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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Painful memories linger on
Anzac Day feature on Raleigh Armstrong, returned World War 2 serviceman and on five Mitcham servicemen who died in the war, and after whom some Mitcham streets have been named, [note: errors in the article corrected] by Salena Brunsdenarmstrong, raleigh edward, till, alwyn, loftus, owen spencer, bremner, william ross, peake, ronald mosely, vasey, george, young, joseph leopold, alwyn street, mitcham, owen street, mitcham, ross street, mitcham, ronald street, mitcham, vasey grove, mitcham, young street, mitcham, mcphee, peter -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Coupon, c1947
Issued to Doris Pratt, Main Road, Doncaster East.|Ordinary Ration Card Number V A 843496|Special Clothing Coupon Issue No. V 50857|& coupons attached to card.Special clothing coupons issued by the Commonwealth of Australia in 1947. These were in addition to the ordinary ration coupons issued to people in general during and after the Second World War. They where issued for special purposes such as a serviceman on discharge or if people had lost clothing.Special Clothing Coupon Issue. Commonwealth of Australia 1947documents, cards -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Document Training Manual, C WW2
00155.1 Royal Marines Physical Exercise Table 1943 72 printed pages. 00155.2 Great Britain National Registration Identity Card to Francis M. Thomsom Edinburgh 1947 00155.3 The Serviceman's Sewing Guide. Printed and illustrated. * pages on paper. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, On Patrol
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of Armoured Personnel Carriers in open country in Phuoc Tuy Province. The crew Commander on the right of the photograph is Corporal Normie Rowe, one of Australias :teeny boppers" rock and roll stars. Normie was a two year National Serviceman.photograph, apc, phuoc tuy province, cpl normie rowe, normie rowe, gibbons collection catalogue, armoured personnel carrier, national service, entertainer, denis gibbons -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Photograph - Framed Photograph, Circa: 1900s
Large framed photograph of Serviceman on horseback. Photograph is of V C Walker - reached rank of Senior Lieutenant. Saw service in Gallipoli - Alexandria and Tel-El-Kebil. Service Medals awarded include British War Medal and 1914-1915 Star.Lt. Vernon Charles Walker. 1894 - 1979. 13th Australian Light Horse Regiment. Photograph taken in France during 1917 at Longpre - les - Amiens. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet - Booklet, Training, Tactics, Aide-memoire
Belonged to National Serviceman N J T Fothergill, Service no: 6708473, served in 3 RAR, 1967-8.Dark green plastic cover with broad arrow on front. Inside are plastic sleeves containing information about tactical problems. There is also a blue coloured booklet titled, Career Courses, Officers Wing, Booklet inside back cover. Edges of back cover reinforced with black tape.aide memoire, fothergill, tactics, infantry, 3 rar -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Aide Memoire
Belonged to National Serviceman N J T Fothergill, Service no: 6708473, served in 3 RAR, 1967-8.Green plastic booklet of plastic sleeves. Edges of cover reinforced with black tape. Contains instructions for various military situations.aide memoire, manual, training -
Mont De Lancey
Gladstone Bag, Circa 1946
A gift to Mr Adrian Champ's Ex-Serviceman brother, Knox from Wandin District Patriotic Fund 1946. Brown leather Gladstone Bag.bags, satchels -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Australian Army: Infantry Section Leading, 1970 (Copy 2), 1970
Belonged to National Serviceman N J T Fothergill, Service no: 6708473, served in 3 RAR, 1967-8.A blue plastic cover, pages bound into cover with metal screws. Information of the front of the booklet is in white. Top right hand corner reads DSN 7610-66-034-9288. The Australian Army Insigni is in the middle of the cover with Australian Army written under this. The cover opens upwards.6708473. N. Fothergill Lt.fothergill, infantry manual, 3 rar -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Equipment - Torch, angle-head
Collected by National Serviceman Pte D J Kerslake from the site of an ambush initiated by 1 RAR in 1968Olive green plastic with coloured filters stored in handle. The torch is modified in that the front red plastic filter has a star shape cut out of it to identify it as Viet Cong for night identification.MX 9914.0 Bright star, Trade mark reg.torch, flashlight, vietnam war, viet cong, north vietnamese, nth vietnamese, field torch -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Medal Set (set of 3)
