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Bendigo Military Museum
Film - PHOTOGRAPH, 1917
Fanny Isabella Nicol from Rochester enlisted as a Staff Nurse A.A.N.S reinforcements AIF age 30 years on 11.7.17. Embarked 31.8.17 and disembarked in Alexandria and served there and in Abassia. She served in the 17th, 31st, 71st General Hospitals and the 14th Aust General hospital. She was discharged from the AIF on 13.6.19. Refer 1797.5,1796.9, 2317.6, 2591.B&W copy of a photo re Fanny Isabella Nicol in uniform.on rear of photo is 1/25medicine - nursing, photograph - photography -
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Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW1
Hugh Bates No 521 enlisted in the 8th Batt AIF on 18.8.14 aged 19 years 3 months. Embarked for Eygpt 19.10.14. Embarked for Gallipoli 5.4.15. Hospital 26.9.15 with Dysentry, 17.10.15 Dropsy, 27.10.15, Bronchitis, returned to Australia 17.3.16 classed as having Nephritis, discharged from the AIF 25.7.16. He re enlisted on 21.9.17 in 8/3 Pioneer reinforcements but was discharged medically unfit prior to embarkation 21.12.17.Medals, court mounted, set of (3) re H Bates. 1. 1914-15 Star, replica, not engraved. 2. War Medal 1914-19, replica, not engraved. 3. Victory Medal."521 Pte H. Bates 8 BN A.I.F"medals, military, history -
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Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW1
Harold Perry No 109 enlisted on 26.9.14 in A Coy 14th Batt AIF aged 19 years 5 months. Embarked for Eygpt 22.12.14, embarked for Gallipoli 12.4.15, reported missing 8.8.15 then classed hospital 21.8.15 with Enteritis, promoted L/Cpl 25.5.16, embarked for France 1.6.16, promoted Cpl 16.8.16, KIA 5.2.17.Medals, court mounted, set of (3) re H Perry. 1. 1914-15 Star, replica not engraved. 2. War Medal 1914-19. 3. Victory Medal, replica not engraved. "109 Cpl H Perry 14 BN A.I.F"medals, military, history -
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Accessory - CAMERA & CASE, Eastman Kodak, est 1910
Percival Rueben Carne No 775 enlisted in the 7th Batt AIF on 18.4.18 age 28 years 6 months. Embark for Eygpt 19.10.14, embark for Gallipoli 5.4.15, promoted to L/Cpl 30.4.15, promoted to Sgt 14.5.15, hospital 16.7.15 with Shock and Ear trouble. Embark for France 26.3.16, WIA 23/26.7.16 GSW to right arm, Appointed 2nd Lieut 15.5.15, hospital 27.1.19 with Influenza, embark for Australia 9.8.19, appointment in the AIF terminated 7.12.19. He served in the peace time army for many years after the War. .1 Kodak No 3 Special camera. Front has small copper badge. .2 Brown leather case with strap and metal clasp..1 On copper badge "F Honeychurch Bendigo". .2 Stamped on case lid "PR Carne 775 D Coy 7 Btn AIF". Inside of case has handwritten exposure instructions and "Weldon 5 Spring Gully Rd Bendigo".photography-cameras, camera accessories, trades-leatherworking -
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Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW1
William Brunne enlisted in A Coy 20th Batt AIF on 8.3.15. Hospital on Gallipoli with Cellulitis 25.10.15 then Diarrhoea 15.12.15 followed by Influenza. Embarked for France 25.3.16. WIA 5.5.16, GSW severe to Buttocks. Discharged from the AIF on 11.3.17.Medal set, court mounted, set of (3) re W. Brunne. 1. 1914-15 Star, replica not engraved. 2. War Medal 1914-19, replica not engraved. 3. Victory Medal."319 Pte W Brunne 20 Bn AIF"numismatics, medals, military, history, campaigns,, metalcraft -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW1
Jack Yarrow enlisted on 13.7.15 in the 8th reinforcements 21st Batt AIF. He transferred to the 60th Batt on 26.2.16. Hospital with Influenza on 15.3.16. KIA 25.9.17. See also item no 1884. Harris and Yarrow were brothrs in law killed one day apart.Medal set, court mounted, set of (2) re Jack Yarrow. 1. British War Medal 1914-19. 2. Victory Medal. "3648 Pte J Yarrow 60 Bn AIF"numismatics-medals-military, metalcraft -
