book: UNIFORMS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIALSAlbert Festberg, Barry Videonaustralia, military, uniforms, australian defense force, uniforms, colonial uniforms

W&G 476 "Dual-Face" Trigonometrical (Stadia) Made in Melbourne, Australia by White & Gillespie Record Processing Co. a precision engineering firm. Front Scale LL (or LL3), L, A [ B, Reciprocal (or CI), C ] D, Cu, LL (or LL2) Back Scale Stadia V, H, Chord, A [ B, SIN<6 COS>5, SIN>5 COS <6, C ] D, TAN 30-6, COT 84-90, TAN 5-45, COT 85-45 Conventional Cursor This type of sliding scale was used to design Battleships during WWII. A subsidiary was W&G Records an Australian recording company that operated from the early 1950s to the 1970s. It released many significant recordings by Australian popular artists of the 1960s and also issued recordings of popular American artists, notably releases from ABC-Paramount (Ampar) label, which W&G distributed from 1955 until 1960, when the Australian distribution was taken over by Festival Records. A Trigonometrical sliding scale rule in its original boxW & G / DUALFACE / TRIGONOMETRICAL / SLIDE RULE / MODEL 476 measurements, slide rulers, physics, calculations, ship design, navigation, ww11 1939-45, white & gillespie record, processing company, melbourne, bentleigh, moorabbin, cheltenham, australian defense force

More than 1000 women veterans of World War II were welcomed by the Prime Minister in the Great Hall of Parliament House. Among them was Rita Kneebone, who had served with the Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD) on Labuan Island, Borneo. Also among them was Jean Syres and Mary Canty, who between them, served with the VAD in Palestine, Syria, Egypt and Papua New Guinea. Giving the address on behalf of all female veterans was May Douglas, the only surviving director of women's army services, served in Australia and Papua New Guinea. A large newspaper clipping of two stories with a large and a small black and white photo. The large photo shows a crowd of older women marching towards Parliament, with the smaller photo showing two older women sitting on an outside bench together.paul, paul keating, the captives hymn, perth, changi, box hill, ivanhoe, minister for veterans affairs, con sciacca, australian defense force, john stuart baker, world war two, wwii, ww2

A funeral service was held for Col Nellie Espie (retd) at St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart, on August 22. Nellie, a former Director of Army Nursing dies on August 15, aged 92. Nellie was born in Tasmania in 1924, trained as a nurse in the 1940's and became an Army nurse when the Korean War broke out. She was commissioned as a lieutenant with the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) and posted to Ingleburn, NSW in 1951. She went on to be a Ward Sister and Charge Sister in Japan, Korea, Duntroon, Malaya, Queensland and Victoria. 1969 saw Col Espie become Matron of the Australian Field Hospital at Vung Tau in South Vietnam. by the time she was discharged from the service in 1981 she was Matron in Chief of the RAANC and Director of Army Nursing. Nellie continued to take an active role in the RAANC after her retirement. A newspaper clipping of a story consisting of three columns of text, an old black and white photo of a masked up nurse treating a man's leg and a small colour photo of an older woman in military uniform.adf, australian defense force, centenary of anzac planning team, greg melick, rsl, returned services league, maj-gen greg melick, marise payne, defense minister, oatlands, florence nightingale trust, national medal, royal red cross, member if the order of australia, centenary medal, meritorious service medal

The story outlines what is on display at the Echuca-Moama RSL and Citisen' Club War Museum. One item on display is a World War Two nurse's uniform.A newspaper clipping consisting of four columns of text and two black and white photos. The larger photo is of three service uniforms displayed on mannequins, one of which is a WW2 nurse's uniform, while the smaller photo is of two medals on display.world war 2, wwii, ww2, world war ii, new zealand's maori wars, boer war, africa, sergeant lindsay ferguson, manggar, indonesia, new guinea, corporal daniel fitzgerald, australian defense force, united nations, un commission, netherlands

1 x 1939 -45 Star. 1 x Pacific Star. 1 x 1939 - 1945 Australian Service Medal. 1 x 1939 - 1945 War Medal.The Star Medals are inscribed on the reverse with the name Itzerott A R and service #401750. The Australian Service Medal shows the Crown of St. Edward ,modified Coat of Arms surmounted by the Australian Defense Force Joint Service emblem. Service # 401750 on edge. The 1939 1945 War Medal shows an effigy of King George the V1. The reverse shows a lion standing on a double headed dragon with the dates 1939 - 1945. Service # 401750 on edge.

The assemblage was presented to the students of Ballarat College of Advanced Education (BCAE) by a NASA astronaut. The Australian Flag and NASA Astronauts crew patch were flown aboard the Orbiter Atlantis, STS-36, 28 February to 4 March 1990. Astronaut Pierre Thout's first flight was as a mission specialist on the crew of STS-36 which launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on February 28, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. This mission carried Department of Defense payloads and a number of secondary payloads. Following 72 orbits of the Earth in 106 hours, the STS-36 mission concluded with a lakebed landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on March 4, 1990, after travelling 1.87 million miles. bcae, nasa, space, pierre thuot, creighton, caspar, mullane, hilmers

These photographs appear to come from an exhibition as they were mounted on a larger card. The photographs appeared to have been torned off a larger sheet. The damaged area of the sheets have been trimmed off3866.01 - Australian Defense Industries - Maribyrnong Explosive Factory Cordite Avenue Entrance Opposite Wests Road Maribyrnong 3866.02 - Australian Defense Industries - Maribyrnong Explosive Factory Main Entrance Cordite Avenue Maribyrnong 3866.03 - Australian Defense Industries - Ammunition Factory Gordon Street Footscray 3866.04 - Australian Defense Industries - Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre Williamsons Road Maribyrnong 3866.05 - Australian Defense Industries - Victoria Barracks North Gate St. Kilda Road Melbourne 3866.06 - Australian Defense Industries - Victoria Barracks South Gate St. Kilda Road Melbourne 3866.07 - Australian Defense Industries - Victoria Barracks Wells Street Entrance 3866.08 - Australian Defense Industries - Victoria Barracks Defence Signals St. Kilda Road Melbourne 3866.09 - Australian Defense Industries - Government Aircraft Factory Lorimer Street Fishermans Bend 3866.10 - Australian Defense Industries - Aeronautical Research Labs Lorimer Street Fishermens Bend 3866.11 - Australian Defense Industries - Defence Centre 350 St. Kilda Road Melbourneaustralian defense industries, adi, maribyrnong explosive factory, footscray ammunition factory, maribyrnong immigration detention