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Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CENTENARY of EAGLEHAWK ANZACS, FRAMED, Eaglehawk Heritage Society, ROY E.G. CALVERY, c2014
... - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing..... Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front ...Private ROY EDGAR JAMES CALVERY, No. 123, 29th Battalion AIF. France - died of wounds 29 SEPTEMBER 1917Memorabilia - Framed story of a soldier in colour using memorabilia of the soldier and his life. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.ROY E.G. CALVERYframed item, anzacs, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CENTENARY of EAGLEHAWK ANZACS, FRAMED, Eaglehawk Heritage Society, DAVID M DAVIES, c2014
... - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backng..... Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backng ...PRIVATE DAVID MANCESL DAVIES, NO.778, 7th Battalion AIF, KIA 25 April 1915 at Gallipoli.Memorabilia - frames tory of a soldier in colour, using memorabilia of the soldier and his life, Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backng.' DAVID M DAVIES' framed item, anzacs, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CENTENARY of EAGLEHAWK ANZACS, FRAMED, Eaglehawk Heritage Society, ARTHUR E DOWER & EDGAR B PENALUNA, c2014
... extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard baking.... extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard baking. ARTHUR E DOWER ...Private ARTHUR ERNEST DOWER, No 1825, 38th Battalion, died of wounds 3 October 1918. Private EDGAR BRITON PENALUNA, No 3584, 21st Infantry Battalion. killed in Action 19 July 1916 in France.Framed story of two soldiers in colour using memorabilia of the two soldiers and their life. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard baking."ARTHUR E. DOWER" "EDGAR B PENALUNA" framed item, anzacs, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CENTENARY of EAGLEHAWK ANZACS, FRAMED, Eaglehawk Heritage Society, GEORGE EDDY, c2014
... extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.... on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard ...LANCE CORPORAL GEORGE EDDY, NO 3032, 57th Battalion, Killed in action in France, 2 April 1917.Memorabilia - Framed story of a soldier in colour using memorabilia of a soldier and his life. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.GEORGE EDDYframed item, anzacs, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - SHIRE CERTIFICATE WW2, FRAMED, C.1940
... mounted with green border. Tan wooden frame with glass front... with glass front & white cardboard backing with wire hanging strap ...Robert Hunter GOLDIE, VX40795 enlisted in the 2nd AIF on 9.7.1940 age 25 years. He was discharged with the rank of Sgt on 24.11.1941 serving in the 2/24th Battalion.Coloured certificate with Australian & Union Jack flags mounted with green border. Tan wooden frame with glass front & white cardboard backing with wire hanging strap. On certificate: “GOD, KING AND COUNTRY SHIRE OF MCIVOR. Presented to Private Robert Goldie for active service overseas. 31st August 1940” Signed by: “President, Councillor & Shire Secretary” Bottom L: “Red seal” In black print on white background under certificate: “Donated by R Fair”certificate, shire, mcivor -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED WW1, Post WW1
... Frame timber with no glass front, rear plywood. Square..., Belgium, Jan 1918” Frame timber with no glass front, rear plywood ...Frame timber with no glass front, rear plywood. Square black &white photo of a WWI soldier looking through a telescope, sitting on ammunition boxes in a muddy trench. Photo top right: “IDA POST” Frame bottom left: “E1834” (maybe an AWM collection number) Frame bottom centre: “Observation post, in the Ploegsteert Sector, Belgium, Jan 1918”brsl, smirsl, trench -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED, C.1939 - 45
