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Orbost & District Historical Society
book, WW11
This notebook belonged to Frank Ernest Armistead. He was born on 29.5.1917 at Powelltown, Victoria and enlisted on 20.11.1939. He was discharged on 9.10.1942 having served in Artillery 2/2 FD REGT. His next of kin was listed as Sydney Armistead, his brother (?).d. 27 Dec 1985, He died on 27 Dec 1985. This personal item gives an insight into the human element of World War 11 ensuring that those who were part of the Orbost community who played a vital role during this time are remembered. It is also a useful reference tool.A small grey covered notebook. at the top in black print is S.O. Book 136 (Adapted). Beneath this is the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces coat of arms and A.I.F.. Inside are ha ndwritten names and details of troops.On front cover : Bomb. Armistead, F.E. H.Q. Subww11 armistead notebook-a.i.f. -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Photograph, Kitty Hawk Crash
Photograph - Kitty Hawk crash landed in bomb dump Bougainville 1944 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Bombs Away, 1970
Black and white photo in black frame. Aircraft dropping three bombs.2 Sqn, Vietnam 1970.2 squadron raaf, bombs -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Envelope Art
One of several illustrated envelopes without letter sketched by soldier/s during the second world war and sent to Mrs MacDonald of WangarattaVictoria's 2/24th Infantry Battalion was raised in Wangaratta in July 1940. They were welcomed with open arms by the local community as they rapidly built up their numbers. The people of Wangaratta adopted the Battalion and they became known as "Wangaratta's Own" because of the time the battalion spent in the town during its formative period prior to deployment overseas. Many of the soldiers maintained life long friendships with the people of Wangaratta. Even though the Battation was disbanded in 1946 members and their families return each year, in November, for a commemorative service at the 2/24th Battalion Memorial Wall at the Wangaratta Cemetery.Cream paper envelope with a circular sketch of an eagle holding shell/bomb Top left - Red Cross Top right - postage stamp Centre - AIF Censor stamp and signature Right side - Mrs M MacDonald "Monald" 32 Grey Street Wangaratta Victoria Australia Bottom Left - Australian Red Cross Society ww2, envelope art -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH, (Vertical shot of battle field, shelled/bombed out village) 30/9/1916, 3.C.1159, N7. 20.B &C
Original Item recovered from possibly Australian Corps HQ, probably between the Armistice, 11 November 1918, and June 1919, when the Staff Sergeant R.O.(Bob) Snape was repatriated.Sepia photograph showing shelled/bombed out village with all roofs blown in.snape collection -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - A former pilots documented record of operation, takeoff and landing procedures and numerous first hand advice upon many aspects to maintain aircraft control, AD LIB: Flying the B-24 LIBERATOR in World War II, AD LIB: Flying the B-24 LIBERATOR in World War II, 1993
A former pilots documented record of operation, takeoff and landing procedures and numerous first hand advice upon many aspects to maintain aircraft control, AD LIB: Flying the B-24 LIBERATOR in World War IIcover showing b and w photo of in air B-24 bombing operationnon-fictionA former pilots documented record of operation, takeoff and landing procedures and numerous first hand advice upon many aspects to maintain aircraft control, AD LIB: Flying the B-24 LIBERATOR in World War II -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1950
Penleigh Boyd, Robin and Patricia Boyd's son, writes “Prior to 1950 Robin, like most other amateur or hobby photographers, took black and white printed photographs. The oldest slides date from 1950 when Robin and Patricia travelled to Europe on Robin’s Robert Haddon Travelling Scholarship.” In 1948 Robin Boyd was awarded ‘joint first place’ in the Robert Haddon competition for his design of Mildura art gallery. The scholarship helped fund their first overseas trip. Robin and Patricia were passengers on the Greek ship “Cyrenia” departing in May 1950, passing through the Suez Canal and landing in Genoa five weeks later. For six months, they travelled extensively throughout Europe (predominantly driving themselves) - France, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain.Colour slide in a mount. East End, London, England (St Paul's Cathedral in background)London / Eastend / Bomb Site - To St. Paul's (All Handwritten)haddon travelling scholarship, haddon, robin boyd, slide -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, c.1962 - 1972
Black and white photograph in black frame depicting USAF Phantom 63063 dropping bombs.phantom aircraft. -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc
Letters to Hazel, 1940s
Letters written to Hazel during WWII, including one about having a B-24 Liberator named after her.Wedding photograph of Capt. Frank Seales, USAF 380th Bomb Group and wife Hazel.Letters written to Hazel by her husband during WWII. In one Frank asks Hazel if she would like him to name his aircraft after her.a1 -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Framed Print, February 19th 1942, Darwin Harbour
