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4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Belt Sam Browne
... Belt, Leather, Mid Brown, Officer, Sam Browne, Brass... Macleod melbourne Sam Browne belts were worn by officers and RSM's ...Sam Browne belts were worn by officers and RSM's. This belt is the type manufactured between 1902 and c.1945This belt is typical of belts worn by officers of the 4th, 17th and 19th Light Horse from c.1903-1943Belt, Leather, Mid Brown, Officer, Sam Browne, Brass buckles and fittings smallbelt sam browne officer -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Sword Belt, Sam Brown, 1970 (estimated)
... Brown leather "Sam Brown" sword belt... in Pakistan" Brown leather "Sam Brown" sword belt Sword Belt, Sam ...Brown leather "Sam Brown" sword beltOn inside: "378555 D N Pinner W O 1" and "40 Made in Pakistan"army clothing, army accoutrements, sam brown, sword belt -
Montmorency–Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Accessory - Money Belt
... Brown leather money belt, with metal buckle. The belt has... leather money belt, with metal buckle. The belt has four pouches ...Brown leather money belt, with metal buckle. The belt has four pouches on the exterior of the belt with the pouches being secured closed with metal press studs. At the rear of the belt is the following inscription: “With Best Wishes from the Mayor, Councillors & Citizens of the City of Prahran”harrison, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - MONEY BELTS
... Two brown leather money belts from WW2. Has four pockets... belts WW2 Two brown leather money belts from WW2. Has four ...WW2 money belts usually worn under shirts that were presented by the City of Prahran Council in 1941. Part of the collection of William (Bill) THOMASON. Refer Cat No. 4136P.Two brown leather money belts from WW2. Has four pockets with studs. Metal clip at one end and a small strap at other end.money belts, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - SAM BROWNE BELT, LEATHER, possibly post WW1
... SAM BROWNE BELT, LEATHER...Leather waist belt, dark brown colour, embossed... Leather waist belt, dark brown colour, embossed with decorative ...Items from 17th Light Horse Regiment collection.Leather waist belt, dark brown colour, embossed with decorative stitching, brass buckle & stud, attached shoulder strap with brass loops & studs, brass buckle. Attached below the belt with leather straps tooled leather pouch with brass loops, buckles & stud.trades-leatherworking, military equipment, uniforms, passchendaele barracks trust -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Grain Grister, 1925
... are adjustable .Machine driven by flat leather belt on a pulley from... Rollers are adjustable .Machine driven by flat leather belt ...grinding grainWooden delivery /storage box on top of metal Grister with three cogs and flywheel [approx. 30 cm diameter] and metal grinding cylinders [rollers] with horizontal grooved lines all around .This is bolted to a wooden stand [painted green] which has a wooden box to receive the crushed grain Rollers are adjustable .Machine driven by flat leather belt on a pulley from a small stationary engine Metal plaque attached to top of delivery box. J Buncle Parkside Ironworks North Melbournegrain, grister, farming, machinery -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BELT, LEATHER
... BELT, LEATHER...Broad leather tan belt - Big shiny military brass buckle...Belts Uniform passchendaele barracks trust Broad leather ...Broad leather tan belt - Big shiny military brass buckle. No markings - not clear if army or not. Leather width 7 cms - thickness about 1.5 mms.belts, uniform, passchendaele barracks trust -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Functional object - Leather Pouch, 1911
... Leather pouch worn on belt for personal objects... Leather pouch worn on belt for personal objects and manufactured ...Leather pouch worn on belt for personal objects and manufactured by Holden and FrostManufactured and sold by Holden and Frost small brown leather pouch with brass stud in frontHolden and Frost 1911leather, pouch -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Container - Watch case
