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Trafalgar Holden Museum
Functional object - Webbing belt, 1940
Military canvas equipment used to carry small items and ammunition during WW2Military equipment made by GMHCanvas webbing belt with brass buckles and clips, with two canvas bags also attached by brass clip and bucklke.GMH 1943 D -D Inside lid of each bagmilitary, equipment -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGES - RSL
RSL badges of two different sizes relating to Imperial League pre WW2.1. Badge - White shield with crown on top with No. 54 on a green background.. Inscription within a blue circle and inside on gold background are two armed soldiers standing at ready. Banner along bottom of shield with "Australia" written on it. Two rings on back with no pins to attach. 2. Badge - White shield with crown on top. Inscription within a blue circle and inside on gold background are two armed soldiers standing at ready. Banner along bottom of shield with "Australia" written on it. On back is a round brass plate with two clips on back.1. Inscribed "Imperial League - Returned Sailors, Soldiers” At bottom "Australia". On back No. “B8396” and maker "W. Bishop" and "Copyright". 2. Same inscription as one. A no 54 in box on top.rsl badge, imprial league -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Manual - Book, Manual of Protection Against Gas and Air Raids, 1939
WW2 Guidelines for the protection against gas in the field, respirators and passive air defence.Red cardboard cover containing three booklets tied together with a black shoelaceManual of Protection Against Gas and Air Raidsprotection against gas and air raids, ww2 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Frieder Vollmer, 2001
Cesare Vagarini and Frieder Vollmer were internees in Camp 3 A during WW2.Pencil sketch of Friedrich Vollmer from shoulders up looking to one side. Done by Cesare Vagarini.on back: Von F Vollmer ? Vagarini camp 3A" "furs ? Tatura"cesare vagarini, camp 3 internees -
Bendigo Military Museum
Manual - LEWIS AND BREN GUNS, ROBERTSON & MULLENS LTD, Unknown
Lewis Gun was used in WW1. Lewis and Bren Gun were used in WW2.1. Lewis Gun. This is a pocket size notebook. Khaki colour, printing is in black ink. It shows the title and drawing of a Lewis Gun. Fourth Edition (enlarged). Inside are illustrations of Lewis Gun Parts. 2. Bren Gun. Pocket size notebook. Pocket book and illustrated guide. Second edition. Inside are written instructions and illustrations of Bren Gun parts.1. Written on top front is - “L.V. Brown”, “1/-“ 2. Written on top front is - “L.V. Brown”.lewis gun, bren gun, manuals -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - ACTIVE SERVICE BADGE, MEDALLION MERCANTILE MARINE, 1) 145 onwards, .2) 1919
.1) Returned from Active service badge, this one relates to WW2 onwards..1) Badge, brass, top has crown over rising sun, wings and anchor under is a boomerang with "Returned from Active Service". Rear has 2 lugs and pin. Badge is number stamped. .2) Medallion, round, copper, front has the king, rear has depiction of a ship at sea, under is "For War Service Mercantile Marine 1914 - 1919". .1) “Property of C/Wealth Govt AF 20148”badges, medallions, service, mercantile -
Bendigo Military Museum
Craft - EMBROIDERY
Due to the terminology used it is likely from WW2 and possibly from the Middle East.Embroidered artwork sewn onto a piece of silk and bordered by white lacework. Artwork has a centrepiece of Australian Rising Sun Emblem with an Australian and British Flag coming out each side. Below is "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces".Inscribed "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces".craft, handcrafts - sewing/ embroidery, ww2 -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Swagger Stick
Trench Art WW2 Swagger Stick. wooden stick tipped with chromed expended German cartridge case. The cane head is topped with chromed crossed British .303 expended cartridges each tipped with unexpended bullets. attached to the side of the crossed cartridge cases is a 1937 British Coronation medalet -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Book, Demobilization Procedure Book
A WW2 servicemans pocket size Demobilization Procedure Book issued by the Australian Military Forces. The book has a buff coloured cardboard cover and bears the reference AAB 87. The book contains demobilization records relating to Private Edwin Walter Gillbee, service number VX135249 of the Second AIF. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Oki family
