Green hard cover book with dust jacket that has plastic covering. White spine with title printed in brown print and author in green, spine label at the base starting to peel off. Front cover has a strip down the left side with images of many faces in green. Title is printed across the top in brown with subtitle in green. Lower right side has a a collage of three images overlapping, a man and dog in an orchard, a man ploughing a field with many horses, and a newspaper clipping.non-fictionWorld war II (2) soldier settlement in Victoria. This book contains the story of Australia's most successful scheme for settling returned soldiers on their own farms. The book includes the recollections of many of the 6000 families who gained a livelihood on farms across the state. [taken from Trove]ww2, wwii, world war two, world war two veterans australia, soldier settlements - victoria, land settlement victoria - history, veterans - victoria

Article of World War 1 Refer to carved life size soldier with machine gun in foyer and photograph at its feet.A4 sheet of white paper has two cut-out sections of Veteran Affairs Newspaper article dated June 1998 glued on. Title Australian Corps Memorial Park. Article covers a Memorial cost $1.3 million dollars for dedication on 4th July 1998 consisting of three curved memorial walls for Australian soldiers that died during Wold War 2. The photograph included in the article was taken on August 8, 1918 which shows B company of the 29th Battalion - a Victorian Unit - being addressed by their platoon Commander. All 5 Australian Divisions took part in the major Allied attack on the German Lines - the first time the five Australian Divisions had fought together as the Australian Corps. (Under Australian Command) It is the First memorial on the Western Front dedicated to the Australian Corps. The park surrounding it includes a 500 meter walking tril with 18 information panels along its length on aspects of the battle.Article was found in Veteran Affairs News dated June 1998, heading - Australian Corps Memorial Park.veteran affairs news article, a4 paper sheet

According to the Australian War Memorial, "The Red Cross maintained a policy of ensuring that comfort and entertainment for the wounded in hospital was onging and stated in its Gazette of December 1917 'Wherever they are, our boys will have a reminder on Christmas Day that the thoughts and sympathy of their people in far-off Australia are with them.' The boxes were usually packed in Australia and contained 'a pipe, tobacco, cigarettes, chocolate, playing cards, match-box, handkerchief and an attractive card, Australian in nature, conveying greetings from the Society.' (Gazette no 7, January 1918)." This particular example dates to 1921, after the war had ended. It is apparent that the efforts of the Red Cross extended beyond wartime years, possibly to those still stationed overseas or returned servicemen and women.This box is an example of charitable gift boxes which were delivered to Australian troops during the war by the Australian Red Cross Society.Wood imitation printed card box in two parts, rectangular in shape fashioned from two pieces of card folded and stapled on shorter sides. Larger box (lid) fits on top of smaller box (base). Top of box has adhesive label with printed inscriptions, gold on light coloured label."GREETINGS/from/The/Australian/Red Cross/Society" a map of Australia with the states identified and capital cities "Perth", "Darwin", "Brisbane", "Sydney", "Melbourne", "Hobart", "Adelaide". To right of the map "Xmas/1921"christmas, holiday, gift giving, red cross, red cross society, returned servicemen, veterans, post war, world war i, first world war, the great war

John Hughes was Awarded the Military Medal: "for conspicuous good work during operations at/ GIRD TRENCH, near LE SARS, on 14.11.1916./ This N.C.O. was in charge of a party of men engaged in digging a communication trench from/ our jumping off trench to the newly captured GIRD TRENCH. He displayed great courage and coolness under very heavy fire, and his personal efforts were mainly responsible for the completion of the task allotted to his party."// Service number: 3044 Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: 2nd Pnr Bn Service: Army Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918 Award: Military Medal Date of London Gazette: 22 January 1917 Location in London Gazette: Page 836, position 34 Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 29 June 1917 Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1395, position 37A framed embroidered cushion cover from WW1. Sent or brought home by Lt. Jack Hughes. Contained within the same frame is a paper clipping and a photo.1.Cushion cover: from the top down- Egypt.... 1914/ Rising Sun/ scrolls with Australian Commonwealth/ Military Forces/ Aust Div Train/ Palestine Sinai Syria/1919. 2.Newpaper clipping with photo: John Hughes (left) 81, and Hugh Mont/gomery, 87, are the two oldest veterans who/ will be taking part in the Frankston ANZAC/ Day March on Tuesday. Mr Hughes served/ in France and Belgium in WW1 and/ in Darwin in the Second World War. He is a/ holder of the Military Medal./ Mr. Montgomery served with the 29th Bat/talion AIF in France during WW1/ Both men have been residents of the RSL park War Veterans Home for the past eight years.// 3. Photo: Mr. John Hughes.belgium, france, ww1, lt, mm, jack, hughes

