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Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGES, MEMBERSHIP, 1939 - 1945, post 1945
.1) Hat badge, Rising Sun, pressed blackened brass, rising sun depiction with crown centre, under in scrolls "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces". On rear two lugs, sewn onto the lugs is a piece 1914 - 1918. Star Ribbon. .2) Lapel badge, Rising Sun, pressed blackened brass, 2 lugs and pin. Same as 2234.2 .3) Same as .2) .4) Badge, Life membership 39th Battalion. Top is oval shape of badge, grey surround with brown over red with "39" centre. Under in a scroll is "Life Membership". On rear is pin and clip. .5) Badge, R S L membership metal centre is a 3 figures. In blue circle around figures is "Returned, Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen". under in red scroll is "Imperial League of Australia". Top is crown with "93" denoting membership 1993. Rear has a pin attachment. Badge number stamped on. ,5 "Badge remains property of the league V 75371”badges, memmbership, uniform, rsl, rising sun -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Personal Records, Soldier Pay Book, First World War
Pay Book Of World War One Soldier of Mc Intyre 1918 Contains Pay details ( Earnings and Other Credits )period 1916 Next of Kin, Medical and Training Courses Completed Khaki Booklet Length 154mm W106mmPay Book 20291 Surname Mc Intyre Christian Names James W Reg No 7049 Unit Australian Imperial Force Rising Sun Badgesoldier pay book world war one james mc intyre 7049 -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Award - trophy, 1946
Pewter mugRising Sun badge. Inscription- Presented to Maj V. GullickIn appreciation of services rendered as treasurer of staff corps mess AHQ Committee 1945-1946 -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Ticket, Made in Ballarat Concert Ticket, 2008
The latest in a series of events including recitals and masterclasses. Patron David Hobson, this program was devised by Graeme Vendy. President of the Arts Foundation Val Sarah.Small ticket white card with black text, for Made in Ballarat Concert held at Wendouree Performing Arts Centre on Sunday 22 June 2008.Ballarat Arts Foundation & Ballarat Symphony Orchestra present MADE IN BALLARAT Sun, Jun 22, 2008 2:3o PM DOOR 1 STALLS made in ballarat, the ballarat arts foundation, the ballarat symphony orchestra, ballarat grammar, jacqueline dark, bob northey, benjamin northey, mario dobernig, david hobson, roger lemke, wendy rechenberg, tony cololan, miffy mcindoe -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph
The 20th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles) was raised in 1920 as part of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Citizen Military Forces, with Headquarters at Seymour and depots along the Goulburn Valley from Mansfield to Tocumwal in southern NSW. In December 1941, 20th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles) converted from horse to mechanised, initially as 20th Motor Regiment. In 1943 the Regiment was deployed to Merauke, Dutch New Guinea. Upon its return in April 1945, the Regiment was redesignated 20th Pioneer Battalion. It was disbanded following the end of the war. 20th Light Horse was the only light horse regiment to serve overseas in WWII.This is one of a collection of photographs featuring a Light Horse regiment drawn from rural and regional Victoria in the period immediately prior to mobilisation for World War 2 (1939-1945).Black and white photograph of large group of horsemen on beach and crossing dunes at Torquay, Victoria 1940." The mobilized 20th Light Horse Regiment CMF on Torquay Beach, Victoria in 1940 shortly before its mechanisation and conversion to an Armoured unit. Sun photograph.military, light horse, world war two, torquay, camp -
Colac RSL Sub Branch
Badge - Returned from Active Service Badge WW1, Returned from Active Service badge. AIF. Belonging to Mr??? Service No:- 251845
Returned from Active Service badges were issued to all Australian service personnel who saw active service. Issued to Mr ??? Service No:- 251845SignificantRound badge with crown on top. Brass. Front centre:- Rising sun emblem with AIF underneath. " Rim:- Issued by Dept. of Defence. Returned from Active Service. Rear:- 251845. Amour Sydney -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BATTLE DRESS, ARMY, WW2, Akubra, 1. 1942. 3. 1985
Colour patch is probably 2/2nd Heavy AA Regiment.1. Jacket, wool. Colour sort of grey tinted khaki. Has 4 front pockets. Buttons are darkened AMF type - 4 on front. Epaulettes have darkened "AUSTRALIA" name badge on each collar have darkened Rising Sun Badges. Shoulders have a triangular shaped colour patch. Red and Blue triangle on grey felt triangle. Chest has a ribbon bar showing 4 service medals. 2. Trousers - wool - colour Khaki. 3. Hat - Khaki, slouch. WW1 style hat band. Darkened Rising Sun Badge- AMF.Trousers - in green texta - 21-95 in waistline.ww2, uniform, army, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - MEDAL SET & BADGES, 1) & .2) post WW1, .3) 1917