Photograph 1: Oki family interned in Camp 4. Back row: Mrs Matsushita (from Thursday Island), Mr and Mrs Oki, Mrs Fukushima, Mrs Honda holding baby Melba Oki. Front row: R Yoshitaka Takemoto, Wendy and Ted Oki, Hirako Takemoto, Phyllis, Shirley and Joan Oki. Photograph 2: Oki family visited Museum c.1994. Mrs Oki and her family.2 photographs. 1 black and white photograph of a group of 13 people. 5 adults standing, one holding a child. 7 children standing in height order. Hut in background. 2nd photograph, colour, of 8 adults standing out the front of Tatura Museum under their WW2 sign. oki family, mrs matsushita, mrs fukushima, mrs honda, melba oki, r yoshitaka takemoto, hirako takemoto -
Forests Commission Retired Personnel Association (FCRPA)
Prismatic Compass with leather case and strap, Ex Army 1940s
A prismatic compass is a common navigation and surveying instrument which was used extensively by the Forests Commission The compass most commonly used to run a traverse line. The compass calculates bearings of lines with respect to magnetic needle. A magnetic deviation correction was needed to convert the reading to a true bearing The compass could also determine angles between the traverse and waypoints (such as hilltop features). Commonly used for navigation. Largely replaced by modern GPS technology.Ex Army WW2 prismatic compass with leather case and strap. Rugged design and made of metal the internal compass plate floats on oil to help it stabilise The user lines up the direction of travel with the hair sightline in the fliptop cover and readings are taken through the viewfinder prism (hence the name).forest measurement, surveying, forests commission victoria (fcv) -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, 2 Sqn Unit Citation
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A coloured photograph of - In a formal ceremony at the American Air Base Phan Rang, South Vietnam, the RAAF's 2 Squadron Canberra Bombers are presented with the US Presidential Unit Citation for actions during WW2. The Squadron had just arrived for active duty from Malaya (circa April 1967)photograph, us air base phan rang, raaf, 2 squadron raaf, us presidental unit citation, gibbons collection catalogue, canberra bomber, ww2, malaya, denis gibbons -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, P. Collis, Postal History of Internees & Pows, after August 1991; photocopy 1991
. Salient part of the book as already refereed too. Donated to the society by a keen philatelist Charles Lawlor. Articles collected by Charles Lawlor. Supplementary. at the back of the folder are letters of reference 1857 John Montgomery Maud Lynch 1897 Wm Holden 1913, 1912, 1917 and 1927.Red open fronted folder with plastic sleeves.Type written heading "Postal History of the Internees and Prisoners of War", on the bottom of the page handwritten "Pages from the Postal History of Internees and Prisoners of War in Australia during WW2. P Collis MBE FRPSL. The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoriap collis, postal history of internees, postal history of pow's, philatelic society of victoria -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Badge - Hat Badge, Italian
Brass hat badges of the 158th Infantry Division Zara a regular infantry division of the Royal Italian Army and a garrison unit stationed on the Dalmation Coast during WW2. It surrendered to the Germans after the Italian surrender to the Allies in September 1943. Badges were often souvenired by Australian soldiers during WW2The 158th Infantry Division Zara was a regular infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The Zara Division formed in March 1942, was a garrison division stationed on the Dalmatian coast. It surrendered to the Germans after the Italian surrender to the Allies in September 1943Two brass Italian Army hat badges showing crossed rifles and '158' within a rope circle surmounted by a crown. One badge is mounted on a red, white and green striped ribbon rosette 158ww2, italian army, badge -
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 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION, Temple Press Ltd
Books were used as references for aircraft spotter on the home front and in battle during WW2.1. 64 page book outlining descriptions of British monoplanes. Front cover predominately black with red writing. Pictures of a plane in a search light over a city landscape. 2. 64 page book outlining descriptions of German warplane. Front cover predominately black with green writing with same background.1. Title "AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION" - British. 2. Title - "AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION" - German.german aircraft, british aircaft, books, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BELT, WEBBING
