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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Photograph - Photograph of Australian Servicemen training in Egypt in WW1, 1st Australian Division, Australian Imperial Force EGYPT 1914-1915, unknown
... Photograph of Australian Servicemen training in Egypt in... large numbers of servicemen. These two photographs ...WW1 AIF Training Camp in Egypt prior to deploying to Gallipoli The photograph shows the living conditions (Tents). It also shows the vastness of the site and suggests large numbers of servicemen. These two photographs are historically significant. They demonstrate the conditions that the soldiers in training experienced before they arrived at the front-line. They give the modern viewer some understanding of what it was like in Egypt. It is also very significant because it keeps the memories alive. Professionally framed work, two pictures one above the other. Shows AIF Camp with pyramids in background.Brown frameaif training, gallipoli, 1st australian division, egypt, ww1, australian imperial force -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, William E Thomason, March to Ranau - Australian Servicemen at Sandakan, Borneo 1943 - 1945, 1989
... March to Ranau - Australian Servicemen at Sandakan, Borneo..., black text on white paper. March to Ranau - Australian ...Green hardcover, black ink drawing, certificate on back cover, 54 pages. Black & white photos throughout, black text on white paper.books, military, history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, Australian Gallant and Distinguished Service Vietnam 1962-1973: being a record of British and Foreign decorations awarded to Australian servicemen. (Photocopy only), 1974
... to Australian servicemen. (Photocopy only)... to Australian servicemen. (Photocopy only) Document Document Barnes, I.L. ...Photocopy of the document.medals, british -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, 'Stories of Vietnamese Reflection from Australian and Vietnamese Servicemen', 2005
... 'Stories of Vietnamese Reflection from Australian and...'Stories of Vietnamese Reflection from Australian... Reflection from Australian and Vietnamese Servicemen' Small, soft ...Small, soft cover, published by Vietnamese Veterans Assoc., Vic., Keilor Est RSL, Footscray City College, containing interviews and stories.book, interviews and stories -
Clunes Museum
Book, E T LYNES, A HISTORY OF VICTORIAN BRANCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN LEGION OF EX-SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN, 1996
... A HISTORY OF VICTORIAN BRANCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN LEGION OF...A HISTORY OF THE VICTORIAN BRANCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN LEGION... OF THE AUSTRALIAN LEGION OF EX-SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN BY E T LYNES 509 PAGES... OF VICTORIAN BRANCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN LEGION OF EX-SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN ...A HISTORY OF THE VICTORIAN BRANCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN LEGION OF EX-SERVICEMEN AND WOMENCREAM COVER BOOK. A HISTORY OF VICTORIAN BRANCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN LEGION OF EX-SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN BY E T LYNES 509 PAGESnon-fictionA HISTORY OF THE VICTORIAN BRANCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN LEGION OF EX-SERVICEMEN AND WOMENlocal history, document, military history -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Poster, Badges of Courage, 1995
... Sunday Herald Sun Poster of Medals awarded to Australian...Poster depiting Medals awarded to Australian Servicemen... to Australian Servicemen and Women from 1914 to 1988 list of medals ...Sunday Herald Sun Poster of Medals awarded to Australian Servicemen and Women from 1914 to 1988Poster depiting Medals awarded to Australian Servicemen, in colour and description of samelist of medals, tatura, ww1 and 11, documents, newspapers -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Active Service, 1941
... australian servicemen...These books were issued to the next of kin of Australian... of Australian Servicemen annually. australian servicemen active service ...These books were issued to the next of kin of Australian Servicemen annually.Khaki hard covered bookaustralian servicemen, active service books -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Certificate - Certificate of Gratitude, Certificate of Gratitude to Mr A Ransom
... Australian servicemen... by the Greek Government. It was awarded to Australian servicemen who... Greek Government Australian servicemen Greece German air ...The certificate of gratitude was present to Mr A Ransom by the Greek Government. It was awarded to Australian servicemen who served in Greece against overwhelming number of German air and land troops.Piece of white paper with black writing, enclosed in a brown wooden frame. Attached to document is a bronze medal with a stripped ribbon. One band of navy blue, one band of light blue and one band of navy blue.certificate of gratitude, mr a ransom, greek government, australian servicemen, greece, german air and land troops -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Badge - Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women, Stokes, Membership badge, 1957
... Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women...Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women... by the 'V' on the reverse) of the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen.... It is a membership badge of the Victorian branch of the Australian Legion... Angus, surgeon and oculist. Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen ...The badge was issued by the Victorian branch (indicated by the 'V' on the reverse) of the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women and is referred to as The Badge of Unity or Tri-Services badge, uniting the armed services of Australia; the Army (rising sun), the Navy (anchor) and the Air Force (pair of wings). The number '57' on the crown represents the year of paid membership; 1957. The badge belonged to Dr W R Angus, who served in the Australian Army as a military doctor during WWII. It was made in Melbourne by Stokes in 1957, around 100 years after the firm was established by Thomas Stokes in Mincing Lane, Melbourne. The firm was operating from Caledonian Lane/Post Office Place in the 1950s. The badge is one of a set of badges collected by Dr W R Angus from the organisations in which he was involved. They are now part of Flagstaff Hill’s comprehensive W.R. Angus Collection, donated by the family of Dr W R Angus, surgeon and oculist. Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women was formed in 1944 to "entourage fellowship and assist those who have served". The organisation is open to members from Australia, British Commonwealth and Allied ex-service personnel. The W.R. Angus Collection: - The W.R. Angus Collection includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. It includes historical medical and surgical equipment and instruments from the doctors Edward and Thomas Ryan of Nhill, Victoria. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1927 at Ballarat, the nearest big city to Nhill where he began as a Medical Assistant. He was also Acting House surgeon at the Nhill hospital where their two daughters were born. During World War II He served as a Military Doctor in the Australian Defence Force. Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool in 1939, where Dr Angus operated his own medical practice. He later added the responsibility of part-time Port Medical Officer and was the last person appointed to that position. Both Dr Angus and his wife were very involved in the local community, including the planning stages of the new Flagstaff Hill and the layout of the gardens there. Dr Angus passed away in March 1970.This Badge of Unity, or Tri-Service badge, is significant for connecting Doctor Angus with organisations that support men and women who performed military service for Australia. The badge was for membership with the organisation, which supports ex-servicemen and women of the three military forces; Army, Navy and Air Force. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The Collection includes historical medical objects that date back to the late 1800s.Badge; a gold-coloured metal and enamel badge. The blue boomerang-shaped band is below an arch of blue, below a crown with a number and coloured red, white and blue. There are symbols in the centre; a rising sun, above a pair of wings, with an anchor in the centre of both. There is red and blue scrollwork behind the symbols. Inscriptions are on the front and back of the badge. There are two loops and pins on the back of the badge. It is a membership badge of the Victorian branch of the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women and was made by Stokes in 1957. The badge has a Serial Number. This badge is part of a set of badges collected by Dr Angus and is part of the W.R. Angus Collection.FRONT; “AUST. LEGION OF / EX-SERVICEMEN & WOMEN” On crown “57” REVERSE; “V” “13156" "STOKES” flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, w.r. angus, badge, ladies’ badge, military service, stokes, melbourne, australian legion of ex-servicemen and women, membership badge, 1957 membership badge, ex=service personnel, heraldry, world war ii, second world war, tri-services symbol, badge of unity, rising sun, anchor, pair of wings -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARDS, PHOTOGRAPHIC WW1, Various et al, c.1914 - 1918