Set of three service medals issued to Australian Army serviceman, Percy Edward Cherry, service number 3278, Private, who served with an Army A.A.M.C. detail during World War 1 (according to records). This set consists of the 1914-1915 star, the British War Medal 1914-1918 and the Victory Medal, all medals are complete with ribbons and have been mounted on a common bar for attachment to the wearer's clothing. Note: these medals are all stamped with the number M2-105682 which is presumed to indicate a second issue set of medals to this serviceman. The medals are actually stamped with the unit being A.S.C. -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Rations label, Phoenix Co, 1914-1918
This item is a rations label which would have been distributed with two 'Dog Biscuits' and a tin of bully beef to a serviceman. These were rations handed out during WWI. The original owner was presumably a serviceman called Jack. He created a souvenir for a loved one using two biscuits, one including an inlaid photograph of himself and the other including an artificial flower decoration.Small, triangular shaped paper item with inscriptions.Inscriptions on the front read: "Dog Biscuits" / 1914 - 1918 / Rations: / 1 tin bully beef and two dog biscuits military rations, biscuit, dog biscuit, ww1, world war 1, world war one, the first world war, the great war -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Collection, E. R. Steen
Set of documents and a photograph of Flying Officer Ernest Roy Steen a World War 2 RAAF serviceman (refer to item 00308.1 to 00308.4). His enlistment date in the Royal Australian Air Force was 25/10/1940, and his service number 19398. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - J W SWATTON COLLECTION: JOHN SCHENCK INVOICE
Invoice No. 30 from John V. Schenck for 1 Wreath Cost £2.2.0. Ex Servicemans Carpet Bowls, c/o Mr Swatton. Dated 9-8-1963. Wreath for the Late Walter Little. Green 3d Duty Stamp attached.person, receipts, j w swatton, j w swatton collection, john v schenck, ex servicemans carpet bowls, walter little -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Memorabilia - Densley Collection
Black folder with the complete historical collection of telegrams, letters re injured serviceman John Densley, Red Cross involvement & publicity, newspaper cuttings, passport, currency & Photographs. His mother, Christina, was flown by the Govt. to Saigon to visit her son in hospital.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 -- veterans -- australia, vietnam war - red cross, red cross, densley, john densley, christina densley, 1rar, 1 rar -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: COMPANY
Cyril Lyle Hinton Seymour (1894-1956) was born in Eaglehawk. He married Elsie Unger (1890-1951) in 1932.Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. Company: Elsie Seymour has her photo taken with a visiting American serviceman in 1943. Elsie and her husband Lyle took two US servicemen into their Condon Street home. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Currency - Vietnamese dong
Item collected by Pte R M Bowd, Service No:379139, National Serviceman who served in 3RAR, Vietnam 1971.Small paper note, brownish with blue tint.NGAN-HAND QUOC-GIA VIET-NAM/P1 909728/MOT/DONG/909728 vietnam, currency, dong, money, note, bowd, 379139 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Memorabilia - Membership card, Vung Tau NCO/EM Club
This item was issued to National Serviceman Pte D W Drennan of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps who served in Vietnam in 1971.A worn piece of cardboard with registration number, name, rank and date of entry. Printed text in black and red. Blue ink hand-written details have been water damaged.nco/em club, nightclub, officers, vietnam, membership card, drennan, d w drennan, 3796582, r&r, bar -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet - Leave Pass, Permanent
This standard item was issued to National Serviceman Pte R M Boyd, who served in 3RAR in 1971 during the conflict in Vietnam.A small green in colour booklet, used by a soldier for a permanent leave pass.Royal Australian Regiment Badge 'Skippy Badge'/ III / Permanent Leave Pass3 rar, permanent leave pass, r.m.bowd, 3797139, vietnam, leave -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Clothing
This item was purchased in Vietnam by serviceman Roger Budd as a gift. It contributes to an understanding of the experience of family and friends of those who served in the war in Vietnam.Patterned mauve silk dressing gown lined with white silk. Has embroidered patterns and dark blue rickrack on cuffs, pocket and front openings. silk dressing gown, vietnam, souvenir, gown, vietnamese, silk, budd, roger budd -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Clothing - Bomber jacket
