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Lara RSL Sub Branch
Australian Army Catering Handbook, Australian Army Catering Handbook - Pamphlet No 3 - STEWARDS - 1975, 1975
The Army Catering Handbook - Pamphlet No. 3 - Stewards 1975Australian Catering Corp Booklet Pamphlet No. 3 - Stewards 1975Off White cardboard front and rear. Interior pages white but slight ageing.Official Use only. DSN 7619-66-093-1204 australian army handbook, catering corp - stewards -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, Army staff officers, Original 1942, copy 1989
WW2 internment camp, Tatura. Army staff officers.Black and white photograph of seven male officers, three standing, four seated, three in front tow holding swagger sticks.internment camps, tatura internment camps, ww2 army officers, internment camp army officers -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Douglas L Harris In Army Uniform C1970, Malmsbury c1970
People - "Harris, Douglas L." Associated with - Australian Army? -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr Kenneth Ernest Neil in Army Uniform 1942
Kenneth Ernest Neil in Army Uniform 1942 WW2stawell war -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr Malcolm Charles Neil in Army Uniform 1942
Malcolm Charles Neil in Army Uniform 1942 WW2stawell war -
Melbourne Legacy
Functional object - Ephemera, AMF Button and Naval Button
Two buttons that once belonged to J B McLean. He might have kept them as keepsakes of his time in the army in World War 1. Was with other World War 1 memorabilia that has come from Private John Basil McLean, 2nd Reinforcements, 37th Battalion, A.I.F. J.B. McLean (Service No. 13824) was from near Maffra, Victoria and enlisted on 22 January 1916. He embarked on 16 December 1916 for Europe. He spent time with the Australian Field Artillery (Pack Section). At the end of the war he worked for a year at the A.I.F. Headquarters in London before returning to Australia on the 'Ceramic', arriving in Portsea in 1920. His full war record is available from the National Archives of Australia (B2455, MCLEAN JBM). This is an example of mementos held by an ex soldier. These buttons would have been very familiar to many Legatees that served in WW1.Australian Military Forces button and a navy button collected by J B McLean.01121.1 Australian Military Forces on the front 01121.2 On reverse the makers 'Firmin and Sons Ld London'world war one, souvenir -
Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Guide book, Department of the army, Weapons and equipment recognition guide, March 1969
Weapons and equipment recognition guide, log book. Department of the army pamphlet. Country coverage Southeast Asialogbook, weapons and equipment, guide -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - BACK PACK KIT, Military Trade Partner's, 2011
Items in the collection re Craig Triffett. Refer Cat No 5997.5. for his service details.This is a soldiers back pack with additions. It has the Australian Army Disruptive Pattern, Camouflage markings. it has an upper and lower internal components. On the upper external corners are two fixed pouches. Additions to the back pack are two large ammo pouches and a large water bottle (plastic) and it's carrier. The system uses plastic snap lock catches. The pack has extra bands of 55mm wide webbing, to mount extra items. Loose ends of straps have been rolled up and held with black pvc tape to suit the user.At top, bodyside, is phrase " Hol846".aust army, military backpack -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, David A Ryan et al, The British Armies in World War Two - An Organisational History, Volume Five: The Australian Army by David A. Ryan, David Hughes and Steve Rothwell, 2003
History of the Australian Army in the second World War, 1939-1945.. iv, 108 pages, 13 unnumbered pages ; bibliography pp 107-108, 28 cm.australian army history world war two -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Army Cooks, 1940
Dhurringile POW camp Army cooks, left is Sid BradfordBlack and white photograph of three cooks in white traditional uniform. Bucket atop two on ground. Behind is a tank stand.dhurringile pow camp, dhurringile cooks, army cooks, sid bradford -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - CARDS, POW, c.1939 - 1945