Image depicting the explosion of a ship, filled with TNT and ammunition, hit during the first Japanese air raid on Australia's mainland, at Darwin on 19 February 1942. In the foreground is HMAS Deloraine which survived unscathed. On that day, 236 people were killed when 242 Japanese aircraft, in two separate raids, attacked the town, ships in Darwin's harbour and the town's two airfields in an attempt to prevent the Allies from using them as bases to contest the invasion of Timor and Java during World War II. MV Neptuna was a 5,952 ton cargo motor vessel. and was 1 of 11 sunk during the Japanese air raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942. In January 1942 HMAS Deloraine evaded an attack by the Japanese submarine I-124 north-west of Darwin and was jointly credited with the submarines' sinking after she inflicted the initial damage. The Bombing of Darwin, also known as the Battle of Darwin, on 19 February 1942 was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. Brown timber frame containing blue black and white print of ships being bombed.February 19th 1942, Darwin Harbour In the foreground the corvette HMAS Deloraine. Smoke billowing in the background is from burning oil tanks on shore, the mushroom cloud is from the explosionof the ammunition ship Neptuna. Watercolour by Tom Offordbombing of darwin, battle of darwin, 19 february 1942, ww2, mv neptuna, hmas deloraine -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Photograph, c1945
Prior to the Second World War Tarakan Island was part of the Dutch East Indies and an important oil-producing centre. In early 1942 it was occupied by the Japanese. The primary objective for the Allied attack on Tarakan (code-named "Oboe One") was to secure and develop the island's airstrip so that it could be used to provide air cover for subsequent landings in Brunei, Labuan and Balikpapan. The secondary objective for the operation was to secure Tarakan's oilfields and bring them into operation as a source of oil for the Allied forces. As part of the 26th Brigade the 2/24 Battalion landed at Tarakan on May1 1945. The task of capturing Tarakan's airstrip was assigned to the 2/24th Battalion. The Battalion's initial attack on the airstrip on the night of 2 May was delayed when the Japanese set off large explosive charges, and the airstrip was not secured until 5 MayThe 2/24th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served during World War II .A unit of all-volunteers, it was formed in July 1940 from primarily Victorian volunteers and was known as "Wangaratta's Own" because of the time the battalion spent in the town during its formative period prior to deployment overseas. It served in North Africa in 1941–1942 as part of the 26th Brigade, which was assigned to the 7th Division, before being reassigned to the 9th Division. In early 1943, the battalion returned to Australia and later took part in campaigns against the Japanese in New Guinea in 1943–1944 and Borneo in 1945, before being disbanded in 1946. The 2/24th suffered the highest number of casualties of any 2nd AIF infantry battalion. The Unit was granted the Freedom of the City by the Rural City of Wangaratta in 1996 and one of the first, if not the first, to receive this type of honour. Reproduced black and white photograph of metal pylon structures with man standing in bombed foreground Handwritten on rear - Oil wells on Tarakan2/24th battalion, tarakan, ww2 -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Photographs, Assorted WW2 photographs Northern Australia
Darwin after the bombing; convoys taking supplies; Alice Springs cup 1942; various -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Drift Recorder, W & G, A M Drift Recorder MKII, 1930 - 1939
Purpose built mechanical calculation machine for determining the drift of aircraft when operating in crosswind conditions. This device has an eyepiece and a prismatic periscope for viewing a distant feature being tracked. This device has calibrated rotary scales for height, speed (in KNOTS and MPH), and an adjustment to preset the 'crab angle' of the aircaft for cross wind compensation. The device can be opened for cleaning or maintenance purposes. Refer to the following extracts for information about bomb drift: "Crosswinds brought into the bombing problem a new factor, "drift" In order to fly a given ground track in a crosswind, an aircraft had to "crab" into the wind; the angle formed between the aircraft's true heading and its ground track was called the "drift angle" In a crosswind, the bomb would impact directly behind the aircraft and along its longitudinal axis at the moment of release. But this meant that the bomb would strike the ground at some point downwind of the aircraft's ground track. Thus, in order to score a hit, the bomber had to fly a ground track that ran upwind of the target." "Air resistance acting on a bomb after release caused it to lag behind the drop point and hit somewhere behind the bomber. The distance from a point beneath the aircraft at the instant of bomb impact to the point of bomb impact was called "trail." Trail increased as the bomber's airspeed increased or as its altitude increased. Furthermore, since different bombs encountered different resistance in the air, trail was also a factor of bomb shape."A. M. Drift Recorder MKII REF. No 6B/190 No 2668/41 X/ 3606 3E4H28 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Robertson & Mullens Ltd, The Three Inch Mortar Simplified - Pocket Book & Illustrated Guide, 1940's
Soft covered booklet describing the components of the 3" Mortar, the bombs, aiming, drills and care and maintenance.3" mortar -
University of Melbourne, School of Chemistry
Calorimeter
Bomb calorimeter, 8 parts:a. Thermostatted bath with stirrers. Frame, Cu bath, felt lagged -
Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre
2000 lb Bomb
This bomb was found on the Bombing Range during the late 1950s.Very few of these bombs were known to have been dropped at Nhill and this is one of only two known to have been recovered unexploded.cylindrical body with rounded nose, plate steel tail fins, fuse fitting on the nose bomb, 2000 pound, bombing range -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Photo Album Montage
RAAF Training, Luftwaffe, RAAF N. Africa, Russia, Italy, Night & Day Bombing Germany, ACESphoto -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
PRINGLE J. W. J
