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Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - UNIFORM ARMY, Pelaco Victoria, 1967
Uniform classed as work dress. Pants & shirt were just called “Greens”.1) jumper, wool khaki colour with Corporal stripes on upper sleeves. .2)Shirt, green colour long sleeves cotton .2) Belt .4) Trousers, green, cotton. .5&.6) Bootsuniform, greens, work dress -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - UNIFORM, ARMY, Australian Government clothing factory, 1975
Summer dress uniform worn with black shoes and long socks. Items in collection re T. Pattison, refer Cat No 5342.4..1) Shirt and lanyard, polyester light khaki colour with purple cord lanyard, WO2 insignia on upper sleeves, on each shoulder epaulettte “RASVY” badges .2) Shorts polyester light khaki colour .3) Belt, webbing light khaki colour with black buckles.uniforms-army, polyesters, summer dress -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - UNIFORM, ARMY, C.1941 - 44
Items issued or made for Henry T RIDGE V57996 & VX148845 CMF & 2nd AIF. Refer Cat No 475.10 for service details..1) Coat, Service Dress, Kahki, winter, 2 x Rising Sun Epaulettes badges, 2 x Australia badges, 2 x colour patches, rectangular white over red with grey surround, Lieut rank badges, 2 on one side, one on the other (missing one), metal buttons. .2) Belt-cloth, Kahki, metal buckle, leather adjustment straps on inside, for .1) .3) Coat, Service Dress, summer, light Kahki, 1 x Rising Sun lapel badge (one missing), 2 x combined cloth Australia and Lieut shoulder badges, 4 pockets, plastic buttons. .4) Shirt, light weight, Kahki, Service Dress summer style, short sleeve, plastic buttons..1) “Wilkes Todhunter, Civil and Military Tailors”, “H.T.Ridge 9/7/41” .3) “Wilkes Todhunter, Civil and Military Tailors”, “H.T.Ridge 3072, 15/7/1941” .4) “Wilkes Todhunter, Civil and Military Tailors”, “H.T.Ridge 7976, 14/1/44uniform ww2, army, officer -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - WEBBING SET, C.1960’s
... .1 Pattern 56 army pack jungle green canvas. Has straps... with quick release catches. .2 Belt pattern 56 army. slides ....1 Pattern 56 army pack jungle green canvas. Has straps, buckles. Shoulder straps with quick release catches. .2 Belt pattern 56 army. slides and buckle clips, jungle green. .3 Carrier with bottle pattern 56 - jungle green cotton canvas with clips. .4 Carrier water bottle pattern 56 - jungle green cotton canvas with clips. .5 Water bottle plastic 1 litre green. .6 Water bottle plastic 1 litre green.Pack has written on front ? The word "home" written on name tag patch. .3 Back has O'HAIRE. Front has 69 .5 Has HALL. F. 2309252 written on it. .6 Has a cardboard tag with PETER BARKER written on it.webbing, back packs, equipment -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - UNIFORM 2ND AIF, C.1943 - 45
.1) & .2) The items were issued to Cpl H BACON VX103705 2nd AIF, Naval Bombardment Group..1) Hat, slouch, Kahki fur felt, cotton pugaree, Rising Sun badge, chin strap leather, leather lining. .2) Coat, Battle Dress, Kahki, Cpl stripes on one sleeve, 2 x Rising Sun Lapel badges, 2 x Australia shoulder badges, 2 x Colour patches red over blue in wave fashion with grey surround, metal buttons, 4 pockets. .3) Belt, webbing, light Kahki, brass buckles and keepers..1) “D & D ../30 size 7 1945” uniform, army, webbing, slouch hat -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - SAM BROWNE BELT, 1914-1917
The belt belonged to Regimental Sergeant Major Edgar Frederick Dawson DCM, No 4472 57th Batt AIF. Refer Cat No 893 for his service history.Sam Browne Belt, brown leather with metal buckles, has a brown leather adjustable shoulder strap. Re RSM E.F.Dawson.uniforms - army, leatherwork, sam browne -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - HAT, CLOTHING, BELT, Exact: 4.1968; Estimated: .1) .2) .3) 1960's
... of an extensive collection including his fathers. uniforms - army Hats ...Items issued to Wayne William Forbes No 3176337 RAE. Refer Cat No 754 for service history also 2586. Part of an extensive collection including his fathers..1) Floppy bush hat, green cotton, round shape, work dress. .2) Army issue woollen khaki sock, size 10.5 - 11.5. .3) As .2) above. .4) Webbed khaki belt with black sliding buckle, dress uniform..4) CCF, (up arrow) 1968 - 8440 - 66.012 - 0304.40uniforms - army, hats, belts, socks -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - UNIFORM ACCESORIES, Post 1960
Items in collection re T. Pattison, refer Cat No 5342.4..1) Shirt, light khaki, cotton, long sleeved with patch on each sleeve of Warrant Officer insignia. .2) Tie, khaki, woollen, rib pattern. .3) Belt, black, webb, brass fittings at end. .4) & .5) Belt, brass, keeper clips. .6) & .7) Belt, brass clips. .8) .9) .10) & .11) Hooks, brass, for securing clothing to the belt.uniforms - army, accessories -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BELTS, c.1940 - 1960's
