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8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Book - Document, WWII Diary Thomas H Fagan
Thomas H Fagan of Walbundrie NSW served in 105 General Transport Company during WWII. Following service in Syria and Egypt the unit sailed for home but was diverted to Java, Dutch East Indies where they became part of Blackforce. The Japanese following up their success in Singapore overran Jave and Blackforce went into captivity. Fagan spent a short time at Changi then nearly three years on the Burma Railway. He lost a leg to tropical ulcers but survived the war return to Australia at the end of hostilities.A document worthy of preservation and public access.World War diary typed by the diarist from notes kept at great risk throughout his imprisonment by the Japanese 1942-1945. Transcribed 2018 by Albury historian Jan Hunter and published by Albury & District Historical Society as Booklet No 31 in limited hard copy for district Libraries and Schools.diary, prisoner of war, burma, railway, changi -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc
Oral History, My RAAF Experience by Keith R.E. Johnston, 1980's
K. Johnston was in the RAAF from September 1941 until December 1945 and was a B-24 Liberator pilot between 1942 and December 1945. He was attached to Fifth Bomber Command USAF the 12 Squadron RAAF.This oral history of Keith Johnston is of historical significance because it provides a first hand account of this individual's experiences during World War II as a member of the RAAF who trained at Bradfield Park Sydney and Bundaberg and saw active service during the Pacific conflict flying B-24 Liberator aircraft in New Guinea and Darwin.A4 paper printed transcript, stapled in cornerMy RAAF Experience by R.E.Johnston, photo of 12 Squadron RAAF badge, Flight Lieutenant 12 Squadron RAAForal history raaf world war ii -
Bendigo Military Museum
Honour Board - HONOUR BOARD, EAGLEHAWK LODGE, WW1, WW2, Eaglehawk Lodge, Post 1919 & post 1945
The WW1 roll has 11 names with 1 x MC and 1 x DCM award. The WW2 roll has 15 names. The entire structure is in 16 pieces that all fit together.Eaglehawk Lodge No 55 Honour Roll, all marble, all text in gold, the main centre piece is WW1 with Lodge insignia at the top with year dates followed by 2 columns with text and list of names following, at the bottom the Lodge name. Two sections one each side is for WW2 with names on.Centre section, “1914 - 1919 HONOR Roll - The Great War - Eaglehawk - Lodge No 55 VC” Side sections, “World War 11 - 1939 - 1945”memoroabilia, honor, roll, lodge, eaglehawk -
Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre
Memorabilia - Text book for trainee mechanics, Fitters II.E, Flight Mechanics, Course Notes
Text book used by trainee flight mechanicsHardcover note book bound with cord, blue cover, 199 pagesRAAF Fitters II.E Flight Mechanics Course Notes, Engineering School, Issue 5, August 1945, The book is RAAF property and is not to be reproduced without authority.text book, note book, trainee mechanic, lac dixon, pr dixon -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Medallion, circa 2005
The Australian Government provided the medallion to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the end of WW 2.The medallions were distributed to all surviving veterans, widows and widowers.Gold coloured round medallion.On the front - World War 11 60 years 1945-2005, map of Australia. On the Back - World War 11 Service to Australia, the Australian Coat of Arms.ww2, veterans, 60th anniversary medallion -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Coffee Mug - Heywood Bowling Club Heywood, C.R. Hose Glassware Pty Ltd, n.d
White ceramic coffee mug. Heywood Bowling Club logo in green, on one side, male and female bowlers in green on other side.Front: 'Heywood Bowling Club' - in logo Back: Base - Makers logo 'C.R. Hose Glassware Pty Ltd Glass & Ceramic Decorators Est. 1945' -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Postcard - Fountain Inn, Port Melbourne, WTP Post Card, Fountain Inn, Crockford Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria, 1892
Appears to have belonged for a time to licensee of Fountain Inn "pudney" (except licensee at the time is listed as Joseph Ballhausen). If 1892, cable tram has just gone in, so dispute the marked date."Fountain Inn, Crockford Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria". A postcard of the Fountain Inn (deemed 1892). Sender has written "Greetings from Port Melbourne" across the front. Hand tinted photo shows cable car and horse cart. Printed in Germany."To dear Aunt Mary with fond love from Bessie" Also "greetings from Port Melbourne" "1892" "56 years ago at 1945 Pudney Licensee"hotels, built environment - commercial, transport, fountain inn -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, 1945
