In 1954 National Services Trainees trained at Puckapunyal.Series of 8 small black and white photos of Tanks parked or in trainings at Army base Puckapunyal in 1954. All are labelled and attached to a piece of A.4 paper.All labelled Army Tanks or Centurion Tank, Puckapunyal 1954.photographs, puckapunyal, tanks

Port crock issued by the Sergeant's Mess, Puckapunyal under the banner "Certificate of Orphanage". Given to members of 'The Orphanage', Puckapunyal Army Base. Part of the Cooper Collection. See Catalogue No. 9586.2 for details of service for "Keith Cooper", No. 3798359.Stoneware port crock with black top and white body. Cork stopper in place. Ring handle. Black and white outline drawing of a bird on a sign on front. Lettering in black type. Makers logo on side.Port crock issued by the Sergeant's Mess, Puckapunyal under the banner "Certificate of Orphanage". Given to members of 'The Orphanage', Puckapunyal Army Base. Part of the Cooper Collection. See Catalogue No. 9586.2 for details of service for "Keith Cooper", No. 3798359.cooper collection, keith cooper, crock, memorabilia, puckapunyal

Sepia toned photograph of local soldiers Trevor Lancaster, Fred Henning, Clarie Stevens, Oscar Hammarstrom Front Tom Appleby, Collings at Puckapunyal Victoriareturn soldiers league, ww2

This is a set of five group photographs of Australian Army personnel at a Subject 1 Corporal Course most likely held at Puckapunyal Military Base, Victoria in 1990. This course was one of the mandatory qualification courses for promotion to the rank of Corporal. It was and still is the primary promotion and career development course for Australian Army soldiers enabling the transition to junior leadership. It focused on developing military skills in command, leadership, tactics, weapons training, and administration. RA Svy’s WO2 Steve Hansen and SGT Greg Else from the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo were seconded to Puckapunyal to form part of the instructor group. The Army Survey Regiment’s LCPL Darren ‘Barney’ Maher and SPR Charmian McKean attended the course.This is a set of five photographs of Australian Army personnel at a Subject 1 Corporal Course, probably held at Puckapunyal Military Base, Victoria in 1990. The photographs are on 35mm negative film and were scanned at 2400 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. .1) - Photo, colour, 1990. Back row L to R: all unidentified. Front row L to R: LCPL Darren ‘Barney’ Maher, remainder unidentified. .2) - Photo, colour, 1990. Back row L to R: all unidentified. Front row L to R: unidentified (x4), WO2 Steve Hansen, unidentified, SGT Greg Else. .3) & .4) - Photo, colour, 1990. Back row L to R: all unidentified. Front row L to R: unidentified, SPR Charmian McKean, remainder unidentified. .5) - Photo, colour, 1990. Back row L to R: all unidentified. 3rd row L to R: unidentified (x6), LCPL Darren ‘Barney’ Maher, unidentified (x4), SPR Charmian McKean, remainder unidentified. Back row L to R: all unidentified. 2nd row L to R: all unidentified. Front row L to R: unidentified (x7), WO2 Steve Hansen, SGT Greg Else, remainder unidentified..1P to .5P – ‘Subj 1 for CPL Course 1990’ is annotated on negative sleeve.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna

Page of a photo album (Cat.No. 01588). See also Cat Nos. 01303, 01349-51. Lt Col Joynt, 94, donated more than half the cost of the $130,000 Donovan Joynt VC Memorial Sportsman's Club. The building was officially opened by the Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Sir Phillip Bennett of Canberra.Part of the collection of material held by Melbourne Legacy on Legatee Donovan Joynt, a prominent Australian and VC winner.Black and white photo of the pavilion at Puckapunyal dedicated to L/ Joynt.On back in blue biro: "Sports Pavilion Puckapunyal. Memorial to Colonel (Legatee) W.D. Joynt V.C. Plaque for foundation stone recording the gift and presented by Legatee Kemsley."donovan joynt, memorial

Speech delivered by Lieutenant General Sir Phillip Bennett KBE, AO, DSO when he unveiled the Memorial Plaque and opened the Donovan Joynt VC Club at Puckapunyal on 23 March 1983. Sir Phillip Bennett himself had an illustrious career and was Chief of General Staff when he delivered this address; he became Chief of the Defence Force in 1984 and after retiring from the Army in 1987 he was appointed Governor of Tasmania. The fact that the opening was performed by the Chief of General Staff is evidence of the high regard in which Donovan Joynt was held.5 x photocopied typed sheets, black on white'Puckapunyal' handwrittendonovan joynt, memorial

Part of the Cooper Collection. See Catalogue No. 9586.2 for details of No. 3798359, "Keith Cooper's" service.Rectangular brown wooden plaque featuring gold coloured Rising Sun Badge, RAEME insignia on Royal Australian Army Ordinance Corps insignia. On LH side is a metal shield with white horse over blue and red striped background. Below is a banner with 'PUCKAPUNYAL LOGISTIC BATTALION' printed in gold lettering over a red background. Rectangular gold coloured plate with black lettering located on bottom RH corner.Engraved on gold coloured plate: “Presented to WO1 K. COOPER From CO & Members Jan 92 - Aug 95”cooper collection, keith cooper, plaque, puckapunyal

