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Greensborough Historical Society
Album - Photograph Album, Diamond Valley Community Hospital. Board members, Domestic Services, 1992_08
The Diamond Valley Community Hospital was established in 1942 in Grimshaw Street Greensborough. Due to financial circumstances, the hospital closed in 2000. This collection of photo albums is from the 1990s and was collected by staff. Photographs include staff, patients, buildings and functions held for the hospital. Photographs are not named. Albums may be accessed at the GHS Resource Centre. This volume is numbered 1.As the Diamond Valley Community Hospital is now closed, this collection of albums records some of the people involved. Photo album with grey cover. 10 pages, 29 photographs of varying sizes. Title typed and pasted on front cover.diamond valley community hospital, greensborough, dvch -
Greensborough Historical Society
Album - Photograph Album, Diamond Valley Community Hospital. 50th Anniversary of D.V.C.H, 18/08/1991
The Diamond Valley Community Hospital was established in 1942 in Grimshaw Street Greensborough. Due to financial circumstances, the hospital closed in 2000. This collection of photo albums is from the 1990s and was collected by staff. This album contains photographs of the 50th Anniversary celebrations at DVCH and includes the 'Gala Day' 18/8/91 and Staff 'High Tea' 15/8/91. The album includes programs, an invitation and list of acceptances. Photographs include staff and functions held for the hospital. Photographs are not named. Albums may be accessed at the GHS Resource Centre. This volume is numbered 4. As the Diamond Valley Community Hospital is now closed, this collection of albums records some of the people involved. It also shows the social aspect of a busy local hospital. Photo album with dark red cover. 31 pages, 138 photographs of varying sizes. Title handwritten and pasted on front cover. Inscription inside front cover: "Photos and Album by Marg Langtree." diamond valley community hospital, greensborough, 50th anniversary of dvch, gala day 1991, high tea 1991, dvch -
Greensborough Historical Society
Album - Photograph Album, Diamond Valley Community Hospital. Special functions involving DVCH medical staff. Vol 1 from May 1990, 29/05/1990
The Diamond Valley Community Hospital was established in 1942 in Grimshaw Street Greensborough. Due to financial circumstances, the hospital closed in 2000. This collection of photo albums is from the 1990s and was collected by staff. Photographs include staff, patients, buildings and functions held for the hospital. Photographs are not named. Albums may be accessed at the GHS Resource Centre. This volume is numbered 5. As the Diamond Valley Community Hospital is now closed, this collection of albums records some of the people involved. Photo album with red cover. 32 pages, 134 photographs of varying sizes. Title handwritten and pasted on front cover. Inscription inside front cover: "Photos and Album by Marg Langtree." diamond valley community hospital, greensborough, dvch -
Greensborough Historical Society
Album - Photograph Album, Diamond Valley Community Hospital. Midwifery/Nursery, 1990o
The Diamond Valley Community Hospital was established in 1942 in Grimshaw Street Greensborough. Due to financial circumstances, the hospital closed in 2000. This collection of photo albums is from the 1990s and was collected by staff. Photographs include staff and patients in midwifery and the nursery. Photographs are not named. Albums may be accessed at the GHS Resource Centre. This volume is numbered 3As the Diamond Valley Community Hospital is now closed, this collection of albums records some of the people involved. During its heyday most children from Greensborough and surrounding areas were born at Diamond Valley Community Hospital.Photo album with grey cover. 28 pages, 77 photographs of varying sizes. Title typed and pasted on front cover. diamond valley community hospital, greensborough, dvch -
Greensborough Historical Society
Album - Photograph Album, Diamond Valley Community Hospital. Surgical/Day surgery/ Theatre/CSSD, 1990o