This item was likely purchased by National Serviceman Pte D W Drennan of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps who served in Vietnam in 1971.A camouflage bomber jacket made from parachute material with hand embroidered emblems and maps on the front and back. The jacket has a pull ring metal zipper, blue silk lining and two pockets in the front. SAIGON/VIETNAMvietnam, camouflage, bomber jacket, drennan, d w drennan, 3796582 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph - Original photograph
This item shows Vietnam serviceman Corporal Peter Sims of Headquarters, Australian Force Vietnam (Army Component), 1969-70 on R & R.Faded color photograph of two people-a man and a woman-seated with a crowd in the background. They are formally dressed and there is food on a table in front of the female. The photo is surrounded by a white border.On the back of the photo " Best hotel for R&R approved by the B&R Centre Bangkok Hotel: Tapei, Taiwan. No 76.........Road Taipei Taiwan. R.O.C. Tel 559589-9 (all in blue ink) R&R 1970 see receipt written in black pen.peter sims oam jp., nvvm, sims, r&r, vietnam war -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Uniform - Epaulette and buttons
Worn by National Serviceman, Corporal K J Baker, Medical Corps, 8th Field Ambulance and 1st Australian Field Hospital, Vietnam, 1968Five round gold buttons featuring a snake wrapped around a staff with a crown at the top and laurel around the edges. And two curved silver epaulette badges with the word Australia.insignia, badges, epaulette, medical, ken baker, baker, 1967-8, geelong vietnam veterans sub-branch, 8th field hospital, button -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Memorabilia - Coffee mug
This item commemorates the war in Vietnam. Item donated by National Serviceman Pte DJ Moore, who served with 3RAR in the Army Catering Corps in 1968.White ceramic mug with Royal Australian Engineers in deep blue on top of insignia.21 Squadron with red and yellow rooster in center. Construction squadron in deep blue at the bottom.Royal Australian Engineers 21 Squadron with red and yellow rooster in center/ Construction Squadron. ceramic, mug, rae, construction squadron, moore, dj moore -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Photograph
Photograph of John Williams an Australian Army serviceman, this is one of a set of four (refer to item 00150). Williams is dressed in Army uniform, the photograph is dated 16/10/14 and was presumably in an indoor studio setting. Printed from a digitally scanned file copied from the original photograph. -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Photograph
Posed studio photograph of World War 1 serviceman, Leonard Stockdale Watson, service number 2075, in Australian Army uniform. This photograph is printed in typical post card style with a scene of Egyptian Pyramids. The reverse side of this is a post card letter format. (refer item 00448). -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Uniform - Military Police Arm Band
Australian Military Police Arm Band; Worn by Ronald Charles Shaw, Royal Australian Army Provost Corps, 1967-68, National Serviceman, Corporal.The object was donated by Ronald Shaw who served as a conscripted provost. The object is in good condition and we believe there are very few in existence. Vinyl black item worn on arm. Red raised MP letters silver badge at top of band AUSTRALIA. On reverse side four press studs: hessian: SHAW written in black ink. As worn by Australian Military Police in Vietnam.Front: MP, Back: SHAW.military police, provost, uniforn, arm band, ronald shaw -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Medals - Military, Angus & Coote, 1942
issued by the Commonwealth Government to the Moth, Widow or nearest female relative of a serviceman killed during WW2. A brass bar is attached on a bar for each child killed.Commonwealth of Australia, war badge. Round white metal badge (female relative badge)edged with laurel leaves and surmounted by a king's crown. In the centre is a map of Australia and the words "To the women of Australia". An attached bar bears a brass star relating to a lost relative."To the women of Australia" -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Equipment - Satchel
Standard item issued to National Serviceman Private Graham Robert Kavanagh of the 7RAR who served in Vietnam 16/2/1970-21/4/1970.Olive green satchel bag with cotton straps and metal clips. Has a handle on the top and is lined with plastic. Kavanagh/ 4720992/ PB438/ 8465.50.827.7622/ OLCP 19697th battalion, satchel, graham kavanagh, 4720992 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Administrative record - Australian Army Identity Card
Standard issue item as used by Australian servicemen during the conflict in Vietnam. National Serviceman Pte R M Bowd served in #RAR, Vietnam 1971.A small double sided card with a photo of the holder and relevant details...e.g date of birth, place of birth etc. Reverse side has information in red about use of card.australian army, id card, 3797139, vietnam, identity, bowd