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Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW1
Stanley Stewart Scott enlisted in the 10th reinforcements 8th Batt AIF on 20.7.15. He transferred to the 57th Batt on 15.3.16. WIA, Shell shock 10.9.16. Hospital with Back Strain on 14.10.16. WIA 28.1.17, Shell wounds face and right arm. WIA 3rd occasion 26.9.17, GSW right leg severe. Discharged from the AIF on 25.4.18. Medal set, court mounted, set of (3) re S.S Scott. 1. 1919-15 Star. 2. War Medal 1914-19, replica not engraved. 3. Victory Medal, replica not engraved. "3142 Pte S.S Scott 8 Bn AIF"numismatics - medals - military, metalcraft -
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Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW1
Herbert Blake had 2 years previous military service in 13th L.H before enlisting in the AIF on 31.8.14 No 122, 2 L.H Regt age 22 years 5 months. Embarked for Eygpt 24.9.14 then for Gallipoli 9.5.15. WIA Monash Gully 5.6.15, hospital 28.8.15 with Hernia, returned to Australia 19.9.15, discharged from the AIF 29.12.15.Medals, court mounted, set of (2) re H Blake. 1. 1914-15 Star, replica not engraved. 2. War Medal 1914-19, replica not engraved. 3. Victory Medal."122 Pte H.Blake 2 L.H.R AIF"medals, military, history -
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Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW1
Jack McMillan No 319 enlisted in D Coy 16th Batt AIF on 22.9.14 aged 20 years 2 months. Embarked for Eygpt 22.12.14, embarked for Gallipoli 12.4.15, Sprained ankle, classed as WIA on 27.4.15, embarked again for Gallipoli 8.6.15, hospital 21.7.15 with Diarrhoea, WIA 2nd occasion 8.8.15 GSW right hand turned Septic, hospital 11.4.16 with Pyorrhoea. Embarked for France 7.6.16, WIA 3rd occasion 10.8.16 GSW right thigh, WIA 4th occasion 5.2.17 shell wound to Forehead, hospital France with scalded right foot 30.5.17 then contracts Scabies 2.6.17, Boils on 28.7.17. While in England he goes AWL 3 times, embarks for France 8.5.18, goes AWL twice more, appointed L/ Cpl 2.9.18, discharged from the AIF on 13.1.19.Medals, court mounted, set of (3) re J McMillan. 1. 1914-15 Star, replica not engraved. 2. War Medal 1914-19. 2. Victory Medal, replica not engraved."319 L/Cpl J McMillan 16 BN A.I.F"medals, military, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW1
Charles Hendry served 2 years in Jnr Cadets prior to enlisting on 19.8.14 No 326 in D Coy 10th Batt AIF aged 20 years 9 months. Embarked for Eygpt 20.10.14, embarked for Gallipoli 2.3.15, hospital 10.9.15 with Gastro Enteritis, returns to Gallipoli 6.11.15. Transfers to 50th Batt 26.2.16, promoted L/Cpl 20.3.16, embark for France 5.6.16, promoted Cpl 1.7.16, hospital 15.10.16 sprained ankle while on duty, promoted T/Sgt 9.3.17, KIA 2.4.17.Medals, court mounted, set of (3) re C Hendry. 1. 1914-15 Star, replica not engraved. 2. War Medal 1914-19, replica not engraved. 3. Victory Medal."326 T/Sgt C Hendry 10 Bn A.I.F"medals, military, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET & BADGE, Post WW1
Horace Eli Hambly No 794 enlisted on 7.12.14 in 3rd reinforcements 4th Light Horse Regt age 20 years 10 months. Embarks for Eygpt 3.2.15, hospital Gallipoli 10.9.15 classed "Enteric", returns to Australia on 20.10.15. He goes AWOL on 24.3.16, classed as a deserter on 17.4.16. He re enlists in NSW on 16.7.17 as David Edward Miles No 7856 3rd Aust Tunneling Coy, he then confesses and embarks for England on 21.11.17, hospital with PUO on 27.6.18, discharged from the AIF on 17.7.19. .1) Medals, court mounted, set of (3) re H.E Hambly. 1. 1914-15 Star. 2. War Medal 1914-19. 3. Victory Medal. .2) "Returned from Active Service Badge". Metal, gold colour, round with crown at top, centre has Rising Sun with AIF under..1) "794 Cpl H.E.Hambly 4 L.H.R A.I.F" .2) "201258"medals, badges, military -
