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Waverley RSL Sub Branch
Book Australian Soldiers Pocket Book, Australian Soldiers Pocket Book
... book soldierd instruction... instruction Australian Soldiers Pocket book Red cloth covered hard ...Issued to A. Beale VX6078Typical of instructional booklets issued to all Australian service personnel Red cloth covered hard cover Australian Soldiers Pocket booklet Australian Soldiers Pocket bookbook soldierd instruction -
Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre
Book - RAAF Tutorial lessons, Instructional Course for Air Crew Reservists (Mathematics and Physics) Lessons 1 to 21, c 1940
Beige cover with blue fabric bindingnon-fictionmathematics and physics -
Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre
Memorabilia - Collection items from Howard Bertram's father f/s HNL Bertram 458 Squadron RAAF
... grampians pilots notes book general aircraft operating instructions ...Book, Pilots Notes General. Late Arrivals Club certificate (copy only). Goldfish Club certificate (copy only). 132 pagesPilots Notes General promulgated by order of the Air Council (British) for official usepilots notes, book, general aircraft operating instructions, certificate, goldfish club, late arrivals club, award -
Bendigo Military Museum
booklet - KNITTING BOOK, RED CROSS, Rusnin Press Pty Ltd
Booklet donated to the Red Cross Society for the people to knit items for the troops. Small booklet, white paper cover, Cover has a plain Red Cross along the the title printed in black ink. 23 pages of knitting instructions written in black ink. Folded and bound with 2 staples. front cover “ AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY VICTORIAN DIVISION “Printed for and donated to the Australian Red Cross by Lincoln Mills (Australia) Lydred cross, booklet, knitting for the troops -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, MUSKETRY REGULATIONS PART ONE, 1909, His Majesty's Stationery Office/ Harrison & Sons, 1912
This is the UK 1909 version, Amendments to 1912.This is a pocket size book. The covers are red buckram. Inside are 312 pages of photos, drawings and instructions on how to shoot the .303 Mk III and Mk IV Rifles.passchendaele barracks trust, cat 73r, ww1, aif -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLET, MUSKETRY, Angus & Robertson Ltd, Military Publisher, 1914
The book was compiled by Lieut R. Stupart for Officer's, NCO's and Pte's.Pocket size book, Khaki cover, bound with 2 staples. Front cover printing is in black ink. Rear cover has adverts for other Military books. Inside are 53 pages of instructions on shooting a rifle. Targets, Adjustments in aiming, Scoring. The booklet is fastened with two staples.Page 31 - Target, written in pencil - score 3-2-3-4-3 Total 15. Page 35 - Target written in pencil - score 2-4-3-4-4 Total 17 Page 36 - Target written in pencil - score 4-4-4-4-3 Total 19.passchendaele barracks trust, 52 7382t, shooting, weapon handling -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOK, SOLDIERS PAY, SUFFOLK REGIMENT UK 1901, British Army, 1901
Page 4 has handwritten description of soldier and enlistment details - George Goulding. Enlisted at St. Georges Barracks, London. County of Middlesex. 31 December 1897, age 18 yrs, 10 mths. He joined Suffolk Regiment for 7 years. He was born in Whitechapel, London. Height 5'5-1/2 ", Dark hair, tattoo on left forearm. He served in various places abroad. Malta, Dolpa, Sth Africa, Southampton.This is a small booklet titled "The Small Book" British Army form B.50. The soldier's name is George Goulding No. 4886. The Regiment is Suffolk. In the centre of the cover are the instructions for use, beneath that is the crest of Great Britain. The rear cover is khaki coloured buckram. Inside are 24 pages. These have Goulding's description - Navy regulations and details of Goulding's Service.british suffolk regiment, south african war, boer war, soldier -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOKS, RECORD of SERVICE & DEMOBILISATION, Aust Govt
1. Record of Service book gives details on Serviceman on enlistment, description and instructions to soldiers. 2. Demobilisation Procedure book outlining details of demobilisation issued to each soldier upon demob. Refer No.5687 for details on NX94268 Roy Taylor.1. Brown cover booklet with 40 internal pages in green, containing details of enlistment, physical description, education and health details and personnel records. 2. Brown cover booklet with 31 pages inside, white paper containing information relating to discharge - stapled.1. On front "NX94268", "Gnr", "Taylor R.H." . 2. On front - name and address of Roy Hilton Taylor.record of service, demobilisations, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Manual - SERVICE MANUAL FOR MK 3 International Truck, I. H. Service, 23 Mar 1964
