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Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, AIR CRASH, C. WW2
This is a famous photo of wartime aviation crash.Photo, black & white, dark coloured Avro Anson, NR4878 that has crashed onto another lighter coloured Avro Anson NR L9162.photography-photographs, military history - air force, passchendaele barracks trust, anson -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, AIR FORCE 1944, June 1944
... Bendigo Military Museum 37 - 39 Pall Mall Bendigo ...Group sepia tone panorama photo Airmen and names of No 179 Squadron June 15 1944. There is a twin engine bomber behind the men.photography-photographs, military history - air force, sqd, 179, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - CERTIFICATE WW2, FRAMED, Troedel & Cooper Pty Ltd, 1941
... Bendigo Military Museum 37 - 39 Pall Mall Bendigo ...Certificate of the Poultry Industry Spitfire Appeal 1941. Dark blue & red colour printing on fawn background. Rectangular shape frame made of clear plastic cover on the front with metal back plate & upright support. Metal painted in fawn colour. Certificate presented to R Robbins.Handwritten in black ink: "R Robbins Esqe D Granter G Abberton"documents - certificates, military history - fundraising, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER CUTTING, 1940
... Bendigo Military Museum 37 - 39 Pall Mall Bendigo ...Newspaper article, black & white, shows picture of the two Avro Ansons crashed together, some of the written article is evident. The newspaper is glued to a piece of cardboard.documents - newspapers, military history - air force, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Poster - INFORMATION PANEL, Post 1990
... Bendigo Military Museum 37 - 39 Pall Mall Bendigo ...Black & white & colour article entitled: Distinguished Flying Cross, Gallantry Awards. Shows photo of a rack of medals probably belonging to Captain Ross Macpherson Smith. Black & white portrait of Captain Ross Macpherson Smith. Right side is large colour picture of ADFC. A small Australian flag in top left corner has wording: Their Service Our Heritage.documents - military history, posters, awards, medals, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPHS WW2, C.WW2
... Bendigo Military Museum 37 - 39 Pall Mall Bendigo ...Photographs, 4 individual portraits stuck on to an A4 laminated sheet. The subjects are: CPL DONALD J OSBORN - 2/17 Battalion FLT LT JOHN D OSBORN - 59 SQN RAF FLY OFFICER HAROLD K OSBORN - 630 SQN RAF Bomber Command LSA NORMAN L OSBORN - RAAFphotography-photographs, military history - air force, raaf -
Bendigo Military Museum
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER CUTTING, Post WW2
Newspaper & date published now shown.Newspaper article, colour & black & white, titled: ANZAC Day Reunites Two Special Squadrons, 461 Squadron Sunderland Aircraft.documents - newspapers, military history - air force, sunderland, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Headwear - CAP, FORAGE, 1) 1944; .2) 1941
item relates to Cat No 2854.3.1) Forage Cap, navy, two buttons on front & Crown & Eagle Badge. .2) Forage Cap, navy, two buttons on front..1) Inside cap: “Q136 1944, Size 7-1/8, Made in Australia” .2) “J Josephson 1941 Laver”costume - male head wear, military history - air force, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARDS, PHOTOGRAPHIC WW1, Various et al, c.1914 - 1918
.1) Trooper Jack Miller .2) M J O'Donohue .3) & .4) F C Cotton .5) Pte Peter Williams .6) Pte A Bellingham, Queensland .7) D Kearin, G Thorn .8) Pte Roger Fitzpatrick, Maryborough East .9) L/Sgt D D Bruce, Sig W J Wair .10) John Oakes .11) Leslie Bryant .12) Cpt W Turner .13) Sgt T Marshall .14) R W Mattingley .15) Sgt A T Power .16) Sgt Walter Yates .17) Charles Drury .18) Joe O'Neill .19) Les J MartinPhotographs of Australian Servicemen WWI..17) Names on rear.photography-photographs, military history, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARDS, PHOTOGRAPHIC, Various Beirut companies, c.1914 - 1918
Postcards from soldiers in WWI in the Middle East, Egypt, Lebanon & Syria.9 Rectangular cardboard postcards. .1) - .3) Hand coloured. .4) - .9) Black & white..1) “Femme Egyptienne” .2) “Vne de Beyrouth et du Libian (view of Beirut & Lebanon)” .3) “Baalbek” .4) - .9) “View of Egypt & Middle East” documents - postcards, military history, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARDS, PHOTOGRAPHIC WW1, 2) J Welch & Sons, c.1914-1918
Correspondence to & from soldiers in WWI..1) - .3) Rectangular coloured postcards sent during World War I..1) “To my hero on Active Service” .2) “Dear (Albert) After a long time on rail have just arrived at Bendigo” .3) “Hope I'm not intruding in gold lettering”documents - postcards, military history, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARDS & PHOTOGRAPHS WW1, Various, c.1914 - 1918
