Black and white photo of an Australian Soldier in full uniform pasted onto yellow decorative backing board.passchendaele barracks trust, photograph, ww1, aust soldier

Smethurst Collection. Refer Cat 9897P for his service details.1. Group portrait of six Aust. soldiers. Three have no shirt on, man at rear left has Sgts stripes and one medal ribbon. 2. Black and white picture of two Aust. soldiers, holding clothes, in front of a large tent. 3. Black and white picture of three Aust. soldiers, two wearing hats. Left side man is shirtless. They are in front of an A frame tent. 4. Black and white picture of two Aust. soldiers. Both shirtless, both in long trousers. 5. Black and white picture of an Aust. soldier wearing shorts, sleeves rolled up holding hat in front of him. Bush in background. 6. Black and white portrait of a soldier with peaked cap and a young lady. Big power pole behind them. Lady is holding her hat.1. On rear of photo are Jim Pocknee, George Maxwell, Smokey Reade, Jack Garling, Bluey Thomas, Bob Kelly. New Guinea 1944. 3. Frank, Jack, Bill, Seymour 1939. 6. Marked on rear 6/- Paddy Mac, 3/- Joe Boys, 2/- Himself, 2/1 Arthur Merrigan. Wilbung. Tatt. It has a chemists stamp, Ivor W Ba.... 188A Hopkins St, Footscray.photographs, army, ww2, smethurst collection

Belonged to WO Michael P Greenwood. His military service with Aust Army; Served at Butterworth, Malaysia. Some peacekeeping. Probably some time in the Middle East. He was a qualified parachutist and held a Skill at Arms badge. He served approx 38 years in the Army.1. This is a brass octagonal shaped disc. It has a hole drilled on L & R side. On it is stamped: Aust - 320092 - Greenwood - R.C. - A.Pos. 2. This is a circular brass disc. Stamped on it is the same info as the first disc.aust army, soldier id's, wo m.p. greenwood

Items in the collection relating to Lt Col Jack Swatton Regt No 4905, refer Cat No 6719.2P for his extensive service records and RSL. .6 - No. 2813 James Albert Handley (right), 38th Bn. & No. 6132 Allan Ernest Driscoll (centre), 39th Bn. 1. B & W portrait of an Aust WW1 soldier with slouch hat. He is smiling. 2. B & W photo of 2 Aust soldiers in work clothes. Brick pier and iron gate behind them. 3. B & W photo of 2 Aust soldiers in work clothes. Photo of poorer quality. 4. B & W photo of 2 Aust soldiers casually dressed. A brick building and wooden door is behind them. One soldier is not wearing puttees. 5. Group portrait of 21 soldiers including one officer. They have musical instruments. 6. Snow covered cemetery photo. The wooden grave marker just to the right of centre is that of No. 2813 Pte Handley James Albert. He was KIA 18 July 1918. 7. Portrait of soldier looks like between wars or during WW2. Different shaped photo.1-6 Nil. 7. has '25' on back.passchendaele barracks trust, ww1, aif, photos

Aust soldiers going to South Vietnam were issued with this booklet Pocket size booklet. The cover is cardboards, jungle green colour. The printing is white. At the top of front cover is the Crest of Australia 72 pages- History of South Vietnam and culture. Enemy descriptions and drawings. Viet language. Ranks of US Army and SVN army. Maps Inside front cover.. Pte. P. J. PENNO 3790111 NUI DAT 67/68 Page 24 has a map of South Vietnam. A bird mark “x” has been placed on PHUOC TOY vietnam war, booklet

this is virtually a home made bookSoft cover folder Plastic spine A4 size Pace. Page 95 Illustrated with some Photos Pen + ink drawings Plus maps front cover has a silhouette of am Aust soldier on horse back,books, military history

On back: "Japanese surrender to Aust. Army Wewack 1945" written in grey lead.Black & White photo, rectangular shape, showing the Japanese Officers saluting Aust. Army Officers. A small wooden table with documents placed on it. 2 microphones, background has a large group of Aust. soldiers, three tent roofs can be seen.photograph, ww2, japanese surrender, png 1945

