with clock, roofed shelter on Pall Mall at right. Printed on bottom of photo: Queen Victoria Gardens, Bendigo.unknowncottage, miners -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - QUEEN VICTORIA STATUE, BENDIGO, VICTORIA
black and white photo: view of Rosalind Park gardens alongside RSL war museum, showing Queen Victoria statue. On bottom of photo: The Rose Series P. 2867, Queen Victoria Statue , Bendigo, Victoria.place, public gardens, queen victoria statue, queen victoria statue, bendigo -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Honouring Our Diggers
The Box Hill RSL sub-branch has released a book by Dr. Steven Cooke.The Box Hill RSL sub-branch has released a book by Dr. Steven Cooke, exploring the connections between the Gallipoli campaign and the former Shire of Nunawading, telling the stories of the 27 soldiers who died at Gallipoli.The Box Hill RSL sub-branch has released a book by Dr. Steven Cooke. world war 1914 - 1918 battle of gallipoli, campaign, nunaweding -
Tennis Australia
Shuttlecock, Circa 1940
Two identical (.1 and .2) RSL shuttlecocks with rubber weights and white natural feathers. Housed inside object 2009.79 as found on acquisition of collection. Materials: Rubber, Bird feather, Adhesive tape, Adhesive labeltennis -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Photocopy, WWI personnel records for Private George Williams, Australian Archives, Black and Gold
George's medals were kept by his daughter Marjorie Williams, and donated to the Society by herself and her daughter. These documents were obtained from ANZAC Hourse Library, for added information on George's Battalion, the 29thPhotocopied by the RSL for our Australian Archives folder 813.02 containing WWI personnel records for Private George Williams, these are excerpts from Black and Gold, the History of the 29th Battalion 1915-1918 by Ronald J Austinwar - world war i, armed services - army, george willaims -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Medal - Group of four WW2 medals and Infantry Front Line Service Medal, RAS Badge, RSL Badge and ribbon bar
1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal, Australian Service Medal 1939-45, Infantry Front Line Service Medal (not official), RAS Badge, two star ribbon bar, RSL badgeVX117316 RH Edwards, RAS Badge 157825world war two, ww two, ww2, wwii, campaign star, war medal, asm 1939-1945 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - WHEEL CHAIR MOBILITY AID, Webster Brothers, C.Post WW1
This mobility aid was housed under the old stage area of the Soldiers Memorial Institute building in Pall Mall Bendigo. When the renovations to the building began in late 2016 the Aid was removed and restored by the Bendigo District RSL Men in Sheds program and is now on display in the same building now called Bendigo Military Museum. The Soldiers Memorial was the HQ of the Bendigo RSL Sub Branch. It is not known the origin of the Aid but it was most likely used by disabled Bendigo RSL members post WW1.Three wheeled Mobility Aid. Front wheel is 41cm dia pneumatic, 32mm wide, rear wheel 68cm dia, width 52mm wide. The right wheel axle has a sprocket & chain assembly, the left is free wheeling, both have mud guards. Frame is tubular steel painted reddish colour, the seat and back rest are brown leather, seat sides are timber, there are two timber platforms in front, the top one is adjustable the bottom one is fixed. The chair is steered via a long metal handle fixed to the wheel frame. The right hand side has the sprocket and chain assembly and motion is controlled by turning the handle in a circular motion, only one speed.on the front wheel stem is a transfer. “Webster Brothers Cycle Manufacturers Mitchell Street Bendigo”mobility, aid, wheel chair, brsl, smirsl -
Bendigo Military Museum
Article - MONUMENT FUND RAISING, 10.7.1992
The article covers the Bendigo RSL's efforts to have a Memorial Monument erected to Honor Ex Servicemen and Women in Campaigns WW2 onwards. It would be a 3.5 Metre Granite structure. $16,000 had been raised at this point, another $4,000 was needed. It would be placed in front of the Soldiers Memorial Institute Building in Pall Mall Bendigo. Ernie Jackman was the Bendigo RSL Appeals Officer and Chairman of the Memorial Committee. Refer Cat No 8133.2P for his RSL work. Refer Cat No 8245.2Article from a newspaper, all black print, photo at the top showing a boy and a man looking over a model of a monument followed by the article.On the top in red ink, "10.7.1992"brsl, smirsl, article, monument -
Bendigo Military Museum
Vehicle - HAWKEI
This item is in the gardens of the Bendigo District RSL Sub Branch Havilah Road.Hawkei protected Mobility vehicle, camouflage colours, 4 wheeled.“Hawkei”brsl, smirsl, bdrslinc, hawkeye -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN, MOBILE, C.1939 - 45
This item is in the gardens of the Bendigo District RSL Sub Branch Havilah Road..1WW2 era Truck painted green, open cabin with tray back, mounted on the back is a 40 mm Bofor gun.“4” - “913” - “3100682”brsl, smirsl, bdrslinc, bofor, mounted -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document, OCM.076/13 Ammendment C84 Eltham Cenotaph; 11. Officer's reports, Ordinary Meeting of Council Agenda, 25 June 2013, pp42-44 and Attachment; OCM.076/13 Ammendment C84 Eltham Cenotaph; 11. Officer's reports, Ordinary Meeting of Council Agenda, 25 June 2013, pp42-44, 2012