... Tan wooden frame, glass front, brown paper backing, photo... Gallery Tan wooden frame, glass front, brown paper backing, photo ...Tan wooden frame, glass front, brown paper backing, photo mounted on green border. Sepia photo of unknown battalion, band members with instruments in front.Donation info LHS bottom front Stamped on rear: Bethany Galleryphotography- photographs, frame accessories, military history -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Framed Photo of 18th Bn 7th Reinforcments WW1, 1915
... Mounted in a decretive wooden frame with a glass front... wooden frame with a glass front . The photo has the faces ...Mounted in a decretive wooden frame with a glass front . The photo has the faces and names to all the members of the 7th Reinforcements for the 18th Bn who served during WW1The Crown Studios Sydneyww1 photo 7th reinforcents 18th bn australian unit -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Memorabilia - Framed emu plumes, Kangaroo feathers
... Wooden frame with glass front contain set of emu plumes... uniform light horse Wooden frame with glass front contain set ...Well presented display panel showing plumes and giving a history of their wearing by Australian mounted soldiers.Wooden frame with glass front contain set of emu plumes and a cutting from a magazine giving a history of the wearing of the plumes which are whimsically called 'kangaroo feathers'.military, uniform, light horse -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Framed timber from Portland Drill Hall, 1888
... Dark timber frame with a glass front. Inside is a piece...: G. & A Findlay/ 16 Feb / 1888 Dark timber frame with a glass ...Dark timber frame with a glass front. Inside is a piece of timber taken from the Portland Drill Hall. Underneath the mounted timber is a label with the Glenelg Shire logo on it.Label: Identification Mark by the Portland Drill Hall (orderly room) carpentry contractor G. & A. Findlay. Dated 16 February 1888 Piece of timber in pencil script: G. & A Findlay/ 16 Feb / 1888portland drill hall, portland, findlay, portland builder, portland businesses, 1800s -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED PORTRAIT, c1939-1945
... in uniform. Frame - timber with brown stain, shaped edge. Glass.... Glass front, cardboard backing. Mount - cream coloured cardboard ...Framed photograph/portrait of W.J. HILSON WW2 VX 73637. Enlisted 10/2/42, age 20 years. Discharged 12/11/46 with Rank CRAFTSMAN, 1st AUSTRALIAN MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT WORKSHOPS.Photograph - Portrait, black and white, copy of a soldier in uniform. Frame - timber with brown stain, shaped edge. Glass front, cardboard backing. Mount - cream coloured cardboard.framed photograph, portrait, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CENTENARY of EAGLEHAWK ANZACS, FRAMED, Eaglehawk Heritage Society, FLETT BROTHERS, c2014
... . Printed on paper. Frame - Black extruded plastic, glass front... AND THEIR LIVES. Printed on paper. Frame - Black extruded plastic, glass ...CORPORAL STEPHEN NICHOLAS FLETT, No 97, 25th Infantry Battalion. Killed in Action 14 Nov 1916 in France. PRIVATE WILLIAM LAUNDRY FLETT, No 1767, 22nd Infantry Battalion, 21st & 224th Battalion AIF, Returned to Australia 13/4/1919Memorabilia - FRAMED STORY OF TWO BROTHERS, SOLDIERS, IN COLOUR, USING MEMORABILIA OF THE SOLDIERS AND THEIR LIVES. Printed on paper. Frame - Black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.FLETT BROTHERSframed item, anzacs, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CENTENARY of EAGLEHAWK ANZACS, FRAMED, Eaglehawk Heritage Society, GEE BROTHERS, c2014
... . Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front... and their lives. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass ...PRIVATE WILLIAM JAMES POWER GEE. No 3112, 16th Battalion, RTA. DRIVER WALTER CHARLES GEE. No 3309, 6th Field Company Engineers, RTA. PRIVATE ALBERT (BERT) GEE. No 379, Gas poisoning, RTA. PRIVATE JOHN GEE, No 61149, 1 to 17 (Vic) Reinforcements, Died 20/10/1918. SERGEANT THOMAS GEE, No 858, 14th Infantry Battalion, 4th Pioneer Battalion, RTA. PRIVATE DAVID GEE, No 1090, 5th Infantry Battalion, 7th Battalion, Killed in Action 8/5/1915. CORPORAL FREDERICK GEE, No.762, 7th Inf Battalion, wounded on 26th April 1915, RTA 26th February 1916.Memorabilia - framed story of seven brothers, soldiers, in colour, using memorabilia of the soldiers and their lives. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.GEE BROTHERSframed item, anzacs, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CENTENARY of EAGLEHAWK ANZACS, FRAMED, Eaglehawk Heritage Society, HOWE BROTHERS, c2014
... . Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front... and their lives. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass ...PRIVATE WILLIAM CHARLES HOWE, No 873, 14th Battalion, RTA 10/5/1916. PRIVATE NORMAN LESLIE HOWE, No 5107, 7th Battalion, died from wounds 5/10/1917 in Belgium. SERGEANT LESLIE GEORGE HOWE (same surname but not a brother) No. 2709, 7th Battalion, Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal. RTA. Memorabilia - framed story of two brothers, soldiers in colour using memorabilia of the soldiers and their lives. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing."HOWE BROTHERS"framed item, anzacs, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CENTENARY of EAGLEHAWK ANZACS, FRAMED, Eaglehawk Heritage Society, MOYLE FAMILY
... on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard.... Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing ...PRIVATE WILLIAM JOHN MOYLE, NO 6544, 14TH INFANTRY BATTALION, RTA 5/4/1919.. PRIVATE/DRIVER CHARLES MOYLE, No 2400, 7th Battalion, wounded twice while on active service, RTA 23/7/1919. PRIVATE RICHARD JOHN MOYLE, (aka Henry) No. 15152, 14th Australian General Hospital, RTA 29//4/1919. PRIVATE GEORGE THOMAS MOYLE, No. 1836, 5th Infantry Battalion, 58th Battalion, wounded 4 separate occasions, RTA 13/3/1918. PRIVATE EDGAR WALTER MOYLE, No 4028 24th Infantry Battalion, 1st ANZAC Entrenching Battalion, wounded twice, RTA 2/3/1919. PRIVATE REUBEN IVOR MOYLE, No 4477, 21st Infantry Battalion, invalided home 8/4/1917. PRIVATE LESLIE MAFEKING MOYLE, No. 5439, 6th Infantry Battalion, 21st Battalion RTA 14/1/1917. Memorabilia - framed story of seven brothers, soldier, in colour, using memorabilia of soldiers and their lives Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.MOYLE FAMILYframed item, anzacs, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CENTENARY of EAGLEHAWK ANZACS, FRAMED, Eaglehawk Heritage Society, FREDERICK D. TREWARNE/ EDWARD J. SILER, C2014
... Frame- black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.... Frame- black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing ...Lance Corporal FREDERICK DAWSON TREWARNE No 2295, 60th Infantry Battalion. RTA 8/07/1919 Awarded the Military Medal in 1918 Private EDWARD JOHN SILAR No 1907, 38th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action 7/06/1917 in Messines, BelgiumMemorabilia- Framed story of two soldiers, in colour, using memorabilia of the two soldiers and their lives. Printed on paper Frame- black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.FREDERICK D. TREWARNE/ EDWARD J. SILERframed item, anzacs, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CENTENARY of EAGLEHAWK ANZACS, FRAMED, Eaglehawk Heritage Society, "Bellesini Brothers", 2014
... backing, glass front.... extruded plastic, cardboard backing, glass front. "Bellesini ...Private JOSEPH BELLESINI, No 2699, 7 Bn, died of wounds 13/3/17. Private HARRY BELLESINI, No. 562, 22 Bn, Killed 18/9/15. Private ANDREW BELLESINI, No wounded in France. RTAMemorabilia - framed story of three brothers in colour using memorabilia of the soldiers and their lives, printed on paper. Frame - plastic, black extruded plastic, cardboard backing, glass front.'BELLESINI BROTHERS'framed item, anzacs, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CENTENARY of EAGLEHAWK ANZACS, FRAMED, Eaglehawk Heritage Society, ELLIOTT BROTHERS, C2014
... . aPrinted on Paper. Frame - Black extruded plastic, glass front... on Paper. Frame - Black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard ...PRIVATE SYDNEY HAROLD RICHARD ELLIOTT, No 782, 7th Infantry Battalion, Killed in Action, Gallipoli Peninsula 26th April 1915. PRIVATE STANLEY VICTOR ELLIOTT No 11488, 38th Infantry Battalion - Returned to Australia 26 September 1917 with Shell Shock.Memorabilia - framed story of a two brothers, soldiers, in colour using memorabilia of the soldiers and their lives. aPrinted on Paper. Frame - Black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing."ELLIOTT BROTHERS" framed item, anzacs, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED, C.1940 - 45
