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Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK - Biography, humour, GEOFFREY WILLIAMS & CHARLES ROETTER, The Wit of Winston Churchill, 1954
Hard cover book. Hard cover - cardboard, blue coloured buckram, gold print on spine. 106 pages - paper, cut, plain, off white. Illustrated black & white cartoons, sketches. INSCRIPTIONS AND MARKINGS PAGE BEFORE TITLE PAGE AND PAGE AFTER PAGE 106.Page before title page - Owner's stamp, black ink " BENDIGO DISTRICT RSL SUB BRANCH INC/ PO BOX 42/LONG GULLY 3550" . Page after page 106 - grey lead pencil - drawing of a circle with lines.books, history, biography, humour -
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
Book - BOOK, ARMY PAY, British Army, Soldiers Service and Pay Book. Edgar J.W. Foster, c1939-1946
Refers to the service of Edgar James William Foster. NR.911335 British Army.This is a pocket sized booklet. It is made of brown buckram for the cover. Inside are paper pages printed in black ink. The covers have small pockets on the inside. The pages cover service history of soldier, vaccinations, trades etc. In the rear pocket is a small cricifix cross made out of grass/flax.Lots of hand written entries from various officers.ww2, british army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, ANZAC SONGS, Signaller Tom Skeyhill, 8th Battalion AIF, "Soldier - Songs from ANZAC", c1915
Item in the collection re Ron Bollard VX14150, refer Cat No 5919P.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, dark brown print on front and back on light brown background. Cover illustration dark brown sketch of a soldier in a trench (Sketch by Walter SEED). 40 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated, sepia colour half portrait of "Signaller Tom Skeyhill".books, military history, ww1, anzac, songs -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, AUTOBIOGRAPHY WW2 AND PROGRAMME, "Smokey" F.A. REEDER, "DIARY OF A RAT", 1977
"DIARY OF A RAT" "7th AUST. DIV/SUPPLY COLUMN" "2/6/ AUST. COY/A.A.S.C. Item in the collection re Ron Bollard VX14150, refer Cat No 5919P for his service details.1. Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, black print on yellow colour background. 72 pages plus 8 pages index. Cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs. 2. Programme - cream coloured paper, facsimile brown print, maps and illustrations. Two A4 sheets folded in half, stapled.books, military history, ww2, tobruk, autobiography -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, PICTORIAL WW2, J.S. CUMPSTON, "THE RATS REMAIN", 1966
"THE RATS REMAIN" The Siege of Tobruk, 1941. Item in the collection re Ron Bollard VX14150, refer Cat No 5919P for his service details.Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard with adhered paper cover. red print on front and spine on yellow colour background. Illustrated - sepia toned photographs from back through to front cover - armoury in battle scene. 256 pages - cut, plain, glossy white. Illustrated black and white photographs. End papers - front and back illustrated in colour - map of "Tobruk Defences (12 Jan 1941). This is a pictorial book.books, military history, ww2, tobruk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, TOBRUK, Lieutenant Ken Joyce D.C.M., M.L.D, "AS I SAW IT..."
Owner and donor details. see Cat No. 5836.3. "As I saw it..." From Tobruk to Tarakan/ 1940-1945/ New Guinea/ Middle East" . "A short History of the 2/23rd Battalion " WW2.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, green, red and cream colour print on front cover with cream, green, red background. 88 pages - cut, plain, white. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps.books, military history, ww2, battalion history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Document - TICKET, BAGGAGE, ANSETT AIRLINES, Ansett Airline, c 1968 - 1971
Refer to Cat 5825.Small cardboard ticket that is attached to baggage at the airport. Side 1 has black printing - Ansett Airlines of Victoria. Side 2 Has Meb - printed in ink are numbers 153 - 374. There is a hole at one end with a reinforced hole.On side 2 written in ink is Date: 12/11 Flight 27, Weight 7, name Patterson.memorabilia, military history, baggage ticket -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WW2, Sandgroper Press, "THE RATS OF TOBRUK ASSOCIATION", 1971
Owner and donor details, see Cat No. 5836.3. "The Rats of Tobruk Association/ Lest We Forget". "Register has been compiled by Mr. V. J. Behan, Supervisor for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Western Australia."Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, black print on beige background - front. 29 pages - cut, plain, white paper, no illustrations. Tobruk War Cemetery, Battalion and Brigade Records.books, military history, ww2, tobruk, war graves -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, AUTOBIOGRAPHY WW2, A. B. Palmer, "Pedlar Palmer of Tobruk", 1981
Owner and donor details, see Cat. No. 5836.3.Hard cover book with dust cover. Cover - cardboard with navy blue buckram. Gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, black colour print on yellow background, front and spine. Front illustration - black print of RAN portrait. Back cover, sepia tones, photograph of trucks and boats dockside. 384 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps. End papers front and back - maps.books, military history, ww2, ran, autobiography -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WW2, Timothy HALL, "Tobruk/ 1941/ The Desert Siege", 1989
Owner and donor details see Cat No. 5836.3.Soft Cover Book. Cover - cardboard, orange and white print on front, spine and back, on grey colour background. Illustrated - black and white photograph from back to front, single column of troops marching across and landscape. 224 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps. Owner's signature - front endpaper.Front endpaper - handwritten owner's signature, blue ink, "Don Bollard".book, military history, ww2, tobruk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WW2, Peter Fitzsimons, "Tobruk", 2006
Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3.Hard cover book with dust cover. Hard cover - cardboard, pale blue colour linen look buckram paper. Gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, gold, black and white print on front, spine and back with pale blue background. Illustrated - front (top) 2 Tobruk soldiers (bottom) patrol moving through barbed wire entanglements. Back - wounded soldier. 580 pages - cut, plain, white paper. Black and white photographs and maps. End papers - front and back - illustrated sepia tones - half portraits of "General Field Marshal Rommel and Corporal John Edmondson AIF".books, military history, ww2, campaigns, tobruk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, Pictorial, Neo Printers, "HMAS Tobruk", 1989
Owner and donor details, see Cat No. 5836.3. "HMAS TOBRUK/ UNITED STATES/ CANADA/ DEPLOYMENT/ 1989" 101 day long cruise 1989 30 January - 10 May.Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard with black colour buckram, gold print on front and spine. Illustrated front - gold print HMAS TOBRUK Ships crest. 147 pages - cut, plain, white. Illustrated - pictorial book, black and white and colour photographs.books, military history, ran, hmas tobruk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WW2, George Sprod, "Bamboo Round my Shoulder/ Changi: The lighter side", 1981
Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, red, black and green print on front, spine and back. Illustrated front - red, black and green colour cartoon of two men with tools. Back - cartoon portrait of author. 88 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Biographical stories and black and white cartoon illustrations. Front end paper - handwritten notes.Front end paper - handwritten notes, grey lead pencil "$6.95/ NID"books, military history, ww2, cartoons -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WW2, H. D. WELLS, " B Company Second Seventeenth Infantry", 1984
Owner and donor details - See Cat No. 5836.3.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, black print on front and spine. Illustrated front, black ink, Rising Sun Badge above light green and dark green unit colour patch. Dark green background. 175 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps.books, military history, aif, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WW2, Courtney T. HARRISON, "Ambon, Island of Mist", 1989 Reprint
Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3,Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, black and white colour print on front, spine and back. Background, white, red and black. Illustrated map, South East Asia and three red, and white flags. 262 pages - cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs, maps and drawings.books, military history, ww2, pow's -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WW2, E. T. LYNES, "SUPPLY COLUMN AT WAR", 1996
Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, dark green print on front, spine and back. Illustrated sepia tones, three small photographs superimposed over indistinct photograph, front, back two small photographs. 153 pages - cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs, maps and drawings.books, military history, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BIOGRAPHY, Aubrey JARROTT, "TWO WARS AND A FAMILY", 1997
Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3.SOFT COVER BOOK. Cover - cardboard, white colour print on front, red colour background. Illustrated - front, colour photograph of a vehicle on a flat top railway wagon. 134 pages - cut, plain, semi gloss, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs, maps and papers. Page 1. handwritten signature.Page 1 - handwritten in blue ink - signature "Aubrey Jarrott".books, military history, ww1, ww2, biography -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - MANUAL, Dept of Veteran's Affairs, "Story Writing and Art Project 1986", 1986
Owner and donor details - see Cat. No. 5836.3. The idea was to provide ex -service men and women in hospital with a form of occupational activity.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, pink colour, black print on front cover. Illustrated with square with geometric shapes. Facsimile document. 107 pages - cut, plain white paper. Illustrated - colour artwork, black and white posters. Binding - plastic binding comb.books, military history, veteran's affairs, story writing, art -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, PICTORIAL, Robert Nelson, Frank Morgan, Peter Breen, Stuart Reid, "A Pictorial History of Australians at War", 1970
Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3.Hard cover book with dust cover. Cover - cardboard, with yellow buckram. Gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, cream colour print on front and spine. Illustrated in black and white, a collection of ten photographs and artwork. 323 pages - cut, plain, white paper, Illustrated - colour and black and white photographs, posters, drawings and artwork. Front and back end papers - illustrated sepia tones photograph of troops and barbed wire in silhouette. Front end paper - handwritten name.Front end paper - handwritten blue ink signature "Ron Bollard".books, military history, pictorial books -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WW2, "NASZE DROGI/ W AUSTRALII/ 1947-1977", 1978
Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3. This book has been written in Polish - a number of photographs have captions with Australian Cities named. Appears to be an Association history.Soft cover book. Cover cardboard, red and black print on front and back. Off white background. Illustrated - grey print, crowned eagle emblem with the word "TOBRUK". Back - map in black and white. 185 pages - cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated - black and white photographs and maps.books, military history, ww2, polish -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLET, MUSIC SCORE, The Toast is ANZAC, Gentlemen!