Black and white photocopy of a photograph, mounted on a piece of paper, of debutants at a ball. Names of those in photo are listed on the mount to the right of the photo.At foot of photo: "Debutantes at Stephens Church of Eng. Ball. Rutherglen. Oct. 5th 1945" Transcription of names to the right of the photo typed on a separate piece of paper.st stephens church, debutantes, balls, dances, patsy smith, dawn miles, lucie newton, thelma crampton, nancy hayes, maureen johnston, denise furze, barbara furze, aileen stanton, correll jackson, lucia hankinson, shirley simmonds, pat collins, june dinsdale, marie hankinson, mavis humphreys, melva sullivan, judith devers -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Memorabilia - Service Medals
4 x Service Medals - 3 are Miniatures. 2 full size and 2 miniature ribbons.Medals inscribed "The Australian Service Medal 1945 - 1975." Miniatures "The Australian Defence Medal." Australian Service Medal. Australian Service Medal with Korea Bar. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Book - Demob.Book, Demobilization Procedure Book. No: 172513
Small Paper Booklet.Inscribed Demobilization Procedure Book. John Albert Fleming. VX71122 .Rank Pte. 2/12 Australian Infantry Battalion. Discharged 24th December 1945. -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Award - trophy, 1946
Pewter mugRising Sun badge. Inscription- Presented to Maj V. GullickIn appreciation of services rendered as treasurer of staff corps mess AHQ Committee 1945-1946 -
Rutherglen RSL Sub-Branch
Memorabilia - Commemorative mug, c.1945/6
Potentially given to JNCO's 1BN R.M.EMetal commemorative mug with inscription and engraving of dragon. Clear hard plastic bottom.Engraved on mug: A.A.AYLOTT S. B. N; J.N.C.O. S CLUB; 1ST BN.R.M.E.; HONG KONG; 1945/46 on underside of mug Asian Charactershong kong, 1bn, jnco club -
Kyneton RSL Sub Branch
WW2 medals
3 On the rim, vx56802 G W Douglas 4. On the rim, vx56802 G W Douglas 5. On the rim, 346000 SGT .G.W. M. Douglas.R.A.S.R.Set of WW2 service medalsFive medals with coloured ribbons mounted on felt backing, with clip.1. The 1939-1945 Star 2. The Africa Star 3. War medal 4. The Australian Service medal 5. For long-service and good conduct.medals -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Students Under Instruction in the Orchard Area, 1944-1945
(1) Used as an illustration in, "Green Grows Our Garden," A.P. Winzenried p77.Black and white photographs. Students Under Instruction in the Orchard Area (1) Picking poppies (opium?) (2) Students being shown how to harvest fruit.Names written on reverse and on an attached piece of paper.(1) On reverse, "Instructor Ted White with students during 1944-1945, Helen Dudley, Elizabeth Dawson, Helen Hanna & Brian Gebbs." (2) On reverse, "Instructor Ray Harding with students during 1944-1945, Rhonda Shaw, Helen Dudley, Helen Hanna, Viva Smith & Ruth Woods."helen dudley, poppies, opium, instructor, ted white, elizabeth dawson, helen hanna, brian gebbs, green grows our garden, a.p. winzenried, ray harding, rhonda shaw, viva smith, ruth woods, orchard, student outside class -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - COLLECTION OF TELEGRAMS FROM TED TO MRS HILDEBRANDT
See Cat 5109PThis is a collection of Commonwealth of Australia - PMG Dept typed telegrams. 1. To M. Phillips - "Sign" at Heidelberg Hospital, Malaria, Ted, stamped 19 Oct 42. 2. To M. Phillips - "Sorry can't come till Monday love Ted, stamped 26 ? 1942. 3. To Mrs E.H. Hildebrandt "Arrived safe in Adelaide this morning Love Ted, Stamped 23 Aug 1945. 4. To Mrs E H Hildebrandt "Leaving Adelaide at four thirty in the morning. Love Ted 25 Aug 1945. 5. To Mrs E H Hildebrandt "At Terowie going North tomorrow. Love Ted. 6. To Mrs E H Hildebrandt "Leaving about Sunday by plane. Love Ted 27 Sep 45. 7. To Mrs E H Hildebrandt "In Adelaide home seven" Love Ted ? Oct 1945 8. To Mrs E H Hildebrandt " Still in Adelaide" Love Ted 4 Oct 45. 9. To Mrs E H Hildebrandt "Still in Adelaide" Love Ted 5 Oct 45.ww2, end of war, coming home -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, Fourteen minutes
Possibly donated by parents of Lindsay Brittain (1945)Small royal blue cloth covered book with gold lettering on cover and spineOn flyleaf: Crest / ballarat College / Library / Presented by / Mr and Mrs J Brittain / October 1962 etclindsay-brittain, 1962, weatherly-library, ballarat-college -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Photograph - Digital Image, Greensborough Hill Climb, 1945c
Two photographs of the Greensborough Hill Climb 1945.Digital copy of black and white photographs.greensborough hill climb 1945 -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Card - Membership Card Geelong RSL 1945
This a Geelong RSL Membership Card dated 1945This is an original Card, the card was issued to VX20784 Thomas A Bowden, a WW2 Veteran, Rat of Tobruk.An oblong Card, black cover, paper information page insertFront Cover Capitals, Geelong, RSL Badge, RSSAILA -
Federation University Historical Collection
Newspaper, The Sun, 27 July 1945, 27/07/1945