1. & 2. Relate to letter sent by Alva Bennetts which can be found in Cat No. 9872.3. Part of the Bennetts Collection. See Cat No. 9726P for details of service for "Alva Marie Bennetts".1. Two page booklet with black and white illustrated front cover. Title and publishers logo in black. Text on pages in black type. Cover and pages fastened with a staple on top LH Corner. 2. A4 sized single page letter with text in black type. Australian Coat of Arms on top LH corner. Text below Coat of Arms in orange type.2. Handwritten signature in blue ink at bottom of letter.bennetts collection, alva bennetts, returned servicewomen, ww2

Leslie Ernest Shillinglaw was born at Dalmore, Victoria in 1925, the son of Samuel Ernest Shillinglaw and Anna Lucy (Barlow). He was Phillip and Sarah Shillinglaw's grandson. Following his service in the RAAF during World War Two, Leslie married Alva Elizabeth Thomas in 1949. He died in 2007. World War Two Service Veteran Details Name SHILLINGLAW, LESLIE ERNEST Service Royal Australian Air Force Service Number 144902 Date of Birth 03 Aug 1925 Place of Birth DALMORE, VIC Date of Enlistment 30 Sep 1943 Locality on Enlistment HEALESVILLE, VIC Place of Enlistment MELBOURNE, VIC Next of Kin SHILLINGLAW, ERNEST Date of Discharge 01 Apr 1946 Rank Leading Aircraftman Posting at Discharge 36 SQUADRON Prisoner of War No Honours None for displaymarg ball collection, 1943, leslie ernest shillinglaw, second word war, r.a.a.f.

Presented to Waverley R. S. L. sub branch by South African Military Veterans Organisation of Australia http://www.samvoa.org/abouthistory.htmlhttp://www.samvoa.org/abouthistory.html The founder of SAMVOA, Veteran Tony Macquet MMM, documents the early history of the organisation: Two statements characterise the formation of the South African Military Veterans Organisation of Australasia that has taken on the acronym SAMVOA: SAMVOA was long in the making, yet I am reminded of what Garth Pienaar once said, "If you had not started it, I would have". And no doubt he or someone else would have because it needed "starting" and it just did not seem right that almost every other nation was represented on ANZAC Day and there were no South Africans marching, particularly when South Africans fought alongside Australians in two World Wars and in Korea. It is important to note that SAMVOA has had predecessors who were South Africans who had marched in Melbourne and probably elsewhere prior to 1996, but they were an older group of WW1 and WW2 veterans who by 1996 were too old to even travel by vehicle and they had fallen away. Around 1998, I contacted and spoke to their leader Major (retd.) Norval who confirmed that their group had become too old to march and he was delighted that a younger group was interested, although at that stage it was only me. http://www.samvoa.org/membership.html SAMVOA Membership This Veteran Organisation dedicates itself, in grateful recognition and memory of our countrymen, the Immortal Dead of South Africa, who, at the call of Duty, made the great Sacrifice on the battlefields of Africa, Asia and Europe and on the Sea. Their ideal is our legacy, Their sacrifice our inspiration. Metal Plaque mounted on wooden shield shaped backing plateSouth African Military Veterans Organisation of Australia Pro Patriasamvoa, south africa, military veterans organization australia, pro patria,

Ill, maps, p.167.non-fictionA pictorial account of the Australian army involvement in the North Africa and Syrian campaigns during World war twoworld war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – north africa – syria, australian army - pictorial works - north africa - syria

Ill, p.70.non-fictionA concise history of the occassions and experiences of Australian taken as Prisoners of War during World War One (1914-1918), World War Two (1939-1945), and the Korean War (1950-1953). Includes many quotes and anecdotes illustrating the experiences of POW's in their own words. ex prisoners of war - biography, world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese

Index, ill, maps. p.383.non-fictionIn this gripping biography, Roland Perry paints a fascinating and complex portrait of Lieutenant General Sir Stanley George Savige, a man of character and compassion, a quiet outsider who founded the war veterans' support charity Legacy, whose record is second to none in Australian military history, in the scope of his combat over two world wars. stan savige - biography, generals - australia - biography

