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Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Work on paper - History WW2, volumes 1-24, memorabilia
... History WW2, volumes 1-24... melbourne books memorabilia Work on paper History WW2, volumes 1-24 ...books -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BATTALION HISTORY WW2, 2/29 Battalion AIF Association/1983", "A HISTORY OF THE 2/29 BATTALION - 8th AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AIF", 1983 First Edition
... BATTALION HISTORY WW2... BATTALION - 8th AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AIF". Book BATTALION HISTORY WW2 ...Refer Cat No. 7944. Item in the collection of "Arthur E. Tranter". V50166 - VX52843 2/29th Bn. P.O.W.Hard cover book with dust cover. First Edition Book. Hard cover - cardboard, black colour buckram adhered cover. Dust cover - paper, with black print on front and spine. Cover ilustration - muted green colour tones of a tank and roadblock - "Muar Road Battle". Plastic cover - clear soft plastic - protective cover with adhesive tape. 224 pages, cut, plain white paper. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. A number of pages have handwritten notes in grey lead pencil and blue ink pen. P.186 has an added note on paper. Handwritten owner's name front end paper. Page 186 - note on paper, blue ink pen. "P.186/ This section by R.F. Nelson/ describes my experience/ fairly well./ I was with him throughout the whole/ term of imprisonment". Front end paper - handwritten owner's name - blue ink pen "Arthur E. Tranter/ 24-4-83".plublications, book, 2/29 battalion, ww2, arthur e tranter -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, Australia in the War of 1939 - 1945. The Japanese Thrust, 1953
... Official history WW2... melbourne Official history WW2 Australia in the War of 1939 - 1945 ...Official history WW2 -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Development history then onto WW2 fields of use plus month by month events, CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES LOCKHEED P-38 LIGHTING, Jerry Scutts, CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES LOCKHEED P-38 LIGHTING, 2006
... Development history then onto WW2 fields of use plus month...Development history then onto WW2 fields of use plus month...Development history then onto WW2 fields of use plus month ...Development history then onto WW2 fields of use plus month by month events, CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES LOCKHEED P-38 LIGHTINGLight blue cover jacket showing with in air closeup photo taken above a P38, sunny daynon-fictionDevelopment history then onto WW2 fields of use plus month by month events, CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES LOCKHEED P-38 LIGHTING -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - General history of development and WW2 service, brief details of each Lancaster and Manchester aircraft squadron history. THE AVRO LANCASTER, THE AVRO LANCASTER, 1989
... General history of development and WW2 service, brief...General history of development and WW2 service, brief... Moorabbin melbourne General history of development and WW2 service ...General history of development and WW2 service, brief details of each Lancaster and Manchester aircraft squadron history. THE AVRO LANCASTERJacket showing painting of two Lancasters preparing for take off in darknessnon-fictionGeneral history of development and WW2 service, brief details of each Lancaster and Manchester aircraft squadron history. THE AVRO LANCASTER -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, Australia in the War of 1939 - 1945. Tobruk and El Alamein, 1953
... Official history of WW2... melbourne Official history of WW2 Australia in the War of 1939 ...Official history of WW2 -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, Australia in the War of 1939 - 1945. The New Guinea Offensives, 1953
... Official history of WW2... melbourne Official history of WW2 Australia in the War of 1939 ...Official history of WW2 -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, Australia in the War of 1939 - 1945. The Final Campaigns, 1953
... Official history of WW2... melbourne Official history of WW2 Australia in the War of 1939 ...Official history of WW2 -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, Australia in the War of 1939 - 1945. Royal Australian Air Force 1939-1942, 1953
... Official history of WW2... melbourne Official history of WW2 Australia in the War of 1939 ...Official history of WW2 -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, Australia in the War of 1939 - 1945. Air War Against Japan 1943 - 1945, 1953
... Official history of WW2... melbourne Official history of WW2 Australia in the War of 1939 ...Official history of WW2 -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, Australia in the War of 1939 - 1945. The Government and the People 1939-1941, 1953
