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Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Black and White, John Hogan Gervasoni and his parents Elizabeth Gervasoni and Gus Gervasoni, c1941
Gis Gervasono served in Northern Australia and was in Darwin for the bombing.Black and white photograph of Gus Gervasoni in AIF Uniform, and his son and wife. This photograph was taken before his World War 2 departure. gus gervasoni, aif, world war two, chocco, chocolate soldier, conscript, john hogan gervasoni, elizabeth gervasoni, george gervasoni, elizabeth hogan -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - COLLECTION OF PHOTOS AFTER PEARL HARBOUR BOMBING, 1941
Item is part of the BCOF Association collection, refer Cat No 7625.This is a compendium of ground level and aerial photos of bomb damaged Pearl Harbour. Each photo, black and white, size about 14.5 x 18.5. They are contained in a plastic folder.Typed on top of first photo is:- "Received these photos from an old shipmate on the USS QUAPAW ATF-110. Interesting as I have never seen them anywhere else. I think they are spectacular." Pearl Harbour December 7th 1941.ww2, pearl harbour, copes of photographs -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, War Remnants in Vietnam
Booklet containing disturbing images and accounts: 6 pages. Sticker top right hand side with Peace dove covering bombs. Soldiers marching carrying US Flag.booklet -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Plaque, Shield
A wooden shield with the insignai of Central Ammunition Depot - Royal Australian Air Force. In the centre of the insignai is an arm holding up a bomb. At the bottom of the insignia reads Power for Acionshield, 1 central ammunition depot (1 camd), weapons -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - AIRCRAFT PARTS, C.WW2
Parts are items from either Course Setting or Bomb SightsVarious aircraft parts of unknown as to what their specific use is. Metal & aluminium Log Cabin tin, various items of aircraft parts.military, aircraft, raaf -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - ACC LOCK COLLECTION: SEPIA PHOTO OF BOMBED BUILDING BESIDE A RIVER, POSTCARD, 1914-1918
Postcard, WW1, Sepia photo of bombed building beside a river. Other buildings in far distance. Defoliated trees on the right. Location unknown. Handwritten in pencil on the back - G43 and GSpostcard, postcard, ww1, france, ruins -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Memorabilia, 12th TAC Recon Sq
Gold trimmed white ceramic mug with handle and log depicting a blackbird with red hat and beak holding a bomb, a blue box and yellow moon. Star on blue back groundMotto: Alone! Unarmed! Unafraid? Black birds. On reverse side Aussie in black printing with gold border to lettersmug, 12th tac recon sqn -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1961
Robin Boyd wrote two books on Japanese architects and architecture - “Kenzo Tange” published by George Braziller in 1962 and “New Directions in Japanese Architecture” published by Studio Vista in 1968. During the 1960s he travelled several times to Japan to research these books and as part of his role as Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘70 in Osaka.Colour slide in a mount. Hiroshima Peace Dome (Atomic Bomb Dome, centopath; originally the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall), 1915, Hiroshima, Japan (Architect: Jan Letzel)10slide, robin boyd -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WW2, Ronald W. CLARK, "The Birth of the Bomb", First Published 1961 (First edition)
"THE BIRTH OF THE BOMB" "THE UNTOLD STORY OF / BRITAIN'S PART IN THE WEAPON/ THAT CHANGED THE WORLD" Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard, dark orange colour buckram with silver print on spine. 209 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated four black and white photographs opposite the title page. Front and back end papers and numerous pages - owner's stamp. front end papers - price notation.Front & end paper papers and pages - owner's stamp, purple ink "AIR CADET CORPS/ CITY OF BENDIGO SQUADRON" Front end papers - price no9tation - grey lead pencil "20/1 /4610".books, military history, ww2 -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Mortar Bomb (Practice) 81mm, Vietnam era
81mm practice mortar bomb, U S from Vietnam era Practice mortar round, 81mm, steel (black) with aluminium tailpieceOn aluminium tailpiece "DS" and underneath "22 M O 82 M 1 7 0 " -
Bendigo Military Museum
Album - ALBUM, PHOTOGRAPH, 1941 - 1942
Henry Thomas Ridge V57996, VX148845, CMF & 2nd AIF. Refer Cat No 475.10 for service details.Photo album, photos of the bombing of Darwin 19th Feb 1942 plus other photo's. Red cover front and back. Front has in black depiction of a sailing ship with "photography underneath.""Harry Ridge - Blitz 19 Feb 1942 - Darwin"photography - photographs,, albums, darwin bombing -
