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Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub BranchCloth Badge
American Pacific Air Forces badge.badge/buttons, vietnam, raf -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - ARTICLE TITLED ''MACKAY, OF BENDIGO: A REQUIEM FOR AN ANZAC'' (MAJOR MURDOCH MACKAY)
Article (8 pages) titled ''Mackay, of Bendigo - a requiem for an Anzac'' (Major Murdoch Mackay) by J G Harrison. Life story of Mackay who died at Pozieres, France in WW1. Contains extracts from letters from the front by Mackay. Mackay was articled (1911) to Messrs Cohen, Kirby and Woodward of Bendigo. Joined Citizens Forces in 1911 - rose to rank of Lieutenant. Further military details.J.G. Harrisonperson, individual, major murdoch mackay -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - A CENTURY OF SERVICE
A Century of Service, the events, people and places that shaped the RSL in Bendigo 1915-2015. A tribute to the men and women from Bendigo who have served in the Defence Forces of Australia and our allies in time of need and in particular to those who formed a sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers Association in Bendigo in 1915 and those who have participated in the last 100 years.Soft cover 239 pages with black and white & coloured photographs.Murray Poustieorganization, military, rsl -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - ON TARGET, 1943
Hard cover book with dustjacket titled On Target, written and illustrated by men of the front line forces with the American and Australian Ack-Ack brigade in N.Guinea. Grey cover with yellow dustjacket and red writing showing illustrations of artillery guns and logo of American Australian brigade, containing black and white photographs and cartoons. Published by Angus and Robertson Ltd Sydney printed by Halstead Press Sydney.books, military, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Poster - Poster, Information Board, 5 RAR 1966 - 1967 (1st Tour)
An Poster, Information Board of 5 RAR 1966 to 1967 (tst Tour). The 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment ("Battalion") were the leading element of the First Australian Task Force (1 ATF) and stationed in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. The Battalion's task was to break Viet Cong control over the central region of Phuoc Tuy Province - an area that communists had freely operated in since 1945. Commencing of the 24th May 1966, the Battalion conducted its first operation codenamed "Hardihood". Their objective was to sweep and clear areas to the north and east of Nui Dat to a distance of 5000 meters, then create a defensive position to enable 1 ATF to establish an operation base. The Battalion conducted eighteen full-lenght operations as well as numerous day and night cordon and search, search and destroy, ambush and clearing patrols conducted at company, platoon and section levels. the Battalion achieved considerable success during Operations Canberra and Queanbeyan in October 1966 when it swept and cleared the Nui Thi Vai mountain. A Viet Cong base consisting of training facilities, a hospital, booby trap factory and several tonnes of rice was located and destroyed. during phase two (Operation Queanbeyan) the battalion discovered complex cave and tunnel systems along with other fixed installations that were vigorously fought for and destroyed by the battalion. Not only di the caves contain large quantities of weapons, equipment and documents but the 274 VC Regiments deputy commanders radio complex. For bravery and leadership, three Military Crosses, one Military Medal and one Mentioned in Dispatches were awarded. The last was awarded posthumously. However, at the completion of the battalion's first tour, the 274 and 275 Viet Cong Regiments remained functional. While the enemy retained the capacity to inflict serious casualities on smaller allied forces, the Battalion and other elements of the 1 AFt were successful in denying the enemy their previous gains. This enabled the South Vietnamese Government to re-establish control of over 96 per cent of the Phuoc Tuy Province during Australia's involvement. Source O'Neill, RJ Vietnam Task, the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 1966/67, Melbourne. Cassell Australia Ltd, 19685 rar, 1st tour 1966 - 1967, operation hardihood, 1st atf base, poster, information board, nui dat, nui thai vai mountains, operation canberra, operation queanbeyan, viet cong, 274 vc regiments -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Booklet, British Army: Military Engineering, Vol.7: Accommodation and Installations, 1934
A ceam colured booklet with blue writing. also in blue is the Insignai of Britian. There are stains on the cover.british armed forces - service manuals, engineering -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Manual, Australian Army: Fire control equipment tests, part 2 - sight clinometer accuracy test, etc
... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Australia - Armed Forces ...photocopyaustralia - armed forces - service manuals, military equipment -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Manual, Military engineering, vol. 3 - Bridging, part 1 General, 1957
... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast British Armed Forces ...british armed forces - service manuals -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, Australian Defence Force: individual meal combat ration: contents & instruction sheet & suggested menus, 1998
Photocopy of a list of contents of a ration pack & suggested menus.operational rations (military supplies) -- australia, australia - armed forces - ration packs -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Australian Army: Report on written examinations for promotion to Captain and Major, entrance to staff college and the Royal Military College of Science, 1968, 1968
australia - armed forces - service manuals -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Australian Army: Report on written examinations for promotion to Captain and Major, entrance to staff college and the Royal Military College of Science, 1969, 1969
australia - armed forces - service manuals -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Practical map reading: reconnaissance mapmaking and field sketching, 1941
... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Australia - Armed Forces ...Australian Military Bookletaustralia - armed forces - service manuals -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Australian Army: Report on written examinations for promotion to Captain and Major, entrance to staff college & Royal Military college of Science, 1970, 1970
