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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1/03/1996 12:00:00 AM
... Military History... Military History People R A A F World War 1939 - 1945 Black ...Also a black and white photograph taken at the same time at New Works Jetty another R I B shown in distance Nine members were involved in training 04877.1 10 x 15 cmBlack and white photograph of Cpl Amir Tito Mick Allen and Giz McKechnie of Australian Army training in a Rigid Inflatable boat on Cunninghame Arm Lakes Entrance Victoriamilitary history, people, r a a f, world war 1939 - 1945 -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Reid Richard, Page Courtney, Pounds Robert, Just Wanted to be There. Australian Service Nurses 1899-1999, 1999
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History Historical account ...Historical account of Australian Service Nurses from May 1899 to 1999, covering all theatres of war, as well as in Australian hospitals. Includes six biographies and Honour Roll. Illustrate with many photographs.military history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Reid, Richard, North Beach Gallipoli 1915, 2001
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History This booklet has been produced ...This booklet has been produced to assist visitors to the Anzac Commemorative site to understand more fully the significance of the area. Illustrated with drawings by Major Leslie Hore, which convey sights and sounds of the Gallipoli campaign.military history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Duty clear before us. North Beach and the Sari Bair Range, Gallipoli Peninsula, 25 April - 20 December 1915
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History An account of the Gallipoli ...An account of the Gallipoli Campaign 25 April- 20 December 1915. Well illustrated with photographs of the time, as well as coloured photographs of the Anzac Commemorative site, Lone Pine Memorial and cemeteries.military history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Reid Richard, Page Courtney, Pounds Robert, Beaucoup Australiens ici. The Australian Corps in France 1918, 2000
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History Historical account ...Historical account and photographs of the A.I.F. in France in 1918, particularly the battles of Villers-Bretonneux, Le Hamel and Mont St. Quentinmilitary history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Reid, Richard and Pounds, Robert, He is not missing. He is here. Australians and the Menin Gate, 1997
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History Cemeteries History of some ...History of some of the WW1 Battlefields in Belgium, the Menin Gate Memorial, and the ceremony of the buglers of the Menin Gate.military history, cemeteries -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Reid Richard, Page Courtney, Hickling Rachel, A Great Risk in a Good Cause. Australians in Greece and Crete April - May 1941, 2001
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History An account of Australian ...An account of Australian Military and Naval action in Greece and Crete April to May 1941military history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Reid Richard, Page Courtney, Pounds Robert, In Captivity. Australian Prisoners of War in the 20th.Century, 1999
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History An account of Australians ...An account of Australians as prisoners of war from W.W.1 to the Korean War. Includes personal recollections and short biographies. Illustrated with photographs.military history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Reid Richard Page Courtney Pounds Robert, Laden, Fevered, Starved. The POWs of Sandakan, North Borneo, 1945, 1999
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History Memorials An account ...An account of the atrocities suffered by Australian POWs of the Japanese in the Sandakan, North Borneo prison camp, and the Sandakan-Ranau death marches. Includes War Memorials, illustrated with photographs.military history, memorials -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Reid, Richard, The Burma-Thailand Railway 1942-1943, 1998
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History Memorials An account ...An account of the Australian Prisoners of War who laboured, starved and died on the Burma-Thailand Railway during 1942-1943 as prisoners of the Japanese, along with Asian civilians who suffered the same fate. This booklet produced to mark the opening ofmilitary history, memorials -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Korea Biographies 2001 50th. Anniversary Commemoration, 2001
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History Stories of Korean War veterans ...Stories of Korean War veterans, service nurses and war widows who represented the Australian Korean War veteran community in the official mission to Korea in April 2001 to commemorate the 50th.anniversary of the Korean War.military history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Evans, Ben, Out in the Cold- Australia's involvement in the Korean War 1950-1953, 2000
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History An account of the wartime ...An account of the wartime service of Australians in Korea from 1950 to 1953. Illustrated with photographs and a map.military history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Vietnam Pilgrimage Biographies, 1996