... Bendigo Military Museum 37 - 39 Pall Mall Bendigo ...9 Rectangular black & white photos of various groups of members of the AIF during WWI. Photography: .1) One of our big guns, 10" Howitzer gun on the Somme in France. .2) Names Cotton Osmond, Drury & Chris. .5) St Power AT, Sgt Whelan F, L/Sgt Bruce DD. .6) L Bryant, WBT Maysey, Richards AJ, Wilson LR, Ronald AF, Jamieson D, Bohun CA. .7) Lt Heathcote, Lt Taylor, Lt Rider, Lt Smith, Lt Hutton, Lt Foster, Lt Ridgway, Cap Fitzgerald, C & ? Burison, Lt Hier, Lt McNichol.Various names written on the rear.documents-postcards, military history, photography-photographs, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARDS PHOTOGRAPHIC WW1, Daily Mail, c.1914 - 1918
Daily Mail Official War Pictured, Series 2, No 10. Scenes WWI in Europe.Four by colour enhanced postcards with scenes WW1..1) “RAMC picking up wounded in a captured village” .2) “A fag after a fight” .3) “British mine exploding at Beaumont-Hamel” .4) “British Machine Gunners wearing gas helmets”photography-photographs, military history, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARDS, PHOTOGRAPHIC WW1, c.1914 - 1918
Black & white photos of WWI battle scenes in Europe. Seven Daily Mail battle pictures, black & white. Official war photos, Series VIII. No 57 Wounded. Tommy to Photographer: I'm not a German! No 58 Black Watch Pipers Playing to the Captors of Longueval. No 59 The Burial of two British Soldiers on the Battlefield. No 60 A Fag After a Fight. No 62 British Machine Gunners Wearing Gas Helmets. No 63 Tommy at Home in German Dugouts. No 64 A Big Mine Exploding.postcards - photographs, military history, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARDS, PHOTOGRAPHIC WW1, Daily Mail, c.1914 - 1918
Daily Mail Battle Pictures, Series VII.Seven black & white postcards of aspects of the Great War..1) The glorious first of July 1916 - Our first prisoners, SVII No 49. .2) Star shell bursting near British lines, SVII No 51. .3) Army Chaplain tending British graves, SVII No 52. .4) The Fighting Fifth (Northumberland Fusiliers) after the Battle of St Eloi, SVII No 52. .5) Tommy's lookout in a captured trench at Orvillers, SVII No 52. .6) London Scottish going into their trenches,m SVII No 55. .7) Sir D Haig introducing Sir Pertab Singh to Generall Joffre, SV11 No 49.photography-photographs, military history, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARDS WW1, PHOTOGRAPHIC, c.1914 - 1918
Daily Mail Battle Pictures of France & Belgium in WWI. British Army.Postcards, black & white, Daily Mail Battle Pictures Series 1X.postcards - photographs, military history, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARDS, PHOTOGRAPHIC WW1, c.1914-1918
... Bendigo Military Museum 37 - 39 Pall Mall Bendigo ...Postcards from Charlie on active service to Lila (C) Rogan, Casey Street, Maryborough, dated 18.8.16 to 22.9.18. All postcards printed with verse or humorous messages..6) Handwriting on rear: “When the boys come home”.military history, communication - postal, passchendaele barracks trust, postcards -
Bendigo Military Museum
Poster - POSTCARDS, PHOTOGRAPHIC WW1, 1), .2), .3), .5), .8), .10) & .11) Brighton Palace Series, c.1916-1919
Photographic postcards of Brighton & Folkestone, England sent home in WWI.Postcards B & W of Southern England.Descriptions of tourist sites in Southern England, some with handwriting.photography-photographs, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BATTLEFIELDS, Kangaroo Press, Australian Battlefields of the Western Front 1916-1918
... Bendigo Military Museum 37 - 39 Pall Mall Bendigo ....1) Soft card cover with black & white photo of battlefield on front & back. Coloured photo of soldier carrying a wounded comrade over his shoulder. History of Author, John Laffin on back cover. 204 pages black & white with photos & maps. Complete history covering cemeteries, battlefields, commemorations, etc. .2) - .6) Tourist Information in Belgium, French & English.“3rd Edition on front cover”books - military history, battlefields -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, RED CROSS, Harper Collins Publishers, The Power of Humanity, Post 2014
Book, hard cover with dust jacket. Black with title on red background on front. Title in white on spine: Red Cross - 100 Years Helping People 1914-2014 on back cover. 317 cut edge pages, illustrated with black & white & coloured photographs covering The History of The Australian Red Cross from Birth to 2014 including The Great War, Peace & War, Challenges & Crises, One Red Cross 2000-2014.books - medical, books-biography, essential services - red cross, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Literary work - MANUSCRIPT, Bob Marmion, The Victorian Volunteer Force on the Central Victorian Goldfields 1858 - 1883
Photocopy of original held by Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical Museum. The inscription is the Castlemaine Museum's Registration No & location code.Manuscript, M A Thesis. Plain A4 paper with cut edges, 144 pages with black & white illustrations. Pages secured with a metal clip.Page (ii) top R hand corner: “3247 S3 C/F5”documents - education, military history - volunteer forces -
Bendigo Military Museum
Literary work - DIARY WW1, It's About Jack, Post 2000