The Diamond Valley Community Hospital was established in 1942 in Grimshaw Street Greensborough. Due to financial circumstances, the hospital closed in 2000. This collection of photo albums is from the 1990s and was collected by staff. Photographs include staff, patients, buildings and functions held for the hospital. Photographs are not named. Albums may be accessed at the GHS Resource Centre. This volume is numbered 2.As the Diamond Valley Community Hospital is now closed, this collection of albums records some of the people involved. Photo album with grey cover. 15 pages, 36 colour photographs of varying sizes. Title typed and pasted on front cover. diamond valley community hospital, greensborough, dvch -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Ceremonial object - Cross, Circa 1942
This cross or crucifix is part of the original furnishings of the St Nicholas Missions to Seamen's Church in Williamstown, Victoria. Mrs R J Ewart presented it to the church in 1942 to commemorate the lives of those lost at sea. On 29th May 1979, the cross was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime and Village by the Missions to Seamen Victoria, along with many other items from the St. Nicholas Mission to Seamen's Church. THE MISSIONS TO SEAMEN (Brief History): - The Missions to Seamen, an Anglican charity, has served seafarers of the world since 1856 in Great Britain. Its symbol is a Flying Angel, inspired by a Bible verse. Today, there are centres in over 200 ports worldwide where seamen of all backgrounds are offered a warm welcome and provided with a wide range of facilities. In Victoria, the organisation began in Williamstown in 1857. It was a Sailors’ Church, also known as ‘Bethel’ or the ‘Floating Church’. Its location was an old hulk floating in Hobson’s Bay, Port of Melbourne. It soon became part of the Missions to Seamen, Victoria. In the year 2000 the organisation, now named Mission to Seafarers, still operated locally in Melbourne, Portland, Geelong and Hastings. The Ladies’ Harbour Lights Guild was formed in 1906 to support the Missions to Seamen in Melbourne and other centres, such as Williamstown. Two of the most significant ladies of the Guild were founder Ethel Augusta Godfrey and foundation member Alice Sibthorpe Tracy (who established a branch of the Guild in Warrnambool in 1920). The Guild continued its work until the 1960s. In 1943, a former Williamstown bank was purchased for the Missions to Seaman Club. The chapel was named St Nicholas’ Seamen’s Church and was supported by the Ladies’ Harbour Lights Guild, the Williamstown Lightkeepers’ Auxiliary and the League of Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Friends. It ceased operation in 1966. A Missions to Seamen Chapel and Recreation Room was a significant feature of ports during the late 1800s and into the 1900s. It seemed appropriate for Flagstaff Hill to include such a representation within the new Maritime Village. Hence, the Melbourne Board of Management of Missions to Seamen Victoria gave its permission on 21st May 1979 for the entire furnishings of the Williamstown chapel to be transferred to Flagstaff Hill. The St Nicholas Seamen’s Church was officially opened on October 11, 1981 and closely resembles the Williamstown chapel. This brass cross is historically significant for its origin in the St. Nicholas Mission to Seamen's Church in Williamstown, established in 1857 to cater for the physical, social, and spiritual needs of seafarers. It originated in Bristol, England, when a Seamen's Mission was formed in 1837. The cross is historically significant for its connection to the Ladies Lightkeepers’ Auxiliary, an organisation of women formed to support seafarers. The connection highlights the strong community awareness of the life of people at sea, their dangers and hardships, and their need for physical, financial, spiritual and moral support. Polished brass altar cross on a round base with top and side branch ends shaped like three-leafed clovers. The Centre of the cross is a circular shape. An inscription is engraved in script on the base. Mrs R.J. Ewart presented the cross to the church in 1942 to commemorate those lost at sea. This is now part of the St Nicholas Seamen's Church Collection. "Presented by / Mrs. R.J. Ewart, / M.N. / In Memory of those lost at sea. / 1942"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, religion, church furnishings, mission to seamen victoria, cross, crucifix, r j ewart, st nicholas church williamstown, religious symbol, church furnishing, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, maritime village, religious service, religious worship, worship service, st nicholas seamen’s church, williamstown, missions to seamen victoria, mission to seafarers, st nicholas missions to seamen’s church williamstown, missions to seamen, st nicholas missions to seamen’s church flagstaff hill, 139 nelson place williamstown, anglican church, religious furnishing -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LISTS OF ITEMS AUCTIONED AT BENDIGO MINES
