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Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Ian V Hogg et al, An illustrated history of military vehicles, 1980
... An illustrated history of military vehicles...Military vehicles - History...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Book An illustrated history of military vehicles ...A history of military vehicles from early days to 1980Ill, p.64non-fictionA history of military vehicles from early days to 1980military vehicles - history, mechanised warfare - history -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, An Illustrated Guide to Modern Tanks and Fighting Vehicles, 1980 (exact)
... fighting vehicles ray bonds combat vehicles military history tanks ...Hard cover. A compact directory of major battle tanks and combat vehicles used by the world's armies. Includes photographs and specifications.ISBN 0 7018 1439 Xmilitary history, tanks, armour, armoured fighting vehicles, ray bonds, combat vehicles, military history, tanks, armour, armoured fighting vehicles, ray bonds, combat vehicles -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Black-Out Headlights
... . transport motor vehicles military history army ...Round Tin 21cm Blackout disc for headlights, used on cars during the War 1939-1945.transport, motor vehicles, military history, army -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Mud And Dust: Australian Army Vehicles and Artillery in Vietnam (Copy 3)
... Vehicles Military -- Vietnam -- History Army -- Equipment ...It's the only place in the world where you can be bogged down in mud up to your neck and get dust in your eyes.It's the only place in the world where you can be bogged down in mud up to your neck and get dust in your eyes. vehicles, military -- vietnam -- history, army -- equipment -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Mud and dust: Australian Army vehicles and artillery in Vietnam (Copy 1)
... Vehicles Military -- Vietnam -- History Army equipment It's ...It's the only place in the world where you can be bogged down in mud up to your neck and get dust in your eyesIt's the only place in the world where you can be bogged down in mud up to your neck and get dust in your eyesvehicles, military -- vietnam -- history, army equipment -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Armoured Fighting Vehicles: 300 of the World's Greatest Military Vehicles, 1999
... Tanks (Military science) -- History Armoured vehicles ...Every major tank from World War 1 to the present300 of the world's greatest military vehicles.Every major tank from World War 1 to the presenttanks (military science) -- history, armoured vehicles, military - history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Battletanks, 2003
... Tanks (Military science) Armoured vehicles Military ...An authoritative guide to modern battle tanks.An authoritative guide to modern battle tanks.tanks (military science), armoured vehicles, military - history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, An Illustrated Guide to Modern Tanks and Fighting Vehicles
... Tanks (Military science) - History Armoured vehicles ...The world's major combat vehicles described in 160 fact-packed pages.The world's major combat vehicles described in 160 fact-packed pages.tanks (military science) - history, armoured vehicles, military - history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Mud And dust: Australian Army Vehicles and Artillery in Vietnam (Copy 2)
... Vehicles Military -- Vietnam -- History Army -- Equipment ...It's the only place in the world where you can be bogged down in mud up to your neck and get dust in your eyes.It's the only place in the world where you can be bogged down in mud up to your neck and get dust in your eyes. vehicles, military -- vietnam -- history, army -- equipment -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Photograph, Set 4 photographs. and others for Torquay Light Horse camp, 1940
These images capture for all time Light Horsemen travelling through Geelong on their way to camp at Torquay for the last Group meeting in Australia . information following - details obtained from .........https://torquayhistory.com/light-horse-brigade/ On Australia Day, 1997, Sir John Young unveiled this plaque on Point Danger, Torquay. Torquay history, Light Horse Training Camp, WW2 Plaque at Pt. Danger Note----- (See images to view plaque) The plaque identifies a significant event in Torquay’s history and the sentiments of ‘change’ for the Light Horse Brigade – from horses to machines. In 1940 the four Light Horse Regiments (4th, 8th, 13th and 20th), some 5000 Light Horse and 2000 horses camped and trained at Torquay. Three other regiments, formerly mounted on horses, were also at Torquay ‘mounted’ on privately owned trucks and cars. Division troops included Artillery, Engineers, Signals, Field Ambulance and other branches of the Army necessary to enable a Division to function. It wasn’t just the sheer numbers of men coming to this little town that made the event significant, it was also the fact that the men of the Light Horse were dramatic, almost