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8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Wallet, 1941 circa
Geoffrey R Fink volunteered for military service in early 1940. He served initially with 3rd Division A.A.S.C. but was discharged as being in a reserved occupation at the Aircraft Production Commission. He resigned from the Commission and joined the AIF on 28 July 1941 and was allotted to 2/8th Armoured Regiment. He served with the regiment in New Guinea and on return to Australia was transferred to No 41 Landing Craft Company serving out the war in the South Pacific. The 2/8th Armoured Regiment was raised in June 1941 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W G Hopkins with officers and men selected from the wider AIF in Victoria. The regiment trained in newly arrived M3 General Grant tanks at Puckapunyal before moving north to Singleton, then the Wee Waa plains. The regiment sailed for New Guinea in April 1943 and carried out mobile defence to airfields at Port Moresby, Milne Bay, Dobadura and Popondetta. The regiment returned to Australia in February 1944 and disbanded as an armoured regiment and retrained as Nos 41, 42 and 43 Landing Craft Companies. They returned to the South West pacific serving at Bougainville, Balikpapan, Lae and Wewak.Representative of gifts made to old boys serving in WWII (1939-45) by a school association. Forms part of a comprehensive collection relating to one soldier.Leather pay book cover presented by Old Geelong Grammarians to VX 60307 Trooper Geoffrey Fink, 2/8th Armoured Regiment together with presentation certificate.Signatures on presentation certificate " Leigh Falkiner, J.S.Cook" and third signature unreadable.2/8th armoured regiment, 41 landing craft company, fink geoffrey r mr, old geelong grammarians -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph
One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandPhotograph of the figurehead of the "Speke""Speke" sailing ship "Speke" wrecked Feb 1906 Figurehead reconstructed and erected by children of SS Cowes Nov 1941local history, photography, figurehead from the speke, black & white photograph, sailing ships, wrecks, the speke figurehead, cowes state school pupils, john jenner, bryant west -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, ACTIVE SERVICE. With Australia in the Middle East
Hard Cover. Image of Soldier on Front coverPublished for THE MILITARY HISTORY AND INFORMATION SECTION, A.I.F. (MIDDLE EAST) By THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA 1941 -
Woodend RSL
Helmet, March 1942 (lining) 1941 (helmet shell)
It is a green helmet, in the shape of a kettle hat. It is a tin hat or Brodie helmet. It is On the chin strap, there are the initials C.G.H and the service number V156143. There are size stamps on the back of the suspension webbing as well as on the underside edge of the helmet. The size is 7 1/4. On both chin strap luggs, it is engraved with MKIII 1941. On the inner lining under suspension lining it is marked with 7 1/4 L.P.L 3/42. helmet, world war 2, colin gordon hopkins, v156143, vx119387, bandiana, shell -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (series) - Subject File, 'Bella Vista', (aka 'Malinda'), 1941-2016
Kew Historical SocietySince its foundation in 1958, members of the Kew Historical Society have been compiling and storing information about subjects relating to the history of Kew and its environs, of which this file is an example.Secondary values'Bella Vista' was a large Federation house built in 1902 which occupied the eastern corner of Thomas Street and Cotham Road. The house was built for Abel Hoadley who died in 1918. In 1937 Augustus Beker opened the property as a guest house named 'Malinda' Guest House. This closed in 1940. In 1941, the land was subdivided into four lots. During the 1940s, Fr. Maas opened a hostel for Dutch Catholic immigrants in the house. The house has now been demolished. The subject file contains an auction notice for the sale of Malinda in 1941 along with correspondence from 2016 detailing background information, a timeline of the demolition of th those, the name of the original owner, and other uses of the house's name.malinda, bella vista, cotham road, fr maas, abel hoadley, anthony heinemannmalinda, bella vista, cotham road, fr maas, abel hoadley, anthony heinemann -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MISS G ALICE JONES COLLECTION: ACCOUNT
Messrs. McCol Rankin & Stanistreet to Miss G. Alice Jones. Pink paper dated Dec 9, 1940, to Feb. 28, 1941, and 28 April 1941. Re New Red White & Blue Consolidated Co. to Rankin. Tailings Lease No. 9858 Bendigo. To costs, under Solicitors Remuneration Order, of transfer of Tailings Lease £2.2.0. Paid registration fees & exchange 18/10, trunk line call and extension 1/9, total cost £3.0.7. "R699 del. 28/4/41" written in the top left corner.the miss g alice jones collection - account, messrs mccoll rankin & stanistreet, new red white & blue consolidated co. n.l., rankin -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Camp 3 barracks
Camp 3 barracks. Photograph taken 1941. -
Kew RSL
framed print, Seige of Tobruk
