This stencil was used as a ship identifier stamp for the transportation of wool bales. SS Runic was the largest refrigerated cargo liner during its time. In 1961 the ship struck the Middleton Reef on route from Brisbane to Auckland. The ship was unable to re-float due to weather conditions and was declared a constructive loss. All wool bales stamped with RUNIC would be transported on the SS Runic ship.Wool bale export stencil - RUNICRUNICwool transportation, wool export, wool sales

A fleet of transport ships was leased by the Commonwealth Government for the purpose of transporting various AIF formations to their respective overseas destinations. When not committed to military transport the ships were used for other duties. HMAT A54e Runic was one of these ships.The HMAT Runic weighed 12,480 tons and was owned by the Oceanic SN Co Ltd. Liverpool. The HMAT Runic was leased by the Commonwealth Government until 27 November 1917. She carried AIF Personnel to overseas destinations during WW1.Photograph HMAT Runic on a cardboard backing.HMAT Runic 20-06-16. J E Barnes, Photo, Kew.hmat runic, ww1, aif, commonwealth government, leased

B&W photo of SS Runic, which took the 38th Btn AIF to England in 1916 with writing in two places. Photo is set on cream and dark blue cardboard backing, with signed names on the cream section. Names are also signed on the rear. The frame is stained wood."At Sea 11/7/16 Transport A54 SS Runic"photography-photographs, frame accessories, military history, runic, 38th bn

The Beatrice was a Swedish barque, one the last windjammers. An extremely active practice of clipping Marine topics and images from newspapers and journals has resulted in a body of material about the history of the shipping industry and maritime movements in and out of Melbourne.Discoloured newspaper cutting (undated) with the 'Beatrice' figure head and part of the bowsprit in the foreground and the steamship Runic in the background.The image contrast the old and the new - sail and steam. barque beatrice, mv runic, windjammer, windjammers, grain race, wheat race, sweden

A note re the meaning of the runes found in the cathedral. "Hi Dot Those are runes which would not be normal for the 12th century but then someone may still have been using them. ·wes þū hāl and bē sūnd· (Be you hearty and be safe) Craig"Colour ohotograph of ron stones inCarlisle Cathedral, United Kingdomstones, runes, marks, maker's marks, cathedral, carlisle cathedral

The card is written by Leonard James Kennedy Myers No 593 to his Mother on one half of the card, the other is signed by the 22 men. He signs of as “Jim” , refer cat No 5062.2P for his details. Names on the list as written; JLK Myers KIA, AE Madill, WH Myers, JD McNeil, MJ Nihill KIA, A Walker, JC Nihill, EJ Anson, JJ Scott KIA, SC Smith, TA McDonald KIA, JFD Walker, SA Parker, J Smith, FA McMurtree KIA, FJ Griffiths, CR Wright, WC Marshall, E Tracey KIA, AA Elliot, RE Marshall DOD, DT Ure.Photo post card B&W of the Troopship “Runic” showing troops lined up on the deck. A short letter on the back and signed by 22 men of B Coy 38th Bnphotographs, 38th bn, b coy, runic

Wooden frame, green inset, with sepia photo of 38th Batt AIF Band. Glass front with inscription below.The 38th Battalion AIF Band Port Melbourne Pier 20.6.1916 prior to embarkation on the No 54 HMAT Runic. Donated by P Hall.photography, photographs, framed photographs

This Photo was taken on board the “Runic” Troopship at Port Melbourne Pier on 20.6.1916 prior to embarkation.Photo sepia tone rectangular shape showing 19 members of the 38th Bn Band on board a ship.photographs, 3th bn, runic

Items relate to the collection re Alexander Norman Cummin No 18, 38th Batt AIF. Refer 2535P for his service details..1) Photo of Hospital Ship TAKADA. .2) Photo of Troop Ship HMAS RUNIC 20.6.16. Crowding all the decks are troops waving goodbye to civilians on shore. Smoke is issuing from the funnel. Handwriting on rear of card.photography-photographs, documents - postcards, military history - navy

McLaughlin, George William Service Number: 10308 Rank: Driver 10 FCE [Field Company Engineers] (June 1916) First World War, 1914-1918 Date of Embarkation: 20 June 1916, Melbourne Ship Embarked On: HMAT Runic A54first world war, world war one, wwi, australian imperial force, aif, soldiers, men, el dorado, eldorado

