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Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Jungle Warfare - With the Australian Army in the South West Pacific, 1944
This is the fourth book in this series to the people at home during WWII. Stories of military operations in the jungle and Kenai, mountains and swamps of New Guinea. There the terrain and climate gave to the fighting a character of its own, unlike anything experienced by Australians previously and never to be forgotten by those who took part in it.Jungle Warfare - With the Australian Army in the South West Pacific. Brown front and back cover with Ore text and picture of soldier carrying his webbing. Same text on the spine. The inside front and back cover has text ore coloured text on a brown background. Photographs, illustrations, poems, stories, paintings jungle warfare, new guinea, australian army, royal australian navy, united nations, amphibious operation, hidden battlefields, shaggy ridge, operational drop, life-saving moresby style, stretcher bearing -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Jungle Warfare - With the Australian Army in the South West Pacific, 1944
This is the fourth book in this series to the people at home during WWII. Stories of military operations in the jungle and Kenai, mountains and swamps of New Guinea. There the terrain and climate gave to the fighting a character of its own, unlike anything experienced by Australians previously and never to be forgotten by those who took part in it.Jungle Warfare - With the Australian Army in the South West Pacific. Brown front and back cover with Ore text and picture of soldier carrying his webbing. Same text on the spine. The inside front and back cover has text ore coloured text on a brown background. Photographs, illustrations, poems, stories, paintings. This book has a paper jacket cover - slightly torn. jungle warfare, new guinea, australian army, royal australian navy, united nations, amphibious operation, hidden battlefields, shaggy ridge, operational drop, life-saving moresby style, stretcher bearing -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Soldiering On - The Australian Army at Home and Overseas, 1942
This volume is like a veteran 'gong' - winner with years of tough going and breathless incidents to draw from. The service and the blokes in it have been able to dig into this pile of gen. and present some amazing stories, pictures, poems, graphics and cartoons.Personal recounts from RAAF service personnel by way of stories, poems, cartoons, illustrations and portraitsSoldiering On - The Australian Army at Home and Overseas. Red hardback front and back with light coloured text of title. The rising sun badge, with text under it - The Australian Army at home and overseas. Inside front and back cover show illustrations of RAAF personnel dressed in the uniform which depicts their job i.e. females in nurse uniforms. raaf,, wwii, new guinea, malaya, middle east, bethlehem, south west pacific, bab-el-mandeb, doughboy, royal womens army service, syria, cairo, singapore battle, jungle ambush -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Soldiering On - The Australian Army at Home and Overseas, 1942
This volume is like a veteran 'gong' - winner with years of tough going and breathless incidents to draw from. The service and the blokes in it have been able to dig into this pile of gen. and present some amazing stories, pictures, poems, graphics and cartoons.Personal recounts from RAAF service personnel by way of stories, poems, cartoons, illustrations and portraitsSoldiering On - The Australian Army at Home and Overseas. Red hardback front and back with light coloured text of title. The rising sun badge, with text under it - The Australian Army at home and overseas. Inside front and back cover show illustrations of RAAF personnel dressed in the uniform which depicts their job i.e. females in nurse uniforms. raaf,, wwii, new guinea, malaya, middle east, bethlehem, south west pacific, bab-el-mandeb, doughboy, royal womens army service, syria, cairo, singapore battle, jungle ambush -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Soldiering On - The Australian Army at Home and Overseas, 1952
This volume is like a veteran 'gong' - winner with years of tough going and breathless incidents to draw from. The service and the blokes in it have been able to dig into this pile of gen. and present some amazing stories, pictures, poems, graphics and cartoons.Personal recounts from RAAF service personnel by way of stories, poems, cartoons, illustrations and portraitsSoldiering On - The Australian Army at Home and Overseas. Green hardback front and back with light coloured text of title. The rising sun badge, with text under it - The Australian Army at home and overseas. Inside front and back cover show illustrations of RAAF personnel dressed in the uniform which depicts their job i.e. females in nurse uniforms. raaf,, wwii, new guinea, malaya, middle east, bethlehem, south west pacific, bab-el-mandeb, doughboy, royal womens army service, syria, cairo, singapore battle, jungle ambush -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, These Eagles - Story of the RAAF at War, 1953