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Photograph - PHOTOGRAPHS, NAVY WW2, c.WWII
Photographs collected by Earnest Albert Simmons W/2129 Royal Australian Navy. Enlisted 30 June 1941 and discharged 14 October 1946 with the rank of Leading Stoker. Posting at discharge was HMAS Lonsdale..1) Ship .2) Submarine conning tower .3) Ship .4) Hospital ship .5) Ship at anchor .6) Launch at ships side .7) Ships at anchor .8) Sunken ship .9) Ship .10) Group on launch .11) Ship firing a broadside .12) Wooden sailing vessel .13) Ship .14) Ship .15) Pilot station .16) Ship .17) Ship .18) Ship.s deck and biplane .19) Partially sunken ship .20) Two ships .21) Ship .22) Ship - damaged .23) Ship .24) Statue and colonade .25) Searchlights .26) Ships deck at sea .27) Aircraft .28) Ship .29) Ship .30) Troop ship .31) Swimmers at ships side .32) Ship .33) Ship .34) Ship deck at sea .35) Ship .36) Submarine .37) Ship .38) Ship .39) Ship .40) Two ships at sea .41) Ship .42) Aircraft carrier .43) Ships symbol .44) Sketch of Berbera .45) Sketch of biplanes .46) Boat at pier .47) Tug boat .48) Ship .49) Ship at wharf .50) Ships at wharf .51) Aircraft carrier .52) Ship .53) Ship at wharf .54) Ships at wharf .55) Ship .56) Two ships .57) Tug boat .58) Diagram comparing the size of two ships .59) Ship sailing past lighthouse .60) Postcard HMAS "Stuart". .1) Hobart and Glascow at Colombo .2) British submarine returning to Alexandria after claiming a victory - note Skull and X Bones .3) HMS Glascow at Colombo .4) Ex Italian hospital ship taken over by British. RAMB II .5) HMS Exeter .6) The landing party returning .7) Part fleet at Colombo .8) British ammunition ship sunk by sabotage in Alex Harbour .9) HMS Exeter .10) On the approach of the island. Note twin Lewis guns .11) HMS Ajax bombarding Bardia .12) A native boat used along coasts and Indian Ocean .13) RMS Georgie refoated at Pt? 1941 .14) HMS Carthage .15) Pilot station at Colombo .16) Aquitania .17) Ajax on patrol with Hobart and battle fleet .18) Hobart rolling in the Bight .19) HMS Gnat (river gun boat) hit by torpedo at Tobruk .20) - .21) Mauritania .22) Italian cruiser sunk by HMAS Sydney .23) Greek destroyer .24) Memorial of Mohomed Pasha Alexandria. Presented by Musso .25) Searchlight at Alexandria .26) Hobart pile driving in heavy weather .27) Lockheed Hudson dive bombing .28) - .29) HMS Galatea? x 1 turret at stern .30) Troops on Aquitania .31) Boys swimming in the middle lakes at Ismalia in the centre of Sues Canal .32) A water NG ? .33) - .34) Hobart striking heavy weather .35) HMS Jupiter .36) British submarine entering Alex .37) Queen Mary .38) Queen Elizabeth .39) Nieuw Amsterdam .40) - .41) Achilles .42) HMS Aircraft carrier - Illustrious .43) Symbol of Hobart's Pom-Pom .44) - .45) - .46) - .47) - .48) Mohoja and Oronties .49) Mohoja .50) - .51) - .52) HMAS Murchison 1954 .53) Strathmore .54) - .55) - .56 - .57 - .58) HMAS Vendetta .59) HMAS Cowra .60) - photographs, ran, hmas -
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Literary work - POEM 38TH BN, J.H. McColl, 17 May 1916
Published in the Bendigonian 18th May 1916. J.H. McCOLL believed to be James Hiers McCOLL father of Lieut. Hugh McCOLL, C Coy 38th Battalion AIF. Pre war Hugh McColl spent 11 years in the junior and senior cadets and then 1 year as a Commissioned Officer in the local 67th Batt. He enlisted in the AIF with the rank of 2nd Lieut on 1.3.1916 aged 27 years 4 months. Embarked for England on 20.6.1916 and then France in November 1916. WIA on 12.10.1917 with concussion, hospital 7.4.1918 with sprained ankle, KIA by machine gun fire on 12.8.1918 during an advance near Proyart. There was a possibility he was awarded the Military Cross but this needs investigating.The Bendigo 38th Battalion Poem. A printed written copy. Seven verses. Two pages.documents - poetry, military history - army, 38th -
