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BOB: Map France 1:100,000 AMIENS, AMIENS, Geographical Section, General Staff, No 2364. October 1915; Ordnance Survey 1916; Minor Corrections 01/10/1916
... Snape Collection...; and subsequently, for General Sir Tread more Snape Collection ...Original Item souvenired from possibly Australian Corps HQ, probably between the Armistice, 11 November 1918, and June 1919, when the Staff Sergeant R.O.(Bob) Snape was repatriated.The donor, Staff Sergeant R.O. (Bob) Snape, Reg No 8651, enlisted as a Stretcher Bearer in 1915 but, because of his secretarial skills was employed in HQ positions as soon as he arrived in France and as a stenographer who worked as Confidential Clerk to General Sir John Monash from June to December 1918; and subsequently, for General Sir Tread moreTopographical map. Full colour snape collection -
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TRENCH MAP, 1:20,000 FRANCE. Sheet 36 NW. Edition 6 B. GSGS 2742. Ordnance Survey 1916. Trenches corrected to 5/5/1916
... Snape Collection... to 5/5/1916. Snape Collection ...snape collection -
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IRREGULAR DIARY NOTES on a scrap of foolscap paper re FROMELLES
... Snape Collection... of foolscap paper re FROMELLES Snape Collection ...snape collection -
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TIMELINE, WW1, BOB & HAROLD
... Snape Collection... Warrnambool great-ocean-road TIMELINE, WW1, BOB & HAROLD Snape ...snape collection -
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R.AN.B.T. and 12th Brigade A.F.A. FIELD DIARY from enlistment, 24 March 1915, to Harold's fatal gassing 15/16 August 1918. (TRANSCRIBED by Walter J R Barber)
... Snape Collection... 15/16 August 1918. (TRANSCRIBED by Walter J R Barber). Snape ...snape collection -
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GENERAL SIR JOHN MONASH to GOV'R GENERAL, SIR R.M. FERGUSON, PERSONAL LETTER (MANUSCRIPT) undated (but shortly after the Battle of Hamel, 4 July 1918)
... Snape Collection... (but shortly after the Battle of Hamel, 4 July 1918). Snape Collection ...snape collection -
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MONASH to GOV'R GENERAL (LETTER TRANSCRIBED)
... Snape Collection... TRANSCRIBED). Snape Collection ...snape collection -
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LETTER OF THANKS (in French) to GENERAL MONASH, dated 27 June 1918, from FRENCH INDUSTRIALIST
... Snape Collection... MONASH, dated 27 June 1918, from FRENCH INDUSTRIALIST. Snape ...snape collection -
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PHONE COMMUNICATIONS, SITUATION REPORT re: TRENCH WARFARE from MAJOR GENERAL ROSENTHAL, 2nd Division, 7.15 P.M., 14TH JULY, 1918, re trench fighting near Villers Bretonneux
... Snape Collection... Bretonneux. Snape Collection ...snape collection -
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CAPTURED GERMAN DOCUMENT RELATING TO A SECRET WEAPON(?)
... Snape Collection... TO A SECRET WEAPON(?) Snape Collection ...snape collection -
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Souvenired German Pay-book of CARL BILLERT, MUSKETIER, GOLDBUCH fur den MUSKETIER, CARL J BILLERT
... Snape Collection... hostilities. Snape Collection ...Probably souvenired by Bob Snape from Australia Corps HQ Intelligence archives, after hostilities.Orange cardboard-covered bookletsnape collection -
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FROMELLES, MASS WAR GRAVES
... Snape Collection... Warrnambool great-ocean-road FROMELLES, MASS WAR GRAVES. Snape ...snape collection -
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Trip to Brussels - January 1919
... snape collection... Warrnambool great-ocean-road Trip to Brussels - January 1919. snape ...snape collection -
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TIMELINE of MAJOR BATTLES on the WESTERN FRONT with Australian participation highlighted in green
... Snape Collection... FRONT with Australian participation highlighted in green. Snape ...snape collection -
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'THE BREMEN BABBLER' Troopship weekly newspaper pp36 (Bob Snape, the paper's Editor, June to July 1919) courtesy, AWM Canberra, 'THE BREMEN BABBLER' Troopship weekly newspaper pp36 (Bob Snape, the paper's Editor.)