... Official history of WW2... melbourne Official history of WW2 Australia in the War of 1939 ...Official history of WW2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Album - SERVICE HISTORY AND RECORDS WW2, C. 1939 - 1951
... SERVICE HISTORY AND RECORDS WW2... dated 15.9.1945 to Pat and Brenda. Album SERVICE HISTORY ...The items in this Archival folder relate to Arthur Edmund TRANTER V50166, VX52843 POW, his wife Pat and Daughter Brenda. There are two more Archival folders, Cat No's 7957.2 & 7958.2. Refer Cat No 7944 for A.E. Tranters service history..1) Black Archival folder container. .2) Black Archival folder, 3 ring binder with plastic inserts. This has the following: 1. Certificate of Service 2nd AIF 1941 - 45 2. Certificate of service CMF 1939 - 1941 3. Corporals certificate 38th BN 1939. 4. Certificate relating to a "mention in Despatches" 5 &6. Letters re the awards of the "Efficiency Medal" 7. Black and white photo with "Streader, Drake and Tranter" 1939. 8. Ships menu "TMS SIBAKAK" Sept 1941. 9. 2/29th BN reunion menu 50th Anniversary. 10. Document on "How to learn Morse Code". 11. Document, Grant of a War pension, Tranter 1951. 12. Document re War pension Payments. 13. Document re "Return to Civilian life for POW"s. 14. Exercise book from Singapore with names re 2/29th BN. 15. Cartoon copy, Medan Melbourne Frog Cup 1942. 16. Hand drawn sketch black pencil of "Tranter" by E.W. Porter 17th Dec 1942. 17. List of recommendations for an "MID" re POW's in captivity. 18. POW working party list and casualties 8.3.1944 at "Atjeh". 19. POW casualties on the "Harukiki Maru"26.6.1944. 20. Eight newspaper cuttings re casualty lists and War news. 21. List of Australian POW's in Sumatra. 22. Menu Sheraton Hotel 2/29th BN Reunion. 23. Five photos of the Tranter Family re wife Pat and Daughter Brenda. 24. 2/29th BN Xmas card 1942. Card, General Base AIF Malaya 1941 - 42. 25. Twenty four POW Post cards via Australian/Japanese Red Cross. 26. Nineteen telegrams re "Welcome home 1945" 27. Two photos re "Welcome home, Shire of McIvor. 28. Letter written at sea to Pat and Brenda. 29. Welcome home luncheon menu Shire of McIvor 8th April 1946. 30. Letter dated 15.9.1945 to Pat and Brenda. album pow, documents, tranter -
Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Booklet, The Development of Australia's Special Forces
... brigadier wh mac grant- history of ww2 special forces-2... history of WW2 Special Forces, written originally in 1995... history of WW2 Special Forces, written originally in 1995 ...The booklet is a reprint of Brigadier WH 'Mac' Grant's history of WW2 Special Forces, written originally in 1995, and was presented to attendees at the 45th anniversary celebrationsThe reprint marked the 45th anniversary of 2 Commando Company, the first (along with 1 Commando Company) post-WW2 SF unit, and explained the origins of its WW2 predecessors. brigadier wh mac grant- history of ww2 special forces-2 commando company-1 commando company-post ww2 sf units -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, Australia in the War of 1939 - 1945. Greece Crete and Syria, 1953
... History of WW2 complete with dust cover... melbourne History of WW2 complete with dust cover Australia ...History of WW2 complete with dust cover -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, Australia in the War of 1939 - 1945. Medical Services of the RAN and RAAF with a section on women in the Army Medical Services, 1953
... Official history of WW2 without dust cover... melbourne Official history of WW2 without dust cover Australia ...Official history of WW2 without dust cover -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, The Twelfth Quarter July1, 1942 - Sept 30 1942
... photos. Author - Philip Graves. US history for WW2.... Author - Philip Graves. US history for WW2 The Twelfth Quarter ...Hard cover with 275 pages with text and black and white photos. Author - Philip Graves. US history for WW2Publishers - Hutchinson & Co Ltd. Printed in Great Britain. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Painting - PAINTING UNFRAMED, OIL ON CANVAS, Sharon HACKETT, "MY FATHER'S WAR", 2023
... 609 days 2nd AIF, 485 days overseas. Painting Military History ...Information from artist. " Oil painting titled/ My Father's War! by Sharon Hackett/Phd/ My father, John Peter Hackett served in World/ War Two. This painting by myself is an expressionist realist oil painting, about / a young man serving in/ New Guinea". John Peter HACKET V146209 Enlisted 27.01.1942 aged 18 years 6 months. No discharge date. States on Attestation form 609 days 2nd AIF, 485 days overseas.Painting - oil painting in colour, with red, yellow, blue and black. Style - expressionist realist. Artist's signature bottom left. Unframed canvas on timber.painting, military history, ww2, new guinea -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BATTLE BIOGRAPHIES, CATO, "Guilty Men", 1940 - 1941