The truck was made by International Harvester Company of Australia Pty Ltd. The works were at Dandenong, Geelong and Port Melbourne.This book has a soft cardboard cover in a brown colour. Printing is in white and black ink. It has brown buckram binding. It has 19 sections to do with the truck. It has numerous part drawings and flow charts. It has black and white photos of truck parts. It has instructions on how to repair, set and adjust parts. it has electrical drawings for truck wiring. Under the front cover are 3 rusty metal loose leaf binders.passchendaele barracks trust collection, trucks mk3, international harvester -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOKS, RECORD of SERVICE & DEMOBILISATION
Two versions of Record of Service books with second version revised Aug 1944. Contains info on pay, leave, vaccinations, enlistment details, physical description for SGT E. G. DRISCOLL VX113437. The third book - demobilisation Procedure Book containing details of demobilisation 4/7/46 From 1st Aust. Cinema Unit.Three stapled booklets with brown covers and white pages. 1. Record of Service Book 1 - writing on covers very faded ( unreadable) and Red ink stains on back. Contains 11 pages of instruction and data (Page 1-22). 2. Record of Service Book 2 - In better condition but tape or sticker on front has caused some damage. Some of the data from Book 1 copied across and some not. Contains 20 pages inside. No 1- 40. 3. Demobilisation Procedure book - cover has name, rank, Unit and date of demob. Inside has data related to demob with 12 pages inside.1. Record of Service - Name, on cover and some indecipherable writing on front and back. 2. Record of Service - Name & No. on cover - Revised version Aug 1944. 3. Demob. Procedure Book - Personal data on cover and details inside.service book, demobilisation book, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Manual - Symbolisation All Series (Symbas), Specification for maps produced by the Royal Australian Survey Corps, C 1988
Symbas provides the specification (rules) for the collection and compilation of topographic data; the basic instructions for colour preparation and reproduction of topographical detail on maps produced by RASvyPlastic cover, book, beige, 7 chapters, metal clip bindingroyal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr, symbas, specification -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - MUSIC BOOK
... instructions. Book MUSIC BOOK ...Music book incomplete, pages 5-25 music sheets, pages 26-27 Buglers duty. Pages 28-30 counter marching and tattoo instructions.Handwritten in black pencil "Gordon James".book, music sheets -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet, Victorian State War Council et al, The Repatriation of the Soldier, c 1914 - 1925
This book appears to be post WW1, due to the trades shown, pay rates, and mention of 1917 once.This book has 104 pages of instructions, pay rates and charts. Front cover is a maroonish clour - cardboard. It's printing is in black ink. It has a stylised rectangular frame within which is the title subjects.trades, occupations, rehabilitation -
Bendigo Military Museum
Administrative record - OCCUPATION SURVEY 1945, C. June 1945
The card is for use in being able to obtain ration books from the Ration Book Issuing Centre. It is issued under the National Security (General) RegulationsAdministrative Occupation Survey form, light card, khaki colour, all print in black type front and rear, designed for civilians aged 14 years and over on June first 1945, front has spaces for individuals details, rear has instructions and details.occupation survey, national security, ration books -
Bendigo Military Museum
Pamphlet - RATION BOOK SUPPLEMENT, C.1941
Doug Dean collection, refer cat No 4575PRation book supplement, rectangular shape, off white colour, all print in black, hand writing in black pen, stamped in purple, 16 pages, pages have instructions and squares for two years use.Hand written, “HERRING William R, 1 Walton Way Mitcham”, “CNC7 37 1”, “RBI PP609997”. Stamped in purple, “MITCHAM 7 JUL 1941 L 61”rationing, supplements, mitcham -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Personal Records, Leave or Duty Ration Book, After First world War Ration 1919 issued in France
