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Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, 37/52 Australian Infantry Battalion Association, A young man's war : a history of the 37th/52nd Australian Infantry Battalion in World War Two : Battle honours South West Pacific 1943-1945, liberation of Australian New Guinea, Gusika -Fortification Point, 1992
... A young man's war : a history of the 37th/52nd Australian ...A history of the wartime experiences of the Australian Army 37th/52nd infantry battalionsIndex, ill, maps, p.428.non-fictionA history of the wartime experiences of the Australian Army 37th/52nd infantry battalionsworld war 1939-1945 - regimental histories - australia, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - south west pacific -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Affirm Press, Sons of war : astonishing stories of under-age Australian soldiers who fought in the Second World War, 2022
... Sons of war : astonishing stories of under-age Australian ...In the Second World War, thousands of Australian boys lied about their age and volunteered for a war the scale of which they could never have imagined. Like many of their fathers in the Great War, they went with their eyes wide shut: under-trained, under-equipped and under-age. Some were as young as thirteen - too young even to shave. Many did not grow old; others came back broken. A handful are still alive to tell their tales. This extraordinary book captures the bold and untold stories of forty Australian children who fought in the deadliest war in history. Follow these boys through Libya and Palestine, Greece and Crete, to the jungles of Malaya, Papua New Guinea and Borneo, fighting for their lives, their country, their mates. Many of the photographs have never been seen. Haunting images of youths in training camps and behind the lines stand beside moving portraits of old men who have not forgotten.Index, ill, ,maps, p.380.non-fictionIn the Second World War, thousands of Australian boys lied about their age and volunteered for a war the scale of which they could never have imagined. Like many of their fathers in the Great War, they went with their eyes wide shut: under-trained, under-equipped and under-age. Some were as young as thirteen - too young even to shave. Many did not grow old; others came back broken. A handful are still alive to tell their tales. This extraordinary book captures the bold and untold stories of forty Australian children who fought in the deadliest war in history. Follow these boys through Libya and Palestine, Greece and Crete, to the jungles of Malaya, Papua New Guinea and Borneo, fighting for their lives, their country, their mates. Many of the photographs have never been seen. Haunting images of youths in training camps and behind the lines stand beside moving portraits of old men who have not forgotten.world war 1939-1945 - australia - under age soldiers, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Kamps, Charles T. Jr, The History of the Vietnam War: An Illustrated History of the War in South East Asia (Copy 1)
... The History of the Vietnam War: An Illustrated History of ...Over 700 colour, black and white photographs and illustrations.Over 700 colour, black and white photographs and illustrations. 1961-1975 - united states - history, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - united states - history - pictorial works -
Department of Health and Human Services
Church of England Army Cadets marching from the War Memorial to the Melbourne Town Hall on Swanston Street, Melbourne CBD Australia - 1948, from the War Memorial - Department of Health – National Fitness Office (Sports & Recreation) – Historical Press Release Photo Collection
... Church of England Army Cadets marching from the War ...Department of Health – National Fitness Office (Sports & Recreation) – Historical Press Release Photo - Empire Youth Day & Royals on Tour CollectionDepartment of Health – National Fitness Office (Sports & Recreation) – Historical Press Release Photo - Empire Youth Day & Royals on Tour Collection -
Department of Health and Human Services
Church of England Air Cadets followed by a Fellowship Group marching from the War Memorial to the Melbourne Town Hall on Swanston Street, Melbourne CBD Australia - 1948, from the War Memorial - Department of Health – National Fitness Office (Sports & Recreation) – Historical Press Release Photo Collection
... Church of England Air Cadets followed by a Fellowship Group ...Department of Health – National Fitness Office (Sports & Recreation) – Historical Press Release Photo - Empire Youth Day & Royals on Tour CollectionDepartment of Health – National Fitness Office (Sports & Recreation) – Historical Press Release Photo - Empire Youth Day & Royals on Tour Collection -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, F.M.Cutlack, Official History of Australia in the War/ The AFC in the Western and Eastern theatres of War 1914-1918, 1942
