Showing 4424 items matching " war history"
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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Fishing Rod, n.d
Post World War 2 fishing rod made from metal armoured tank aerial, with wooden handle and fitted with an 'Alpha' brand bakelite open face fishing reel -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Document - Ration Ticket, 1939-1945
WWII Commonwealth liquid fuel 1 gallon ration tickets.Back: (on both tickets) 'Fred. E. Hodgkinson' IH 2203' - purple penwwii, world war ii, ration, rationing, fuel, commonwealth -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Administrative record - Application for Ration Ticket, 1939-1945
World War II Commonwealth application for fuel ration tickets.wwii, world war ii, rationing, fuel, commonwealth -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Certificate - Certificate of Discharge, c. 1919
Certificate of Discharge issued to Arthur John Thomas ,Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force, 22 Sept 1919. Bright light card form, printed in black. Details hand written in black inkworld war i, australian imperial force, discharge -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Anzac Day, Portland, n.d
Black and white photo. Portland's War Memorial on Anzac Day. Looking towards bay, Soldier's Memorial on left, cannon on right, several people standing in between. Onlookers, including people in uniform, in Cliff St., backs to seaFront: 'PORTLAND' - handwritten in pencil Back: '196' in pencilcommemoration, anzac day, memorial, soldiers, veterans -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - War Memorial, Portland, n.d
Black and white photo of Portland's War Memorial with Anzac Day floral display. Taken from elevated position on Cliff St.anzac, anzac day, war memorial, remembrance -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Anzac Day, Portland, n.d
Black and white photo of Portland's War Memorial on Anzac Day. Floral display and crosses with wreaths. Looking towards Post Office.Back: 'Portland', '199' - handwritten in pencilanzac day, memorial -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Department of Repatriation, c. 1920
Sourced from Casterton Town Hall (former Shire of Glenelg) D. JenningsBlack and white photo of large group of people, the Department of Repatriation, War Pension Section, taken outside building. Photo is glued to buff-coloured card.Front: 'Department of Repatriation WAR PENSION SECTION 1920' in white on bottom right of photograph 'C. J. Frazer PHOTO. MELBOURNE' - bottom right of mount -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet - Booklet - 'From Portland to Harrow in the Early Days', c. 1946
Ten page booklet, blue cardboard cover, 'From Portland to Harrow in the Early Days', by W.J. Waters 'Rockview' Nareen, written by special request for the Nareen Red Cross during World War II -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Administrative record - Administrative record - Receipt Edwin Tivey, Stockbroker, 14/02/1922
Receipt from Edwin Tivey, stockbroker for £493.5.6Front: to Portland Free Library for the purchase of War Bonds -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Document - Document - Envelopes Portland Free Library, n.d
Envelope, white, for 9296, 9297, 9298Front: 'Mr R. Mclean' - handwritten, ink Back: Porple Free Library Hall stamp. 'Receipt War Bonds' handwritten, ink -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - War Memorial, Portland, n.d
Black and white photo. Portland's War Memorial on Anzac Day. Floral display on right, onlookers in Cliff St. on left.Back: '197' in pencil. 'Portland' - handwritten in pencilparade, memorial, anzac, anzac day -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland's War Memorial, Victoria, n.d
Black and white photo at Portland's War Memorial on Anzac Day. Floral display and crosses with wreaths in foreground, 2 cannons, memorial and hedge in background.Back: 'Portland', '198' - handwritten in pencil -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Card - Card - War census wealth and income card, n.d
Commonwealth of Australia. War census wealth and income card, completed on behalf of the Portland Fee Library, museum and Literary Institute by John H Row, Hon. Treasurer of the above institution -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Gallipoli: by Alan Moorehead, 1963_
History of the Gallipoli campaign of World War I.Owned by the Partington family.Paperback, 351 p., illus.On title page: 'Faye Fort'.gallipoli, world war i, partington family. -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Major-General R N L Hopkins CBE, Australian Armour A history of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps 1927-1972, 1978