Banjo Paterson once wrote, ‘The musterers are fetching them a hundred thousand strong’. Well, not quite 100,000 strong, but there are 75,172 mixed age Riverina-bred merino wethers in this mob mustered for shearing on January 22, 1988. The sheep were owned by the Mountjoy family from Geelong Victoria and were running on Puckapunyal Army Base near Seymour in Central Victoria on which the family held the grazing lease. Contractor for the shearing, Jim Walker, Avenel, Victoria, former Australian shearing team captain in 1974-75 and 1978-79, recalls there were up to 21 shearers in his team waiting for the red eyes to arrive despite the mid-summer heat of up to 38°C and the blinding dust on windy days. Jim Walker thinks there may also have been some sheep in the mob from Portland Downs and Isis Downs near Isisford in Central Queensland. The biggest shearing he did at ‘Pucka’ was 87,087 shorn in 1988. The ‘Pucka’ base was established during WW1. During the Second World War the Second Australian Imperial Force trained there as well as the US Army 41st Infantry Division. It was also home to the 1st Armoured Regiment from 1949 until 1995. During the 1950s up to 4000 national servicemen at any given time were training there. In the 1980s the Army undertook a major 60,000-acre land rehabilitation programme as decades of heavy use had led to serious degradation. By 1988 when the photo was taken, further land acquisition had increased the area to just under 100,000 acres, 43,000 of which is still bush country. There are no sheep there now, and the old shed was bulldozed and burnt. There are thousands of kangaroos which of course don’t need to be shorn and would be hard to muster and hold for a similar photo. Colour photograph, 75,172 merino wethers, mustered for shearing at Puckapunyal in 1988.shearing merino sheep, mountjoy, mr dale - worungalla pastoral co., shearing, merino sheep

Parade took place in Nagambie on Saturday 19th October 1991. Part of the Cooper Collection.A5 sized, printed booklet with text in black type. Twelve pages with black and white illustrations and photographs. Pages secured with two staples. Front cover has title in black type. Shire of Goulburn crest and Puckapunyal Logistics Battalion Insignia in colour at top of front cover. Map of Nagambie on back cover.cooper collection, puckapunyal, logistics, freedom of entry

Black and White photograph of Australian M113 of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment during operations in South Vietnam in 1967. Mounted on blue backing.Australian Armour Series No. 1. Photograph Army Tank Museum Puckapunyalphotograph, cavalry, m113, 3rd cavalry regiment

Soft cover book. Cover - lightweight cardboard, red and white colour print on front. Black colour background. Illustrated - front, black and white photograph depicting a March Out Parade at Puckapunyal. Back - colour aerial photograph of an army camp. 86 Pag4es, cut, plain, white colour paper. Pictorial book illustrated with black and white, and colour photographs and maps.publication, book, military history, national service training, puckapunyal

Coloured photograph with wooden frame showing solders of 7PL C Coy 5/6 RVR at Puckapunyal on Ex Somme, March 2015

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Photograph re 16th Intake National Service 23/4/1969. Recruit Training 20 Platoon D Coy Puckapunyal. Photo in the collection re Peter Ball, refer Cat No 4704 for service/other details. Platoon names, surname only, some first names added. Back row. Russell, Rennie, Carter, Henning, McMurrich, Golding, McLeay, Span, Musgrave, Tinney, Pitt. Fifth row. Flowers, McNair, Coates, Raco (Sam), Moon, Albert, DeJong, Taylor, Morgan, Burrows, Culp. Fourth Row. Wakeling, Fuller (Bob), Melbourne, Guistino, Thorpe, Forbes (Wayne), Alexander, Tirrell (Roger) Ellingham, Bloom, Freeman. Third row. Johnson, Watts, Tellis, Rankin, Whatmough, Goldsmith, Kopke, Thomas (Courtney), Darker, Lonergan. Second row. Russo, Cpl Brabrowsky, Cpl Eather, Cpl Richards, 2nd Lt Boag, Cpl Logan, Cpl Beasley, Robertson, Thompson. Front row. Dann, Hore, Ball (Peter), Luke (David), Clay, Missing. Sgt Simms, O'Donnell, Roberts, McHenry, Harris, Johns, Maher, Parmenta. Served in Vietnam later that is known. Henning, Fuller, Forbes, Thomas, Ball, Luke, Johns. Cpls Eather, Richards & Beasley had already served in Vietnam'. Thorpe served in Malaya later. Black and white photo of 20th Platoon, D Company. Six (6) rows of soldiers in uniform posed on the Parade Ground in front of building at Puckapunyal on 7th June 1969. Photo is in a white frame (wooden) with a glass front. Brown cardboard backboard with built in stand stapled to back.On back written "16th Intake" x "8 x6".puckapunyal, training, photograph, 20th platoon

Shield shaped plaque made from dark varnished wood. Located centrally is a pace stick and a SLR in gold. puckapunyal, regimental wing