glamorous figures and it is easy to see their exploits as some splendid adventure. Horses have played a special role in the story of Australia. They were the only means of transport across this huge country, so it was necessary for everyone to have the ability to ride a horse. When war broke out in 1899 between Britain and the Boers of South Africa (“Boer” was Dutch for “farmer”) Australia sent troops to fight. At first Britain was wary of using untried, unprofessional colonial cavalrymen but soon saw that the slouch-hatted Australian “bushmen” were a match for the fast-moving and unconventional mounted commandos of the Boers. The Australians proved themselves to be expert rough-riding horsemen and good shots. Bush life had hardened them to go for long periods with little food and water. They also showed remarkable ability to find their way in a strange country and use its features for cover, in both attack and defence. By 1914, when Australia joined the war against Germany, there were 23 Light Horse regiments of militia volunteers. Many men from these units joined the Light Horse regiments of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Men were given remounts (if not using their own horses) – army horses bought by Commonwealth purchasing officers from graziers and breeders. These were called “walers” because they were a New South Wales stockhorse type – strong, great-hearted animals with the strains of the thoroughbred and semi-draught to give them speed, strength and stamina. On 1st November, 1914, Australia’s First Infantry Division and the first four Light Horse regiments sailed for England in a fleet of transport ships. The first of the Light Horse arrived at Gallipoli in May without their horses. Back with their horses after Gallipoli, they were formidable combatants across the Sinai and Palestine. Some British commanders observed that the light horseman moved with a “lazy, slouching gait, like that of a sleepy tiger” but described how the promise of battle “changes that careless gait, into a live athletic swing that takes him over the ground much quicker than other troops”. They had Light Horse, Torquay, training campdeveloped a reputation as formidable infantrymen. The Turks called them “the White Ghurkas” – a reference to their deadly skill with the bayonet. The Arabs called them “The Kings of the Feathers”. The plume had originally been a battle honour of the Queensland Mounted Infantry for their work in the shearer’s strike of 1891. During WW1 it was adopted by almost all the Light Horse Regiments. It was the proud badge of the light horseman. The most famous of their battles was the attack on Beersheba- the charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade. Mounted infantrymen and their superb walers had carried out one of the most successful cavalry charges in history – against what seemed impossible odds. They surprised the Turks by charging cavalry-style, when they would normally have ridden close to an objective then dismounted to fight. The fall of Beersheba swung the battle tide against the Turks in Palestine; and changed the history of the Middle East. While 19 men from the Surf Coast Shire served with the 4th Light Horse over the course of WW1, only four were involved in the charge of Beersheba- John GAYLARD, Philip QUINN.(Winchelsea); Wallace FINDLAY (Anglesea); Harry TRIGG (Bambra). After the war, Light Horse units played a key role in the Australian Government’s compulsory military training programme. The Citizen Military Forces (C.M.F.) thrived on the glamour of the wartime Light Horse tradition, ignoring the possibility that motor vehicles would soon replace the horses. When training was no longer compulsory, the C.M.F. regiments declined and horses became more of a luxury during the 1930s depression years of poverty and unemployment. Some regiments were motorised. Then, in 1939, Australia joined Britain in another world war. Training was increased for the militia at both home bases and regional training camps. The camp at Torquay in 1940, commanded by Major General Rankin, was at Divisional strength. By the end of the camp some felt that the Division was ready for active service. Gradually, over the next four years, the Australian Light Horse units were mounted on wheels and tracks and the horses were retired. Six men enlisted at the Torquay camp and another 57 men and women enlisted at Torquay for service in WW2. Those who served in the Militia provided valuable Officers and NCOs and men for the armed services during the war. Each infantry division of the 2nd AIF had a Light Horse regiment attached to it. But the day of the Australian mounted soldier hadn’t quite passed. During World War II, Australia’s 6th Cavalry Regiment formed a mounted unit they called “The Kelly Gang” which did valuable scouting work. In New Guinea, a mounted Light Horse Troop did patrol duty and helped carry supplies. Some fully equipped walers were flown into Borneo for reconnaissance in rugged mountain country. But by the end of the war, in 1945, the horse had disappeared from the Australian Army. References: Australian Light