Printed booklet with card cover, plastic bindingRepatriation Department October 1965work study report, ward workload, repatriation department

Official War Photographs series published by Magpie Cigarettes.magpie cigarettes, official war photograph, war memorial funds, ypres, bangalore, menin road, armentieres, howitzer, kandahar, 4th division, camel corps, bois de crepy, villers brettoneux, albert cathedral, hellfire corner, flanders, messines, pozieres

Handed out to patients and visitors to commemorate the visit of her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip to Victoria in 1954 and in particular the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital. This brought much excitement to the patients at Heidelberg.Recognises a significant Royal visit to Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital. Acknowleges the role of the Hospital in the treatment of War Veterans to receive such a visit and World War II had ceased in 1945, only nine years earlier.Blue cardboard folder of 4 sides, with a single fold containing 1 photo and inscription. Photo is of Queen Elizabeth sitting down and Prince Phillip standing to the left of her in front of a fireplace, with commemorative acknowledgement of the visit.Page 1 shows the Commonwealth Emblem with the words "Royal Visit 1954" inscribed under it. Page 2 has the inscription " Memento of the Visit of Her Majesty and his Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh to Victoria 24th February, 1954 to 9th March, 1954 presented by the Repatriation Commission" over a crown and the letters EIIRbritish royalty, 1954, 1954 royal visit, royal visit australia, memento, australian coat of arms

Rectangular box and sliding lid with long narrow sides for striking matches. "Save Matches They're Scarce" Label reads: DEFENCE CANTEENS / SPECIAL / SAFETY MATCHES / MADE BY / BRYANT & MAY / AVERAGE CONTENTS 60. bryant and may, safety matches, match box

Rectangular box and sliding lid with long narrow sides for striking matches. "Save Matches They're Scarce" Label reads: DEFENCE CANTEENS / SPECIAL / SAFETY MATCHES / MADE BY / BRYANT & MAY / AVERAGE CONTENTS 60. bryant and may, safety matches, matchsticks

Rectangular printed cardboard box with top and bottom flap openings, contains 9 original cigarettes. "Turf" brand.Label front reads: "TURF" / VIRGINA CIGARETTESsmoking, wwii, world war two, cigarettes

Rectangular red cigarette box with gold and black text and gold State Express Cigarettes logo. Top and bottom folding-flap opening.333 Cork tipped. Absolutely unique in their quality.ardath, tobacco, imperial tobacco, british american tobacco

Representative of cigarette packing of the era.Rectangle-shaped card box with top and bottom flap openings. Blue print, labelled "Capstan" Navy Cut Cigarettes. W D & H O Wills (Australia) Ltd Sydney 10 "Capstan" Medium Plainvirginia cigarettes, w.d. & h.o. wills, sydney

Yellow, square cigarette tin with hinged lid. "State Express" brand tobacco, smoking, wwii

Paper matches in single fold card with strip for striking across the back. Branded Australian Red Cross. 'A GIFT FROM THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY / CLOSE FLAP / STRIKE ON BACK

Round tin with fitted lid. Dr Pat brandDE-LUXE / Dr. Pat / READY RUBBED / CIGARETTE TOBACCO / 50g Net / WILLIAM BUTLER TOBACCO COMPANY / D10114 MADE IN AUSTRALIAtobacco, wwii, smoking, dr pat, william butler

From an era when smoking was more acceptable and it was common place to 'roll your own'.Round tin with fitted lid. Log cabin brand. Originally gold with red ribbon text and a farmhouse image on the front. Details on how to open on rear. Log Cabin Flaked Gold Leaf Tobacco Back: ‘To open twist coin’ Vacuum Sealedtobacco tin, vintage tin, log cabin tobacco

The Rats of Tobruk were soldiers of the Australian-led Allied garrison that held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the Afrika Corps, during the Siege of Tobruk in World War II. The siege started on 11 April 1941 and was relieved on 10 December. The port continued to be held by the Allies until its surrender on 21 June 1942. HUTCHINS, Mervyn Arthur Thomas VX27912 Born in Mornington, Victoria, October 1906, Mervyn joined the Australian Armed Forces in Caulfield in June 1940. Mervyn was posted with the 2/23rd Battalion and was sent to Tobruk. He died at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in the 1970'sMervyn Hutchins owned this jacket. He was both a RAT of Toburk and a patient at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital.Navy blue woolen jacket pocket with embroideryLarge letter T with red crown. Overlay of the RATS of Tobruk logo with Victoria embroidered across the bottomrats of tobruk, wwii, world war two, second world war, uniforms, mervyn hutchins collection