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. A typed letter on two A4 pages to Jack Lockett sent from the Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of the Deputy Commissioner, 19 May 1994. It's asking if he would be part of program putting together personal profiles on World War 1 veterans currently residing in Victoria. Signed Brian Flynn, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER jack lockett, mabel ingwersen, 38th australian infantry battalion, w.w.1, mallee farming, profile of w.w.1 veterans, brian flynn

Two Legacy widows from Warragul area. They were photographed when they visited Legacy House and appeared in the July 1992 Widows' Newsletter. On the right is Bernice Dimmock (nee Jones). Bernice was secretary of Warragul Legacy Widows Club. She was also a veteran, as she served overseas in World War 2. Bernice has an interview recorded by the ABC for 'Australians at War' on their website. Keesing Photographers took a series of photos on the same day of various ladies and some were committee members at different clubs. Presumably there had a been a meeting at Legacy House of members from the many clubs (including Hampton, Highett, Caufield). It is assumed that the date was 1991 due to the reference number from the photographic studio 911030B-14 could mean 30 October 1991, along with 00645, 00646, 00648, 00649, 00650, 00651 and 00661-00666. Photos of the committee members of Widows clubs were taken by a professional photographer.Black and white photo of two Legacy widows, a proof sheet and an article in the Answer.Label on the back from Keesing Photographic with Reference No: 911030B-14. Pg 4 in and Warrugul in pencil.widows, committee, widows club

This was donated to the Glen Eira City Council Collection by Ron Fisher. The pin belonged to Ron’s father Syd and has been in the family until its donation. Syd was a WW2 veteran who joined up in Caulfield. The Mayor of Caulfield's Patriotic Fund was established in 1939 in conjunction with the Caulfield Returned Soldier's Club. Members raised funds by hosting dances in private homes and events at the Caulfield Town Hall. By 1944, more than £86,000 had been collected for the Fund.Small oval brass and enamel commemorative pin. Centre oval has blue enamel Australian flag, surrounded by the inscription "MAYOR OF CAULFIELD'S PATRIOTIC FUND". Red enamel scroll motif at rear. C-clasp fastening on reverse."STOKES MELB"caulfield patriotic fund, returned soldiers, world war two, wwii, fundraising, remembrance

The Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia (RSSILA) was the forerunner of today's Returned and Services League (RSL). Formed after the First World War, the organisation was a veterans' association formed by returned servicemen to care for and advocate for the returned service community. The organisation later changed its name to the RSL. This badge is dated to the 1920's by the name of the organisation. It is significant because it has the capacity to represent an earlier incarnation of today's RSL.Small blue, white and red enamel and metal badge. Inset embossing of two soldiers advancing. Words enscribed on the front. A white shield shape with a crown mounted on the top.Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League Australia.rsl, rssila, returned services

Article about why Wilma Young [Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram] received the Advance Australia Award 1989. This award was conferred because of her contributions to veteran welfare. She was also a POW during WWII on Bangka Island and Sumatra. Newspaper clipping with a headline and large black and white photograph of a elderly woman holding an award in her lap. The article has three columns of text.'Pakenham-Berwick Gazette / 100-106 Main St. P. / Wed. 7th Feb. 1990 Phone 059412 666' [blue ink at top of page] 'Page 25' [blue ink lower right hand corner] [article at end of main clipping article scribbled/crossed out with blue ink]wwii, world war two, ww2, wilma young, wilma elizabeth forster oram, advance australia award, bangka island, sumatra

Soon after the outbreak of World War Two, the British Government requested experienced forestry soldiers from Australia, New Zealand and Canada to be deployed in France as part of the British Expeditionary Force. The first Forestry Company (2/1) was based in Sydney with men from NSW, Queensland and South Australia, led by Captain Cyril Richard Cole, a professional forester from the Australian Capital Territory. The second Forestry Company (2/2) included many Forests Commission staff, local sawmillers and experienced bushmen from Victoria, WA and Tasmania including veterans of the First World War. They were led by Captain Andrew Leonard (Ben) Benallack, a graduate from the Victorian School of Forestry in 1922. Both Forestry Companies sailed from Fremantle on the Stratheden in late May 1940 and landed in England not long after the evacuation of Dunkirk. The foresters were recalled to Australia at the insistence of Prime Minister John Curtin in late 1943 because of the War in the Pacific. After reequipping and some refresher training in jungle warfare at Kapooka the 2/2 Forestry Company was deployed to Lae in Papua New Guinea in May 1944. This photograph was probably taken in Australia before deployment to PNG.Photo in wooden frame of Royal Australian Engineers Forestry Company

