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Lara RSL Sub Branch
Photographs, Bob Wilson, Framed Photos and Medals - McIntyre Family, 2016
These photographs and medals are of the McIntyre family. Three members of Lara's McIntyre family served during the First and Second World Wars, and two were members of the Lara RSL. John Lachlan McIntyre was born at Beeac, Victoria in December 1890. He enlisted in the 1st AIF in July 1915. John fought on the Western Front, taking part in the battles of Fromelles and the 2nd Battle of the Somme. He was severely wounded at Fromelles and spent 12 months in hospital in England before returning to the front. John returned home in 1919 and was granted a soldier settlement block in Lara in 1937. He was a founding member of Lara RSL and is its longest serving member. John died in 1990. Thomas Gordon McIntyre was born at Lara in 1901. Thomas, known as Gordon, was too young to enlist in the First World War with his brothers. At the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion. He fought in the Syrian Campaign, before being recalled to Australia to fight in the pacific campaign. Gordon was wounded in a battle against the Japanese in Java on the 19/02/1942, and taken prisoner. No record of him after this was ever discovered, and he is presumed to have been killed. Jim McIntyre was born in 1893, and grew up in Lara and Geelong. Jim enlisted in the 1st AIF in 1916, and served with the 14th Battalion through the war. He was wounded twice. Jim died in 1976. The McIntyre family were early pioneers in the Lara district, and the brothers were founding members of the Lara RSL. Their medals and photographs represent a significant link to the history of the town and sub-branch. Three photographs and three sets of medals in a pine wood frame with glass covering. Photographs are black and white portraits of soldiers in uniform mounted on cream card. The medals are mounted on black felt. T.G. McIntyre VX20754 - 35-45 Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and the Australian Service Medal 39-45. J.L. McIntyre 3591 - War Medal and Victory Medal J.W. McIntyre 7049 - War Medal and Victory Medal J.L. McIntyre REG. No. 3591 58th. BATT. 1st A.I.F Foundation Member Lara R.S.L 1890 - 1990 REG. NO. VX20754 T.G. MC INTYRE 2/2nd PIONEERS 2nd A.I.F 7049 J.W. McINTYRE 14th BTN. 1893-1975photograph, mcintyre, medals, wwi, wwii, world war 1, world war 2, aif, pioneers, lara, rsl -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, Book Club Associates, The Intelligence War, 1983
Penetrating the secret world of today's advanced technological conflictChief Author & Consultant: Colonel William V.Kennedyhard cover non-fiction book -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Craft - Framed Embroided Centrepiece, WW2 Embroidered Silk Centrepiece Souvenir, Estimated date 1941
World War Two souvenir.This framed World War Two souvenir is an embroidered silk centrepiece. On a pink background, fringed in yellow, appear two red hearts in the top left and right corners. Inside the hearts, in yellow, are the words - 'To My' - 'Sister'. Underneath, the words 'Souvenir of Palestine' are embroidered in a yellow arc, a rising sun in orange, a red, green and blue crown, and - 'Australian' - 'Commonwealth' - 'Military Forces' - in yellow and blue. At the botton there are two trees either side of two domed buildings, all in red, green and blue. 'Australian Commonwealth Military Forces'. '1941'. 'To my Sister'. 'Souvenir of Palestine'.embroidery, middle east, australia, military, commonwealth, 1941, souvenir, second world war, palestine -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Melbourne University Press, Sacred places: war memorials in the Australian landscape / K.S. Inglis, 2005_
An illustrated history of war memorials and monuments in Australia.522p., illus.war memorials, monuments -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Marilyn Smith, Greensborough War Memorial Park Treescape in 2014, 02/08/2014
This photograph shows War Memorial Park Greensborough. Digital copy of colour photograph.greensborough war memorial park -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
CD, Graves, German War Cemetery, 2008
A photographic collection of German War Cemetery graves.CD, black and gold text on white circle.. Plastic cover, clear front, black backgerman war graves cemetery -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photographs, German War Cemetery
