Italian lightweight mortar, 45 mm, WWII era. Tail fin shaped, red colour head in round with pull ring at nose, black colour.1 9 ARMERIA GNUTTI 3 LUMEZZANE 8weapon, mortar, italian

.1) British pattern, enamel water bottle. WWI - WWII it has brown leather carrier & strap. A cork is attached to a spring. .2) Carrier assembly.containers - military, military history - equipment

Benjamin Thomas Roy Chadd No's 10594, VX20311, 1st, 1st and 2nd AIF. Refer 2039 for service history also 2034P. Cotton covered brown cardboard Army book No 153. Contains numerous pencil entries of an officers orders & plans during Middle East campaigns WWII.Inside cover has signature of BTR Chadddocuments - notebooks, military history-army

Includedin the collection of Bill Bakker ex RNEIAAFLetter from Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Air to M.D. Frecker. Re: awarded medals during services with the Armed Forces during WWII 1939/45a22.14

Replica set of war time service medals issued to Allan. E. Howe VX61675 for service with 2/21 Infantry Battalion A.I.FReplica set court mounted WWII war medals. Australian Service Medal; 1939-45 War medal; Pacific Star and 1939-45 star ww2, world war 2, court mounted medals, medal ribbon

Photograph of the ANZAC DAY March in Melbourne, Swanston Street, 25 April 2017. Taken before the step off of the Headquarters 3rd Division corner of Flinders Street and Swanston Street outside Young and Jackson pub. Includes Tim McClure holding banner (son of William McClure, WWII), and World War II veterans visible in wheelchairs Ray Scales (left) and Alec McClure (right). Veterans are surrounded by family members.A photograph of the 2017 ANZAC Day March, including World War II veterans marching. It represents and shows a tradition and an important cultural event.Colour digital photograph of 2017 ANZAC Day March, Melbourne. 3.5 MB JPEG file, unknown DPIanzac, anzac day, ww2, wwii, world war 2, world war ii, headquarters third division, march

1. This story of 2 Australian Survey Company is not intended to be an official history or even a complete unofficial history, but it is a very warm human document that will be read with interest by all members of the Royal Australian Survey Corps. The history is written by Lieutenant Colonel H.P.G. Clews and the foreward was written by Colonel D. Macdonald Director of Military Survey 23 Sep 1966. Clews is renowned for his work surveying for the construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme. A scan of the complete booklet is available on the RASvy website. 3. Photograph of Survey Corps officers in the early days for WWII. Left to right, TA Vance (Director of Survey Corps), TP Keig, OGF Ward and HPG Clews..1 Cream coloured A5 booklet with Australian Survey Corps colour patch, 48 pages black and white photos and diagrams, folded pages and stapled. .2 Synopsis, (Index) containing "The buildup and operation of the Company", "The break-up of the Company" and Appendices. 2 Australian Field Survey Company .3 A group of Australian Survey Corps Officers in the early days of WWII. Left to Right TA Vance (Director), TP Keig, OGF Ward and HPG Clewsroyal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr

VX 27898 Corporal Thomas John Morris Thomas (Tom Thomas) donated several items to Cranbourne RSL. He served in the Australian Corp Signals in WWII both in Australia and overseas. He was born at Womerah on 9/11/1906 and died at Koo Wee Rup 16/06/1984. He enlisted at Yarram on 1/7/1940 and was discharged at Royal Park on 9/3/1945.Bi-fold cardboard dinner menu from the H.T. Queen Mary dated Thursday, December 26 1940. On the front cover there is a colour illustrated drawing of a cruise liner, the "Aquitania" and in the bottom right corner, the Cunard White Star emblem. On the inside cover, there are inscribed in ink the names and service numbers of all who attended the dinner. On the main page, the dinner menu is printed in black.See images for details.aquitania, ht queen mary, cruiseliner