... Photographs of Australian Servicemen WWI..... Photographs of Australian Servicemen WWI. Postcard POSTCARDS ....1) Trooper Jack Miller .2) M J O'Donohue .3) & .4) F C Cotton .5) Pte Peter Williams .6) Pte A Bellingham, Queensland .7) D Kearin, G Thorn .8) Pte Roger Fitzpatrick, Maryborough East .9) L/Sgt D D Bruce, Sig W J Wair .10) John Oakes .11) Leslie Bryant .12) Cpt W Turner .13) Sgt T Marshall .14) R W Mattingley .15) Sgt A T Power .16) Sgt Walter Yates .17) Charles Drury .18) Joe O'Neill .19) Les J MartinPhotographs of Australian Servicemen WWI..17) Names on rear.photography-photographs, military history, passchendaele barracks trust -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Footscray City College Years 10, Stories from Vietnam Reflections: from Australian and Vietnamese Servicemen, 2005
... Stories from Vietnam Reflections: from Australian and... Australian and Vietnamese Servicemen. Book Book Footscray City ...A collection of stories as told to Footscay City College by many Vietnam Veterans.A collection of stories as told to Footscay City College by many Vietnam Veterans. 1961 - 1975 -- veterans -- australia, vietnam war, 1961-1975 --veterans -- vietnamese -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Barnes, I.L, Australian Gallant and Distinguished Service, Vietnam 1962-73, 1974
... to Australian Servicemen.... awarded to Australian Servicemen. Australian Gallant ...Awards have been a controversial point since athletes at Mount Olympus vied for laurels. After World War 1 Ernest Hemmingway tried to gauge the worth of the medals he had received in Italy by making the rounds of Montreal pawnshops and trying to sell them.Being a record of British & Foreign Decorations awarded to Australian Servicemen.Awards have been a controversial point since athletes at Mount Olympus vied for laurels. After World War 1 Ernest Hemmingway tried to gauge the worth of the medals he had received in Italy by making the rounds of Montreal pawnshops and trying to sell them.medals, vietnam., medals, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Barnes, I. L, Gallant and Distinguished Service Vietnam 1962-73, 1974
... to Australian Servicemen.... awarded to Australian Servicemen. Being a record of British ...A record of British & Foreign decorations awarded to Australian Servicemen.Being a record of British & Foreign decorations awarded to Australian Servicemen.A record of British & Foreign decorations awarded to Australian Servicemen.service medals, british/foreign decorations -
Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Certificate - Charter - Australian Legion of Ex Servicemen and Women, 1 November 1948
... Charter - Australian Legion of Ex Servicemen and Women...Charter Certificate- Australian Legion of Ex Servicemen...- Australian Legion of Ex Servicemen and Women. Standard formatted ...The Charter Certificate is a common form presented to RSL Sub Branches in Victoria by the RSL Victoria State Branch upon being accepted into the LegionThe certificate was issue to the Beechworth RSL Sub Branch upon accepted as a member of the association known as the Australian Legion of Ex Service Men and WomenWooden picture frame with glass and hanging wire on the reverse and a plywood backing board Charter Certificate- Australian Legion of Ex Servicemen and Women. Standard formatted charter certificate issued to Beechworth RSL Sub on First of November 1948 signed by State President and Secretary.historic charter certificate issued in 1948 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Winter, Peter, The Year I Said Goodbye
... Australian Servicemen... Australian Australian Servicemen Australian National Serviceman ...On 17th February 1970 at the age of 25, I said goodbye to my wife Raylene and our 10 month old son and left with the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, to srve my tour of duty as an infantry platoon commander in South Vietnam.On 17th February 1970 at the age of 25, I said goodbye to my wife Raylene and our 10 month old son and left with the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, to srve my tour of duty as an infantry platoon commander in South Vietnam.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1971 - personal narratives, australian, australian servicemen, australian national serviceman, infantry centre ingleburn, 7th battalion, royal australian regiment, infantry platoon commander -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Poster - Poster, Information Board, Australian MIAs of the Vietnam War
... Depicts story of six Australian servicemen MIA and details... servicemen MIA and details search and recovery back to Australia ...See image of photograph for more information regarding each soldier.Depicts story of six Australian servicemen MIA and details search and recovery back to Australia.mia, lcpl rh parker, lcpl jf gillespie, flgoff mp herbert, pte pr gillson, tpr dj fisher, pltoff rc carver -
Greensborough Historical Society
Tickets, Australian Legion of Ex-servicemen & Women. Victorian State Headquarters, House Raffle - Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen & Women [1948], 1948_