Photograph Horse drawnLimber and soldier. Aust. War Memorial Ref E1233photo, ww1, army

Refers to the service of G.F. Pierce DCM No 2839. Refer Cat No 4136P for his service details. This is the original photo which was copied and cropped for others in this collection. Part of the collection off William (Bill) Thomason, refer Cat No 4136P for more items.Photograph- is in an old wooden frame. The photo show three Aust soldiers, two standing, one sitting. Uniform- slough hats, shiny boots. The photo is surrounded with a red, white and blue ribbon, then surrounded with a sort of red ensign. The frame is wooden with a mixture of black paint and gold. The rear has two screw eyes and a small piece of brass wire. PIERCE. G. F. Is first on left.ww1, photographs

In WW1 the Australian Light Horse served from the Suez Canal right around through Palestine - Syria.1. Memorial Card. Black cardboard with gold printing. It is a religious article with images and prayers. In the top centre is an oval shaped hole with a B & W portrait of an Aust soldier. Slouch hat with side up. 2. Set of 31 B & W photos depicting scenes of light horse activity. Beaches - Middle East buildings - locals - repairing train lines - daily life - campsites - ships off shore etc.Thomas McGinty, Beloved son of Catherine Power. "Who gave his life for the Empire. At Gallipoli, Turkey, August 13 - 1915. Aged 33 years.ww1, middle east, light horse

These were obtained from the UK then worn by Royal Aust Corps Transport soldiers in Australia.This is a 6.3 cm wide cloth belt. Main colour is dark blue with 2 red and 2 white bands of colour. The belt buckle is a bright silver two piece arrangement. The round centre section of the buckle shows the Royal Corps of Transport Badge.passchendaele barracks trust collection, ract, rct, belt

Item is part of the BCOF Association collection. Refer Cat No 7625This is a large photo album. The front and rear covers are made from wood. The basic colour is dark brown. On the front cover is painted a picture of Mt. Fuji, a Japanese village, a bridge and a small building on land, a tree and an archway. Colours are white, gold, red and mauve. It also has a very fine layer of reflective material - possible pearl shell. Inside are a large quantity of Aust soldiers in Japan - postwar. There are tourist type photos as well. Tokyo - Kure - Iwakuni. There are coloured postcards amongst the photos. It also has numerous scenes of Japanese civilian life. There are a few unused pages at the end of the album.ww2, japan, bcof

All photos include George Ballinger, No. 828 Enlisted 8/3/1916, Age 24 in C Company 38th Battalion. 7670.1P includes Charles Barkell, No. 811, enlisted 29/2/1916, age 22 to same unit (top RHS), Walter Montieth No. 936 enlisted 14.3.1916, age 18, KIA 4/10/1917 (Bottom LHS). and Charles Christian Snell who enlisted as John Lewis No. 925, enlisted 11/3/1916, age 21.Various black and white/sepia photos of WW1 soldiers. 1. Landscape photo of 4 WW1 Aust. soldiers posed in two rows (Charles Barkell, Walter Montieth, George Ballinger, Charles Snell). 2. Portrait photo of George Ballinger & Charles Snell (seated). 3. Landscape photo of two soldiers (George Ballinger & unknown). 4. Posed photo of George Edward Ballinger in front of photo board. 5. Portrait photo of George Edward Ballinger. 6. Portrait photo of George Ballinger. 7. Portrait photo of George Ballinger with his image within an oval and an inscription below it.2. On back written "Snell (seated) & Ballinger” 3. On back written "Unknown & Ballinger” 4.- 6. “Ballinger”on back. 7. “Ballinger”on back & "My father George E. Ballinger", "Home studio, A. Power, Brunswick”38th battalion, ww1, photographs

Newspaper (Photocopy) Article dated 3/10/66. Photo showing soldiers unloading helicopter. Two soldiers (Aust & Vietnamese) talking. Radiomen relaxing outside of tent.Story and Photos by Sp4 B. Halton USA staff writernewspaper