Bendigo Military Museum
Weapon - JAPANESE BOMB, C.1939 - 45
Japanese anti personal bomb all metal construction Nose and tail are circular with tail ins in two shapes outside is hexagonal and inside triangular. On the tail fin is three winged propellor“Safe” written in textaweapons, japanese, anti personal -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Ceremonial object - Patch, cloth, embroided
Maralinga & Monte Bello Association embroidered patch. Background is largely green. Depicted are a Union Jack, the Australian flag, a tank, a submarine and a aeroplane. In the centre is a mushroom cloud created by an atomic bomb."MARALINGA & MONTE BELLO ASSOCIATION" -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - BLANCHE SLY POSTCARD COLLECTION, 1900 - 1920
Postcard Album of Blanche Sly. Postcards stored in Folder 81 (49 postcards). 1403.1 - 1403.28 Grey linen look cover with picture of a small sailing boat pasted centre front pf cover. Partly torn sticker on lower LH corner. Blanche Victoria SLY Born: 11 Oct 1890, daughter of William and Hannah Sly Address: 1913; Loddon Vale Address: 1980; 100 Barnard Street Bendigo Died: Bendigo 12 June 1982, buried Bendigo G3 William Sly: Born: 1856 at Smythesdale, Victoria Married in Victoria in 1887; Hannah Theilman Died: Bendigo 1937, buried Bendigo G1 Hannah Sly Nee Theilman Born: 1866 Married in Victoria in 1887; William Sly Died: Bendigo 1948, buried Bendigo G3 See additional Research .Postcard Album of Blanche Sly containing 49 postcards. See 1403 Sepia photo of some bombed ruins at Montauban (captured July 1st, 1916) Official photograph of the 'Daily Mail' Addressee - Miss B. Sly, Loddon Vale P.O., Via Pyramid, Victoria, Australia Sender - Martin Walls Dated 11.6.17postcard, collector, blanche sly -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1944
A Trusport Bomber tennis racquet, with plastic ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and a unique, leather handle grip, with perforations resembling bombs. Decal along shaft on obverse features model name accompanied by illustration of a WW2 Bomber aeroplane dropping dumb bombs with one impacting with an explosion. Decal across shaft on reverse features distributors name. Materials: Wood, Gut, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Leather, Adhesive tape, Clothtennis -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - COLLAR BADGES
These collar badges were for Officers of RAE. (Royal Australian Engineers). Ubique is translated as "Everywhere".Two WO golden collar badges with the word "UBIQUE" across bottom, mounted above is a round basket on bomb out of which is coming spreading flames. On back small hook on top and bottom.On bottom written in latin "UBIQUE"badges, rae -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - BLANCHE SLY POSTCARD COLLECTION, 1900 - 1920
Postcard Album of Blanche Sly. Postcards stored in Folder 81 (49 postcards). 1403.1 - 1403.28 Grey linen look cover with picture of a small sailing boat pasted centre front pf cover. Partly torn sticker on lower LH corner. Blanche Victoria SLY Born: 11 Oct 1890, daughter of William and Hannah Sly Address: 1913; Loddon Vale Address: 1980; 100 Barnard Street Bendigo Died: Bendigo 12 June 1982, buried Bendigo G3 William Sly: Born: 1856 at Smythesdale, Victoria Married in Victoria in 1887; Hannah Theilman Died: Bendigo 1937, buried Bendigo G1 Hannah Sly Nee Theilman Born: 1866 Married in Victoria in 1887; William Sly Died: Bendigo 1948, buried Bendigo G3 See additional Research .Postcard Album of Blanche Sly containing 49 postcards. See 1403 Albert on the Somme B&W photo of La Basilique Vue de la Rue des Aises after the bombing.Addressee - Mrs. Sly, Sender - Pte F Olgarte (?) Not Dated postcard, collector, blanche sly -
Bendigo Military Museum
Manual - HUDSON ELECTRICAL RAAF, C. WW2
Item relates to George William Alfred MARRIOTT RAAF. Refer Cat No 3117 for his service history.Hard cover, khaki coloured loose leaf book held together with screws. Black print. Contains aircraft generator technical data, circuits, landing & bomb bay circuits. Hand made.Front cover top right: “Sgt Marriott Sig School PT Cook”books - manuals/military/eduction/air force, hudson, electrical -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Postcards Booklet, Le Nord - De La France Serie 17 - Villles B ombardees, Circ 1914 WW1
France post WW1 photo-postcards showing building and bomb damage sustained during WW1.Rectangular in shape,Beige in colour.Made from cardboard and paper.SERIE 17 GUERRE EUROPEENNE Le Nord-De La France Villes Bombardeescards,picture post cards,lara r.s.l. -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Picture Postcard Booklet, CATHEDRALE DE REIMS. APRES BOMBARDEMENTS, Circa 1914. WW1