James Leonard Woodroffe Sharland No 18455 a Medical Student when he enlisted on 2.2.17 aged 18 years 3 months in Army Medical Corp Reinforcements attached to No 2 Australian General Hospital. Embarked for Suez 21.11.17 and then England disembarking 31.12.17. Hospital 23.2.18 with Abcess, hospital 20.5.18 with Mumps, again on 11.9.18 with Influenza then Nephritis on 29.10.18. Discharged from the AIF on 11.3.19. .1) Medals, court mounted, set of (2) re J.L.W Sharland. 1. War Medal 1914-19. 2. Victory Medal. .2) Medals, miniatures, brass plate mounted, set of (2) re J.L.W Sharland. Same as .1) .3) Identity disc, round, pressed fibre board, brown colour with small hole. .4) Badge, Rising Sun lapel, pressed blackened brass, rising sun, crown centre, under scroll with "Commonwealth Military Forces". .5) Badge, "AUSTRALIA", blackened brass, curved shape. .6) Same as .5). .1) "18455 Pte J.L.W Sharland 2 AGH. AIF" .3) "18455 J Sharland 2 AGH Pres"medals, badges, identity, military -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Badge, Warrnambool the Ideal City
This badge commemorates the awarding to Warrnambool in 1928 of the title of Victoria's Ideal Town. This was an award sponsored by the Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne newspaper and 1927-8 was the first year of the award. Warrnambool celebrated the win with a week's celebrations in February 1928 of street processions and entertainments in the Botanic Gardens . The badge is of considerable interest as a memento of the year 1928 when Warrnambool won the title of Victoria's Ideal Town Circular metal concave badge featuring an image of Thunder Point surrounded by a royal blue border with text. It has a pin clip on the reverse .THUNDER POINT WARRNAMBOOL THE IDEAL CITY -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Article - Glenfern
Newspaper article in THE AGE, dated Friday 06/07/1973, entitled GOTHIC GABLES, STORY TO MATCH by Alix Macdonald regarding the property Glenfern. Includes funeral notices in THE SUN dated 05/04/1984 and 09/04/1984, for Amy Ostberg owner of Glenfern.dexter nancy, glenfern, gothic style, balaclava, ostberg amy, ostberg sarah ann, caulfield, mcdonell francis, boyd john theodore thomas, boyd martin, macdonald alix, architectural styles, st kilda east, inkerman road, inkerman street -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Associated Newspapers, More adventures of Ginger Meggs, Series 19, 1942_
A 1941 edition of Ginger Meggs comic strips. Ginger Meggs was created in the early 1920s by Jimmy Bancks and first published in the 'Sunbeams" section of the Sydney Sun. Several other cartoonists drew Ginger Meggs strips after Bancks death in 1952. This edition is a "Sunbeams Book". An original 1941 copy of this book, in good condition.Comic book, 32 pages, colour illustrations.ginger meggs, jimmy bancks, sunbeams book, cartoons -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Sir Bruce Small and Sir Hubert Opperman in a two man tricycle, 1974
Sir Bruce Small and Sir Hubert Opperman pedal along in a two man tricycle as part of the 1974 Sun-HSV7-3DB “Cycle for Sight” 24-hour Relay Ride. It consists of two bicycles, sharing the same front wheel, and a bench seat for two people.B/W photograph of Sir Bruce Small and Sir Hubert Opperman1974 Cycle for Sightassociation for the blind, hubert opperman, bruce small -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Sign - Timetable Board - Haddon St (depot), State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), 1960's
Timetable board, giving first and last trams to City for weekdays, Sat. and Sun. With mounting holes, lettered on one side only. Reverse side painted black. Located at Depot or Haddon St. loop. On lower half, writing of times apparent. See SECV TimetablesDemonstrates a SECV timetable signs that were located at various points on the tram system,Sheet metal sign, black background, white letters, painted.transport equipment, timetable boards, secv street furniture -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPHS FRAMED, THE KOKODA TRAIL, Unknown
