Showing 5 items
matching 60th division
-
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDALS, 1937 - 1941
... 60th Division... in Libya, destroyed in July 1942 near El Alamein. 60th Division ....1) 6oth Italian Infantry Division, formed in May 1937 in Libya, destroyed in July 1942 near El Alamein..1) Medal, roundish shape, metal with ribbon, green colour and yellow down both sides. .2) Medal, rectangular shape, metal with section of cloth attached. Both have raised depictions..1) “Divisioni Di Fanteria Sabratha (60)” on rear. .2) “fervent Rotae, fervent Animi, Gruppo vignola 1941 1X” on reverse.60th division, italian -
Bendigo Military Museum
Souvenir - TRENCH ART
Part of the Cooper Collection. "John Percy VERCOE", No. 2530, enlisted 18/5/16 in 5th Reinforcements, 60 BN. Aged 30 years. Embarked for England 25/9/1916, embarked for France 4/2/1917, WIA 26/4/1918. GSW to left eye, severe. Left eye excised England 30/4/1918. RTA 23/9/1918. Discharged from the AIF 4/1/1919. Passed away 30/12/1925. John received a Congratulatory card from MAJ.General J.H. Hobbs, K.C.B, V.D. Commanding 5th Aust. Division - for bravery and devotion to duty in dressing and carrying wounded to the Regt. Aid Post during a counter attack on Villers Brettoneux on the night of 24/25th April 1918.Brass map of Australia fashioned into a bracelet. Band is secured with a clip. Owners details engraved on the map.Engraved in the face of the map: 'No.2530, PTE J.P. VERCOE, 60TH BATT, AIF, 1916.cooper collection, trench art, john p. vercoe -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document (Item) - Article, The Eltham Roll of Honour: Second World War, 9 Aug 2020
... australian infantry brigade 1940 cup 3rd division 57th/60th bn best ...Information regarding the circumstances of the eleven men of the Shire of Eltham who died serving their country in the Second World War and for whom the Eltham War Memorial was dedicated. Their names are listed on the Eltham Roll of Honour in order of rank. The image portrayed shows the eleven men (left to right, top to bottom) by date of fatality: CASTLEDINE, George Ernest, Spr., VX10044 (KIA 18 Apr 1941, Greece) GAHAN, Studley Manston, Capt., VX48379 (KIA 17 May 1941, Tobruk, Libya) RUTTER, David, Flying Off., 833 (400833) (KIA 9 Dec 1941, Bir El Gubbi, Libya) CLERKE, Alfred Charles, Cpl., VX23112 (KIA 2 Feb 1942, Laha, Ambon Island) DUNLOP, Cuthbert Douglas, Sgt., VX15252 (KIA 22 Nov 1942, Gona, New Guinea) INGRAM, Lester Neil, Flt. Sgt., 410236 (DOD 22 Apr 1943, Longworth, England) McLEAN, Stanley, Flt. Sgt., 419844 (KIA 7 Oct 1944, Emmerich, Germany) FELDBAUER, Theodore, Sgt., VX51733 (DOD 27 Mar 1945, Borneo) RUTTER, Donald Hemphill, Flt. Lt., 410262 (KIA 5 Apr 1945, Varrelbusch, Germany) FIELD, Kevin Francis, Pte., VX144763 (KIA 28 Jun 1945, Bougainville, PNG) BUTHERWAY, Jack Herbert, Pte, VX37645 (DOD 8 Jul 1945, Borneo)eltham war memorial, roll of honour, second world war, eltham, eltham roll of honour, shire of eltham, 2/4 field workshop, 22 independent brigade group ordnance workshop, a.i.f., australian army ordnance corps, australian corps of electrical and mechanical engineers, changi, falkiner street, florence mary butherway, jack herbert butherway, prisoner of war (pow), ranau number 1 jungle camp, sandakan death march, singapore, thomas james butherway, vx37645, 2/2 field company, 6th division, abington, annie castledine, arthur frederick castledine, george ernest castledine, greece, jean simonson, lower plenty, old eltham road, royal australian engineers, vx10044 sapper g. e. castledine, 2/23 bn, derril, gahan house, main road, rats of tobruk, studley manston gahan, tobruk, vx48379, 3 squadron r.a.a.f., aboukir, alamein memorial, beulah alice (simpson) rutter, bir el gubbi, broken hill aero club, david rutter, egypt, hubert rutter, libya, yarra braes, 2/21 bn, 23rd australian infrantry brigade, 8th division, alfred charles clerke, ambon island, battle of ambon, bidgeland park estate, inga caroline (nicholls) clerke, inga mary nicholls, laha airfield, nora ann clerke, rose matilda clerke, vx23112, william charles clerke, 2/14 bn, 2/16 bn, 21st brigade, 7th division, cuthbert douglas dunlop, gona, gona war cemetery, henry street, janet dunlop, kokoda track, new guinea, palestine, papua new guinea, port moresby (bomana) war cemetery, reuben cuthbert dunlop, syria, vx15252, 10 operational training unit, 410236, ada (key) ingram, berkshire, bomber command, england, group no. 91, john ingram, lester neil ingram, longworth, n.1374, r.a.a.f., r.a.f., r.a.f. abington, research (vic.), whitley v bomber, 419844, 514 bomber squadron, emmerich, germany, gordon stanley mclean, ji-g2, kleve, lancaster lm735, lucy mclean, mount pleasant road, r.a.f. waterbeach, reichswald forest war cemetery, stanley