The Army school for Service Corps moved to Puckapunyal on 2 Aug 1947.This is a "locally" made book with a light brown cardboard front and rear cover. The front cover has the title and in the centre is the RAASC badge followed by the years 1949-1970. It has 43 pages of white foolscap size paper. printing is in black ink and the pages have only been printed on one side.raasc training school, passchendaele barracks trust, puckapunyal

Various photos taken during training in and around Puckapunyal around mid 1950's.Series of 8 small photos in black and white, of tanks and related equipment and ammunition. Photos include Centurion Tanks, Grant Tank, Artillery, Stag Hound Tank, Armoured jeeps, Parachute Motor, grenades and flares. Photos are all labelled and stuck to an A.4 piece of paper.Each photo is labelled.photographs, tanks, puckapunyal

The 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles was raised as a regiment of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps on 1 May 1948 with Headquarters in Melbourne and squadrons in Sale, Benalla/Wangaratta and Albury. In 1955 Regimental Headquarters moved to Wangaratta and a second squadron was located at Albury. The Sale squadron transferred to 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse. In 1977 8/13 VMR Regiment was reduced to an independent squadron A Squadron 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles and in 1991 was linked with 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse forming the VMR Squadron of that regiment.The 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles was raised as a regiment of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps on 1 May 1948 with Headquarters in Melbourne and squadrons in Sale, Benalla/Wangaratta and Albury. In 1955 Regimental Headquarters moved to Wangaratta and a second squadron was located at Albury. The Sale squadron transferred to 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse. In 1977 8/13 VMR Regiment was reduced to an independent squadron A Squadron 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles and in 1991 was linked with 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse forming the VMR Squadron of that regiment.Black and white photograph of a Lynx (Doodle Bug) Scout Car and White Armoured Personnel Carrier at Puckapunyal. Crewmen in service dress uniform and berets.One of a collection of photographs of 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regiment between 1948 and 1951." A Squadron at Puckapunyal Camp 1950. "puckapunyal, dingo scout car, white scout car

Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard; black, red and white print on front and back. Illustrated - front, black and white photographs of a troop inspection parade with army camp in background. Rising Sun Badge. Book - Colour map of Seymour area. 65 pages - cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white and colour photographs and maps. End papers - printed with "Foreword" and information. books, military history, seymour, puckapunyal

2 pages of a 40 page journal. Yellowing and tattered.Many names printed. h company, puckapunyal, army, alec kinnane, national service

Seymour and Puckapunyal areas Military history. "Spans well over 130 years from the Colonial days, the post Federation era, the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and 1st National Service scheme to the Vietnam War and the 2nd National Service scheme".Soft cover book. Soft cover - heavy gauge paper, black, red and white print on front and back. Front illustrated black and white photograph soldiers on parade with background of buildings. Bacl - illustrated lightly coloured map. 65 pages - cut, plain, sewn, gloss white. Illustrated black and white, sepia and colour photographs and maps.book, military history, seymour and puckapunyal

Article about the official opening of the health centre on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of 3 Camp Hospital and 2/4th Australian General Hospital in Puckapunyal. The ceremony was attended by original medical personnel, current personnel and other community members. There is information on the facility and the history of the previous hospitals.Clipping with three black and white photographs of people, many in uniform in formation and one column of text3 camp hospital, 2/4th australian general hospital, 2/4th agh

Photograph is of members of the Puckapunyal Area Sergeants Mess 1993. "Keith Cooper" 1st on left in front row. Part of the Cooper Collection. See Catalogue No.9586.2 for details of Keith Cooper's service.1. Colour photograph of a group of soldiers in camouflage uniform. Soldiers grouped in four rows. Grey coloured building in background. 2. White coloured A4 sheet of paper with names of personnel in photograph at item 1.cooper collection, keith cooper, photograph, puckapunyal

38 Bn was raised in Bendigo in 1916. Post WW2 it was the CMF unit until 1962. The Mollison Street Drill hall was first used in Jan 1916.1. Group Portrait of OFFICER AND SENIOR NCO'S ON AN INSTRUCTORS COURSE. The course is titled " School of Infantry 10/55 CMF (All Arms) CW Instructors Course 3 Oct - 14 Oct 55. 2. Group Portrait of OFFICER AND SENIOR NCO'S . 3 rows of men in battle dress & berets. They are in front of Army tents. 3. Group Portrait of OFFICER AND SENIOR NCO'S in front of 38 Bn banner. They are all wearing "Battle dress Ceremonial" . Medals are being worn.1. On rear is stamped 3 Oct 1955 (missing data) Seymour, Vic. 2. On rear is written, Scrub Hill, Puckapunyal. 20 Oct 1957. Stamped - photo studio K. Milvain (?) is 30 Emily St, Seymour, Vic. 3. On rear is written " Freedom of City"- "Honorary Colonel" .photographs, 38 bn, puckapunyal

40 pages of yellowing and torn paper with printing. No cover and no date.battalion, puckapunyal, kinnane, alec, a company, b company, h company, army, national service