Item in the collection re Craig Triffett. Refer Cat No 5997.5 for his service details.This is a pair of Army GP Boots. Made from leather with moulded rubber soles. They have been lacquered a shiny black. Size 11. They are ankle boots with 8 eyelets for laces on each side. The laces are black soft cordage, material unknown.Stamped inside the boots is “1/99” in white paint.army boots, uniform

Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No. 397661, Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record.Four sets of rank insignia, each consisting of three white coloured chevrons on a khaki background.uniform, rank insignia, sergeant, kevin john herdman

Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No. 397661, Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record.Pair of jungle green coloured shoulder boards in original clear plastic packaging. Paper label with item details included.On paper label: '8456-66-031-1890, SLEEVE, SHOULDER, OFFICER, GREEN, SMALL, QTY. 1 PAIR'.uniform, shoulder boards, officer, kevin john herdman

Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard with adhered glossy finish paper cover. Light blue and white print on front, spine and back. Illustrated - front, back and white photographs of an aircraft and landing beacon with operator. 528 pages - cut, plain, white. Illustrated black and white photographs of aircraft, personnel and maps. non-fiction"Desert Scorpions - A History of 459 Squadron RAAF/ 1942-1945".book, raaf, ww2

Insignia denotes Sergeant. Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No.397661 Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record.Two sets of rang insignia, each consisting of three white and brown chevrons on a light brown background.uniform, rank insignia, kevin john herdman

Insignia denotes Sergeant. Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No. 397661 Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record.Two sets of rank insignia, each consisting of three white and brown chevrons on a khaki background.uniform, rank insignia, sergeant, kevin john herdman

Insignia denotes Sergeant. Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No 397661, collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record.Four sets of rank insignia, each consisting of three white and brown chevrons on a jungle green background.uniform, rank insignia, sergeant, kevin john herdman

Insignia denotes Corporal. Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No.397661, collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record.Three sets of rank insignia, each consisting of two white and brown chevrons on a jungle green background.unifporm, rank insignia, corporal, kevin john herdman

Collection of poems written by Aussie soldiers during WW2. These were collated by Noel Fulton. Original owner Isabel MacCathie (Fulton)VANA School exercise book of poems. Front cover black with some white patches. Writing predominately black. Red binding. Back cover covered with arithmetical tables and multiplication tables in black on white backing. Inside all pages are blue lined. poems are handwritten, each with a title and some with the author. Book is approx. 140 pages and 71 pages of poems. Some poems have small photos stuck within them.Cover Inscription; Name - “Noel Fulton” Location - “Koondrook” Title - “War Poems”poems, ww2

Willam John Turner. The recommendation details his awards of being made a Life Govenor twice, Fund raising for the POW efforts, RSL Relief fund, RSL Picnic Committee, Chairman & Organizer off, RSL Inter Units Social Club, President and Treasurer off and Committee. The originals of this submission are damaged and will be in later Cat No’s in the Turner collection. Cat No 8030 will detail his service history and more RSL involvement.Framed letter, frame is timber gold colour, frame backing is maroon colour with the letter I set. This is a copy of the letter for the reccomendation for a Life Membership of the RSL to William John Turner Bendigo Sub Branch. The letter is very specific as to the roles and fund raising undertaken by Turner over many years. The fund raising amounts in Pounds is quite large.Letter heading and signed, “Memorial Hall Pall Mall Bendigo 13th May 1954” “Yours faithfully" "Sir George Lansell” Funds raised in Pounds, “£3891 - £4,100 - £2,000 - £938 - £200” The last figure was an annual amount raised.brsl, smirsl, life membership