australia - armed forces - service manuals -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Manual, Australian Army: gun drill for Howitzer light towed 105mm (Aust) No. 1 comprising howitzer 105mm M2A2 or M2A1, 1970
... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Howitzers Military ...howitzers, military weapons, australia - armed forces - service manuals -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Australian Army: military training pamphlet: leadership (provisional), 1957
australia - armed forces - service manuals -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, A beginner's guide to the weapons of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps
... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Military weapons ...military weapons, australia - armed forces - service manuals -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Suggested headings for company operation orders: attack, defence, withdrawal etc, 1968
... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Military weapons ...Maj. Cranmilitary weapons, australia - armed forces - service manuals -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Directions for the use of 14.5mm artillery trainer, 1976, 1976
... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Military weapons ...military weapons, australia - armed forces - service manuals -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Australian Army: Rifle, 106mm, M40A1 and Mount M79
... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Australia - Armed Forces ...australia - armed forces - service manuals, military weapons -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Australian Army: military board instructions, 1962
australia - armed forces - service manuals -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Military record, Private George Williams, WWI
George's medals were kept by his daughter Marjorie Williams, and donated to the Society by herself and her daughter. These documents were obtained when PMH&PS applied to Canberra for information on the MM citation.Australian Archives folder containing WWI personnel records for Private George Williams of 1st Australian Imperial Forces, who was awarded the Military Medal 'For bravery in the field' Ref 813.01 for medals mounted with photo..Cream and brown, contains 48 pages including letter, notes, official sheets and photocopies of letters, war and medical recordswar - world war i, armed services - army, valerie williams morris, marjorie williams, george willaims -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Functional object - Webbing, basic, Circa early 1960's
Basic webbing was used by Australian Defence forces during the Vietnam War era (1962 - 1975) to carry personal equipment such as ammunition, water, basic rations, shelter usually on short duration operations such as patrols. Basic webbing was a classic and iconic item of equipment universally used by servicemen in Vietnam.Army basic webbing set. Jungle green colour and made of canvas. Consisting of a webbing belt, 2 ammunition pouches, 1 water bottle cover, a shoulder harness and a patrol bag.The name 'A Kelly' on the front and the name 'Ceskus. 6102716 on the back.basic webbing, vietnam war, military equipment, webbing -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Jewish Anzacs: Jews in the Australian Military, 2016
What makes Jewish Anzacs unique is its interweaving of the many remarkable lives and personal accounts of Jewish Australians who have served in uniform.Produced by the Bendigo South East College in co-operation with members of the Bendigo Sub Branch of the VVAA.jewish soldiers - australia, armed forces -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Journal, The Bulletin, April 26, 1994
... Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Australia - Armed Forces ...australia - armed forces - history, australia - history, military -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Peter Harclerode, Fighting dirty the inside story of covert operations from Ho Chi Minh to Osama Bin Laden, 2001
In the wake of the September 11th horror, nothing could be timelier than this exploration of world terrorism and the forces that fight it--armies and missions often shrouded in mystery. A foremost expert on guerrilla warfare presents, for the first time, a comprehensive investigation of covert military operations from Vietnam to Afghanistan. Among the revelations: that the CIA handed out shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles "like lollipops" to Osama bin Laden and other mujahadeen leaders, weapons they may now turn against us how British SAS operated inside Afghanistan against the Russians and used "former special forces" personnel for clandestine missions why secret militia and locally recruited fighters successfully defeated guerrillas and terrorists in Oman, Malaya, and Borneo, but could not in Indochina and Algeria and how "fighting dirty" sometimes meant helping drug dealers in exchange for their support. Most relevant is the detailed analysis of why Russia failed to conquer Afghanistan, what we can learn from their experience, and the perils awaiting any invader.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.625.non-fictionIn the wake of the September 11th horror, nothing could be timelier than this exploration of world terrorism and the forces that fight it--armies and missions often shrouded in mystery. A foremost expert on guerrilla warfare presents, for the first time, a comprehensive investigation of covert military operations from Vietnam to Afghanistan. Among the revelations: that the CIA handed out shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles "like lollipops" to Osama bin Laden and other mujahadeen leaders, weapons they may now turn against us how British SAS operated inside Afghanistan against the Russians and used "former special forces" personnel for clandestine missions why secret militia and locally recruited fighters successfully defeated guerrillas and terrorists in Oman, Malaya, and Borneo, but could not in Indochina and Algeria and how "fighting dirty" sometimes meant helping drug dealers in exchange for their support. Most relevant is the detailed analysis of why Russia failed to conquer Afghanistan, what we can learn from their experience, and the perils awaiting any invader. special forces - operations - 20th century, special forces - operations - 20th century -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Robert Macklin, Bravest : how some of Australia's greatest war heroes won their medals, 2008