Relocation of the Eltham Cenotaph following the collapse of the Eltham RSL Sub-Branch7 A4 pages printedeltham cenotaph, eltham war memorial, montmorency-eltham rsl sub-branch, nillumbik shire council -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document, PS.038/14 Eltham War Memorial Building Precinct - proposed extension to the Eltham Cenotaph Terrace; Policy and Services reports, Policy and Services Committee Agenda, Nillumbik Shire Council, 14 October 2014, pp2-8, 2012
Relocation of the Eltham Cenotaph following the collapse of the Eltham RSL Sub-Branch7 A4 pages printedeltham cenotaph, eltham war memorial, montmorency-eltham rsl sub-branch, nillumbik shire council -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document, Eltham War Memorial Park (Stage 2), Nillumbik Shire Council, c.2014, 2014
Relocation of the Eltham Cenotaph following the collapse of the Eltham RSL Sub-BranchA4 page printed coloureltham cenotaph, eltham war memorial, nillumbik shire council -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Photograph, Lara Volunteer Defense Corps
J. McIntyre (centre row left) Foundation member of Lara RSL.Black and White Photo of a Group of soldiersLara Volunteer Defense Corps With names listed underneath -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping, Diamond Valley Leader, Thrown into the action, 13/08/2014
Three Vietnam vets from the Greensborough RSL discuss their time in Vietnam. 2 pages. News clipping, black text, colour images. greensborough rsl, vietnam war, dal crocker, alan comben, mick van poeteren -
Doncaster RSL Sub Branch
Framed Embroidered Fabric, Believed 1919 - 1920
Believed to have been in the possession of Doncaster RSL since being madeFramed Embroidered FabricEmbroidered on the fabric are the names of 119 local people who served in WW1 complete with rank and colour patches, included are Sister Una Evans and Sister A S Guest -
Highett RSL Sub Branch Inc
Medals:, Service E R Craven
Erney Craven was one of the founding members of the Highett RSL Sub Branch.1) Medal: Pacific Star 2) Medal: 1939 - 1945 Defence Medal 3) Medal: 1939- 1945 medal 4) Medal: 1939 -1945 Australian service medal VX87273 E R Craven -
Highett RSL Sub Branch Inc
Photograph:, Guns being moved from the front of club rooms
The gun were moved due to renovation at the Highett RSL club rooms.digital photos -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Equipment - Rations c. 1970's
These Items are from a display at Dandenong RSL and appear to be from the 1970's11 items issued as part of a soldier's ration pack: 1- Paper packet 50g Potato with onion Powder, AFFSE 002815 11x13.5cm 2- Paper packet Biscuits Cereal Arnott's Biscuits Pty Ltd 56g. 12x5cm 3- Paper packet Survival Biscuit Arnott-Brockhoff-Guest 42 g 12x5cm 4- Paper packet Biscuits Shortbread Arnott-Brockhoff-Guest 85g. 14x7cm 5- Butter Concentrate for hot climates. 6oz. 75mm in diameter x 50mm high. 6- Plum Jam in metal tube (cap missing). 1oz. Tongala Milk Products Pty. Ltd. VIC Australia 7- Plum Jam in metal tube with black plastic cap. 1oz. Tongala Mild Products Pty. Ltd. VIC Australia 8- Chocolate Ration. 50g Pkd.065 Australian Army. Cadbury Confectionary Claremont. Tasmania 9- Scouring Pad. Redi Brite Industries Pty. Ltd. QLD. Australia. Pkd 5/85 10- Sugar. In a strip of four sachets. 11- Can openerration pack, survival biscuits, sugar sachet -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Flag - White Ensign, 1914
The ensign was in the Mitcham R.S.L. collection and transferred to W.H.S. when the RSL closed.Flag with cream background with Union Jack in top left hand corner. Red 'St Georges' cross length and width of flag. White Ensign also called St Georges Ensign used by British Navy 1914 - 1918 War. Cotton binding on left hand side with toggle and rope attached. 'Tom Wright' printed on binding in blue and purple ink. Rope is secured by metal clip.'TOM WRIGHT' Captain O.M. Watts Ltd London W1flags, maritime -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, Melissa Jones Fashion Parade, 1/10/1994 12:00:00 AM
Modelling clothing at an RSL Ladies Fashion Show at Lakes Entrance VictoriaBlack and white photograph of Melissa Jones at a fashion Pde Also another photograph of Melissa Jones at Prechool Fashion Paradegenealogy, fundraising, fashion -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Honour Board - Shield - Honour Board WW1, Circa 1922
Removed from the school when the property was sold and donated to the Ringwood RSL.Wooden Honour listing the names of Past scholars of Ringwood Primary School who took part in the Great War. The centre panel headed Memoriam lists the names of the 12 pupil who died on service. There are 68 other names listed on the board. School 2997.Details of many of the soldiers listed on the board are recorded in the book " The Anzacs of Maroondah" published in November 2018.