... House Raffle - Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen & Women...australian legion of ex-servicemen & women...Australian Legion of Ex-servicemen & Women. Victorian State... australian legion of ex-servicemen & women black family Small raffle ...Ticket for House Raffle 1/-: 1st prize Brick house; 2nd prize Suite furniture; 3rd prize Wireless set. Drawn Melbourne Stadium 9 pm. 31/1/1948.Small raffle ticket, printed in red on white paper one side onlyraffles, australian legion of ex-servicemen & women, black family -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Document, Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women
... Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women..... Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women. Document ...The "Legion" was formed in December 1944 from a number of existing organisations. It was open to all Ex-Service personal both male and female. The Legion included All British Commonwealth countries.Framed Certificate of Charter.Certifying Dandenong as a Sub-Branch of the Legion. -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book - Book (Paperback), E T Lynes, For All Who Serve - A History of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women, 1996
... the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women... - A History of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Legion of Ex ...Book -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Murphy, John, Harvest of Fear: A history of Australia's Vietnam War, 1993
... Australian Servicemen... Australian Servicemen The most complete account yet of Australia's ...The most complete account yet of Australia's longest war.The most complete account yet of Australia's longest war.vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - australia, 1961-1975 - protest movements - australia, australian servicemen -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Eather, Steve, Target Charlie: The Exciting Story Of Australia's Air War In Vietnam
... Australian Servicemen... Target Charlie Australian Servicemen New Zealand Servicemen ...The story of Australia's Air War in Vietnam 1964 - 1972The story of Australia's Air War in Vietnam 1964 - 197235 sqn raaf, 161 recce, target charlie, australian servicemen, new zealand servicemen -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Interacting with the locals
... Four black and white Photograph of Australian Servicemen... and white Photograph of Australian Servicemen interaction ...Four black and white Photograph of Australian Servicemen interaction with children at an Orphanage and School and with Employed Civilians at Vung TauDescription of Photographphotograph, sqn ldr bill wheeler, wo2 vic allen -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANZAC COLLECTION: ANZAC DAY 2015 SERVICE PROGRAMME RSL BENDIGO
... 'commemorating the service and sacrifice of all Australian servicemen... 'commemorating the service and sacrifice of all Australian servicemen ...A4 folded program for Anzac Day service at Bendigo District RSL Sub-Branch, Pall Mall, Bendigo in 2015. On front 'commemorating the service and sacrifice of all Australian servicemen and women. Side by Side . A Centenary of Memories' Black and red print on white paper.Bendigo RSLmilitary, world war 1, rsl anzac service programme 2015 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Badge - Collection of Organisation Badges, 1920's to 1940's
... Australian Legion of Servicemen & Women... Advisory Board, United Services Institute, Legion of Ex-Servicemen ...This set of eleven badges was collected from the 1920s to the 1940s by Dr W. R. Angus. It represents various organisations that he had interests in. The set of badges was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” which includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at the University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was a house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was a physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as the new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he would take time to further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928. The organisation began in South Australia through the Presbyterian Church in that year, with its first station being in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was a surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill where he’d previously worked as Medical Assistant and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what was once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr L Middleton was House Surgeon to the Nhill Hospital 1926-1933, when he resigned. [Dr Tom Ryan’s practice had originally belonged to his older brother Dr Edward Ryan, who came to Nhill in 1885. Dr Edward saw patients in his rooms, firstly in Victoria Street and in 1886 in Nelson Street, until 1901. The Nelson Street practice also had a 2-bed ward, called Mira Private Hospital ). Dr Edward Ryan was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1884-1902. He also had occasions where he successfully performed veterinary surgery for the local farmers too. Dr Tom Ryan then purchased the practice from his brother in 1901. Both Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan work as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He too was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. Dr Tom Ryan moved from Nhill in 1926. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1927, soon after its formation, a rare accolade for a doctor outside any of the major cities. He remained a bachelor and died suddenly on 7th Dec 1955, aged 91, at his home in Ararat. Scholarships and prizes are still awarded to medical students in the honour of Dr T.F. Ryan and his father, Dr Michael Ryan, and brother, John Patrick Ryan. ] When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery states “HOURS Daily, except Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday afternoons, 9-10am, 2-4pm, 7-8pm. Sundays by appointment”. This plate is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Tom Ryan had an extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926 and when Dr Angus took up practice in their old premises he obtained this collection, a large part of which is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. During his time in Nhill Dr Angus was involved in the merging of the Mira Hospital and Nhill Public Hospital into one public hospital and the property titles passed on to Nhill Hospital in 1939. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. ). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (The duties of a Port Medical Officer were outlined by the Colonial Secretary on 21st June, 1839 under the terms of the Quarantine Act. Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life, Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to stay with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eyewitness from the late 1880s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife were very involved in Warrnambool’s community and society. Their interests included organisations such as the Red Cross, Rostrum, Warrnambool and District Historical Society (founding members), Wine and Food Society, Steering Committee for Tertiary Education in Warrnambool, Local National Trust, Good Neighbour Council, Housing Commission Advisory Board, United Services Institute, Legion of Ex-Servicemen, Olympic Pool Committee, Food for Britain Organisation, Warrnambool Hospital, Anti-Cancer Council, Boys’ Club, Charitable Council, National Fitness Council and Air Raid Precautions Group. Dr Angus was also a member of the Steam Preservation Society and derived much pleasure from a steam traction engine on his farm. They were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens until Dr Angus passed away in March 1970. This set of badges is significant for connecting Doctor Angus with Australian organisations of the early-to-mid 20th century, including those relating to military service support. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The Collection includes historical medical objects that date back to the late 1800s.The eleven metal and enamel badges were collected by Dr W R Angus. They represent organisations that he was involved in. The set is part of the W.R. Angus Collection. Each badge has inscriptions.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, metal badges, enamel badges, organisation badges, legacy, red cross society, red cross, bma, bma ladies badge, ladies badge, acf, australian comfort fund, presbyterian brotherhood, rostrum, australian legion of servicemen & women, oikumene, w.r. angus collection -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Article - Rosstown Railway
... History Servicemen AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS Engineers Caulfield ...This file contains three items: 1/A review of the ROSSTOWN RAIL TRAIL from LIVING IN GLEN EIRA, vol. 11, 2004, Issue 4, no. 25, date and author unknown. The review explains the purpose of the Rail Trail with a brief narrative of the history behind Rosstown Sugar Mill Railway line. Concluding with information on the location of the Trail and the expected time required to walk the entire track included in the review is a map of the Rail Trail, which marks significant sites along the trail with historic pictures. 2/A newspaper article from THE AGE, dated Tuesday 21/10/1980 and written by Iola Matthews, reporting on the circumstances that led to the publication of the book RETURN TO ROSSTOWN written by Des Jowett and Ian Weickhardt. The article begins with a brief biography of the authors before moving into details of the book’s content, providing a further biography of W. Murray Ross which includes information on his financial ventures – particularly the Rosstown Rail – his marriage and children. The article includes a black and white photograph of Weickhardt and Jowett walking along the route of the railway line, an illustration of the Rosstown sugar works and a map of the area surrounding the site of the mill. 3/Three photocopies of a black and white illustration of the Rosstown sugar works from the