The Victoria Cross was the highest award, given only for a single act of valour. Just 90 Australians have been awarded it since they served with the British forces in South Africa in the late nineteenth century. And only four Australians have been awarded the George Cross, the ultimate medal for civilians in time of war. From Neville Howse in the Boer War in South Africa in 1900 to Keith Payne in Viet Nam in 1969 this book tells the story of twelve Australian recipients of the Victoria and George Crosses.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, p.278.The Victoria Cross was the highest award, given only for a single act of valour. Just 90 Australians have been awarded it since they served with the British forces in South Africa in the late nineteenth century. And only four Australians have been awarded the George Cross, the ultimate medal for civilians in time of war. From Neville Howse in the Boer War in South Africa in 1900 to Keith Payne in Viet Nam in 1969 this book tells the story of twelve Australian recipients of the Victoria and George Crosses.military decorations - australia, george cross recepients - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Nigel Cawthorne, Reaping the whirlwind : the German and Japanese experience of World War II, 2007
Reaping the Whirlwind offers amazing insight into the events of World War II through the eyes of those who fought against the Allied forces in all theatres of the war. Readers will comb through many previously unpublished accounts of the war from German, Italian and Japanese soldiers, civilians and military leaders. The book covers every major arena of the war: Europe; the German invasion of Russia; Rommel's Afrika Korps; and the Pacific war between Japan and forces of the US, Australia and New Zealand. Reaping the Whirlwind uses the authentic voices of Germans and Japanese people caught up in the conflict and highlights the similar deprivations and dangers experienced by both victors and vanquished.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.288.non-fictionReaping the Whirlwind offers amazing insight into the events of World War II through the eyes of those who fought against the Allied forces in all theatres of the war. Readers will comb through many previously unpublished accounts of the war from German, Italian and Japanese soldiers, civilians and military leaders. The book covers every major arena of the war: Europe; the German invasion of Russia; Rommel's Afrika Korps; and the Pacific war between Japan and forces of the US, Australia and New Zealand. Reaping the Whirlwind uses the authentic voices of Germans and Japanese people caught up in the conflict and highlights the similar deprivations and dangers experienced by both victors and vanquished. world war 1939-1945 - participation - germany, world war 1939-1945 - participation - japan -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Frontline Books, Battle Group : German Kamfgruppen Action in World War Two, 2014
The German army in the Second World War sought to fight and win swift, decisive victories in a succession of short campaigns - blitzkrieg, or lightning war. Flexibility was as essential as the will to win. Battle groups, or shock troops, were created from miscellaneous, and often disparate military units to undertake a specific local operation; it was the army's skill in combining superior numbers, aggressive tactics and the battle group commander's ability to exploit the changing situation on the ground which brought success on the battlefield. The actions described here cover all theatres of the war, and include battle groups large and small, deployed usually to smash a breach in the enemy line or seal off an enemy penetration. It covers operations in the first dynamic years when Wehrmacht forces defeated the armies of one European country after another in fast campaigns, through to the years after Stalingrad and Africa as they moved towards defeat. The battle groups' contribution to Wehrmacht fortunes offer powerful lessons in the tactics of battle management and this book by James Lucas, a military historian known for his close studies of the German soldier, is considered to be one of the most detailed and authoritative accounts on the subject. Collapse summaryIndex, bibliography, maps, ill, p.173.non-fictionThe German army in the Second World War sought to fight and win swift, decisive victories in a succession of short campaigns - blitzkrieg, or lightning war. Flexibility was as essential as the will to win. Battle groups, or shock troops, were created from miscellaneous, and often disparate military units to undertake a specific local operation; it was the army's skill in combining superior numbers, aggressive tactics and the battle group commander's ability to exploit the changing situation on the ground which brought success on the battlefield. The actions described here cover all theatres of the war, and include battle groups large and small, deployed usually to smash a breach in the enemy line or seal off an enemy penetration. It covers operations in the first dynamic years when Wehrmacht forces defeated the armies of one European country after another in fast campaigns, through to the years after Stalingrad and Africa as they moved towards defeat. The battle groups' contribution to Wehrmacht fortunes offer powerful lessons in the tactics of battle management and this book by James Lucas, a military historian known for his close studies of the German soldier, is considered to be one of the most detailed and authoritative accounts on the subject. Collapse summary germany - armed forces - history, germany - regimental histories -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Victoria Fisher, Australian war diary: Australian armed forces in a changing world 1870-2011, 2011
This war diary distils the major military events of recent Australian history from 1870 the the present day.non-fictionThis war diary distils the major military events of recent Australian history from 1870 the the present day.war - press coverage - australia, australia - social life and customs - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Peter Firkins, The Australians in nine wars: From Waikato to Long Tan, 1982
... the ;Digger; wrote his country's name into the military history ...Follows Australia's participation through nine wars and the battles from 1860 Maori Wars to Long Tan Vietnam. TitleBibliography, index, ill (b/w) (maps), p.492.non-fictionFollows Australia's participation through nine wars and the battles from 1860 Maori Wars to Long Tan Vietnam. Titleaustralia - history - military, australia - history- armed forces
