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Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, George Coop, Steam locomotive T-94 on display at Spencer Street Railway Station during the 1954 Victorian Railways Centenary Exhibition, Sep. 1954
... on display at the Australian Railway Historical Society Museum... on display at the Australian Railway Historical Society Museum ...Steam locomotive T-94 has been preserved and is currently on display at the Australian Railway Historical Society Museum at North Williamstown http://www.australiansteam.com/T%2094.htm "V.R. Cavalcade" Centenary 1854-1954 Exhibition (11-25 Sep 1954) presented a model railway occupying about 1,400 square feet in the Lower Town Hall featuring a number of model railway working scale models. The exhibition also included a display of rolling stock, track, electrical and other railway equipment held at Spencer Street Railway Station.Digital TIFF file Scan of Kopdak 620 black and white negative transparencygeorge coop collection, display, spencer street railway station, v.r. cavalcade, victorian railways centenary 1854-1954 exhibition, t-94, t-class steam locomotive -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, George Coop, Steam locomotive R-742 hauling a special train arriving at Beaufort Railway Station, c.1971
... Australian Railway Historical Society Museum... Collection Australian Railway Historical Society Museum Lake ...Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) Special Train at Beaufort Railway Station. It is presumed the special train carried rail enthusiats as a support visit for the Lake Goldsmith Steam Rally taking place in Baufort. Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford HP4 black and white negative transparency, c.1971george coop collection, australian railway historical society museum, lake goldsmith steam rally, r-742, r-class steam locomotive, steam rally -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, George Coop, Steam locomotive R-742 hauling a special train arriving at Beaufort Railway Station, c.1971
... Australian Railway Historical Society Museum... Collection Australian Railway Historical Society Museum Lake ...Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) Special Train at Beaufort Railway Station. It is presumed the special train carried rail enthusiats as a support visit for the Lake Goldsmith Steam Rally taking place in Baufort. Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford HP4 black and white negative transparency, c.1971george coop collection, australian railway historical society museum, lake goldsmith steam rally, r-742, r-class steam locomotive, steam rally -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, George Coop, Steam locomotive R-742 hauling a special train arriving at Beaufort Railway Station, c.1971
... Australian Railway Historical Society Museum... Collection Australian Railway Historical Society Museum Lake ...Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) Special Train at Beaufort Railway Station. It is presumed the special train carried rail enthusiats as a support visit for the Lake Goldsmith Steam Rally taking place in Baufort. Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford HP4 black and white negative transparency, c.1971george coop collection, australian railway historical society museum, lake goldsmith steam rally, r-742, r-class steam locomotive, steam rally -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, George Coop, A2 Class Steam locomotive, Newport Railway Workshops, c.Feb.1964
... Australian Railway Historical Society Museum... Railway Historical Society Museum and Steamrail Victoria... Railway Historical Society Museum and Steamrail Victoria A2 Class ...Newport Railway Workshops is now home to the Australian Railway Historical Society Museum and Steamrail VictoriaDigital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Ilford FP3 black and white transparencya2 class steam locomotive, australian railway historical society museum, film - ilford fp3, newport railway workshops, steamrail victoria -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, George Coop, Newport Railway Workshops, 31 August 1983, 1983