HUTCHINS, Mervyn Arthur Thomas VX27912 Born in Mornington, Victoria, October 1906, Mervyn joined the Australian Armed Forces in Caulfield in June 1940. Mervyn was posted with the 2/23rd Battalion and was sent to Tobruk. He died at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in the 1970's.This photograph depicts a typical soldier portrait of WWII. Mervyn was a patient and died at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital.Replica sepia toned portrait photograph of WWII soldier Mervyn Hutchins. mervyn hutchins collection, rats of tobruk, heidelberg repatriation hospital, caulfield, 2/23rd battalion, vx27912

HUTCHINS, Mervyn Arthur Thomas VX27912 Born in Mornington, Victoria, October 1906, Mervyn joined the Australian Armed Forces in Caulfield in June 1940. Mervyn was posted with the 2/23rd Battalion and was sent to Tobruk. He died at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in the 1970's.Mervyn Thomas was a patient at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Four medals with ribbons. Star (.1), Star (.2), Silver (.3), Silver (.4) awarded to Mervyn Hutchins56.1 Front Crown Emblem. GRJ / VI / The 1939 - 1945 STAR 5.1 Back VX27912 M.A.T. HUTCHINS 56.2 Front Crown Emblem. GRJ / VI / The AFRICA STAR Back VX27912 M.A.T. HUTCHINS 56.3 Bare head effigy King George VI facing left. GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX F:D:IND:IMP. Back shows the Royal Crown resting on an oak sapling, flanked by a lion and a lioness above waves. At the top left is the year "1939" and at the top right the year "1945". The exergue has the words "THE DEFENCE MEDAL" in two lines. 56.4 Front crowned effigy of King George VI, facing left and signed "PM" below neck. Around the perimeter is the legend "GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX ET INDIAE IMP:" Back The reverse shows a lion standing wanton on the body of a double-headed dragon. Top right are the years "1939" and "1945" in two lines. "ECRP" near the rim at the nine o'clock positionmervyn hutchins collection, rats of tobruk, heidelberg repatriation hospital, caulfield, 2/23rd battalion, vx27912, 1939-1945 star, star of africa, defence medal, war medal, wwii

These medallions, which belonged to Mervyn Thomas, were given in celebration of the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Coronation authorities in the United Kingdom decided on a total number to be produced, then allocated a proportion to each of the Commonwealth countries and Crown dependencies and other possessions of the Crown. The award of the medals was then at the discretion of the government of each territory, which was left free to decide who was to be awarded a medal and why. This medallion is specific to the town of Castlemaine in Victoria which is noted on the Service Record of Mervyn Thomas.Two matching circular medallions with wire at top.Front: THE TOWN OF CASTLEMAINE / VIS NON TERRA SEO DEU EST Back: Effigy of Queen Elizabeth with crown facing right. Border reads: CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II / 2ND JUNE 1953mervyn hutchins collection, queen elizabeth ii, coronation, 1953, castlemaine

This items identify Mervyn Hutchins war experience. Mervyn served in the 2/23rd Battalion, was sent to Tobruk and was a patient at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital.Ring "TOBRUK", tie pin and button with pin fastenermervyn hutchins collection, rats of tobruk, 2/23rd battalion, tobruk ring

These items were made as part of an occupational therapy group at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital post WWII. Two matching stuffed toy bears in cream coloured lambswool, with button eyes, handsewn. One smalller than the other.mervyn hutchins collection, rats of tobruk, heidelberg repatriation hospital, occupational therapy

Red cloth hard cover photo album with Art Nouveau design on cover and green paper pages, containing black and white photographs from the World War One era of soldiers abroad and family. Some formal studio photography. Subject matter includes: Middle East, France, Egypt, Horses, Zoo visit, well digging, horse in a hammock, hotels and souvenir cards, North Africa, camels, camps, tents, donkeys, ships, portraits, sports teams, Ypres in Belgium, Folkestone UK, Camp at Burrumbeet 1913 and another dated photograph reads 30th May 1916. Photographs are stuck down onto pages. Cover reads: SCRAP ALBUMwwi, world war one, soldiers, aif, anzac, portraits, photo albums, grand continental cairo, jb ballardie, william harrigan, ypres, cairo, 54th bn, t.s.s. borda, la rue au beurre, leas bandstand & parade folkestone