history of the Siege of Tobruk April to December 1941coloured print, cartography by James Emery & history by Chester Wilmotttobruk, world war 2, maj gen leslie morshead, lt gen erwin romel, jh edmonson vc -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - QC BINKS COLLECTION: THE BENDIGO ORDNANCE FACTORY
The Bendigo Ordnance Factory - accompanying note says '(now the Australian Defence Industries -A.D.I.) Under construction on site previously cleared and levelled for the new Bendigo Aerodrome April 1941 -.Foreground shows railway lines - background steel structures.photo, the bendigo odnance factory -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - S.E.C. VICTORIA, 1954
Black and White Photo of the S.E.C. Victoria Building, Decorated for the Royal Visit in March 1954, Opening of the S.E.C. Building in 1941. Car parked to left in photo, and another angle parked to right of photo. Flag on roof flying a half mast.organization, public utility, electricity company, s.e.c. victoria, sec victoria -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Black and White, Broadway Orchestra, Crossley, Late 1920s to early 1930s
Crossley's Broadway Orchestra. Three men and two women pose around a base drum belonging to the Broadway Orchestra. The man on the left holding a trumpet is Patrick Edmund Carroll of 'Hillside' Crossley, and from 1941 of Holden Street, North Fitzroy.broadway orchestra, crossley, crossly, victoria, patrick edmund carroll, band -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Administrative record - Electoral Roll, 1915
Voting registers, or electoral rolls, are a census of those who were eligible to vote. They are valuable because a country-wide census wasn't taken until 1911. Early electoral rolls give an individual’s name, residence, status of property occupation/ownership, and the rate value of the property. Electoral rolls are arranged by electoral district and subdistrict. Electoral rolls were published by each state during election years.. Commonwealth of Australia Electoral Roll, State of Victoria, Division of Bendigo, 1941. Roll of electors for the Commonwealth Division of Bendigo, State Assembly of Bendigo and Roll of electors for the Subdivision of Bendigo. Includes Name, Address, Occupation and gender. Assembled and fastened with string.electoral rolls, voting in bendigo -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Machine - CAC CA-6 Wackett Trainer A3-22 (VH-ALV), 1941
Historical Details: The AARG Wackett Trainer A3-22 was the 22nd production example (and 24th one built) and was delivered to the RAAF in August 1941. It served briefly at 3EFTS at Essendon VIC as an Intermediate Trainer until being re-issued to the Central Flying School at C. Description: This wood and fabric monoplane was designed by Lawrence Wackett in 1938 as a basic trainer and was built by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) at Fishermen’s Bend. RAAF pilots, trained on the Tiger Moth and aspiring to fly the more powerful Wirra. Level of Importance: National -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, "Flinders St, Station and St Kilda Road, Melbourne", 1941
Rose Series postcard No. P 200, "Flinders St, Station and St Kilda Road, Melbourne" looking south from the roof top of the Nicholas Building in Swanston Street. Has at least eight trams in the view. The trams have a white panel under the driver's windows indicating a war time black out precaution. Has adverts for buying bonds and savings certificates and The Herald learn to Swim advertisement on the end of the verandah for Friday next January 10th at Princes Bridge. This gives a year of 1941.Yields information about St Kilda Road 1941Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.tramways, flinders st station, st kilda road, railways, world war ii, trams, mmtb -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Photograph of two people in a boat, C.1941
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century to the present.Black and white photograph of two men loading hessian sacks onto a furled sailboat. Ted Jenkins sits in the boat while Arthur Evans carries the sack.Catalogue number written in pencil on the reverse. Handwritten on reverse in pen '1941 Loading superphosphate on the Phillip Island side of the crossing - at the end of Churchill Island road. The "big" boat. Ted Jenkins with his back to camera. MYSELF (ARTHUR EVANS) doing the loading (The bags were wheeled up the plank on a wheelbarrow) see other photo'churchill island, ted jenkins -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Photograph
Aboriginal soldiers formed a special all volunteer platoon at No 9 Camp Wangaratta in Victoria from late 1940 until February 1941. No 9 Camp was set up at the Wangaratta Showgrounds to allow the formation of the 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion prior to leaving for Egypt. Major Joseph Albert Wright a WW1 Light Horse veteran was in charge of this platoon the only Aboriginal squad in the Australian Military Forces at that time. The soldiers from Lake Tyers enlisted at Caulfield between June and July 1940 include Harold Cornelius HAYES VX 48217 DOB 2/4/1916 Enlisted 25/7/40 Discharged 22/3/1941 Edward FOSTER VX48218 DOB 25/5/1921 Enlisted 25/7/1940 Discharged 22/3/1941 Noel Ernest HOOD VX48194 DOB 3/1/1919 Enlisted 25/7/1940 Discharged 22/3/1941 Edward Leslie MULLETT VX48199 DOB 30/6/1910 Enlisted 25/7/1940 Discharged 22/3/1941 Samuel Richard