The cards relate to Cyril John Johnson VX36298 died as a POW. Refer 3144 for his service history..1) Imperial Japanese Army POW card to Next of Kin. Plain cardboard. Address side has From/Sender Park-Camp at Moulmein, Burma. .2) Imperial Japanese Army POW card to Next of Kin. Plain cardboard. Address side has From/Sender Park-Camp at Moulmein, Burma. .3) Imperial Japanese Army POW card to Next of Kin. Plain cardboard. States he is interned in POW Camp Moulmein, Burma. .1) - .3) Red stamped Japanese characters & stamped passed by censor. .1) Handwritten address side: To Mrs J Johnson Laanecourie Victoria Australia Signed: C J Johnson Handwritten bottom address side: 2nd Card .2) Handwritten address side: To Mrs J Johnson Laanecourie Victoria Australia Signed: Cyril John Johnson POW No 2954 .3) Handwritten address side: To Mrs J Johnson Laanecourie via Maldonpost cards, japanese -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED, 1954
Part of the Kevin John Herdman No. 397661 Collection. Service details: *National Service Training - Puckapunyal 6.1.1954 to 6.4.1954 *CMF - 38th Battalion to the end of 1964. *Vietnam visit - 18.2.1970 to 4.3.1970. *RAASC with the rank of Captain - 1974 to 1975. Royal Australian Corps of Transport with the rank of Major. Retired 30.6.1988.Framed black and white photograph of a group of soldiers in uniform. Soldiers are arranged in five rows. Caption at the bottom lists the names of the soldiers in the photograph, relevant dates and the location where the photograph was taken. Frame is made of metal with a stand attached to the back.Photograph lists: '14 Platoon D Company 15 National Service Battalion, 6/1/1954, 6/4/1954, Puckpunyal' plus names.photograph, national service, puckapunyal, keving john herdman -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Australian Army Public Relations, 5/11/1977
Black & white photograph of the 4/19 PWLH Band being inspected by (?) after a performance. The photo was taken outside the South Melbourne football ground in November 1977Army Public Relations Photo YOR 77 NR 3MD 5 Nov 77photograph, 4/19 pwlh band -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Equipment - Feed bag
Part of the equip,ment carried by Light Horse trooper to feed horseThree canvas nose bags fir horses. Branded: " Banner ": Army ::Banner / Armynosebag, horse, light horse -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), 2 Men In Army Uniform & Female C1980, Malmsbury c1980
People - Harris Family? Buildings - Water Front Buildings? Associated with - Army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, ARMY, LTCOL D. White RAASC, History of the Royal Australian Army Service Corps, 1970
The Army school for Service Corps moved to Puckapunyal on 2 Aug 1947.This is a "locally" made book with a light brown cardboard front and rear cover. The front cover has the title and in the centre is the RAASC badge followed by the years 1949-1970. It has 43 pages of white foolscap size paper. printing is in black ink and the pages have only been printed on one side.raasc training school, passchendaele barracks trust, puckapunyal -
Kyneton RSL Sub Branch
Badges, New Zealand Army Corps
Sample of the general service cap-badge of the New Zealand army corps.Two badges, identical designs, a.with slide-on clip, & b. has two rings, on back with pin missing.Both badges have NZ in the centre of fern wreath with a crown at the top. Across the bottom, is ONWARD.new zealand -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph, Suez Canal, 1920
One photo from an album belonging to JB McLean, of his voyage home from World War 1 in 1920 on the Ceramic. The photo shows the Kantara Military Camp in Egypt showing canvas tents. The Ceramic departed Tillbury, UK 12th March and docked in Freemantle on 27th April 1920 and then went onto Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. The Ceramic was a transport vessel built in Belfast in 1913 for the White Star Line to transport frozen produce and apples from Australia to UK. It was taken over by the Australian Government for troop transport in October 1914 and could carry over 3,000 troops. This trip in 1920 there were 1467 on board, there were women and children as well as 439 soldiers returning home, one of whom was John 'Basil' McLean. Was with other World War 1 memorabilia that has come from Private John Basil McLean, 