... Small leather pouch with belt attachment. Belt attachment... leather pouch with belt attachment. Belt attachment and front flap ...This case was used by Captain Charles Arblaster, a graduate of the Royal Military College Duntroon, who served with the 8th Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli where he was wounded and evacuated to the United Kingdom for treatment. He returned to Egypt and transferred to the 53rd Infantry Battalion and proceeded to the Western Front where he was wounded and taken prisoner of war at Fromelles on 20 July 1916 and died of wounds four days later. He was aged 21. Personal item which adds to other items in the collection. Small leather pouch with belt attachment. Belt attachment and front flap closed with metal buttons.CA / 8LH / MGSarblaster, 8th australian light horse -
Creswick Museum
Officer's Uniform Creswick Volunteer, Circa 1880
... and above years 1880, 1881, & 1882. Leather belt across shoulder..., 1881, & 1882. Leather belt across shoulder with whistle ...Uniform used by Major Philip Ketch, Commanding Officer Creswick Volunteers (1883). Was on display for many years at Ballarat Ranger Barracks but at the families request returned to Creswick MuseumOnly known uniform on display of the Creswick (Ballarat) Volunteers.Creswick Volunteers Officer's Dress Tunic. Main body in black wool fabric with rounded red stand up collar and braid. Sleeves end with red wool pointed cuffs with braid. Braiding on main body of uniform. Froged with 5 rows of braid ending with netted button. On sleeve badge with crossed rifles year 1883 and above years 1880, 1881, & 1882. Leather belt across shoulder with whistle attached.volunteer uniform, creswick, philip ketch -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Puppet, Kasper (Punch), WW2
... . There is no body parts. He is wearing a loose leather belt..... He is wearing a loose leather belt. Kasper (Punch) Artwork ...The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Hand painted brown paper mache head with red lips, blue eyes and black eyebrows. Wearing a blue and white check hat and matching top over a green and red top, skirt and trousers. Long sleeves have a white trim. He has a white frilled neck ruff. The legs are only material at top with wooden boots painted black. There is no body parts. He is wearing a loose leather belt.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharon lohe, ww2 camp puppet theatre, puppetry -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Memorabilia - Souvenir-money belt, Circa 1940's
... 00607.1 Brown leather belt. Attached are 2... corps 124 00607.1 Brown leather belt. Attached are 2 British ...00607.1 Brown leather belt. Attached are 2 British/Australian military badges, 7 buttons and one officers pip.00607.2 Assorted badges and coins.00607.3 Lapel badge Naval Assn of Australia engraved 561 on reverse. ASM 1939-1945 engraved PA2095 EJ Cope. Royal British Nursing Assn medal Wilhelmina Crosby 00607.4 12 Australian Army Medical Corps buttons Queens Crown124world war two, ww2, wwii, badges, coins, royal british nursing association, naval association of australia, australian army medical corps -
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum Inc
"Romulus" Costume
... with button fly. Leather belt and pair of leather boots. Helmet lining... trousers with button fly. Leather belt and pair of leather boots ...Leather helmet, cream shirt, charcoal grey trousers with button fly. Leather belt and pair of leather boots. Helmet lining is 100% black ribbed cotton. .1) & .2) shirt & trousers; .3) helmet; .4) belt; .5) & .6) boots. Right boot has hole drilled through sole to accommodate spike at base of display mannequin's leg. Belt is marked on inside near the buckle "Hero / 38"".Left boot has a white sticker "hora" painted in black. Right boot has black "X" on outside top. Both boots have "ooDED (?) / HURRAY 42" moulded into leather on outer surface of inside edge of tops. Trousers have stick on label "ROM 4" inside back of waistband.costume, male -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
WWI Soldiers Belt (Refer Aso 0539B and 0541)
... Brown leather Soldiers belt. Brass sliding adjuster. Brass... Dandenong melbourne Brown leather Soldiers belt. Brass sliding ...Brown leather Soldiers belt. Brass sliding adjuster. Brass buckle and catch. Catch features Snake or Dragon "S" shaped clasp. Appears to be Canadian WWI era belt. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BELT - SAM BROWNE, Unknown
... Dark brown leather Sam Browne belt with four brass ringlets...Passchendaele barracks trust Sam Browne belt Leather Army ...Dark brown leather Sam Browne belt with four brass ringlets for shoulder strap and sword scabbard."34"passchendaele barracks trust, sam browne belt, leather, army -
Dutch Australian Heritage Centre Victoria
Lieutenant Dress Uniform Dutch Army