Discharge notice from WWIAustralian Imperial Expeditionary Force Certificate of Discharge, double sided card with notes regarding Private David Lee 46th Battalion A.I.F.Service No 4527 Private David Lee 46th Battalion; Town of Digby; State of Victoria; Attested at Casterton; 21st July 1915 at age 18. Termination of enlistment after 1473 days. Service abroad 1229. Signed by Capt E W Wright in Melbourne 1st August 1919. Private Lee aged 22 years.wwi, discharge, a.i.f., casterton, digby, 46th battalion

Describes the broad patterns of development across Banyule in the post-European contact period, 92 p, 30 cmbanyule history, greensborough history, montmorency history, heidelberg history, ivanhoe history

Table of contents: Editorial, News and Notes, A few hints on histological technique, Summaries and notes from the mining journals, Professor A. Mica Smith B.Sc., Notes on Victorian geology, The origin of diamonds, Hydraulic mining, Volcanoes, Analytical chemistry notes, Some things we ought to do, Sports, Correspondence, Editorial notes.Pale green booklet of 10 pages. ballarat school of mines, students' magazine, g. e. saunder, w. wallace, j. booth, f. farnell, h. waller, a. h. freeman, w. e. hearman, professor dawbarn, e. gutheil, a. selwyn brown, h. watson, a. w. k. peirce, professor mica smith, w. bradford, henry watson, mr e. faribault, j. h. parsons, j. holmes pollock, t. s. hart, thomas hart, alfred mica smith, a. e. c. kerr, g. g. bonney, histological technique, diamonds, victorian geology, massey-harris bicycles, adelaide school of mines, ballarat school of mines colours, ballarat school of mines motto, ballarat school of mines badge, w.hirt, e. byron moore, britannia gold mine, visitors, j. bryant, premier mine coolgardie, last chance gold mine, g.e. saunder, ivanhoe mine kalgoorlie, black horse cyanide works, edgerton, hercules mine, mount reid, tasmania, f. parnell paul, zeehan school of mines, a.h. freeman, crown point gold mining co, w.e. hearman, parker's range, southern cross, w.a., trappean rocks, hydraulic mining, a.e.c. kerr, volcanoes, f.g. bonney, l.j. austine and co., downer and co, carter and werner

Brief history of unit in Vietnam including Honour Roll, three colour Photograph. 1st photograph - Pte PJ 'Jim' Flower 4 RAR SVN 1971. 2nd photograph - Pte DT Tom Hanley and Pte Terry A Croton (smoking) 1971. 3rd photograph - 4 RAR Soldiers on 3 Cav M1113 Phuoc Tuy 1971,4 rar, pte jim flower, pte tom hanley, pte terry croton, poster, information board, phuoc tuy, lt col jim hughes mc, wo1 w.t.c. "wally" thompson, operation ivanhoe, battle of nui le

An award illustrating that the Sub Branch demonstrates an interest in cadet programs at local schools.The Diamond Valley Vietnam Veterans has support and encouragement to students in the Diamond Valley region and this is substantiated by its assistance in the cadets program purchasing equipment.Mahogany coloured wooden Appreciation Award; with school crest and motto ' adelis usque ad mortem' front and centre then a light metal plate on the base with engraving.TO THE DVIETS IN APPRECIATION FOR YOUR SUPPORT MAY 2021diamond valley vietnam veterans sub branch, ivanhoe grammar school, cadets

Description of battle on white board with text and two black and white Photograph. 1st photo - unidentified soldiers on patrol. 2nd photo - Pte Jimmy Duff filling water bottle at stream.battle of nui le, 4 rar/nz (anzac), poster, information board, operation ivanhoe, phuoc tuy province, gary mckay, maj john taylor, 2nd lt michael sonneveld, distinguished flying cross, military cross

Previous record no. E 1910. Found in a manila folder titled {Historical photographs} Items found in collection gathered together by the author of the Darebin Parklands history 2011.B&W photograph. This item and all other Darebin Parklands Association archival material is now held by State Library Victoria (Accession No: YMS 13746). Please contact State Library Victoria if access is required.

Taken by Mr. Kerr of Gillies st.B&W photograph. This is a copy an it is unclear when the copy was made. Annotated on back. This item and all other Darebin Parklands Association archival material is now held by State Library Victoria (Accession No: YMS 13746). Please contact State Library Victoria if access is required.