Issued to Australian servicemen during World War 2.

Creature comforts for men at war

Round metal tin used for tobacco

WD & HO WILLS (AUSTRALIA) LTD SYDNEY, TRADE MARK and an 8 pointed star on lid. CAPSTAN NAVY CUT TOBACCO E FINE on base.

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Compendium used for correspondence during WW2

This may have belonged to noted war correspondent and journalist Denis Ashton Warner 1917-2012. See notes section.

Brown leather writing compendium containing two Japanese occupation $100 notes, three postcards, one newspaper clipping and 34 photographs of various subjects.

Six of the photographs have writing on the back in two different hands. The postcard of a young woman is also inscriped.

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Contains photographs of a mans journey around the Middle East during World War 2.

Documents a part of WW2 during the early 1940's

Leather covered photo album with 43 pages of mainly WW2 photographs.

The front cover has coloured depictions of the pyramids , Egyptian figures and hieroglyphs. Back cover has the same scenes but not coloured.

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Book contains photographs taken by sailors and soldiers during voyages to and from Vietnam in ships of the RAN

A personal record of memories from the Vietnam War

Coffee table book of photographs by Australian naval and military veterans of the Vietnam conflict

Signed by the author, Stephen Lewis

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Japanese ammunition used during WW2

Cut down Japanese brass cartridge used as an ashtray

Japanese letters and a 6 and 8 inside a circle

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Collected by a soldier during the First World War.

Brown webbing belt with 14 brass shoulder badges mainly from British Territorial regiments, an Australian shoulder badge and three metal buttons pinned to it

Various

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Made by Albert Henry Rogers who served in the British Army during WW1, the grandfather of the donor.

It was made as a symbol of hope as receiving letters from home gave them hope. Hence the bullet made into a letter opener is a symbol of something made to kill into something to give hope. (Transcribed from the donor's description)

Small letter opener consisting of a handle made from a .303 bullet and a blade made from an unknown metal. The projectile has been split in half lengthways and the blade soldered in. The markings on the cartridge indicate that it is a Mk VII cartridge manufactured by the Royal Laboratory in 1917.

Both sides of the blade have decorative engraving on them. The left side has "ARRAS" engraved on it and the right side has "1918 YPRES" engraved on it. The base of the cartridge is marked R^L 17 and VII.

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