2nd Reinforcements, 37th Battalion, A.I.F. There was a large collection of postcards so he may have been collecting them as souvenirs. J.B. McLean (Service No. 13824) was from near Maffra, Victoria and enlisted on 22 January 1916. He embarked on 16 December 1916 for Europe. His full war record is available from AWM. He spent time with the Australian Field Artillery (Pack Section). At the end of the war he worked for a year at the A.I.F. Headquarters in London before returning to Australia on the 'Ceramic', arriving Portsea in 1920.A collection of items from John Basil McLean is in the archive. Kept as an indication of what founding legatees experienced in World War One and what they saw on the way home.Sepia photo of the Kantara Military Camp, Egypt glued to black cardboard in an album of photos from 1920.Handwritten caption 'Kantara Military Camp Egypt' in white ink.souvenir, world war one, jb mclean, ship, ceramic, suez, kantara, tents -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - A Section, 1st Topographic Survey Troop, Nui Dat, Vietnam, 1969
This is a photograph of A Section, 1st Topographic Survey Troop taken at Nui Dat, Vietnam in 1969. A nominal roll of personnel and their trade as of the 30th of September 1969, accompanies this photo. Their trades in this photo were as follows - Surveyors Topographic: WO1 Darby Munro, SGT Paddy Strunks, SGT Graeme Birrell, CPL Brian Knight, CPL Colin Laybutt, SPR Roderick Gilbert and SPR Rodney Offer. Draughtsmen Topographic: SGT Terrance Linz, CPL Robert Kay, SPR Peter Aukstinaitis, SPR Lloyd Patterson and SPR Ian Wark. Photographer Cartographic: CPL George Graham. Clerk Admin: CPL Oreste Biziak. Helioworker: CPL Geoffrey White, SPR Lance Percey. Cook AACC: PTE R. Johnston. The first Royal Australian Survey Corps troops arrived in South Vietnam on the 10th of June 1966. This was a detachment from 1st Topographic Survey Troop, which was to give cartographic support to the Australian Task Force. Their main tasks were to establish a Theatre Grid, map compilation and map revision. Engineer Survey Support in the camp and to the civil community and give assistance to the Cordon Search Missions by producing large scale plots from aerial photos with every house and fence etc plotted and then reproduce these by silk screening usually, within a 24-hour period. This support concluded with the withdrawal of Australian troops from Vietnam in 1972. For more information on the career of A Section’s OC MAJ Peter Constantine AM, refer to item 6159P or 6092P. He was the CO of the Army Survey Regiment from 1975 to 1976 and CO of the School of Military Survey (SMS) from 1976 to his retirement in January 1982. His memoirs of active duty in Vietnam ‘Surveyor - Printer Behind the Lines’ was published in 2022. 2IC CAPT Frank Thorogood SB St J’s career culminated at the rank of LTCOL as the CO Army Survey Regiment from 1980 to 1981. More information on the A Section, 1st Topographic Survey Troop and the Army Survey Regiment’s supporting role is provided in pages 89 to 94 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book 'Mapmakers of Fortuna – A history of the Army Survey Regiment’ ISBN: 0-646-42120-4.This is a photograph of A Section, 1st Topographic Survey Troop taken at Nui Dat, Vietnam in 1969. The black and white photograph was printed on photographic paper and is part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photograph was scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, black & white, 1969. Back row L to R: SPR Lance Percey, SPR Bruce Grisdale, SPR Rodney Offer, SPR Roderick Gilbert, CPL Geoffrey White, PTE R. Johnston, CPL Colin Laybutt, SPR Lloyd Patterson. Centre row L to R: SPR Peter Aukstinaitis, SPR Ian Hanna, SPR Ian Wark, CPL Robert Kay, CPL George Graham, CPL Oreste Biziak, CPL Brian Knight. Front row L to R: SGT Terrance Linz, SSGT Gordon Haswell, 2IC CAPT Frank Thorogood SB St J, OC MAJ Peter Constantine AM, WO1 Darby Munro, SGT Paddy Strunks, SGT Graeme Birrell.An A4 nominal roll of personnel and their trade accompanies the photo, as of the 30th of September 1969. A torn paper identifies the personnel in the photo. Annotated on back of photo – ‘Unit Photo – 1 Topo Svy Tp 30 Sept 69’royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Envelopes, Commemorative, Australia - 7 July 1982, NZ - ?