Ration Stamps issued to Soldiers or Sailors after first world war issued to Private James William McIntyre in France 14 BtnRation Stamps issued to Soldiers or Sailors after first world war issued to Private James William McIntyre in FranceCream Coloured Booklet, Paper and Cardboard, Contains Ration StampsLeave or Duty Ration Book Soldier Sailor Red Stamp Union of South Africa 1pd Private James William McIntyre 7049 14 Btn N 9 revised Instruction to Seller on Back Page Ration Stamps Bread, Meat, Tea,100 Grammes De Painleave duty ration book ration stamps france 14 btn -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - NOTE BOOK, 6.12.1941
Book contains notes for physical training. Property belonged to Howard Maxwell DAY VX31282, 2nd AIF. Refer Reg No 92.2 for service details also 87, 88, 90, 91.2.Light brown cardboard cover; name & illustration of knight in armour on horseback on front. Inside, lined pages with margins & handwritten notes. Australian Comforts Fund loose sheet inside.Handwritten top right: VX31282 L/Cpl H.M Day 3 Corps Section 1st Aust Ord Fld Park Front centre: Domrémy Bottom left: No 4760documents - notebooks, records, training instructions -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, CEMETERIES WW1, WHERE THE AUSTRALIANS REST, 1920
WHERE THE AUSTRALIANS REST - A description of many of the cemeteries overseas in which Australians including those whose names can never be known are buried. Prepared under instructions from the minister of state for defence. (Senator G.F. Pearce)Cover - soft cover, light cardboard, coloured purple. Black print on front cover, small laurel wreath, black print frame around title. Pages - 72 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated - black and white line drawings. Spine - stapled "Compliments" - label adhered to front flyleaf.booklet, cemeteries, rest -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Document - Letter, Ballarat Junior Technical School: Letters relating to equipment to establish a practice weather-observation station. 1952
... instructions weather code record book .1: Letterhead for H B Selby & Co ....1: Letter from H B Selby & Co Pty Ltd re the order for a Fortin Barameter. Asking for arrangement for Staff member to collect as it is very fragile. The glassware for the Regnault Vapour pressure Apparatus not previously sent has been forwarded. .2: Letter from the school to The Director Weather Bureau Melbourne. Outlines establishing a weather-observing station as part of general science. Mr McLachlin in Ballarat will guide the school as to method, procedure, records, etc List of equipment on loan - Stevenson Screen, maximum and minimum thermometers, wet and dry bulb thermometers, 8" rain gauge, cloud chart, instructions for reductions of barometer readings, weather code for transmission, record book. 2 Cream pages, typed .1: Letterhead for H B Selby & Co Pty Ltd - Black and red inks Signature of V T Parkinson, Managerballarat junior technical school, head master, l garner, h b selby, weather bureau, weather station, observations, fortin barameter, regnault vapour pressure apparatus, stevenson screen, maximum thermometer, minimum thermometer, bulb thermometers, rain gauge, instructions, weather code, record book -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Ledger, Ballarat School of Mines Minutes: 1909-1918, 1909-1918
The Ballarat School of Mines was the first School of Mines in Australia. It is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia.Hard coveredboob with leather spine and corners. The minites of the Ballarat School of Mines Council are handwrittten on the 25 March 1910 "... It was resolved that in the event of the Department of Forestry offering 250 pounds per annum for the instruction of their students at Creswick in Chemistry, Botany, Physics and Surveying that it be accepted ..." lined pages. 26 November 1909 "..It was decided to accept with thanks an offer of a flagpole and flag made by Mr W. Coltman through the student association. Mr Clegg to be consulted as to its erection. ..." 