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Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - FEMALE RELATIVE BADGE WW1 & CASE, N McLean Coy Pty Ltd
These badges are WW1 and first released in 1917. Each bar signifies a son in the forces. .1) Hollow oval shaped blue enamel & silver badge. Silver crown on top, blue enamel banner below on outer edge. 2 silver bars suspended by rings underneath. Badge is affixed with the pin & loop on the rear. .2) The small case is cardboard covered in brown buckram. Inside is lined with blue silk & velvet. It has a brass button when pressed opens the lid. Below crown on a banner on outer edge: "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE TO WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA FOR DUTY DONE " Pieces stamped: Badge: "25932" Top bar: "10098" Bottom bar: "10099"badges, women of australia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Headwear - Helmet with liner
M1 Steel Helmet (complete) as used by Australian forces during the conflict in Vietnam.Green steel M1 helmet complete with chinstrap and separate helmet liner/ inner with headband.Inner shell sticker FR119. Liner also has 4 star stickers on it.vietnam, helmet, m1, m1 steel, australian army -
Orbost & District Historical Society
Book, Halstead Press, Stand Easy, 1945
This book was part of a series of books published for the Australian Military Forces by the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Contents for the book came from the Australian military forces in early 1945 and the book was ready for printing at the beginning of August, ready for Christmas release. The title signified the ending of the war to the north of Australia.This book is a significant contemporary record of the participation of Australian soldiers in World war 11.A 208 pp book with a dust jacket which has a picture of a soldier wearing a slouch hat holding a world globe with Australia to the front. a soldier is standing on top of the globe holding a bayonet high. The title, "Stand Easy" is in red print at the bottom right. The hard cover of the book inside the dust jacket is green with the wording 'Stand Easy after the defeat of Japan, 1945' in pale green, along with an image of a soldier waving a gun above his head. It contains prose accounts of the war, cartoons, photographs, verse, illustrations and maps.inside cover - " To John Gilbert Esq..........from Capt Shannon Tallagoota Orbost Victoria"military world-war-11 book-stand-easy -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - LETTER, AIR MAIL
See Cat 5109PThis is a foldable Air Mail letter card. The cover is printed in blue ink. It has a One Penny stamp attached with a Post Office Stamp. The stamp is Australian with the image of the Queen. On the front is the censor's stamp "Australian Military Forces. Passed by censor 537". Signed by unknown. Inside the letter is addressed to "My Darling Loved One" From VX25591 Pte E H Hildebrandt, 13th A.D.B. N.T. Forces. It ends with "From your loving Sweetheart & Husband. First Line he mentions receiving a letter 4-3-45. Tex xxxww2, romance, civilian life -
Bendigo Military Museum
Financial record - PAY BOOKS ARMY WW2, Australian Government, A.M.F. Soldiers Pay book (s)
Robert Charles Letts - enlisted 1 Nov 1942 - discharged 27 Nov 1945. Rank: Pte Unit: 2/11 Aust mobile laundryThere are two old pay books for a WW2 soldier. 1. This has a brown buckram cover. No 260051. Australian Military Forces "Soldiers Pay Book" is printed at bottom. The centre has the Australian Government Crest. 2. Light brown cover. No. C90941 - Australian Military Forces "Soldiers Pay Book" is printed at bottom. The centre has the Australian Government Crest. Extra line at bottom marked 'continuation'. Inside both books are pages showing places - money - dates. The loose pages and cover are held together by two staples/book. 1. V65066 crossed out then VX 119118 written above it in white ink, LETTS, Robert Charles. The rear page has personal information. 2. VX119118 LETTS, Robert Charles. On front cover there is pay information and personal information throughout book. Rear cover has 2 x B & W portraits of soldier.ww2, soldiers pay -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, JAPAN, BCOF, Stephen KELEN, “I REMEMBER HIROSHIMA “, 1983
Author _ Stephen KELEN- 1946 posted to Japan as a member of the British Commonwealth Occupation ForcesSoft cover book Cover- cardboard -, red, black and white print on front, spine and back. Front cover illustrated, black and white photograph- group of students and a teacher amongst building ruins. 77 pages- cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Front and oilers- owners stamp. Front end papers- owners stamp - blue ink- “H. H. + J. FENNELL 2/4 RYAN COURT, BACCHUS MARSH 3340 books, military history, ww2, bcof, japan -