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Literary work - DIARY WW1, Post 2000
Joseph Victor TRUSCOTT No. 3629 enlisted in the AIF in 8th reinforcements 21st Batt on 21.7.1915 age 21 years. Embark for Egypt 29.12.1915, transfer to the 60th Batt 26.2.1916, promoted Sgt 25.3.1916, hospital 30.4.1916 with Influenza, rejoin unit 5.5.1916, embark for France 19.6.1916, hospital 2.12.1916 with Trench feet, Died of Disease (DOD) 9.12.1916 with Trench Feet and Septic Pnuemonia. A4 copy of the diary re J.V. TRUSCOTT. 26 pages of typed out diary, photos & parts of service records, letters.documents-diaries, military history -
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Document - DOCUMENT WW1, Post 2000 possibly
FRANK FLOWERS No 3512 enlistd in the AIF in 8th reinforcements 21st Batt on 12.7.1915 age 29 years 4 months. Embarked for Egypt 29.12.1915, transfer to the 60th Batt 26.2.1916 and allowed Regt No 3512A, hospital 14.3.1916 with Influenza and then Diarrehoea, embark for France 18.6.1916, reported missing 19.7.1916 then reported KIA same day. No known grave.A4 sheet with 3 x photographs & sympathy card inserted re the death of F Flowers 19.7.16.documents - cards, military history -
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Photograph - ENVELOPE - PHOTOGRAPHS WW1, c.1914-18
Photographs .2) & .3) are re Frank Hepburn HAMILTON No 2153 AIF, enlisted in 4th reinforcements 24th Batt on 12.7.1915 age 20 years. Embark for Egypt 27.9.1915, embark for France 20.3.1916, hospital with PUO 26.6.1917, rejoin unit 6.7.1917, awarded the Military Medal (MM) as a Battalion runner on 1.9.1918 at Mont St Quentin, discharged from the AIF 15.7.1919. Refer Cat No 2351.5P re his brother DJW Hamilton KIA. .1) Envelope, whitish with gold writing, folds in half. On front is Sketch Portrait, Wm Elsmore, 4 St Enoch Square, Glasgow. .2) Photograph, sepia on chamfered edge cardboard, shows soldier centre wearing an MM Ribbon & 2 girls, 1 each side. Fits inside .1). .3) Photograph, same as .2) but set on a large cardboard piece with brown wood texture.photography-photographs, military history - army -
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Photograph - PHOTOGRAPHS WW1, Originals: 1915
The photos in the collection relate to Thomas Robert JONES No 1982 AIF. Refer Reg No 1377 for his service details..1) - .22) Photos, black / white, showing men, training, the desert, Dardanelles, Turkish prisoners, leaving Egypt. .23) - .44) Enlargement copies of photos .1) - .22), sepia.Hand written on the rear in pen: .1) Housing parade on the desert Egypt, bugler band 6th Battalion. .2) Australian Field Artillery exercising horses near the pyramids. .3) Some of the buglers of the 6th Battalion with their identification disks as eyeglasses. .4) Serving out rations. .5) 6th Battalion having a short halt during a route march on the desert. .6) 18 Pounder Field Gun Australian Artillery. .7) 'Come to the Cook House Door' 6th Battalion AIF. .8) Lieut WATSON - Machine Gun being vaccinated by Lieut BALFE A Coy. Both these Officers are amongst the fallen. .9) 6th Battalion AIF preparing to leave Mena Camp for the Dardanelles. .10) A Turk captured on the morning of 25th April 1915 on board the troop ship Galeka. .11) Wounded alongside of hospital ship Galeka. .12) HMS Vengeance at the Dardanelles. .13) Hospital ship Sudan off Gaba Tepe. .14) Observation balloon off Cape Helles. .15) British Destroyer off Cape Helles. .16) Cape Helles, Dandanelles. .17) Turkish prisoners captured at the Suez _ _ _ Barracks, Cairo. .18) Turkish prisoners. .19) <> Guides near pyramids Mena. .20) Method of irrigation on the Nile, Egypt. .21) Going on leave into Cairo. .22) View of Cairo mosques in foreground taken from the Citadel. .23) - .44) On rear in stamp form: Dennis Major, 7 Bancroft St Bendigo Vic 3550. Tel & fax 03 544 2445 photography, military, ww1 -