France Post ww1 Photo Postcards showing building and bomb damage sustained during ww1.Rectangular in shape,Khaki in colour. Made from Paper and CardboardPostcard Book - Cathedrale De Reims - Apres Bombardements. 24CARTES POSTALS. Textes Francais et Anglais. ND. Phot.cards. picture post cards. lara r.s.l. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Supervisory Checklists - Aircraft Stores. Loading Mirage Aircraft
Description: CHECKLIST Conventional Ordnance Loading Mirage 111-0 Aircraft RPK-10 TANK AND BOMB CARRIER - MK82 BOMBS AAP: 7213.001-33CL-2-2 Date: 1 Aug 1977 Author: RAAF Amended to AL1 Publisher: RAAF Pages: 32 Binding: Ring Content/Keywords Level of Importance: . -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PANORAMIC PHOTO OF BOMBED HIROSHIMA, C. 1945/46
Compared to photos in AWM collection, this photo appears to have been taken August 1945 to Feb 1946. Item is part of the BCOF Association Collection, refer Cat No 7625.This is a wide black and white panorama of a severely bomb damaged city. It is composed of five separate photos joined together. At the bottom are Japanese characters/writing. They have a dot beside each sentence. There are no English subtitles.ww2, atomic warfare, hiroshima -
Federation University Historical Collection
Postcard - black and white, Church at Dickebusch, c1916, c1916
A Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground, the Dickebusch Old Military Cemetery, is a burial ground for the dead of the First World War and the Second World War. It is located at Dickebusch in the Ypres Salient in Belgium on the Western Front of the first war. Dickebusch (now Dikkebusch) is a village and commune in the Province of West Flanders, 5 kilometres South-West of Ypres on the road to Bailleul.Black and white photograph of a church with a steeple with a clocktower. The church was bombed in 1917 during World War One. This card was purchased by an Australian soldier, probably Henry Smerdon Holmes, during World War One. chatham-holmes family collection, dickebusch, belgium, ypres salient, dikkebusch, world war one -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (item) - Dassault Assorted Technical Information
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Melbourne Athenaeum Archives
Theatre Program, The Truce (play) by Sandy McCutcheon performed at Russell Street Theatre commencing 30 September 1981
Directed by Ray Lawler; the play is set in a basement of a bombed out house in the old city of Warsaw, in October1944. Contains background information on the Author and a timeline of world war 2 that relates to the play: good conditionthe truce, program, russell street theatre, melbourne theatre company, ray lawler, sandy mccutcheon, world war 2, warsaw -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Poster - Framed Poster, Battle for Australia
Battle of Australia poster commemorating the Bombing of Darwin on 19th February, 1942 and includes facts and defence resourcesThe Bombing of Darwin, also known as the Battle of Darwin, was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia.Brown timber frame of poster featuring map of top end of AustraliaThe Battle for Australia 1942-1945 bombing of darwin, ww2 -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Photograph (Item) - Keith Meggs Collection CAC Wirraway Photographs, Keith Meggs Collection Wirraway Photos, Circa 1941
Includes photographs of Wirraways and a captioned photograph of Japanese bombing at Buna, Papua, where Wirraways were used in combat. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGES, ARTILLERY, Australian Army, c1939-1945
Refer to Cat 4967.2These badges are shaped like an old fashioned round bomb with a burning fuse on top. Two badges have been darkened for wartime use, One badge is brass coloured with a banner underneath with the latin word "Ubique". ww2, artillery, uniform -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, The First Day of the Blitz, 2007
Soft cover book. Front cover has orange background with a black and white photo of a Bobby and a bomb victim sharing a brew. Writing is in black, grey and white ink. Pages 212 Illustrated with a few photos"Donated by Bendigo YMCA"books, military history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BOMBS AND BANDAGES
More than Bombs and Bandages, Australian army nurses at work in WW1, hard cover with dustjacket, 344 pages published by Big Sky publishing with black and white photographs, with inscription and signature of author Kirsty Harris.Kirsty Harrisaustralia, military, nurses, australian army, ww1, nursing.