Historical referenceHard covered book. 371 pp. ISBN 0 642 99407 2 940.5412'94royal australian armoured corps, history, royal australian armoured corps, history -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Harston, Partridge & Co Pty ltd, Recruit Training Syllabus, 1943
Hard covered lace bound book of syllabi designed to cover the training of recruits over six weeks.Commonwealth Coat of Arms, Australia 1943, LHQ 1943recuit training, world war 2 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Army Education Service (LHQ), Handbook of Pidgin Enlish, 1940's
For training of Australians serving in SW Pacific during World War 2Soft covered booklet suggesting origins, grammar and vocabulary of South Sea Island Pidgin EnglishArmy Education Service Prepared by LHQ Training Centre Queenslandpidgin english, world war 2, pacific islands -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Soldiering in the Tropics (SW Pacific Area), Jan 1943
Soft covered booklet used as a guide for soldiers posted to the tropics in World War 2. Covering jungle fighting, fitness, and jungle craft with an appendix of some Japanese words and phrasesworld war 2, tropical warfare, -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Arbuckle Waddell Pty Ltd, Camouflage, 1942
Soft covered military training pamphlet setting out general principles, siting and camouflage discipline for ArtilleryMilitary Training Pamphlet No 46 Part 5: Artillery with the Field Army 1942. The War Office Oct 1942camouflage -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Sands & McDougall Pty Ltd, Tropical Warfare (Aust), 1945
Soft covered booklet providing junior commanders with practical methods of fighting the Japanese in the tropics - covering subjects such as vegetation, hygiene & sanitation, tactics and jungle craft etcPamphlet No 2 1945world war 2, jungle training, japanese -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Document, Army Training Memorandum (War) (Australia) No 40, 30/6/1945
A document distributed to each officer providing information on some weapons and some brief reports on some fighting patrols and actions that had taken placeRestricted notice. This document must not fall into enemy handstraining, war, officers -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Document, Wilke and Co Pty Ltd, Army Training memorandum (War) (Australia) No 41, 27 Aug 1945
A document distributed to each officer providing information on some weapons and their use, Japanese sign posts, notes on flame throwers, Jap island defences, booby traps and the new grenades they were using against tanksRestricted notice. This document must not fall into enemy hands.world war 2, intelligence, japanese -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Australian Supplement to the Manual of Military Law 1940, 1940
Soft covered booklet of adaptions of the Army Act and the Rules of Procedure that apply to the Australian Military Forces by the Defence ActCommonwealth crestmilitary law, army, world war 2 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, The Defence Military Training Pamphlet No 3 1943, June 1943
Soft covered booklet issued as guidance of formation and higher commanders regarding the doctrine and rules of modern defence for sub-unit commandersRestrictedtraining manuals, defence, world war 2 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Japanese Equipment, May 1944
Soft covered booklet issued by AMF General Staff Intelligence in May 1944. Contains pictures and descriptions of Japanese equipment encountered in the SW Pacific area.world war 2, japanese equipment -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Camouflage Military Training Pamphlet No 46 Part 3 Huts Camps and Installations 1944, April 1944
Soft covered booklet detailing the camouflage of camps, installations and dumps outside the effective range of enemy artillery. Restricted Supersedes the 1942 editioncamouflage, world war 2, -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, US Government Printing Office, Technical Manual Medical Department Soldier's Handbook March 5 1941, 1941
Soft covered book covering the basic anatomy and physiology of the human bodyTM 8-220 War Departmentmedical training -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Australian Medical Publishing Company Ltd, The Art of Camouflage, 1942
Soft covered booklet dealing with the art of camouflage with regard to the modern use of aircraftcamouflage, world war 2, -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Gas Training (Aust) 1942, 1942
Soft covered booklet containing information on gas warfare that every officer should know.Not to be published. Pamphlet cancels No 1 & No 2 and 4 sections of No 3.war, gas training, world war 2