J. W. J. Pringle - Various documents relating to bombing raids by 578 squadron in Halifax 111documents, 1944, raf -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, Crimes (Kew), 1958
Various partiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Subject file containing a photocopied newspaper article and photo on a car bomb in Davis Street, Kew in 1983.crime -- kew (vic.)crime -- kew (vic.) -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Badges - Italian, Circa 1940
Brass shoulder badge - ArtilleryHas symbol of crossed canons and flaming bomb with a small sword on either side. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Print, Framed Lithograph, Binh Ha - 6 June 1969
Framed coloured lithograph of two centurion tanks supported by ground troops passing a bomb damaged wooden buildingcenturion tank, lithograph, binh ha -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Envelope Art
One of several illustrated envelopes, without letter, sketched by soldier/s during the second world war and sent to Mrs MacDonald of WangarattaVictoria's 2/24th Infantry Battalion was raised in Wangaratta in July 1940. They were welcomed with open arms by the local community as they rapidly built up their numbers. The people of Wangaratta adopted the Battalion and they became known as "Wangaratta's Own" because of the time the battalion spent in the town during its formative period prior to deployment overseas. Many of the soldiers maintained life long friendships with the people of Wangaratta. Even though the Battation was disbanded in 1946 members and their families return each year, in November, for a commemorative service at the 2/24th Battalion Memorial Wall at the Wangaratta Cemetery.Cream paper envelope with coloured sketch of three palm trees an ambulance and plane overhead with bomb exploding in distance.Top left - BY AIR MAIL Top right - postage stamp Left side - AIF Censor stamp Right side - Mrs M MacDonald "Monald" 32 Grey Street Wangaratta Victoria Australia Bottom - "The good samaritan" 1943 ww2, envelope art -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Souvenir bombs, 1993
Fears that three bombs found in the old Matheson orchard house were active have been put to rest.Fears that three bombs found in the old Matheson orchard house were active have been put to rest.Fears that three bombs found in the old Matheson orchard house were active have been put to rest.matheson, charles, brandenburg, john p, bicentennial orchard -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Weapon - 40mm Bofors AA Shell
Standard issue item as used by Australian servicemen during the conflict in Vietnam (1962–1972). 40mm Bofors AA shell (RAN )CP 40 mm ; Balic. MK N2 ; He Sub. T. S.569 Meg 6/69 Plug Firing /REP 259 / MK NI/ AN /1956 MF 40 MM /LOT 281 / 2 / 56 B3 REP T &1bomb shell, bomb, 40mm bofor -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Booklet - Hamilton-Smith Collection Air Raid Precautions Booklet, T. Rider - Government Printer, September 1939
The Hamilton-Smith collection was donated by the children of Grace Mary Hamilton-Smith nee Ellwood (1911-2004) and John Hamilton-Smith (1909-1984) who settled in Wodonga in the 1940s. The Ellwood family had lived in north-east Victoria since the late 1800s. Grace’s mother, Rosina Ellwood nee Smale, was the first teacher at Baranduda in 1888, and a foundation member of the C.W.A. Rosina and her husband Mark retired to Wodonga in 1934. Grace and John married at St. David’s Church, Albury in 1941. John was a grazier, and actively involved in Agricultural Societies. The collection contains significant items which reflect the local history of Wodonga, including handmade needlework, books, photographs, a wedding dress, maps, and material relating to the world wars. This Air Raid Precautions booklet was one of thousands distributed to households across Australia during WW2. They provided instructions on what to do during an air raid and were based on emergency response protocols established in Britain. Other measures adopted by State Governments during this period included the installation of air raid sirens and bomb shelters, and the training of volunteers in firefighting and first aid. This item has well documented provenance and a known owner. It forms part of a significant and representative historical collection which reflects the local history of Wodonga. It contributes to our understanding of life in Australia during WW2. A small booklet containing illustrations and text instructing people what to do during an air raid. Front cover in pen: "Donated: Merrilyn/Hamilton-Smith"ww2, world war two, world war, war, 1940s, air raid, defence, bomb -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Framed Photograph
Black painted wooden framed black & white photograph.Photograph inscribed "A Big Crater." Photograph shows a bomb crater 75 yards in circumference. -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Photograph Album
Small album containing 14 photographs of a badly damaged city area, presumably after heavy bombing. Possibly German. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, Propaganda Leaflet, 1968-1973 (Approximate)
Flyer, yellowing with black print. Propaganda leaflet regarding US bombs dropped on Nui Dat on 19th September 1968Australian Armymen! Signed by Baria National Liberation Front Back of leaflet written in Vietnameseleaflet, propaganda, baria national liberation front -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - ACC LOCK COLLECTION: SEPIA PHOTO OF RUINED BUILDINGS, POSTCARD, 1914-1918
Postcard, WW1, sepia photo of bombed out buildings, only rubble remains. Shrubs and trees at the side. Location not knownpostcard, postcard, ww1, france ruins -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - ACC LOCK COLLECTION: NACH DER BESCHIESSING LILLES, POSTCARD, 1914-1918
Postcard, WW1, B&W image of a damaged unidentified building at Lilles. 'Nach der Beschiessung' translates as 'after the bombing'postcard, ww1, france, lille, ruins