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Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLET, WELCOME TO YOUR ARMY, 1955
The forward in the booklet is by ; Chief of the General Staff was Lt Gen H Wells. His forward is dated Aug 55.Small booklet, white coloured soft cover, 35 pages. Two x green stripes across front, within these stripes is the title. At the bottom centre is a green coloured Rising Sun badge.On cover In green ink: “Welcome To” In black ink below: “Your Army” Bottom centre green coloured Rising Sun badge with words “Australian Military Forces”books-military-history, your army, passchendaele barracks trust -
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Administrative record - CARD, RECORD OF SERVICE, Australian Navy - Form A170, C. 1957 - 60
Service Card, brown buckram colour, with fold line.“Army Form AAF A170 National Service Act 1951-53 Record of Service Card Number 188796 Registration No V70118 Name: O'Mahoney, Brian Kevin Dates: 8 Jan 1957 to 30 Jun 1960” Signed by: ADJT 38 Inf Bnservice, national service -
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Instrument - CAP, PEAKED, R.A.N, Commonwealth Government Clothing Factory
There is some old newspaper under the brown internal hat band. See also Reg No's 3041 Beret & 3042.4 Badges.Peaked cap, white with black leather peak with black leather chin strap. External hat band is black, soft woven material. Internal hat band is brown leather.“CGCF, Size 7 1/8, RAN, Made in Australia”uniform - navy, costume - male, headwear -
Bendigo Military Museum
Headwear - BERET, RAN, Commonwealth Government Clothing Factory, Post WW2
L. Schilling collection.RAN Beret, white, stiff cotton woven with strong thread lines in one direction.Tag inside: “CGCF, Size 7 3/8, RAN, Made in Australia”uniforms - navy, costume - male headwear, ran -
Bendigo Military Museum
Headwear - HAT, SLOUCH, C.WW2
Slouch hat, khaki, puggaree, light khaki, colour patch with WWII red rectrangle with black ball* in centre. Rising Sun badge on raised edge is badly corroded green internally. Liner & chin strap removed. * The colour patch is of the Corps of Australian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (field units) 1942 - 1945.Written in ink on puggaree under the colour patch: “Geelong”uniforms - army, costume - male headwear, slouch hat -
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Headwear - HAT, WOMENS, ARMY, C.WW2
Women's hat, AWAS style, khaki fur felt, leather liner, leather chin strap. Hat badge is Australian Commonwealth Military Force, darkened brass coloured patch on side is red with a black horizontal stripe. The colour patch is from HQ 1st Australian Army. Puggaree light khaki, ribbon of 3.5 cm width.uniforms - army, costume-female, headwear, numismatics-badges-military -
Bendigo Military Museum
Headwear - CAP, FORAGE, RAAF, Australian Air Force, 1944
RAAF blue forage hat without badge. x two blackened RAAF buttons of 11mm dia at front.“36088 Bennetts. RG.” “Made in Aust 1944.”uniforms - airforce, costume - male, headwear, metalcraft, raaf -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia, post 1946
Framed set of memorabilia pertaining to St Agnes Fraser WATSON. Featuring black & white photo, medals, colour patches, name badge, Rising Sun Badge, Service Badge, army driving licence, Record of Service Book, Demobilization Procedure Book & Certificate of Discharge. Australian Women's Army Service badge. All mounted on green card & quasi wooden plastic frame.In ink on sticker lower L corner back: Colour Patches Signals & Q'LAND L of Cmilitary history, memorabilia - service records, numismatics-medals-badges-army, passchendaele barracks trust -
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Poster - POSTER, RED CROSS, MOUNTED, C.WW2
Poster applied to canvas on timber frame painted texture. Nurse in Red Cross uniform is coloured, the cross is red & print is black. Produced by the Australian Red Cross Society ARCS 248.Front of poster: “REMEMBER Red Cross needs You AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY” essential services - red cross, illustrations, carpentry -
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Book - BOOK, VIETNAM, I L Barnes, Gallant and Distinguished Service, Vietnam 1962 -1973, 1974
A record of British and Foreign decorations awarded to Australian Servicemen in Vietnam for 1962 to 1973.Soft card cover. Title in black print on a red background. Cover illustrated front & back with photos. 154 pages with cut edges. Illustrated with black & white photos.books-military-history, photography, vietnam, distinguished -
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Book - BOOK, RAN WW2, The Naval Historical Society of Australia, HMAS Hobart, 1979
