Black & White photographic portrait of 12 members of the Fawcett Family taken 23 Oct 1920 on the occasion of Lilly Fawcett's weddingBACK ROW: ALBERT, TOM (THOMAS) MIDDLE ROW: ENA (CHRISTINA), MAY, LILLY, JOE (JOSEPH), JEAN (JANE) FRONT ROW: ROSE, CHRIS (CHRISTOPHER), ANNIE, CHRIS (CHRISTOPHER SENIOR), MYRTLElocal history, photography, photographs, fawcett family, lilly fawcett's wedding, 22 sep 1920

MAC'S SISTER BETH FAWCETT b. 1927 WORN AS A CHILD.HAND MADE CHILD'S BOOTEE. EMBROIDERED.fawcett family, child's footwear

POSSIBLE USED BY BETH FAWCETT b. 1927 AS A CHILDMETAL CHILD'S RATTLE OR WHISTLEfawcett family, child's toy

EMBROIDERED HOLDER FOR D'OYLEYS. 2 ROUND DISCS COVERED IN BEIGE FABRIC AND HAND EMBROIDERED WITH FLOWERS AND THE WORD D'OYLEYS. BEIGE CORD AROUND THE EDGE AND SIGNS OF A PURPLE RIBBON TO TIE IT CLOSED. CONTAINS 4 HAND EMBROIDERED ITEMS. .1 OVAL SHAPED LINEN D'OYLEY WITH FLOWERS EMPROIDERED IN COLOURED THREAD. WHITE THREAD USED FOR CROCHETED EDGING. .2 SQUARE SHAPED LINEN D'OYLEY WITH A BIRD EMPROIDERED IN COLOURED THREAD IN ONE CORNER. WHITE THREAD USED FOR CROCHETED EDGING. .3 SQUARE SHAPED LINEN D'OYLEY WITH FLOWERS EMPROIDERED IN COLOURED THREAD IN ONE CORNER. WHITE THREAD USED FOR CROCHETED EDGING. .4 OVAL SHAPED LINEN D'OYLEY. CUTWORK EMBROIDERY WITH FLOWERS AND WHITE THREAT USED FOR CROCHETED EDGING.domestic objects, d'oyleys, embroidery, fawcett family

2 LACE EVENING GLOVES. CREAM COLOURED ELBOW LENGTH LACE MITTEN STYLE GLOVES. FINELY WOVEN.fawcett family, ladies accessory

.1 CREAM LINEN BABY'S BIB EMBROIDERED WITH COLOURED THREAD AND EDGE CROCHETED IN ORANGE THREAD. METAL PRESS STUFF AT NECK EDGE. .2 HAND CROCHETED BIB IN CREAM COTTON .3 HAND CROCHETED BIB IN CREAM COTTON WITH CROCHETED TIES .4 HAND CROCHETED BIB IN CREAM COTTON WITH LACY CROCHETED EDGE.baby's bibs, handcraft, domestic, clothing, fawcett family

OWNED BY MRS A.E. FAWCETT, MRS A.E. FAWCETT WAS MARRIED TO THOMAS FAWCETT 1889CUT GLASS BOX WITH PRESSED WHITE METAL LID. THREE SILVER HANDLED MANICURE ITEMS CONTAINED IN BOX ONE CUTICLE TOOL WITH EMBOSSED FOLIAGE ONE WITH BARLEY SUGAR TWIST HANDLE ONE WITH BARLEY SUGAR TWIST AT THE APEX OF THE TOOL "STEEL MADE IN ENGLAND" IMPRINTED ON CUTICLE TOOLfawcett family, manicure set

OWNED BY MRS ALICE EVELYN FAWCETT WHO MARRIED THOMAS IN 1889.BLUE VELVET CASE. LINED INSIDE WITH BLUE SATIN AND BLUE VELVET FABRIC. THE CASE HAS A METAL CLASP ATTACHED WITH A SAFETY PIN. INSIDE ARE THREE SILVER HANDLED GROOMING ITEMS - A SHOE HORN, A NAIL FILE AND A BUTTON HOOK."STEEL ENGLISH MAKE" IMPRINTED ON THE SHOE HORN BLADEfawcett family, personal grooming

ITEMS USED FOR DRESS MAKING.1 METAL PLEAT MAKER. GREY METAL WITH 42 HORIZONTAL SLATS. .2 WOODEN DRESS BOARD WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF THE PARAGON KILTER AND PLAITER..1 REG'D IMPRINTED .2 STAMP ON FRONT - ILLEGIBLE AND SOME TAPE FRONT AND BACKfawcett family, craft tool