Refer service of Pte BASIL DARBY SX9423 2/14 Bn.1. Pamphlet, 70th Anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin Commemorative Service, Sunday, 19 Feb 2012, Darwin Cenotaph. This is a single sheet of cardboard folded to make 4 pages. The image on the front is an Aust soldier in steel helmet, looking over from a ships rail at a column of smoke rising from the edge of the Harbour. 2. Pamphlet - frontline Australia Ball - 70th Anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin. This is 4 sheets of stiff paper - colour printing. It has images, messages from politicians, maps. 3. This is a single small strip of cardboard - useful as a bookmark. It is for the 70th Anniversary of Bombing of Darwin at frontline Australia. It is for a dance dated 18 Feb 2012. 4. Card. Invitation to the Ball from Chief Minister of NT to Mr Basil Darby and Guest. 70th Anniversary of Bombing. Dated - Sunday 19 Feb 2012darwin ww2, darwin 70th anniversary ball

Australia served alongside SVN forces plus other Allied nations 1962-1972. Before our soldiers left Aust they had specific jungle training.Programme- front cover cardboards with grainy image of a twin rotor helicopter, three helmeted US soldiers moving to left of picture. Machine gin barrel in the foreground. 3 pages, white paper of instructions, two pink pages of lessons and times. Four pages of wartime tasks in the field. Front cover in biro PTE P.J. PENNO 3790111vietnam war, svn

From front cover- "THE BATTLEFIELDS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR". "The Unseen Panoramas of the Western front".Box with hard cover book, dust cover and two CD's. 1. Cover - cardboard, with adhered buckram, red colour, white print on spine. Dust cover - paper, with red, black and white print, front, spine and back. Illustrated, black and white photographs. Front cover - "German prisoners and wounded Canadians crossing the battlefield, Passchendaele 1917". Back cover - "Canadian soldiers carrying trench mats. Passchendaele". 376 pages, cut plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white, sepia and colour photographs, maps and diagrams. 2. Box for book - Cardboard, duplicate of print and photographs as per dust cover. Box is open one end. 3. & 4. CD's. - two, plastic CD's in clear plastic storage envelopes adhered to back and paper cardboard cover.books, ww1, pictorial

This is a foolscap size sheet of paper. It is very thin. Printing in black ink, except for the Red Cross. The Red Cross Badge and committee names are top LHS. Heading at top, “Victorian Red Cross Fund for Australia's sick and wounded soldiers” The bottom has signature of Margaret E. Stanley, President of Vic Division of Aust Red Cross Society. no year is marked.ww2, sick and wounded soldiers fund, red cross fundraising

Items in the collection re Craig Triffett. Refer Cat No 5997.5. for his service details.This is a soldiers back pack with additions. It has the Australian Army Disruptive Pattern, Camouflage markings. it has an upper and lower internal components. On the upper external corners are two fixed pouches. Additions to the back pack are two large ammo pouches and a large water bottle (plastic) and it's carrier. The system uses plastic snap lock catches. The pack has extra bands of 55mm wide webbing, to mount extra items. Loose ends of straps have been rolled up and held with black pvc tape to suit the user.At top, bodyside, is phrase " Hol846".aust army, military backpack

Item in the collection re Craig Triffett. Refer Cat No. 5997.5 for his service details.This is a small locally made log book. It has 5 sheets of paper that are folded to make individual pages. It is fastened with two staples. Inside the front cover are the soldier's certificates of what ordnance he was cleared to destroy. The thin cardboard is same light brown as a manila folder.Written on front cover is, “Triffett CS 326845 DMEO Log”log book, unexploded ordnance

Table Tops Newsletter provided to soldiers in TARAKAN in 1945. Item in a collection re E.M. Collihole VX35201, refer Cat No 7235 for his service details. Newsletter No 74 Sunset edition - Paper yellowed colour with black and red print."IT'S ALL OVER" TARAKAN TABLE TOPS " JAPAN ACCEPTS ALLIED TERMS" OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTnewsletter, tarakan, table tops