This volume is made up of a quick summary of the deeds of individuals and the story of a new an amazing breed of men. Most of them little more than boys.Personal recounts from RAAF service personnel by way of stories, poems, cartoons, illustrations and portraits These Eagles - Story of the RAAF at War. Green hardcover front and back with text in black in addition to the spine. A picture of the RAAF eagle is also on the front cover. Photographs, portraits, cartoons. The inside front and back have The RAAF motto and pictures of insignias and roles. These eagles suffer us little birds to singraaf, air staff, uboat hunters, blitz, air vice marshall george jones, gazala, no.3 squadron, sorties, bismark -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, These Eagles - Story of the RAAF at War, 1952
This volume is made up of a quick summary of the deeds of individuals and the story of a new an amazing breed of men. Most of them little more than boys.Personal recounts from RAAF service personnel by way of stories, poems, cartoons, illustrations and portraits These Eagles - Story of the RAAF at War. Blue hardcover front and back with text in black in addition to the spine. A picture of the RAAF eagle is also on the front cover. Photographs, portraits, cartoons. The inside front and back have The RAAF motto and pictures of insignias and roles. These eagles suffer us little birds to singraaf, air staff, uboat hunters, blitz, air vice marshall george jones, gazala, no.3 squadron, sorties, bismark -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, HMAS Mk11 The RANS second book, 1951
HMAS Mk11 endeavours to give something of a picture of this world wide fabric of sea power and the threads therein woven by the Royal Australian Navy. These threads are coloured by experience and tradition of the centuries of the Naval history.Personal recounts from NAVY service personnel by way of stories, poems, cartoons, illustrations and portraitsHMAS - Printed 1951. Inside front and back hardcover is a green background and illustrations of ships and words of places of Navy service. Photographs, illustrations, cartoons, portraits.hmas mk11, naval history -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, H.M.A.S, 1953
HMAS illustrates the Royal Australian Navy who have not only by their action afloat given us the basic material for a record of achievement, but who have, in their written and artistic contributions made this book a really worthwhile thing over their three years of naval warfare.Historical recounts of HMAS Naval serviceGreen hardcover front, back and spine with black text of title, motto and insignia on front cover. Photographs, maps, sketches, cartoons, pictograph. A section which lists awards to Australian Naval Personnel. royal australian navy, h.m.a.s, h.m.a.s. sydney, h.m.a.s. voyager, h.m.a.s. vampire, h.m.a.s. hobart, h.m.a.s perth, h.m.a.s vendetta, h.m.a.s waterhen, h.m.a.s stuart, mediterranean, malta, gibralter, bab-el-mandeb, libya, arabian sea -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australian War Photographs, 1919
The graphic pen-pictures of the war correspondents we have learned much of the conditions under which our soldiers lived and fought, but no matter how vivid the presentation, words alone cannot fully convey to the civilian an accurate impression of the battle area. Many of these photographs were taken under heavy fire showing the actual scenery amid which some of the most thrilling acts in the great drama of WWI were displayed. A pictorial record of places and events of our heroic soldiers who served in WWI. Each photograph of the sectors on which they fought will stimulate old memories - some sad, some pleasant, but all unspeakably dear. Australian War Photographs - Printed 1919. A pictorial record from November, 1917 to the end of WWI. Soft cardboard cover front back and spine. The back cover has the badge of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces badge. The front cover has the title and silhouette illustration of WWI soldiers in the trenches and/or 'no man's land'.wwi, war correspondents, pen pictures, condition under which our soldiers served., official photographers -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Magazine, N.S.W. BOOKSTALL CO. PTY. LTD, Yanks and Aussies in battle
