Sim Kent's Bullocks at the Ebbels property in Olinda. c1911 The descriptive text on the reverse of this photograph was hand written by John Lundy-Clarke.Sim Kent’s bullocks at Ebbels. Sim lived at Coonara Springs. sim kent, bullocks, olinda, ebbels

Robert Sim was born in Manchester, England in 1925 and was privately educated in Liverpool. He sailed to Melbourne aged 28 and joined Wesby & Co timber merchants as manager where he remained until 1861 when he came to Ballarat. In the same year he established one of Ballarat's oldest businesses, Robert Sim Timber Merchant, at Bakery Hill. The business later moving to its present site at 102 Humffray Street South. Robert Sim opened the Victoria Saw and Moulding Mills in Raglan Street through to Errard Street in 1889.[2] After Robert Sim's death the business was continued by his son Charles R. Sim.Colour photographs of Robert Sim Building Supplies, a business that started on the goldfields, and closed in 2023. robert sim, charles sim

Photograph showing Sim Kent's bullocks at Coonara Springs in 1911. The descriptive text on the reverse of this photograph was hand written by John Lundy-Clarke. 1911 Sim Kent’s bullock team turning into their home paddock in Mernda Road at Coonara Springs after which the road is now named. sim kent, bullocks, coonara springs, mernda road, coonara road, olinda

William Irwin was a member of the Old Colonists' Association.Photographic portrait of a bearded man, Robery Sim. old colonists' association, robert sim

John Raymond (Ray) Blight enlisted on 19 July 1915. He was an electrical engineer, having studied at the Ballarat School of Mines. On 23 June 1916 Ray Blight disembarked at Marseilles. 3 February 1917 he was hospitalised with scabies. Ray Blight's next of kin was his mother, Mary Jane Blight of 116 Lyons Street South, Ballarat. James Leslie Sim enlisted on 13 July 1915, at which time he was an accountant. His next of kin was his father, Charles Robert Sim of Drummond Street North, Ballarat. On 23 June 1916 James Sim disembarked at Marseilles. A year later he received leave to the United Kingdom returning to France 2 weeks later. He received leave to Paris from 18 march 1918 to 4 April 1918. Sim was wounded on 1 June 1918.Two World War One soldiers in military uniform pose for a photograph. The two men are Lance Corporal Ray Blight and Lance Corporal Sim (both of Ballarat). On the back is a personal letter to Ballarat School of Mines Lecturer Daniel Walker. The pin holes in the postcard suggest it was displayed at the Ballarat School of Mines. .1) Verso: " France 25/8/16. Dear Mr Walker, Just a line in sending a photo we had taken in a small photographers, in a town within range of the evenings guns, the other boy is L/Corp Sim, one time an old SMB and son of R. Sim, of Ballarat, we are wearing steel helmuts weight about 4lbs they are protection against shrapnel and steel splinters. We are doing well here, Les Coulter was wounded just near here but did not see him. Best wishes to all. Ray Blight. .2) Verso: Sitting, Ray Blight, from Ballarat, you will know his sister, she helps Miss Brazena a lot with the parcels. Standing, Les Sim, of Sim and co. wood merchants, Ballarat.world war one, world war 1, james sim, ballarat school of mines, blight, james blight, sim, les sim, coulter, les coulter, world war, walker, wwi, great world war, france

HENRY SMERDON (Harry) HOLMES was born in 1897 at the family property, ’Sauchieburn’, 17 km north of Ballarat, in the Ascot district. He was the youngest of four children. After finishing his education at St Patrick’s College, Ballarat, Henry joined the Holmes family farming interests. At the age of 18 he enlisted and served with AIF in Egypt, France and Belgium 1915-1918. Henry served at the famous battlegrounds of Ypes and Somme in the Australian Army 8th Battalion. He was a Driver with the 4th D.A.C. The postcard is of "The Ascot" boys. Includes [Samuel] Gordon Spittle, Henry [Harry] Holmes's first cousin, and other Ascot lads and district connections: neighbours, Ascot State School classmates and football mates from Clunes / Creswick districts. [Research by a granddaughter of Henry Smerdon Holmes, Jane Dyer (nee Chatham) 2024] Ray Blight and Gordon Les Sim were former students of the Ballarat School of Mines. Les Sim was associated with Sim and Co. hardware and wood merchants). Eight soldiers of the AIF. They are the tent mates of Harry Holmes a Driver with the 5th D.A.C. The names of the soldiers are John Raymond (Ray) Blight, Joseph Fawcett, John Joseph (Jack) Nase, Gordon Spittle, Harry Holmes, Harold Joseph Reid, James Leslie (Les) Sim, Leslie John Walters. handwritten in pen on verso "This is a snap of our tent mates. Reading left to right. Back row, Jack Nase, Joe Fawcett, H. Reid. Middle - Les Walters, Ray Blight, Gordon Les Sim, (Sim and Co wood merchants) and Harryworld war 1, chatham, jack nase, chatham family archive, joe fawcett, h. reid, blight, sim, les walters, ray blight, gordon les sim, pickford, world war, gordon spittle, harry holmes, les sim, horace pickford, world war one, aif, armed services