... Military History WW2 Biographies Front end paper - owner's stamp ...Book - short stories - battle biographies of 15 men.Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard with mid blue colour buckram cover. Dark blue print on spine. 125 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. No illustrations. Owners stamp on front end paper. Book sellers label on front end paper.Front end paper - owner's stamp - "T. MITCHELL/ 91 ROSLYN ST./ BURWOOD 3125 VIC" Book seller's label - "THE MYER EMPORIUM (S.A.) LTD/ BOOK DEPARTMENTR/ ADELAIDE"books, military history, ww2, biographies -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, FLYING FORTRESS WW2, W. L. WHITE, "Queens Die Proudly", 1944
... Pacific War WW2, Books Mikitary History WW2 Flying Fortresses ...Book - account of the Flying Fortresses in the South West Pacific War WW2,Hard Cover book. Cover - cardboard, orange colour paper with black print on spine. 223 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. End papers - Illustrated, black and white map South-West Pacific. Front end paper and Title page - owner's stamp.Front end paper and Title page - black ink owner's stamp - "BENDIGO DISTRICT/ RSL SUB BRANCH INC/ PO BOX 449/ BENDIGO, VIC, 3552. Opposite Title page - handwritten black ink - "Donated by/ Peter Morrison".books, mikitary history, ww2, flying fortresses -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BATTLE CAMPAIGN WW2, Russell Hill, "Desert War", 1942
... Military History WW2 Campaigns Front end paper - handwritten blue ...Book - Account of Battle campaign Tobruk, WW2.Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard, brown colour buckram cover with white print on spine (illegible). 140 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. End papers - illustrated sepia tones - map of Libya/Egypt (front) - map of Tobruk and battle. Campaign books.Front end paper - handwritten blue pen - "15-"books, military history, ww2, campaigns -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN WW2, W. L. WHITE, "They Were Expendable", 1943
... Military History WW2 Campaigns End paper's - Owner's stamp in black ...Book - narrative of the Philippine Campaign WW2.Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard, red colour buckram with black print on spine. 128 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. No illustrations. Owner's stamp. Book seller's adhesive label and handwritten information on front end paper. Owner's stamp on back end paper.End paper's - Owner's stamp in black ink - "BENDIGO DISTRICT/ RSL SUB BRANCH INC./ PO BOX 449/ BENDIGO VIC 3552" Book seller's label - black print on yellow adhesive label "Moore's Bookshop Pty Ltd/ 264 Pitt Street/ Sydney" From "Inscription's and Marking's" - Handwritten black ink - "30/11" - "donated by/ Peter Morrison".books, military history, ww2, campaigns -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WAR SPEECHES - CHURCHILL, Charles EADE, "The Dawn of Liberation", 1945
... , WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, C.H., M.P. Books Military History WW2 ..." THE DAWN OF LIBERATION" War Speeches by the RIGHT HON, WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, C.H., M.P.Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard, light blue colour buckram. Dark blue print on spine. 314 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated with black and white photographs. End paper - front - owner's stamp. Title page - handwritten name.End Paper - Owner's stamp, black ink "BENDIGO DISTRICT RSL SUB BRANCH INC/ PO BOX 42/ LONG GULLY 3550" Title page - handwritten blue ink - "F. B. McKAY".books, military history, ww2, churchill, speeches -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BIOGRAPHY WW2, C.O. Jennings (Captain "Mick" Jennings R.E.), "An Ocean Without Shores", 1950
... Singapore and the enemy. Books Military History WW2 Biography Front ..."AN OCEAN WITHOUT SHORES" Tale of the adventures which befell two British soldiers in their attempt to escape from Singapore and the enemy.Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard, light brown colour buckram with dark blue print on spine and on front cover illustration - sketch of sailing dinghy. 223 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps. Owner's stamp - front end paper, title page and throughout pages. Front end paper/ Title page - owner's stamp - blue ink "RETURNED & SERVICES LEAGUE/MEMORIAL HALL BENDIGO" Pages throughout book - owner's stamp, black ink "TUBERCULAR SOLDIER'S AID SOCIETY/ INORPORATED".books, military history, ww2, biography -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, GERMAN NAVY WW1, Heinz Schaeffer, "U Boat 977", 1952 First Edition
