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Bendigo Military Museum
Book, R P Searle, The Second Twenty - Fourth Australian Infantry Battalion of the 9th Australian Division, 1963
Dark green buckram hard cover with illustrated end papers in dark greens & white. 378 pages. Illustrated with black & white photos & some diagrams. Photo of Editor on fly leaf & coloured photo & article stuck onto following fly leafs.Between pages 20 - 21 a slip of paper bearing legend 2nd 24th Bat. Frank Burdon 215692 Overleaf: Killed in action or died of wounds in WW2 (376) On end paper, front, stamped: A O Smith 156 Templeton St Wangaratta 3677 Handwritten: Donated by Laurie Schillingbooks- history, military -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, RAAF WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT
.1) and .2) depict WW2 RAAF Wirraway aircraft flying in formation. Part of Flight Lieutenant Ian A. 'Joe' Lyons MBE Collection. See Catalogue No. 5374P for details of his service record..1) Black and white photograph of three RAAF aircraft flying in formation over a built-up landscape. Photograph is mounted on mauve coloured cardboard. A handwritten caption is attached to the bottom of the photograph. .2) Black and white photograph of four RAAF aircraft flying in formation over land. Photograph is mounted on mauve coloured cardboard. A handwritten caption is attached to the bottom of the photograph..1) Caption: 'THIS IS A "GEM", "B" FLIGHT AGAIN'. .2) Caption: 'THIS IS THE "BIG DADDY" OF FORMATIONS. HERE YOU SEE "B" FLIGHT IN CLOSE FIGHTING FORMAT'.raaf, wirraway aircraft, ian a. 'joe' lyons, photograph -
Bendigo Military Museum
Container - PERSONAL TRUNK, 1944
Metal trunk issued to F.G. Davey for his personal effects which were shipped home to Australia after WW2.Part of the Frederick Gardner Davey DFC collection. Refer Cat No 3536PRectangular metal hinged trunk painted black. A hinged metal handle in on each end and at the back. Each handle is secured with metal rivets. The lid is secured closed with two 'Closebind' catches A brass locking mechanism is located on the front of the body and is accessed through a keyhole. The interior is painted grey with a brown leather seal around the edges of the lid. Various markings in white paint appear on the lid, each end, the back and the front. Paper stickers are glued onto the lid, back and right hand end. Inside the lid is a manufacturers plaque and year of manufacture printed in black.On lid: 'J13/S, F.G. Davey, VIC, R/124, RAAF Central Repository, West Melbourne, Vic'. On front: 'J13/S'. On Left hand end: 'J13?S 90 VIC, P410533, Davey F.G.'. On right hand end: 'J13/S, Vic' plus paper labels 'Geelong' and 'Mr F.G. Davey, Bendigo'. On back: 'J13/S' and paper label 'Not wanted on voyage'. Inside lid; ' 1944'.f.g. davey, personal equipment, military equipment -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED, C.1948
The 65th Bn was part of the B.C.O.F occupation Force in Japan after WW2, Frank “Dinky” Dean BEM is 2nd from left front row. refer cat No 124.2 for his service details.Framed photo, wood, blue and white colours, glass front, showing a group of Sergeants 38 in total out side the Sgt’s Mess.At top hand written, “SGT MESS 65 AUST INF BN FUKUYAMA JAPAN 1948”bcof, occupation japan, -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Medal, Late 1940s
QX 24392 E W Ball enlisted during WW2, enlistment date 03 November 1941, discharged 23 October 1945, his unit on Discharge was 2/5 Field Company.This War Medal 1939-1945 is the original that was issued to QX24392 E W Ball.Round Silver Medal, coloured Ribbon - Red, Blue and White.QX 24392 E W Ball. qx24392 e w ball, ww2, 2/5 field company -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
A4 Display Book, Army Memorabilia, 2003
WW2 memorabilia from newspapers, newsletters etc. Contains stories of local Servicemen and other items (Certa Cito magazine, article on Lt Col Rod Wells, fall of Singapore, 39th Battalion)Maroon coloured A4 display book, containing 14 plastic sleeves.ww2, rsl, lt col rod wells, fall of singapore, 39th battalion -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Book, AIF 24th Australian Infantry Battalion - Pictorial Battle History, 1946
This pictorial battle history book contains two maps, sketches of characters "Bluey and Curley" and Nominal Roll of personnel who served overseas with the 24th Battalion in New Guinea and Bougainville during WW2. Beige cardboard dust cover with title in grey and red writing and red and white diamond with grey surround lower left corner. Inside cover contains two maps which have three photocopies Nelson Dinning - handwritten top right corner of cover Inside Dedication - This book is dedicated to our fallen comrades Lest we forget Inside Foreword by Lieutenant General S G Saviage, CB, CBE, DSO, MC.ED24th battalion, ww2, new guinea, bougainville -
Chiltern Athenaeum Trust
Photograph