Paperback book with two staples along the spine. Full colour image across the front cover of a Greek man in traditional clothes in the forefront, to the right of the page are three soldiers casually walking, in the background is a mountain set against a blue sky. The title and author/illustrator/researcher names are printed in black text in the top right corner. Across the bottom right side it reads 'An Australian Defence Force Journal Publication'. There is a white label sticker on the bottom of the spine with B130 handwritten in red ink.non-fictionAn illustrated publication to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Greece. In 1991, a group of WWII veterans made an historic pilgrimage along the paths the Allied forcers followed in the Greek Campaign of 1941, from Macedonia down to the island of Crete.world war ii campaigns - greece - anniversaries, australian army - history - world war 1939-1945, greece, australian defence force

In the build up to Brisbane's World War II commemorations, "Australia Remembers", ex-servicewoman Win Goodman remembers watching the matron of the Redbank Hospital sliding down the banisters whooping with joy the day the war ended. Win, (then Win Ruthning) worked as a radiographer in war hospitals in queensland during the war.Two newspaper clippings, one story continued over two pages. The larger clipping has a large title with four columns of text and two embedded black and white images. The larger image on the left is a photo of an older couple looking at each other. The smaller image is an Anzac memorial pin design for 1945 - 1995. The smaller clipping has a title above three columns of text with a centred, embedded black and white image. The image is a photo headshot of a young woman.wwii, ww2, world war two, world war 2, veteran affairs minister, con sciacca, pacific, rupert goodman, australian medical women's army service, vp day, middle east, tobruk, jerusalem, ceylon, borneo, pow, st lucia, kokoda track, the centaur, centaur, moreton bay

Article with names of sixty WWI veterans commemorating 75th anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove by making the pilgrimage to Gallipoli. This list includes former Australian Army Nursing Serivce (AANS) nurse Kathleen (Jean) Avery (neé Bryant).A large newspaper clipping that comprises of two stories with the top story having a black and white photo of three soldiers in a trench and seven columns of text and the bottom story having five columns of text.world war one, wwi, ww1, anzac cove, gallipoli, kathleen jean avery (neé bryant)

Paperback book with black spine and white print. Front cover is a full page, black and white image, of the Victory March in London in 1919. The title is printed in the top right corner. There is a white spine label sticker at the base of the spine.non-fiction This book explores over twenty sites of significance to Australians in wartime Britain, telling some of the stories that made up the Australian experience of two world wars. Contents: Crimson thread of kinship -- Australian War Memorial -- Tower Hill Memorial -- Australia House -- Imperial Camel Corps Memorial -- Cenotaph -- Australian Red Cross Worker Vera Deakin -- Grave of the unknow warrier -- Prime Ministers and High Commissioners -- Gunner Arthur Sullivan VC Plaque -- Buckingham Palace -- Battle of Britain -- Cavalry of the Empire Memorial -- AIF Cemetery -- Air Forces Memorial -- Brookwood Military Cemetery -- Chester Wilmot -- St John the Evangelist Church -- Leighterton Cemetery -- Commander William Warren DSO plaque -- Plymouth Naval Memorial -- 10 Squadron RAAF Memorial -- Grave of Pilot Officer Rawdon Middleton VC -- Grave of Sergeant Thomas Hunter -- St Michael's Chapel -- Women of the Empire Memorial -- Australian Servicemen remembered -- Australia in the United Kingdom -- Australians buried or commemorated in the United Kingdom. [taken from Trove record]ww2, wwii, second world war, world war 1939-1945, australian armed forces, ww1, wwi, world war one, world war 1914-1918, cemetaries, memorials, monuments, great britain