Webbing belts were coloured for different purposes & different times in years. For example the black one is polished nugget..1) Webbing belt, adjustable, black with brass keepers & buckles. .2) Webbing belt, adjustable, green with brass keepers & buckles. Has 2 webbing & brass keepers on the rear. .3) Webbing belt, adjustable, white with brass keepers & buckles. Has 2 webbing & brass keepers on the rear..1) “J R Wright”uniforms - army, costume accessories - male, metal craft- brassware -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - KIT ISSUE WW2, c.1940’s
.3) Arthur CowleyWebbing belt & kit. .1) Belt with shoulder straps, khaki webbing, brass fittings. .2) Shoulder strap. .3) Back pack, khaki webbing with discoloured metal fittings. .4) Gas mask pack, khaki canvas with webbing straps & metal fittings. Ventilation holes at sides..1) Stamped in ink inside surface: “ZL&T 1945” .3) Handwritten inside flap: “A Cowley” .4) Stamped inside flap: “VII RMA 1942” On press studs: “Newley Pat, 1430.22*”military equipment - army, packs, gas -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - UNIFORM ARMY, C.1939 - 45
Belonged to Warick Rosenthal No TX6321 AAMC. Refer 622.3, 775.,1) Battledress uniform Pants, winter khaki. .2) Battledress uniform Jacket, winter khaki. Has shoulder Pips and crown sewn for the rank of Lieut Colonel Shoulder flashes sewn "Royal Australian Army Medical Corps" .3) Officers Sam Brown Belt in Leather. Brown in color complete. .4) Officers peak cap with gold Badge RAAMC.medical corp, uniform army, raamc -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BELT BUCKLES
Belonged to Capt Warick Rosenthal No TX6321 AAMC. Refer 622.3, 775..1) Belt Buckle, Brass, Rectangular in shape with centre pin with two prongs, stamped on rear. .2) Belt Buckle, Brass, Blackened, Rectangular in shape with centre pin with two prongs..1) "DoD K.G.Luke Melb Vic"buckles, uniforms - army, metalcraft-steel, brassware -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BELT BUCKLES WW1, 1914-1918
Items souvenired by R.H.Allen, refer Cat No 1786P for his service details.Set of German belt buckles made of brass with various crown or regimental motifs. .1) Crown topped with Maltese cross. .2) Crown surrounded by a ring - wording " In Treue Fest" .3) crown surrounded by a ring wording " providentiae memoir." (the crown has small dints and is well worn. stamped into the back are words GH OSANG Dresden 1914) .4) A crest if a family or such like surrounded by a ring wording in the ring is "Furchtlos Und Trew" . The Buckle has a few dints.uniforms - army, accessories, metalcraft - brassware -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - CANVAS EQUIPMENT, C.WW2
John Day Fredrick James Day (Grandfather) 60th A.I.F (Jack Fry gov a stroy) on note with dontation)791.1 +.2 Pair of gaiters - lace up with lovel (cotton) Khaki 791.3 Khai army bag internal (small pocket inside at base) Pockets on side (right and left) Pocket at back (internal) has top (cover) 791.4 Khaki belt with brass fastnerBlack stamped arrow inside top of canvas bagwebbing, equipment -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - UNIFORM ARMY, C.1960’s
Items issued to Wayne Forbes 3176337 1 Field Sqd RAE. Refer Cat No 754 for service history also 2586.Army items .1) Shirt .2) Belt .3) / .4) Gaitersuniform, uniform army, forbes -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - TROUSERS & BELT, 1942
The trousers are WW2 issue, Belt does not belong to trousers as they have buttons for braces & no keepers for a belt. This is a belt for Polyesters 1960’s - 70’s .1) Trousers, khaki wool with metal buttons. Pocket linings damaged. .2) Belt, khaki cotton webbing with metal buckle & brass coloured metal tip on opposite end..1) On waistband centre back: “1301 made in Australia 1942 Size 16” .2) Etched onto back of buckle: “Lion Metal” Goods PLuniforms-army, costume accessories - male -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGE COLLECTION MOUNTED, C.WW2
Items in the collection re Ian McLeod RWAFF, refer Cat No 2262.2 for service details.Badges, metal. mounted on cardboard, 16 in total ,1) "Bydand",m buffalo over crown .2) Circle with Reindeer .3) :Je Suis Prest - Belt Reindeer .4 "Lowland" Regiment .5) Recconaisance Corps .6) "Cornwall" Crown - Trumpet .7) "Highland trumpet .8) Royal Army service corps. Crown and GR .9) Unknown .10) Royal army ordance corp, Crown and Plaque .11) "Military Police", Crown GR, wreath .12) "Royal West Kent" horse. .13) "Royal Berkshire" dragon .14) "NF" .15) Unknown .16) Unknownbadges, collection -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BELT BUCKLE GERMAN, 1914-1918
This item was souveniered by Frederick Campbell Moller No 2233 AIF during WW1. Refer Cat No’s 1661.3, 1663P, 1680.3, 1682.5.German belt buckle, metal, rectangular shape with central circular design, crown central with wreath under. The words "GOTT MIT UNS" around the top. GOTT MIT UNS, meaning "God with us"uniforms - army, costume accessories - clothes accessories, metalcraft, german -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BELTS, 1950’s - 60’s