... ) cotton dress belt, (3a) leather belt with (3b) cross belt, (4... dress belt, (3a) leather belt with (3b) cross belt, (4) khaki ...Part of the small collection of uniforms in DAHC's possession. Like most of these uniform this one stems from the 1950's. The shoulder insignas indicate a "Genie" division (Engineering Corps).Many of the 1950's period uniforms came from people that had been discharged after having served in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during the Indonesian Indepence War.Part of Dutch army uniform: (1) dress jacket with (2) cotton dress belt, (3a) leather belt with (3b) cross belt, (4) khaki tie and (5) cap with names W. van Reed//Dorland on the inside. Jacket has brass buttons, NL lion embroidered on sleeve, "genie" emblem on shoulder strap and rank sign (one star - Lieutenant) on collar. Note: match box "Drogist Lucifers" left in pocket.(1) Label jacket text "Maatkleding, Maison Jordi & Cie, tel 4608, Amersfoort" and rank indication (Lt). (5) Cap has names W van Reed & Dortland. "Drogist Lucifers" on matchbox in pocket. -
Woodend RSL
Horse Saddle Girth, James Robb, Belt attachments presumably made prior to 1917
... end. Centre of strap has a thin leather belt loop attached... with buckles on either end. Centre of strap has a thin leather belt ...James Robb (born 1940) was an importer and manufacturer of all kinds of saddlery. References: Centre for Australian Art, 2020 http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/impressions/31305/ Faded, mustard coloured woven strap with buckles on either end. Centre of strap has a thin leather belt loop attached. Buckles are attached with brown, rectangular leather strips which appear to be hand-sewn to strap in white thread. Two holes which appear to be for a buckle prong, are visible on one side above the leather buckle attachment. A row of machine stitched holes on this side suggests a rectangular, arrow headed strap was once attached.J. ROBB MAKER HOBARTTOWN stamped into brown leather buckle attachments. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Uniform - Uniform, Army, Belt
... Officer's brown leather "Sam Browne" belt with brass... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Belt Sam Browne RAEME Lt ...Officer's brown leather "Sam Browne" belt with brass buckles and clips belongs to Lt.Col. Brian Gray (RAEME)Gray scratched into leatherbelt, sam browne, raeme, lt col gray -
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum Inc
'Romulus ' Costume
... origin. .4) Brown leather belt with buckle. .5 & .6) Pair brown... is of German origin. .4) Brown leather belt with buckle. .5 & .6) Pair ...The costume was worn by the character of Romulus in the movie "Romulus My Father" which was filmed in Central Victoria and used a motor bike in the Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum's collection. the film company subsequently donated the entire outfit to the museum..1) Cream Shirt &.2) Charcoal grey trousers with button fly and rayon? lining down to knee level. .3) Brown leather helmet with black, cotton lining, ear flaps and chin strap with buckle fastening. Makers name indicates helmet is of German origin. .4) Brown leather belt with buckle. .5 & .6) Pair brown leather boots. Right boot has hole drilled through the sole to accommodate a supporting spike on the display manequin's base. .4) is marked on inside surface near the buckle : "HERO/38" Left boot sports a white sticker with "hora" printed in black. Right boot has black "X" on outside top edge. Both boots have "ooded(?) /MURRAY42" moulded into leather on inner top edges.. .2) bear a stick-on label printed with "ROM 4" on inside back waistband.costume - male - headwear - footwear: costume accessories - clothes accessories; -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - JACKET, SERVICE DRESS, SUMMER, ARMY, Australian Defence Industries, c WW2
... buckle, plastic button and leather belt keepers. No Manufacturers... fabric, metal buckle, plastic button and leather belt keepers ...1. Jacket - Khaki colour cotton twill fabric, brown colour, Bakelite shank buttons with raised map of Australia and lettering with metal cotter pins. Collar with two attached metal Rising Sun Badges; shoulder epaulettes with three officer's pips being "Captain" and "Australia" badge. Four front pockets with button down flap. 2. Belt - Khaki colour cotton twill fabric, metal buckle, plastic button and leather belt keepers. No Manufacturers information.uniform, army, ww2 -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Functional object - Leather pouch, 1911