Typed copies of catalogues of items to be auctioned at the following mines: South Red, White and Blue 12th April 1938 Central Blue 28th October, 1941 at 11 a.m South Virginia Extended (found inside Central Blue catalogue) Big Blue 21st November, 1939 at 10.30 a.m Golden Transverse Bendigo 3rd September 1941Yandoit Co 19th April 1939 Chapman's Gold Mine Chewton 8th February 1939 Ross Creek Extended G.M. Coy 18th August 1938 Ross Creek Extended G.M.Coy Ross Creek Mines Account Mines Dept Pitfield Plains, Glenfine South Shaft Adelong Dredge and leases 10th February 1943 Bright Valley Dredge 9,10th February 1943 Exchequer Extended North Chewton 18th October, 1939 Talbot Alluvials Norbury's No. 2 shaft 5th May 1941 Gordon Gold Mine Inglewood 30th April 1940 Postg Office Hill Mine Chewton 7th February 1940 Carlisle & Whittaker Plant Buninyong Rand Yandoit Mine North Chewton 19th October 1939 Spring Gully Mine Chewton 14th Decembert 1938 Eureka Central Chewton 26th February 1941The Golod Mine Clunes 15th March 1941 Guildford Plateau 20th Novemer 1940 New Long Tunnel Walhalla 12th February 1941 Napoleon BML 28th October 1941 Alfords Battery Hercules No. 1 Mine 12th February 1942 Ramrod Gold Mine Bendigo 19th March 1942 Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields Limited 10th and 11th August 1938 Virginia South Extended 1st June 1938 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Timetable of first and last trams and buses also All-night and Sunday morning services", May 1943
titled "Timetable of first and last trams and buses also All-night and Sunday morning services", setting out services, fares, city concession fares, all-night fares, fare sections, and that strips of 2d and 3d tickets could be bought from conductors. Has a "advertisement" for shoppers travelling in comfort between 930 and 430, dinner and afternoon tea at the Wattle Park Chalet and Family excursion tickets to the Beaches and Wattle Park - 2/6. Signed S M Richardson Manager. See Reg Item 1751 for an April 1951 version, 8209 for March 1942, and 899 for a Jan 1946 version.Yields information about MMTB tram and bus servicesTimetable printed on off-white paper, folded into 9, Dated May 1943.mmtb, tramways, timetables, wattle park, all night services, fares -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper - Framed newspaper article, The Age, 15/1/2024
The Age newspaper dated Monday January 15, 2024, page 30 - Obituaries - Frank McGovern October1,1919-May 24,2023 WW2 great survivor lived to be 103 - In 1939 McGovern aged 19 enlisted in the RAN and served on HMAS Westralia for 18 months prior to being deployed to HMAS Perth. On February 28 1942, two weeks after the fall of Singapore and having survived the Battle of Java HMAS Perth together with USS Houston entered the Sunda Strait coming into contact with the Japanese invasion convoy. HMAS Perth was vastly outnumbered and with no ammunition remaining the order came to abandon ship. Frank survived the sinking but 347 sailors including his older brother, ultimately perished. Frank became a prisoner of war and put to work on the Burma Railway for 12 months prior to being transported along with over 1000 Australian and British prisoners aboard the Rakuyo Maru to Japan. On September 12 1944 Rakuyo Maru and another prisoner transport ship were struck by American torpedos. As a result 1559 POW’s perished of which 543 were Australian. For the second time Frank survived a torpedo attack only to become a prisoner of war. Frank was a prisoner of war for 3 1/2 years and in 2019 was awarded the Order of Australia for services to veterans and their families, HMAS Perth Association and HMAS Perth Prisoner of War Association.Black frame containing newspaper article with three imagesfrank mcgovern, ran, ww2, pow, hmas perth, battle of sunda strait -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Photograph, c1940