... Australian Railway Historical Society Museum, Newport... melbourne Australian Railway Historical Society Museum, Newport ...Digital TIFF file Scan of 9 x 13 cm black and white printaustralian railway historical society museum, newport railway workshops, steamrail victoria -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK - JAPANESE PRISON CAMPS WW2, Rohan D. RIVETT, "Behind Bamboo", 1947 (First published May 1946
"BEHIND BAMBOO" "An Inside Story of the Japanese Prison Camps" Author - ROHAN D. RIVETT "War Correspondent Prisoner of War, on the Burma-Siam Railway"Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard, light orange buckram with red and white print on front and spine. 400 pages - cut, plain, off white paper, illustrated - black and white and colour illustrations. Front end papers - owner's name, owner's stamp, book seller's label. Price notation.Front end papers - Owner's name - handwritten, black pen, "O.PELL / 7 VIOLET ST/ BGO" "M. PELL/ ORBOST" Owner's stamp - black ink "BENDIGO DISTRICT RSL SUB BRANCH INC/ PO BOX 42/ LONG GULLY 3550. Book seller's label - silver on black background A.J. DIGBY/ BOOKSELLER AND STAT (?)/ BAIRNSDALE" price notation - grey lead pencil "$10/ DMTY"books, military history, ww2, japanese prison camps -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, BIOGRAPHY, Aubrey JARROTT, "TWO WARS AND A FAMILY", 1997
Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3.SOFT COVER BOOK. Cover - cardboard, white colour print on front, red colour background. Illustrated - front, colour photograph of a vehicle on a flat top railway wagon. 134 pages - cut, plain, semi gloss, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs, maps and papers. Page 1. handwritten signature.Page 1 - handwritten in blue ink - signature "Aubrey Jarrott".books, military history, ww1, ww2, biography -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, BIOGRAPHY & NARRATIVE of a PHOTOGRAPHER, BOWDEN Tim, "The Changi Camera", 2012
"THE CHANGI CAMERA/ A UNIQUE RECORD OF CHANGI AND THE THAI-BURMA RAILWAY" A unique story of an Australian soldier - GEORGE ASPINALL - a keen photographer.Hard cover book with dust cover. Hardcover - cardboard, black buckram with gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, grey, red and gold print on front, spine, back and flaps. Illustrated sepia toned photographs. Front - Barracks with large crowd of troops. Back - Beach scene. 242 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated - collection of black and white photographs. End papers illustrated - black and white photographs.books, history, ww2, biography, photography -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, BIOGRAPHY & NARRATIVE of a POW. WW2, Peter REES and Sue LANGFORD, "A Week in September", 2021
Book - "A WEEK/ IN/ SEPTEMBER/ - A STORY OF ENDURING LOVE/ FROM THE BURMA RAILWAY."Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, white, gold and yellow print on front, spine and back. Illustrated in colour, sky and jungle in silhouette. 356 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated - black and white photographs. End papers - on back of front and back - illustrated, hand writing - in colour yellow.biography, ww2, history, books -
Bendigo Military MuseumDocument - LEAVE PASSES & TRAIN TICKET, RAAF, c1945
Refers to service of 51964 L.A.C. Hicks RAAF. Refer Cat No 1363.1. Handwritten permission to stand down for LAC Hicks 28/9/45 (written in pencil). 2. Victorian railway single ticket. Issued at Elmore. NR 2646 5/10/45. Melbourne to Mildura. 3. RAAF leave pass No 2 Op Trg Unit for 51964 LAC Hicks dated 24 Oct 1945. 4. RAAF leave pass for above, dated 7/11/45. permission to proceed to Elmore.leave passes, raaf, train ticket -
Bendigo Military MuseumPhotograph - PHOTOGRAPH, STEAM TRAIN, 1942-1945
see. Cat no 5445.2photograph- black and white, curved wooden trestle bridge, on the bridge is a steam loco pulling freight cars with humans sitting atop. The bridge is set in a jungle clad valley, down in The Valley are unused logs and poles. This is a copyRear of photograph- “THAILAND BURMA RLW BRIDGE MADE BY POWS” “ “I believe was between WAMPO and Kin SIA OK” 122309ww2, pow, burma railway -
Bendigo Military MuseumPhotograph - PHOTOGRAPH, WAMPO BRIDGE, C1943-1948
REFER TO CAT 5445.2Photograph black and white. River, jungle covered hills. In the centre of the photo is a rail trestle bridge set against the steep hillside. The trestle bridge is made from timber On the rear of the photograph in ink. - 122326 WAMPO BRIDGE THAILAND- BURMARAILWAYww2, pow, burma railway -
