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Greensborough Historical Society
Tickets, Australian Legion of Ex-servicemen & Women. Victorian State Headquarters, House Raffle - Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen & Women [1948], 1948_
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 -
Clunes Museum
Book, E T LYNES, A HISTORY OF VICTORIAN BRANCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN LEGION OF EX-SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN, 1996
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 -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Honour Board, Signware, Legion of Ex-Servicemen & Women
Legion of ex Servicemen and Women - Wangaratta Branch Honour Board containing names of Office Bearers from 1985 to 2002.The Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women (Vic) Ltd (The Legion) is an ex-service based not for profit association. Formed in December 1944 from a number of existing organisations, membership of the legion is open to all ex-service personnel, including British Commonwealth and Allied personnel, and former members of the peace-time Australian regular and reserve forces, their families, relatives and other persons who abide by and are accepted in accordance with the Constitution.Solid piece of wood with gold writing, has five columns listing the year President, Vice-President Secretary, Treasurer, dating from 1985 to 2002.Legion of ex-servicemen & women, Wangaratta Branch, 1985 - 2002. Signware 5721 2430. wangaratta, legion, ex-servicemen & women -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Document, Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women
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
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Bendigo Military Museum
Badge, post WW2
Item relates to S W ROSS VX78589, refer Cat No 3147 for his service details.Australian League of Ex Servicemen & Women badge. Small lapel pin badge, gold & blue enamel colour. Crown on top of a banner. In centre are stylised Rising Sun, pair of aircraft wings, an anchor and a boomerang."AUST LEGION OF EX-SERVICEMEN & WOMEN"numismatics-badges, societies-service clubs, military history -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Badge - Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women, Stokes, Membership badge, 1957
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 -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Badge, Unknown
Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women Life Member Badge awarded to Private Mervyn HARRIS. The Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women is an ex-service association. Formed in December 1944 from a number of existing organisations, membership of the legion is open to all ex-service personnel, including British Commonwealth and Allied personnel, and former members of the peacetime Australian regular and reserve forces. The legion has branches in each state, and sub-branches in major cities and towns, with its national headquarters located in Melbourne, Victoria.Gold coloured metal and blue badge with crown on top Australian Legion of Ex-Service Men and Women Life Memberaustralian legion of ex-servicemen and women, private mervyn harris, life membership badge -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Photographs, Ex-Servicewomen
Set of two black and white photographs of the Victorian RSL Peninsula Ex-Servicewomens Sub Branch marching in a ceremonial march past. The photographs were taken Sunday, 9th, November, 1997. Other women's ex-para military units can be seen in the photograph indicating that it was most likely a march to commemorate Remembrance Day.One photograph is inscribed on the rear with the following: "Peninsula Ex Service Womens Reunion 9 Nov 97" -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Badge - Aust Legion of Ex Servicemen and Women, Mid 20th Century
This Association was formed in December 1944 from a number of existing organisations. The membership is open to all ex service personnel, including British Commonwealth and Allied personnel, etcThis organisation was formed in 1944, the badges are originals.A diamond shaped badge, a crown at the top, rising sun, anchor, air force wings in the middle, blue inscribed enamel round the diamond, Aust Legion of ex Servicemen and Women.1st badge - has a 66 badge on the crown, one the reverse v3327, the 2nd badge has a Life Subscriber attachment - a red scroll, on the reverse Brim Melb number 8732556.december 1944, aust legion of ex servicemen and women -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, As You Were 1948, 1948
As you were with the Australian services and home from 1788 - 1948. A selection of personal account of service of servicemen and women.A selection of personal account of service of servicemen and womenAs You Were 1948 Green hardcover front and back. Grey Text ' As you were' at top of front cover and '1948' on the lower section of the front cover. There is a grey rectangle with the initials in capital letters AWM. The spine also has grey text 'As you were' 1948 Inside front and back covers have illustrated Servicemen and women with the background of blue sky and stars.To the memory of Fallen Comrades. ' They gave their lives. For that public gift they received praise that never ages and a tomb most glorious- not so much the tomb in which they lie, but that in which their fame survives, to be remembered forever when occasion comes for word or deed'royal australian navy, royal australian air force, royal australian army, yarns -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Tracey Dutton House, 1964 -1970