Greensborough Historical Society
Weapon - Artillery Shell Case, Polte, Magdeburg, Polte Magdeburg shell case, February 1918
150 mm howitzer used by German forces on Western Front in World War 1Brass artillery shell case1000; Polte FEBR 1918; Magdeburg; SP496 (inspection mark)artillery shell cases, world war 1, artillery -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Honour Roll, Kardella State School No.3196, Honor Roll
List of volunteers from Kardella and Kardella School in the Australian Imperial Forces during WWI.One of the few remaining historic items from the hamlet of Kardella near Korumburra in Gippsland, Victoria.Honour roll made of varnished wood, with two panels, a triangular pediment and side columns tapering at top and base, text in black and gold. Kardella State School No.3196, Honor Roll 1914 The Great War 1919, Duty Nobly Done. * Died in service. Allcorn H., * Ambler L., Ambler, M., Barns C., * Blackmore H., Brydon A., Brydon T., * Cartright J., Chisholm E., Cosson H., Cullen A., * Cullen F., Cullen W., Curran J., Curran R., * Dick A., Dick H., * Dick J., Drownley C., * Dryden H., Elmore A., Elmore G., * Elmore T., Gravell W., Griffin A., Hastings F., Hort S., * Le Maitre A., Mitchell H., Mitchell S., Murray D., Murray E., * McNair A., McNair W., McNaughton D., Paterson B., * Richards H., Richards L., Simpson J., Spry L., Stubbs A., Stubbs B., Stubbs G., Thompson H., Tolson C., * Walker T., Wilkinson A., * Wilkinson R., Wilkinson S., Wilson R., Wynne G.kardella, w.w.i, school, honour roll -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Atebrin Container
Atebrin was an anti-malarial supplied to Australian forces for use in tropical areas in WWII and Vietnam.This tin is representative of the experience of Australian service personnel serving in tropical areas throughout the 20th Century.Small green rectangular tin container. Embossed writing on the bottom. Hinged lid. Text inside the lid explaining the use of the contents. The tin is empty.ATEBRIN / (0.1 GRAMME) Tablet to be taken after a meal and followed by a large drink of water. The dosage (as ordered) in endemic areas, 1 tablet for every other day, except sundays (1 sheet per fortnight); in hyperendemic areas, 1 tablet every day, except sundays (1 sheet per week).malaria, atebrin, wwii, vietnam, medicine, treatment, tropical, new guinea, aif -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Medal - Colonial Auxiliary Forces Forces Long Service Medal . Presented to 54 COL SGT J.Stevenson 5th Australian Infantry Regiment
Presented to Colonial Armed Forces for Long Service. Member had served in the 5th Battalion Awarded to a member of the 5th BattlSilver medal with image of King Edward VIII on obverse hanging from a dark green ribbon No 54 Colour Sergt J.Stevenson 5th Australian Infantry Regt.5/6 rvr, long service medal, king edward viii, officers and sergeants mess -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Photograph - Framed photographs, Japanese Surrender - Morotai 9 September 1945
The images depict the formal signing of the surrender of the Japanese Forces at Morotai on September 9 1945.The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close. There were a number of surrender ceremonies including Morotai on September 9 1945. Morotai Island, was headquarters of the Australian forces in the Netherlands East Indies and before an assembly of more than l0,000 Australian and allied troops the Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Military Forces (General Sir Thomas Blamey) accepted on the 9 September the formal surrender of all Japanese in the eastern half of the Netherlands East Indies. The instrument of surrender was Japanese signed by Lt-General Teshima, commander of the Japanese Second Army, comprising about 126,000 Japanese.Brown timber frame containing 7 photographs copied on papermorotai, ww2, japanese surrender -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - RAAF BARRACKS BOFU JAPAN, RAAF, 1946
Item is part of the BCOF Association Collection, refer Cat No 7625This is a large black and white photo. In the background are mountains. On right side of the photo, are some factories with tall chimneys. The middle ground is flat. It shows housing alongside roads. The foreground shows 10 major double storey buildings and three rows of single storey buildings The foreground, left bottom of the picture shows darkened devastated area. A solo tall chimney is on the right side.On rear - “81 fighter..... Occupation Forces. RAAF Camp (Barracks) Bofu, Japan 1946. This was previously a camp for Kamakazi pilots”ww2, bcof, japan -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper - Table Tops Newspaper Dated 12/8/1945, 1st Australian Press Unit, A.I.F. Table Tops Newspaper dated 12/8/1945 - Jap Surrender Offer Considered By Allies