rectangular shaped magazine.Yanks and Aussies in battle OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF PACIFIC WAR FROM PEARL HARBOUR TO TIMORmagazines, books, pacific war, pearl harbour, timor, ww2, lara r.s.l. -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Hard Cover book, Soldiering On, The Australian Army at Home and Overseas, 1942
This volume is like a veteran 'gong' - winner with years of tough going and breathless incidents to draw from. The service and the blokes in it have been able to dig into this pile of gen. and present some amazing stories, pictures, poems, graphics and cartoons. Personal recounts from RAAF service personnel by way of stories, poems, cartoons, illustrations and portraits Soldiering On - The Australian Army at Home and Overseas. Red hardback front and back with light coloured text of title. The rising sun badge, with text under it - The Australian Army at home and overseas. Inside front and back cover show illustrations of RAAF personnel dressed in the uniform which depicts their job i.e. females in nurse uniforms. -
Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre
Radio Receiver Type C55184, c1940
Multiples of these receivers were set on different frequencies and mounted in the racks. Radio units of this type were used in the Aeradio buildingAWA Radio Receiver, Grey colour has four control knobs six toggle switches one ear phone jack and metal tag holder for frequency setting card, Department of Civil Aviation Commonwealth of Australia DCA indent No. Y5/13 Communications Receiver Type R20 Serial numbers 575, 118, 81, 591. Made by AWA Ltd -
Bendigo Military Museum
Document - CARD, CMF PARADE, Aust Army, For half year ending 31 Dec 1961, 1961
The program shows training places such as Georges Heights, Holdsworthy, Broken Ridge, RAAF Williamstown. Activities such as Home Trg, Basic Infantry, Parachute Trg, Amphibious Raids, Climbing, Driving, Coxswains.This is a single sheet of cardboard when folded make a pocket size 'Booklet'. The printing is in green ink. the front has the Boomerang & Dagger symbol of Commando's. The C.O. was Major P. T. Johnston. The address of Unit was Georges Heights, Mosman, NSW. The rear page is a basic summary of joining the CMF.cmf, commando trg -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLET, AVIATION, Whitcombe & Tombs Pty Ltd, Whose Aeroplane is That?, 1943
Refers to the service of LAC Lance & Percy Coates.This is a booklet with a light cardboard cover, fastened with 2 staples. On the front is an underside view of a spitfire in flight. (Probably an MK1). It has RAF roundels. The phrase "Whose plane is that?" is printed in red ink. The phrase "Aircraft Identification" is in white ink. Inside are 53 pages of Aircraft photos, data and charts of the various warring nations. The front cover has a rubber stamp of McGills Agency, Melbourne.ww2, aircraft -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - STERILE FIELD WOUND DRESSING, Multigate Medical Products P/L, 30 July 1997
The pack contains bandage, inner bag.Field dressing, khaki canvas wrapped rectangular shape, sealed, all information re use on one side in black print.Front cover- "Sterile Field Wound Dressing" Back cover - "Directions for use".field dressing, accessory -
Bendigo Military Museum
Ceremonial object - RELIGIOUS STOLE, Church Stores
Part of the Reverend Chaplain Major Thomas Bruce Williams No 556101 Collection.Plain black Christian religious stole with two embroidered crests consisting of a Maltese cross under a central circle with the motto 'In This Sign Conquer'. The cross is ringed by a floral wreath and topped with a queen's crown. Three folds are sewn into the mid section of the stole.Inside the middle section - supplier's name in gold lettering on a black tag.army chaplains, personal equipment, major thomas bruce williams -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - PICTURE POSTCARD, Royal Australian Navy, 30.7.1942
See also Cat No’s 4452, 4453 & 3146Cardboard postcard, one side has a black & white photo of the interior of a japanese miniature submarine. The reverse side has image of a RAN badge & oak leaves. Dated 30 July 1942. Wording in the middle certifies the bearer as sat at these controls.postcards, japanese -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - SOUVENIR BOOKLET 50th ANNIVERSARY, Rats of Tobruk Association, SOUVENIR BOOKLET 50th ANNIVERSARY RATS OF TOBRUK ASSOCIATION 1941 - 1991
See Dean 4575PThis booklet has a strong cardboard cover . Inside are 32 pages consisting of text, history, photographs. Inside the rear cover is a list of contributors.Nilww2, tobruk, rats assn -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLET WORLD REUNION OF RATS OF TOBRUK 1991, Rats of Tobruk Association, SING ALONG