... Official History of Australia in the War/ The AFC in the ...Book -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Ernest Scott, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18/ Australia during the War, 1941
... Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 ...Book -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Angus & Robertson Ltd, The Official history of Australia in the War of 1914-1918: Australia during the war, 1921-1942
... The Official history of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 ...Volume one of the official history of Australia in the war of 1914-1918Index, Ill, maps, p.888.non-fictionVolume one of the official history of Australia in the war of 1914-1918world war 1914-1918 - australia - history, australia - history - 20th century -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Hardy, Gordon, The Vietnam Experience: Words of War: An Anthology of Vietnam War Literature
... The Vietnam Experience: Words of War: An Anthology of ...The Vietnam Experience, has been to present, mostly in our own words, a comprehensive, accurae chronicle of America's long and painful involvemen in the Indochina war.The Vietnam Experience, has been to present, mostly in our own words, a comprehensive, accurae chronicle of America's long and painful involvemen in the Indochina war.vietnam war - 1961-1975, indochina, da nang, tan son nhut, bien hoa -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Denis Bishop & Christopher Ellis: Vehicles at War, 1979 (exact)
An account of vehicles which have made history in mechanised warfare. Ranging from tanks, armoured cars, personnel carriers, and gun carriers to vehicles such as jeeps, staff cars, ambulances, traction engines and motor cycles. Examples are from many countries and theatres of war, from the Crimean War to the Cold War. Contains 225 colour illustrations and 261 in black & white. ISBN 0-04-623012-2military history, tanks, armoured fighting vehicles, military vehicles, scout car, armoured cars, half track, military history, tanks, armoured fighting vehicles, military vehicles, scout car, armoured cars, half track -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, View of communications tower from War Memorial tower, Kangaroo Ground, July 1998
... View of communications tower from War Memorial tower ...Handwritten sketches showing additions to the Police/Emergency services communications tower in 2004. Harry Gilham noted that the cylindrical shaped object was blocking the view from the War Memorial tower to the land area and made suggestions to the Nillumbik Shire Council and CFA that it be raised to the sky area above the Mt St Leonard-Healesville range.Colour photo print 12.5 x 19 cmHandwritten notes on both sides regarding 2004 modificationskangaroo ground, shire of eltham memorial park, emergency services communications tower, harry gilham, nillumbik shire council, war memorial tower -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - NOTES ON ATOMIC WARFARE, London War Office, 1954
This explains Atomic blasts, protection from damage done, radiation levels and protection. Item in the collection re BCOF Association, refer Cat no 7625.This is a foolscap sized book. The covers are khaki card board. Printing is in black ink. Top RH Corner has WO code No. 8912. Bottom shows the War Office London. It was bound by 3 metal staples, which have rusted or taken out. atomic warfare, book -
Bendigo Military Museum
Mixed media - BOOKLET & DIARY WW1, The War Chest Fund, Sydney, 1919
.1) Booklet, cardboard cover with black & white print, on cover illustrated yacht on water with black / red print. Australian flag & Union Jack calendar on back cover 1918 - 1919. .2) Handwritten in pencil, diary, 10 pages."The War Chest Fund, Sydney To remind you of your own folks at home If in London, go to the AIR & War chest Club, Horseferry Club Soldier Write Home"documents - diaries, military history - army, passchendaele barracks trust -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Memorandum, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "War Loan rally & Aircraft Display", 12/03/1946 12:00:00 AM