MAC FAWCETT'S SISTER BETH b. 1927. WORE AS A CHILDHAND SEWN CHILD'S DRESS. CREAM COLOURED CALICO. FULL LENGTH WITH SHORT SLEEVES. NECK EDGE AND SLEEVE ENDS TRIMMED WITH LACE.fawcett family, children's apparel

Part of the collection of "William Fawcett" V246452, re 9627.Small cream coloured Christmas card from 1944. On front is Commonwealth Rising Sun emblem. Above that Australian Imperial Forces and below is 2/6 Australian Field Ambulance Xmas 1944. The card is plain paper folded over.Inside written "To Ritchie from your Loving Dad".cmf, christmas card, william fawcett, coates family 1

Photos of soldiers sent back from Europe during WW1. Soldiers unidentified but the person on the right in both is believed to be part of the Fawcett Family. Items in the collection of W.P. Fawcett, refer Cat No 9627.Photos in form of a postcard. 1. Black and white portrait photo of 3 Australian Soldiers. Two are sitting and one is standing, all in full dress uniform. 2. Black and white portrait photo of 3 soldiers, all standing looking into the camera. Two soldiers in Australian Battle uniform and one soldier in kilt and uniform jacket.1. On back "To My Dear Mother from Will with Love".ww1, soldiers, photograph, fawcett 1

HENRY SMERDON (Harry) HOLMES was born in 1897 at the family property, ’Sauchieburn’, 17 km north of Ballarat, in the Ascot district. He was the youngest of four children. After finishing his education at St Patrick’s College, Ballarat, Henry joined the Holmes family farming interests. At the age of 18 he enlisted and served with AIF in Egypt, France and Belgium 1915-1918. Henry served at the famous battlegrounds of Ypes and Somme in the Australian Army 8th Battalion. He was a Driver with the 4th D.A.C. The postcard is of "The Ascot" boys. Includes [Samuel] Gordon Spittle, Henry [Harry] Holmes's first cousin, and other Ascot lads and district connections: neighbours, Ascot State School classmates and football mates from Clunes / Creswick districts. [Research by a granddaughter of Henry Smerdon Holmes, Jane Dyer (nee Chatham) 2024] Ray Blight and Gordon Les Sim were former students of the Ballarat School of Mines. Les Sim was associated with Sim and Co. hardware and wood merchants). Eight soldiers of the AIF. They are the tent mates of Harry Holmes a Driver with the 5th D.A.C. The names of the soldiers are John Raymond (Ray) Blight, Joseph Fawcett, John Joseph (Jack) Nase, Gordon Spittle, Harry Holmes, Harold Joseph Reid, James Leslie (Les) Sim, Leslie John Walters. handwritten in pen on verso "This is a snap of our tent mates. Reading left to right. Back row, Jack Nase, Joe Fawcett, H. Reid. Middle - Les Walters, Ray Blight, Gordon Les Sim, (Sim and Co wood merchants) and Harryworld war 1, chatham, jack nase, chatham family archive, joe fawcett, h. reid, blight, sim, les walters, ray blight, gordon les sim, pickford, world war, gordon spittle, harry holmes, les sim, horace pickford, world war one, aif, armed services

This item was created while on service during World War One. A group of eight uniformed Australian soldiers casually dressed while posing for a photograph. The image was taken at Serapeum during World War One.Verso "Group taken at Serapeum, left to right front row, Frank S., Jack Nase, Joe Fawcett, B.R., H.H. Gordon, Theo Jones at back, Harold Holmes, Reid, Les Walters.chatham family archive, chatham, holmes, world war, world war 1, world war i, world war one, france, nase, fawcett, gordon, theo jones, reid, h.reid, harry holmes, walters, gordon spittle, joe fawcett, joseph fawcett, harold holmes, les walters