... Personal leather pouch leather flap cover, belt loops... and Frost 1911 Personal leather pouch leather flap cover, belt loops ...worn on belt to carry small personal objectsAs manafactured and sold by Holden and FrostPersonal leather pouch leather flap cover, belt loops on the back press stud in fron to lock leather coverHolden and Frost 1911leather, pouch, military, civilian -
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum Inc
Sewing Machine, 1883 - 1885
... and leather drive belt. The base plate is decorated with a rural scene... and leather drive belt. The base plate is decorated with a rural scene ...Treadle sewing machine with metal base, wooden table and leather drive belt. The base plate is decorated with a rural scene featuring a 3 storey house, male & female figures in Victorian dress, horse and buggy painted in colour.Name printed on arm of machine, hard to decipher - appears to be "New Home Treadle Serial No 404879"dometsic items sewing machinery -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Equipment - Leather Pouch - For Belt
... Leather Pouch - For Belt...Brown leather pouch with two belt keepers on the back. Has...Leather pouch for inclusion on belt issued to soldiers ...Leather pouch for inclusion on belt issued to soldiersBrown leather pouch with two belt keepers on the back. Has large yellowing stitching.On back has C.H.F. ^ engraved into the leatherleather pouch, pouch, leather, map case, belt pouch -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BELT - SAM BROWNE, Unknown
... Brown leather Sam Browne belt with shoulder strap, the belt...Passchendaele barracks trust Leather Sam Browne belt Army ...Brown leather Sam Browne belt with shoulder strap, the belt has a brass buckle and a nuber of brass ring attachments for additional fittings."40" stamped on belt.passchendaele barracks trust, leather, sam browne belt, army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BELT - SAM BROWNE, Unknown
... Brown leather Sam Browne belt with shoulder strap, the belt... Leather Sam Browne belt Army Jack Gerdsen Brown leather Sam Browne ..."Jack Gerdsen" Collection.Brown leather Sam Browne belt with shoulder strap, the belt has a brass buckle and a number of brass ring attachments for additional fittings.passchendaele barracks trust, leather, sam browne belt, army, jack gerdsen -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - JACKET, SERVICE DRESS, ARMY, Australian Defence Industries, 1965
... colour plastic buckle, green plastic buttons and leather belt.../polyester fabric. Service dress style with belt. No buttons, collar ...Uniform issued to Spr 1. Berry. Reg No. 314007.1. Jacket, Khaki colour, wool/polyester fabric. Service dress style with belt. No buttons, collar, shoulder epaulettes, four front pockets, top two with button hole and two metal press studs on flap, lower with flaps. Rank insignia on upper sleeve - two stripes, Corporal. Green colour polyester fabric lining with four white cotton manufacturers labels - inside left. 2. Belt, Khaki colour, wool/polyester fabric with gold colour plastic buckle, green plastic buttons and leather belt keepers.Manufacturers information on labels, black ink print. From top to bottom labels; 1. "KENTISH/ SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1965/ ^". 2. "SIZE 39 REGULAR/ CLASS 8405/ 66-019-8464" 3. "REGIMENTAL NO/ NAME" HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK INK "314007/ Spr BERRY" 4. "DRY CLEAN ONLY/ REPRESS USING IRON AND DAMP/ CLOTH OR MEDIUM TO HOT/ STEAM IRON/ CREASE UPPER HALF OF LAPELS/ ONLY" Handwritten in black ink pen "BERRY I.".uniform, army, service dress -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Weapon - Knife, Made on or before September 1891
... at the back with cross stitching. The sheath also has a leather belt... also has a leather belt strap that has come away from ...This sheath knife belonging originally to German seaman Julius Gebauhr and an artifact associated with the story of the survivors of the wreck of Fiji. A three-masted iron barque Fiji had been built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1875 by Harland and Wolfe for a Liverpool based shipping company. The ship departed Hamburg on 22nd May 1891 bound for Melbourne, under the command of Captain William Vickers with a crew of 25. The ship’s manifest shows that she was loaded with a varied cargo consisting of cases of dynamite, pig iron, steel goods, various spirits, sailcloth, tobacco, coiled fencing wire, concrete, 400 German pianos and other musical instruments. On September 5th, one hundred days out from Hamburg in a squally and boisterous south-west wind, the Cape Otway light was sighted on a bearing differing from