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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Bomb Shrapnel, 1942
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...This piece of Bomb fragment was found in the bed of G Philpott after an Air raid on the gun sites at Port Moresby on the 12/13th of April 1942Small but heavy piece of bomb fragment with jagged edgesNilww2 1942 bomb fragment shrapnel -
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Framed Photo of 18th Bn 7th Reinforcments WW1, 1915
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...Mounted in a decretive wooden frame with a glass front . The photo has the faces and names to all the members of the 7th Reinforcements for the 18th Bn who served during WW1The Crown Studios Sydneyww1 photo 7th reinforcents 18th bn australian unit -
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Great War framed poster, Early 1920s
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...A framed poster which has the records of Australian Voluntary effort in the Great War of 1914 to 1919. It comprises photos of the main Generals in charge at the end of the War and the unit colour patches and our casultiesCopy Righted J W Sanders ( Late AIF ) -
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Framed Photo of ANZAC Cove, 1916
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...A black and white photo of ANZAC Cove taken in 1915 mounted in a wooden boarded and them mounted in a wooden frame with a glass frontANZAC Cove Framed by Corders in Melbourne -
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Shell and projectile
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...2 pound shell case and projectile. Brass casing with a steel projectileOn the projectile there is A P 22 3 507 On the base of the casing is 2 pd no 2 504 MF C 1942 WC On firing primmer no 12 IPG 5/41 46me 10/44ww2 shell and projectile -
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Bomb Tail firing cap, Around late 1938 to 1945
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...A cone shape at the base section with a cylinder section on the top half made of brass and is screwed onto the rear section of and Arial Bomb. There are 2 leavers either side of the cylinder section which open out after the bomb has been dropped from a plane ,this helps slow the bombs decent and with a brass propeller at the very top of the devise helps to activate the firing pin and arming the bombThere are a number of Japaness markings on the cone section with some numbersww2 japaness bomb arming mechanisum -
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3 inch Mortar Tail Fin, Unknown
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...UnknownMade of steel it has a cone shape were is screws onto the bomb and cylinder section which has 6 fins attached On one of the fins there appears No 9 MA 54bomb tail fin -
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Light Bomb, 1940s ?
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...UnknownLight Weight bomb is made from 3 parts. The cylinder head section made of light steel screws onto the main body which is Aluminium and has a cylinder shape and screwed to the body section is a tin fin sectionSome what appears to be Japaness writing on the heads sectionlight weight bomb ww2 -
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WW2 Mess tin, 1943
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...Standard issue mess tin for Commonwealth Forces during WW2This Mess tin belonged to a local lady who served in the WAAAF during WW2Squire Mess tin in two sections,one fits inside the other for easy storage and to carry. They both have a wire handle which is attached at the ends of the tins and can be folded for storage. This particular tin comes with a cover.On the small section Malley 1943 D^D ^AD On the larger tin ^TM 1943 D^D -
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MAP TO ACCOMPANY HEAVY ARTILLERY SCHEME FOR MOBILE WARFARE".....marked with 'Lanes' and Corps/Division Boundaries, Ordnance Survey, 1:40,000, France. Sheet 62c, Dec 1917. (centring on Peronne and Mont St Quentin), December 1917
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...Shows detail of Artillery Planning in the area of Peronne & Mont St Quentin. Inscribed "Map to accompany H.A. Scheme for Mobile Warfare". Marked with 'Lanes' and Corps/Division Boundaries.The donor, Staff Sergeant R.O. (Bob) Snape, Reg No 8651, enlisted as a Stretcher Bearer in 1915 but, because of his secretarial skills was employed in HQ positions as soon as he arrived in France and as a stenographer who worked as Confidential Clerk to General Sir John Monash from June to December 1918; and subsequently, for General Sir Talbot Hobbs until June 1919. The map was very likely directly used in the planning of the 1918 battles such as Mont St Quentin.Original Item recovered from possibly Australian Corps HQ, probably between the Armistice, 11 November 1918, and June 1919, when Staff Sergeant R.O.(Bob) Snape was repatriated. Shows detail of Artillery Planning in the area of Peronne & Mont St Quentin. Inscribed "Map to accompany H.A. Scheme for Mobile Warfare". Marked with 'Lanes' and Corps/Division Boundaries.snape collection -
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BOB: Map France 1:100,000 AMIENS, AMIENS, Geographical Section, General Staff, No 2364. October 1915; Ordnance Survey 1916; Minor Corrections 01/10/1916
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...Original Item souvenired 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.The donor, Staff Sergeant R.O. (Bob) Snape, Reg No 8651, enlisted as a Stretcher Bearer in 1915 but, because of his secretarial skills was employed in HQ positions as soon as he arrived in France and as a stenographer who worked as Confidential Clerk to General Sir John Monash from June to December 1918; and subsequently, for General Sir Tread moreTopographical map. Full colour snape collection -
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Map, 1:100,000 LENS Edition 2, 1915, Minor Corrections 27/10/1916
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...Topographical Map. Full colour. Attached by glue to matching copy of 1:100,000 map sheet, 'Amiens' (as per 9002-Bob).snape collection -
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Map 1:10,000 GHELUVELT Edition 6 B (Local) GSGS 3062 Ordnance Survey July 1917 Trenches corrected to 12/9/1917
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...snape collection -
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1:250,000 COMPOSITE WALL-MAP NORTHWEST EUROPE. Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1914
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...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.Cloth-backed paper. 6 map sheets glued together to form one large wall map of NW Europe, covering from Normandy beaches to Cologne and Paris to Strasbourg.snape collection -
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'AREA OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, July to October 1916'........... The Times History of the War- Part 120 (no date of publication). Bob, Harold and cousin, Leslie Snape, are all referenced to some woods near the city of ALBERT: Leslie to Mametz Wood (Battle of the Somme) , and Bob and Harold to Fricourt Wood (Sep. to Oct.1916; and Aug.1918.)