.1) North Vietnam Green Web Belt with a Brass Buckle with a star embossed .2) North Vietnam Dark green with a Brass Buckle with a star embossed“Embossed stars on buckles”military-equipment, uniforms - army, vietnam -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BELT BUCKLE GERMAN, 1914-1918
Item souvenired by Edwin James Jones No 3511 AIF. Refer 1367.5 for his service history. Brass belt buckle with raised circular silver metal emblem in centre. Emblem is a crown with leaves underneath and German text around outside."Mit Gott"uniforms-army-accessories, metalcraft-brassware, mitt got, german, jones -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - LIGHT HORSE KIT, C.1914 - 18
Accessory items of kit from mannequin .1 & .2 Stirrup .3 Water bottle .4 Belt .5 Bandolieruniforms- army, military-equipment, containers, light horse -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - UNIFORM, ARMY, Kentish South Australia, Service dress 1965
... belt buckles Uniform UNIFORM, ARMY Kentish South Australia ...Items issued to Wayne Forbes 3176337 1 Field Sqd RAE. Refer Cat 754 for service history also 2586. Ribbons are Vietnam, ICB being Infantry Combat Badge..1) jacket khaki polyester, gold colour metal buttons, lapel buttons, black lanyard, service ribbons and ICB .2) trousers khaki polyester. .3) shirt polyester light khaki colour .4) tie, cotton Kahki colour .5) belt, nylon webbing with silver belt buckles uniforms, service dress, vietnam, icb -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - UNIFORM, ARMY
Uniform items issued to Quentin Clifford BINKS, V245016 & VX114178 2nd AIF. Refer Cat No 1835 for his service history. .1) Jacket, Service Dress, khaki, summer with 2 x Australia shoulder badges, 2 x Rising Sun lapel badges, 4 x Lieut rank badges ( 2 on each shoulder), 2 x WW2 Service Ribbons, 2 x blue Service Chevrons on right sleeve, metal buttons, 4 pockets. .2) Trousers, Service Dress, khaki, summer, 3 pockets. .3) Shirt, polyester, khaki, long sleeves. .4) Tie, cotton, khaki. .5) Belt, Sam Brown, brown leather, waist and shoulder belts. .6) Braces, clear plastic..1) “Wardrop, My Tailor of Melbourne, Collingwood and Geelong for all men’s wear” .2) “Wardrop of Melbourne, Collingwood and Geelong, approved Military Tailors” Under in ink “Lieut Binks Dec 1942” .3) “ADF 1989” uniform - army - male, costume - male, costume accessories - male -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Webbing, Belt, No maker discernible, Unknown
Used with dress uniform for ceremonious purposes.An example of the standard issue webbing belt used by Australian service personnel. The name "Bretterecker" and the number 360053, (possibly a post World War 2 service number) is written in black ink on the inside surface of the belt. The belt has been "blackened" for ceremonial use and has brass fittings, the 2 angled buckles normally located on the rear of the belt have been removed. The 1937 pattern equipment (also known as '37 webbing') was an item of military load-carrying equipment. Pattern 37 replaced the 1908 Pattern and 1925 Pattern—on which it was based—and was standard issue for British and Commonwealth troops from its introduction in 1937, throughout World War II, and in the post-war period until it was superseded by 58 pattern webbing. The design was confirmed on 8 June 1938 and wide-scale issue began in 1939. Towards the end of World War II, some 37 Webbing was produced in jungle green for troops fighting in the Pacific Theatre, although purpose-made 44 Pattern Webbing was then introduced for the humid jungle conditions, being lighter in weight, quicker drying, and rot-proofed.[ Although 44 Pattern continued in use with the British Army for jungle warfare in its various post-World War II colonial conflicts, it did not replace 37 Pattern in general service, which was in use up until the introduction of 58 Pattern. However, 37 Pattern was used for ceremonial purposes and still issued to Cadets in the 1990s. 1937 Pattern Webbing was made from cotton webbing, which was waterproofed and dyed before being woven. The fittings were made of stamped brass and it was produced by various manufacturers.Written in black ink on the inside "Bretterecker" and the number 360053, possibly a post World War 2 service number.webbing belt, dress webbing -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Binoculars
Binoculars (or field glasses) used by the Japanese Army during World War 2. Prismatic binocular design with a magnification of 6 x 24degrees. Each eye piece is rotated for fine adjustment of focal length. The tubular optics have a swivel action to adjust for eye width. Manufactured from brass with leathered grips and loops for attaching a carrying strap (included). Finished with a gloss black paint. These binoculars are complete with a brown leather carrying case which has a strap attached for carrying and a belt loop at the rear. Japanese Kanji characters and the chrysanthemum symbol are stamped on the top of the leather case.The binocular body is stamped with the following "MUSASHINO" "TOKYO" "BRIGHTSUN" "6 x 24" "No 8540" -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Collection, Badges