Connor, James Wilfred Service number: 1636 Rank: Private 6 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 9 Reinforcements (December 1914 - September 1915) First World War, 1914-1918 Date of Embarkation: 19 February 1915, Melbourne Ship Embarked on: HMAT Runic A54first world war, world war one, wwi, australian imperial force, aif, soldiers, men, el dorado, eldorado

6454 James F Fry enlisted in the AIF on 27 October 1916 and served in France during WW1. 6454 James F Fry embarked Australia on the HMAT Hororata on 23 November 1916 and returned to Australia on HMAT Runic on 22 March 1918. James F Fry also served in the Volunteer Defence Corps during WW2 his regimental number was V361385.The photographs and documents are copies of the originals belonging to 6454 James F Fry. The medals are the originals belonging to 6454 James F Fry.Black and white photographs, oblong, on photo paper. The photographs include those of 6454 James F Fry, a unit photograph, photographs of the hospital St Leonards by the Sea, England, discharge Certififate, Recognition Certificate from Balliang RSL. Medals - British War Medal and Victory Medal with ribbons., silver colour, round, gold colour round. On the back of the hospital photograph only, St Leonards by the Sea, England. The Meds are inscribed around the edge - 6454 J F Fry AIF 24 Battalion.ww1, 24 battalion, 6454 james f fry, ww2

It is believed Private C SMITH is one of the soldiers featured in this photograph. Private John Claude SMITH 2020 was born 2/8/1893 at Wangaratta He was employed by the Railways and trained in Liverpool, NSW. He enlisted on 8/2/1915 and embarked on 9/8/1915 from Sydney on the "Runic". He served with the 18th battalion on the western front and was discharged on 27/5/1919. Many soldiers going off to the war had a photograph taken of themselves in uniform, often a studio portrait taken by a professional; many also carried a photograph of a loved one with them. But most people were still rather formal and camera-conscious, and smiling for the camera was not usual. Timber frame containing image of two soldiers within a map of Australia below a crown in top centre position with Union Jack and Red Ensign flags in the background. Back has been re-mounted with chipboard. Has wire hangings on the back.ww1, north wangaratta, 18th battalion

Refer to Cat 6631P J.A. Fleming for his service history. Pte Condic. This would be Pte James Andrew Condick No 15, enlisted 26.2.1916 age 30 years 7 months in D Coy 38th Bn, embark for England 20.6.1916, hospital in England he rejoins 38th Bn in the field on 15.1.1917, transfers to 3rd Div Salvage Coy 21.1.1917, WIA 30.4.1918 Gassed, he returns to Australia late 1919.This is a broad leather belt, made in 2 pieces, hemmed at top and bottom edge. It has a large rectangular buckle which is engraved. The belt has three tarnished silver shields which are engraved. Between the shields are diamond shaped "holes", red, white and blue alternatively. The buckle is engraved. There are blank spaces of 5 missing winner's or other shields.The buckle is engraved: - "Presented to Champion Boxer of 38th Regiment A.I.F. by the Bendigo Independent Pty Ltd. Victoria Australia." On three shields:- 1.”Won by Pte Condic, June 1916, Bendigo” 2. “Won by WO Fleming J.A. HMAT Ronic August 1916” (“Ronic” This should be "Runic"'). 3. “Won by 2 LT Fleming J.A. Salisbury November 1916”boxing belt, aif, passchendaele barracks trust, 38th

Public art commission located at Progress Park on the Black Rock Foreshore.Inscribed with text that is an extract from a verse sung by Lithuanian displaced persons sailing to Australia having fled their homeland after Russian occupation following World War II. The text is in an ancient Runic typeface, translated in English, reads: "Faustas Sadauskas created Beacon two thousand [and] four years / Let the Blowing Wind Who Taketh the Ship Away Take Me Away".beacon, sculpture, faustas sadauskas, bayside coastal trail, marble, public art, black rock, foreshore, beach road, progress park, ship, rudder