German War Cemetery including plaque for Rohrmann -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Personal Records, Soldier Pay Book, First World War
Pay Book Of World War One Soldier of Samuel Warren Ellis Contains Pay details ( Earnings and Other Credits )period 1916 to 1917 Next of Kin, Medical and Training Courses Completed Khaki Booklet Length 154mm W106mmPay Book 278607 Surname Ellis Christian Names Samuel Warren Reg No 640 Unit Australian Imperial Force Rising Sun Badgesoldier's pay book world war one australian imperial forces lara rsl -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1999 c
Also second colour photographColour photograph of a marble plaque with names of people from the Swan Reach district who had served in the First World War 1914 - 1919. Plaque is set in substantial decorative wooden frame, set high on the wall of the original building. Swan Reach Victoriaschools -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - BELARDINELLI COLLECTION: SUPPLEMENT TO 'THE SUN' MY WAR
Newspaper: supplement to 'The Sun' . Written on front 'My War' Jack Cannon. More than 150 epic events of World War 2 'newspaper, sun news -pictorial, world war 2, world war 2, the sun, jack cannon -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - WWI Memorial, Port Melbourne, Ron Laing, 1990s
Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.One of three colour photographs of the two war memorials at the beach in Port Melbourne: World War I cenotaph, close-up on plaquewar - world war i, memorials, ron laing -
Kew RSL
Service medals
Awarded to Frank Sands for his WW1 service . Military Medal awarded for 'conspicuous gallantry' Mouquet Quarry France September 1916framed set of World War 1 medals comprising, Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
Medal, War Medal
John Alexander Young V82835 DOB 14.10.1899 LieutenantAustralian War Medal 1939-1945 The medal is cupro-nickel with the crowned effigy of King George VI on the obverse. The reverse has a lion standing on a double-headed dragon. The top of the reverse shows the dates 1939 and 1945. The stripes signify the dark blue of the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, red to represent the service of the Army and the light blue of the Air Force J.A. Young V82835 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Badge - Fundraising Button, French Red Cross, 1916-1919
Frances Rigg was a local business identity in Kew, at one stage managing the local branch of the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank at 175 High Street from c. 1920 until the 1940s. After Francis Rigg’s death, the collection of buttons and medallions was inherited by his son, Ken Rigg (1922-2014). The collection was subsequently donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2015 by Francis' grandson, Adrian Rigg, at the time of the Gallipoli & Beyond Commemoration in 2015. The collection covers a period of almost 40 years. The majority of the buttons are patriotic buttons, issued and sold during and immediately after the First World World War (1914-1918) to raise funds for national and overseas causes. The collection also includes a number of locally significant sporting event buttons and sporting club medallions, issued in the 1920s and 1930s.Patriotic and other pressed tin buttons and badges were produced in large numbers in the first decades of the twentieth century. By nature, insubstantial and ephemeral, they have not always survived. The collections of badges, buttons and medallions in the Kew Historical Society collection is homogenous and yet diverse, ranging from buttons sold to raise funds for the war efforts in 1914-18 and 1939-45, to those used at festivals and sporting events. Because of the manufacturing process, many surviving buttons and badges have been affected by inadequate storage, suffering from oxidisation and physical damage. These survivors are now historically and socially significant artefacts, revealing much about the attitudes and values of the period in which they were produced. Their widespread distribution means that they are frequently significant at a local, state, national and international level.World War I-era pressed tin fundraising button. The button features the French flag and a red cross over a starburst, against a gold background. Encircling the image is a white ring with the text ‘French Red Cross’ in blue."French Red Cross"first world war (1914-18) -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK - BIOGRAPHIES, Geoff ARNOTT/ Wedderburn Historical Records Museum, WAR VETERANS FROM WEDDERBURN AND DISTRICT, 2023