Victory on the Pacific Day was 15 August 1945.12 page, broadsheetThe Sun, yellowing pages Number 11,081world war 2, britain, japanese surrender, attlee, churchill, australia, singapore, world war two, newspaper, end of the war -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (item) - Rotol Propellor Data No.1 1945
Published 1945 during the Second World War rotol, propellor, rotol propellor manual -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc
Memorial Poppy, 1945
Presented at the surrender at Morotai 9 September 1945.Connection to the surrender at MorotaiRed hand knitted woollen poppy, with black ringed green centre mounted on attaching pin. Copy of surrender certificate attached. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Cr H J Dunn -- Mayor 1945-1947
Portrait of H.J. Dunn Mayor 1945-47stawell government -
Federation University Art Collection
Richard Lowe, Victoria Surveys the Great Egg Kangaroo, 1978
Richard (Dickie) Wentworth LOWE (1945-2012) -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Weapon - Bayonet, German S84/98
Standard issue German bayonet 1939-1945Bayonet with blackened 250mm blade. Has wooden handel with 6 groves cut into each side, which fit between the screws. Blade is showing minor pitting and rust."7691"- blade right side "41ASW"-blade right side regimental property, bayonet, wark vc club, german, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - CERTIFICATE, FRAMED, 1995
Certificate awarded to "MR K N BANNON" Keith Noel Bannon No. W3081 RAN Enlisted 16/1/45 aged 18 years Discharged 25/12/46 Rank Stoker 11 on HMAS Lachlan.Certificate - heavy paper, original document. Black print with Australian Coat of Arms on top and " AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS/ 1945-1995" emblem below print. Print on beige background with decorative edge and emblem in green and gold colours. Certificate signed by Prime Minister, Minister for Veteran Affairs and Federal member.On certificate "On the 50th Anniversary/ of the end of the Second World War/ a grateful nation expresses its thanks to Mr. K.N. Bannon/for contributing to the war effort/ and the coming of peace.certificate, ww2, framed item, 50th anniversary, k. n. bannon -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW11
Donald Henry Harris No 141844 enlisted in the RAAF on 15.12.43 age 34 years. At discharge from the RAAF on 29.1.46 he was an LAC in 14 Mobile Works Sqd. Refer 2126.2.Medals, court mounted, set of (5) re D.H.Harris. 1. 1939-45 Star, not engraved but original. 2. Pacific Star, not engraved but original. 3. War Medal 1939-45. 4. Australian Service Medal. 5. Australian Service Medal 1945-75 with clasp "SW PACIFIC". "141844 D.H.Harris"medals, military, history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''THE FORLORN HOPE'' BY FRANK CLUNE
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 31 page booklet called The Forlorn Hope, a sea saga of the 1860s by Frank Clune. Published in 1945 by The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne and printed by John Gartner at the Hawthorn Press. Cover design by Allan Jordan. Catalogue sticker ''2188 CLU'' on front cover.Frank Clunebooks, collections, history, alec h chisholm collection, frank clune -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - JOHN KENNETH MARTIN COLLECTION: SWAGGER STICK, 1939-1945
Clothing, brown leather covered swagger stick. Swagger sticks used by Officers as a symbol of authority, carried under left arm. Swagger stick belonged to John Kenneth Martin, padre in 2nd Australian Corps AIF. Served overseas as a Chaplain from 1940-1945. Old box 314Y.costume, male, military officer's swagger stick -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: BENDIGO TEACHERS' COLLEGE RURAL SCHOOL SPORTS
A small black and white photograph of four Bendigo Teachers' College students at the Rural School Sports in November 1945. The four women are all dressed in pleated skirts or dresses with black shoes or white sports shoes. They are Lola Rowe, Rosina Crimmins, Lois Adams and Elaine Emmerson. See 3320.100bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college students, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college, rural school sports, sports, costume, attire, fashion, clothing, students, tertiary education, teacher training, ms. j.c. burnett, mr. geoff pryor, photo, photos, photograph, photographs, photography, lola rowe, rosina crimmins, lois adams, elaine emmerson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: BENDIGO TEACHERS' COLLEGE S.R.C
A black and white photograph of the Bendigo Teachers' College Student Representative Council (S.R.C.) in 1945. The eight female students are all dressed in suits or skirt and jacket. The photo includes the President Elaine Emmerson in the centre front and the Secretary in the back row second from left Pauline Murphy. See 3320.100bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college students, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college, tertiary education, teacher training, student, student representative council, clothing, costume, ms. j.c. burnett, mr. geoff pryor, attire, fashion, elaine emmerson, pauline murphy