Horse Association www.lighthorse.org.au National Australia Archives Australian War Memorial Surf Coast Shire WW1 memorials www.togethertheyserved.com The Light horse- a Cavalry under Canvas Light Horse, Training Camp, Torquay, WW2 Late in 1939 it was decided to set up a Lighthorse training camp in Torquay to train both men and horses for the battles of the Second World War. Horses, men and equipment came on special trains from all over Victoria and NSW, and as you would expect horseman came from areas such as Omeo and Sale, the Wimmera and the Western District. They arrived at the Geelong racecourse for watering in the Barwon River and then were ridden across the ford at the breakwater and began their 11 mile trek to Torquay. Light Horse, Training Camp, Torquay, WW2 Tent city By the end of January 1940 the camp at Torquay accommodated some 5000 men and 2500 horses of the Second Cavalry Division. The rows of horses, tents and huts near Blackgate Road were quite a sight. While the cavalrymen engaged in exercises on the land and on the beaches, many of the troops took over the Torquay School for special training of men and officers. Mr Bob Pettit local farmer and Councillor for the Barrabool Shire, wrote about the Light horse in the Surf Coast Community News in 1985 saying “They used to travel about the district riding four abreast in one long convoy. To my annoyance they went through my property and shut all the gates behind them. I had certain gates open to let stock in to the water holes and it would take me three -quarters of an hour to follow the horsemen up and put all the gates right again” he continued “the men from the Light Horse were here when the fire went through in March 1940. He recalled an incident when early one morning, as some one blew the bugle, a soldier putting a white sheet on the line frightened the horses. They panicked and ran off in all directions. Six went over the cliff near Bird Rock, five were never found, and the rest were gathered up after nearly a fortnight in the bush around Addiscott and Anglesea" Light Horse, Training Camp, Torquay, WW2, Geelong Parade Geelong parade The training camp culminated in a parade through the streets of Geelong on March 12th 1940. The salute was given at the Town Hall and the troops continued on a route to the You Yang’s for a training exercise. Note-----(see media section for photograph) The Camp was abandoned in mid 1940 as it was deemed unsuitable for training during winter and the cost of a permanent camp could not be justified if it could not be used all year. Historic.......Rare,,,Interpretive.Sepia photographs.set of four ....post card size ....Horses &LighthorsemenNo 1, Lighthorsemen Regiment Geelong 1940......No 2 Light Horse at Breakwater Geelong 1938 to 1940....No 3 Light Horse at Breakwater Geelong 1938 to 1940.....No 4 Light Horse crossing Breakwater camped at Geelong Showgrounds. These markings are on reverse of photographs.light horsemengeelong 1940., world war 2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, The Corps Committee of the Royal Australian Engineers (Department of Defence), Ubique. The Royal Australian Engineers. 3 Volumes, 1) 1977 .2) 1979 .3)1982
Three volumes. Dark Blue hard covers with dust jackets Author MajGen RR McNicoll CBE. .1) Ubique the royal Australian Engineers 1835-1902 "the colonial Engineers." Blue and While dust jacket with soldier in red and navy uniform standing with sword in right hand 203 PP .2) The Royal Engineers 1902 - 1919 " Making and Breaking." 232 PP. Author Maj Gen RR McNicoll CBE, cream and sepia coloured dust jacket photograph of the building of Watson's Rer Anzac Cove June 1915. .3) The Royal Australian Engineers 1919 -1945 "Teeth and Tail." 432 PP Author Maj Gen RR McNicoll CBE AM. Cream and Sepia coloured dust jacket photograph of sappers disarming anti vehicle mines near Derna, Cyremaica 1941..1) .2) .3) Donated by the Batham Family written in ink on title pages,books, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Sign - SIGNS, TAC
... on vehicles. Note that .2) has a key hole in it. military history-army ...These signs were used on vehicles. Note that .2) has a key hole in it..1) Steel TAC sign: Side A - Blue, yellow & red bands. No. 10 painted overall. Side B - Drab olive colour, black No 10 painted overall. .2) Steel TAC sign: Side A - Plain blue, with No. 6 over 296 painted in white. Side B - No. 6 296 painted in white. .3) Steel TAC sign: Side A - Drab olive with No. 1 over MSU, painted in black. Side B - Not painted..1) On olive side: “H U Coy 1 Boe Test. ASM S/Sgt L R Magnussen” .2) Side A: “DSU Broadmeadows L/CP Nisbet”military history-army, vehicles -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED & PHOTOGRAPHS, post 1970
.1) Framed coloured photo of tray truck with personal carrier aboard, silver metal frame with glass front & khaki hanging cord. .2) Coloured photo of recovery vehicle towing a troop carrier vehicle. .3) Coloured photo of army vehicle No 12 in bush setting. .4) Coloured photo of land rover under camouflage net in bush setting..1) On stickers on back of frame: "Sgt Jones - APC Lift 9-10-11 Sep - 1984 - Cobram - Hay - 468 klms Trust No 5"photography-photographs, frame accessories, military history, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED
Benjamin Thomas Roy Chadd No's 10594, VX20311, 1st and 2nd AIF. Refer 2039 for complete service history also 2034P. Photo taken possibly between WW1 and WW2. Photograph, framed. Re Lt. Col. B. T. R. CHADD. Timber frame mid brown colour. Black and white photograph of eight lighthorse officers, some have medal ribbons on left of chest. One vehicle and row of trees in background. Group full length portrait. Dark green cardboard surround to photograph.On white label with frame "Lt Col B.T.R. CHADD/donated by Mrs B. CAHILL"photography- photographs, frame accessories, military history- army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH JAPANESE POW, Est 1954
In the collection of Keith David Livingston VX136969 2nd AIF. Refer Cat No 1911P for his service history.B&W photo with crinolated edges showing a Japanese soldier in handcuffs sitting on the bumper bar of a vehicle. Description on rer of photo. "JAP SGT MAJOR, war criminal who has been tried and shot. Nice friendly chap. Captured at Mini, Borneo1945"japanese, pow -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, The Amazing SAS, 2005
The amazing SAS - provides a thrilling insight into the way Australia's SAS soldiers are selected and trained and of various SAS deployments.Soft cover cardboard. White color print on back, front spine. Illustrated cover. Colored photograph. Solder on front, Grey tones colored army vehicle on back. Jungle green colored background. 349 pages cut plain. Illustrated colored photographs and maps.books-military-history, books-sas -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Staghound Armoured Car, General Motors Corporation, c. 1942
Staghound Armoured Carmilitary vehicles, armoured vehicles, staghound, world war two equipment, armoured car -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Document, 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment, Australian Military Forces. Routine Orders Part 1 4/19 PWLH 25 JUL 63, 25 July 1963
Two pages of Routine Orders Part 1 issued by LtCol R V Couche MBE on 25 July 1963 for 4/19 PWLH. Covering speed limits for military vehicles, driving of Army vehicles and Efficiency Grant 1963/64routine orders -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Maintenance Manual Canadian Military Pattern Vehicles, Apr 1942
Soft covered maintenance manual for the 15 cwt 4x2, the 15 cwt, 30 cwt, Heavy Duty and Field Artillery Tractor 4x4 Chevrolet MB-C1, The logo of General Motors Canadamaintenance manual, canadian military vehicles -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet (3 copies), 1 Base Printing Company RAAOC, Instructions for Drivers of Mechanical Vehicles, 1957
Instructions for unit driversA soft covered booklet detailing a driver's responsibilities, driving licences, rules of the road, restrictions, accidents, speeds and other aspects of driving military vehicles.7610-010-4222, Badge of the Australian Military Forces, and titledriver training, army driving instructions -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Vehicle Log Book B Vehicles, 1944
As used by Australian Army from 1944Hard covered vehicle log book (blank) as used by the Australian Military Forces. It is an active service log book to cover vehicle particulars, routine maintenance, mileage, and fuel and oils usedAAB 20B Introduced Feb 1944 ("AAB" was a standard abbreviation for "Australian Army Book")vehicle log book, world war 2 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Inspection, Maintenance and Care of Army Vehicles (Wheeled), 1945
Booklet was to be carried in the pocket of all officers and NCO's in charge of vehiclesSoft covered booklet laying out the inspection and maintenance requirements to obtain an efficient standard for military wheeled vehicles. vehicle maintenance -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Field Engineering & Mine Warfare Pam 8 Assault River Crossing, 1951
Soft covered booklet providing the necessary information to enable instructors of Royal Engineers and Assault Pioneers to train their men in methods of getting supporting weapons and some vehicles across water obstacles. 2 copies. One copy has amendments Nos 4 & 5WO Code No 8668. Part II Rafting and Watermanship (RE and Aslt Pnrs) 1951military engineering, river crossings -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Framed Map and Newspaper