The description outlines the the Kokoda Campaign from July 1942 to November 1942. The track is 96 K’s or then it was 60 miles over the Owen Stanley Ranges in New Guinea. Australian casualties were 625 KIA, 1600 WIA and a huge 4,000 casualties due to illness. Over the years there has been many discussions as to whether it is a “trail” or a”track”. This item is on display in the Bendigo District RSL Havilah Road.Framed series of photos 13 in all re the Kokoda Track Campaign in New Guinea in 1942. Photos are set in a green background with each photo having a yellowish border. A rising Sun Badge is center near the bottom. At the bottom is a text description of the campaign.brsl, smirsl, bdrslinc, kokoda -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Medal, Peace Medallion 1919, !919
This medal was awarded to children of Australia up to age of i4. The medal was designed by Charles Douglas Richardson, a sculptor. . One million, six hundred and seventy medals were produced and they were distributed in 1919 to mark the end of World War One. On the original medal the inscriptions included the words: "AUSTRALIA," "VICTORY", THE TRIUMPH OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE " and " THE PEACE OF 1919"This medal is significant as a memento of the declaration of peace at the end of World War One. Circular white metal medallion .The obverse features a figure of peace with decorative surrounds and on the top two doves and text. The reverse has a crown with rising sun rays. Below is a laurel wreath, a sailor and a soldier and text. It has a small ring attached to the top,Obverse VICTORY, the rest is indecipherable on our item. Reverse AUSTRALIA, the rest is indecipherable on our item -
Bendigo Military Museum
Pamphlet - PAMPHLET, YMCA, YMCA (Australasian), Cordial welcome to Capetown for all the ANZAC's, 1914 - 1920
Troop convoys stopped at Capetown. The pamphlet has things to see and do. On the rear page are "Don'ts".This is a single sheet of paper folded twice to make a rectangular pamphlet. The colour is beige/khaki. The printing is in black and red ink. Near the centre is the YMCA triangular badge. At the top is the Aust. Rising Sun and the NZ Army Badge. The words "Cooee & Kia Ora".Written in pencil at bottom is 78.738-4-T.passchendaele barracks trust, ww1, capetown, ymca -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BADGES, RISING SUN, Australian Army, c1939-1945
Refer to Cat 4967.2This set is comprised of five collar badges, darkened for wartime use. They are labelled - "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces". The set has one Rising Sun Hat Badge. It also has been darkened for wartime use "It is labelled Australian Commonwealth Military Forces".ww2, badges, rising sun -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - LETTER TO HIS MOTHER
Joseph Moore Stuart from Serpentine, Victoria. AIF Serial No. 6591. He enlisted 14 June 1916, aged 22, 5th BTN, embarked 2 Oct 1916. He returned to Australia 12 June 1919. His place of birth was Wedderburn.Single sheet of paper. It is a handwritten letter from Joseph Moore Stuart No. 6591 to his mother. It is on YMCA letterhead paper. The YMCA logo is a map of Australia with Rising Sun badge and letters YMCA in centre. A red triangle covers these. It is written on both sides.ww1, france, mothers, aif -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW1,MOUNTED, C. 1918
Photo, sepia, of Sam DAVIES in 1918 aged 18 yrs. Head & shoulders portrait, without head gear, 2 pocket jacket with Rising Sun badge on collar & bandolier strap over right shoulder. On white border & mounted on fawn cardboard.photograph, light horse, portrait -
Bendigo Military Museum
Souvenir - PENNANT, C.WW2
Pennant, brown felt, triangular rising sun motif = painted in gold red with inscriptions, 2 corps patches green over gold. made of felt & sewn on black over Green, two pairs of felt strips on LHS for suspending pennat on display.in blue paint "armoured/ division "Armed REGT"flags - military, pennants, armd corp -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - CITIZENS CERTIFICATE, 10/6/1946
Colin Strachan VX5295 enlisted on 25.10.39 in Bendigo. He was discharged from the AIF on 29.9.44. His unit at discharge was 2/5th Battalion. Coloured certificate "All Honour to the Brave". Presented to Pte C Strachan in appreciation of services rendered in WWII, from the citizens of California Gully. Centre has details, flags at top, scroll at bottom with rising sun. Frame is black wood with gold edging.documents-certificates, civic mementoes-presentations, california gully, strachan -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Douglas Cockwood, Australia's Pearl Harbour. Darwin 1942, 1966
Book is part of the Australian War Classics series presented by E E (Weary) Dunlop.Book, soft cover, front cover has 3 colour bands - black, red & green, at top of page is the Rising Sun badge. Bottom half is a painting of air attack on a harbour by the Japanese aircraft. 232 pages illustrated with black & white photos.J Fullerbooks-military-history, bombing of darwin -
Learmonth and District Historical Society Inc.