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Photograph - HOSPITAL PHOTOGRAPHS, Originals 1915, 1916
... Bendigo Military Museum 37 - 39 Pall Mall Bendigo ...The photos relate to a collection re Robert O’Donahoo No 1399 AIF WW1. Refer Cat No 1500 for his service history. .1) Robert is the soldier with the arrow pointing down to him. On the rear of the card is a letter to his Mother which appears to be dated Oct 22nd 1915. He tells his mother about a 2nd operation on his leg that was amputated. Sister West is the Nurse behind him and the other is Sister Raymond. .2) The Hospital where Raymond was admitted to in England. .3) On the rear of the Post card in pen, “twin Sisters UREN who were on the Hospital ship Thermistocles on the way home in 1916, they lived in Adelaide. .4) Robert O’Donahoo is the Soldier standing on the left, on the rear of the photo in blue pen, “Caulfield Hospital 1916” The twin Sisters were Catherine Temby UREN, Amelia UREN. Robert had some 15 operations on his leg then a further 3 to correct the position of his leg which is evident in .1).1) Photo Post card, copy of original, B & W showing 4 wounded soldiers, 2 Nurses and possibly 2 Orderlies outside a hospital Ward. .2) Photo Post card, copy of original, view of a large Hospital area complex. .3) Photo Post Card, copy of original, B & W, 2 Nurses sitting on deck of a ship. .4) Photo Post Card, copy of original, sepia tone showing 4 soldiers, 2 standing with walking sticks, 2 sitting’photography, hospitals nurses, military ww1 -
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Photograph - RAAF PHOTOGRAPH
Harold Bertie Chatfield No 401493 enlisted in the RAAF on 28.2.1941 age 20 years. Embarked for for Southern Rhodesia for training with No 26 Flying Elementary Training School. Promoted T/Sgt - Airman Pilot 28.2.42, embark for England for more training 9.4.42, 16.6.43 posted on strength of the RAF, promoted Flt Sgt 19.7.43, posted in Burma with 615 Sqd RAF flying Spitfires 16.10.43, hospital 2.1.44 for 3 months, promoted to Flying Officer 30.12.44, discharged from the Airforce at RAF Station Poona 14.12.45. In 2016/17 a recommendation was put forward for Chatfield to be awarded the DFM (Distinguished Flying Medal) relating to 2 actions in Burma. This was downgraded to a Commendation for Gallantry. Refer 196.2, 197, 2331.Copy of B & W photo of Harold Bertie Chatfield, RAAF, in uniform, wings & ribbons. Photo is in plastic stand."To my little Heather". The rest is unreadable.photography - photographs, raaf -
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Book - POW BOOK, TENKO ON THE RIVER KWAI, 1987
The Author Arnold Oakley JORDAN enlisted in the 2nd AIF No TX3528 on 21.6.40 age 28 years 9 months. Posted to 2/40th Bn 25.6.1940, hospital with Influenza 24.8.1940, rejoin unit 9.9.1940, appointed group 3 Nursing Orderly and posted to 2/4 ACCS, embarked for Singapore 1.2 1941, hospital 23.5.1941 with Acute Tonsilitis, hospital 24.12.1941 with Malaria, rejoin unit 17.1.1942, reported missing 16.2.1942 (POW) Malaya, reported alive in Siam 22.8.1945, recovered in Siam 22.8.1945, embark for Australia 18.10.1945, evacuated to 111 AGH then 2/1st Con Depot, discharged from the 2nd AIF 23.1.1946. ACCS (Aust Casualty Clearing Station) AGH (Aust General Hospital) Siam (Thailand) Con Depot (Convalescent Depot)Paperback book written by Arnold Jordan. Japanese flag on front cover. Handwriting on page 3. Gift inscription inside.books, military, pow’s, ww2 -
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Photograph - FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH, Kalma - Photographer, C.1915