Captain Vickers' calculation of his position. At about 2:30 am, Sunday 6th September 1891 land was reported 4-5 miles off the port bow. The captain tried to put the ship on the other tack, but she would not respond. He then tried to turn her the other way but just as the manoeuvre was being completed Fiji struck rock only 274 meters from shore. The place is known as Wreck Bay, Moonlight Head. Efforts were made to lower boats but all capsized or became swamped two of the younger crewmen volunteered to swim for the shore, taking a line. One, a Russian named Daniel Carkland, drowned after the line broke. The other, 17-year-old able seaman Julius Gebauhr, a German, reached shore safely on his second attempt without a line, which he had cut loose with his sheath-knife when it becomes tangled in kelp. He rested on the beach a while then climbed the cliffs in search of help. At about 10 am on Sunday a party of land selectors including F. J. Stanmore, Leslie Dickson found Gebauer. They were on their travels back from Princetown towards Moonlight Head. Gebauer was lying in the scrub in a poor state, bleeding and dressed only in a singlet, socks, belt and his sheath-knife. His rescues gave him food and brandy and some clothing and gain information about the wreck. Some of the men took him to Rivernook, a nearby guest house owned by John Evans, where he was cared for. Stanmore and Dickson rode off to try and summon help. Messages for rescuing the rest of the crew were sent both to Port Campbell for the rocket rescue crew and to Warrnambool for the lifeboat. The S.S. Casino sailed from Portland towards the scene. After travelling the 25 miles to the scene, half of the Port Campbell rocket crew and equipment arrived and was set up on the beach below the cliffs. By this time the crew of Fiji had been clinging to the jib-boom for almost 15 hours. Mr Tregear from the Rocket Crew fired the line the light line broke and the rocket was carried away. A second line was successfully fired across the ship and made fast. The anxious sailors then attempted to come ashore along the line but, as many as five at a time, however, some were washed off. Only 14 of the 24 men who had remained on the ship made it to shore. Many onlookers on the beach took it in turns to go into the surf and drag half-drowned seamen to safety. The wreck of Fiji has smashed apart within 20 minutes of the last man being brought ashore, and it settled in about 6 m of water. Of the 26 men on Fiji, 11 in total lost their lives. The remains of 7 bodies were washed onto the beach. They were buried on the clifftop above the wreck. Captain Vickers was severely reprimanded for his mishandling of the ship and his Masters Certificate was suspended for 12 months. At the time there was a great deal of public criticism at the slow and disorganised rescue attempt to save those on board. The important canvas ‘breech buoy’ or ‘bucket chair’ and the heavy line from the Rocket Rescue was in the half of the rocket outfit that didn’t make it in time for the rescue: they had been delayed at the Gellibrand River ferry. Communications to Warrnambool were down so the call for help didn’t get through on time and the two or three boats that had been notified of the wreck failed to reach it in time. Captain Vickers presented Bill Robe who had dragged the captain out of the surf with his silver cased pocket watch, the only possession that he had left, as a token for having saved his life and the lives of some of the crew. Years later Bill passed the watch to his brother in law Gilbert Hulands as payment of a debt. Since that time it has been passed down the family to Gilbert Hulands’ grandson, John Hulands. Seaman Julius Gebauhr later gave his knife, in its hand crafted leather sheath, to F. J. Stanmore for caring for him when he came ashore. The knife handle has a personal inscription on it. A marble headstone on the 200 m high cliffs overlooking Wreck Beach, west of Moonlight Head, paying tribute to the men who lost their lives when Fiji ran aground. The scene of the wreck is marked by the anchor from the Fiji, erected by Warrnambool skin divers in 1967. Amongst the artefacts salvaged from the Fiji are china miniature animals, limbs from small china dolls, rubber balls, a glass bottle, sample of rope from the distress rocket and a candlestick holder. These items are now part of the Fiji collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, along with this sheath knife and Captain Vickers’ pocket watch. Flagstaff Hill’s collection from the wreck of the Fiji and Julius Gebauhr knife is of historical significance