1st Australian Press Unit, A.I.F. Newspaper Table Tops Dated 12/8/1945 Australian Forces Produced Newspaper dated 12/8/1945Table Tops Newspaper Dated 12/8/1945 Jap Surrender Offer Considered By Allies - Fight Still On for MacArthur's Forces - Nagasaki Wiped Out By Thursday's Atomic Bombjap surrender offer considered by allies - fight still on for macarthur's forces - nagasaki wiped out by thursday's atomic bomb, table tops newspaper dated 12/8/1945, world war 2 -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper - Table Tops Newspaper Dated 19/8/1945, 1st Australian Press Unit A.I.F. Table Tops Newspaer Dated 19/8/1945
1st Australian Press Unit A.I.F. Table Tops Newspaper Dated 19/8/19451st Australian Press Unit A.I.F. Table Tops Newspaper Dated 19/8/19451st Australian Press Unit A.I.F. Table Tops Newspaper Dated 19/8/19452 Australian Brigades will Take Part In Occupation Of Japan - Japs In NG Were Done - Kings Thanks To His Forces2 australian brigades will take part in occupation of japan - japs in ng were done - kings thanks to his forces -
Shepparton RSL Sub Branch
Bracelet, Circa WW2
Made possibly by a jewler while a priosner of the Japanese in WW2Small Bracelett made of grey metal in a filigree (Very Fine) Pattern with green bottle glass in a metal mount (one is missing entirely) Very small Rising Sun to front of bracelett. Joining link held together by a split pin, other links looped together with chain.Fusal. Terling. Silver 935. On rear of Rising Sun On the Rising Sun- Kings Crown. Australian Commonwealth Military Forcesbracelet,, pow. prisoner of war -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - CERTIFICATE, FRAMED, 1935
Certificate in black frame with glass, white paper with black print, black ink writing.“Australian Military Forces 4th Division. Cpl D F V Hufer 38th/7th Batt. Infantry Course”documents-certificates, frame accessories, military history-army, instruction, hufer -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, A People at war, 1942c
British wartime propaganda book relating to the war effort of the British people during World War 2. This copy distributed in Melbourne.72 p. paperback, black and white photographsHandwritten "Mavis Dalgrin" Rubber stamp "Hospiitality and Information Bureau for Australian and Allied Forces, 243 Collins St, Melbourne"world war ii, mavis dalgrin, great britain at war -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Memorabilia, Beer Can
Black neoprone stubby holder with gold graphics of Vietnam National Memorial Canberra, holding beer can of the Welcome Home Parade - sydney 3rd October 1987On can - Australian Vietnam Forces Welcome Home Parade '87 Sydney October 3rd 1987. Together then, together again.beer can, australian vietnam forces, welcome home parade -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Metal Badge
Small Metal Brass badge with blue enamel.The Royal British Legion. The Legion is a British Charity for the British Armed Forces and their families. The Legion was founded on 15th May 1921. -
Diamond Valley Vietnam Veterans Sub-Branch
Booklet - n/a, National Service, 23/7/2021
Historical record of opportunity for National Servicemen to enter Officer Training. Significant in respect of training opportunities for National Servicemen to escalate their rank whilst performing their National Service..Paper booklet, one sheet, double sided of yellow paper with black text throughout.AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES sits below the Rising Sun logo; headline text is NATIONAL SERVICEMENT, OPPORTUNITY FOR SERVICE AS OFFICERSdiamond valley vietnam veterans sub branch, vietnam war, national service, officer training -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Memorabilia - Jacket, C.1990's
Men's Green Jacket with 6 Gold Buttons.There are 56 different badges pinned to Jacket front.Green Men's tie - AVFNM October 92 Embroidered Gun with Hat.Inscription on pocket 'Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial Canberra 3rd October 1992 ' included Vietnam War Badge.jacket, men's jacket, green jacket, badges, green tie, australian vietnam forces national memorial, canberra, vietnam war badge, captain john methven, lt john methven, john methven, 37604, royal australian infantry corps, 7th battalion, the royal australian regiment -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - RETURNED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE BADGE, Stokes & Sons, Post WW1
Returned from Active Service No (187814) ? William J HUMPHREY (46) ? Battalion AIF.Brass coloured metal badge imprinted with Rising Sun motif & printing. Crown on top.Around edge: “ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE, RETURNED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE” Inside circle: “AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES AIF”badge, active service, returned -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - TRENCH ART, BROOCHES VARIOUS, c.WWII