"War Veterans From Wedderburn and District". "Saluting Their Service".Hardcover book with dust cover. Cover - cardboard, with adhered gloss paper finish. White colour print on front, spine and back. Ilustrated in colour, front collection of photographs of memorial scenes, back portraits. Dust cover - paper, with duplicate print and illustrations as hardcover. Cover flaps - white print on green background. 412 pages, Cut, plain, semi gloss white paper. Illustrated in black and white. Photographs of portraits, medals and battle scenes. Front end paper - handwritten donation inscription.Front end paper - handwritten in black ink pen. "To Bendigo Military Museum/ Regards/ G. Arnott".books, biographies, military history, wedderburn -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, DIARIES 1942, Gabrielle Chan, War On Our Doorstep, 2003
War on our Doorstep. Diaries of Australians at the Frontline in 1942.Soft cardboard cover, black print on front & spine, black & white print on book. Background colour mid green & khaki colours. On front black & white photos of two soldiers sitting, behind them a group of soldiers standing. 316 pages, cut beige paper. Illustrated with black & white photos of battle scenes, portraits of soldiers & maps.books-military-history, diaries -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Marilyn Smith, Greensborough War Memorial Park Signage 2014, 02/08/2014
This photograph shows signage in War Memorial Park Greensborough. Digital copy of colour photograph.greensborough war memorial park -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Boer War Soldiers assembling at Stawell Railway Station
Boer War Soldiers assembling at Stawell Railway Station stawell war -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Tom War And Wife Daisy Lipp C1940, Malmsbury c1940
People - "Tom War, Daisy Lipp" Buildings - Garden -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph - Card Box Photographs, Unveiling the Boer War Statue, Ballarat 1906
Uniformed soldiers watch the unveiling of the Boer War Statue.boer war statue, buildings, persons, costume, commerical, public -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (Item) - War Cabinet Statement Relating to the CAC CA-15 'Kangaroo' Fighter, Statement to Accompany War Cabinet Agendum No 527/1942
Meant to accompany War Cabinet Agendum 527/1944 -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Booklet, Wadsworth & Company, Recollections of the War Hospital Keighley and its Auxiliaries 1916-19, circa 1920
Keighley War Hospital at Morton Banks was originally The Morton Banks Fever Hospital and after local funds were raised, extra wards were built to turn it into a War Hospital. It opened in time to take some of the first casualties from the Battle of the Somme in July 1916 and continued until the end of the war. The War Hospital Register archived at Keighley Library contains 13,214 names of servicemen who were treated there. It also contains the names of German prisoners of war who were being held locally and required treatment from time to time, notably from the influenza epidemic. Morton Banks had 746 beds. The book records the details of the hospital between 1916-19 including staff, hospital layout and departments, the Auxiliary Hospitals, Discipline, Recreation, Education, Comforts Committee and Affiliated Associations.Document of Military Hospital in Keighley, U.K. during WW1. Contains significant information on staff and different departments at the hospital.Carboard and paper booklet of 48 pages. The cover is beige with green border with black and red writing. Silverfish have eaten top right corner of cover.On front cover is publisher Wadsworth & Company, Russell Street, Keighley, (also known as Rydal Press) title and cost of Sixpence. Inside first blank page is written 'With kind regards from Willie To Jack'. 'Jack' refers to J.L.McIntyreworld war 1, ww1, military hospital, army hospital, keighley war hospital, morton banks, morton banks fever hospital, keighley -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, AIR FORCE, A Very Unusual Air War, From Dunkirk to the AFDU, 2013