at a State level because of its association with the vessel, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR S 259). The Fiji is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th-century international sailing ship with cargo. It is educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's most spectacular historic shipwreck dive sites with structural features and remains of the cargo still evident. Also the story of the heroic attempt by many to save the crew of the Fiji. The knife also represents an aspect of shipping history and fits in well with Victoria's framework of historical themes of living with natural processes as items such as these contribute to a better understanding of Victoria’s cultural history.Knife, metal with black wooden handle. Handle is riveted to knife in 3 places, with shaft of knife between the 2 parts of the handle. The handle also has a carved ring around the end, possibly for attaching a wrist strap. Knife blade is pointed in the centre of the tip and is rusty. The knife has a rectangular metal plaque on handle with inscription. The hand crafted dark brown, soft leather sheath is shaped to fit the knife and joined at the back with cross stitching. The sheath also has a leather belt strap that has come away from the sheath at one end.Metal plaque “FROM JULIUS GEBAUHR/”FIJI” /TO F.J.S.” (F J Standmore recipient)1891, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwrecked artefact, flagstaff hill maritime village, shipwreck coast, warrnambool, knife, fiji, pocket watch, moonlight head, gebauhr, stansmore, wreck bay, sheath knife -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Uniform - Ammunition Belt
... Brown leather ammunition belt with large metal buckle... cartridge belt leather metal Nil Brown leather ammunition belt ...Belt worn for carriage of ammunition.Brown leather ammunition belt with large metal buckle. Belt consists of 6 compartments. Four compartments have pockets for 10 cartridges, one compartment has pocket for 6 cartridges and one compartment has room for 4 cartridges. Nilammuniton belt, cartridge belt, leather, metal -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Money Belt, c. 1942
... Brown leather money belt, genuine calf, lined, 4 pouches.... ANGUS / 61-3 9803 5228” Brown leather money belt, genuine calf ...This money belt was issued to Dr W.R. Angus when he served in the Army 1942-1945 as a medical officer at Ballarat, Victoria, and Bonegilla, N.S.W.. (Surgeon Captain A.A.M.C., 108 A.G.H., and 106 A.G.H., Captain A.A.M.C. retired list.) The belt was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) According to Berry, her mother Gladys made a lot of their clothes. She was very talented and did some lovely embroidery including lingerie for her trousseau and beautifully handmade baby clothes. Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . Its first station was in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital (a 2 bed ward at the Nelson Street Practice) from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what previously once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr Tom and his brother had worked as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He had been House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan had gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. When Dr Angus took up practice in the Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan’s old premises he obtained their extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926. A large part of this collection is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. and an ALDI sore is on the land that was once their tennis court). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. He had an interest in people and the community They were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. The collection of Army objects is an example of items issued to Doctors and Surgeons in the Medical Services of the Australian Army in World War 2. Brown leather money belt, genuine calf, lined, 4 pouches with stud closure flaps included. Issued to W.R. Angus in WWII and part of the W.R. Angus Collection. Gold embossed label. Hand written inscription with name and serial number. Gold embossed “GENUINE CALF” under silver coloured buckle. Hand written inside of belt “W.R. ANGUS / 61-3 9803 5228”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dr w r angus, dr ryan, military money belt, surgeon captain, royal australian army, military service australian army, wwii uniform, world war 2 -
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