Bendigo Military MuseumPhotograph - PHOTOGRAPH, TAMARAN BRIDGE, British Air Force, C1943-1945
Refer Cat no. 5445.2Photo shows flat, uninhibited land. A river (low tide) snakes through the photo. In the centre is a trestle bridge crossing the river. A bomb ( water and smoke) blast is rising from the side of bridge Photograph rear in ink. “Tamaram bridge" being bombed. Bridge built by POWS. The span was never rebuilt. Trains stopping both sides and goods carried along foot of bridge, on a narrow bridge by POWs.ww2, pow, tamaran bridge, burma railway -
Bendigo Military MuseumClothing - LOIN CLOTH - POW
Loin cloth worn by Capt D.F.V. Hufer who was a P.O.W. on the Burma Railway during WW2. See Catalogue no. 2725 for medal details and his service record.Navy coloured cotton cloth with two cotton strings for tying around a person's waist. The item is displayed over green card under glass in a rectangular metal frame.On a rectangular white card inside the frame: 'Loin cloth worn by Capt D.F.V. Hufer Burma Railway WW2'prisoner of war, burma railway, world war two, capt d.f.v. hufer -
Bendigo Military MuseumDocument - RAILWAY TICKET, 20.4.1942
Train ticket re Albert Corrie VX47191, refer Cat No 4847 for service historyPalestine Train ticket, card grey colour, print in English and Arabic, hand written in pencil, Ticket “K54774”.In pencil, “Gaza 15020 - 20.4.42, AIF - reg No 71749, One 1 - 2nd class & seventeen 17, 3rd class Gaza to tel El Kibir” Pencil at bottom, “20.7.42 - 3 - 11 & 111 - Gaza Tel el Kibir”palestine, railways, tickets -
Bendigo Military MuseumAccessory - TICKETS, 1) 9.12.1944
.1) Ticket into the “Palace Theatre on a Wednesday. .2) rail ticket from “Spencer street to McLeod”. Alan Mason collection, refer 3979.2.1) Ticket, off white paper, print in black, stamped in purple,, hand written in blue pencil, ticket No 4172. .2) Ticket, Railway, card, reddish colour, 2nd class, all print in black & red, ticket No 02236, stamped on rear.>1) purple stamped, “9 Dec 1944”, in blue, “W 14”.tickets, rail, theatre -
Federation University Historical CollectionMagazine, Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine, 1939, 1939
Ballarat School of Mines was a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia. Soft covered magazine with blue, green, yellow and black cover. Images include: Original linocuts, Ballaraat School of Mines Students' Magazine Committee, Ballarat School of Mines Football Team, Ballarat School of Mines Athletic Team, Ballarat School of Mines Hockey Team, Ballarat School of Mines Basketball Team, Ballarat Junior Technical School Tennis Team, Ballarat Junior Technical School Football Team,max coward, ballarat school of mines students' magazine, m. linklater, j.j. hassell, a. helm, f. malseed, richard e. rowlands, museum, w.g. coates, charles mcnamara, frank ponsonby, railway workshops, g.t. myers, model mine, ballarat school of mines literary society, white flat, papua, junior red cross, free indergarten, berlin, chemist and astronomer, port pirrie smelters, ballarat junior technical school -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - DIARIES, c.WWI
The diaries belonged to Horace S. GIBSON, clerk with the Victorian Railways, Camberwell, No. 1817, 4th Div. Signal Coy. He enlisted on 6.7.1915 in the 12th reinforcements 1st Div Signal Coy. Embarked for Egypt 9.11.1915. Transferred to 4th Div Signal Coy 9.3.16. Embarked for France 2.6.1916. KIA Zonnebeke Belgium 23.9.1917. Horace Gibson was born in Bendigo. Diaries Volume 1 and Volume 2 are written in pen & ink, also contains sketches, names & addresses. Detailed account by day of the weather & what was eaten for each meal, as well as training, the war up to the morning he is killed in action.Inside cover of Volume 1: Horace Stanley Gibson, Clerk, Camberwell Victorian Railways Australia. Private address, c/o Mrs S E Gibson Barrell Street Eaglehawk, Victoria Australia. documents, diaries, personal notes, records, military history -
Bendigo Military MuseumSouvenir - NUT & THREAD, BURMA RAILWAY, c.1940 - 1943
This item was souvenired by Brian PATTEN on the Burma Railway when visiting as a tourist.Square steel nut with section of 3/4 inch dia bolt thread. Rusted.railway, souvenir, burma -
Bendigo Military MuseumWork on paper - DIARIES WW1, Pre WWI