Remains of George Sim's first home on the corner of Ashted Road and Station Street, erected in the 1850s. Home was named "Mona Vale" Unidentified woman sitting in the front of house. House was later renamed "Ashted House"B&w photo; 2 printssim> george, mona vale, ashted road, station street, houses, ashted house

Glenelg Shire Council RecordsGreat South West Walk - Sims ParkBack: Centre Sim's Park (grey lead)great south west walk, sims park

A brutal, cautionary tale that serves as a painful reminder of the worst that can happen in war.my lai massacre, vietnam, 1968

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From a collection of 253 images on slides taken while on deployment in Vietnam, by Corporal Peter Stanley Sims (44304), who served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, 1969 - 1970.Cpl Peter Sims posing with a female interpreter at Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, Saigon 1970.peter stanley sims, 44304, slides, royal australian army medical corps, vietnam war, sims, australian forces vietnam, hq australian forces vietnam, cpl peter sims

Collected by Joseph Wlodarczyk All these bags came from the major supermakets that were located in the Sunshine Shopping Centre SIMS and later SSW were located in Sun Crescent Payless, Safeway and Coles were located in Hampshire Road North of the railway lineCollection of Brown Grocery Paper BagsSims, Payless, Safeway, Coles New World, SSWsupermarket, bag

From a collection of 253 images on slides taken while on deployment in Vietnam, by Corporal Peter Stanley Sims (44304), who served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, 1969 - 1970.Cpl Peter Sims with a female from the Australian Embassy, at Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, Saigon 1970.peter stanley sims, 44304, slides, royal australian army medical corps, vietnam war, sims, australian forces vietnam, hq australian forces vietnam, cpl peter sims

From a collection of 253 images on slides taken while on deployment in Vietnam, by Corporal Peter Stanley Sims (44304), who served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, 1969 - 1970.Corporal Sims typing at his desk, at the medical records office, Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, Saigon 1970.peter stanley sims, 44304, slides, royal australian army medical corps, vietnam war, sims, australian forces vietnam, hq australian forces vietnam, free world military assistance organisation

From a collection of 253 images on slides taken while on deployment in Vietnam, by Corporal Peter Stanley Sims (44304), who served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, 1969 - 1970.Cpl Peter Sims at his desk at the Medical records office, Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, Saigon 1970.peter stanley sims, 44304, slides, royal australian army medical corps, vietnam war, sims, australian forces vietnam, hq australian forces vietnam, cpl peter sims

From a collection of 253 images on slides taken while on deployment in Vietnam, by Corporal Peter Stanley Sims (44304), who served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, 1969 - 1970.Cpl Peter Sims at the Regimental Aid Post, looking into a microscope. Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, Saigon 1970.peter stanley sims, 44304, slides, royal australian army medical corps, vietnam war, sims, australian forces vietnam, hq australian forces vietnam, cpl peter sims, regimental aid post

From a collection of 253 images on slides taken while on deployment in Vietnam, by Corporal Peter Stanley Sims (44304), who served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, 1969 - 1970.Cpl Peter Sims posing with female interpreter at the Medical records office, Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, Saigon 1970.peter stanley sims, 44304, slides, royal australian army medical corps, vietnam war, sims, australian forces vietnam, hq australian forces vietnam, cpl peter sims

From a collection of 253 images on slides taken while on deployment in Vietnam, by Corporal Peter Stanley Sims (44304), who served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, 1969 - 1970.Cpl Peter Sims posing for photo at his desk at the Medical records office, Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, Saigon 1970.peter stanley sims, 44304, slides, royal australian army medical corps, vietnam war, sims, australian forces vietnam, hq australian forces vietnam, cpl peter sims

From a collection of 253 images on slides taken while on deployment in Vietnam, by Corporal Peter Stanley Sims (44304), who served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, 1969 - 1970.Cpl Peter Sims at his desk doing charts and paperwork, smiling at the camera at Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, Saigon 1970.peter stanley sims, 44304, slides, royal australian army medical corps, vietnam war, sims, australian forces vietnam, hq australian forces vietnam, cpl peter sims

