John Thomas O'Bree MM. Served in WW1 and WW11. Refer Cat No 1334 for his service details and award of the “MM”.B&W copy of soldier John Thomas O'Bree MM for display purposes."Regt No 6865 John Thomas O'Bree"photography- photographs, o’bree, mm

John Thomas was born at Worcester, England in 1796 and he became a blacksmith at Hagley, Worcestershire before becoming a Methodist and he soon started to preach. He married Sarah Hartshorn who predeceased him in 1867. He was accepted by the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (WMMS) in 1824 and he became a pioneering missionary to Tonga (the Friendly Isles) in the South Pacific. He sailed first to Australia, and eventually arrived in Tonga in 1826, together with his wife and fellow missionary John Hutchinson.Initially he preached in Hihifo, Tongatapu from 1826 to 1828 and then moved to the island of Ha’apai in 1829. He baptised the chief Taufa’ahua Tupou in 1831 and enthroned him with English rites as the first King of all Tonga in 1845. Although the WMMS withdrew from Samoa in 1839, Thomas advocated its re-entry and he supported the King’s policy of sending Tongan Wesleyan missionaries to Fiji and Samoa. John Thomas also persuaded the Australasian Wesleyan Conference ( which took over the Pacific region from the British in 1855) to reverse the London Missionary Society’s decision regarding Samoa. John Thomas had 2 periods in Tonga from 1826 to 1850 and 1855 to 1859. Following a visit to England his influence with King Tupou waned in the 1850's and he retired to England and became a supernumerary minister at Stourbridge, Worcestershire, where he died in 1881. His wife Sarah had been a partner in his missionary work until she died 14 years earlier than he did. John Thomas’ name is honoured by having one of the 12 dormitory houses of Toupou College in the capitol of Tonga named after him. John Thomas House is House #1, and it is customary for the Head Prefect to reside in this dormitory. B & W engraving from a photograph of the Rev. John Thomas, formerly missionary in the Friendly IslandsRevd. John Thomas, Formerly Missionary in the Friendly Islands, Engraved by J. Cochran from a Photograph.rev. john thomas, methodist, tonga, friendly islands, wesleyan, missionary, wesleyan methodist missionary society

Pte David John THOMAS was KIA at the Battle of Long Tan. He served in D Coy 6RAR which was awarded the US Presidential Unit Citation for that Battle. Refer Cat No 1870.5 for more service details.Order of Service, 4 pages, folding, printed in purple re the funeral of Private David John THOMAS. Printed on front: 38712 Private David John Thomas 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Killed in Action PHUOC TUY PROVINCE SOUTH VIETNAM 18th August 1966funeral, programmes, 6 rar

F44-1 and F44-2 sepia print of the head and shoulders portrait of Rev. John Thomas, BA. On front: "REV. JOHN THOMAS, B.A., President of the Conference, 1914."rev john thomas ba methodist minister, president methodist conference 1914