Photograph of Norman Watson Bassett, No 463 B Coy. 29th Batt. AIF. Embarked for Egypt 10/11/1915; Embarked for France 23/6/1916; Transferred to H.T. M. Btry 10/9/1916.; to hospital 3/10/1916 with nephritis (kidneys), shell shock, and later, bronchitis. Discharged medically unfit on 9/8/1917.Photo copy for display of soldier (Norman Watson Bassett) standing facing forward holding a whip between his hands.photography-photographs, military, ww1 -
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Book - BOOK - NEW TESTAMENT, 1916
Percival Bird WETHERALL Regt No 6903 enlisted in the 19th reinforcements 23rd Bn on 13.1.1917 age 20 years. Prior to embarking he writes a letter to his CO asking for 5 days leave to get married and have a honey moon. Embarked for England 11.5.1917, embark for France 16.2.1918, WIA 22.3.1918 GSW shoulder severe and transferred to 1st Eastern General Hospital Cambridge, discharged to furlough 2.8.1918, embark for Aust 25.1.1919, hospital on board ship with Influenza and Cong (congealed?) Lungs, disembarked at Suez and hospitalised in 14th AGH on 8.2.1919, embark for Aust 1.4.1919 classed Debility, discharged from the AIF 6.6.1919 medically unfit.Small bible with brown cover. Front cover has "New Testament" written on it. Belonged to Percival B. Wetherall.6903 Pte. P.B. Wetherall 23rd Battalion A.I.F. Abroad 1917-1919, 1914-1918.books-religion-christian, new testament -
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Equipment - KIT BAG, 1939
Item issued to Eric MacCALLUM No VX41169, enlisted on 26.6.40, 2/32nd Batt 9th Div AIF, age 31 years 9 months, promoted Cpl 6.8.1940, embarked 15.9.1940 for the Middle East, hospital 25.11.1940 with Haemorhoids, rejoinn unit 17.12.1940, attends Mortar and Grenade schools, hospital 16.8.1941 with PUO, taken POW 17.2.1942 at El Alamein. He served in the Seige of Tobruk, Middle East Campaigns. As a POW it appears he was interred from 1942/43 in Italy then 1943/45 in XV111Austria. He describes his conditions in the camps as fair and that he worked on road works. This is a brief description as to his treatment in his records. Embarked from England 4.7.1945 and disembarked in Sydney on 8.8.1945. Discharged from the 2nd AIF on 12.9.1945.Canvas Kit bag with stenciled name and details on side and base.In handwritten lettering - "B2 - RZABL- Q" Stencilled - "VX41169 E. MacCallum"containers, military equipment -
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Book - SOLDIERS POCKET BOOK, 1940
The book belonged to Colin Lawrance McMURRAY, VX33785 Gunner 2/12th Field Regiment HQ Supply Column 9th Div AIF. Enlisted 8.7.40, barked 5.2.1941, disembarked Middle East 24.3.1941, posted to 2/12th Field Regt, served in the Seige of Tobruk, transferred to AACS 25.11.1941, graded group 3 Driver Mechanic 28.8.1942, hospital with lacerated scalp 12.11.1942, rejoin unit 8.1.1943, embark for Aust 22.2.1943, disembark Sydney 23.3.1943, serves then with canteen services, reclassified medically and discharged on 10.3.1944. The piece missing in the pocket book was caused by a piece of Shrapnel.Red-covered book, 127 pages. Useful information for soldiers. There is a piece missing at the top of the book with tattered sheets inside.Front cover: "The Australian Soldiers Pocket Book." Inside: "Col McMurray VX 33785 Gunner 2/12th Field Regt"documents, notebooks, personal effects, military history, army -
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Literary work - DIARY, c.pre 1915
William John Dennis No 3287 enlisted in the 11th reinforcements 6th Batt AIF on 29.7.15 aged 18 years. Embarked for Eygpt 11.10.15. Transferred to the 58th Batt 17.2.16. Transferred to the 57th Batt15.3.16. Hospital with Scabies on 11.4.17. Hospital with PUO on 1.7.18 then Inflamation of the left knee 14.7.18. Discharged from the AIF 23.8.19. PUO, Pyrexia unknown origin, feverish.Diary of W J DENNIS on ruled note paper. 19 pages of entries. 4 pages of addresses. The diary covers the period 11.10.1915 to 15.4.1919.Diary is handwritten in ink.documents-diaries, military history-aif -
