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Anglesea and District Historical Society
Bullet Shell - Exploded, 1941
Artillery shell (exploded) may? have been used in the M10 Hellcat Tank made in the U.S.A., (M18 Gun Motor Carriage Tank Destroyer). Although the date on the shell is 1941 and the Hellcat was under developent during that year.Bottom: 75mm M18 / LOT 5898-27 & FA 1942 Centre: M22A2 1942 / 1-23230-1artillery shell -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Medals - NX28180 E Webb, Mid 20th Century
These Medals belong to NX28180 E Webb who served with the AIF during WW2.These are the original medals of NX28180 E Webb.5 x Medalss belonging to NX28180 E Webb 2 x gold colour Stars and 3 x silver colour round medals with ribbons. Included are - The 1939-1945 Star, The Pacific Star, The Defence Medal, The War Service Medal 1939-1945, The Australian Service Medal 1939-1945.On the back of the Stars - NX 28180 E Webb, on the circumference edge of the medals NX28180 E Webb.nx28180 e webb, ww2, aif -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Fall of Singapore and the service and sacrfice of all Australian Prisioners of War, 2017
Program for a service held at The Australian Ex-Prisioners of War Memorial in BallaratSmall boooklet with khaki cover and photographs throughout from the war and the fall of Singapore 1942non-fictionProgram for a service held at The Australian Ex-Prisioners of War Memorial in Ballaratfall of singapore, world war two, anniversary, 75th anniversary, australian prisoners of war -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Magazine The AIF News
The AIF News Christmas 1942 Photo's of the Markham - Ramu - Huon Campaignes 1943-1944booklets, ww2, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Mortar Shell
Motar Shell No.68 A.T. III -R.B.D. 1942. ( Found on hard rubbish collection.)ammunition, ww2, army -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - SSB building with cars and motorbike parked outside c 1942, Public Records Office Victoria (PROV), 1886 - 1982
The State Savings Bank building was constructed c1891. The street frontage has been remodeledCOPYRIGHT Public records Office Victoria .05 - remodeled 1942 building with cars at front built environment - commercial, business and traders, transport - motor vehicles, state savings bank of victoria -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Bayley, 1925
Information from Victorian Births to 1920, Deaths to 1895 and Marriages to 1942. Issue Bayley.Information from Victorian Births to 1920, Deaths to 1895 and Marriages to 1942. Issue Bayley.Information from Victorian Births to 1920, Deaths to 1895 and Marriages to 1942. Issue Bayley.shire of blackburn and mitcham, election 1925, blue moon fruit co-operative ltd, bayley, leonard sherwin, slater, elizabeth rockliffe, elmore, algernon john, watts, charles henry, councillors, shire president -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Photographs, Assorted WW2 photographs Northern Australia
Darwin after the bombing; convoys taking supplies; Alice Springs cup 1942; various -
Tennis Australia
Tournament Programme, Sep-42
Two programmes for the 1942 Pacific Southwest Tennis Championships. Materials: Ink, Paper, Metaltennis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LYDIA CHANCELLOR AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND GOLDEN SQUARE BRANCH MINUTE BOOK NO. 2, 1942-1946
Document . Hard cover book with paper pages containing minutes of meetings of the Golden Square Branch of the Australian Comforts Fund. 1942-1946. On a label on front cover are the words ' Golden Square ACF Minute Book No. 2.'Lydia Chancellororganization, club/society, australian comforts fund, lydia chancellor collection, australia comforts fund -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Document (item) - Invitation, City of Kew, Meeting with Representatives of Kew Organisations, 1942
The Municipality of Kew (1860-1863), the Borough of Kew (1863-1910), the Town of Kew (1910-1921) and the City of Kew (1921-1994) were local government instrumentalities in the State of Victoria. In 1994, the City of Kew was amalgamated, together with the former Cities of Camberwell and Hawthorn, into the new City of Boroondara (1994- ). Like other local government entities of the period, Kew was administered by town clerks. The two notable town clerks in Kew's history were H. H. (Henry Hirst) Harrison (1868-1955) and W. D. (William Dickie) Birrell (1899-1974). Harrison was appointed to the position in 1901 and retired in 1938 after 37 years. Birrell, appointed Acting Town Clerk in 1921, became Town Clerk in 1938, following Harrison's retirement. He continued in