See Cat 4575P Dean.Sing along Booklet. This is made of 3 sheets of A3 paper, when folded provides 12 pages. It is printed in black ink on white paper. The pages are stapled on the fold line. There are lyrics to 55 favourite songs.Nilww2, tobruk, 1991 reunion, songs -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, Gallipoli Landings, Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited, "36 DAYS - THE UNTOLD STORY BEHIND THE GALLIPOLI LANDINGS", 2010
"Hugh Dolan, a former intelligence officer in the Australian military, has minutely re-examined the assault itself, giving us a day by day account of the build up to the landing that shows a very different side to the Gallipoli story".Soft Cover Book. Soft cover - cardboard, white, black and red print on front, spine and back. Front cover - background illustration in grey/black tones of group of soldiers in a landing craft. 445 pages, cut, plain, off white paper, illustrated black and white photographs and maps.non-fiction"Hugh Dolan, a former intelligence officer in the Australian military, has minutely re-examined the assault itself, giving us a day by day account of the build up to the landing that shows a very different side to the Gallipoli story".book, ww1, gallipoli -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
R.S.L. HANDBOOK, R.S.L. HANDBOOK, ANZAC JUBILEE ISSUE, 1965
This booklet gives you a brief History of the R.S.L.from its inception in 1916 to 1965.Handbook, Rectangular in shape with blue binding down rear edge. Has R.S.L. Handbook printed on the front with returned service emblem and AnzacJulibee issue 1965 printed underneath.handbooks. lara r.s.l. -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australia in Palestine, 1919
A soldier's book produced almost entirely by soldiers in the field under active service conditions to send to their friends in Australia and abroad. Australian Lighthorse men is a type peculiar his own and has no counterpart in h is NZ brother. His fearlessness, initiative and endurance, and his adaptability to almost any task, are due to the adventurous life he leads in his own country where he has been accustomed to long hours in the saddle, day and night, and to facing danger of all sorts from his earliest youth.Brown front and back hardcover with dark brown text 'Australia in Palestine' with a light horseman framed in centre of front cover. The spine is green with text Australia in Palestine, Angus and Robertson bottom of spine. Evidence of water on front cover. Silverfish have eaten top right hand corner of first two pages. Farm scene in four boxes with AR in the lower corner of each square. Inside front and back covers are illustrations of a camel train and came corps in the desert with the rising sun in the background with a mountain. There is a grave and white cross in their foreground right lower corner Illustrations, photographs, poems, short stories, Centre foldout of the Battle for Richon Le Zion and Battle of Beersheba and after the Battle of Bir El Abed To the memory of fallen comrades. Pen mark inside W. Mathews Larabattle of beersheba, battle of richon ze zion, battle of bir er abd, camel corps, lighthorse, slush light, sir h.g. chauvel, mounted division at kantara, medical services, signal engineers, katia oasis, new zealand mounted troops, sir edmund h allenby, walers story, 5th lighthorse, romani, ww1, world war 1, australian army -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, The Anzac Book Official History of Australia in theWar of 1914-18 Volume III The AIFin France 1916. Author C.E.W. Bean 6th Edition 1938
The Australian Imperial Force in France 1916Historical chronology including colour patches. AIF in France 1916The Anzac Book - Printed 1916 Hardback cardboard Illustrations, maps and diagrams Chronology of 1916egypt, desert line, france, suez canal, camel train, ferry post, armentieres, ypres, aif, battle of fromelles, 5th division, pozieres, mouquet farm -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Khaki and Green, 1943
Khaki and Green is a summary of the scope of the activities of the Australian soldiers since last they related their experiences, in book form. To their homeland. It speaks of desert and jungle epitomising the two major regions of the campaign in which Australians have participated since October 1942 - the overthrow of Rommel's forces at El Alamein and the smashing of the Chinese in Papua.Collection of servicemen recounts, poems and cartoons from World War 2Faded light green hardcover front and back with title in centre symmetrical green and back lettering (shadowed) With the Australian Army at home and overseas. Text is repeated on spine of book. Front and back inside pages has an illustrations of a kit bag and it's contents and text - Palestine, United Kingdom, Egypt, Libya, Greece, Crete, Eritrea, Cyprus, Syria, Siam, Malaya, Java, Ambon, Ceylon, China, New Britain, Ocean islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Solomon's, Papua, Timor, Dutch New Guinea. Photos, illustrations, cartoons, poems. There are three copies held at the Lara RSL Sub Branch.To the memory of fallen comrades ‘They gave their lives. For the public gift they received a praise which never ages and a tomb most glorious – not so much the tomb in which they lie, but that in which their fame survives, to be remembered forever when occasion comes for word or dead…. ‘ blaney, aif, 6th and 7th division, poetry, middle east, south west pacific, darwin, nassau bay, kokoda, rats of moresby, bullybeef, night patrol, jungle fighters, prisoners of war, world war 2, ww2 -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australian War Photographs, 1919