Photocopy of pages 2, 3, 4, 6 to 10 of The Mining Record, Feb. 1862. Items mentioned are:- Epsom and Huntly Leads, Pottery Flat, & c, Parliamentary Intelligence, Deep Sinking On Quartz Reefs, The Comet Company (Formerly Cooper's Little Redan), Hustler's Reef Quartz Mining & Drainage Company, Sailors' Gully Quartz Mining Company, Star Reef, Sailor's Gully, Bendigo, Star Reef Quartz Mining Company's Claim, Wilson & Co's Claim, Murdoch and Co's Claim, Hollick and Co.'s Claim, Cook and Co.'s Claim, Coote and Co.'s Claim, Sailor's gully quartz Mining Company's Claim, Garden Gully Reef, Knobel & Co.'s Claim, Ladams and Co.'s Claim, Southern Cross Company, The Rainbow Company, Barry and Co.'s Claim, Union Company's Claim, Winterbottom and Co.s Claim, Jury and Co.'s Claim, Piles and Co.'s Claim, Steers and Co.'s Claim, Watson and Co.'s Claim, Coles and Co.'s Claim, James and Co.'s Claim, Morgan, Kirchner and Co.'s Claim, Boyd and Co.'s Claim, Shanks and Co.'s Claim, Day and Co.'s Claim, Brown and Co.'s Claim, St. Mungo Quartz Mining Company and the Nelson Reef Quartz Mining Company.document, gold, mining reports, mining record feb 1862, bell's life, wellington hotel, botanical gardens, mitchell gardens, bird-in-hand, independent co, ballarat co, perserverance co, north star co, all england co, macleod co, mather and co, gold washing co, bendigo valley co, robey and co, hobbs and co, taylor's, lewis and co, henwood and co, bullock and co, davey and co, webb and lathlean, the welshman's, bon accord, john thomas's, caledonian co, webster, hrdy bros, mcewen and co, the big engine co, epsom huntly and ironstone hill co, 'the thames' steamer, whitely and co, cambridge co, victoria co, dower m'intosh and co, thomas and davies, aurora co, brett's, thomas bros, mitchell brothers, ballarat co, north star co, all england co, mr b g davies, mr ramsay, dr evans, tarrangower times, mr humffray, clunes co, mr courtin, mr lawrence, port phillip and colonial gold mining co, mr bland, r brough smith, john s mcnair, john mathieson, mr r o smith, joseph millen, thomas kaye, john basset, william cook, james cousley, john hill, robert hollinger, thomas houston, george loudon, william manning, john matthews, john mcewen, thomas milligan, john moorhead, robert moorhead, david murdoch, andrew murdoch, joseph nevin, edward o'malley, wm newton paul, james reid, samuel robinson, jesse selwood, james shand, william woods, catherine united claimholders, star reef co, sailor's gully co, churchill davidson, wm wilson, john jervis, james patterson, john carmont, george m'naughten, alexander wiseman, james houston, m'lennan, clark, thomas hollick, james alfred bowles, john lampert, francis palmetser, nichols, little pumping engine co, m'niely, morrison, waight, john coote, robert hamilton, william wilson, john jervis, southern cross co, ladam's claim, knobel, bird, philip ladams, james anderson, cordon, ashley, godwin, burkamp, john lomasney, james bryant, matthew langridge, benjamin exley, j r finlayson, wormold, mccartney, schrade, schumacher, george barry, james patten, peter speares, thomas caley, shadbolt, john lomasney, peat, kenely, mcgenely, egan, exwell, james winterbottom, john winterbottom, william jury, jonathan laidman, john pile, simon howard, peter morris, bignall, charles robison, ferguson, thomas steers, adolphe witts, albert berchdolt, richard urand, thomas watson, klemm, boyd, abbot, peterson, taylor, henry day, walter wallan, brown, grennan, day, young, mr beckwith, joseph thomson, nelson reef quartz mining co

This Book of Common Prayer, with Psalms, was part of the original furnishings of St Nicholas Seamen's Church, Williamstown, Victoria. The church was operated by the Missions to Seamen organisation. It was dedicated to John Thomas and Rev A Gurney Goldsmith. It is one of 48 similar books. THE MISSIONS TO SEAMEN (Brief History: for more, see our Reg. No. 611, Set of Pews) The Missions to Seamen was an Anglican charity that served seafarers of the world since 1856 in Great Britain. It 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 as a Sailors’ Church, also known as ‘Bethel’ or the ‘Floating Church’ in 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, so 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 book is significant historically 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 book is historically significant for its connection to the Ladies Lightkeepers’ Auxiliary, an organisation of women, formed to support seafarers. The connection of this book to the Mission to Seamen and to the Ladies Lightkeepers’ Auxiliary 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. Book, titled The Book of Common Prayer. It has a textured black leather cover with embossed lettering on the spine and an embossed gold cross on the front cover. The spine is decorated with horizontal ribs. The fly page has a printed red shield with animal figures in each quadrant and a cross in the shield's centre. The book was printed by Cambridge University Press. Inscriptions and the emblem of a large cross are inlaid in gold on the cover. The edges of the 591 pages are gold leaf. There is an inscription on the inside of the front cover. The book was dedicated to John Thomas and Rev A Gurney Goldsmith. The book is one of forty-eight similar books in the St Nicholas Seamen’s Church Collection.On the spine "COMMON PRAYER" "CAMBRIDGE" On the front cover Symbol [CROSS] Inside the front cover "John Thomas and Rev A Gurney Goldsmith"flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, religion, religious service, prayer book, the book of common prayer, cambridge university, john thomas, rev a gurney goldsmith, book 47

