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Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Booklet WW1, AASC Training Depot UK
Coloured Christmas card dated 1917 from AASC Depot Salisbury contains photos inside and colour patches on backFrom Harold with best love (Harold Redmond Macoboy) -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph, Vincent Allen Photographer, A Company No 4 Section 3rd AASC Camp Bendigo
John Henry Charles Kirby VX30148 POB Creswick. P.O.W. captured Singapore Feb 1942. Fate: survived and RTA.Black & White group portrait mounted on cardboard backing. The backing piece has a few decorative lines around the borders, The title is above the portrait. Below the portrait are the names of the soldiers. there are 16 men in the photo. Centre row, 2nd from right is Pte. J.H. Kirby.ww2, aasc, pow -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Framed Photograph, C Section Petrol Co. 8th Div AASC
Black and White photograph WW2 - 4 soldiers in uniform. Signatures of personnel placed on mount around the photo.Soldiers signatures -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Photos - WW1, Australian soldiers
Thought to have been donated with Dog Tag, Discharge Paper and other items to H. R. Macoboy, AASC.3 black and white postcard size photos of Australian soldiers taken overseas in WW1. H. R. Macoboy AASC. -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Souvenirs WW2, Assorted collection of fragments and dog tags
Cardboard backing with meta and fabric souvenirs of War memorabilia. Dog tags on leather cord, rising sun, shoulder title, 8th Div AASC color patch, piece of zero, piece of kittyhawk, piece of Curtis dive bomberStaff Sergeant Keith G Ernst. NX137463 126 General Transport Company AASC -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW2, FRAMED, C.WW2
Black / white photo of uniformed members including head gear, of A Company, No 4 Section 3rd AASC Camp, Bendigo. Mounted with white border, gold metallic frame, without glass, cardboard backing with support & hanging hook at rear.Printed below photo: “Names of members in photo”photographs, framed, aasc, bendigo -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPHS WW2, c.1940 - 1945
.1) Black & white photo of a group of Officers in 1944. .2) Black & white photo of a large group of Soldiers mounted on hard, grey cardboard. .3) Black & white photo of a sporting group mounted on hard, grey cardboard. .4) Black & white photo of a sporting group mounted on hard, grey cardboard..1) At top: "LHQ AASC School No 4 Wing. No 2 AASC ADM OFFICERS COURSE 26 June - 21 July 1944" At bottom: "Names of Officers" .2) Handwritten in white on a board on front of Soldiers, "Puckapunyal 1940 No 2 Echelon 7th Div Supp Coln" .3) Handwritten bottom L: "H J Garrood Photo", Handwritten bottom "R: Frankston" .4) Handwritten bottom L: "H J Garrood Photo", Handwritten bottom "R: Frankston"photographs, aasc -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Badge - Wood 22 ASC
Display board with British War Medal and Victory medals of 10962 Private A J Wood 3rd Divisional Train and later 22nd Company Australian Army Service Corps (AASC), together with one ID disc and a Returned from Active Service badge, ribbon bar and colour patch.wood, service corps, world war one, wwi, aasc -
Bendigo Military Museum
Document - CERTIFICATE, FRAMED, D W Paterson Co Pty Ltd, 25.3.1919
Samuel Davies No 64187. Sam signed Attestation papers on 27.4.1918 age 19 years. The page is stamped at the top “passed Light Horse riding test, volunteered to serve in Eygpt”. Listed as joined on 10.6.1918 in 5th General Service Reinforcements, embarked for Eygpt 14.9.1918, disembarked 14.10.1918, allotted to A.A.S.C 30.10.1918, appointed Driver 1.12.1918, embark for Aust 29.8.1919, discharged from the AIF. A.A.S.C. “Australian Army Service Corp” Sam had 3 older brothers already serving overseas, all came home. On 15.10.1940 Sam signed Mobilization Attestation papers in the CMF No V6868 in 6th Auxillary Horse Transport Coy AASC. His service in the CMF finished on 19.8.1942 then transferred to the 2nd AIF 20.8.1942 No VX101248 until discharge on 12.11.1945Coloured certificate with Australian & Union Jack flags at the top with 2 servicemen in front. Golden wattle around border & a docked ship at the bottom. Tan wooden frame with glass front & white cardboard backing with wire hanging strap. Certificate mounted with a green border.Printed on certificate: BOROUGH OF CLUNES FOR LIBERTY ANZACS FOR JUSTICE Presented to Pte S Davies Dated 25.3.19 Signed by Mayor & Town Clerk Bottom R: Red seal aasc, aif, 2nd aif -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - LETTERS WW2, 2) 20.10.1940