The graphic pen-pictures of the war correspondents we have learned much of the conditions under which our soldiers lived and fought, but no matter how vivid the presentation, words alone cannot fully convey to the civilian an accurate impression of the battle area. Many of these photographs were taken under heavy fire showing the actual scenery amid which some of the most thrilling acts in the great drama of WWI were displayed. A pictorial record of places and events of our heroic soldiers who served in WWI. Each photograph of the sectors on which they fought will stimulate old memories - some sad, some pleasant, but all unspeakably dear. Australian War Photographs - Printed 1919. A pictorial record from November, 1917 to the end of WWI. Soft cardboard cover front back and spine. The back cover has the badge of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces badge. The front cover has the title and silhouette illustration of WWI soldiers in the trenches and/or 'no man's land'.wwi, war correspondents, pen pictures, condition under which our soldiers served., official photographers -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 - Volume I - The Story of Anzac Author C.E.W Bean, 1937
Bean is the highly regarded and official expert, recorder of facts. From the outbreak of War to the end of the first phase of the Gallipoli Campaign May 4th 1915 Maps, Illustrations, PhotographsThe Story of ANZACRed hard cover with 602 pages worn covers deteriorated front page This is the 6th Edition 1937. First published 1921anzac, c.e.w bean, gallipoli, voyage of hms emden, a.i.f, dardanelles, turks, pine ridge, mustafa kemal, 400 plateau, anzac beach -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 - Volume IV - The AIF in France 1917 Author C.E.W.Bean, Fifth edition 1937
This volume discovers four of the five Australian Infantry Divisions expecting relief after their most depressing experience, the winter of 1916-17on the Somme.Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 - Volume IV - The AIF in France 1917 Hardcover cardboard, Chronology, Maps, Illustrationsaustralian infantry divisions, british armies, hindenburg line, bullecourt, battle of messines, battle of passchendaele, polygon wood, france, ypres, broodseinde ridge, hill 60 -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 - Volume V - The AIF in France 1918 Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18. Author C.E.W. Bean Volume V, Third Edition1938
This volume narrates the part played by the Australian Corps in the barring of the German advance upon Amiens in 1918. It also endeavours to explain the change of outlook which enhanced the spirit and performance of Australian soldiers throughout the last year of the war. The main subject necessarily involves a more than incidental reference to the performance of the British Army in the greatest battle ever waged.During the main German offensive 1918Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 - Volume V - The AIF in France 1918 Hardcover cardboard, Illustrations, Maps, Chronologymessines, ludenorff strike, australian corp, amiens, dernancourt, battle of lys, villers bretonneux, hangard wood, somme, st. quentin, fonquebillers, lancashire fusiliers, 53rd battalion, 35th battalion, sir henry wilson, arras, battle of hazebrouck, kemmel ridge -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 - Volume VI - The AIF in France 1918 Author C.E.W. Bean. The AIF in France May 1918- the Armistice, Published 1942
This volume deals with those months in which the first World War turned against the German Army on the western front, and shows in detail how, in the crucial Amiens sector that change was brought about. The completion of the story of the final offensive in 1918.An account of the conclusion of the first world war with Germany being defeated and surrendering.Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 - Volume VI - The AIF in France 1918. Hardcover cardboard. Maps, diagrams, illustrations, chronologygerman surrender, battle of aisne 1918, monash succeeds, battle of hamel, amiens, armistice, peace treaty signed, battle of montbrehain