... Photograph framed, wood frame silver ornate, glass front... frame silver ornate, glass front, fawn backing, photo is B & W ...Alan Mason is first on the left. Alan Mason collection, refer cat No 3979.2.Photograph framed, wood frame silver ornate, glass front, fawn backing, photo is B & W shows 22 soldiers in front of a hut, most are wearing berets.photographs, framed, -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - MEMORABILIA, FRAMED
... on maroon background with salmon coloured border. Glass fronted. ... with salmon coloured border. Glass fronted. Memorabilia MEMORABILIA ...Displayed as War Medal 1939-45, should be Australian Service Medal. Displayed as Australian Service Medal, should be War Medal 1939-45. Items relate to Kenneth Edwin Beckmann V64354, enlisted in the CMF on 19.2.1942 in the 7th Australian Infantry Battalion, discharged on 25.10.1945.Patterned wooden frame surrounding a collection of medals, colour patches, photograph & silver cigarette box. Articles all on maroon background with salmon coloured border. Glass fronted. On rear: V64354 K F BECKMANnumismatics-military-medals, photography-photographs, personal effects - smoking accessories, glass technology -
Bendigo Military Museum
Print - PRINT, FRAMED, Will Longstaff, Post WW1
... Black wooden frame with gold inner edge, glass front...' 'BY WILL LONGSTAFF' Black wooden frame with gold inner edge, glass front ...Black wooden frame with gold inner edge, glass front with brown paper backing. A colour copy of the Menin Gate at Midnight in colour by Will Longstaff is mounted with a cream border.On gold metal plate attached to bottom centre of frame: 'MENIN GATE AT MIDNIGHT' 'BY WILL LONGSTAFF'menin gate, ww1, framed print -
Bendigo Military Museum
Administrative record - SERVICE RECORDS WW1, FRAMED, 1915 - 1919
... Tan veneer wood frame with glass front, white cardboard... of Strickland Road Bendigo" Tan veneer wood frame with glass front ...John Killeen No 1323. Refer Cat No 2824 for his service history also Cat No 2825.3.Tan veneer wood frame with glass front, white cardboard backing holding items re John Killeen. 1. Record of Service book. 2. Certificate of Discharge."No 1323 Cpl John Killeen Corps Cyclist Batt, 10th reinforcements 4th Light Horse Regiment AIF. 19.7.1915 - 27.8.1919. Formerly of Strickland Road Bendigo"military history - service records, documents - army records, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW1, FRAMED, c.1915 - 1918
... Heavy timber frame with glass front. Black & white... timber frame with glass front. Black & white portrait of an WWI ...The portrait is EDGAR FREDERICK DAWSON DCM, No 4472, 57th Batt AIF. Refer Cat No 893 for his Service Details & Cat No 894 for award of the DCM.Heavy timber frame with glass front. Black & white portrait of an WWI Soldier wearing a Sam Brown belt. A decoration can be seen over the left jacket pocket. Bottom R corner: Karma Bendigophotography-photographs, frame accessories, military history - army, dcm -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDALS, FRAMED & MOUNTED, c.WWI
... with glass front re J GRINTON. .1) British War Medal 1914-19. .2... with glass front re J GRINTON. .1) British War Medal 1914-19. .2 ...JOHN WILLIAM GRINTON No 1043 enlisted in C Coy 38th Batt AIF on 3.2.1916 aged 23 years. Embarked for England 20.6.1916, disembarked England 10.8.1916, embarked for France 22.11.1916. Promoted to L/Cpl 8.11.1917, WIA 7.6.1917 shell shock and face wound Messiness. Promoted T/Sgt 12.12.1917, promoted Sgt April 1918, WIA 29.9.1918 GSW thigh & right hand Ronssoy Wood, embarked for Australia 8.5.1919, hospitalised 21.8.1919 with Rhinitis. Discharged from the AIF on 17.11.1919. Medals, court mounted, set of 2, in a wooden frame with glass front re J GRINTON. .1) British War Medal 1914-19. .2) Victory Medal.medals, ww1, 38th, framed -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED
... Brown plastic frame, gold trim, glass front, brown paper..., Brown plastic frame, gold trim, glass front, brown paper backing ...Kenneth William Tweeddale BRIDGE DSC. Pre WW2 Kenneth worked in New Guinea from 1929 to 1941 as a Patrol Officer and then Assistant District Officer. He enlisted in the 2nd AIF No VX7794 on 10.3.1942 age 34 years 5 months. Initially posted too 3rd F.A Regt he was appointed A/Lieut on 26.5.1942 in “Z Special Unit”. Embarked for service in Aust mandated territory (NG) 31.8.1942, alloted to “M” Special Unit SWPA 7.5.1943, returned from special duties 11.9.1943, transferred to the retired list 8.10.1943. He was awarded by the U.S the “Legion of Merit” (Degree of Legionairre) for his work between Nov 1942 - July 1943 in the Sambare River and Salamaua area. He then joined the RANVR on 9.10.1943 in Intelligence and allotted to “Ferdinand Party” as a Sub Lieut. Embarcation dates are not listed but it appears he was in New Guinea in 1944 - 45. He was awarded the DSC for “Bravery and Enterprise in Recconnaisance Operations” on 16.2.1945. Appointment terminated in the RANVR on 8.1.1946. (SWPA) South West Pacific Area. (RANVR) Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve. (DSC) Distinguished Service Cross. Refer Book 46.Brown plastic frame, gold trim, glass front, brown paper backing. Sepia photo, head & shoulders, peaked cap with white top, mounted with maroon border.On back: Sub Lieutenant KENNETH W T BRIDGE DSC, Legion of Merit (US) RANVR - Coastwatcher, photography - photographs, frame accessories, military history - navy, united states -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - TELEGRAM, SCROLL, FRAMED, C.1915, post WW1
... Tone gold plastic frame, glass front, brown paper backing... - telegraphic Memorial scrolls On front: “PTE A.E SYMES No 1001 (C Coy ...Arthur Edward Symes No 1001 enlisted in the 7th Batt AIF on 24.8.14 age 24 years 6 months. Embarked for Egypt 19.10.14, embark for Gallipoli 5.4.15, WIA 8.5.15 GSW to arm, return to unit 20.6.15, WIA 1.9.15 GSW’s arm, back and leg, arm amputated, also states arm blown off. He DOW’s 4.9.15 at sea and was buried in Mudross East Cemetery Lemnos on 5.9.15. Refer 886.2, letter from W Darwin No 780 7th Batt AIF to Mrs Symes.Original Telegram & Commemorative Scroll re A E SYMES. 2 Tone gold plastic frame, glass front, brown paper backing. Mounted on dark grey background.On front: “PTE A.E SYMES No 1001 (C Coy) Died of Wounds at Sea 4/09/1915 Donated by Mrs D Johnston” Stamped on rear: “Bethany Gallery”documents, communications - telegraphic, memorial scrolls -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED, C. 1939 - 45
... HMAS Doomba & crew. Tan wooden frame, glass front & paper... wooden frame, glass front & paper backing. Sepia photo of mine ...HMAS Doomba & crew. Tan wooden frame, glass front & paper backing. Sepia photo of mine sweeper with signatures of the crew around the edge, mounted on a green background.Ship's crew signatures around photo edge. Bathany stamp on backing.photography, hmas doomba -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Photograph, Ron Gage, Generic frame
... brown wood with silver trim and has a glass front.... and has a glass front. Photograph, Ron Gage Generic frame ...Details from World War 2 Nominal Roll GAGE, RONALD WILLIAM Service Australian Army Service Number VX107470 (V32070) Date of Birth 29 Aug 1921 Place of Birth MELBOURNE, VIC Date of Enlistment 16 Sep 1942 Locality on Enlistment GLENHUNTLY, VIC Place of Enlistment IN THE FIELD, QLD Next of Kin GAGE, FREDERICK Date of Discharge 31 Jul 1946 Rank Private Posting at Discharge 115 HEIDLEBERG MILITARY HOSPITAL Framed photograph, of serviceman Ron Gage, in uniform of the Australian Militia Horse Artillery ca 1936. The frame is of a light brown wood with silver trim and has a glass front.Label on the obverse; PRESENTED BY RON GAGE MILITIA ARTILLERY (HORSE) 1936 SELF PHOTOGRAPHron gage, -
Footscray Community Arts
Corner Store, Carolyn Goldberg, (exact); 2005