United States Army standard issue infantry heavyweight webbing waist belt as worn in World War 1. This is an example of a 'trophy' belt, complete with a souvenir collection of metal insignia, badges and buttons which are attached to the belt. The belt has brass fittings however the original buckle is missing. There are a total of 83 various allied military insignia, badges and uniform buttons from the World War 1 era, 56 metal insignia and badges and 27 metal buttons which are mostly of Australian, New Zealand, Canadian or British origin. Belt manufactured by M W & S Limited of England in 1915.The reverse side of the belt is stamped "M W & S LTD., 1915" and has an "L" stamp and the Defence Department "/|\". The belt reverse also has the following name in black handwriting "A Paxino 9781 2211". Note A Paxino was associated with Frankston RSL Sub Branch for many years. -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Pouch, Tool
An Australian Army standard issue webbing pouch for carrying a pair of wire cutters. These were issued to infantrymen during World War 2 and worn on the standard webbing belt. Refer item 00385 and 00385.1 -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Belt, Leather Money
Frederick Henry Laurence Rankin (Laurie) VX 139086 was an Australian Army cook who served from May 1943 to June 1945 within Australia (including Darwin). he was born 24/7/1914 at Jumburra, Victoria and enlisted on 27/5/1943 at Clifton Hill, Victoria. His "Next of Kin" was Eunice Rankin. He was discharged on 4 June, 1945 and he was then posted to 2 Australian Field Artillery Regiment. He died on 27 July 1983 and buried at Fawkner Memorial Park.Leather money belt worn during World War 2 military service by Frederick Henry Laurence Rankin, service number VX139086. This belt has three zippered pockets for carrying money or other valuables. One pocket contains a ration coupon for one packet of smokes (cigarettes). world war 2, ww2, -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Canteen, Water
Example of Australian Army standard water canteen complete with carrying pouch issued to soldiers during the 1970s. This was a USA Army design adopted by the ADF during the Vietnam conflict. The pouch and canteen are jungle green in colour and are worn attached to the webbing belt issued to defence personnel. refer item 00289.1. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Money Belt, c. 1942
This money belt was issued to Dr W.R. Angus when he served in the Army 1942-1945 as a medical officer at Ballarat, Victoria, and Bonegilla, N.S.W.. (Surgeon Captain A.A.M.C., 108 A.G.H., and 106 A.G.H., Captain A.A.M.C. retired list.) The belt was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) According to Berry, her mother Gladys made a lot of their clothes. She was very talented and did some lovely embroidery including lingerie for her trousseau and beautifully handmade baby clothes. Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . Its first station was in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital (a 2 bed ward at the Nelson Street Practice) from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what previously once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr Tom and his brother had worked as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He had been House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan had gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. When Dr Angus took up practice in the Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan’s old premises he obtained their extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926. A large part of this collection is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. and an ALDI sore is on the land that was once their tennis court). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. He had an interest in people and the community They were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. The collection of Army objects is an example of items issued to Doctors and Surgeons in the Medical Services of the Australian Army in World War 2. Brown leather money belt, genuine calf, lined, 4 pouches with stud closure flaps included. Issued to W.R. Angus in WWII and part of the W.R. Angus Collection. Gold embossed label. Hand written inscription with name and serial number. Gold embossed “GENUINE CALF” under silver coloured buckle. Hand written inside of belt “W.R. ANGUS / 61-3 9803 5228”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dr w r angus, dr ryan, military money belt, surgeon captain, royal australian army, military service australian army, wwii uniform, world war 2