RANKIN VX48201 DOB 23/7/1910 Enlisted 25/7/1940 Discharged 22/3/1941 Stewart HOOD VX47351 DOB 23/1/1903 Enlisted 18/7/1940 Discharged 22/3/1941 William GORRIE VX48208 DOB 22/11/1921 Enlisted 25/7/1940 Discharged 22/3/1941 David John MULLETT VX48195 DOB 10/6/1919 Enlisted 25/7/1940 Discharged 22/3/1941 Arthur Alexander (Tom?) MULLETT VX48198 DOB 25/11/1914 Enlisted 25/7/1940 Discharged 22/3/1941 Image relates to a "special platoon" based at No 9 Camp Wangaratta as being the Australian Army's first all Aboriginal Unit formed in 1940. The soldiers were all volunteers mainly from Lake Tyers in Victoria. In addition to normal army training they performed guard duty at the Army Hospital and Camp. They formed the Gum Leaf Band and led the troops at community singing and assisted in Methodist Church services.Black and white photograph of 11 aboriginal soldiers with rifles in two rows standing 'at ease'Typed on Rear - Aboriginal Guard Wangno 9 camp wangaratta, aboriginal platoon -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Rule Book, "Malvern Electric Tramways Club - Rules and Constitution", Feb. 1941
Booklet - 16 pages centre stapled with in a purple red stippled cover outlining the "Malvern Electric Tramways Club - Rules and Constitution", dated 27/2/1941. Note on page 3, that the club was to consist and limited MMTB male employees. One its aims was to promote and maintain a sick, accident and funeral fund. Rule 42 has been amended by a paste over section over the rule itself and rule 50 amended by another paste in section on the inside of the rear page. .1 - Second copy - undated with different cover, but similar rules, no amendments, issue to "Bounds E. H Conductor" in ink on the first page..1 - Has "Bevis 1189" in pencil on first page. .2 - Has "Bounds E. H. Conductor" in ink on second page.trams, tramways, rules, social club, sickness, welfare, malvern depot -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, 24/11/1941 12:00:00 AM
Black and white negative by Wal Jack of Maximum Traction N 123 northbound in Nicholson St at the intersection with Holmes Road and Moreland Road. W2 445 has the destination of Darling Road. The tracks into Moreland Road are in the foreground. A RAAF poster can be seen in one of the windows of both cars. Note the fire alarm pillar, the paper boy, conductor on the step of the N 123. A premise selling blankets, sheets and towels etc can be seen. See also Reg Item 5328 to 5332 for other photos featuring this tram. Photo not in the album, based on the date of others featuring N123, 24/11/1941.trams, tramways, n class, w2 class, coburg, moreland rd, nicholson st, tram 123, tram 445 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, 24/11/1941 12:00:00 AM
Black and white negative, by Wal Jack, of S 160 (St Georges Road) and W2 455 (West Preston 10) at the intersection of Barkly St and St Georges Road, North Fitzroy. The Trolley Pole is turned on S 160 for the car to return to Lygon St along Holden St. On a wall above the W2 is written "Gone to Berlin" On the corner is a Cash Grocer, advertising McAlpin's Flour, Velvet Soap. In the background is a bus stop sign and housing that has been built since the demolition and sale of the former Cable Tram depot. Photo dated 1-9-1941, in the Wal Jack album.trams, tramways, s class, w2 class, holden st, st georges road, barkly st, route 10, tram 160, tram 455 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative - Set of 2, 30/08/1941 12:00:00 AM
Set of two Black and white negatives, by Wal Jack, of CW5 685 (City, Route 71) at the intersection of Warragul Road and Riversdale Road. The first photo shows two crewmen looking at the headlight on the tram. The second photo shows it is fitted with a war time head light mask and shows a crewman walking out of the building - a service station with Shell pumps. Above the tram on a pole is a tram signal for the single line operation between Warragul Road and the Wattle Park terminus. See also item 6771 for a photo of the pole itself. Photo dated 30-8-1941, in the Wal Jack album.trams, tramways, cw5 class, wattle park, riversdale road, headlight mask, route 71, tram 685 -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Album - CD black and white and sepia prints, Hilda Dance, 1935-1936
Hilda Dance (graduated 1936, staff 1941-47)2 copies of a CD with photographs taken by Hilda Dance. (1) 4 female students working in a flower bed. (2) 6 students at a flower show. (3) 4 female students on the lawn wearing dresses. (4) Group of students sitting on benches on the lawn. (5) 1936 Year Group. (6) 4 female students playing around on the lawn. (7) Students working near the Luffmann Ponds. (8) Newspaper cutting: 'She knows all the answers.' Student answering questions on a Vegetable Growing public day. (9) 2 female students playing around on the lawn. (10) Possibly an excursion to the zoo-man holding snake. (11) Female student bathing in the Yarra River. (12) Female student climbing a tree with steps cut into it, not Burnley. (13) Students bathing in the Yarra River. (14) 4 female students on the lawn wearing dresses. (15) Group of male students with lawnmower. (16) George Barnett/Russ? (17) Female student watering seedlings. (18) Group of male students with lawnmower. (19) Orchard Border. (20) Group of male students with lawnmower.hilda dance, female students, flower beds, students, flower show, luffmann ponds, students working outside, recreation, lawnmower, tree climbing, george barnett, orchard border -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Identification Tag