this role until his retirement in 1966.This card is part of an historically significant civic collection, containing hundreds of separate invitations, documents, greeting cards, programmes and tickets issued and/or collected by successive town clerks. Items in the collection illuminate the political, social and cultural history of the district. As a continuous record, ranging across most decades of the Twentieth Century, they reveal changing tastes in design, values and relationships in the history of local government in Victoria.civic programmes, mayors of kew, world war 2 - home front, world war 2 -- kew (vic.), sacred heart hall -- cotham road -- kew (vic.), cr g f pedersen -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BERT GRAHAM COLLECTION: HEAD OF THE POOL BENDIGO EAST PATRIOTIC SWIMMING CARNIVAL, 28 Feb 1942
Events, Bert Graham Collection, Head of the Pool, Bendigo East, Patriotic, ,Swimming Carnival, Eastern Park, Saturday 28th February, 1942. To be Officially opened by His Worship the Mayor of Bendigo (Cr. Anderson) at 3 o'clock.bendigo, clubs, bendigo east swimming carnival -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW11
KIngsley William Allen No VX109839 enlisted in the 2nd AIF on 5.7.42. At discharge from the AIF on 21.11.45 he held the rank of Craftsman in No 11 Aust Advanced Workshops.Medals, individual, not mounted, set of (4) re K.W.Allen. .1) 1939-45 Star. .2) Pacific Star. .3) Australian Service Medal. .4) War Medal 1939-45.All marked "VX109839 K.W.Allen"medals, military, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET, post 1945
Ernest King NEWMAN first enlisted in the CMF on 1.7.1925 age 18 years in the 38th Bn No V59632. Promoted Sgt 1.12.1926, Lieut 16.9.1931, Capt 3.7.1936, Major 20.5.1941. He began full time CMF service on 30.7.1941. Embarks for New Guinea on 27.12.1941 with the 30th Brigade HQ as Brigade Major (his records show this was called EMU Force) In New Guinea he transfers to the 2nd AIF as VX100091 on 27.7.1942. Embarks from Pt Moresby for Townsville on 19.10.1942. His appointment in the AIF is terminated on 19.12.1942. Medals, court mounted, set of (4) re E.K.Newman. 1. 1939 - 1945 Star. 2. Pacific star. 3. War Medal 1939-45. 4. Australian Service Medal."VX100091 E K NEWMAN"medals, history -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Small Arms Training, May 1942
Brown booklet bound with 2 staples. Three hole-punch holes along left side. Brown text on cover with red text on inside cover and white pages with black text within.Front: ".... Small Arms Training / Volume 1, Pamphlet No. 7 / 303-inch Machine Gun / Part 1 - Mechanical Subjects / 1942 / .... MODIFIED FOR AUSTRALIA / GENERAL HEADQUARTERS (AUST.) / May 1942 / By Authority: Victorian Railways Printing Works, North Melbourne / 2242/42"small arms training, booklet, soldiers handbook, wwii, 303 machine gun -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Uniform - Fyffe uniform & hat, 1945 circa
VX 42774 Captain Robert (Bob) Fyffe, a grazier from Tocumwal, NSW, served with the Tocumwal troop of the 20th Light Horse prior to WWII (1939-46). He enlisted at the outbreak of war and served with the 9th Division Cavalry Regiment in North Africa. During the attack on Trig 22 on 17 July 1942 Captain Fyffe commanding a composite squadron manoeuvred his tanks to knock out machine guns and anti-tank guns enabling 2/32 Battalion to capture the objective. Captain Fyffe was awarded the Military Cross for his leadership and courage in the action. This was 9th Division Cavalry's first tank action of the war.Fine example of a uniform worn by a well known grazier and citizen soldier of the Tocumwal district, southern NSW, in both peace and war.Khaki wool serge officer's tunic with leather Sam Browne belt and revolver holster, and slouch hat with emu plumes and 20th Light Horse hat badge against red backing. Tunic has 20th Light Horse colour patches. overseas service chevrons and ribbon bar for Military Cross, 39-45 Star, Africa Star, Defence medal, British War Medal and Australian Service Medal 1939-45; metal Australia shoulder titles captain's rank stars and Rising Sun collar badges. Uniform worn by Captain Robert Fyffe MC, 20th Light Horse and 6th Division Cavalry Regiment AIF.. uniform, fyffe robert captain mc, 20th light horse, 9th division cavalry regiment, military cross -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: NATIONAL SECURITY REGULATIONS ENVELOPE
[a] Manilla envelope Handwritten caption 'National Security Regulations Control of Essential Materials order 'Citric Acid' for December 1942. [b] Document enclosed showing estimated use of citric Acid for Aerated water manufacturer by Cohns December 1942bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Vehicle - Furphy Water Cart, J. Furphy & Sons, c. 1942