Served in WW1 Moved to America and changed his name to Bachus, becoming an American citizen in 1933 Served in WW2 in the Merchant Marines Returned to live in Australia in the 1950's and died at Bowral 1985On Chiltern Shire Roll of Honor & Cornishtown School Roll of Honor Photograph of Baden Backhousechiltern, chiltern shire honor roll, cornishtown, ww1 -
Geelong Naval and Maritime Museum
Photograph, Crew Ashore, May 1920
Osborne House was used as a Naval College from 1915-1917 it was served as a Naval Convalescent Hospital, followed by the home of Australia's first submarine fleet (1919-1924) and a training base during WW2.It is possible this photograph taken in 1920 shows a crew from the submarine fleet. This photograph is historically significant, it represents use of the building by the Navy and was taken onsite at the training facility. The crew and dogs are wearing a variety of clothing suggesting they were performing or having a break from work. This photograph is significant for its connections to Victoria's history of defense and building Geelong's workforce.A black and white photograph showing a crew ashore in May 1920. The photograph has been taken out the front of the stables at Osborne House, Geelong. Photo shows 15 crew members and 3 dogs dressed up. One crew member holds a copy of the Geelong Advertiser in his hands.osborne house stables, australian naval college, submarine fleet -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Ward Room Plaque HMAS Otway, C 1940
Built in Britain for the Australian Government the HMAS Otway arrived in Sydney in 1929. Owing to shortage of funds the submarine was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1931. Otway served through WW2 and was scrapped in August 1945.Wooden shield with emblem of panther and boomerang / aboriginal weapons HMAS Otway Ward Room Plaque, Oberon class submarine. Otway -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Jill Martin, 1941
A colour photocopy of a pastel drawing done by Kurt Winkler, an internee in WW2 at Tatura. The child, Jill Martin, is the youngest daughter of William (Soda) and Elizabeth (Bess) Martin. Done in Tatura September 1941A colour photo copy of an original pastel drawing. Features a young child sitting on the ground with a landscape behind. The picture has been laminated. Mounted in a timber frame with gold trim.Kurt Winkler Tatura 1941kurt winkler, jill martin, william (soda) martin, elizabeth (bess) martin, ww2 camp art -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Weapon - Artillery shell for 25 pounder Gun/Howitzer, Artillery Shell, 1954
The Ordnance QF 25-pounder was the major British field gun and howitzer during the Second World War. Many Commonwealth countries used them during WW2 and Australia produced the guns at General Motors Holden. They were renowned for their rapid rate of fire and when firing at maximum range (12,253m -13,400yds) one gun could have up to 5 shells in the air at once. In North Africa during WW2, they were sometimes called upon to act as anti-tank guns. A shortened and lightened version of the gun was made in Australia and used in jungle operations.Steel conical projectile25 PR MK 1 L35 ME 11/54 -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Souvenir, Cloth
Light green coloured embroidered silk cloth with yellow fringing on all four sides. Embroidered with the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces badge the Australian and British flags surrounded by a plant with flowers in brown and orange threads. There is also small cellophane pocket with an embroidered border on three sides which would hold a photograph. The cloth has an off-white material backing attached. Dated 1940, WW2. The following inscription is embroidered on the cloth: "Happy Xmas", "Palestine 1940" and "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces" -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - JOHN KENNETH MARTIN COLLECTION: WW2 OFFICER'S PEAKED CAP, 1939-1945
Clothing, khaki coloured WW2 officer's peaked cap. Black vinyl peak and black vinyl 27 cm X 1 cm strap across front above peak. Metal badge, centre front. Brown vinyl lining. Cap belonged to John Kenneth Martin, padre in 2nd Australian Corps AIF. Served overseas as a Chaplain from 1940-1945. Old box 315Y.Written in pen on inside ''JKM'' stamp inside ''M.T. Size 6 7/8 ''costume, male, military officer's peaked cap. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Tramway Acts", 1945 to 1954