John (Jack) Poppleton was a long-time Albury resident. It seems likely the medals were mounted after his death in 1962 and donated to the 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection.Collection of medals of an Albury citizen who served in a mounted unit in both the Boer War and WWI.Circular frame containing medal group: Queen's South African Medal with clasps: Transvaal and South Africa 1902; and 1914-15 Star, British War medal and Victory Medal awarded to John Thomas Poppleton a resident of Albury NSW for service in Boer War 1899-1902 and WWI 1914-1918.. Frame is plastic mock timber. Engraved plastic panel fixed to glass cover. 50 Tpr John Poppleton 3rd Imp Bushmen/ 1261 Tpr John Thomas Poppleton 7th LH Regt AIF/ 1880-1962poppleton, medal, albury, boer war, wwi

The 'Memorial Plaque', colloquially often known as the 'Dead Man's Penny' or the 'Widows Penny', is a bronze memorial plaque issued after World War I to the next-of-kin of British Empire service personnel killed in the war. Around 1.35 million were produced. They were treasured by some as a tangible memorial, while others thought that they did not reflect the magnitude of the loss that so many families suffered. Such was the depth of feeling that many were returned. This one was issued to John Thomas Greenwood, who was born in 1898 in London, and emigrated to Australia in 1911, aged around thirteen. He was a resident of Williamstown before he enlisted on 8 June 1917, and was assigned firstly to the 58th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement, and then was reassigned to the 39th Battalion. He boarded the HMAT 'Port Melbourne' for England on 16 July 1917. John’s father William Greenwood also joined up, on the same day as William. After training John was sent ‘on strength’ to France where he joined the 39th Battalion on 23 February 1918. They were about to fight the German ‘Spring Offensive’, the Germany’s last attempt at victory. Unfortunately, two months later John became seriously ill and subsequently died of TB and meningitis on the 12 April 1918, at the age of 20. A WW1 British Empire bronze memorial medal or plaque mounted on a timber shield. It features in relief a large depiction of Britannia, holding a triton and flanked by two small dolphins, with a lion in the foreground. The name of the deceased is in a rectangle. On the lower portion of the plaque is a depiction of a lion cub attacking an eagle. "John Thomas Greenwood" Around edge: "He Died for Freedom and Honour" Edward Carter Preston - designer's initials in front of lion's front paw 'E.Cr.P.'world war i, memorial plaque

Items re J.T.O’Bree MM, WW1 and WW2. Refer Cat No 1334 for his service details and award of the Military Medal.(.1) Certificate of Discharge No 235392 of 6865 John Thomas O’Bree 22nd. Batt AIF. Light brownish cardboard, black print, details, name, rank Regt No, period of service, awards and physical description. (.2) Certificate of discharge No 157277 of V13666 John Thomas O’Bree MM, light yellow cardboard, black print and hand writing, covers same details as in point (.1)certificate, discharge, mm

Walk a Weigh Group breakup at Central Hotel showing Norma Thomas John Wood Bernice Wood and Isobel Cowan Lakes Entrance VictoriaBlack and white photograph taken at Walk a Weigh Group breakup at Central Hotel showing Norma Thomas John Wood Bernice Wood and Isobel Cowan Lakes Entrance Victoria people, celebrations, hotels, clubs