From a collection of 253 images on slides taken while on deployment in Vietnam, by Corporal Peter Stanley Sims (44304), who served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, 1969 - 1970.Cpl Peter Sims last off bus, seated on back seat silhouetted wearing his slouch hat. Vietnam 1970.peter stanley sims, 44304, slides, royal australian army medical corps, vietnam war, sims, australian forces vietnam, hq australian forces vietnam, cpl peter sims, regimental aid post

From a collection of 253 images on slides taken while on deployment in Vietnam by Corporal Peter Stanley Sims (44304), who served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, 1969 - 1970.Cpl Peter Sims's desk displaying Christmas cards in the medical records office, Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, Saigon 1969/70.peter stanley sims, 44304, slides, royal australian army medical corps, vietnam war, sims, australian forces vietnam, hq australian forces vietnam, free world military assistance organisation

From a collection of 253 images on slides taken while on deployment in Vietnam, by Corporal Peter Stanley Sims (44304), who served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, 1969 - 1970.Cpl Peter Sims on guard duty at located in the Canberra Bachelors and Enlisted Men's Quarters (BEQ) on Chau Van Liem Street in the bustling Cho Lon area of Saigon, 1970.peter stanley sims, 44304, slides, royal australian army medical corps, vietnam war, sims, australian forces vietnam, hq australian forces vietnam, cpl peter sims, canberra beq

From a collection of 253 images on slides taken while on deployment in Vietnam, by Corporal Peter Stanley Sims (44304), who served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, 1969 - 1970.Canberra BEQ (Bachelor and enlisted men's quarters) accommodation board with names of new arrivals and visiting personnel with keys to allocated rooms, Cholon, Vietnam 1969. Corporal Peter Stanley Sims room 207.peter stanley sims, 44304, slides, royal australian army medical corps, vietnam war, sims, cho lon, cholon, canberra beq, bachelors and enlisted men's quarters, arrivals board, accommodation

A collection of papers presented to the Box Hill Historical Society as talks, covering medical care, the clay industry, memories of Surry Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office, the Sim family, tennis clubs, Girl Guides, Shire of Nunawading, Iris Roderick and the Bovill's of Balwyn.A collection of papers presented to the Box Hill Historical Society as talks, covering medical care, the clay industry, memories of Surry Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office, the Sim family, tennis clubs, Girl Guides, Shire of Nunawading, Iris Roderick and the Bovill's of Balwyn.Title page: Alan Holtbox hill city historical society, (ms) iris roderick, bovills of balwyn, box hill, girl guides, tennis clubs, sport, surrey hills rose society, (mr) james henry simpson, beatrice avenue, (mr) james allan, (mr) thomas hogg, box hill post office, brewer family, surrey hills, clay industry, health services, (mr) john k blogg, (miss)kitty mcewan, empire day, festivals and celebrations, albany crescent, fires, 1935, box hill medical centre, (dr) (mr) john de la roche bragge, (dr) (mr) alfred purdue vaughan, (dr) (mr) walter joseph craig, fairbank hospital, (dr) b n gandevia, windsor crescent, deepdene outer circle railway

A collection of papers presented to the Box Hill Historical Society as talks, covering medical care, the clay industry, memories of Surrey Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office, the sim family, tennis clubs, Girl Guides, Shire of Nunawading, Iris Roderick and the Bovill's of Balwyn. Deepdene crescent outer circle railway A collection of papers presented to the Box Hill Historical Society as talks, covering medical care, the clay industry, memories of Surry Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office, the sim family, tennis clubs, Girl Guides, Shire of Nunawading, Iris Roderick and the Bovill's of Balwyn.box hill city historical society, (ms) iris roderick, bovills of balwyn, box hill, girl guides, tennis clubs, sport, surrey hills rose society, (mr) james henry simpson, beatrice avenue, (mr) james allan, (mr) thomas hogg, box hill post office, brewer family, surrey hills, clay industry, health services, (mr) john k blogg, (miss) kitty mcewan, empire day, festivals and celebrations, albany crescent, fires, 1935, box hill medical centre, (dr) (mr)john de la roche bragge, vaughan, alfred purdue (dr) (mr), (dr) (mr) walter joseph craig, fairbank hospital, (dr) b.n. gandevia

Red hard covered book of 662 pages, 111 maps and 56 illustrations.Inside front in pencil "H.J. Sims"world war, world war one, charles bean, aif, egypt, anzac, sims, h.j. sims