Historical account of the service of HMAS Hobart from 1938 to 1962.Soft card cover. Title in gold lettering. Front & back covers illustrated with black & white photos. 76 pages with cut edges bound with staples. Illustrated with black & white photos & diagrams.books-naval history, military history-navy, hobart, hmas -
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Book - BOOK, POW’s WW2, Betty Jeffrey, White Coolies, 1956
This is the story of those Australian Army nursing sisters who were in Malaya with the 8th Division AIF in 1941 and early 1942 and later taken prisoner by the Japanese.Hard cover in green buckram. Title on spine in faded gold lettering. Green end papers feature a map of South East Asia. Front cover embossed with the shape of a compass. 204 pages with cut edges. Illustrated with black & white line drawings.Inside on first page: “E Houlden Skene St Bendigo” Stamp in blue ink on title page: “Returned and Services League”books-military, military history-army nurses, illustrations, coolies, pow’s -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, John Laffin, Digger, The Legend of the Australian Soldier, 1990
The author discusses the characteristics of the Australian Digger from the Boer War to World War II.Soft card cover. Title in white print on a black background. Front cover illustrated with a sepia toned photograve. Back cover has a brief biography & black & white photo of the author. 296 cut edge pages. Illustrated with black & white photos.books-military, military history-army, photography -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, VIETNAM, Allen & Unwin, Vietnam - War, Myth and Memory, 1992
The book examines how & why Australia became involved in the Vietnam War & Australia's reaction to the war. It explores the unique Australian experience of the war compared to that of the Americans & New Zealanders.Soft card cover. Title in red & black lettering. Front cover illustrated with colour & sepia photos. 157 pages with cut edges. Illustrated with Black & white photos & diagrams.books - military, military history - army, vietnam -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, VIETNAM, Gary J McKay, In Good Company, One Mans War in Vietnam, 1987
Book chronicles the experiences of the author, Gary McKay as a National Serviceman in Vietnam.Brown buckram hard cover, title in gold lettering. White dust cover with title in black & brown lettering. Black & white illustration on front. 197 pages with cut edges. Illustrated with black & white photos & diagrams. Brown end paper paper front & back.books - military, military history - army, vietnam -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, ANTI AIRCRAFT WW2, Angus & Robertson Ltd, On Target with the American and Australian Ack Ack Brigade in New Guinea, c.1943
Khaki coloured buckram hard cover, no dust cover. 172 pages, black & white photos & illustrations. books-military, photography, illustrations, ack ack -
Bendigo Military Museum
Souvenir - NEWSPAPERS, SOUVENIR VIETNAM, 500 The Australians Who Died in Vietnam, C.1992
Folder with red & white cover & black & white photo on both front & back. Folder contains copy of The Weekend Australian, The Weekend Australian Review, The Australian Focus, The Business Australian, all dated 3-4.10.1992.documents - newspapers, military history - army, kia vietnam -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - MUSEUM BOOK, Australian War Museum, Australian War Museum, The Relics and Records of Australia's effort in the Defence of the Empire. 1914 - 1918, c.1922
Australian War Museum was located in Melbourne & was a forerunner to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. This is the guidebook for the collection housed in the museum located in the Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens, Melbourne.Soft cover with sepia illustration on the front & a map on the rear. Title on front in cream font. 92 pages, cut edges & black & white illustrations.books - military, military history - army, war museum -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, RAN, M A Payne, The Naval Historical Society of Australia, HMAS Australia 1928 - 1955, c.1988
Soft covered illustrated book of 204 pages, HMAS Australia. Contains photos & drawings from the period 1928 - 1955.books-naval-history, military history-navy, hmas -
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Book - BOOK, RAN, Des Shinkfield, HMAS Australia - A Lucky Ship, c.2001
Soft, cream cardboard cover re HMAS Australia. 198 pages. Copied photos, maps & drawings.books - naval history, illustrations, hmas, ran -
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Booklet - BOOKLET, RAN, HMAS Australia "Ships Daily Movements"