WW2 identification tag made of sterling silver. This identification tag belonged to Leading Aircraftsman Leslie John Rickards, service number 405698, 12th Squadron, RAAF. Rickards enlisted in Brisbane on the 24th May, 1941 and was discharged on 4th Deecember, 1945. -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Document, Certificate of Service and Discharge
Certificate of Service and Discharge issued to Lewis Edward West (service number 21693) who enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 5th February 1941. When demobilised on 22nd November 1945 he was serving as a Leading Aircraftsman Fitter 11E. "ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE", "Certificate of Service and Discharge". -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 Vol 1
This book was part of a large group of books referred to as the Pattison Collection, which belonged to the Warrnambool Public Library, part of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. About RALPH ERIC PATTISON and the ‘PATTISON COLLECTION’ The ‘Pattison Collection’ is a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities, are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the WMI was led to ask the City Council to take it over in 1911 due to a lack of financial support. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Public Library as it was then called. Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up a home in Warrnambool. In 1935 when Pattison accepted the position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council his huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However, he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. THE NEW WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Pattison. Eventually, the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 Vol 1 Author: C.E.W. Bean Publisher: Angus & Robertson Ltd Date: 1941 Further Information: From the Outbreak of war to the end of the first phase of the Gallipoli campaign May 4 1915The label on the spine cover with typed text H 940.40994 OFF Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service. flagstaff hil, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, official history of australia in the war of 1914-1918 vol 1, c.e.w. bean -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - School photos
Photocopy of 3 small black and white photos, school photos 1. - Nott Street, 1427, 1941 2. - Kingsville 3988, grade 11, 1938 (may not be relevant to Port melb) 3. Nott St 1427, 1942 Grade V1Beducation - primary schools, nott street state school, kingsville primary school -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Book - Student Records, Examinations Papers and Results, 1939-1944
Handwritten book with, for each school, names, exam questions and marks by subject: Chemistry, Botany. Sub-intermediate, Intermediate, Leaving, Matricultation Agricultural Science from 1941; Youth Employment Class 1939. School students attending classes at Burnley College.students, exam questions, mark, chemistry, botany, sub-intermediate, intermediate, leaving, matricultation agricultural science, youth employment class, 1939, burnley college -
Clunes Museum
Document - EXERCISE BOOKS
1st clunes brownie pack -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document - Biography, Peter Drescher, 1991
Peter Drescher interred as a child from Palastine, in 1941, at Camp 3. Served for 20 years in the Australian Army, Still living in Darwin. Uhlheer and Hoffman Families Palastine group intered Camp 3, 1941, settled in Australia after the war.Clear plastic, red back foldercamp 3, tatura victoria, internment camps, hoffmann -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, 1949
Rev John J. Benjamin. Ordained as a Methodist minister 1930. Served at Hopetoun, Sandringham, Minyip, Yallourn, Daylesford, Nhill, Box Hill. 1941 Chaplain A.I.F.; 1953-1962 Chaplain R.G.H. , N.M.A.F.C. 1941 - 1962. Retired 1969. M.B.E.B & W seated portrait of the Rev. John.J. Benjamin. Mounted on buff card. -
Orbost & District Historical Society
souvenir plate, Between 1925 and 1941
Illustration on plate is a family fishing party aboard the "Ripple" built by George Matthew Winchester. Shows Ethel (mother) with Lindsay Smooker on her knee. Harry, Elsie, Anita and H. Hermann about 1941. The Winchesters lived in Marlo and built boats near the Marlo hotel. The "Ripple" built by George Winchester at the age of 18 years was the first boat built by him. It was built in 1908. It has been noted in a profile of George Winchester done by his Daughter Olive Hunt (née Winchester) that was completed one year before her death in 2002.The Winchester family is a prominent local family.The Winchesters lived in Marlo and built boats near the Marlo hotel. This item is an example of a souvenir item made especially for Orbost.Very small white souvenir plate. Gold-rimmed with black illustration of people in a boat on the Snowy River.Front-Snowy River Orbost Back-Melba Bone China Guaranteed Made in Englandplate souvenir snowy-river orbost melba-china