Handwritten letter from Jan Downman (nee Macauley). Typed biography of John Thomas Macauley, Manager/Curator of Poultry Testing Unit/Egg-laying Competition. Photocopies of photographs: (1) "John Thomas Macauley," as a child. (2) "J T Isobel Macauley." (3) "Picture appeared in 'The Weekly Times'." (4) "Macauley family c.1921." (5) "July 1942 3 generations" "J.T, Barry & W.E. (Bill) Macauley." (6) "c 1923." (7) "at Blackburn c.1946." Also Obituaries and a Memorandum for the Agricultural Superintendent from Mr. Jessep recommending that he continue to be employed after his retirement.jan downman (nee macauley, john thomas macauley, manager, curator, poultry testing unit, egg-laying competition, j t isobel macauley, barry macauley, w.e. (bill) macauley, obituaries

A short article about John Thomas Coventry and his service in World War 1. At the time of John Thomas Coventry's enlistment, he was living at Diamond Creek. He and his brothers are commemorated on the Greensborough State School Honor Board.1 Page, text and colour images.world war 1 project, john thomas coventry

Portrait John Thomas Sinclair Town Clerk 1881-1905stawell

Phillip Dresher (1823-1906), was born in Germany and emigrated to Ireland before coming to Australia in 1852. He was married to Margaret Cosgrove. After Phillip died his son John Thomas (1873-1919) took over the business. John Thomas was also a watchman for the fire brigade.black and white photograph. Part of commercial streetscape, Level shop front, upper residential. Dresher Watchmaker Jeweller, Globe Hotel, R. hand verandah, shop not identified. Two trees, paved footpath, bench seat, small child by Dresher window. Gas light outside bar, twin doors to bar,unknown - reprintorganization, business, dresher jeweller, globe hotel, re location: j. lerk, 26.11.1999 ' globe was in mitchell street near wills street' d. walker 5.11 1999 'suggest dresher, jeweller, bridge street, bendigo close to hibernia hotel.

Ron Carroll and his uncle Tom John Fitzgerald on the Fitzgerald Farm. Ronald Patrick Carroll (left) and Thomas John Fitzgerald at Moyne, Victoria.ron carroll, tom fitzgerald, moyne, cow, farm

John Thomas Farr was the son of James Edward Farr and Elizabeth Rankin. He died in September 1902,Portrait of J.T Farr, foundation member of the Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat. old colonists' association, ballarat, j.t. farr, medal, founders, john thomas farr

John Thomas O'Bree MM, Regt No 6865. Refer Cat No 1334 for his service details and award of the “MM”.Wooden board with two medallions. Medallions are gold coloured with a shield supported by a kangaroo and emu underneath a boomerang. On the shield is an infantryman and underneath is an arrangement of leaves. The medallion on the right is flipped around to show the inscription on the back.On rear of right medal: "Presented to Lce Cpl O'Bree from his Piangil Friends for services in →France← 1919"numismatics-medals-commemorative, piangil, obree

John Thomas (Tom) Partington with his wife Ruth Ellen (Nellie) nee Medbury and a child identified as Sylvia Ashley.Copy of black and white photograph. tom partington, nellie partington, sylvia ashley

Written by Dr Miles Lewis, a great grandson of the protagonist in this story, John Thomas Lewis, satiried by a contemporary as Don John of Balaclava. Hard covered book with dust cover. Cover has black and white picture of a couple ofrough huts with a couple of men working the mine. dr miles lewis, john thomas lewis, don john, balaclava mine

dressed in well worn suit, hat on head, Winifred with an apron over her dress and cardigan taken at back of family home next to KiaOra Guesthouse Lakes Entrance VictoriaBlack and white photograph of Winifred Hehir and her brother Thomas John Hehir genealogy, social history

Small oblong copper metal plaque with engraved text."TO THE GLORY OF GOD and in loving Remembrance of JOHN THOMAS LAWTON M.A. The First minister called by this Congregation The Cross and Windows in this Church were Erected by members and Friends and Dedicated on 19'10'1952 "I believe in a Christlike World I know of nothing better and Can be content with nothing less"".john thomas lawton, hartwell presbyterian church