In 1964, the Carry on Club purchased a family group home.In 1964, the Carry on Club purchased a family group home. Tracy Dutton House at 10 Harrison Street. Mitcham, and provided short term care to children (both boys and girls) of ex-service men & women, aged 4 to 13 yearsIn 1964, the Carry on Club purchased a family group home. carry on club victoria, tracy dutton house, harrison street, mitcham no. 10 -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Dinner Menu, Welcome Home, 19/6/1946
To the ex service men and women of Love & Pollard Pty Ltd Stores and served in WWII. Has the names of those who served and died and the dinner menu.Bone coloured card with red and blue stripes at right hand side. Australian and Union Jack flags at top with blue writing.On cover: Welcome Home Dinner to Ex-Service Men & Ex-Service Women of Love & Pollard Pty Ltd Stores. Lower Melbourne Town Hall June 19th, 1946. Inside left: Honour Roll. Inside right: Dinner Menu. On back cover: Autographs. Also with 10 signatures written in pencil.world war 2, love & pollard pty ltd stores, welcome home dinner -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Work on paper - Poem, The Final Inspection
Poem printed on paper -
Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Certificate - Charter - Australian Legion of Ex Servicemen and Women, 1 November 1948
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 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - MEMBERSHIP BADGES, 1) Bishop / Brisbane, 1) Pre WW2
Items in collection re Brig E.M. Williams DSO, refer Cat No 2580 for service details..1) Badge, metal, RSL Membership, 2 figures central with membership year clasp at top. .2) Badge, metal Australian Legion of Ex Servicemen & Women. Blue scroll with Army, Navy Air Force over Boomerang. Red, blue & white enamel work.numismatics-badges-societies-service clubs, metalcraft - enamel ware -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - SHIRE CERTIFICATE, FRAMED, Post WW2
Ruben John TYRER No V150812. Refer 1813.5 for his service history.Illustrated certificate with coloured illustration of servicemen & women, black print, British & Australian flags. City crest.“The Citizens of Bendigo express deep thankfulness To R J TYRER” Right lower corner: Red seal of Bendigodocuments- certificates, civic mementoes - presentations, bendigo, tyrer -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Large Gathering of Ex-service Personnel, 1946?
Article on 'welcome home' to over 400 ex-servicemen and women by Nunawading City Council on 20th March 1946?Article on 'welcome home' to over 400 ex-servicemen and women by Nunawading City Council on 20th March 1946? Mayor Rooks read a letter from Baron Jose van der Straton Waillet to Mrs. E. V. Till regarding her son's death in Belgium.Article on 'welcome home' to over 400 ex-servicemen and women by Nunawading City Council on 20th March 1946? till, alwyn, till, evelyn, world war 1939 - 1945, city of nunawading, rooks, charles francis -
Keilor East RSL Sub Branch
Uniform - Tie, c. 1951
The Burma Star Association was formed as a British veterans' association for ex-servicemen and women who served in the Burma Campaign of World War II. Burma Star Association bottle green tie with printed logo.Logo reads: THE BURMA STAR / BURMA STAR ASSOCclothing, wwii, regimental associations -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Gerard Punt with cooperation of NAJEX Historian Jack Epstein, Australian Jewry's Book of Honour in World War II
Book, hard cover, paper brown. Dust cover cream & brown, photograph of soldier playing bugle. Title in black print. 225 cut pages, illustrated & black & white photographs.Victorian Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (VAJEX) Dear Bill, in appreciation of your address to VAJEX Remembrance Night Dinner 20.11.94, Sol Rose, President. Walter Jona, Patron & President (Past) Dinner Chairman.books, military, history, jewry -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: CHINESE DRAGON
Black and white photo of the Chinese Dragon in front of the Shamrock Hotel. One man is walking beside the Dragon's head carrying a stool. Date on the back is c 1950. Sign on verandah reads 'Australian legion of ex servicemen and women'. Both signs on tram post in middle of road read, 'All Cars Stop Here', (indication of a tram stop)photo, group, easter procession, peter ellis collection, chinese dragon, bendigo chinese association -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - CERTIFICATE WW2, FRAMED, c.WWII
This will be Colin Strachan VX5295, refer Cat No 1261 for other certificates.Colour illustrated certificate from City of Bendigo, British & Australian flags, colour illustrations of servicemen & women. Brown frame, cardboard back, metal clips.“The Citizens of Bendigo Express deep thankfulness To C STRACHAN “documents - certificates, civic mementoes-presentations, strachan -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGES, MEMBERSHIP, Post 1947
.1) Badge, metal circular wreath with a 5 pointed star over centre dark blue circle with "Ex POW R.A." around this a light blue circle with "Ex POW and Relatives Assn". At bottom is small red circle pin with "L" in. Rear 2 lugs and pin. Badge is number stamped on rear. 2.) Badge, metal crown at top, scroll under blue with "Aust Legion of" centre depiction of rising sun, wings and anchor. Under is boomerang in blue with "Ex Servicemen and Women". Rear has 2 lugs and pin badge is number stamped on rear..1) "4171" .2) "V30451"badges, pow’s, service women, membership -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Badges