Sets of Australian and New Zealand stamped commemorative envelopes. Australia: 1AR, RAAC- Cambrai, 1 AR Standard, Armoured Centre, 2 Cav, 3 Cav, 4 Cav, 1/15 RNSWL, 2/14 LH (QMI), 3/9 SAMR, 4/19 PWLH, 8/13 VMR, 10 LH, 12/16 HRL, Beersheba. New Zealand: Otago University Medical Corps, RNZ Education Corps, Home Guard, Ordnance, Start of War, Disbanding of RNZ Service Corps, Anniversary of South Africa, NZ Army Day. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Administrative record - AMF RECEIPT FOR EQUIPMENT, Australian Army
See Cat 3163Small single sheet of paper. Red ink printing. Army form - F25A , No, 53433. Colour of paper is orange.The paper is marked V64354 Beckman K E ww2, admin record -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph, Suez Canal, 1920
One photo from an album belonging to JB McLean, of his voyage home from World War 1 in 1920 on the Ceramic. The photo shows military supplies at Kantara including railway wagons. The Ceramic departed Tillbury, UK 12th March and docked in Freemantle on 27th April 1920 and then went onto Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. The Ceramic was a transport vessel built in Belfast in 1913 for the White Star Line to transport frozen produce and apples from Australia to UK. It was taken over by the Australian Government for troop transport in October 1914 and could carry over 3,000 troops. This trip in 1920 there were 1467 on board, there were women and children as well as 439 soldiers returning home, one of whom was John 'Basil' McLean. Was with other World War 1 memorabilia that has come from Private John Basil McLean, 2nd Reinforcements, 37th Battalion, A.I.F. There was a large collection of postcards so he may have been collecting them as souvenirs. J.B. McLean (Service No. 13824) was from near Maffra, Victoria and enlisted on 22 January 1916. He embarked on 16 December 1916 for Europe. His full war record is available from AWM. He spent time with the Australian Field Artillery (Pack Section). At the end of the war he worked for a year at the A.I.F. Headquarters in London before returning to Australia on the 'Ceramic', arriving Portsea in 1920.A collection of items from John Basil McLean is in the archive. Kept as an indication of what founding legatees experienced in World War One and what they saw on the way home.Sepia photo of a the Kantara Military Dump from the deck of the Ceramic glued to black cardboard in an album of photos from 1920.Handwritten caption 'Kantara Military Camp' in white ink.souvenir, world war one, jb mclean, ship, ceramic, suez, kantara -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Manual, Australian Army, AustralianMilitary Forces: Dress Manual 1963, 1963
A burgandy coloured cover with gold writing. The Insignia f the Australian Military Forces in in the centre of the cover, There is Restricted and details at the top of the manual. It is held together by a metal clasp australia - armed forces - service manuals, dress manual -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australia in the War of 1939 - 1945 ARMY South-West Pacific Area First Year - Kokoda to Wau. Author Dudley McCarthy, First Published in 1959
WWII Kokoda to Way Australia at War 1939-1945 List of events ARMY Historical Record of Kokoda to Way.Australia in the War of 1939-1945 - South-West Pacific Area First Year - Kokoda to War Maps, Illustrations and PhotographsAustralian War Memorialkokoda, milne bay, kanga force, ioribaiwa, eora creek, buna, gona, sanananda track, wau, blamey, general mac arthur, minister forde, owen stanley's, ower's corner, native carriers fuzzy wuzzies -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Army correspondence, c.1945
Army correspondence relating to the necessity for educational facilities, school and kindergarten in Camp 3.Three images of official documents. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Australian Women's Army Service
Camp 13 Garrison. Australian Women's Army Service, A.W.A.S. 4 Photos.photograph, people -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Large Group of Dancers in the Army Drill Hall in Sloane Street Stawell 1937
Large Group of Dancers in Army Drill Hall 1937 Sloane Street Stawell.stawell -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Photograph - Black and White Photograph, Woomera Army Guided Weapons Trials Unit Staff 1965
Photo shows The Army Guided Weapons Trials Unit: Staff 1965 Woomera.Framed Black & White photograph.Inscribed with "AGWTU Woomera 1965." -
Bendigo Military Museum
Administrative record - An analysis of Royal Australian Survey Corps mapping errors by Major LG Sam Thompson, Major LG Sam Thompson US Army Corps of Engineers at Army Survey Regiment, circa 1978
The purpose of the report is to analyze and study the map making procedures at the Army Survey Regiment to quantify the accuracy of the mapping to see if they meet acceptable accuracy standards. This was achieved through the study of possible errors.A4 loose leaf booklet held together with a "bulldog" paper clip. Cover part of an a RASvy 1:50,000 map. 1x Cover, 7x Introductory pages, 103x report pages.Marked on front cover "X - Box - 13", "TEXT 063"royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Salvation Army Group
Salvation Army Group, four standing two seated in front of a paling fence. Adjutant John Perry seated next to this wife Mrs. Perry was the leader of the Stawell Salvation Army at this time in 1911. The post card was donated to the society by Mrs. Ruth Pickering from Dadswell's Bridge and the daughter of John Perry. A black & white Post card with four people standing and two seated in front of a paling fence. The five woman have long dresses and four have hats on. One of the women has a white shirt & white hat where the other women are in dark clothing. The male in the photograph is dressed in a uniform.Post Empire Card. Handwritten - Standing from left Jean Chandler, Sadie Mathews, Mrs. Moy. adj. John Perry & Mrs. Perry, Stawell 1911.stawell religion