Image depicts a group of 3 soldiers who served with the 2/24 Battalion VX32810 William John McKILLOP DOB 23/11/1914 POW May 1941 Italy- 2/24 Battalion VX31847 George Cecil OLLEY DOB 14/7/1917 - 2/24 Battalion. The 2/24th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served during World War II .A unit of all-volunteers, it was formed in July 1940 from primarily Victorian volunteers and was known as "Wangaratta's Own" because of the time the battalion spent in the town during its formative period prior to deployment overseas. It served in North Africa in 1941–1942 as part of the 26th Brigade, which was assigned to the 7th Division, before being reassigned to the 9th Division. In early 1943, the battalion returned to Australia and later took part in campaigns against the Japanese in New Guinea in 1943–1944 and Borneo in 1945, before being disbanded in 1946. The 2/24th suffered the highest number of casualties of any 2nd AIF infantry battalion. The Unit was granted the Freedom of the City by the Rural City of Wangaratta in 1990 and one of the first, if not the first, to receive this type of honour.Original black and white photograph of 3 soldiers standing Handwritten on rear - Geo Olly centre, McKillop R & L, Frankston, 2/24 Btn2/24th battalion, wangaratta, george cecil olley, william john mckillop -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Financial record - INVOICE COLLECTION: Bendigo Preserving Co
The Bendigo Preserving Company Ltd. Garsed Street, Bendigo Manufacturers of jams, preserved fruits, sauces, tomato soup, canned tomatoes, pickles etc. 10934.24a The Bendigo Preserving Company Ltd. invoice to Morton's Store 26 Sep 1945 Grocery department Paper is thin, slightly see-through lower left corner is torn, seemingly from a book or larger page as indicated by the perforated edges. 10934.24b Messr. AC Morton Co. Barham 31 March 1939 In Account with the Bendigo Preserving Company Ltd. Fruit Statement purchase of tomatoes "Please let us know any amount you are out of pocket with on the first conveyance + we will adjust same." Paper is thin, slightly see-through lower portion of page is creased and folded, seemingly from a book or larger page as indicated by the perforated edges. 10934.24c Messrs. A. C. Morton & Co., Barham. 21 April 1939 Credit by Bendigo Preserving Co. Ltd. No. 690 Duplicate invoice only Paper is thicker. 10934.24d Invoice from Bendigo Preserving Company Ltd. to AC Morton. 23 October 1942 Paper is thin, slightly see-through torn, seemingly from a book or larger page as indicated by the perforated edges. 10934.24e Invoice to Morton's stores 18 Jun 1948 Paper is thin, slightly see-through torn, seemingly from a book or larger page as indicated by the perforated edges. rip in the top edge of the page. paid july. The following papers are pinned together. 10934.24f Credit settlements 1 May 1939 10934.24g Statement 29 April 1939 10934.24h Payment receipt 11 April 1939 10934.24i & 10934.24j payment receipts 12 April 1939 no new inscriptions or markings.the bendigo preserving company, marton's store bendigo -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - MOTHERS AND WIDOWS BADGE WW11, 1942
One star on the clasp means " One son K.I.A in WWII" This Mothers and Windows Badge was issued to Mrs M Baldwin, the mother of Pte Walter Robert Baldwin who died as a prisoner of war in Burma on the 27th of May 1943. He rests at the Thanbyuzayat Prisoner of War Cemetery, which is in what is now called Myanmar. This is a Death Railway related POW cemetery. Walter Baldwin was born in Mildura on the 12th of May 1921, and prior to enlisting lived at Iron Bark in Bendigo with his parents. He enlisted as No VX55835 in the 2nd AIF on 14.5.1941 in the 2/29th Batt aged 20 years. Embarked for Singapore on 30.7.1941 and disembarked 15.8.1941. He contracted Malaria in a December 1941. Taken POW early 1942 he is listed as died suffering from Cholera on 27.5.1943. “The 2/29th Infantry Battalion was formed at Bonegilla in Victoria in October 1940. It was part of the 8th Division's 27th Brigade, which was the last AIF infantry brigade raised for service during the Second World War.” Badge, metal, "for Australia." Circular section depicting a woman, wreath and an arm. suspended by two rings is a clasp with one star =. Rear has 2 lugs and a pin." issued by C'wlth govt A12229”numismatics - badges - military - army, mothers, widows -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Magazine, Indonesia Explains, 1962