mclean, 2/10 ordnance workshops, albert feldbauer, eltham cricket association, eltham girls club, frank street, henry feldbauer, jessie margarette feldbauer, june feldbauer, ken ingram, margaret (feldbauer) ingram, montmorency imperials, research cricket club, research state school, sandakan number 1 camp, sandakan number 2 camp, theodore albert feldbauer, valerie (feldbauer) waller, violet amelda (teagle) feldbauer, vx51733, 247 ‘china-british’ squadron, caithness, cloppenburg, donlad hemphill rutter, essen, gloucester, hanover war cemetery, hanover-limmer british military cemetery, holten-lochem, oldenburg, r.a.f. castletown, r.a.f. station lealing, stoppenburg, typhoon ib jp443, typhoon ib sw526, 15th australian infantry brigade, 1940 cup, 3rd division, 57th/60th bn, best and fairest, bougainville island, buin road, mary field, mayona road, mivo river, mobiai river, montmorency, vx144763, william field -
Bendigo Military Museum
Document - MOVEMENT ORDER, 26.10.1918
The movement order was issued to Frederick Arthur William Hutson No 3539. He enlisted in the 8th reinforcements 21st Batt AIF on 28.7.15 age 23 years 2 months. Embarked for Egypt 29.12.15, transfers to 60th Batt 26.2.16 then to 57th batt on 15.3 16, embark for France 17.6.16, promoted L/Cpl 20.9.16, hospital 31.10.16 with Bronchitis, return to duty 9.11.16, hospital 20.1.17 dental, return to duty following day, promoted to Cpl 1.6.18, discharged from the AIF 31.8.19. Note paper ruled vertically and horizontally with a brief note in ink to report to HQ 5th Australian Division. Stamped in red ink with date.57th Battalion AIF 26 Oct 18documents-military, movement order -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Newspaper - CAULFIELD RSL
This file contains five items of newspaper articles pertaining to the Caulfield RSL: 1/A pamphlet titled ‘A Chance to Honour – The Men Who Saved Australia’, date and parent organisation unspecified, advertising a presentation ceremony and film screening of Chris Masters’ documentary The Men Who Saved Australia to take place on 21/10/2005, to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII. Included are two sepia photographs of the 39th Victorian Battalion – the first of them travelling up the Kokoda Track and the second of them parading after being relieved by the 7th Division – and one colour photograph of Michael Danby MHR, Federal Member for Melbourne Ports, attending the 2005 Anzac Day service in Port Melbourne. 2/A clipping from the Caulfield/Glen Eira Leader (Titled ‘Conflict of war continues’, dated 09/11/2010, and authored by Jenny Ling) advertising the year’s Remembrance Day service to be held by the Caulfield RSL on 07/11/2010/ Special tribute is to be paid to service persons killed in Afghanistan. (There exists a discrepancy between the date offered for the article, which is written on the page to which the clipping is attached, rather than the clipping itself, and the date offered for the event, which is written in the clipping itself. The event is described as taking place before the publication of the publication of the article advertising it. Presumably, the date offered for the article, written on the page to which the clipping is attached, is erroneous). 3/A clipping from the Caulfield Leader (titled ‘Our True Anzac Spirit’, dated 19/04/2011, and authored by Jenny Ling) noting that the New Zealand national anthem is to be played alongside Advance Australia Fair at all RSLs across Victoria on Anzac Day following lobbying by the Caulfield branch. Included is a colour photograph of New Zealand sub-branch vice-president Danny Allen and president Sam Smith standing in front of the New Zealand flag. 4/A clipping from the Caulfield Leader (titled ‘Veteran’s Vivid Memory’, dated 08/11/2011, and authored by Jenny Ling, consisting of a short biography of WWII veteran Eric Sparks. Included is a colour photograph of Sparks. 5/A clipping from the Melbourne Weekly Bayside – Your Community Voice (titled ‘Sun Up and Two-Up’, dated 18/04/2012, author unspecified) noting a visit to the Caulfield RSL by WWII veteran John Supple and army reservist Kon Kesoglidis, and advertising a service to be held by the RSL on 25/04/2012. Included is a colour photograph of Supple and Kesoglidis outside the RSL.caulfield, caulfield returned servicemen league (rsl), exservice organisations, clubs and associations, returned servicepeople, armed forces, soldiers, aged people, senior citizens centres, st. george’s road, elsternwick, anzac day, memorial services, moore alan ‘kanga’, danby michael mhr, masters chris, ling jenny, sammon jason, larkin bob, gutnick dovid, remembrance day, blore jeff, mcbean jon, allen danny, smith sam, stewart mark, spark eric, spark eric ‘ned’, elder vin, supple john, kesoglidis kon