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Issued to Cpl CH Pooley VX120306 who served in CMF 1941-1942 and AIF 1942-1946
Physical description
Certificate of Discharge Australian Army - Cpl C H Pooley VX120306
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Issued to Cpl CH Pooley VX120306 who served in CMF 1941-1942 and AIF 1942-1946
Certificate of Discharge Australian Army - Cpl C H Pooley VX120306
Framed Certificate in carved wooden frame headed "In Freedom's Cause"
Shire of Upper Yarra ---- The President and Councillors and Ratepayers of the Shire of Upper Yarra Hereby place on record their thanks and Appreciation for the Conduct of Leslie Raymond Jack who served his King and Country in the Great War. In Witness Whereof the Corporate Seal of the Municipality is hereto attached in the presence of.
Framed Display of Medal, Photo and Medallion "Dead Man's Penny"
Lance Corporal Sidney Reuben McCarthy No. 5409 14th. Battalion AIF (From Bairnsdale, Vic). Killed in action at Pozieres, France 29th. August 1916, aged 27. No known grave. Remembered on - Australian National Memorial Villers Bretonneux, France.
Framed Display of a broach, two medals and a signed letter from King George V
Private Oscar McCarthy 6623 - 14th Battalion. Killed in Action at Bullecourt, France 11th. April 1917 aged 23. Remembered on National Memorial at Villers Bretonneux France. The Letter from the King is worded - "I join with my grateful people in sending you this memorial of a brave life given for others in the Great War"
Pith Helmet
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Detachable box magazine made from steel stampings - holds 20 rounds
A colourful certificate surrounded by 21 Flags of the United Nations in a wooden frame with glass.
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Magazine
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Gathering Australia's War Memories
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Aeronautical Collections of Famous Fighters and Bombers
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The first ever complete analysis of all the Aircraft that have served with Australia's Army, Navy and Airforce.
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A Pictorial History of the U.S. Air Forces in the Vietnam War Air Force ,Army, Navy, and Marines
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Australians in the War of 1950-53
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Australia's Involvement in the Korean War
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