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Photograph - MILITARY PHOTOGRAPH, 1939-42
Leonard Jordan TRIPP No VX25096 enlisted in the 2nd AIF on 11.6.1940. Posted to 2/21st Bn on 15.7.1940, hospital 23.1.1941 with Fractured Tibula, rejoin unit 29.4.1941, embark for the Middle East 28.6.1941, disembark 25.7.1941, posted to 2/24th Bn 23.8.1941, DOW’s 24.10.1942. His records offer nothing else re wounding or death. He is buried at El Alamein Box Cemetery grave No 8, plot 4, row A, map reference 1/50000- 88602946. Refer also Cat No 2336.8PPhotograph of Len Tripp VX25096 2/24 Battalion A.I.F. in uniform. Slouch hat. Frame is simple wooden design with gold rim.photography-photographs, portraits, military history -
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Card - XMAS CARD AND ENVELOPE, 1941
The cards relate to a collection re John EDWARDS VX3857 2nd AIF. Refer Cat No 536 for his service details and Miss McLURE..1) Envelope, faded blueish colour, stamped by censor in top left corner and signed. Stamped by P.O appears to be 16 Dec 42. Envelope addressed to "Miss A.E McClure 40 York St Prahran TI Victoria Australia." .2) Christmas card, folds in half, yellow ribbon at fold, front has colour patch at top, under "Second Australian General hospital AIF, Middle East Christmas 1941." Inside, photo of lake and boats. Printed with "Season's Greetings," handwritten message included..2) "WIshing you a Merry Christmas & a Bright & Happy New Year 1941, from John to Addie."cards, xmas, 2nd agh -
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Container - STOCKING, 1940 - 43
Item received by John EDWARDS VX3857 2nd AIF. Refer Cat No 536 for his service details and Miss McLURE.Christmas stocking made from a Hessian bag. The bag is edged with red, white and blue wool threads. "AIF" is stitched in large large letters same colours. A large red, white and blue possibly silk letter "V" is also stitched in. A piece of white cloth is stitched on with address details hand written. "VX3857 L/Cpl J Edwards Gaurd Coy 2nd Aus Gen Hospital AIF Abroad". "from A McLure 40 York St Prahran Vic".handcrafts- sewing, manchester, fabric/trimming, xmas -
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Souvenir - CUSHION COVER, Tibbett, W. J, estimated 1917 - 18
Item possibly made by by William James Tibbett No 978 1st AIF while convalescing in hospital. Refer 488P for his service history also 490.2.Black silk embroidered with a vine with two bunches of grapes and a yellow, brown, blue and orange butterfly, (unfinished).cushion covers, silk, embroidery -
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Photograph - WW1 PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED, c.1915-1918
George DANIEL had 2 years previous military experience prior to enlisting in the AIF as a Cpl No 367 in C Sqd 8th LH Regt on 16.8.1915 age 26 years. Embark for Egypt 25.2.1915, embark for Gallipoli 16.5.1915, promoted to Sgt 10.7.1915, hospital with Influenza 28.7.1915, rejoin unit 16.8.1915, promoted to QM Sgt 26.12.1915, hospital 1.12.1916 (unclear), rejoin unit 6.12.1916, transfer to 3rd LH Regt 2.7.1917, transfer back to 8th LH Regt 12 10.1917, WIA 11.12.1917 GSW’s to Back and right leg, embark for Australia 15.2.1918, hospital re his wounds 2.4.1918, discharged Medically unfit 12.9.1918. Scarsdale is a small town near Ballarat where the family came from.Rectangular sepia photograph of Light Horse SCARSDALE with 2 Arab handlers. Wooden frame, glass front & brown mount.Light Horse SCARSDALE, the mount in Egypt of QUARTER MASTER SERGEANT GEORGE DANIEL Regt No 367. 8th Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Light Horse Brigade 1915-1918. SCARSDALE was killed in action near Jerusalem mid 1918. photography, scarsdale, light horse ww1, framing