Paperback book with black spine and white print. Front cover is a full page, black and white image, of the Victory March in London in 1919. The title is printed in the top right corner. There is a white spine label sticker at the base of the spine.non-fiction This book explores over twenty sites of significance to Australians in wartime Britain, telling some of the stories that made up the Australian experience of two world wars. Contents: Crimson thread of kinship -- Australian War Memorial -- Tower Hill Memorial -- Australia House -- Imperial Camel Corps Memorial -- Cenotaph -- Australian Red Cross Worker Vera Deakin -- Grave of the unknow warrier -- Prime Ministers and High Commissioners -- Gunner Arthur Sullivan VC Plaque -- Buckingham Palace -- Battle of Britain -- Cavalry of the Empire Memorial -- AIF Cemetery -- Air Forces Memorial -- Brookwood Military Cemetery -- Chester Wilmot -- St John the Evangelist Church -- Leighterton Cemetery -- Commander William Warren DSO plaque -- Plymouth Naval Memorial -- 10 Squadron RAAF Memorial -- Grave of Pilot Officer Rawdon Middleton VC -- Grave of Sergeant Thomas Hunter -- St Michael's Chapel -- Women of the Empire Memorial -- Australian Servicemen remembered -- Australia in the United Kingdom -- Australians buried or commemorated in the United Kingdom. [taken from Trove record]ww2, wwii, second world war, world war 1939-1945, australian armed forces, ww1, wwi, world war one, world war 1914-1918, cemetaries, memorials, monuments, great britain

Taken in the 1950s, this picture is of two veterans of the First World War, Colonel Sir William Leggatt and Brigadier Sir Lionel Harris who fought together in France over 30 years prior. The two men were invested by the Queen at Buckingham palace as Knights, a prestigious honour for Australian soldiers, who for another 20 years would have no official recognition by the Australian government through the 'Order of Australia.' This image showcases the role of Australian service members who fought during the first world war being honoured by the British Government, personally meeting the Queen. Black and white photograph accompanied by text below taken from a NewspaperObverse: VICTORIA'S Agent-General, Colonel Sir William Leggatt (right) and his old / cobber's Brigadier Sir Lionel Harris, outside Buckingham Palace yesterday after hav- / ing received the accolade form the Queen. Thirty-two years ago as sergeant and private / they shared a trench in France. Yesterday as they waited to be knighted by the / Queen, Sir William said, "if anyone had told us then that we were ever going to / meet like this, we would have thought he was off his block. - Today's radiophoto / Reverse: 6539 (in pencil) / burke museum, beechworth, beechworth museum, world war one, military album, trenches, nighted, queen, buckingham palace, wwi, sir william leggatt, sir lionel harris

Commemorative booklet for the dedication ceremony of the Australian Army Nurses' Memorial on Bangka Island. The ceremony took place on March 2, 1993. It represented the 'fulfilment of a proposal (for the memorial) raised in 1992 by Matron Vivian Statham on behalf of her colleagues of the Australian Army Nursing Service.' The booklet contains historiacl information and photographs and the order of service.Staple-bound booklet with white cover. Title is printed in black ink in the top centre. The bottom centre displays the emblem of the Australian Commonwealth Military Force. In the middle is a coloured painting of eight nurses wearing the red capes and white veils.'H74' [Handwritten in blue ink in the top left corner of the front cover]ww2, wwii, world war two, ss vyner brooke, vyner brooke, bangka island, bangka island memorial, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), australian army nurses, prisoners of war, australian army nursing service, aans

The blue forage cap (frequently referred to as a side cap, wedge cap, or garrison cap) during World War II was a practical, foldable soft cap widely adopted by air forces and naval units, most notably by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Commonwealth aircrews. In bomber and fighter squadrons, a well-worn, battered forage cap became an informal badge of honor, distinguishing seasoned veterans from new arrivals ("sprogs").A navy blue woolen WW11 Officer's Forage Cap with shaped folded sides. It has a fastening at the front with two small brass buttons with wings and a crown insignia attached. Inside is a brown lining with a brown velvet band at the top. A large safety pin on the lining holds the crown closed from the outside. The clips to hold the badges on the outside can be seen inside on the lining. It was issued in 1943.Inside the cap is stamped: 'MV(faded unknown letter)D 58'ww11 uniform, ww11 badge, ww11, ww11raaf, ww11 cap

Article on speech given by then Prime Minister Paul Keating to female veterans at Parliament House during the Australia Remembers ceremonies.A newspaper clipping consisting of a column of text and a large black and white photo of two older women, sitting and hugging on a park bench.'July 26-1995' [blue ink, top]world war two, wwii, mary canty, jean ayers, ww2