Plaque "Carry On "club, Circa 1992
This Plaque was presented to the Shire of Ballarat by the "Carry On" club.This club,formed in 1932, to provide help for the welfare,rehabilitation and education of ex-servicemen.To aknowledge the help given to the "Carry On" club by the Shire of BallaratRectangular shape coming to a curved point at the base.This is dark wood on which is a wreath with the rising sun symbol in copper.beneath are the words CARRY ON in a flowing ribbon.At the base on a brass plate is inscribed,To the Ballarat Shire in Apreciation for your Help & Service. 16-12-1992.CARRY ON. Inscription - To the Ballarat Shire In Appreciation for your Help & Service 16-12-1992.carry on club.shire of ballarat.plaque -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Programme - Photocopy, Program, Charity football match, Boundary Rovers and Billiard Hall Stars, Aug 1947
Photocopies of program for charity football match between the Boundary Rovers (Rising Sun Hotel) and the Billiard Hall Stars August 1947. Mounted for display on brown paper, inserted in mylar sleeve. Lists both teams. Ref. item 1335 for photo of team.sport - australian rules football, charities and appeals, a 'nappy' ollington, j dobson, w hales, p murray, k trainor, a sawtell, s bullpit, j collins, g beaton, n gent, w watts, w bowers, a love, s harrison, j millar, m maller, s hall, l coy, l dobson, f palmer, m stephens, c pike, g palmer, b thompson, e earle, k maskell, k powell, g fisher, mr kercher, a chiver, norm goss snr, h kulken, b barfoot, j irvine, a mcdonald, f james, b whimpy, b mcdonald, j leslie -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALLAN BUDGE COLLECTION: SLIDE HOUSE, MITCHELL STREET, 1988
Slide, Allan Budge Slide Collection: house, Mitchell Street. Gables and Lacework. Rising sun motifs and good brickwork, backed by fine lacework (Note: This house is being restored to something like its original state, after past attempts at 'modernisation'.)house, public, allan budge slide collection:, allan budge slide collection: -
Chiltern Athenaeum Trust
Rising Sun Hat Badges 1914 -1918
world war 1 circa 1914 - 1915. WW1 Australian Infantry Forces, Circa 1914-1915. 3 Rising Sun Uniform badges same series, differing colour conditions. Badges engraved on front under crown "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces". No identifying serial on the backs of the three. One badge has attachment pins at the back to be attached to a uniform. Australian Commonwealth Military Forces on all three of the badges. ww1, 1914-1915, australian infantry forces (aif), rising sun badges -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Officers Army cap, c1939
Part of World War 2 army uniform worn by Captain Noel WestWord War 2|Australian War Graves UnitArmy Khaki officers peaked cap. Rising sun badge on front with narrow leather strap around front of cap. Small button on back end of strap which has a map of Australia engraved in the centre. Leather binding around inside of capLondon Stores Ltd. opp GPO Melb.costume, male uniform, military -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Photograph, 2 Sqn
A black and white photograph taken at Phang Rang 1967. Flt Sgt Al Thomas and Sgt Ray Morrison of 2 Sqn RAAF shelter from the midday sun under a rice paper umbrella as they discuss their laundry with two Vietnamese laundry women.photograph, phan rang, flt sgt al thomas, sgt ray morrison, 2 sqn, raaf, vietnamese women, gibbons collection catalogue -
Federation University Bookplate Collection
Work on paper - Bookplate, The Secrets of the Silk Road
After a quiet period, interest in bookplates in Australia began to increase in the early 1970s, Entrepreneurial art and book collectors such as Edwin Jewell and others commissioned multiple Bookplate designs from a range of well known fine artists. At a 1997 meeting in Melbourne of the Ephemera Society of Australia Edwin Jewell and others announced the formation of the Australian Bookplate Society. The society was instrumental in promoting the art of the bookplate through establishment of the Australian Bookplate Design competition. The competition includes a design award for secondary schools students.Venetian prince set against eastern buildings, seas, gondolas and ships with eastern architecture, symbols and camels. A dragon and elephant in prince's diadem and hair. Library details surrounding sun and moon either side of main figure all in bi-coloured inks.Inscribed beneath image, "The Secrets of the Silk Road" Ex Libris Biblioteca Bodio Lambnago - Etching Natalija 2019 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, Mr. Melbourne Day by Day, "Mr. Melbourne Day by Day", 20/02/1926 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper cutting from The Sun, 20/2/1926, glued to an A4 sheet with a cartoon from "Mr. Melbourne Day by Day", observing a lady passenger climbing aboard a W class tram, commenting about the high steps involved in boarding tramcars.trams, tramways, tramcars, cartoons, tramcar design, passengers