
Pre-WW1 Correspondence HAROLD to BOB & JT SNAPE (father) to BOB, Jan'y 1906. 'My first trip to Nyora' (Bob: short story)
Other items from this collection
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Plaque - TOC H Memorial Plaque, TOC H Warrnambool
List of deceased local TOC H men who passed during World War 2.
Historical. Research
Bronze Plaque
Eastern oil Lamp with cross, on top of plaque. 1939-1945. Text below reads 'WITH PROUD THANKSGIVINGG WE REMEMBER THE GOOD FELLOWSHIP OF LOCAL "TOC H" MEN WHO JOINED THE RANKS OF THE ELDER BRETHREN DURING THE WAR.' 4 Wall mounting holes, 1 in each corner.
ww2 memorial
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Work on paper - New Book released in Japan, a Reaction, 'Glorious memories' of death railway
A response to a perceived 'revisionist' history of Japanese military history released in Japan which includes a Japanese version of treatment of POW's in WW2
shows attitudes in Australia and Japan 20 years after WW2 in response to a new Japanese book
Single page from Sun Newspaper
Hand written on bottom Right: Currant (sic) Affairs. Am DG
japan. ww2 . revisionist history
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Work on paper - ANZACS in FRANCE, Drawing water for the gun crew, WW1
One of a series promoting the mateship of the Anzac troops.
reveals the 'behind the scenes' work of Artillery troops. (see also Notes)
postcard
On Reverse: Firing a heavy gun is thirsty work. These Anzac gunners are drawing water from a well for their comrades. Also Series XIX No151
the work of the heavy artillery
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Work on paper - ANZACS in FRANCE, daily Mail, A Burial on the Battlefield
WW1 Anzacs in France
Illustrates the often fatal consequences of war while appealing to patriotism at the same time
Black and white Postcard
On Reverse: The burial of an Anzac man behind the lines where he fought and died for the Empire. Also Series XIX No 149.
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Work on paper - Postcard propaganda WW1 (see Notes), ANZACS IN FRANCE, WW1 in England by Daily Mail
part of set of propaganda pics to be sent 'home'
Attempts to present an idealised view of the fighting although the surroundings counteract this.
Black and White Postcard
On Reverse: Hot weather and hot work at their big gun have induced these splendidly built Anzacs to strip to the waist. Also Series XIX No 148
soldires in ww1
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Work on paper - Propaganda postcard, ANZACS IN FRANCE, WW1
Series of official pics promoting life in WW1 (see Notes)
Careful examination reveals different attitudes and uniforms (eg a soldier in what is definitely not an Australian Hat!)
fair, with mottling discoloration
On Reverse: A pleasing incident in King George's visit to the Front. A party of Anzacs line up to cheer his majesty as he passes. Also Serie XIX No 147
anzacs and king george
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Work on paper - WW1 Postcard - France, ANZACS IN FRANCE, WW1 by Daily Mail
WW1 propaganda image
Illustrates control of information from the 'front'
black and white postcard
on reverse: These merry Anzacs, just returned from taking Pozieres, laughingly face the camera in the attitudes of surrendering Huns, shouting "Mercy, Kamerad". Also Series XIX No 146
anzac machine gun unit
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Unknown - ANZACS in FRANCE, Machine Gunners out of the Tenches, part of Daily Mail Official War Pictures; series XIX no 146 (see Notes)
Trench life WW1
a Propaganda image purports to show a bunch of 'jolly good chaps'
Black and White Postcard
On Reverse: With a swinging Back-to-Billets step, these Anzacs are leaving trench duty for their well-earned rest.