VX 27898 Corporal Thomas John Morris Thomas (Tom Thomas) donated several items to Cranbourne RSL. He served in the Australian Corp Signals in WWII both in Australia and overseas. He was born at Womerah on 9/11/1906 and died at Koo Wee Rup 16/06/1984. He enlisted at Yarram on 1/7/1940 and was discharged at Royal Park on 9/3/1945.Rectangular painted metal tin for holding emergency rations. Green paint with canvas tape along sides. Hinged lid. Silver inside.Lid: "MADE IN AUSTRALIA / EMERGENCY RATION / To be consumed only when no other rations of any kind are procurable. Consumption of this ration must be reported at first opportunity. / Instructions for use are printed INSIDE the lid. / KEEP PACK INTACT / D (ARROW) D" Inside lid: ' INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE / FRUIT RATION & MILK TABLETS: / To be consumed as found. / MEAT & VEG. RATION: / 1. May be eaten as packed / 2. A more palatable meal results by cooking in orheating with four times its bulk of boiling water. / 3. Moistened with water it can be fried as a Rissole without added fat."ration tin, emergency rations, rissole, fruit ration, veg ration, milk tablets

Compiled by Walter Hall Soft cover - Khaki green with yellow border photo of New Guinea refreshment post Subtitle " Red " Shield Services during WWII"Written on first page "Francis W Dean BEM."books, military history

BLACK AND WHITE Postcard of a Gallipoli grave. Written on back; Ike Dowsey, Died at Gap. Included with this photo are the records of his partipication in WWII. (numbered 4659.1-4659.11)photograph, landscape

This is the last of the series of books chronicling the achievements of the ships and personnel of the Royal Australian Navy in WWII. For the whole of the war the Navy was on the job all over the place all of the time. From the first to the last days of WWII RAN was represented, by ships and personnel in the battle for supremacy in t he battle for supremacy at sea. They took part in every rear-guard action in the days when the tide was against. They participated in the invasions of enemy territory that came with the resurgence of Allied strength right through to the final assaults on the Japanese home islands The last book of the series of which HMAS MK IV, servIng personnel of the RAN have recorded the achievements of their service in WWII HMAS Mk IV - The RAN's Fourth Book. Green front, back and spine hardcover.. Inside front and back cover is a green sepia aerials view illustration of Japanese islands with boats and aeroplane. Illustrations, poems, stories, photographs, prints, cartoons.Dedicated to all those past and present, who 'Fear God, Honour the Kingwwii, royal australian navy, triumph of sea power, amphibian, flying seaman, invasion of borneo, whaler's crew, converted ocean liners, wrans go to sea, balikpapan, frigates, new guinea, indonesia, south east oceania, bougainville, surrender of dutch borneo, world war 2

HewstonDouble page leaflet printed in black with illustration in purple / pink / green on front of sweet peas & label. Contains order of service for a Mother's Day Commemoration during WWII.Printed front cover top: “Mother's Day Service 13th General Hospital Chapel New Guinea” Bottom: “Mother's Day Greetings”documents - programmes, military history, chapel, mothers, new guinea

Refer also to Cat No 3551.3.Gordon TILL's personal service history as a Signaller in 1/8 Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment WWI & 1st Mobile Coy, Australian Forces WWII. 36 pages.document, service, both wars

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, as 20th Motor Regiment. In 1943 the regiment was deployed to Merauke, Dutch New Guinea. Upon return to Australia in 1945 it was redesignated 20th Pioneer Battalion and disbanded at the end of the war. 20th Light Horse was the only light horse unit to serve overseas in WWII.Folded Christmas Card made for 20th Motor Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles) while serving in Dutch New Guinea 1944.In manuscript on inside cover "From Ted / Mr & Mrs F Pearce"world war two, wwii, 20th, light horse, motor regiment, new guinea, merauke

Item in the collection of Arthur Thomas MANLY No 431130 RAAF. Refer Cat No 3710 for his service details.Title in red. Soft cover, 53 pages, illustrated. Booklet has photos, silhouettes & descriptions of WWII aircraft. Front cover has a coloured photo of an early model spitfire. booklet, aircraft identification