Horace Stanley GIBSON No 1817 4th Div Sig Coy. KIA. Refer Reg No 34.2 for his service details & war diaries. These diaries were found under a house during a clean up..1) & .2) Both diaries relate to Horace Stanley GIBSON No 1817 AIF when he worked on the Vic Railways prior to the War. Entries are in pen & ink re details of work etc. diaries, gibson -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, NEW GUINEA, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Reconquest, Post 1946
Reconquest. An Official Record of the Australian Army's successes .... New Guinea 1943 - 1944. Not for public sale.Soft cover, lightweight cardboard, black / beige print front & back. Red / beige background, illustrated with small Rising Sun badge. 160 pages, cut, plain, beige. Illustrated black / white photos & maps.Front cover: “Reconquest New Guinea 1943 - 1944”book, new guinea -
Bendigo Military MuseumAccessory - TICKET
Holder was entitled to enter the platform but not board a train at Lincoln (UK) station. Cost of the ticket was 1d (1 penny). Item re Frederick Gardner DAVEY DFC No 410533 RAAF. Refer Reg No 3536P for his service details.Cream, cardboard railway platform ticket with red printing front / back. One edge has been clipped.railways, platform, england -
Bendigo Military MuseumFilm - PHOTOGRAPHS
The photos belonged to Alf MASHELL VX25221 POW. They were given to Alf by a mate in Alf's unit, Sergeant D T MOORE who was also a POW & worked on the railway. Refer Reg No 2485 for Alf MASKELL's service history.Photos, black / white, copies of originals. The photos are a mixture taken during the building of the Burma Railway, DR's at work on the railway, the surrender in Singapore & the search after the War.pow’s, military, burma railway -
Bendigo Military MuseumAdministrative record - LEAVE PASS, 29.7.1945
Item re Frederick Gardner DAVEY DFC No 410533 RAAF. Refer Reg No 3536P for his service details.Combination Leave Pass from 29.7.1945 - 6.9.1945 & First Class Railway Ticket available until 6.9.1945, for a trip from Melbourne to Bendigo, issued to Frederick Gardner DAVEY DFC No 410533 RAAF. Cream paper, black / orange print with space for personal details to be inserted on front. Instructions for use in black type on back.Stamped in blue on front: DISEM LEAVE NO 1 PERSONNEL DEPT RAAF RANSFORD VIC Handwritten in pencil: Details of leave & Railway Ticketleave pass, railway ticket, military -
Bendigo Military MuseumAccessory - TICKET, NSW Railways, 1942
The ticket is signed for use by Spr Mason A.W by the issuing Officer who appears to “DAWSON MAJOR”. Alan Mason VX 140967, refer Cat No 3979.2 for his service details.Railway Ticket NSW, cardboard, black printed, entries in black pen, double sided No 12243, large letter “30” on both sides, 2nd class.For Soldiers in uniform only, expires 31 December 1942, Military fortnightly ticket.tickets railways, military, alan walter mason -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, POW, Angus and Robertson LTD, Behind Bamboo, First edition 1946
The story of Japanese Prisoners of War by Rohan Rivett “War Correspondent, POW on the Burma Siam Railway”Hard cover, buckram, dark fawn colour, blue print on spine, red print symbol on front cover, 400 pages, plain off white, illustrated B & W, colour and maps.Front fly leaf, hand written in grey lead pencil, “8a A.E. Lockwood 12/6”. Front end paper bottom right, book shop label in blue print intelligible.books, military history, pow’s -
Bendigo Military MuseumEquipment - RAILWAY HARDWARE, c,1940 - 1944
All objects supposedly brought from somebody near the site of the Thai Burma Railway..1) Rusted metal bolt. .2) Rusted metal spike. .3) Rusted bent piece of metal with pointed ends.equipment, railway, burma -
Bendigo Military MuseumAdministrative record - RECORD - POW, c.1941 - 1943
Japanese Prisoner of War record for Sgt Ignacio EISMA, 1st Howitzer Battalion, Dutch East Indies Army. Sgt EISMA died 3.1943 at the Rin Tin POW Camp on the Thai Burma Railway. refer Cat No’s 3669P and 3670.Photo copy of a Japanese Prisoner of War record.record, administration, pow, japanese -
Bendigo Military MuseumPhotograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW2, c.1941 Possiible
Sgt Ignacio EISMA, 1st Howitzer Battalion, Dutch East Indies Army. Sgt EISMA died 3.1943 at the Rin Tin POW Camp on the Thai Burma Railway. Refer Cat No’s 3668 and 3670.Coloured photo, copy of original, of a man with a young baby on his knee.photograph, pow, dutch