... and pastel painting Cream outer frame with glass front Image... oil and pastel painting Cream outer frame with glass front ...MEDIUM: Oil pastel on paper DESCRIPTION: Red oil and pastel painting Cream outer frame with glass front Image and white board inner frame under glassSigned and dated; bottom proper left corner Signed and dated on backing board - geographical referencecorner, store, goldberg, pastel -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Certificate, 04/02/1926
... , with glass front. (W.R. Angus Collection). ..., with glass front. (W.R. Angus Collection). Certificate Medical Board ...This Certificate 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 would take time to 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 ) Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . The organisation began in South Australia through the Presbyterian Church in that year, with its first station being 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 where he’d previously worked as Medical Assistant and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what was once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr L Middleton was House Surgeon to the Nhill Hospital 1926-1933, when he resigned. [Dr Tom Ryan’s practice had originally belonged to his older brother Dr Edward Ryan, who came to Nhill in 1885. Dr Edward saw patients at his rooms, firstly in Victoria Street and in 1886 in Nelson Street, until 1901. The Nelson Street practice also had a 2 bed ward, called Mira Private Hospital ). Dr Edward Ryan was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1884-1902 . He also had occasions where he successfully performed veterinary surgery for the local farmers too. Dr Tom Ryan then purchased the practice from his brother in 1901. Both Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan work as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He too was 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 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. Dr Tom Ryan moved from Nhill in 1926. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1927, soon after its formation, a rare accolade for a doctor outside any of the major cities. He remained a bachelor and died suddenly on 7th Dec 1955, aged 91, at his home in Ararat. Scholarships and prizes are still awarded to medical students in the honour of Dr T.F. Ryan and his father, Dr Michael Ryan, and brother, John Patrick 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 states “HOURS Daily, except Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday afternoons, 9-10am, 2-4pm, 7-8pm. Sundays by appointment”. This plate is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Tom Ryan had an extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926 and when Dr Angus took up practice in their old premises he obtained this collection, a large part of which is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. During his time in Nhill Dr Angus was involved in the merging of the Mira Hospital and Nhill Public Hospital into one public hospital and the property titles passed on to Nhill Hospital in 1939. 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. ). 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. (The duties of a Port Medical Officer were outlined by the Colonial Secretary on 21st June, 1839 under the terms of the Quarantine Act. 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. Their interests included organisations such as Red Cross, Rostrum, Warrnambool and District Historical Society (founding members), Wine and Food Society, Steering Committee for Tertiary Education in Warrnambool, Local National Trust, Good Neighbour Council, Housing Commission Advisory Board, United Services Institute, Legion of Ex-Servicemen, Olympic Pool Committee, Food for Britain Organisation, Warrnambool Hospital, Anti-Cancer Council, Boys’ Club, Charitable Council, National Fitness Council and Air Raid Precautions Group. He was also a member of the Steam Preservation Society and derived much pleasure from a steam traction engine on his farm. He had an interest in people and the community He and his wife Gladys 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. Framed Certificate, Medical Registration, Medical Board of Victoria, W.R. Angus, 4/2/1926. Wooden frame, dark stained, with glass front. (W.R. 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