Indonesia Explains was produced after an address by Mrs. Bahrowm Sjah on May 15 1962. This publication was sold for one shilling. in the address it is explaining Indonesian history - occupation by the Dutch for 350 years and Japanese occupation in March 1942.A nine page photocopy in black ink on faded paper. Many drawings on front page. Palms fronds; temple; bird image. Indonesia/Explainsbahrown, hand written, victorian peace council, oakley brian, bahroem sjah -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - SOLDIERS PHOTOGRAPH, WW2, c. 1940-45
"Terence Smethurst" enlisted in CMF on 6 April 1940. No. V83441. Aged 25 years and 6 months. Married to Patricia May O'Hanlon in 1940. The photo may be their wedding day. Transferred to AIF 28 Sep 1942 No. VX110528. Overseas service listed as; New Guinea 26 Oct 1942 - 18 Sept 1944 Discharged 18 Oct 1945 Rank Sgt. Unit 10th Aust. Advanced Ordnance Dept A.A.O.C. Black & White photo. The Sergeant is in winter uniform. No hat, pipe clayed belt and gaiters. The lady is wearing a below knee dark skirt with a light coloured blouse and dark jacket. She is wearing a flower corsage on her right collar. She is wearing a dark coloured hat with a flower or feather on the top.On rear= 196 Bastings St, Northcote. Terence A Smethurst. Patricia May Smethurst (nee O'Hanlon).photo, ww2, terence smethurst -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDALS WW2, Post 1945
Part of the Coates collection covering several members of the family involved in WW2. Medals regarding"Thomas Coates" VX18443, Enlisted 29 May 1940 in 2/2 Pioneers. Died 5 March 1942. Other items also refer to "Leonard John Clark Coates" V2791 and possibly brother "John Coates" VX18448.Four WW2 medals unmounted. 1. The 1939-45 Star. 2. Pacific Star. 3. Defence Medal. 4. War Medal 1939-45.1. On back, “VX18443 T. Coates” 2. On back, “VX18443 T. Coates” 3. 4. Both have the same on the rim as 1. & 2.2/2 pioneers, war medals, coates family 1 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Pamphlet - Army Headquarters Survey Regiment Tour Booklet 1964, Army Headquarters Survey Regiment, Circa 1964
It is believed that this booklet was produced for visitors to a Fortuna Villa Open Day in 1964. Contains historical photos of the Fortuna Villa Entrance Hall and Music Room. Army Occupied Fortuna from 1942 - 1996.Printed buff coloured photo of Australia on a 4 x page folded A5 booklet. Contains a black printed Survey Corps badge , Surveyor characture and Title "Army Survey Headquarters Survey Regiment" on the cover. The booklet contains other selected early photographs of Fortuna and a diagram of the layout of the grounds. Pages 3 and 4 contain photographs and descriptions of Field surveying from the period."Public Inspection at 'Fortuna' Bendigo 10th May 1964" Donation 2/- royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Postcard - Postcard of Prince Henry Hospital
This postcard is one in an album of mainly late 19th and early 20th century decorative and photographic postcards. This postcard is one of only three postcards in the album dating from the 1940s. It recalls Prince Henry Hospital in St Kilda Rd, Melbourne. Prince Henry's history dated from the 19th century. It was rebuilt on the St Kilda Rd. site and opened c1940. It ceased operations on that site c1991. The number on this card suggests this card may have been bought as part of a fund-raising 'raffle'.This postcard recalls a hospital building which has now disappeared from St. Kilda Rd.Black and white photographic postcard of Prince Henry Hospital 1942 On front, printed: '1942 Souvenir / PRINCE HENRY / HOSPITAL / 6d.' Also printed on extreme right-hand side: 'No. 44578' On back: Hand-written recipe with no title for something like a jam slice. postcard, photography, postcard album, 1940s, prince henry hospital, "green postcard album"