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History Biographical notes ...Biographical notes of the veterans in the visit to Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia, August 1996. Illustrated with photographs.military history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Kneale, Capt. R.V., Smith, Lieut.E.E.,O'Malley, Lieut.R.F. (Editors), Stand Easy, 1945
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History Compilation of stories ...Compilation of stories, photographs, sketches, detailing the actions of the Australian Army 'up North' from Borneo to Bougainville. Includes a list of contributors.military history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Men of the Front Line Forces, On Target, 1943
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History Max W Kelsey written on front ...A record of the Anti-Aircraft Brigade which comprised American and Australian artillerymen stationed in the South- West Pacific in 1942/1943. Contains many personal recollections. Illustrated with photographs and sketches.Max W Kelsey written on front pagemilitary history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Sunderland, Queenie, Bride of an Anzac, 2000
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History Settlers Autobiography covering ...Autobiography covering early life in England, working life during World War I, marriage to an Australian soldier, and family life in Australia.military history, settlers -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Bradley, Joyce et al, A Guide to Genealogical Sources in the Australian War Memorial, 1986
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History Stella Rau A guide ...A guide to the Research Centre of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, from the 19th. century to the Vietnam War, and involvement in United Nations peacekeeping forces.Stella Raumilitary history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Gray, Ian, Valuing Our Veterans Gathering Australia'sWar Memories, 2000
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History Techniques to help schools ...Techniques to help schools, historical societies and genealogical groups to make contact with war veterans to collect and record their stories. Contains photographs.military history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Wilcox, Craig, Memories and Memorabilia - Recognising and Preserving Australia's War Heritage, 1999
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History A guide to the collections ...A guide to the collections in various offices of the National Archives of Australia referring to Australia's involvement in the Boer War. Includes background political history, some photographs and records of activities.military history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Caring for your Wartime Memorabilia - A guide to preserving your family's heritage items, 2001
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History A guide to preserving ...A guide to preserving and storing all personal historical wartime memorabilia. Addresses of conservators included.military history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Victoria - The Education Departments Record of War Service 1914-1918, 1921
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History Education An alphabetical list ...An alphabetical list of 752 Victorian Education Department employees who enlisted for service in World War 1, honours and decorations awarded, and a list of those who volunteered and were rejected. Letters from the Front included.military history, education -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Education Department Victoria War Service Record 1939-1945, 1959
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History Education List of the 1775 ...List of the 1775 Education Department employees who enlisted during the second world war. A list of those who died, with a short resume of their careers and some photographs is included.military history, education -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, War Service Record 1939-1945 - The Men and Women Who Returned, 1959
... Military History... Entrance gippsland Military History Education An alphabetical list ...An alphabetical list of Education Department employees who returned from service in World War 2, giving a short resume of their careers; some photographs included.military history, education -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Album - Photograph, LERHS members, 2010 c
... Military History... Military History Small album of colour photographs taken in areas ...Small album of colour photographs taken in areas of East Gippsland and of trips to Bruthen and Sale, East Gippsland Victoriaworld war 1914-1918, world war 1939 - 1945, military history -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Field Glasses, 1914
... military history...From the R.S.L. Mitcham Collection military history army ...From the R.S.L. Mitcham CollectionBinoculars metal 14cm x 13cm. Leather around hand pieces, Bakelite eye pieces. Brass adjusting lenses and leather lanyard for holding around neck. As used by the military during WWI.military history, army -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Medal - Military Medals, World War medals WW1 and WW2, 1919 1946