War Loan Rally & Aircraft Display at Department of Aircraft Production, Fisherman's Bend, Saturday 16 March and Sunday 17 march 1946. Memo from JM Harry, Dist Traffic Superintendent, to Dist Traffic Supt SS, Depot Masters, Port Melbourne & Central. Memo from JM Harry, Dist Traffic Superintendent, to Depot Master, Hanna St."war Loan rally - Fish Bend. Sat 16/3/46 & Sun 17/3/46" written in red pencil across the top. "Special Events" written in red ink across top left corner. "Copies to ..." written in red pencil across the bottom of the page. "Copy to Asst Insps" written in penciltrams, tramways, letters, instructions, events, display -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED WW1, Wayne Eels, C.2008/2009
The Grinton Collection. War Cemetery in Annoeullin France Refer Cat No. 1280 for Jack Grintons service details. Photograph - framed. Photograph - black and white photograph on paper depicts a war cemetery with many graves marked with a cross. Snow on the ground. Background - trees. Frame - timber, light varnish finish, Perspex front, cardboard backing."Group 2: Burden of War". "I. War cemetery in Annoeullin".framed accessories, camera on the somme, ww1, 38th bn, grinton, france -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Slide, Shire of Eltham War Memorial Tower, Eltham-Yarra Glen Road, Kangaroo Ground, 24 Jul 1973
... Shire of Eltham War Memorial Tower, Eltham-Yarra Glen Road ...Various views from each side of the tower lookout. The Memorial Park and Shire of Eltham War Memorial tower are sited at was once known as Garden Hill and was reknowned for its panoramic views it offered tourists from the 1880s on. It was claimed that the full extent of the former Shire of Eltham could be looked upon from this viewpoint - and extending beyond.35 mm colour positive transparency x 7 Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)kangaroo ground, shire of eltham, war memorial tower, eltham-yarra glen road, shire of eltham war memorial -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper - The Sun Newspaper Dated 4/9/1939 - My War Part 2 - Hitlerism Amok In Poland, The Sun Newspaper Dated 4/9/1939 - Hitlerism Amok In Poland
World War 2 commences - PolandLocal Newspaper coverage of Start of World War 2 - PolandNewspaper special My War Part 2 = Front Two Pages and Last Two PagesNewspaper Special Re start World War 2 - Polandnewspaper coverages of start of world war 2 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, Letter from Cong Minh Nguyen, VVAV President to Gary Parker discussing a donation of 5 Photograph
... discussing a donation of 5 Photograph...Vietnamese Veterans Assoc. of Victoria Inc. ...Cong Minh Nguyen's letter is regarding the donation some historic photos of their famous leaders in the Vietnam War.vietnamese veterans association of victoria inc., vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- veterans -
Federation University Historical Collection
Album, Sutton's Pianos World War I
Henry Sutton is a talented world-wide accepted inventor with inventions relating to the telephone, photography, wireless, cars, motorcycles, and bicycles as well as many more inventions. Henry was also one of four brothers that ran the Sutton's Music Store after the death of their Father Richard Sutton. Henry Sutton taught Applied Electricity at the Ballarat School of Mines in 1883 to 1886.Folder containing information on the effects of World War I on pianos sales at Sutton's Musicw.h. paling, world war 1, ww1, enemy trademark, hugo wertheim, king and king ltd, carnegie & co, heindorff bros., richmond furnishing co., albert hannaford, findlays pty ltd, williams bros., allans ltd, e.t collins, j.l. lennard, morris buhler & co, charles harper & co, nicholsons ltd, maples, a. beckett, r.r garran, w.h. glen & co pty ltd, suttons pty ltd, wm kuhnel & co limited -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - CD-ROM, Alan Scarlett, Latrobe Valley War Memorials, 04/2015
CD-ROM of colour photographs of Latrobe Valley War Memorials at Traralgon, Churchill, Morwell.alan scarlett, latrobe valley, war memorial, traralgon, morwell, churchill, churchill war memoria, churchill service memorial, paul jessie -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph, Turkish Mounted Troops During World War One, 1918, 1918
Black and white photograph of a landscape with Turkish Mounted Troops During World War One.Verso: A Turkish photo. Turkish Mounted Troops. Palestine 1918world war, world war one, palestine, turks, turkish, mmm -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, Pay Rates for Diggers during Vietnam War
Black Framed Document. Document outlines pay rates for soldiers during the Vietnam Warframed document, pay rates -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Black and White, Gus Gervasoni Wearing World War Two Service Medals
Colour photograph of Gus Gervasoni wearing his World War Two Service medals. gus gervasoni, aif, world war two, chocco, chocolate soldier, conscript, service medals -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Flying Squadron Club World War One Honour Board, Kirribilli, 2019, 14/07/2019