Brown coloured file folder marked "Tramway Acts" containing hand written and type written notes on the various MMTB Acts, generally c1945 to 1948 - multiple copies of the same document involving Land Acquisition, Appeals Board, powers under the Act, WW2 National Security Act (under which the Essendon Airport and Maribyrnong or Munitions tramways were built) repeal, buses, and orders in council.trams, tramways, mmtb, acts of parliament, world war 2, appeals, unions, essendon airport, west maribyrnong, munitions factory -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Herald, "Electrifying Bourke St tram route", 29/11/1963 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from The Argus, Thursday 18/1/1945, titled "Electrifying Bourke St tram route", about the MMTB plans for conversion of the Bourke St route and costs. Approved by the National Works Council, but the Deputy Premier Hollway said it had not be considered by cabinet. Gives project costs and scope of works.. On the other side of the cutting - front page - are reports of the WW2 in Europe and the advance of the Allies forces.trams, tramways, bourke st, conversion, electrification, world war 2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGE, 38th BATTALION ASSOCIATION
The 38th Bn 1st AIF was raised in Bendigo in March 1916. The Battalion served in WW2 (although not going overseas) until finally being disbanded in 1962. An assoociation of Ex Members was formed after WW1.This is a small oval badge, colours - gold lettering set on a background of dark blue over red half ovals. On the rear is a long pin to hold the badge on one's clothing. The pin is temporarily mounted on a purple velvet piece of cardboard.passchendaele barracks trust, 1st aif, 38th battalion, badge -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet, "The Mascot Menace"
Booklet issued by Military Forces, outlining rules in relation to the import of plants and animals by Returning Forces in WW2. Was common for Service people to bring back mascots as souvenirs from overseas in breach of Australian Regulations. Small brown booklet issued by Australian Military Forces. 22 pages of content in black and white. In relation to import of animals on plants back into Australia by Military or Civilians.Front header "Australian Animal Disease Control" and titled "The Mascot Menace"/mascots, disease control, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER CUTTING, FRAMED, C 2005
Picture of Sergeant HUNTER, Henry in uniform. WW2 VX118416 4th Battalion. Enlisted 5th November 1942 and discharged 11 September 1945 born in Bendigo but enlisted in Gin Gin WA Newspaper 2005. Gold metal frame with silver embossing and hard black cardboard backing. Glass cover over picture and photo of a soldier.Newspaper picture has caption “the war we were………..” written history of the soldier depicted on the photo.4th battalion, ww2, photograph hunter henry -
Bendigo Military Museum
Weapon - GRENADES, ITALIAN, 1939. - 1945
These Italian grenades were developed near similtaniously during WW2, named “OTTO, BREDA SRCM”. They were nicknamed “Red Devils” by the British in the Desert campaigns and had an effective range of 10 - 15 metres..1) .2) .3) Three versions of the Italian Model 35 Hand Grenade, all cylinder shaped painted red with differant styles of black top/side workings.otto.breda.srcm, italian grenades -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - HMAS MEMORABILIA, K Moore, Post Korea
Original Owner: William 'Bill' George Campbell, No 36263 RAN served on the Bataan from 27.6.1950 - 6.6.1951. HMS Bataan was commissioned in 1945, to late to see service in WW2, it later served in the Korean War.Piece of the Ship, BATAAN. Small piece of wood with blue, white & grey painting of a ship on 1 side. Name plaque attached HMAS BATAAN D191. Name plaque on rear, K Moore (possible maker).“HMAS BATAAN D191” “K Moore”military history - souvenirs - navy, illustrations, bataan -
Bendigo Military Museum
Print - PRINT, AATTV FRAMED, Post 1970
Ray Simpson VC, DCM. Refer 630 for his service history, WW2, Korea, Malaya, Vietnam. This portrait came as an extra to a large framed print of Australia’s 96 at the time Victoria Cross winners.Dark brown marbled effect timber frame, with gold inner edge glass, gold metal look name plate glued to glass at lower edge. Coloured print of a water colour painting of soldier RAYENE STEWART SIMPSON in uniform. Black print on gold name plate: SIMPSON Rayene Stewart VC Rank Warrant Officer Class II Unit: Australian Army Training Team: Vietnam Date: 6 and 11 May 1969 Place: Kontum Province, South Vietnam (now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam)portraits, illustrations-watercolour, aattv, vc -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Pay Book 119804 H G Humble, Mid 20th Century
This Pay Book belongs to 119804 Hubert G Humble who served with the RAAF? during WW2, as a Medical Orderly. This Pay Book (Continuation) was commenced 23 Oct 45 and ceased 02 July 1947.This is the original Pay Book (Continuation) of 119804 Hubert G Humble. A Thick Green Cover Pay Book (M/F 2(A) (continuation) with 24 paper pages of Pay History relating to 119804 Hubert G Humble.119804 Hubert G Humble served as a Medical Orderly with ?RAAF.pay book, raaf, medical orderly, 119804 h g humble, ww2 -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
News Paper, The Argus, Souvenir Supplement, The Argus & Australian Limited, 22 February 1940