... military history... and II military history army B Slaweski B B Slaweski 1. Green ...Issued to Defence personnel for service during world war I and II1. Green felt covered board with 6 medals to the Father Boleslas Slaweski (Staff Sgt ,Warrant Officer)and Son Bernard Bruce Slaweski and son 2 1914 -1915 star Bronze medal with 4 stars with crown on top star, ribbon has red white and blue colours merged at edges. Medal has crossed swords and laurel wreath Engraved on rear 7637 S/Sgt B Slaweski 1/6 Hosp. A. I. F. 3 British War medal circular medal of Silver Words on obverse GEORGIUS V BRITT OMN REX ET IND EMP AROUND THE HEAD OF KING GEORGE V Reverse has a figure of St. George mounted on a horse with a short sword in one hand, the other raised in victory. The horse tramples on the figures of death the Prussian eagle and skull and crossbones in the background are ocean waves The years 1914 1918 are embossed on the sides Around the edge is 7637 W O 1 B Slaweski A.M.C. A.I.F. Ribbon is dark blue, black, white,orange, white, black and dark blue 3. Victory medal Bronze medal with winged victory figure on obverse with The great war fro civilisation 1914 1918 non the reverse Ribbon is watered from a central red stripe through yellow green blue and purple 4 War medal 1939- 1945 Medal is round cupro nickel obverse shows head of King George 6th with circular inscription G.B>R> REXETINDIAE IMP GEORGIVS VI Reverse has a lion standing on a dragon the top shows the dates 1939- 1945 Ribbon is narrow red central strip with radiating stripes of white (narrow) and blue and red|5 Australian Service medal 1939 - 1945 Nickel silver medal with crowned effigy of King George VI on the obverse Reverse has Australian Coat of Arms placed centrally surrounded by the words The Australian Service Medal 1939- 1945 Ribbon has wide Khaki central stripe flanked by two narrow red stripes and one of dark blue (navy) and one of light blue. (Air Force)|6. Australian Service medal 1945 -1975 Reverse has Federation star with name B B Slaweski R 38254 Ribbon Central yellow stripe with green flanked by navy blue Khaki and light blue stripes Medal has clasps PNG and FESR (Far East Strategic Reserve)|7 Small Clasps (For miniature medals )PNG and FESR Photo on back of Board Father and son Slaweski 8 Letter 2/2/1999 addressed to Mitcham RSL with details of Boreslas and Kevin Slaweski. 9 Letter dated 11/2/1999 to Mitcham RSL regarding PNG clasp.B Slaweski B B Slaweskimilitary history, army -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Payne, Keith, Keith Payne VC: No One Left Behind, 2021
... Military history - (Australia...Soldiers - Australia - Biography Payne Keith VC Military ...From the battlefields of Korea, Malaya and Vietnam to the struggle for veterans' welfare, Keith Payne has never shied away from a fight.From the battlefields of Korea, Malaya and Vietnam to the struggle for veterans' welfare, Keith Payne has never shied away from a fight.soldiers - australia - biography, payne, keith vc, military history - (australia, vietnam, s. korea) -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Badge - Badges, 1942-1944
... military history... numismatics) military history army containers commercial documents ...WW2 items from Alwyn Till donated to Mitcham RSL And now donated to Historical Society.Alwyn Till was born and raised in Mitcham. He was a popular and well respected member of the community especially the Mitcham Anglican church. His father served in WW1 and after Alwyn's death in WW2 his sister and mother venerated his memory by keeping all his effects. The WHS published a history of his service as an airman in 2010..1 cardboard box addressed to Mrs Cook -Mitcham from Dr Lewis, Burwood Rd Auburn.|.2&.3 Navy coloured Warrant Officer cloth badge with British coat of arms|.4 navy blue and white wing badge with ' O'|.5 Navy blue and white wing badge with 'O' with blue wreath embroidered and aluminium backing.|.6 silver coloured Rising Sun ' Sweetheart brooch' with boomerang. Inscribed with Alison. Alwyns' sister.|.7 membership card for Caterpillar Club. F/Sgt. A. Till..|.8 small bronze coloured junior airman badge 'Pelaco Club'.badges (use numismatics), military history, army, containers, commercial, documents, cards, air force, societies, service clubs -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Memorabilia - Army Tankard
... military history..., Mitcham, cnr Harrison Street when it closed early 2014. military ...Tankard to commemorate conflicts in which the Australian Army has been involved since and including World War I. From the Returned Services League, Mitcham Sub-Branch, 26 McDowall Street, Mitcham, cnr Harrison Street when it closed early 2014.Australian Army Tankard with Australian rising sun badge on front. Tankard is made of pewter with a glass base. On the tankard all the conflicts that the Australian fought in are commemorated from World War I to Vietnam.The Australian Army Tankard, World War I, World War I, Mesopotamia, Flanders, German New Guinea, Gallipoli, France, Palestine, World War II, North Africa, Crete, Malaya, S.W. Pacific, Timor, New Guinea, Java, Bougainville, Borneo, Greece, Syria, Singapore, South Africa, Korea, Malaya, Vietnam.military history, army, metalcraft, pewterware -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Watch Cover, 1942
... military history... Davey. military history army costume accessories male Australian ...Watch Protector owned by Louis Everett and used by him during World War II. It was previously in the Mitcham RSL collection.|Donated to the R.S.L. by Louis Everett's daughter Lyn Davey.Leather wrist watch protector. Brown leather watch band with a cover to protect the watch face. The cover has a metal Australian Commonwealth Military Force badge on it.Australian Commonwealth Military Forcesmilitary history, army, costume accessories, male