Photos related to 3rd Sqn RAAF WW2. Nature of photo's suggest locations in North Africa and Middle East. The album is related to a collection re E.M. Collihole VX35201, refer Cat No 7235 for his service details.Collection of 60 plus photos in an album. All black and white and the nature is of various landscapes, buildings, people of a local tourist nature around Tripoli and other Middle Eastern/ Arabic looking locations. Album itself is bound loose leaf pages. Cover is pale brown/yellow with picture of lagoon and palm trees on the front and the word " Album" in black. Picture is in green. Two stud holes for binding through which one piece of white string threaded. Other string is missing.Written on inside front cover "Birthday at Farm Killian" and "Mrs Colivers Kid". photos, album, north africa

Items in a collection re E.M. Collihole VX35201, refer Cat No 7235 for his service details. 1. Newsletter - Paper, cream coloured, black typed print, one page, two sides printed. 2. Newsletter - Paper, cream, black typed print, two pages, three sides printed. 3. Newsletter - Paper, cream, black typed print, one page, two sides printed.1. TARAKAN TIMES, Wed August 15, 1945 " PEACE" Japan Surrenders. 2. TARAKAN TIMES, Sunday, Sept 2, 1945 " SURRENDER SIGNED" . 3. TARAKAN TIMES, Monday Oct 1, 1945. " DUTCH SAY MOST INDONESIANS WILL CO-OPEATE WITH NEW DEAL".tarakan, newsletters, ww2

Item in a collection re VX35201 Edgar Martin COLLIHOLE. Enlisted 17.6.1940 age 25 years 7 months in the 2/24th Bn AIF. His overseas service is listed as; Middle East 16.11.1940 - 25.2.1943, New Guinea 1.8.1943 - 22.2.1944, Netherlands East Indies 8.4.1945 - 8..11.1945. 1286 days which includes embarking from Australia to disembarking back in Australia. Discharged with the rank of L/Cpl on 11.2.1946. Enlisted 28/6/40. Discharged 11/1/46. L/Cpl 2/24 Bn.Literary work - Paper, cream with black type written print - One page.“Lt. Gen Morshead's Address at Presentation of Decorations won here”lt.gen morshead, valedictory address, tarakan, e d collihole, ww2

Table Tops Newsletter provided to soldiers in TARAKAN in 1945. Item in a collection re E.M. Collihole VX35201, refer Cat No 7235 for his service details. Newsletter No 74 Sunset edition - Paper yellowed colour with black and red print."IT'S ALL OVER" TARAKAN TABLE TOPS " JAPAN ACCEPTS ALLIED TERMS" OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTnewsletter, tarakan, table tops

Item in a collection re E.M. Collihole VX35201, refer Cat No 7235 for his service details. Programme - paper, cream coloured with black print and illustrations, 12 pages.“Programme - 9th Aust. Division. July 1944”, “Divisional Parade - Race Meeting - Rodeo”race programme, 9th aust divison, ww2

Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No. 397661, Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record. Commonly called a "Housewife".Khaki coloured roll up style sewing kit with fawn coloured tape to secure it closed. Inside has one and one buttoned pocket. Item contains needles, safety pins, various cottons and a thimble. Button pocket secured with a brown Bakelite button. White manufacturers label sewn on inside.Printed in black on white manufacturers label; "R.G.C.F., VIC, 1977 (upwards arrow) 8315-66-013-0931", No. Name. Handwritten in black on label: "398130, LIVINGSTON"accessory, sewing, housewife, kevin john herdman

Commonly called a 'Housewife". Part of the Kevin John HERDMAN, No 397661, collection. See cat No. 5942P for details of his service records.Jungle green coloured roll up style sewing kit with attached tie tapes to secure it closed. Inside has four open pockets. Pockets contain pins, needles, cottons, a thimble and brown Bakelite buttons.Stamped in black ink on inside: "D (upwards arrow), D, (upwards arrow), W.A., MADE IN AUST., PARKERS PRODUCTS PTY LTD"accessory, sewing kit, housewife, kevin john herdman