anzacs
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Postcard - HMAT MEDIC, 16.12.1916 HMAT leaving Melbourne, circa late 1916
1916 WW1 Troopship leaving Melbourne
crowd on the wharf indicate the significance of such events
black and white postcard
On Reverse: Postcard by J.E. Barnes. Photo. Kew. Phone 1966 Hawthorn
transport. convoys
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
FRANK to BOB LETTER from France, dated 13 November 1924
snape collection
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Fiction Anthology, CALL TO ARMS. A collection of classic war stories
Hardback with dust cover
Various authors Publisher Octopus Books London: 1983 ISBN: 0 7064 1964 2
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, DUNKIRK - THE NECESSARY MYTH
Hardback with dust cover
Author Nicholas Harmen Publisher Hodder and Stoughton Kent: 1980 ISBN: 0 340 24299 X Dewey No. 940.54’21
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, The Illustrated HITLER DIARY 1917-1945
Hard back with dust cover
Edited by Stuart Laing Publisher Marshall Cavendish books ltd London 1980 ISBN 085685 863 3
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, ROMMEL: BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS
Hard back with dust cover
Author Kenneth Macksey Publisher Arms and Armour Press London 1979 ISBN 0 85368 232 1
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, VICTORY IN EUROPE. D-DAY TO VE DAY
Hard back with dust cover First time in full colour
Author Max Hastings Pics by George Stevens Intro by George Stevens Jnr Publisher George Widenfeld and Nicolson Ltd London 1985 ISBN 0 297 78650 4
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, LONDON GOES TO WAR 1939
Hardback with dust cover
Author Gordon Bromley Publisher Michael Joseph Ltd London 1974 ISBN 0 7181 1140 0
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, D-DAY
Hardback with dust cover
Author Brigadier Peter Young AP Publishing Sydney: 1981 ISBN 0 86827 091 1
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, ESCAPE FROM THE SWASTIKA: Colditz, Hell Camp, Stalag Luft 3, The Wooden Horse
Hardback with dust cover
Author Burton Graham Publisher Marshall Cavendish London: 1975 ISBN 0 85685 108 6
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, CHURCHILL. A Biography
Hardback with dust cover
Author Martin Gilbert Publisher Chancellor Press London: 1983 ISBN: 0 907486 27 4
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, DER FUHRER. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ADOLF HITLER
Hardback with dust cover
Edited by Herbert Walther Bison Books London 1978 ISBN 0 86124 017 0
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, TWO CENTURIES OF WARFARE
Hardback with dust cover
Authors Christopher Chant, Richard Holmes, William Koenig Publisher Octopus Books London: 1978 ISBN 0 7064 0618 4
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, LIFE AT WAR
Hardback with dust cover In Box
Introduction by David E. Scherman Publisher TIME LIFE BOOKS 1977
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, WARS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. WW1, WW2. KOREA, VIETNAM, THE MIDDLE EAST WARS
Hard back with dust cover
Authors David Shermer, Ronald Heiferman, S. L. Mayer Publisher Octopus Books 1975 ISBN 0 7064 0434 3
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, HITLER’S HENCHMEN
Hard back with dust cover
Authors Dr. Henk van Capelle and Dr. Peter van d Bovenkamp Bison Books London: 1990 ISBN 0 86124 620 9
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, WARSHIPS AND SEA BATTLES OF WW1
Hard back with dust cover
Editor Bernard Fitzsimons BPC Publishing, URE SMITH Dee Why West NSW 1973 ISBN 0 7254 0179 6
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, MARCHING TO WAR 1933-1939. THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
Hardback with dust cover – Coffee Table Book
Introduction by Martin Gilbert Foreword James Bishop (Editor in Chief the Illustrated London News) Bracken Books London: 1989 ISBN: 1 851170 265 2
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, AN AIRMAN FARAWAY The Story of an Australian Dam Buster
Hardback with dust cover
Author Eric Fry Publisher Kangaroo Press NSW: 1993 ISBN 0-86417 501 9 Dewey No. 940.54491
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, D-DAY
Paperback
Authors Warren Tute – John Costello – Terry Hughes Forward by Lord Mountbatten Pan Books Ltd. London: 1974 ISBN: 0 530 24418 3
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, CHURCHILL - A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT
Paperback
By Martin Gilbert Publisher Penguin Books – in association with William Heinmann London 1974
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Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, WAR IN THE PACIFIC. PEARL HABOUR TO TOKYO BAY
Hardback with dust cover
Author John Winton Publisher Sidgwick & Jackson London: 1978 ISBN: 0 09 135260 6