Harold James Thomas Johnson TX3956 enlisted on 25.7.1940, aged 37. Served with the 7th Division Ammunition Supply Coy A.A.S.C as a driver. He was discharged om 30.11.1945 with the rank of L/Cpl. .1) Letter is to 'Dear Mrs Johnson". The contents of the note relate to the writer picking up the note which was thrown over the side of the Queen Mary and they picked it up form the water and later posted it on. .2) Note torn in half from "TX3956 B Section 7 DIV AMN COY 2nd AIF ABROAD" To "Mrs H. JOHNSON HOLLAND HOUSE WILMOT ST BURNIE TASMANIA, Husband on Queen Mary Everything okay, Love Harold". This is believed to be the note thrown overboard in .1). .3) The letter from H, Johnson is to "Brooks McGlashan & ?? PTY LTD", thanking them for parcels received VIA the Aust. Comforts Fund. Point .1) on the rear has three handwritten names in pencil: "TX3930, Thomas Charles Munn, 7th AFG Brighton" "TX3422, Pte. K.V. Smith 6th Rfts I.T.D Brighton" "30337 AC1 Sayer Group 37 - Ascot Vale" All three enlisted in 1940. Munn was discharged 23.6.1946 in 8 Div AASC Smith was discharged 12.11.1945 in 2/8 Fld Regt. Sayer was discharged 9.11.1945 in 7 AIRCRAFT Depot (RAAF) Refer to Cat. No. 4052.7P for photos. .1) Letter, pink paper, letterhead, "STANDARD SERVICE STATIONS" with drawing above, tyre at bottom, letter written in ink. .2) Letter, yellowed, ruled lines, map of Australia with Red Shield centre "The Salvation Army". Note written in pencil. Note has been torn from rest of page. .3) Letter, yellowed paper, hand written in ink from H. Johnson.letters, 7th, aasc -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Licence
Geoffrey R Fink volunteered for military service in early 1940. He served initially with 3rd Division A.A.S.C. but was discharged as being in a reserved occupation at the Aircraft Production Commission. He resigned from the Commission and joined the AIF on 28 July 1941 and was allotted to 2/8th Armoured Regiment. He served with the regiment in New Guinea and on return to Australia was transferred to No 41 Landing Craft Company serving out the war in the South Pacific. Geoffrey Fink died 14 March 2008 aged 86 at Wangaratta Victoria.Complements other objects in the collection relating to this WWII soldier. Military Motor vehicle Drivers licence No. 34060 29 - 1 - 41325862 Corporal Fink - Geoffrey Roland 3 Division AASCfink geoffrey r mr, 2/8th armoured regiment, 41 landing craft company -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW2, BENDIGO, c.1940
Black & white photo of a group of 16 Australian Soldiers, taken in Bendigo. Black print identifies company & troops. Mounted on heavy fawn coloured cardboard.In black print above photo: “A COMPANY - NO 4 SECTION 3rd AASC, CAMP, BENDIGO” In black print below photo:BACK ROW L-R: R J Smith, L C Polgaise, H Jobling, L G Gilliam, H C Jones, H H Major, R B Ennis CENTRE ROW L-R: S H Mounsey, H Hore, Cpl F G O'Leary, Sgt O R Hamilton, Cpl P J O'Leary, J Kirby, F L Jeffery FRONT ROW L-R: D J McPherson, W R Larke” On back: Bill LARKE Murphy St Bendigo joined the Army Training Camp at Racecourse Bendigo in June 1940. Started as 3rd Australian Army Supply Service Corp. Changed to 2/32 Training Battalion (a camp was opened at Showgrounds Bendigo but closed down later). 2/32 T Battalion became 2/22 Training Battalion, they marched out of Racecourse Bendigo to Puckapunyal and became 4th Anti Tank Regiment.photography, aasc, bendigo -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Bill Hermon in uniform with 4th Division, 2nd Field Ambulance AASC
B&W photo of 4th Division, 2nd Field Ambulance AASC troops in uniform for an official photo. Bill Hermon is 1st left, middle row. Dated 1939. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Tom Henling Wade et al, Prisoner of the Japanese From Changi to Tokyo, 1994