25 August 1916 "... A very cordial welcome was extended to Colonel Bolton, who was present for the first time since his return from Gallipoli. ... " 25 July 1910 "... A letter was received from the staff in reference to Mr Oddie's system of ventilation which he wishes introduced into the School. It was decided to postpone the matter for consideration when funds are available, ..." "... At Colonel Bolton's suggestion, it was decided to inform the Sectretary of the Returned Soldiers Association that applications from returned soldiers for free instruction at this School would be favorably considered, and that it would be in the best interests of the movement if applications for admission were received through the Association. ... that Councillors T. Hurley, R. Stephenson, Colonel Bolton and the Principals be appointed as a sub-committee with power to act, in dealing with application from Returned Soldiers. "ballarat school of mines, james bickett, richard t. vale, j.k. dunn, s.e. figgis, samuel figgis, j. lonie, r. maddern, j.y. mcdonald, w.h. middleton, d. mitchell, dr morrison, h.a. nevett, j. ssxton, dr scott, w.h. sewell, j. vikery, g.h. fitches, andrew anderson, g. buchanan, j. dunn, f. herman, j. mitchell, r. scott, r.e. williams, j.d. woolcott, j. pearse, james oddie, shackleton polarizer, forestry school, creswick, b. whittington, ida johnson, j. barber, j. foster, h. hall, w.j. humphries, s. flohm, signwriting, frank tate, colonel bolton, j.b. robinson, alexander peacock, h.h. smith, charles fenner, c.a. hoadley, a.w. steane, j.n. dunn, w.d. hill, c. fenner, g. fitches, r. pearse, a.o. stubbs, daniel walker, w. nixon, t. hurley, r. stephenson, a.e. cutter, w.h. flaey, j.w. gower, j.n. montgomery, ballarat school of mines museum, a.m. lilburne, d. maxwell, d. ronaldson, r.e. tunbridge, j. jolly, j.m. sutherland, frederick martell, w.j. hoare, j.j. brokenshire, r. cutter, g. remfry, j.e. molloy, .stewart bequest, h.b. herbert, j. kean, f. saunders, george swinburne, w.j. humphreys, j. stevens, william baragwanath, richard g. walker, j.f. wiles, w.j. parry, george vincent, m.hannah, repatriation, returned soldiers, william k. bolton, maurice copland, d.v. allen, r.f. barker, a.f. heseltine, r.w. richards, appointment of dick richards, j.f.w. sporn, p.g. brown, h. daykin -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Thames School of Mines Syllabus of Lectures and Instruction, 1895
... of Mines Syllabus of Lectures and Instruction Book ...The Thames School of Mines is in Thames, New Zealand.Printed sylabus for the Thames School of Mines, New Zealand. It includes a scale of charges.thames school of mines, schools of mines, new zealand, james park, f.b. allen, geology, metallurgy, ventilation, explosives, surveying, mineralogy, assaying, physics, astronomy -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - LEATHER POUCH & CONTENTS, Naval Aviation Training Division, c.WWII
Items relate to Clifford Alfred Cairncross, joined the RAAF on 4.6.1942 No 56931 age 28 years. At discharge on 16.4.1946 he held the rank of LAC in No 40 Operational Base unit..1) Map of ocean curents & surface winds west pacific area - on silk fabric (Nov - Apr). .2) Heliograph mirror & foresight, glass & metal with printed instructions on mirror back. .3) Cotton pouch to hold heliograph. .4) 1 Pair black leather large pilot's gloves .5) 1 Pair brown leather pilot's gloves .6) Aircraft recognition US Navy book .7) Brown leather document pouchdocuments - maps, costume accessories, glove accessories, communications - signals, containers, books - reference -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Book - Scrapbook, Ballarat School of MInes: Scrapbook of Newspaper Cuttings, Book 28, September 1986 to November 1986
Collection of newspaper articles related to Ballarat School Of Mines.They cover activities and advertisements for staff. The papers concerned are The Courier, Ballarat, The Australian, The Age over the period of 3 September 1986 to 20 November 1986.Book with yellow cover, front, spiral bound. teaching positions advertised, pre-employment courses, courses available, bruce muir agricultural challenge, students gain steel building licences at ballarat airport, barometer for smb students, community integration a challenge, career expo 86, smb course for community workers, apprentices honoredat town hall, head of geology philip day retires, patrick hope business head at bcae, filipinos discuss industry problems, south street society transfers theatre title to council, jim mckay fills lifelong ambition, trainees at smb in jobs, giving students choice, age no barrier to lois rowan, education help for disabled people, fuel misers ready for action, robert hill, stephen canny, darryn bauer, andrew claywoth, simon hawker, glen meadows, ross taylor, hairdressing apprentices lessa arnott and lois rowan, something old something new at sovereign hill, top potters' work at ballarat expo, gwyn hanssen-pigott, e j tippett smb's first patron, obituary for e j tippett, david davies picture to be auctioned, "the season of storm stress and toil", student teachers from the sultanate of brunei visit smb, ballarat girls' technical school class of 1959 reunion, instruction on computers at smb, $1.3m for new science and food services facility, ceramics instructor neville french, sheehan opens new motor school at smb, art student david noonan at exhibition, nerrina art exhibition opens, nerrina is group of ballarat women, geoff mainwaring guides group, what they need most is understanding -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOKS RAAF, C 1939 - 45