Photocopied record of HMAS Australia "Ships Daily Movements" 1939 - 1942. 28 pages held by 3 staples.books-naval-history, documents-diaries, hmas, ran -
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Booklet - BOOKLET, RAN, Warramunga
Soft clear plastic & grey covered file with dark grey reinforced spine, hole punched. 83 typed photocopied pages. Warramunga was a tribal class destroyer of British design & built in Australia. Booklet contains author's recollections of her part in naval operations in the Pacific theatre of WWII."Warramunga a true story by Geoff Willson", "The Ship with a Guardian Angel", "The Lucky Ship"military history-navy, ran, hmas -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW2, FRAMED, Vincent Kelly, C. 1940
Black & white photo of soldiers on station platform before departure overseas. Mahogany wooden frame, glass front, cardboard backing, hanging wire on rear. Photo has a grey border mounted on a green background. White label bottom centre: “Bendigo Farewell, 2nd AIF Soldiers March 27th 1940. Left Australia April 14th 1940. Arrived Egypt May 16th 1940”passchendaele barracks trust, 2nd aif, bendigo -
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Book - BOOK, VIETNAM, Ian Mackay, Australians in Vietnam, 1968
A complete story covering the experiences of Australian men & women during the Vietnam campaign.Paper dust cover in colour, title on front & spine. Hard green buckram cover with title & author on spine. On fly leaf is a map of Vietnam & jungle scene with 2 soldiers in green colour. 201 pages, cut edges, white with black print & black & white photos. Stamp on top right hand side of title page: “RHQ 4/19 Prince of Wales Lighthorse Bougainville Barracks Park Street North Carlton” books-military-history, photography, vietnam -
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Book - BOOK, POW’s, ABC Enterprises Sun Books, Changi Photographer
Covers the experiences of Australian Prisoners of War with the Japanese. Paperback cover with photo of Keppel Harbour on front. Photo of Selerang Barracks with red background on back. 144 pages, white with black & white photos & printing. military history-army, books-history, photography, pow’s -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, INFANTRY, Captain A R Ross, The Seventeenth, Australian Infantry Brigade, Post 1944
The magazine of the 17th Australian Infantry Brigade detailing its active service from 1939 - 1944.Maroon soft card cover illustrated with the 17th Brigade Shield. Spine is maroon buckram. Title on front cover in cream & khaki lettering. Bound with staples. 144 pages with cut edges & black & white illustrations.books-military, military history-army, illustrations, 17th -
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Book - BOOK, MILITARY HISTORY, Norman Bartlett, Australia at Arms, 1962
An anthology of true life stories as told by Australians who served in New Zealand, South Africa, World War I & II.Hard, green, buckram cover embossed with gold shield surrounded by laurel wreath. Dust jacket with colour illustration on front. Title in white print on green background. Title in gold print on spine. End papers illustrated in green with maps & figure of soldiers. 265 pages with cut edges & black & white photos & drawings.books-biography, military history, photography, illustrations -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, VIETNAM, Lex McAuley, Contact: Australians in Vietnam, 1989
A pictorial history of servicemen & women during 1962 - 1972 whilst serving in South Vietnam. Lex McAuley, Author was born in 1939 in Innisfail, Queensland.Hard cardboard cover, khaki buckram with orange fly leaf. Front dust cover has a soldier carrying equipment, soldier on back has a rifle pointing straight upwards. 147 pages with cut edges & black print. Illustrated with black & white photos & maps. books-military-history, photography, illustrations, vietnam -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - RIDING CROP
Tan leather riding crop, one end has folded leather flat section, the other a plated knob with a copper Rising Sun badge affixed. The badge has been curved around the shaft of the crop. Badge has Australian Commonwealth Military Forces.military equipment-army, transport-animal, trades-leatherworking, accessory, crop -
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Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW2, C.WW2
Black & white photo of two Australian soldiers wearing slouch hats behind a Vickers M6 gun on a large tripod with water container & ammunition boxes beside it. The small photo has been printed on larger photo paper.photography-photographs, military history-army, arms-ordnance, vickers