Items were classed as Trench Art, many items were made out of Perspex..1) Rising Sun brooch, mother of pearl. .2) RAAF Brooch with wings, perspex. .3) Brooch, oval shape. .1) Bottom: Australian Commonwealth Military Forces .2) Centre: RAAF .3) Centre: Mother I go to return numismatics - medals, military badges -
Federation University Historical Collection
Object, World War One Calico Bag Belonging to Driver H.S. Holmes (7983). Harry and was from the Ascot, Victoria. He enlisted with others from the Ascot district including his cousin, Gordon Spittle, and other school mates, 1917
This bag was sent to Driver Harry Holmes during World War One.Calico bag with braid to pull the bag closed at the top. No 7983 Dvr H.S. Holmes 18th A.A. S. Corps Australian Imperial Forces Abroad On active Service 4.1.17world war one, harry holmes, h.s. holmes, 18th a.a.s. corps, active service, chatham-holmes collection -
Montmorency–Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Memorabilia - Frame Photos and badges of Keith Richard Faulks
Black plastic frame with 3 badges 2 beer labels 1 Beer coupon and two photos of soldiers drinking beerMaterial badge of Australian Military Forces, Material badge of British Forces Commonwealth, Material badge with crown and commonwealth. Paper label from Asahi Beer and Kirin Brewery Company Lager Beer. Paper coupon from Asahi Beer Hall. 2 photos of soldiers with beer -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Munition, Trench Art
Example of trench art, this is made from a used artillery cartridge (or case) from an 18 pounder field gun. This cartridge was manufactured in 1917. The 18 PDR was the main artillery armament of the British and Commonwealth forces during World War 1. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BADGE, RISING SUN
See Cat 5192This appears to be a small, pressed tin badge. The pattern is that of the Rising Sun with a crown. There are two banners at the bottom with the words: - " Australian Commonwealth Military Forces". There is a small patch of corrosion on the crown. There is no sign of mounts on the badge on the rear, only a square piece of solder.badge, rising sun, australian army -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Matchbox Cover, 1946; Post WW2
Rectangular stainless steel matchbox cover, with matches. It is engraved on its three sides. It was presented to W.H. Dolamore, VX7638 who was a P.O.W. in Changi, Malaya. He was with 8th Division, 2/10th Royal Australian Engineers, Australian Infantry Forces.On the front is an etching of a scroll with the inscription 8th Div, 2/10F, W.H.DOLAMORE VX 27638, RAE, AIF. onthe back is the Rotary International symbol and on the side are the words P.O.W. CHANGI MALAYA.8th, aif, changi, w h, cover, matchbox, dolamore, p o w, division, 2 10th, rae -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Nurses Cape V10909 Margaret A Brown, There are no makers marks, All items circa 1940
The Cape belonged to V10909 Margaret Annie Brown who served with the AMF during WW2. Margaret A Brown enlisted on 17 September 1940 and was discharged with the rank of Major on 28 July 1944. Margaret Brown worked at the Heidelberg Hospital and also as Matron at Puckapunyal. Margaret Brown missed out on a posting to Hospital Ships working in the Pacific because of her age at the time - 40 - the cut off for the assignment was 40. One of Margarets co-workers at Heidelberg Vivian Bullwinkle - late 20ish at the time - gained a posting oversees.This is the original Nurses Cape that belonged to V10909 Margaret A Brown. The Soldiers Paybook and Appointment Certificate are originals belonging to V10909 Margaret A Brown.A Scarlett Nurses Cape. There are two Major Badges of Rank on the epaulettes and two Australian Military Forces buttons holding the epaulettes to the shoulders. Soldiers Pay Book, Continuation. Cardboard Cover, buff colour with paper pages. Appointment Certificate. Paper.The are no inscriptions or markings on the Cape. Pay Book No C81010, Army No. V10909, Name Brown, Christian Names Margaret Anne.nurses cape, v10909 m a brown, ww2, heidelberg, puckpunyal, pay book, appointment certificate -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, One For Me, 1/08/1969 12:00:00 AM
Mounted black and white photograph taken at Nui Dat Vietnam August 1969. Vietnamese Minister for Information Prof Nguyen NGOC an Pins Civilian Psycological Warfare Medal on Commander Australian Forces Vietnam Major General R.A. Hayphotograph, nui dat, psycological warfare, maj gen hay, prof nguyen ngoc