Song written by "C.H. Soulter" and music by "C.W. MacCarthy". Was sold for benefit of Returned Soldiers Association of NSW. 8 sheets of A4 paper stapled together. First sheet cover sheet titled name of song and it's authors. Next 6 pages is the music score with accompanying lyrics. Final page is song lyrics and brief synopsis of the history and purpose of Returned Soldiers Association of NSW. Markings suggest it is a photocopy. Writing in black on white paper. Song name of front "The Toast is ANZAC Gentleman!" Price 2 shillings.passchendaele barracks trust, music score -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - IDENTITY DISC WW1, C. 1915
Item issued to John. D. Gardiner No 2832, refer Cat No 5892.2 for his service historyOne single Identity disc aluminium round shape with section at top with hole in, front is stamped with details, rear is blank."J.D. GARDINER 2382 5th BN Pres"accesory, identity, disc's -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - LETTER BADGES WW1, C. 1914 - 18
Items in the collection re John D Gardiner No 2832, refer Cat No 5892.2 for his service history..1) Badge brass with the letters "R E", two lugs on the rear. .2) Badge brass with the letters "N F", two lugs on the rear.badges, uniform -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BCOF, Neil C Smith, Disarming the Menace, 2012
Disarming the Menace, Australian Soldiers with the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces Japan 1946 - 1952. Author: Lieutenant Colonel Neil C Smith, AMHard cardboard cover, red, white & black print on front, spine & back. Aquamarine background colour. Front has black & white photo of soldiers from the 67th Australian Infantry Battalion march through Japan. Back has black & white photo of the Australian Rising Sun badge above colour photos of 2 shoulder badges on white background. Signature in black ink on title page: "Neil Smith"bcof, 1946 -52, japanese -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW1, FRAMED, Golarts Studios, Post WW1
Photo of Artillery Battery Gun Emplacement. Field gun supported with sand bag wall. Gun crew preparing site for action. Black & white photo mounted in black wooden frame with black border, cardboard backing, glass front. Front RHS bottom & back, LHS bottom: “No 53 stickers” Back LHS bottom: “Trust No 22”photography-photographs, frame accessories, military history, arms-ordnance, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK WW2, 2/2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion, 1953
From page following title page: "2/2 Pioneer Battalion History. To the memory of All Ranks of the 2/2 Pioneer Battalion who were killed or died, as free men or prisoners during the Second World War" Refer Cat No 4072.2P, John Donald (Jock) VX19003, POW twice. Hard cover, cardboard, buckram, dark red colour, gold print on spine. 228 pages, cut plain white. Illustrated with black & white photos & maps. Front & back fly leaf & end papers illustrated, grey & white drawing of a scene with trees & soldiers in action. book, 2/2nd, pioneer -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - TANKARD & TROPHY, 1) C.1970
Geoff MURRAY, refer Cat No 638P for his service history..1) Inscribed pewter tankard. .2) Plastic & metal trophy. Round section at top has gun figures in centre encircled with a laurel wreath..1) Inscribed: "TO L/CPL G MURRAY (MUZZ) A SECT 1TOPO SVY TP VIETNAM 69-70" .2) Inscribed: "3411521 G MURRAY BEST OMC SHOT 16 PL C COY"trophy, tankard, vietnam -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CERTIFICATE, FRAMED, 1945
Item relates to Cyril John JOHNSON VX36298 died as a POW. Refer Reg No 3144 for his service history.Shire of Marong Sympathy Certificate to next of kin, WWII. Dated 1.12.1945. Off white paper with black print in black plastic frame. Shire of Marong red seal bottom L corner. Oval shaped black/white photo of Cyril John JOHNSON at centre bottom.certificates, sacrifice -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CUP, TROPHY, c.1938
Best and Fairest trophy won by Cyril Johnson of the South Bendigo Football Club in 1938. Cyril John JOHNSON VX36298 died as a POW. Refer Reg No 3144 for his service history.2 Handled silver cup with built in solid silver base. Lip of cup has rough serrated edge.S.B.F.C LENTEN MEMORIAL CUP BEST & FAIREST 1938 C. JOHNSONfootball, trophy, australian