THOMAS Francis Neale No 7532 WWI, V362593 WWI NEALE Andrew Robert SMITH Henry No 2163 SMITH George WATERMAN Robert VX28384Plastic blue folder with inserts with records, letters, photos etc, all photostat copies relating to members of the families (listed in Historical Information below) who served in WWI & WWII.documents - biography, military history

Benjamin Thomas Roy Chadd No's 10594, VX20311, 1st and 2nd AIF. Refer 2039 for service history.B/W photo of 2 Officers at Boredaba Village WWII. Left: Lt Col Anderson. Right: Lt Col Chadd. Frame is a simple wooden type, black paint.photography-photographs, frame accessories, military

Nil2 X penny coins, 1 x 1948 and 1 x 1962, 1 x coin from the Perth Mint. Originally owned by Norman Taylor (WWII Veteran).Nil.

A card recording details for the Junior Legacy Honour Roll. The Roll kept details of Junior Legatees that served in World War II. This card records the personal details of Fred Blatchford, a Junior Legatee who joined the RAAF. He died at the age of 21 in an aircraft accident at Bairnsdale in 1943, having already fought in New Guinea and the South West Pacific. Frederick Edward Blatchford was the son of Legatee Claude Blatchford who wrote the book about the history of Melbourne Legacy which was published in 1932. Claude Blatchford died in 1933 which was when Fred became a Junior Legatee. The card is an example of the information kept about junior legatees that joined the services and which were finally collated into an Honour Roll that is on display at Legacy House. The whereabouts of other cards is not known.Commemorates the life of a Junior Legatee and his contribution to the RAAF’s involvement in WWII.Junior Legacy Honour Roll card, on cream card with black type and typing, faded dark blue ink handwriting, recording details of a Junior Legatee who died in WWII.Handwritten and typed information about the Junior Legatee Fred Blatchford.junior legatee, honour roll, fred blatchford

Item relates to Arthur Thomas MANLY No 431130 RAAF. Refer Cat 3710 for his service details.Hard cardboard, 2 ringed binder, brown. A coloured picture of a De Haviland Mosquito is adhered to the front cover . This is a scrap book with a large quantity of images of WWII aircraft, allied & enemy.raaf, images of ww2 aircraft.

Folded map fixed into yellow cardboard folder with black printing. Map covers battle areas late in WWII of Maginot Line & Siegfried Line from Metz, France to Karlsruhe, Germany.On cover in black print: “Second Edition. New War Map of the Western Front”map, seigfreid, maginot

Pair WWII dress gaiters, khaki canvas material with leather straps & brass buckles. .1) Leather reinforcements are brown smooth leather. .2) Leather reinforcements are black textured leatherInked by hand on 1.) “M (?) J Dunbar” & (?) “M Field”uniforms - army, passchendaele barracks trust, gaiters

WWII khaki slouch hat with khaki pugaree. Faded improvised navy blue and red colour patch on pugaree, opposite to upturned brim. Brass rising sun badge on upturned brim.uniforms-army, numismatics-badges-military, slouch hat

In the photo Frederick is in the back row, 5th from the right. Item re Frederick Gardner DAVEY DFC No 410533 RAAF. Refer Reg No 3536P for his service details.Black / white framed photo of a group of WWII RAAF personnel in uniform. Group is assembled in rows in front of a corrugated iron building. Frame has a metal stand. Photo is covered with clear plastic.Hand printed in white bottom left: SMITH STUDIO, BENALLAphotography, raaf,

One by pair of WWII 2/8th Infantry Battalion colour patches mounted on card, grey background felt, rectangle. Colour patches, of new appearance, are white over red felt material.The card has a typed list of 2/8th Battle Honours.colour patches, 2/8th bn, infantry, passchendaele barracks trust

Flag, Japanese WWII. Dirty white background with red circle in centre. Flag has names etc written on it. Flag has two corners reinforced for hanging, one has a piece of cord.flags-military, japanese, ww2

Book, soft white cover with black cloth binding over glued spine. On front are 3 black & white photos of Chinese Australians who served with Australian forces in WWII. 54 pages.On title page: To Bendigo RSL, President and Members with thanks for your support and very best wishes Diana Giese April 199books, military history, chinese