... Commander of U-Boat 977. Books Military History WW2 German Navy ...'U-Boat 977' Autobiography by Heinz SCHAEFFER, the last Commander of U-Boat 977.Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard, red colour buckram with gold print on the spine. 207 pages, cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs. Front end papers - illustrated blue print "The Structure of a U - Boat". Back end papers - illustrated blue print - map "The Last Voyage of U977" Front end papers - handwritten prices.Front end papers - handwritten - grey lead pencil "18/9" and in blue ink "15c".books, military history, ww2, german navy, autobiography -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WW2, Mary Kent Hughes, "Matilda Waltzes on", 1954 First Edition
... goldfields Books Military History WW2 Women Front end papers ...Hard cover with dust cover and plastic book cover. Hard cover - cardboard, orange colour buckram. Dust cover - paper, light orange background with red print on front and spine. Front and back illustration ered print in silhouette of women, plane and luggage. Plastic cover - clear plastic. 174 pages - cut, plain, off white paper illustrated - black and white photographs. Front end paper - handwritten names and owner's stamp.Front end papers - owner's name, handwritten blue ink "Alison Lohmann/ Ballarat/ 1954 Donor's name - "Donated by Frank O'Connell" Front and back end papers - Owner's stamp - BENDIGO DISTRICT/ RSL SUB BRANCH INC/ PO BOX 449/ BENDIGO VIC 3552.books, military history, ww2, women -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BOMBER COMMAND WW2, Ray OLLIS, "101 Nights", 1957 First Edition
... goldfields Books Military History WW2 Bomber Command Front and back ...Hard cover book Hard cover - cardboard, mid blue colour buckram, silver print on spine. 276 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Front and back end papers and numerous pages - Owner's stamp. front end paper - price notation.Front and back end papers and numerous pages - owner's stamp, purple ink "AIR CADET CORPS/ CITY OF BENDIGO SQUADRON" Front end papers - handwritten, grey lead pencil "19/9/7570".books, military history, ww2, bomber command -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WAR AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Air Vice-Marshal D.C.T. BENNETT, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O, "Pathfinder", Sept 1958 - Second Impression
... . BENNETT, C.D., C.B.E., D.S.O.. RAF WW2. Books Military History WW2 ..."PATHFINDER" A War Autobiography by Air Vice-Marshal D.C. BENNETT, C.D., C.B.E., D.S.O.. RAF WW2.Hardcover book. Cover - cardboard, dark blue color buckram. Gold print on spine. 287 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs. Front and back end papers - owner's stamps. Front end paper - price notation.Front and back end papers - owner's stamp - purple ink "AIR CADET CORPS/ CITY OF BENDIGO SQUADRON. Blue ink "RETURNED & SERVICES LEAGUE/ MEMORIAL HALL BENDIGO" . Front end paper - price notation - grey lead pencil "4590/22/6"books, military history, ww2, autobiography, raf -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BIOGRAPHY RAF WW2, Larry FORRESTER, "Fly For Your Life", 1958
... , D.S.O., D.F.C. AND TWO BARS. Books Military History WW2 ..."FLY FOR YOUR LIFE" - The story of/ R.R. STANFORD TUCK, D.S.O., D.F.C. AND TWO BARS.Hard cover book Cover - cardboard, mid blue colour buckram with red print on spine. 319 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs. front end papers - handwritten price notation and donation name.Front end papers - handwritten - black ink "1.00". - blue ink "Donated by / Peter Morrison"books, military history, ww2, biography, raf -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WW2, Ronald W. CLARK, "The Birth of the Bomb", First Published 1961 (First edition)
... History WW2 Front & end paper papers and pages - owner's stamp ..."THE BIRTH OF THE BOMB" "THE UNTOLD STORY OF / BRITAIN'S PART IN THE WEAPON/ THAT CHANGED THE WORLD" Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard, dark orange colour buckram with silver print on spine. 209 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated four black and white photographs opposite the title page. Front and back end papers and numerous pages - owner's stamp. front end papers - price notation.Front & end paper papers and pages - owner's stamp, purple ink "AIR CADET CORPS/ CITY OF BENDIGO SQUADRON" Front end papers - price no9tation - grey lead pencil "20/1 /4610".books, military history, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, AUTOBIOGRAPHY WW2, JOHN NORTH, "The Alexander Memoirs /1940-1945", First Edition 1962
... . Books Military History WW2 Autobiographies Front end papers ..."THE ALEXANDER MEMOIRS" FIELD MARSHAL EARL ALEXANDER OF TUNIS K.G., P.C., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.M., C.S.I., D.S.O., M.C.Hard Cover book. Cover - cardboard, brown colour buckram, with gold print on the spine. 210 pages - cut, plain, off white. Illustrated - black and white photographs, maps and line drawings. front end papers - owner's stamp.Front end papers - owner's stamp - purple ink "T. MITCHELL/ 91 Roslyn St/ BURWOOD, 3125, VIC"books, military history, ww2, autobiographies