Items belonged to Edward Lane No 40676 RAAF. Refer 211P for his service history also 209.2, 210. Instruction books., RAAF, blue and light brown covers, cover printing in black, subjects are Morse code and mess guide lines.morse code, messes guide raaf -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Document, Certificate
Red Booklet with R.A.A.F Aircrew Proficency Certificate on front of book. Held by a red piece of string. Has the number A173 on the top right hand sideInside cover are the instructions for use of certificate. The certificate is missing -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Handbook, W C Penfold, Signalling Handbook for Australian Military Forces, 1915
Small pocket size training handbook which includes instruction on topics related to signalling used in the field by Australian Military Forces. The topics included are the morse system, the semaphore system, use and care of apparatus, helio, telescope, flags, message form, station routine, training and classification. This small book has a buff coloured cover in card quality paper and contains 95 printed pages. This book was published in 1915 by Angus & Robertson Ltd., 89-95 Castlereagh Street, Sydney.The book front cover is printed in black on a buff coloured card. See image for details.signal, signalling, morse code, morse, semaphore, helio, heliograph, telescope, flag, communications, communicate, alphabet -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Book, Pre-Discharge Information and Check List
A printed book produced by the Australian Army as a guide to service personnel leaving the Army. The handbook contains details of entitlements and instructions relating to applying for entitlements. The book also has a check list to assist users. The handbook is covered with a buff coloured cardboard cover. -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Manual - Book Binder, Vehicle Servicing Instructional Manual, 1950's
... Servicing Instructional Manual Manual Book Binder ...Foolscap size spring back binder containing driver servicing tasks for Churchill tank and general principles for A and B vehicles3/818 Sgt Dunne CCM, D & M Wing Puckapunyalchurchill tank, a & b vehicles, vehicle servicing -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Army History Unit, Australian Army Tactical & Instructional Pamphlets & Books - A Bibliography, 2017
This second edition charts the evolution of doctrine development in the Australian Army by detailing a list of instructional and tactical literature of the Army and its precursor pre-Federation Australian colonies. The bibliography demonstrates the range of subject areas that Army has addressed over its history, including such esoteric issues as censorship, the evolution of Signals training, accreditation of war correspondents & the management of enemy POW and repatriation of Australians taken POW.ISBN 978-0-9946046-8-2bibliography, tactical & instructional pamphlets & books, military education -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Surgical Kit, c. 1920's
This H.B Devin’s operating frame and abdominal retractor kit is named after its designer, Sir Hugh Berchmans Devine, 1878-1959, son of a Werribee district grazier in Victoria, Australia, surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. A text book diagram of H.B. Devine’s Abdominal Retractor shows the frame and retractors set up for a pelvic operation. The accompanying text reads “Devine’s retractor is so designed that there are no screws, yet the retractors and “mechanical hands” by a jamming action remain firmly on the frame in whatever position they are placed. This is accomplished by a system of inclined planes incorporated in the frame and in the single and double hooks, retractor blades and handles of the “mechanical hands”. Set comprises 3 “mechanical hands” 5 retractor blades. (Pg 72, The 1948 Catalogue of Surgical Instruments, published by Felton, Grimwade & Duerdins