This file contains one item: A print out from the Australian Historic Records Register, date and researcher unknown, pertaining to six family or personal records of residents of the Caulfield area. These include: Biggs family records, Abraham Feiglin personal and professional records, Harry John Bell personal records, Watson, Hothouse and Poole family records, Robb and Kinnear family records, Bryan John Kelleher family and research records.biggs trevor leonard, biggs edna annie, bovill edna annie, world war 1939-1945 diaries and journals, armed forces, caulfield military hospital, bell harry john, photographs, military camps, robb elizabeth cathleen, red cross, voluntary workers, charitable organisations, world war 1914-1918, kelleher bryan john, holy cross parish school, ellington street, caulfield south, schools, caulfield hebrew congregation, feiglin abraham, annual reports, primary schools, orrong grove, caulfield, jewish communities, watson john boyd, labassa, watson flora katie, mansions, historic buildings

This file contains two items pertaining to the history of the Caulfield RSL: 1/A newspaper clipping (source unknown, undated) announcing the RSL’s intention to release a history on its 90th anniversary, and its request for residents of Caulfield to provide any information they might possess about former servicemen for purposes of compiling it. Included is a black-and-white photograph of five men and a young boy (unidentified, but referred to as ‘veterans and their families at a 1920s social afternoon’). 2/A pamphlet published by the Caulfield RSL (undated, although presumably published in 1979) announcing a toast, and containing a precis of the Club’s history from its foundation in 1919 to 1979caulfield, caulfield returned servicemen league (rsl), ex-service organisations, clubs and associations, returned service people, armed forces, caulfield returned sailors’ soldiers’ and airmen’s imperial league of australia (rssaila), elsternwick bowling club, caulfield city council, victorian amateur turf club, depression 1929-1939, world war 1939-1945, london bombing appeal, fags for fighters, parcels for britain, comfort funds, caulfield central returned servicemen league (rsl), hawthorn road, soldiers, aged people, senior citizens centres, st. george’s road, elsternwick, military history, hughes w. w. ‘billie’, world war 1914-1918, volunteer defence corps, rsl war comforts fund, hostels, holland george sir, home help, hall william brigadier sir

This file contains three items concerning Sir John Monash. 1/A two-page letter distributed at a rare book week event on the 22/07/2014 to the Glen Eira Historical Society from Michael Headberry. The letter requests support for the John Monash Sculptural Commission by the Monash Pioneers, who are seeking to erect a bronze full figure portrait of Sir John Monash, Monash University’s namesake. Monash is connected to the city of Glen Eira, as Monash University has a campus in Caulfield and there are a number of streets named after him. The letter discusses the life of Monash and his many achievements. Details in another two pages are also given of the statue to be erected and there are two photos of a wax model of the proposed statue; plus a donation form. 2/An article by Dana McCauley dated 17/05/2015 entitled ‘Push to rename Ports’ about Caulfield lawyer and Liberal Kate Ashmor. The article discusses how she wants the electorate of Melbourne Ports to be named after Sir John Monash due to him being one of the most prominent Victorian Jews. There is a photo of Ashmor in fron of a statue of Monash. Newspaper not known. 3/An article from the Leader on the 30/06/2015 entitled ‘Exhibit’s unique view on Jews in WW1’. The author is unknown. The article discusses an exhibition at the Jewish Museum of Australia about the social history behind the Jewish support of the war effort. One item included in the exhibition is Isaac Cohen’s painting of Lieutenant General Sir John Monash and there is a photograph, by Andrew Henshaw, of this work above the article.monash university, monash john sir, caulfield, sir john monash, sculptural commission, clubs and associations, monash pioneers, correspondence, fundraising, universities, statues, armed forces, engineers, languages, art, pianos, diaries and journals, jewish community, world war 1914-1918, businesspeople, corlett peter, artists, sculptors, headberry michael, monash pioneers, project board, portraits, models, bridges, returned sailors and soldiers imperial league, ex-service organisations, st. kilda, leader, jewish museum of australia, rechter deborah, cohen isaac, ‘lieutenant general sir john monash’, portraits, national gallery of victoria, henshaw andrew, ‘true jews and patriots: australian jews and world war one’, shows and exhibitions, social history, ‘exhibit’s unique view of jews in wwi’, caulfield, ‘push to rename ports’, mccauley dana, political candidates, australian liberal party, ashmor kate, electoral boundaries, local government

James Beashel enlisted for the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 1 June 1917. He served with the 33rd Battalion and was marched out to the front in France in February 1918. In that year the 33rd Battalion engaged in a number of significant battles as the Germans launched their ‘Spring Offensive’ – a final push for victory following the revolution and collapse of the Russian army in late 1917. Some of the notable engagements include the Battle of Mont St Quentin, the Battle of Amiens and the Battle of Villers Bretonneux. Beashel was not the most disciplined of soldiers throughout his time with the AIF. He was regularly disciplined for offences such as neglecting to obey orders, drunkenness, going AWOL and missing marching parades. He was discharged from the AIF at the conclusion of the First World War and returned home to New South Wales. Later in life he relocated to Victoria and died in 1965. For his service he received the Victory Medal, the British War Medal 1914-20, and the 1914-15 Star. The 1914-15 Star was awarded to those who served with the British and Imperial Forces between 5 August 1914 and 31 December 1915 The British War Medal 1914-20 was instituted by King George V in 1919 to mark the end of the First World War. It was awarded to members of British and Imperial forces who had served for a prescribed period during the course of the war, or who had died in active service. The Victory Medal was awarded to those who served with the armed forces of the British and Imperial Forces or with certain voluntary organisations between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918.This item is historically significant as it represents the service of an Australian in one of the most significant events of the twentieth century, and indeed in human history. 416,809 Australians enlisted for service, of which more than 60,000 were killed and more than 150,000 were wounded, gassed, or taken prisoner. The First World War remains a significant event in Australia's history. The landings at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915 is remembered as ANZAC Day, and is still commemorated to this day, over 100 years later.Four medals. One is a bronze four-pointed star medallion, ensigned with a crown. The obverse has two crossed swords overlaid with a wreath and a scroll that reads '1914-15'. Below is the royal cypher of King George V - GV. The ribbon is a thick white band flanked by a thinner blue band on one side and a red band on the other. Two of the medals are the same. Silver, circular medallions. The profile of King George V is impressed on the obverse, along with the words 'GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:' The reverse has an impression of St George on horseback, along with '1914' and '1918'. The ribbon is a thick orange band, flanked on both sides by thinner blue, black and white bands. One is a circular, bronze medallion, impressed on the obverse with a winged, female figure holding a palm branch in her right hand. The reverse reads 'THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914 - 1919', surrounded by a laurel wreath. The ribbon is rainbow coloured.Medal 1: Obverse: 1914-15 / Medals 2 and 4: Obverse: GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP: / Reverse: 1914 1918 / Medal 3: Reverse: THE GREAT / WAR FOR / CIVILISATION / 1914 - 1919 /medal, commemorative medals, military, first world war, world war one, world war i, world war 1, wwi, ww1