John Henry Lockett OAM (22 January 1891 – 25 May 2002) was the oldest man ever in Australia when he died aged 111 years, 123 days. As one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, he was acclaimed as a national hero during the last decade of his life. Lockett was born in the small Victorian town of Waanyarra, near Bendigo. He left school aged nine to work on a local farm. Later, he worked for his uncles in the Mallee. On 24 March 1916, he travelled to Mildura to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force. He served in France with the 38th Battalion, earning promotion to sergeant and was discharged on 20 September 1919. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lockett The 38th Battalion was formed on 1 March 1916 at a camp established on the Epsom Racecourse at Bendigo in Victoria. After training in both Australia and Britain, the 38th Battalion crossed to France in late November 1916 and moved into the trenches of the Western Front for the first time on 1 December.The 38th fought in its first major battle at Messines, in Belgium, between 7-9 June 1917. It fought in another two major attacks in this sector - the battle of Broodseinde on 4 October, and the battle of Passchendaele on 12 October. Belgium remained the focus of the 38th Battalion's activities for the next five months, until it was rushed south to France in late March 1918 to meet the German Army's Spring Offensive. The 38th participated in its last major action of the war between 29 September and 2 October 1918 as part of the Australian-American operation that breached the formidable defences of the Hindenburg Line along the St Quentin Canal. It was disbanded in April 1919. Source, Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U51478 After the war, Jack returned to The Mallee and selected a 640 acres (260 ha) block of land in Linga, Victoria, deciding to make his living as a farmer. In 1923, he married Maybell Ingwerson and they had four children together. In 1963, the couple retired to Bendigo, leaving the farmland (which now covered more than 130,000 acres (53,000 ha), in the care of their children and grandchildren. Five photographs including Jack Lockett a. A photocopy of part of a group photograph, Jack sitting on a chair wearing an Australian Army Uniform. Written underneath - Teken 25-10-1917 France sent to Vet affairs 22-10-1998 b. A black and white photograph of a ship crowed with people on deck with printing - H.M.A.T. "RUNIC" (copyright) 20/6/16 written on the back in blue ink - Private Jack Locket No 1194 D Company 38th Battalion A.I.F. left Port Melbourne pier on Tues 20 June 1916 aboard H.M.A.T. RUNIC bound for England via South Africa. He was below deck peering out of a porthole when the boat pulled away from the pier, as he had the job of guarding some supplies. the arrived in England on (sic) Returning to Australia on Miltides on Mon 17th Feb 1919 as a Sargent Discharged 20 SEPT 1919 c. A very faded sepia tone photograph of four men in Army Uniforms without hats. three sitting and Jack Lockett lying on the man in the middle. Written on the back - JACK LOCKETT LYING ON ONE of His 3 MATES NAMES UNKNOWN FIRST AIF 1914 -1918 GREAT WAR d. A black and white postcard of Jack Lockett in an Australian Army Uniform sitting cross legged in a chair with an image of a forest behind him. Written on the back J H LOCKETT D COY 38 BATT 3DIV NO1194 1stAIF FRANCE e. c. A very faded sepia tone photograph of nine men in Army Uniforms wearing gas masks, six men standing, four men Kneeling in front. Behind them there is a corrugated-iron building. Written on the back - FIRST GAS MASKS W.W. 1 JACK LOCKET 2nd RIGHT STANDING jack lockett, mabel ingwersen, 38th australian infantry battalion, w.w.1, mallee farming, h.m.a.t. runic, gas masks