Assorted badges including AWAS 1941 - 47; ACF 1940; 1919 RSL badge; Sunshine RSL 1982; Returned Servicemens Club Ringwood and Women of Australia badge 1940 -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Single-Testing Poultry Pens, Unknown
... ex-servicemen ...Note by T.H. Kneen, "The vacant ground behind these pens was used by the School of Horticulture for Nursery work during the period of training ex-servicemen and women under the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme (CRTS). The house under construction was a replacement for the original house occupied by the Macauley family."Black and white photograph. Row of poultry pens approximately where the new Administration Building was subsequently constructed. House under construction behind. 2 men and a child looking into the pens.On reverse, "Note: Poultry Branch Curators Residence under construction."poultry branch, t.h. kneen, school of horticulture, nursery, ex-servicemen, ex-service women, commonwealth reconstruction training scheme, crts, macauley family, egg curator's residence, poultry pens, single testing laying tests -
Bendigo Military Museum
Honour Board - LADIES AUXILIARY BDSC HONOUR BOARD, Bendigo & District Servicemen’s Club, C.1979 onwards
As stated the roll begins in 1979 and goes through to 1992. As part of the Bendigo District Servicemens Club the Auxiliary ceased once the venue became an RSL Sub Branch in the year 2000. Refer Cat No 8073P for the Club history. This Roll may not have been completed up to 2000.Honour Board rectangular shape pointed at the top, timber construction, text in gold paint re the Presidents & secretaries of the Womens Auxiliary Bendigo & District Servicemen’s Club from 1979 - 1992.“B.D.S.C. Ladies Auxiliary”brsl, smirsl, bdsc, auxiliary -
Clunes Museum
Certificate
Certificate awarded to Miss M Patience who served as President of the Boulder Women's Branch No.5 from May 31st 1916 to 30 November 1916. Boulder is in Western AustraliaFramed coloured Ex-President's certificate issued by Australian Natives' Association. Certificate presented to Miss M Patience by the Boulder Women's Branch No.5 in 1916miss m patience, australian natives associaton -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - R.S.S.A.I.L.A BENDIGO 1963, William A Cooney Pty Ltd, C.1962
This comprehensive booklet covers every aspect of benefits and Repatriation entitlements and payments available to ex Servicemen and Women, War Service homes and loans, listing of all Repatriation Hospitals and Clinics in all States except NT. Items re RSL Appeals, precedent of wearing medals and awards, listings of major Military events.Booklet card covers, front is in red, blue and white titled "The Road Back", the rear has an image of the Soldiers Memorial Institute Bendigo with the Post Office behind. There are 64 numbered pages, center of the booklet is a B & W photo of the Queen and next page the Duke of Edinburgh, there are pages of advertisements in blue and others in B & W of Bendigo Businesses.booklet, repatriation, benefits, brsl, smirsl -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Posters - "Tawonga Remembers" x 8
The town of Tawonga is in the Kiewa Valley surrounded by farmland. it is adjacent to Mt Beauty (built from 1946), an SECV town built for the workers on the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme which was being constructed from 1911 to 1961. Tawonga consisted of essential amenities including a store, school, butter factory, sporting facilities, post office, hall and hotel. Activities involved sport, social get togethers eg. dances, fundraising, CWA etc. The posters are a collection of historical photos, documentations and information regarding the history of the town of Tawonga, which is the centre of a farming community in the Kiewa Valley.Posters framed with thin black plastic strip, covered by glass. Each one has a title re "Tawonga Remembers" and includes print and photos in black and white. White background. 1. Where and How Kiewa Valley Soldiers Served; 2. Tawonga and Dederang Servicemen; 3. Kergunyah and Gundowring Servicemen and Women; 4. Kiewa and Tangambalanga Servicemen.5. Sacrifice and Honour; 6. The End of the Great War; 7. World War 1914-18; 8. Soldiers in Uniform (Black background and glass cracked) tawonga, photos of early tawonga, kiewa valley, tawonga remembers, ww1 -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Financial record - Patriotic Fund Stamps (2), c. 1918
These stamps have been printed and sold to gain funds for the Warrnambool Patriotic Fund. This fund was first set up in 1914 by the Mayor of Warrnambool, Cr A. Fritz Landmann, to provide funds for the welfare of servicemen and women during World War One so these stamps may date from that time (with the cost of threepence suggesting this time). However the Warrnambool Patriotic Fund also existed in World War Two and the Warrnambool R.S.L. today has a Patriotic Fund to assist ex-servicemen and their dependants and other charitable causes.These stamps are of minor interest as a memento of local fund raising in war time.These are two rectangular-shaped pieces of paper, part of a pad of stamps joined together by perforated lines for easy detachment. These two stamps have perforations on the sides and in the middle. The middle perforation is partly separated. The stamps contain blue printed material.Warrnambool Patriotic Fund 3d.world war one, warrnambool r.s.l.