Pty Ltd of Melbourne). Devine became a general surgeon who later gained an international reputation for his for his contribution in the advancement of abdominal surgery. Devine was educated in Ballarat and later became an Honourable Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. During his career he became Senior Surgeon and Dean of the Medical School at St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne. He served in the Australian Army Medical Corps in WWI and developed techniques in gastro-intestinal surgery. He was instrumental in the foundation of the Australasian College of Surgeons in 1927, retiring from the council in 1948. A survey on needs for operating room equipment notes that “In the past some surgeons associated themselves with particular instrument makers… The Melbourne surgeon [Hugh Devine] had his special abdominal retractor made by a small firm in South Yarra…” Hugh Devine writes instructions for inserting the Operating Frame in his book “The Surgery of the Alimentary Tract”. He says “ … the author’s operating frame is inserted into the wound … for exposure of the stomach … and exploration of the abdomen” and adds a note that the frame is “obtainable from J. Ludbrooke & Son, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia”. He accompanies his text with a diagram of the frame set into the wound. This surgical kit 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 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 ) According to Berry, her mother Gladys made a lot of their clothes. She was very talented and did some lovely embroidery including lingerie for her trousseau and beautifully handmade baby clothes. Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . Its first station was 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 and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital (a 2 bed ward at the Nelson Street Practice) from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what previously once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr Tom and his brother had worked as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He had been 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 had 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. 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 is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. When Dr Angus took up practice in the Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan’s old premises he obtained their extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926. A large part of this collection is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. 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. and an ALDI sore is on the land that was once their tennis court). 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. (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 with the Australian Department of Defence as a Surgeon Captain during WWII 1942-45, 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. He had an interest in people and the community They 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”. [References: The 1948 Catalogue of Surgical Instruments; hospital supplies and guide to instruments for operatons, published by Felton, Grimwade & Duerdins Pty Ltd, 21 Alfred Place, Melbourne; Sir Hugh Berchmans Devine, Royal College of Surgeons, http://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/biogs/E004999b.htm; Equipment, What Surgeons Want in Operating Rooms, https://mpatkin.org/op_room_planning/what_surgeons_want.htm ]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, administration, household equipment and clothing 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. Surgical Kit containing operating frame and abdominal retractors, part of the W.R. Angus Collection. Kit cover is brown kid leather lined with navy cotton, 6 leather pockets inside and cotton flaps to close. Contains Sir Hugh Devine operating frame and abdominal retractors, stainless steel, made by J. Ludbrooke and Sons, Melbourne. Note with instruments "Sir Hugh Devine, surgeon at Royal Melbourne Hospital” c. 1920’sImpressed into instruments “J. LUDBROOKE AND SONS”, “PATENT 12990/28”, “83”, flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dr w r angus, dr ryan, surgical instrument, t.s.s. largs bay, warrnambool base hospital, nhill base hospital, mira hospital, flying doctor, medical treatment, medical history, surgical kit, j. ludbrooke and sons, operating frame, abdominal retractor set, abdominal surgery, alimentary surgery