Frame 4. Photo 1. Curlu, Hem, Vaux area which can be seen written faintly at the bottom of the photo. These are 3 small villages near where Bert Grinton won his DCM. The villages are along the Somme River. The nearest towns of note are Mont St Quentin and Perrone. Photo 2. Four graves, left to right. 1. Lance Corporal George Grimshaw, No 887 38th Batt, KIA 28/8/1918 aged 24 years. He embarked with C Coy on the Runic and the embarkation rolls state that he was a farm labourer from Gasquil East Victoria. His final resting place is the Hem Farm Military cemetery, Hem Monacu. 2. Corporal Vincent Thomas Stanley Wyniat, No 709, 38th Batt, KIA 28/8/1918 aged 28 years. h embarked with D Coy on the Runic and the embarkation rolls state that he was a labourer of Edenhope, Vic. His final resting place is also Hem Farm. 3. Two graves left to right. Private W McEwan, No 7067, 38th Batt, KIA 31/8/1918 aged 36 years. He was actually William Lowrie Allison from NSW enlisting under the name McEwan. His final resting place is the Perrone Communal Cemetery Extension. he is buried there under the name "Allison". Private Norman John Warren Hoffmeyer, No 2339, 38th Batt, KIA 31/8/1918 aged 23 years. He embarked with the 4th reinforcements to the 38th per HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 20/10/1916. The embarkation rolls state that he was a farmer from Bendigo, Victoria. His final resting place is also Perrone. 4. Single grave. Private Cyril Edmund Andrew Dunn, No 3058, 38th Batt, KIA 31/8/1918 aged 22 years. He embarked with the 7th reinforcements to the 38th Batt per the HMAT A70 Ballarat on 19/2/1917. the embarkation rolls state that he was a Bank Clerk of East St Kilda. His final resting place is Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem Monacu. From other negatives we have identified some 15 graves. All these soldiers were KIA over the period 26 - 31 August 1918. This was during the time Bert won his DCM. Within a month Jack and Bert's Company was down to 20 men. Refer Cat No. 5880P for exhibition details. Refer Cat No. 1280 for Jack GRINTON Service Records. Photographs - black and white on paper. Four photographs, top to bottom. 1. Scene with a village. 2. 4 graves with crosses. 3. 2 graves with crosses. 4. single grave with cross and rifle. Frame - timber with black colour paint, glass front. Mount - black colour cardboard. Backing cardboard with handwritten notation.Backing cardboard, handwritten black felt tip pen "4."framed photographs, grinton collection, ww1, 38th

Born 5th October 1895 in Adavoyle, United Kindom Occupation Grocer and later horticulturalist Married after WW1- Wife - Daisy Florence Barclay World War One Staff Sergeant Regimental Number 2139 Enlisted AIF in Melbourne 29th December 1914, having previously served 3 months with the Ulster Volunteers and to camp Broadmeadows, to depot Battalion 29th December 1914. Embarked from Melbourne for the middle East with 3rd reinforcement group for the 5th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 25th February 1915 per transport 'Runic'. Disembarked Alexandria and to camp Heliopolis, Egypt. Operation Gallipoli from 5th May 1915 with 5th Battalion. Sick with dental problems 2nd Field Ambulance 17th September 1915. To hospital Lemnos 20th December 1915. To Alexandria hospital with pluerisy 12th January 1916. Returned to Australia with enteric per 'Nestor' 9th February 1916.To duty Broadmeadows 4th April 1916. Wmbarked with 4th reinforcements group for the 58th Battalion, 15th Brigade per transport 'Themistocles' 1st August 1916 Returned to England 14th September 1916. Operations France and Flanders from 6th December 1916. To 59th Battalion 29th December 1916. To 5th Division Infantry School 18th February to 28th March 1917 as Lance Corporal. Corporal 7th April 1917. Sergeant 2nd May 1917. To 3rd Southern General Hospital Oxford 4th October 1917. Returned to Melbourne per Transport 'Persic' 12th February 1918. Discharged 14th March 1918. Second World War. Regimental Number V5571 Emlisted in the Australian Military Forces in Royal Park, Melbourne 22nd August 1940 and to 2nd Infantry Training Battalion, Fyansford. Staff Sergeant 24th August 1940. To 2/14th Training Battalion Wangaratta 11th October 1940. To 2/23rd Training Battalion, Wangaratta 18th October, 1940.To Southern Command Training School 26th May 1941.to Camp Bonegilla 15th May 1942. To Camp Caulfield 11th November 1942. Discharged to Reserve Occupation 19th November 1942. Remarks. Awarded 1915-15 Star, British War Medal, and Victory Medal 1914-1919 Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal as Lance Corporal vide London Gazette 30111 of 31st July 1918. Citation for action on 9th July 1917 during the third Battle of Ypres reads- " For conspicous gallantry and devotion to duty. He rendered invaluable service during operation in carrying important messsages through heavy fire" Awarded War Medal and Australian Service Medal 1939-45 in 1951. Described as 71.5inches tall, medium complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. He died 11th September 1962.WW1 - Distinguished Conduct Medal 1914/15 Star 1914/18 British War Medal Victory Medal WW11 - 1939/45 British War Medal Australian Service Medal 1939/45 All medals with associated coloured ribbons. These are replica medals made in the exact metals as the originals. Also in display is a record of War Service which can be found in the narrative. Noneservice, medal, 1918, citation, ww1, military, gazette, london, ww11, medals, 30111, 31st, july, ypres, distinguished