... snape collection... newspaper pp36 (Bob Snape, the paper's Editor.) snape collection ...snape collection -
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HAROLD: MANUSCRIPT FIELD DIARY, HAROLD: MANUSCRIPT FIELD DIARY (unabridged) from enlistment in March 1915 to 12 August 1918 (3 days before he was mortally gassed at Fricourt in Somme district)
... Snape Collection... at Fricourt in Somme district). Snape Collection ...snape collection -
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Pre-WW1 Correspondence HAROLD to BOB & JT SNAPE (father) to BOB, Jan'y 1906. 'My first trip to Nyora' (Bob: short story)
... Snape Collection...: short story) Snape Collection ...snape collection -
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MAP TO ACCOMPANY HEAVY ARTILLERY SCHEME FOR MOBILE WARFARE".....marked with 'Lanes' and Corps/Division Boundaries, Ordnance Survey, 1:40,000, France. Sheet 62c, Dec 1917. (centring on Peronne and Mont St Quentin), December 1917
... Snape Collection... such as Mont St Quentin. Snape Collection ...Shows detail of Artillery Planning in the area of Peronne & Mont St Quentin. Inscribed "Map to accompany H.A. Scheme for Mobile Warfare". Marked with 'Lanes' and Corps/Division Boundaries.The donor, Staff Sergeant R.O. (Bob) Snape, Reg No 8651, enlisted as a Stretcher Bearer in 1915 but, because of his secretarial skills was employed in HQ positions as soon as he arrived in France and as a stenographer who worked as Confidential Clerk to General Sir John Monash from June to December 1918; and subsequently, for General Sir Talbot Hobbs until June 1919. The map was very likely directly used in the planning of the 1918 battles such as Mont St Quentin.Original Item recovered from possibly Australian Corps HQ, probably between the Armistice, 11 November 1918, and June 1919, when Staff Sergeant R.O.(Bob) Snape was repatriated. Shows detail of Artillery Planning in the area of Peronne & Mont St Quentin. Inscribed "Map to accompany H.A. Scheme for Mobile Warfare". Marked with 'Lanes' and Corps/Division Boundaries.snape collection -
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Map, 1:100,000 LENS Edition 2, 1915, Minor Corrections 27/10/1916
... Snape Collection...' (as per 9002-Bob). Snape Collection ...Topographical Map. Full colour. Attached by glue to matching copy of 1:100,000 map sheet, 'Amiens' (as per 9002-Bob).snape collection -
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Map 1:10,000 GHELUVELT Edition 6 B (Local) GSGS 3062 Ordnance Survey July 1917 Trenches corrected to 12/9/1917
... Snape Collection.../1917. Snape Collection ...snape collection -
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1:250,000 COMPOSITE WALL-MAP NORTHWEST EUROPE. Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1914
... Snape Collection... was repatriated. Snape Collection ...Original Item recovered from possibly Australian Corps HQ, probably between the Armistice, 11 November 1918, and June 1919, when the Staff Sergeant R.O.(Bob) Snape was repatriated.Cloth-backed paper. 6 map sheets glued together to form one large wall map of NW Europe, covering from Normandy beaches to Cologne and Paris to Strasbourg.snape collection -
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'AREA OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, July to October 1916'........... The Times History of the War- Part 120 (no date of publication). Bob, Harold and cousin, Leslie Snape, are all referenced to some woods near the city of ALBERT: Leslie to Mametz Wood (Battle of the Somme) , and Bob and Harold to Fricourt Wood (Sep. to Oct.1916; and Aug.1918.)
... Snape Collection... to Fricourt Wood (Sep. to Oct.1916; and Aug.1918.) Snape Collection ...snape collection -
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Bob Snape's HAND-DRAWN MAP of ERQUINGHAM-SUR -LYS, FRANCE, centring on 6th Field Ambulance base
... Snape Collection... Warrnambool great-ocean-road Bob Snape's HAND-DRAWN MAP of ERQUINGHAM ...snape collection -
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BOB: Map - 1:13,000, YPRES, Yperen, p.40, 'Baedeker's Belgium and Holland',1905,14th Edition (English), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1905
... Snape Collection... his emigration to Australia. Snape Collection ...Bob Snape always included in his kit a few second hand Baedeker's guide books, as well as the 'Belgium and Holland' volume. Bob was a keen observer and commentator and used these guide books as any interested tourist. Bob's letters home often made reference to the history, culture and architecture of the countries he visited in the course of the war. Bob's English born father had lived and worked in France from 1878 to 1880 before his emigration to Australia.Two tone map in orange, grey and black. snape collection -
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH, (Oblique shot of battlefield) 30/9/1916, LE BARQUE...... LIGNY THILLOY....... THILLOY, 22.N.1514
... Snape Collection... R.O.(Bob) Snape was repatriated. Snape Collection ...Original Item recovered from possibly Australian Corps HQ, probably between the Armistice, 11 November 1918, and June 1919, when the Staff Sergeant R.O.(Bob) Snape was repatriated.Sepia photograph, showing trench lines, gun emplacements, landscape peppered with shell craters.snape collection -
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH, (Vertical shot of battle field, shelled/bombed out village) 30/9/1916, 3.C.1159, N7. 20.B &C
... Snape Collection... was repatriated. Snape Collection ...Original Item recovered from possibly Australian Corps HQ, probably between the Armistice, 11 November 1918, and June 1919, when the Staff Sergeant R.O.(Bob) Snape was repatriated.Sepia photograph showing shelled/bombed out village with all roofs blown in.snape collection -
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH, (Oblique shot of battle field, with shelled/bombed out vilage) 30/9/1916, 3.C.1151, N.26. 6d. 25d
... Snape Collection... was repatriated. Snape Collection ...Original Item recovered from possibly Australian Corps HQ, probably between the Armistice, 11 November 1918, and June 1919, when the Staff Sergeant R.O.(Bob) Snape was repatriated.snape collection -
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PICTURE POSTCARDS, FRANCE, WW1 (280 approx)
... Snape Collection... approx) Snape Collection ...snape collection -
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PICTURE POSTCARDS, BELGIUM, WW1. (110 Approx.)
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GAZETTE DES ARDENNES, 5 MAY 1918. 4th year, No 621, German newspaper, in French, for the occupied territories, printed in Charleroi, Belgium. (TRANSLATED IN PART by W.Barber), 5 May 1918
... Snape Collection... with a front-line map Snape Collection ...Original, single page propaganda broadsheet, collected by Bob Snape, when he was working as Confidential Clerk to General Sir John Monash, with Australia Corps HQ, in Belgium, late 1918. Yellowed with age, but despite some tears along the folds and a hole the size of a 20 cent piece, it is a good legible document with a front-line mapsnape collection