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...snape collection -
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Bob Snape's HAND-DRAWN MAP of ERQUINGHAM-SUR -LYS, FRANCE, centring on 6th Field Ambulance base
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...snape collection -
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BOB: Map - 1:13,000, YPRES, Yperen, p.40, 'Baedeker's Belgium and Holland',1905,14th Edition (English), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1905
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...Bob Snape always included in his kit a few second hand Baedeker's guide books, as well as the 'Belgium and Holland' volume. Bob was a keen observer and commentator and used these guide books as any interested tourist. Bob's letters home often made reference to the history, culture and architecture of the countries he visited in the course of the war. Bob's English born father had lived and worked in France from 1878 to 1880 before his emigration to Australia.Two tone map in orange, grey and black. snape collection -
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH, (Oblique shot of battlefield) 30/9/1916, LE BARQUE...... LIGNY THILLOY....... THILLOY, 22.N.1514
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...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 trench lines, gun emplacements, landscape peppered with shell craters.snape collection -
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH, (Vertical shot of battle field, shelled/bombed out village) 30/9/1916, 3.C.1159, N7. 20.B &C
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...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 -
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH, (Oblique shot of battle field, with shelled/bombed out vilage) 30/9/1916, 3.C.1151, N.26. 6d. 25d
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...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.snape collection -
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PICTURE POSTCARDS, FRANCE, WW1 (280 approx)
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...snape collection -
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PICTURE POSTCARDS, BELGIUM, WW1. (110 Approx.)
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...snape collection -
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GAZETTE DES ARDENNES, 5 MAY 1918. 4th year, No 621, German newspaper, in French, for the occupied territories, printed in Charleroi, Belgium. (TRANSLATED IN PART by W.Barber), 5 May 1918
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...Original, single page propaganda broadsheet, collected by Bob Snape, when he was working as Confidential Clerk to General Sir John Monash, with Australia Corps HQ, in Belgium, late 1918. Yellowed with age, but despite some tears along the folds and a hole the size of a 20 cent piece, it is a good legible document with a front-line mapsnape collection -
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Propaganda tract, produced by Bob, 20 September 1918. Perhaps much later in life, it was retracted and dismissed as "All rot!" in a hand-written, blue 'Censor's pencil-note across the typing. A second version suggests that the victims of the booby-trapped body were Belgian soldiers
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...This little piece of Allied Propaganda was written not long after the death of Bob's much loved brother and comrade. Perhaps it was composed in grief and bitterness, but later regretted and disowned, as not being worthy of himself.snape collection -
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POEM, "In Memory of Herbert Smith KIA, October 1914" and POST CARD of Méteren village's "Needle-eyed chuch."
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...snape collection -
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PICTURE POSTCARDS, WALES during WW1. On 'Blighty Leave', Bob and Harold had stayed with Uncle Robert Snape and family in South Wales, where uncle Robert was a coal-mining engineer....please see attached: ROBERT SNAPE (Snr) Illuminated Address and its transcription
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...snape collection -
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TRENCH MAP, 1:20,000 FRANCE. Sheet 36 NW. Edition 6 B. GSGS 2742. Ordnance Survey 1916. Trenches corrected to 5/5/1916
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BOB: 'THE DAILY SKETCH', Tuesday 12 November 1918, Edition No. 3,019 - This Copy Free to the Soldier
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...Newspapersnape collection -
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IRREGULAR DIARY NOTES, Date unknown
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...snape collection -
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IRREGULAR DIARY NOTES on a scrap of foolscap paper re FROMELLES
... Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Cnr Merri & Liebig Streets ...snape collection