186 page cut edged paperback book with B&W photos, drawings and maps. Front cover has drawing of the inside of a POW hut with Japanese characters beneath. Top left has a large Japanese sun symbol, bottom right has B&W photo of a British officer"John W Toon OAM 8th Div AASC" "Donated by Bendigo YMCA"books- military history, internment - japan -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, The Blue Haze. POW's on the Burma Railway, 1996
JOHN W TOON OAM. VX30397, 4th Div AASC.Soft cover, illustrated, coloured print (blue, green, yellow with black and white print). Pages 344. Illustrated black and white photos.books, military history, pow's -
Bendigo Military Museum
Mixed media - NEWSPAPER CLIPS - CARDS, 1942 - 1945
Walter Forbes VX953 AASC 6th Div AIF. Refer 1101, 1103.44, 1106. Brown cardboard piece with the following pasted on. Colour postcard cartoon featuring a soldier on a camel . B&W Cartoon of a soldier on a motorbike. Newspaper clip re A.I.F Liberated P.O.W's from Germany, includes W.FORBES. Small B&W inset paper photo of W.FORBES. Newspaper clip re "Roy Rene" (Mo) who is impersonated by W.Forbes in the P.O.W Camp in Germany.documents - newspapers, military history - army, forbes, pow -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - CARD, PERSONAL EQUIPMENT, 1939 - 45
C.W Curnow, refer Cat No’s 1444, 1445.2.Members Personal Equipment Card A.A.F. F204 re VX100151 Clarence Wilfred Curnow. Brownish covers, inside are two photos of the soldier plus his record of service. Stamped across the top right hand corner "17 Aust Sup Depot Coy AASC Kingswood NSW"documents, record of service, army records, curnow -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH, Whitney Bros Electric Studio, C.1940
The photo is Douglas Niven Dean VX32652 2nd AIF, enlisted 15/7/1940, age 23 years, posted 7th Div A.A.S.Corp, served in siege of Tobruk, Middle East, New Guinea and Borneo, discharged on 7.12.1945. He was a member of the Bendigo Rats of Tobruk Association, served as secretary 1978 - 87 incl, Jnr V Pres 1992 - 95 and was a life Member of the Association.Postcard photo, portrait, B & W, shows a soldier in uniform, slouch hat, Rising sun collar badges, diamond shape colour patch showing on left arm, rear re post card has space for stamp, address and correspondence, faint makers stamp.On rear in blue ink, “Doug Dean”tobruk, 7th div, aasc, -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK SOLDIERS PAY, 6.11.39
Walter William Forbes VX953 AASC 6th Div AIF. POW. Refer 1101, 1102, 1106, 1103.44P.Soldiers Pay book No. 29435 re W. FORBES. Light canvas Covers, Brown colour, 9 pages. " VX953, FORBES, Walter William, 6th DIV A.I.F "pay books, military -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Gavan Daws, Prisoners of the Japanese - POWs of World War II in the Pacific, c.1994
Book, black hard cover with red cloth binding & red, white & black dust jacket. Front cover has background of a red circle with 7 lines radiating from the bottom. 462 pages.Written on title page: John W Toon OAM Ex POW 8th Div AASC Donated by: Bgo YMCAbooks, military history, prisoners -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - War History, Neil Leckie, Creswick's War Through the Eyes of Driver S. Gordon Spittle MM "The War Correspondent", 2019, 2019
Soft covered book of 242 pages. This book is a chronology of Gordon Spittle's war, what happens to him, where he goes and the people he meets. Spittle served with the 18 Company Australian Army Service Corps (AASC). Gift of Major Neil Leckie RFD (Ret'd)australian army service corps, s. gordon spittle, gordon spittle, world war one, ascot, allendale, william brazenor, harold joseph reid, james leslie sim, les sim, harry smerdon holmes, leslie john walter, jack nase, ray blight, john joseph nase, john raymond blight, frank thomas, baupaume, amiens, messines, somme, roy jackson, les vernon, violet spittle, leslie sim, harry holmes, violet holmes -
Bendigo Military Museum
photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED
Identity uncertain but suspect it is LT. Ian Robertson MacCLEAN (Jock) VX17358 enlisted 25.5.1940 Discharged 19.11.1945 2/6 Aust Div Sup Col AASCPhotograph of officer in frame. Wooden gold frame, brown cardboard border around photo. Officer has uniform and hat on. Written in ink on back “I.R. MacCLEAN (Jock) 2nd aif, officer -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Margaret Geddes, Blood, Sweat and Tears, 2004
ISBN 0670040844. Khaki buckram hardcover book with dust jacket. Dust jacket has title in red and black and white photo of soldiers. 503 pages with black and white photos."To Dad, John WH Toon OAM NSJ VX30397 8 Div AASC Petrol Coy. From Andrew & Denise Xmas 2004"books, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - 39 ER’S BADGE, Post 1945
The badge belonged to Walter FORBES, VX953 AASC 6th Div AIF. The membership badge was for those who signed up in the 2nd AIF in 1939. Refer 1101, 1103.44, 1105. Badge, metal "THIRTY NINERS ASSOC". The badge is circular with a wreath and crown at top. Centre is red, white and blue with "1939" in gold. Under is a boomerang with gold lettering re badge name. The rear has a lug and key ring.On rear "No 4247"numismatics - badges, metalcraft, 39er, forbes -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL, c.1939 - 1945
Sidney Charles ROUSE enlisted in the 2nd AIF on 5.12.1942 Regt No VX119373 age 28 years. He was discharged from the Army on 24.10.1945 with the rank of WO2 in the 2nd Aust Supply Reserve Depot AASC.The War Medal 1939 - 45 with ribbon attached.On front in Latin around outside edge: GEORGIVS VII GBR:OMN:REX ET INDIAE. IMP On back: 1939 - 1945 On outer edge: VX119373 S C ROUSEmedals, military, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Kurrah! : an Australian POW in Changi, Thailand & Japan, 1942-1945, 1991
Kuwah! details the experience of Bill Power a sapper with the 2.12th Field Company when thousands of Australians marched into two and a half years of captivity under the Japanese. Soft cover, cardboard, black and red print on front, back and spine. Sketch of POW person superimposed over a red and white flag on front cover. Black and white photograph of Bill Power in uniform on back cover. 146 pages cut plain. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps. Autobiography - diary. Front flyleaf - hand written black ink "Donated by Bgo YMCA". - blue ink "John W Toon OAM/ ex P.O.W./8th Div AASC"books, military history -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Badge
Owner of badge VX21286 AASC Leonard Ellis Ravenscroft. 137 General Transport Company. Rat of Tobruk Syria returned to Australia 1942 as a Sergeant. Discharged 1944 to help prepare make Nauru and Ocean Is in Pacific ready for re-occupation.Key ring with badge attached Ringwood Returned Services Club -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Bill Marks, The Fall of the Dice, c.1991
Book. dark blue soft cover with dark blue dust jacket. Front of dust jacket has3 small photos above the title & a larger photo below the title of a crowd of people beside a steam engine. 186 pages.Front page written in pen: Bill Toon (WA) & Donated by Bendigo YMCA Title page: John W Toon OAM Ex POW 8th Div AASCbooks, military, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Administrative record - DRIVERS LICENCE, c.1942
Licence issued to: Pte William Herbert GREENMAN VX126789. Enlisted in the 2nd AIF on 3.7.1943 age 19 years. At discharge from the Army on 19.10.1948 he was a Driver in No 53 Aust BIPOD PL AASC. Refer Reg No's 79, 82, 83, 84, 85.5, 86. Australian Army Driving Licence No 10782. Tan buckram stiff folding cover.Top centre: Australian Military Forces Left: Army No. VX126789 Left: Pte Centre: Name (in full): Greenman, William Herbert Right: Transferred to (unit): 2/167 Aust Gen Tpt Coy"documents - licences, military history - army, personal effects - identification -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW11
Clarence Wilfred Curnow enlisted initially as V12644 on 1.4.1941 then joined the AIF on 27.8.42 as VX100151 and served in 1st Aust Pack Transport Coy AASC. At discharge from the Army he was a L/Cpl on 24.10.45. He had 652 days in Australia and 638 days outside Australia.Medal set, brass plate mounted, set of (4) Re C.W.Curnow. 1. 1939-45 Star. 2. Pacific Star. 3. War Medal 1939-45. 4. Australian Service Medal."VX100151 C.W.Curnow"medal set, numismatics- medals - military