Refer Media section for the significance of parachuteCanopy Assy DWG No 50E66877-3 Serial NO Butterworth Date Of MFR .Sept 1965 Fujikura Parachute Co.Ltd

A promotional event where Ron Barassi and Daryl Somers did a parachute jump to promote Legacy. Photos show Daryl and Ron in Fawkner Park in Melbourne and some Legatees giving scores on cards of their jump - similar to the scores given on 'Red Faces' a segment of Daryl Somers TV show 'Hey Hey it's Saturday'. The Legatees with President Brian Luscombe, George Logan and Peter Stokes. Photos of the event were published in the Herald Sun on 21/8/97 with the headline 'Jumping into thin air for a worthy cause'. And also in The Answer in October 1997. Ron Barassi was a Legacy boy after his father died at Tobruk in 1941. Daryl Somers was Legacy personality of the year in 1997 as published in The Answer.A record of a way celebrities used their media profile to promote Legacy.Colour photo x 4 of Ron Barassi and Daryl Somers parachuting to promote Legacy and an A4 photocopy of newspaper article.Printed on the back "legacy promotion, answer, ron barassi, daryl somers

Certificate awarded by the "G.Q. PARACHUTE COMPANY LTD., STADIUM WORKS, WOKING, SURREY" Item in the collection re Vivian D BULLEN, refer Cat No 7386 for his AIF & RAAF Service details.Certificate - photocopy of an original certificate, a memento awarded to V.D. BULLEN in 1945 for baling out of a Halifax bomber. Illustrated in colour - G.Q. Parachute company logo above an illustration of a serviceman with parachute amongst clouds and sky, small aircraft in background. Paper - pale yellow colour. Below illustration - black print award statement with handwritten recipient information in red ink.Recipient information - in red ink. "No. AVS 431933, Flight Sergeant "V.D. BULLEN, R.A.A.F." "20TH April 1945"certificates, ww2, raaf, uk

White parachute canopy only. Cords cut. This parachure not used by Australians, more likely by Americans or South vietnamese.S/N 179346 IAC3 TIO-B or MCI-1Bparachute, american forces, south vietnam

Photograph of a team of Australia's Parachute Display Team, the Red Berets, parachuting into Sandown racecourse for Legacy Week. The yellow paper label says: "Legacy Torch drops on Sandown. The Australian Army's parachute display team, the 'Red Berets' provided a spectacular free-fall display at Sandown racecourse to help highlight Legacy Week. Lt. Col. Matt Chambers carried the Legacy Torch to be used for the Legacy Torch Relay the next day." "Lt. Col. Matt Chambers hands the Legacy Torch to the President after jumping 3,000 feet." Believed to be 1991 as John Sullivan was the president accepting the torch at the racecourse. They were in a folio of photos from 1990 and 1991. Later at Legacy House CEO Terry Walsh is pictured with the red berets.A record of the army being involved in promoting Legacy Week.Colour photo x 8 of red berets parachuting onto Sandown racecourse.Yellow paper label explaining the event in black type.legacy week, legacy promotion

Silk canopy, nylon cords and thick strap for attachment to pallets. Used with Caribou DHC - 4Parachute MBEU 4067. Mod 3173.caribou, freight parachute

Stores Ref 27C/24S5 Date of MFR 4/70

Reference 15A/1082

Part No.50J6876 Contract AF 33(600)-B95A Name: BRIGGS stencilled on pack

Manufactured by Light Aircraft Pty Ltd

Label inscribed with I.A.C PAD Ref. No. 15A/652 BACK MK6

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of an Australina Army Training Team (AATTV) advisor at the Vietnamese Ranger, Parachute Training Establishment, Bear Cat, 3 Corps, watching Vietnamese ranger recruits practice the correct way to roll when landing from a parachute jump.photograph, aattv, vietnamese ranger, parachute training establishment, bear cat, 3 corps, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, australian army training team vietnam (aattv)

Parachute used for dropping small suppliesequipment, ww2, raaf

Parachute bag issued to Flight Officer D.C. Williams, O315980 who enlisted in the RAAF and served in the Military Police between 1962 -1965. A general issue parachute bagOff white canvass Parachute Bag Dominion Parachute Manufactured by Light Aircraft Pty Ltd Sydney Flight Officer D.C. Williams, 0315980 RAAFparachute bag, raaf

Ref.No. 15A/96

Shield shaped plaque made of varnished wood with large silver metal Parachute regiment badge affixed to the front.allied forces, parachute regiment, infantry, plaque, wark vc club

WO2 John Vincent of AATTV trains Montagnard soldiers to parachute. The Montagnard of Mike Force were part of the Special Forces Vietnam.wo 2, photograph, training, aattv

This rope was part of a German Parachute cord from the Second World War. German paratroopers, or Fallschirmjager, were often at the forefront of German military actions. Australian soldiers faced a Fallschirmjager assault during the invasion of Crete in 1941.German paratrooopers, or Fallschirmjager, were an elite unit within the German military. Australian forces faced the Fallschirmjager during the airborne invasion of Crete in 1941. This object has the capacity to tell the story of that engagement.A length of frayed rope taken from a Second World War German Parachute. Coiled, with black and red threads running through the structure.german, paratrooper, parachute, fallschirmjager, crete, 1941

This Para Smock was worn by 'Dutchy' Holland (MBE) as a RAAF Warrant Officer PJI during his time at PTS Williamstown. The badges were collected by him from para units and para training units world wide.WW2 Dennison Parachute Smock owned by 'Warrant Officer 'Dutchy' Holland RAAF PJI with numerous parachute qualification and unit badges.Brass plaque on wooden display-hanger reads: RAAF Warrant Officer PDS (Dutchy) Holland, MBE . This Parachute Jump Smock was worn by him as a Parachute Jump Instructor during his time at the RAAF Parachute Training School, Williamtown, NSW. The badges were collected by him from units world wide.parachute training, badges, world war 2, memorabilia