east, undated and artist unknown.rosstown rail trail, rosstown, ross william, ross w. murray, ross murray, sugar beet mills, mills, elsternwick, land transport, railways, railway lines, railway routes, carnegie neville street, carnegie miller street, factories, market gardens, horticulture, peat, soils, land forms, topography, geology, civic issues, cone sugar industry, elsternwick plaza, elsternwick, glenhuntly road, parks and reserves, ee gunn reserve, caulfield racecourse, sportsgrounds, caulfield, carnegie, riddell parade, clarence street, aileen avenue, princes park, dover street, marara road, oakleigh road, rosanna street, murrumbeena crescent, north road, kooyong road, hawthorn road, booran road, koornang road, poath road, warragul road, railway platforms, railway buildings, bambra road, swamps, landforms, landfill, council landfill, railway bridges, bridges, railway underpasses, sporting clubs, tennis clubs, bowls clubs, rosstown railway, rosanna street reserve, maps, railway maps, living in glen eira, weickhardt ian, jowett des, caulfield south, curraweena road, oakleigh, caulfield technical school, return to rosstown, beet sugar industry, crops, land booms, land development and subdivisions, bent thomas, fink benjamin, sugar works, rosstown hotel, oamdenong road, rosstown dry cleaners, shops, rosstown road, rosstown plate, people by circumstance, migrants, accountants, occupations, professionals, the grange, real estate, grange road, financial agents, judges, rosstown estate, financial trouble, rabbit preserving, breweries, political debates, political issues, political electorates, politics, political science, debt, financial loans, court procedures, court cases, legal events and activities, malleson and riggall, widowers, seabeach railway, economics, economic deadline, depression 1890s, economic crash, mortgages, divorce, social problems, poverty, ross claude, ross roderick, world war 1914-1918, wars, military history, servicemen, australian flying corps, engineers, caulfield council, swagmen, homelessness, glenhuntly road, glenhuntly road tram, woornack road, leila road, wild cherry road, melten avenue, illustrations, steam trains, trains, horse and cart, horse-drawn transport, railway stations -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Woodruff, Mark W, Unheralded Victory: Who Won the Vietnam War? (Copy 2), 1999
... American Servicemen Australian Troops New Zealand Troops Allied ...Unheraled Victory reveals how American, Australian, New Zealand and Allied troops defeated the Viet Cong at the very time the media decided the war was lost.Unheraled Victory reveals how American, Australian, New Zealand and Allied troops defeated the Viet Cong at the very time the media decided the war was lost.vietnam history - 1945 - 1975, vietnam war - 1961-1975 - campaigns, vietnam war - 1962-1975 - mass media and the conflict, american servicemen, australian troops, new zealand troops, allied troops -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Woodruff, Mark W, Unheralded Victory: Who won the Vietnam War? (Copy 1), 1999
... American Servicemen Australian Troops New Zealand Troops Allied ...Unheraled Victory reveals how American, Australian, New Zealand and Allied troops defeated the Viet Cong at the very time the media decided the war was lost.Unheraled Victory reveals how American, Australian, New Zealand and Allied troops defeated the Viet Cong at the very time the media decided the war was lost. vietnam history - 1945 - 1975, vietnam war - 1961-1975 - campaigns, vietnam war - 1962-1975 - mass media and the conflict, american servicemen, australian troops, new zealand troops, allied troops -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Book
... Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia... WW2 Army Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia ...Instructions for American Servicemen in Australiadocuments, ww2, army -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Memorabilia - Tobacco Tin, ca. 1940's
... Issued to Australian servicemen during World War 2.... Dandenong melbourne Issued to Australian servicemen during World War ...Issued to Australian servicemen during World War 2.Creature comforts for men at warRound metal tin used for tobaccoWD & HO WILLS (AUSTRALIA) LTD SYDNEY, TRADE MARK and an 8 pointed star on lid. CAPSTAN NAVY CUT TOBACCO E FINE on base.tobacco, smoking, world war 2, ww2, second world war -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLET WW1, POW, William E Thomason, March to Ranau, 1989
... March to Ranau, Australian Servicemen at Sandakan, Borneo... goldfields March to Ranau, Australian Servicemen at Sandakan, Borneo ...March to Ranau, Australian Servicemen at Sandakan, Borneo 1943 - 1945.Soft cardboard cover, black print front & back. Green background, front cover illustration is a line drawing of men in jungle scene by Iain Glanville. Back cover illustration certificate.Handwritten in blue ink on title page: “W E Thomason Nov 1989”booklet, pow, ranua, sandakan