Sketch Map of Bulldog-Wau Road New Guinea drawn to scale by 2/1 Aust Fd Coy dated 23.7.43 and signed by soldiers together with related newspaper article. Hand sketched by Peter Muncey VX10042 a Draughtsman who served in the Middle East Ceylon and New Guinea with the 2/2 and 2/1 Field Coy Royal Australian Engineers. The sketch contains 26 signatures including:- S/Sgt Raymond Hector Ibbotson NX14112 who served in the Middle East and New Guinea Lt Col Jack Graham Wilson NX 130646Bulldog Track also known as Bulldog-Wau road was longer, higher, steeper, wetter, colder and rougher than Kokoda Track. In 1943 Australian Army engineers; the 2/1 and 2/16 Field Company RAE, 9th Australian Field Company (AIF), veterans of Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Greece and Crete, the 1st and 3rd Australian Pack Transport Companies and local Papuan labour cut the road with pickaxes and dynamite over a period of eight months. During five months of operations over seventy per cent of the 2/1 Australian Field Company contracted malaria.Seventeen bridges were constructed; mostly single, but at least one with multiple spans. More than two thousand Australian army personnel and over two thousand Papuans and New Guineans were involved during nine months of construction. Thus the road, acclaimed as the greatest military engineering feat ever, was completed and for the only time in history motor vehicles crossed the high rugged mountains of Papua New Guinea. Carved brown timber frame with cream mount containing hand sketched map with soldiers signatures and two newspaper articles.Sketch Map of Bulldog-Wau Road 23.7.43 2/1 Aust Fd Coy Newspaper - Diggers pushed on with pick and shovelbulldog-wau road, map, new guinea, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Programme - PROGRAMME, BARRACKS OPENING, 1993
... Military History Ceremonial Second Cavalry Regiment ...1. "SECOND CAVALRY REGIMENT/ ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMOURED CORPS/ ON THE OCCASION OF/ THE/ OPENING OF THE WALER BARRACKS/ 17th APRIL 1993". 2. "THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY/ WHEELED/ ARMOURED/ FIGHTING/ VEHICLE."1. Programme - cover, cardboard, black and green print on front cover with illustration of eagle and rod crest of Second Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps. 16 pages - cut, plain, off white paper, illustrated - black and white photographs. Stapled - metal. 2. Leaflet - white glossy paper, Gold, green and white print on front. Colour photographs - back cover and inside leaflet.programme, military history, ceremonial, second cavalry regiment -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BIOGRAPHY, Aubrey JARROTT, "TWO WARS AND A FAMILY", 1997
Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3.SOFT COVER BOOK. Cover - cardboard, white colour print on front, red colour background. Illustrated - front, colour photograph of a vehicle on a flat top railway wagon. 134 pages - cut, plain, semi gloss, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs, maps and papers. Page 1. handwritten signature.Page 1 - handwritten in blue ink - signature "Aubrey Jarrott".books, military history, ww1, ww2, biography -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, : Atlantic Books, Thunder run : three days in the battle for Baghdad, 2004
In one of the boldest gambles in modern military history, just three battalions and fewer than a thousand men launched a violent thrust of tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles into the heart of a city of 5 million people and, in three bloody days of combat, ended the Iraqi war. Thunder Run is the story of the surprise assault on Baghdad - one of the most decisive battles in American combat history - by the Spartan Brigade, the Second Brigade of the Third Infantry Division (MechanizedNotes, maps, p.325.non-fictionIn one of the boldest gambles in modern military history, just three battalions and fewer than a thousand men launched a violent thrust of tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles into the heart of a city of 5 million people and, in three bloody days of combat, ended the Iraqi war. Thunder Run is the story of the surprise assault on Baghdad - one of the most decisive battles in American combat history - by the Spartan Brigade, the Second Brigade of the Third Infantry Division (Mechanizediraq war 2003, iraq war - us involvement -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Chris Ellis et al, American half tracks of world war two, 1978
... ), plans, p.104. half track vehicles - military united states army ...A detailed history of the American designed half-tracks which served the Allied nations in World War 2 and for many years after.ill (b/w), plans, p.104.non-fictionA detailed history of the American designed half-tracks which served the Allied nations in World War 2 and for many years after.half track vehicles - military, united states army - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Nicola Pignato, Italian medium tanks in action, 2001
... ), p.49. armoured vehicles - italy - history tanks - military ...A pictorial and descriptive of Italian medium tanksill (b/w,col), p.49.non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive of Italian medium tanksarmoured vehicles - italy - history, tanks - military - italy -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Jim Mesko, U.S Armoured cars in action, 1998
... .49 armoured vehicles - united states - history military ...A pictorial and descriptive history of US armored carsill (b/w,col), p.49non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive history of US armored carsarmoured vehicles - united states - history, military science - united states - history