This is Issue No. 73. Issued by Aust. Military Forces abroad.This is a single sheet of paper folded once to make four pages. It is printed in black ink, except for the Mast Head line. Top RHS it shows a Japanese Rising Sun flag, over printed with the phrase: - "Sun-set Edition". It has two images - one of world leaders and one of four AWAS sisters (from NSW). It covers war news from all over the world. Article about finding shipping to bring soldiers home. End of War parties are also mentioned.ww2, peace, end of war, newspaper

The circular disc is removed if a soldier becomes a fatality whilst the octagonal one remains with them. Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No.397661, Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record.Two black coloured metal rust resistant identity discs, one octagonal and one circular. Each is stamped with the owner's name, service number, religion and blood group. Each is joined with a green coloured cord.Stamped on each disc: “AUST, 397661, KJ HERDMAN, M, O POS”. identity disc, kevin john herdman

Stereograph photo of Australian Infantry Force in Training at Geelong Victoria AustSepia Stereoscopic paper photographs mounted on grey cardboard12.930 Australian Expeditionary Force Geelong Some of the Finest Soldiers in the World Ready for Anything, Anywhere The Rose Stereographs Copyright Melbourne Sydney Wellington & London

Letter dated 23/6/1941 from Chris McKinley VX46283. From 21st Aust Infantry Training Battalion, abroad in Middle East. Letter sent home to Miss L. Crozier. Letter is signed off by soldier's Officers and filled in on Salvation Army stationary specifically for Australian troops.1 & 2. Two page letter on Salvation Army stationary of approx A.4 size. Paper faded to a yellow colour. Folded into sixth size. 3. Envelope has address and stamp saying "Passed by Censor". Corners of the envelope ripped.Front marked "Air-Mail" and signature of Officer. Two pages off content and also signature of Officer. Both envelope and letters marked in imprint of "The Salvation Army" and red shield has stamp saying "Passed by Censor".middle east, 21st infantry training battalion., letter

.1) Black and white photograph on the front of postcard. 34 Soldiers in uniform drinking tea, informal group and laughing. .2) Black and white original photograph of column of soldiers marching in formation down a dirt road. .1) Written " Donated to SWIMM P. Swandale 2021" .2) as above and also written "Rob Wodell 1922"postcards, ww1, aust soldiers

Ref Cat 5825. Was used in cleaning items of Soldiers personal kit.This is a rectangular piece of soft cotton material - orange colour. It has red cotton stitching around the hem. Inside has signs of boot polish black.cleaning kit, vietnam war

'EXPLORING/ GALLIPOLI - / AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY BATTLEFIELD GUIDE"Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, blue, grey and black print on front, spine, back and front and back flaps of cover. Front and back illustrations - montage of grey with black and white photographs of soldiers and War Memorial. Back flap - illustrations in colour - maps. 136 pages, paper, cut, plain, semi gloss white, illustrated - colour and black and white photographs, diagrams, maps, illustrations.books, ww1, gallipoli, history

Refer to service of Harry Burrell "MM". See Cats 290, 297.2P, 298.4Black and white photo showing Australian soldiers marching .303 rifles at "slope arms" position. They have pattern 37 basic webbing. They have different standards of dress. All have slouch hats in brim down position. They are wearing boots, A. B. leather with ankle gaiters.On rear is = Camp site 17, Seymour support Coy. 1st Nat. Service intake time?.aust soldiers, seymour camp, national service

Coin commemorating Transvaal War 1900 for The First Australian Imperial Contingent.Small metal Commemorative coin, brown in colour, with a small hole drilled at the top to allow hanging.Side 1 - Impressed with "British Transvaal War" & Queen Victoria Profile. Side 2 - Impressed with "Success to 1st Aust Imperial Contingent" & picture of mounted soldier.transvaal war, boer war