Gordon Spittle was the youngest of Three brothers. He grew up in Creswick and attended Creswick Grammar School. Gordon purchased 'Mt Cavern' in 1912. It had 4 years of a 10 year lease to run. His mother and father took delivery of it on 1 April 1916. They lived there and farmed it until Gordon returned from active service in May 1919. He married Violet Holmes and both lived at "Mt Cavern" until their deaths. Gordon died in 1942 aged 51. Violet Holmes-Spittle died in 1949 aged 56. Image of eight Australian soldiers during World War One. They stand in front of damaged palm trees alongside their horses. Each of the soldiers are from Ascot, Victoria. They are Harry [Holmes], Jack Nase, Harold Reid, Gordon Spittle, Les Walters, Archie May, Frank Thomas, Joe Fawcett.'Verso 'A group of the Ascot boy. Taken with our own horses. from left to right:- Harry [Holmes], Jack Nase, Harold Reid, Gordon Spittle, Les Walters, Archie May, Frank Thomas, Joe Fawcett.'chatham family archive, chatham, holmes, world war, world war 1, world war i, world war one, france, ascot, harry holmes, gordon spittle, les walters, archie may, frank thomas. mase, reif, spittle, walters, may, thomas, fawcett

This photograph was with a number of others associated with Harry Holmes of Ascot, Victoria. The postcard was written on by Harry Holmes who was a member of the Australian Imperial Force based in Egypt at the time. Nurse Kirkham is Laurie Hemsley Kirkham She was admitted to the Suez Public Hospital (Abbassia) post 06 January 1916. She left Australia with a group of South Australian nurses. Egypt was a major base for the AIF from December 1914. A number of campaigns were fought in this theatre. There were two campaigns involving the AIF. Note that not all the fighting was actually geographically in Egypt. (http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8888/about3.html) The Nurse Kirkam mentioned by the writer is probably Sarah Alice Kirkham, Staff Nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service. Nurse Kirkham was from North Perth, Western Australia. She was posted to the Auxiliary Hospital, Egypt on 09 November 1915 leaving for France on 23 June 1916. Samuel Gordon Spittle (8005) enlisted into the AIF on 17 July 1915, a member of the 18th Australian Army Service Corps (AASC). He left Alexandria on 15 June 1916 disembarking at Marseilles 24 June 1916. Harry Holmes was discharged from a hospital in Egypt on 15 August 1919. He was awarded the Military Medal promulgated on 11 December 1919. (NAA: B2455, Spittle Samuel Gordon) Not only does this photograph portray life in Egypt during World War War, it highlights the role played by members of the Australian Army Nursing Service in both professional and social activities in the theatre of war.Two Australian nurses and a number of Australian soldiers in Hospital Uniform pose for a photograph in Egypt during World War One. Verso: "A little group of Australians at Suez Hospital Joe F[awcett] & I [Gordon Spittle] are standing in the back row with Nurse Kirkham standing between, she is on the short side so stood on a box. Gordon S."chatham family archive, chatham, holmes, world war, world war 1, world war i, world war one, france, gordon spittle, kirkham, suez, egypt, samuel gordon spittle, joe fawcett, laurie kirkham, nurse kirkham, suez hospital, laurie helmsley kirkham, l.a. kirkham, harry holmes, nurses, ascot

Image of two Australian soldiers in uniform during World War One. They are Joe Fawcett and Jack Nase.Verso: "Joe Fawcett and Jack Nase"chatham family archive, chatham, holmes, world war, world war 1, world war i, world war one, fawcett, nase, joe fawcett, joseph fawcett, jack nase

Four uniformed Australian soldiers pose for a photograph during World War One. The two seated soldiers wear gas masks. Standing left to right: Gordon Spittle, Harry Holmes Sitting: Jack Nase, Joe FawcettVerso: Snap taken in our fighting headgear. We always were (sic) the iron helmets when near the trenches, and the front helmets are gas helmets.chatham family archive, chatham, holmes, world war, world war 1, world war i, world war one, france

Newsclip on the ANZAC veterans from Ballarat.anzac, world war one, 18th australian army service corps, sydney rawlings, john brazenor, les sim, gordon spittle, harry holmes, arch gilbert, bob bradby, jack reid, joe fawcett, jack maas, chatham-holmes family collection, john atkinson, arthur oxbrow, ray vickery, tim eustace, dick redfern, world war 1, aif

A5 size publication of the Gipps-Land Gate, October-December 1995 featuring an old picture of Dandenong on the cover. Vale Alan Williams From SEC To United Energy Pillars Of Freedom Foxtel Comes To Dandenong Harking Back 75 Years Ago Toward Our New City The Story Of SEHA 1994-5 Oresident's Report George Fawcett Walker Society News An interesting group of Early Dandenong Personalities, Places and Eventshotel history, early education in dandenong, interesting milestones, family histories