These 5 soldiers enlisted in the 38th BN at various times pre embarkation and were all Sgt’s at embarkation on 20.6.1916, all embarked for France on 22.11.1916. Cyril Sutherland McPherson No 938 age 23 years C Coy, promotions CSM then 2nd Lieutenant, WIA 22.10.1917 GSW Chest & Leg severe, appointed in AIF terminated 5.4.1918 medically unfit. Garrett Ernest Fitzgerald No 874 C Coy age 22 years, WIA 30.1.1917 Concussion Slight, appointed 2nd Lieutenant, WIA 29.5.1917 GSW right arm & right leg severe, rejoin unit, appointment terminated 23.12.1918. Thomas Herbert Blair No 815 C Coy age 18 years, promotions CSM then 2nd Lieutenant, WIA 28.5.1917 GSW right Buttock, DOW’s 28.5.1917. Glanfield Keith Emonson No 543 B Coy age 21 years, appointed 2nd Lieutenant, WIA 9.12.1916 GSW Head and Right Thorax severe, awarded “MC” 8/9th. 12.1916, appointment terminated 22.6.1917. Aubrey Rupert Edwards Wilson No 670 B Coy age 23 years, gets into trouble and reduced to Pte, transfers to 39th BN 15.3.1917, he is WIA later on. Photo B & W showing a ship in harbour pasted onto a cream coloured cardboard background, a slight raised area around the photo, 6 names have been written on the card board.“K.G.Emonson Sgt, T.H.Blair, A.R.E.Wilson Sgt, G.E.Fitzgerald Sgt, Cyril S McPherson” photographs, 38th bn, c coy, b coy, runic

John Henry Lockett OAM (22 January 1891 – 25 May 2002) was the oldest man ever in Australia when he died aged 111 years, 123 days. As one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, he was acclaimed as a national hero during the last decade of his life. Lockett was born in the small Victorian town of Waanyarra, near Bendigo. He left school aged nine to work on a local farm. Later, he worked for his uncles in the Mallee. On 24 March 1916, he travelled to Mildura to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force. He served in France with the 38th Battalion, earning promotion to sergeant and was discharged on 20 September 1919. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lockett The 38th Battalion was formed on 1 March 1916 at a camp established on the Epsom Racecourse at Bendigo in Victoria. After training in both Australia and Britain, the 38th Battalion crossed to France in late November 1916 and moved into the trenches of the Western Front for the first time on 1 December.The 38th fought in its first major battle at Messines, in Belgium, between 7-9 June 1917. It fought in another two major attacks in this sector - the battle of Broodseinde on 4 October, and the battle of Passchendaele on 12 October. Belgium remained the focus of the 38th Battalion's activities for the next five months, until it was rushed south to France in late March 1918 to meet the German Army's Spring Offensive. The 38th participated in its last major action of the war between 29 September and 2 October 1918 as part of the Australian-American operation that breached the formidable defences of the Hindenburg Line along the St Quentin Canal. It was disbanded in April 1919. Source, Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U51478 After the war, Jack returned to The Mallee and selected a 640 acres (260 ha) block of land in Linga, Victoria, deciding to make his living as a farmer. In 1923, he married Maybell Ingwerson and they had four children together. In 1963, the couple retired to Bendigo, leaving the farmland (which now covered more than 130,000 acres (53,000 ha), in the care of their children and grandchildren. An A blue-lined A4 page with black ink handwriting. A brief history of the 38th Battalion A.I.F. from when it was formed 1st March 1916 until returning home on 17th February 1919. A decorated circle is drawn with pencil over the handwriting jack lockett, mabel ingwersen, 38th australian infantry battalion, w.w.1, mallee farming, h.m.a.t. runic, gas masks

In 1901 after completing her maiden voyage to Australia "Suevic" was used to transport Australian troops to and from the Boer War in South Africa. SUEVIC was requisitioned by the British Government during World War I but maintained its commercial route and was used for bringing provisions and troops from Australia to Europe. SS SUEVIC 1901-1942 White Star Line. SUEVIC and her sister ship RUNIC served as troopships transporting service personnel for duty overseas during WW1Timber framed print of a ship at sea. The grey mount has signatures in white paint across the top and sides.SS SUVIC Commander Edwin English ss suevic, ww1, troopship, boer war

Three colour photographs of marks on wall, Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotlandedinburgh, mason marks, cathedral, runes, stonemasons, mason's marks