Commonly called a "Housewife". Part of the KEVIN JOHN HERDMAN, No. 397661, Collection. See Cat No. 5942P for details of his service record.White calico roll-up style sewing kit with attached tie tapes to secure it closed. Inside has four open pockets. Pockets contain needles, cotton thread and buttons.Stamped in purple ink on inside; "H. (upwards arrow), W."accessory, sewing kit, housewife, kevin john herdman

Part of the KEVIN JOHN HERDMAN, No. 397661 Collection. See cat No. 5942P for details of his service record.Set of cotton, elastic braces with brown leather button attachments for trousers. Stripes on elastic are black, brown, grey, orange and blue in colour. Metal slides for adjustment to "wearers" size.Stamped on metal adjustment slides; "POLICE AND FIREMEN".uniform, braces, kevin john herdman

Part of the KEVIN JOHN HERDMAN, No. 397661 Collection. See Cat No. 5942P for details of his service record.1. Metal container with black painted lid with two labelled, cylindrical glass vials containing water sterilizing tablets. Directions for use printed on the inside of the lid. 2. Contains blue tablets. 3. Contains cream coloured tablets.1. Printed in white on lid: "STERILIZING OUTFIT, FOR USE WITH WATER BOTTLES (KEEP DRY). 2. Printed on label: THIO TABLETS. 3. Printed on label: 'STERILIZING TABLETS, CRUSH TABLET BEFORE USE, Water bottle must be emptied before refilling."accessory, sterilizing outfit, water sterilization, kevin john herdman

Also referenced in the Collections Victoria Bendigo RSL item 6300 Lithographic Squadron Equipment Handbook 1991. Commonly called a type styles guide, used for the selection and editing of text styles and size in mapping.20 Sheets of 21 x 11 cm clear photographic film (connected in the Top left hand corner) depicting various Type Font Styles and Point Sizes including special characters. It also contains a digital Type gauge, a linometer and a screen angle Indicator. royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr

The origin of the book goes back to 2007 when a tin of nitrate negatives (Cat No 1248.2) came to the Bendigo RSL Museum via Aylene Kirkwood (Eaglehawk Heritage Society) and her friend Jean Grinton, Jack Grintons Daughter. The tin of negatives had been sitting in a shed at Jeans place for many years. The RSL Museum sorted some to see what they were about and were mostly WW1 era overseas. The Museum had some reproduced by Wayne Eels a Dark Room Technician and the quality was amazing. A small number were shown at an exhibition in a talk by Museum Curator Peter Ball in March 2008. The exhibition was called “Snapshots and Stories” by Corrine Perkin from the Bendigo Art Gallery and included a number of Bendigo Historical groups. The RSL Museum by then had put together 44 images in 11 frames to make a story (cat No's 5880P to 5890P) and shown at the Bendigo District RSL Sub Branch Inc in April 2008. The exhibition included memorabilia from Jean Grinton. Corrine Perkin who was at the opening spoke to the Curator Peter Ball with the view that a travelling exhibition could be made from this. After discussions then began 12 months research between Corinne and Peter identifying people in the photos, places, deciphering Jack's Diary, researching the 38th Bn to gain an overall picture of Jack and Bert Grinton, producing photos for quality. Eventually an exhibition of photos (Cat No's 7100P to 7179P), story boards with photos (Cat No's 7180 to 7187) came into being. The opening was at the Bendigo Art Gallery on the evening of June 13th 2009 with Les Carlyon as guest speaker and went through until August 2nd. The exhibition was accompanied by memorabilia of Jacks Daughter Jean and Bert's Daughter Dorothy. The exhibition then went onto 4 more locations including the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance. Jacks service details are in Cat No 1280, Berts are in Cat No 1320P.Book, cardboard cover, 64 gloss pages. Front cover shows Jack Grinton in Barracks hut 19 England in 1916. The book relates to the photo collection of Jack Grinton and his brother Albert (Bert) both in the 38th BN AIF. The publication is in 6 sections. 1. Preface - Karen Quinlan, Director Art Gallery. 2. Two brothers, a Camera and a War to end all Wars - Corrine Perkin, Exhibition Curator Bendigo Art Gallery. 3. The Great War - Les Carlyon, Journalist and Author. 4. Photographing War - Colin Harding, Curator photographic technology, national media museum UK 5. The Grinton Collection in 6 Sub Sections; Living behind the lines. The burden of war. Trip of a lifetime. Portraiture and remembrance. Quota 45: The journey home. Life after 1919.book, camera on the somme, grinton, 38th

Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No. 397661, Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record. .1) and .2) Pair black GP boots with laces. Rubber soled with leather upper..1) and .2) Molded into the soles are the manufacturer's details: 'MADE BY VULSEAL FOOTWEAR PTY. LTD., HY-PRESSURE VULCANISED SOLE, 'VULSEAL' (over an emblem of a seal)'. .1) Handwritten on inside top: 'T34, RB75".uniform, gp boots, kevin john herdman

Part of the Kevin John HERDMAN, No. 397661 Collection. See catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record. "D" handle used to close a kit bag. The eyelets on the bag are threaded along the straight part. It can then be locked using a padlock through the small loop on the end of the curved sections.Lockable metal D-ring handle for kit bag. Curved section and straight part are hinged. Loop on the end of the curved section fits through a slot in the straight part.d handle, kevin john herdman

Standard pattern of clasp knives issued since before the Second World War. Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No. 397661, Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record.Stainless steel construction clasp knife consisting of a retractable blade, a can opener and spike. A screwdriver is attached to one end. The knife is attached to a khaki coloured lanyard.Stamped on one side of the knife: “(upwards arrow), 5110-66-013-1930, 1977”clasp knife, equipment, kevin john herdman

Standard pattern of clasp knives issued since before the Second World War. Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No. 397661, Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record.Stainless steel construction clasp knife consisting of a blade, a can opener, a screwdriver, and a spike. The knife is attached to a khaki coloured lanyard.Stamped on the side of the knife: “WHITTINGSLOWE OPENER, 15737, PAT. APPN., ADELAIDE, D (upwards arrow) D”clasp knife, equipment, kevin john herdman

Part of the Kevin John Herman, No. 397661, Collection. See Cat No. 5942P for details of his service record.Barrel shaped silver coloured pewter tankard with handle. Engraved details on one side. Manufacturer's logo and details stamped on base.Engraved on side: “PRESENTED BY, RCSC, TO MAJ. K.J. HERDMAN RFD, ON RETIREMENT, 30 JUN 88.” Stamped on base; Logo (Fler de lis symbol), RENAISSANCE PEWTER, (in a circle).memorabilia, tankard, kevin john herdman

Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No. 397661, Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record.Silver coloured metal tankard in Georgian style. Engraved details on one side.Engraved on side: “Presented To, MAJ. K. J. HERDMAN, from, HQ 3 TRG GP OFFICERS MESS, Aug 80”memorabilia, tankard, kevin john herdman

Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No. 397661, Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record..1) and .2) A pair of black leather Army issue ankle boots (AB) with leather soles and laces. Each boot has a metal toe cap tacked to each sole. .2) has a metal heel tip.Stamped on each sole: '8,6'.uniform, boots, kevin john herdman

Reunion held at Junee in NSW for those that served in Japan as part of occupational forces of the Commonwealth from 1945-52. Item in the collection of Richard William McGILVERY, RAAF. Refer Cat No.7287P for Service details, photos and awards.Hard cover black photo album for British Commonwealth Occupational Forces of Japan Reunion in 2018. Album contains photos and a newspaper article relating to reunion at Junee. Photos, actual part of a booklet on glossy coloured paper. 10 pages, both sides. Cover has a window into the first page highlighting a memorial statement to those that served. A plastic isert is at the front and back of the inside pages. Inside is a separate A4 page with photo print of a ceremony at the War Memorial.On front cover, a dedication to Australian Forces who served from 1945-52.japanese occupational forces, photo album, bcof