The diaries of PTE JOHN EDWIN BALL 3126A 48th Battalion 8th Reinforcement. Diary was transcribed by Michael Rohde, husband of J E Ball's grand daughter, Heather.Spiral bound with clear front cover & black card back cover. A4 plain paper with cut edges. 330 pages with black & white illustrations. Contains photocopies of original diary entries with typed transcripts.documents - diaries, military history, 48th -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, RED CROSS, Bendigo Uniting Care Print Shop, Kennington Red Cross Centenary 1914-2014, Pos 2014
Book, soft cover, red border on white background with title & photo of Society's Registration Certificate on front. Welcome back poster with red border on back cover. 48 cut edged pages. Illustration in colour & black & white, complete history of unit with member's details & events from Inaugural Certificate to 2014.books - medical, essential services-red cross, kennington -
Bendigo Military Museum
Instrument - BUGLE, Unknown
Bugle, copper with brass trimming, chrome mouth piece, brass eyelets for cord shoulder strap.musical instruments - brass section, metalcraft - copperware, military history, bugle -
Bendigo Military Museum
Instrument - BUGLE WW1, Mathias Road, 1914
WWI Army Bugle has Australian Commonwealth Military Force Rising Sun Badge with a copper letter A fixed beside the Rising Run. Main body is made out of copper, the muzzle & breech are brass. The rear arve has a brass outer plate. The lip nozzle is missing.“Mathias Rd London N. 1914” Some non sensical letters scratched onto brass muzzle.musical instruments - wind, metalcraft - copper - brassware, military history, bugle -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - JAPANESE ARTILLERY BINOCULARS
These binoculars were originally held in the Headquarters of the Pacific Islands Regiment in New Guinea. In February 1946, Colonel H. T. Allan OBE, MC, ED was presented with the binoculars to bring home as a souvenir. Refer Cat No 2755.4 for his extensive career and awards. During World War 2, they were used by a Japanese Army artillery unit.A tall and heavy set of binoculars comprising the binoculars set and a tripod base with wooden legs. The binoculars are attached to the tripod via a circular metal base plate with a small levelling bubble on the surface. The base plate is marked in degrees from zero to 360. Between each lens tube is an aiming device. The top of the tripod has a winding mechanism for raising and lowering the height of the binoculars. On the right hand side of the binoculars is a marked gauge which allows them to be tilted at different angles of elevation. Each of the eyepieces is able to be adjusted to fit the user's face. A silver metal manufacturer's plate is attached to the top of the binoculars.On the silver manufacturer's plate: Details in Japanese writing.military equipment, military history, herbert trangmar allan, japanese army, binoculars -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW2, James Print, Post WW1
Soldier notes: LIONEL YOUNGHUSBAND NX115868 & N199216, refer Cat No 2491P for service details. Photograph, black & white, soldier in uniform standing in front of a garden, paling fence & palm tree. Soldier is Lionel YOUNGHUSBAND..Handwritten in black ink on back of photograph: “Lionel Younghusband. Died in Heidelberg Military Hospital July 14th 1943 age 22 yrs” Stamped in black ink on back: James Print Inglewoodphotography-photographs, military history - army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - PLAQUE WW2, Angus & Coote, Post WW2
Lionel Younghusband NX115868, refer Cat No 2491P for service details.Plague, made of black painted timber with silver coloured metal scroll on top & rectangular plate on bottom. In the centre is a round dome bearing a raised badge in silver coloured metal, surmounted by blue enamel map of Australia. On bottom of badge is a plain banner with blue enamel.On metal scroll: “We Honour You” On shield: “For Service 1936-45” On blue metal: “Tullamore” On name plate: “In Memory of TPR L G Younghusband”civic mementoes - plaques, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL, post WWI
STANLEY EARL WATKINS No 2418 enlisted in the 4th reinforcements 38th Batt an 12.9.1916 age 18 years. Embarked for England 20.10.1916. Transfered to Machine Gun Corps 20.7.1917, embarked for France 12.10.1917 as reinforcement 5th MG Batt. WIA 1.9.1918 GSW to the head. Returned to unit 5.10.1918, hospitalised 17.10.1918 with Influenza, returned to unit 26.10.1918, hospitalised at sea on return to Australia 29.7.1919 with Scabies, discharged from the AIF 28.11.1919. Single Victory Medal WWI re S E Watkins, without ribbon.2418 PTE S E WATKINS 25 MG COY AIFmedals, military, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, COLLEGE CADETS, 1943
... Bendigo Military Museum 37 - 39 Pall Mall Bendigo ...Photograph, black & white, group of 52 soldiers in uniform in front of a brick building. Adhesive taped to back of the photo is a black & white photocopy of the photo with printed details: Bendigo - “The Waywe Were” “Attention! Marist Brothers' College Cadets with Captain Kenneth Harris in 1943” The Cadet names are listed in rows.photography-photographs, military history - army, marist college, cadets