This horse-drawn, two-wheeled cart with a tank, is known as a Furphy Farm Water Cart that was made in Shepparton, northern Victoria, c. 1942. John Furphy (1842-1920) was born in Moonee Ponds, in 1842 to Irish immigrant parents and subsequently raised in the Yarra Valley before the family moved to Kyneton in central Victoria, where he completed an apprenticeship with the firm Hutcheson and Walker. Murphy began operations of his own at a site on Piper Street in Kyneton in 1864. He relocated for a business opportunity and founded the first blacksmiths and wheelwrights shop in the newly surveyed town of Shepparton in 1873. Furphy invented many farming tools and machines including a patented grain-stripper, and won awards at the 1888-89 Melbourne International Exhibition. His most famous invention is the Furphy Farm Water Cart, designed in the 1880s, at a time when water for most households and farms was carted on wagons in wooden barrels. The Furphy’s water cart is a single item that combines a water metal tank and a cart. The design of the cart was simple yet effective, and became popular very quickly and established itself as a vital piece of farming equipment. The water cart has had a number of words cast into its ends over many years. References to the foundry’s location in Shepparton, as well as advertising of other products also manufactured by J. Furphy & Sons were present on the ends. However, the most significant set of words to feature on the tank, was a poem encouraging continual improvement: ‘Good Better Best, Never Let it Rest, Until your Good is Better, And your Better Best’. During The Great War (1914-1918), the water cart was used by the Australian militarily at a large AIF (Australian Imperial Force) camp in Broadmeadows (Melbourne) where thousands of men were camped for months, before being transported aboard. Furphy Water Carts provided water to the troops, and were usually placed near the camp latrines, which was one of the few places the troops could share gossip and tall tales away from the prying eyes and ears of their officers. The water cart drivers were also notorious sources of information, despite most of their news being hearsay, or totally unreliable. By the time the men of the AIF were in engaged in combat on the Gallipoli Peninsula and the Western Front, the carts used for water supply had no markings and became simply referred to as Furphys. This owed as much to the coining of the term ‘Furphy’, Australian slang for suspect information or rumour. After a number of decades as principally a soldier’s word, 'Furphy' entered the broader Australian vernacular and was used mainly by the political class until recently when the term was taken up by a Australian brewer as a beer brand. This Furphy Water Cart was purchased by Friends of Flagstaff Hill in 2014. The support of local individuals, organisations and businesses enabled its restoration and later its installation alongside the existing late-19th century water pipe stand and 1940s hand pump The Furphy Farm Water Cart is of historical significance as it represents a famous Australian time-saving and energy-saving invention of the 1880s, replacing the labour intensive activity of collecting and dispensing water from barrels and casks on the back of carts. The water cart’s connection with manufacturing companies J. Furphy & Sons and Furphy Foundry are significant for being early Australian businesses that are still in operation today. Furphy carts are of military significance for the role they played during The Great War (1914-1918) in Australian army camps, and theatres of war in Europe and the Middle East, to supply the AIF troops with fresh water. A wooden framed, two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart, fitted with a horizontally mounted, cylindrical metal tank. The tank is made of rolled, sheet steel with a riveted seam, and cast iron ends with cast iron ends. The spoked metal wheels have fitted flat iron tyres and metal hubs. A metal pipe is joined to the outlet. The tank is silver coloured, the ends, wheels and trims are crimson, and the script lettering on tank sides is black. There are inscriptions on the tank, ends, and hubs. The water tank was made in 1942 in Shepparton, Australia, by J. Furphy & Sons and has a capacity of 180 gallons (848 litres). Hub perimeter, embossed “J. FURPHY & SONS” “KEEP THE / BOLTS TIGHT” Hub centre embossed [indecipherable] Tank, each side, painted “J. FURPHY & SONS / Makers / SHEPPARTON” Tank ends, embossed – “FURPHY’S FARM WATER CART” “BORN ABOUT 1880 – STILL ‘GOING STRONG’ 