The 17th Brigade (Australia) was an Infantry Brigade first formed in 1917 during WW1, but did not see action. The Brigade was reformed during WW2 and served in Libya, Greece and New Guinea. The Brigade was disbanded in 1946.This supplement is an original as printed and issued with The Argus News Paper on 22 February 1940.Oblong, buff colour news paper, souvenir supplement of The Argus,16 pages, 22 February 1940. The supplement is dedvoted to the 17th Australian Infantry Brigade 2nd A.I.F.The front cov er of the supplement has a photograph of Brigadier S.G. Savige, DSO, MC, ED, Commander. The following pages are photographs of Companies within the Brigade.ww1, ww2, 17th brigade, aif, -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Certificate - VX32317 F O Bryne, Mid 20th Century
VX32317 Francis O Bryne was born in Horsham and enlisted into the AIF for service in WW2. This Certificate has been issued by the Shire of Wimmera to recognize the service of VX32317 F O Bryne who was a resident of this Shire.This is the original certificate that was issued to VX32317 Francis O Bryne,An oblong brown framed Certificate. White paper inscription by Shire of Wimmera.A presentation Certificate to VX32317 Francis O Bryne from the Shire of Wimmera.vx32317 francis o bryne, certificate of recognition, shire of wimmera -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Corporal John M McGlade
The story of Corporal John Matthew McGlade through WW1 and WW2. Also donated one Disney Pig playing flute(C7990) and a ship in a bottle (C7989). These were made by an Italian POW for Corporal McGlade.1 A4 sheet of typed paper in plastic sleeve with a sepia photograph of John.mcglade j m, corporal mcglade, tatura internment camp, murchison internment camp, 12th garrison battatlion -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Blackout shield
Used during WW2 to restrict the light from vehicle headlights and so make more difficult any observation by enemy air craft. The brightly lit camps, however where clearly visible for miles.Circular metal disc painted black. A small slit over which is a verandah. A white opaque circle in centre top.black out shields -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Biscuit Tin, Swallow and Ariel
Former possession of local WW2 ex RAAF serviceman. On label is also written "Packed specially for parcels for troops overseas" and "And sold on the express condition that these goods are not used in Australia". Contents 16 ozs. nettRectangular biscuit tin with lid. Label in red, blue and white colours with advertising wording. Brand name is Swallow and Ariels. Biscuits are morning tea.as abovebiscuit tins, tin containers -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Army Jacket, 1940
This Army jacket made in 1940 issued to VX77837 - William Keith GRAY Born 17-10-1915 at Warragul in Victoria. He enlisted at Caulfield and served during WW2. Service records currently unavailable.The uniforms of the Australian Army have changed significantly over the past century, although the accoutrements worn over this period have remained relatively similar. The forces of the Australian colonies and the early forces of the Commonwealth post-Federation in 1901 closely followed the uniforms of the British Army. Since then it has continued to be influenced by British but also US styles, as well as including some distinctly Australian designs, reflecting local conditions and trends.Khaki woollen jacket with shoulder epaulettes and four pockets with brass buttons attached. Purple square with white border patches attached to top of both sleeves. Two striped ribbons attached above left breast pocket.Marking inside jacket - VX77837army jacket, william gray, ww2 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Trouser Braces, c. 1942
These adjustable elastic trouser braces with brown leather joiner and button hole straps were manufacturered for the Australian Department of Defence (shown by the symbol in the leather of a Borad Arrow with a "D" on each side). The braces are part of the W.R. Angus Collection and are labelled in pencil "ANGUS". They were worn by Dr Angus during his WW2 service for the Australian Department of Defence as Surgeon Capt. Angus 1942-1945. The braces were 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” 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. Elastic trouser braces with brown leather joiner and button hole straps. Elastic is white with blue and brown stripss, length adjusts with two silver coloured metal clamps with the words Poice and Firemen on them. Pressed into leather joiner are the symbols for the Australian Department of Defence (Borad Arrow with a D on each side). The braces are part of the W.R. Angus Collection and are labelled in pencil "ANGUS". They were worn by Dr Angus during his WW2 service as Surgeon Capt. Angus 1942-1945. 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