From front cover: The Diary and Log Book of Test Pilot H Leonard Thorne 1940-45..1) Hard cardboard cover, blue coloured paper, gold print on spine. .2) Dust cover is blue, brown, white, black print on front, spine, back. Colour photo of an aircraft & pilot on front, back cover has colour photo of a Log Book. Pages - 254, cut, plain, white. Illustrated black & white photos & documents. Inscription front fly leaf handwritten in blue ink: “To a good friend & brother, Kevin Hogan Gill & Barry” To the Bendigo District RSL & Passchendaele Barracks Memorial Military Museum. Thank you for keeping the memory of our war heroes alive”book, test pilot, dunkirk -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - William Johnstone KNOX leaving for WWI, 1915
Bill did not return from the war. More information in "World War One - a history in 100 stories" by Bruce SCATES, Rebecca WHEATLEY and Laura JAMES.Three black and white photos Of William Johnstone KNOX (Bill) and family members there to see his departure with the 13th Field Artillery Brigade, World War I. .02 shows KNOX with family members and in background are Town Pier sheds .03 shows KNOX with car and in background Pier Hotel and morley's Coal Depot .04 shows KNOX and family and streetscape of Pier Hotel and rear of buildings on Bay Stpier hotel, morleys coal depot, built environment - commercial, war - world war i, piers and wharves - town pier, william johnstone (bill) knox -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Booklet, Keith Oliver, The Merchant Navy in WWII, 1997
Booklet, thin beige cardboard cover (x2). Front cover has a sketch of merchant navy vessel/s on the high seas, along with the insignias of the Merchant Navy Australia, Returned Services League and Battle of the Atlantic 50th Anniversary (BA93).non-fictionmerchant navy, ww2, keith oliver -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Personal Records, Soldier Pay Book, First World War
Pay Book Of World War One Soldier of Samuel Warren Ellis 1918 Contains Pay details ( Earnings and Other Credits )period 1917 to 1918 Next of Kin, Medical and Training Courses Completed Brown Booklet Length 154mm W106mmPay Book 278607 Surname Ellis Christian Names Samuel Warren Reg No 640 Unit Australian Imperial Force Rising Sun Badge -
Red Cliffs Military Museum
Satchell (leather), (estimated); World War 2
This item of meorabilia was made by J.G.Murphy while he was hospitalised in the Middle East during the 2nd World War. He later became President of the Red Cliffs RSL and a Life Member of the League for service rendered.Brown leather satchell,embossed with Australian flora and forna, front, back and under flap, there is a carry handle on the top. The front features two Kookaburra like birds, under the flap is a Kangaroo and butterfly and folliage on the back. The seams and handle are hand sewn with 2.5mm leather lacing, and there are press studs to hold the flap closed. There are two internal pockets, stitched with fine cotton thread and the stitching is only visable from the inside. satchell leather, embossed leather, native flora, native fauna, past rsl president, j g murphy, hand made leather work, middle east hospital craft, past presidents, life members, rsl, middle east -
Greensborough Historical Society
Work on paper - Folder of Documents, Ian Bryant, War Memorial Park Greensborough, 2011_
Folder of documents about War Memorial Park Greensborough including aerial photographs and title documents (collected by Ian Bryant) and other information on War Memorial Park bordered by McDowell Street, Ester Street, Henry Street and Vermont Parade Greensborough.Folder of documents - 2 ring binder and A4 printed pages in plastic pockets.greensborough war memorial park, public space, war memorials, ian bryant, parks banyule -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Ian Morris, War: What is good for? The role of conflict in civilisation from primates to robots, 2015
Ian Morris challenges the view that war is one of the greatest human evilsBibliography, index, notes, ill (b/w), maps, 393.p.non-fictionIan Morris challenges the view that war is one of the greatest human evilswar and civilization, military history -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Functional object - Sash, 1957-1958
Second Prize for the Egg Laying Competition, 1957-58. See 98.1025 for accompanying Certificate.Sash with gold fringes at each end and gold lettering inscribed: Governement of Victoria Burnley Egg Laying Competition, 1957-58 SECOND 6 Bird Team (White Leghorns) (48 Weeks) 1401 First Grade Eggs S. Hudson, Coburg. Governement of Victoria Burnley Egg Laying Competition, 1957-58 SECOND 6 Bird Team (White Leghorns) (48 Weeks) 1401 First Grade Eggs S. Hudson, Coburg.egg laying, competitions