1942” “j. FURPHY & SONS / MAKERS / SHEPPARTON - VIC “ “S - - - - - L MANUFACTURERS” [SPECIAL] “SPIKE ROLLERS” “SINGLE TREES” “PLOUGH WHEELS” “IRON CASTINGS” “LAND GRADERS” “STEEL DELVERS” “CAST IRON PIG” “CHAIN YOKES” “GOOD – BETTER – BEST / NEVER LET IT REST / TILL YOUR GOOD IS BETTER / AND YOUR BETTER – BEST” Image [Stork carrying a baby] above shorthand, transcribed "Produce and populate or perish" Image [Furphy Pig Feeder] beside ‘Cast Iron Pig’ Shorthand, transcribed “"Water is the gift of God but beer and whiskey are concoctions of the Devil, come and have a drink of water"warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, water cart, furphy cart, furphy tank, furphy farm water cart, furphy, john furphy, john furphy & sons, furphy foundry, kyneton, shepparton, mobile water tank, jinker, hutchinson & walker, blacksmith, farm equipment, implement maker, tool maker, horse drawn, stork and baby, good, better, best, barrel, tank, first world war, wwi, eastern front, gallipoli, j furphy & sons -
The Foundling Archive
Photograph- mum, me, tony ? and Kay
This photograph is part of the West Sydney Collection which depicts the period around Second World War in Australia from the perspective of a young unknown woman.Mum, me, Tony ? + Kay 1939west sydney; australia; second world war; -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Badge, Christian Endeavour
Shield shaped card badge with blue and red print. "STATE CONVENTION BENDIGO, 1939" "CE"christian endeavour -
Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
50 cent piece
"World War 1939-1945 Remembrance"money, ballarat rsl, ballarat -
Clunes Museum
Memorabilia - Banner
Premiership bannerRed banner with gold on black lettering and basketball logo on wooden rod with red cord hanger. Gold braid on lower edge and each end of hanger.MWHBA Clunes Reds Premiers 1939basketball, sport -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Equipment
Aluminium mess tin - rectangle with metal handleC & B Ltd 1939 arrow -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Medal Group - Australian WW2, C 1950
Medal group of five swing mounted Three stars and two medals RAS Badge Kings Crown1939 -- 45 Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, War Medal and Australian Service Medal 1939 - 45. -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Medals WW2 Australian, C1950
Private Stanley Cameron was killed in action in the attack on Tobruk, North Africa on 21st Jan.1941. He was serving with the 2/8th Battalion 2nd AIF. Age 33. He came from Hamilton in the Western District of Victoria.Group of 4 WW2 Service Medals mounted on a bar for wear. Full size. 00374.1 Rising Sun Hat Badge 00374.2 Rising Sun Lapel Badge1939 - 45 Star, Africa Star, War Medal, Australian Service Medal 1939 - 45. Inscribed S.J.Cameron -
Clunes Museum
Postcard - POSTCARD CLUNES CENTENARY, 1939
PHOTOGRAPH /POSTCARD - DECORATED ENTRANCE TO A PROPERTY FOR CLUNES CENTENARY 1839- 1939 PST AND RAIL FENCE. WHITE WOOD GATE WITH DECORATED FRAME HOME WITH HAY STACKS, PINE AND GUMTREES IN BACKGROUND.photography, events and celebrations, back to clunes, centenary -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Black and white photographs, Methodist Church Blackburn, 1939
Order of Knights founded in 1914 in NSW as a youth organisation. In 1938 Junior Section 8-11 years called Pages Senior Section 12-15 years called Esquires.Ref: ND3385. Methodist Church Blackburn Youth Group camp at Ocean Grove in 1939. Names noted: Charles Rooks, George Williams, Fred Zerbe, Frank Dancey, Tom Harrison.methodist church, blackburn, youth group, camp at ocean grove -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive, Norman Harding Tailor Main Street – 4 Ledgers, 1919 - 1939
Four Ledgers No 1 June 16th 1919 - Dec 1924. No 2 Jan 1921 - Oct 1925. No 3 Oct 1925 - Jan 1931. No 4 Jan 1933 - Mar 1939Hand Writtenstawell, business -
Bendigo Military Museum
Newspaper - AIF NEWSPAPER, 1942
Newspaper "AIF News, Middle East, 1942 Christmas Supplement." Photographic newsletter, 8 pages with sections on Egypt, Palestine and Syria. captions on most. All photos are black and white. Front cover heading is in red across the top.documents-newspapers, aif news, xmas 1942 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Administrative record - DOCUMENT, NAVAL, Est late 1942
Item belonged to Arthur George Holley No 13556 RAN, HMAS Hobart. Refer 2134 for service history also 2137, 2147. Typed sheet in purple listing points 1-41 re brief description of the retaking of Gaudalcanal in 1942. There are 3 underlined headings, "High level bombers, Dive bombers, Torpedoe bombers". HMAS Hobart and Australia were involved. documents, naval, plans