Belts issued as part of field uniform of the Australian Army. Number suggests Post WW2.Cotton webbing belt, brass buckle and a number inscribed on the inside Written on inside "1646312".uniform, canvas belt, army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - JACKET, SUMMER, RAAF, Holeproof, 1953
RG BENNETTS 119452. RAAF 1942 - 1945. Re-enlisted again after WW2.1. Jacket - Polyester light khaki long sleeved. Black buttons, shoulder epaulettes. 2. Belt - Polyester, black metal buckle.RAAF on Epaulettes.uniform, raaf -
Bendigo Military Museum
Headwear - HELMET, STEEL, ARMY, c1939-1945
Army Helmet from WW2 worn by S. Dunlop 2/4 Bn Coy.Helmet - cotton khaki camouflage pattern covering steel helmet. Inside cotton straps, chin strap cotton webbing with metal clasp.Nilarmy, helmet, ww2 -
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 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 -
Montmorency–Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Equipment - Clinometer, 1941
This model clinometer used in both WW1 and WW2 for checking artilllery and mortar barrel anglesPrecision instrument widely used by Alliied forces in two warsMetal with some parts painted black. Device comprises a segment of a circle with an adjustable radial arm with bubble level on a slide attached"Clinometer Field Mark VI No. A.221" Noblet and Forrest 1941" "Direction of Target" with arrow. "Use this Base for 0° - 45°" "45° - 90° Target" with arrow Circle segment graduated with 0 - 44 degrees on side, 45 - 89 degrees other side. Arm graduated 0 - 60 minutes both sides clinometer, artillery instruments -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Slide Rule Calculator, 1940
The Slide Rule was made in 1940 and used by the Royal Australian Air Force during WW2.This is an original Slide Rule that was used by RAAF during WW2Wooden Slide Rule CalculatorRule, Slide M.G. Mk III. W.H.H. 1940slide rule ww2 raaf -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Kazenwalder and Decker Wedding
Gerda Decker and Albrecht Kazenwalder were married in camp 3 during their internment in WW2.historical Sepia photograph of bride and groom (groom is carrying the brides train) standing in a doorway.gerda decker, albrecht kazenwalder, camp 3 weddings -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Murchison War Graves
A view of a number of graves at Murchison's War Cemetery taken during WW2 of internees graves.historicBlack and white photograph of graves, at Murchison Cemetery, in the foreground and 3 pencil pines and other trees in the background.murchison cemetery, internees graves, manfred haering -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Sister Beatrice Moore
Sister Beatrice Moore was the first matron at Camp 1 Hospital, Tatura during WW2.Black and white photograph, head and shoulders, of a female nursing officer in Army uniform, looking to her leftsister beatrice moore, camp 1 matron, camp 1 hospital, sister moore -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Sidearm - German, 1940's
Possession of POW at Camp13, Murchison. Formerly part of German paratroopers equipment/arms in WW2German paratroopers sidearm resembling large pocket knife with blade and retractable spike. Wood covereed metal shaft/handle riveted. Metal ring attached at spike end. Thumb guide towards unprotected blade.SMF Solingen Rostfreiarms, edged, weapons -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, D. Clark, Pioneer March 1939-1940, 1989 copy
A pioneer march of soldiers came through Tatura from Seymour to Shepparton beginning of WW2.Black and white copy photograph of soldiers marching east down Hogan Street, Tatura. 1939-1940.on back: Pioneer March 1939-1940pioneer march -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Family life in Tatura Internment Camps during World War 11
Thesis written by Sarah McDonald on "Family Life in Australia Internment Camps during WW2Spiral bound clear plastic front, black plastic back.ww2, camps, books, history, local -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Badge
Former possession of local WW2 Ex RAAF serviceman. Flight Lieutenent Ren Smith.Brass badge depicting crown,sun and an anchor in a diamond shape. Spring like clip on the back.Returned from active service on the back "Issued by the Commonwealth Government 94347"smith ren, raaf, badge -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Teresa and Vittoria Riboni
Teresa and Vittoria Riboni who were internees in Camp 3 compound A during WW2.Black and white photograph of two children in front of some houses.teresa riboni, vittori riboni, internment camp 3