Colour photograph of the World War One Honour Board of the Flying Squadron Club, Kirribillisydney, flying squadron, kirribilli, world war one, honour board -
Charlton RSL Sub Branch
Ceremonial object - Vietnam War Roll of Honour, Honour board listing those who served during Vietnam War, 1990
Wood Framed board listing names of personel who served during the Vietnam War.Eleven names listed -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, Shire of Eltham War Memorial, Kangaroo Ground, 28 January 2008
... Shire of Eltham War Memorial, Kangaroo Ground ...The Eltham Shire War Memorial, a tower of remembrance, was built with public donations to commemorate the memory of the fallen soldiers from the shire who enlisted in the 1914-1918 war. The tower is reminiscent of the peel-towers or watchtowers that lined the English-Scottish border from the mid 14th century to around 1600 and is constructed from locally quarried stone. This uncommon and picturesque war memorial, which affords an excellent view of the surrounding district was unveiled by His Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Stonehaven) on November 11, 1926. In July 1922 a deputation of returned soldiers from Panton Hill, presumably the Panton Hill branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia (RSSILA), proposed to Eltham Shire Council that the monument should be a cairn of local stone “sufficiently high to form a prominent and conspicuous landmark, and crowned with some suitable device”. Eltham Shire Councillor and President of the Panton Hill branch of the RSSILA, Basil Hall, was credited with being the first to suggest a tower, and with organising a Memorial Park committee to raise funds for the monument in the Memorial Park. A meeting for those interested in the establishing a War Memorial monument in the park was held in January 1924 and the Eltham Shire War Memorial League was formed for this purpose. It appears that the broad and rounded cairn that had been recently built was considered by the League a temporary affair, and not the substantial cairn-as-monument, sufficiently high to form the conspicuous landmark, which had been envisaged by the Panton Hill RSSILA. A design competition was held for the monument. The chairman of the League, Councillor Basil Hall, suggested that the site of the memorial in Kangaroo Ground would lend itself to something rugged, instead of polished stone. By April 1924 thirty designs for a memorial had been received from which three designs were selected and of those, the design by the shire engineer Mr McCormack, for a 70ft tower suitable for construction in rough stone, was chosen. Artist Harold Herbert suggested that a peel tower-like design reminiscent of those along the English-Scottish border would be fitting for the site. Herbert drew up a rough sketch that was approved of, and later, Melbourne architect Percy Meldrum volunteered to draw up the design from sketch to architectural drawings. By January 1925 the Soldiers’ Memorial League had adopted Meldrum’s design for a 50ft high tower. Meldrum had also offered his design and supervision of construction free of charge. The Shire provided the stone to the builders, which was a gift quarried from land owned at Kangaroo Ground by Dr Ethel and Professor William Osborne The Shire of Eltham War Memorial, a tower of remembrance, and honour board were unveiled on November 11, 1926, by the Governor General Lord Stonehaven. At this stage a temporary honour roll was painted on the panels on either side of the tower entrance. In September 1930 bronze plates were added above the portal with the names of men who fell in the 1914-18 war. On November 16, 1951, the Governor of Victoria, Sir Dallas Brooks re-dedicated the war memorial tower and unveiled the names of men who gave their lives in the 1939-45 war. Two additional bronze plaques which recognise service in the armed conflicts of Korea, Borneo, Malaya, and Vietnam were unveiled November 11, 2001, by the Governor of Victoria, John Landy, A.C., M.B.E. The tower was first used for fire spotting activities following the Black Friday bushfire in January 1939 in response to a request from Mr R.D. Ness, secretary of the Kangaroo Ground bush fire brigade, who asked Council that the tower be used as an observation tower for detecting bush fires, and asked Council to arrange a telephone to be installed. It was suggested that if the Shire were to appoint a caretaker for the Memorial Park, his duties could also include raising the alarm in the event of a fire. Later in 1939 Council applied for a radio transmitter, which the Forestry Commission planned to install at vantage places throughout the state. The first dedicated fire spotter appointed from December1948, was Mr Smith of Warrandyte. A prefabricated glazed cabin was installed in 1974, which involved the removal of the original stone structure around the rooftop exit door. A new fire spotting cabin, which included the latest technology, was installed soon after the 2009 Black Saturday fires and is manned by CFA personnel on high fire danger days. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p123This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. While published in the book in black and white, this collection features the original colour digital photographs. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, garden hill, kangaroo ground, memorial park, shire of eltham war memorial -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Art Captured, 2017
This is the art work of Hans-Wolder von Gruenewaldt and relates to his time when incarcerated as a Refugee in Camp 13 Murchison during World War 2. His personal story covering the years 1939 to 1947, was written by the author in March 1961 and translated into English by his son Axel von Gruenewaldt. His artwork, images and supporting material, was compiled and formatted by Kay Ball, President, Murchison and District Historical Society IncOblong book. Colourfui sketch of Hans-Wolter von Gruenewaldt on cover as he sketches scenes from Camp 13.Hans- Wolter von Gruenewaldt .Prisoner of War Camp 13 Murchison: his story and his art.hans-wolder von gruenewaldt -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Medal, Mercantile Marine War medal, abt 1918
The Mercantile Marine War Medal was awarded by the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom to members of the Merchant Navy for one or more voyages through a war or danger zone during the course of World War I. Miniature with ribbon. Description of full size medal: A circular, bronze medal, 1.42 inches in diameter. The obverse has a bareheaded effigy of King George V, facing left, with the legend: GEORGIVS V BRITT : OMN : REX ET IND : IMP : The reverse shows a merchant ship ploughing her way through stormy seas, an enemy submarine sinking and a sailing vessel in the background. The base of the reverse has the inscription FOR * WAR * SERVICE / MERCANTILE MARINE / * 1914 - 1918 * in three lines. Around the edge of the rim is a laurel wreath. The ribbon is 1.25 inches wide and is coloured green, white (thin middle stripe), and red (represent starboard and port running lights with the masthead steaming light in the centre). medal mercantile marine -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Distinguishing Badges of the Australian Forces, The Great War-1914/18 colour patches
The Australian army's system of colour patches arose from the need to solve an immediate problem. When the first Australian Imperial Force (AIF) set off for the Middle East in 1914, the only badge it wore was on headgear and jacket collars: the Australian "Rising Sun" emblem, inscribed with the words "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces" (ACMF). Nothing distinguished one regiment from another. Divisional Order No. 81(A) Administration was issued at Mena, Egypt, on 8 March 1915 to overcome the problem:After the First World War the use of colour patches continued in the Citizens Military Forces (CMF), also known as militia. The CMF were reorganised into a divisional structure similar to that of the AIF. Units were generally renamed to provide a direct numerical association with AIF units raised from the same states and districts. Through their identification with AIF units came the authority for militia units to wear the colour patches of their associated AIF units; other colour patches were approved for units outside the AIF association.Rectangular shaped glass covered Picture Frame showing colour patches and badges of the Australian Imperial Forces.THE GREAT WAR-1914/18 Distinguishing Badges and Patches of the Australian Forces.ww1, the great war, middle east 1914/18, lara r.s.l., colour patches -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Photograph - 3rd Light Horse Brigade, Brigade Camp Tripoli, Early 20th Century
The 3rd Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the 1st AIF and served in the Middle East during WW1.This photograph is of the the 3rd Light Horse Brigade camp at Tripoli, Syria circa December 1918.Sepia coloured photograph on a charcoal coloured matt backing.On the front - 3rd L H Brg Camp Tripoli On the back - B813 Australian Official Photo No, purchased from Australian War Museum Wool Exchange , King Street, Melbourne. Copyright ww1, 3rd light horse brigade, 3rd light horse brigadetripoli, syria, december 1918