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        From the collection of Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
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        Currency - Veterans Remebered Commemorative Medallion

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        Accessed 29 March 2023

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        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Pamphlet - Australian ARMY Infantry Section Leading 1970, Infantry Training Volume IV (Australia) Tactical (Tropical Warfare) Part 1 - Infantry Section Leading, 1956 Draft

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Print - Chronological Record Great War 1914 - 19

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Flag - Flag Returned Services League

          This flag was replace in 1991 when the RSL Emblem was changed showing four figures marching, the new figure recognizes women

          Change to the RSL Emblem adding an additional figure representing women

          Blue flag with the southern cross constellation and the Returned and service league emblem

          Emblem bears the name Returned and Srvice League

          flag, emblem

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Banner - Banner Australia Remembers 1945 - 1995, 1995

          This banner was flown in Melbourne during the 50 anniversary of the ending of World War II

          This banner is believed to have been flown in Melbourne outside the town hall

          Banner Street celebrating the end of World War II, light green top and bottom, scroll in dark green with gold border and the years 1945 - 1995 at the bottom, and in a dark green arc across the top with gold borders - AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS. the middle section of the banner is a silhouette of a man kissing a women the colours of the silhouette is tan and white

          AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS

          the theme of the banner is man returning from war and meeting his partner

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Equipment - Combat Ration One Man, January 2021

          Australian Defence Force - Combat Ration One Man used by members of the ADF on active duty in the field. In the collection they have a limited shelf life

          Combat Ration One Man

          CRIM Lot: 19.12.2018 / E (indicating menu E / Safety warning in Text box - CAUTION - FOOD ALLERGIES / This ration pack has NOT been constituted for consumers/ with any food allergy or special dietary requirements / Products used in ration packs may contain nuts, free nuts / cereals containing gluten, soy, fish, milk, egg crustaceans / sesame seeds and their products and/or added sulphites / Check the Ingredient List in the Information Sheet and or/product label before consumption. If you have any doubts / about the contents , you should not consume the ration pack. NOT FOR PRIVATE SALE TO PUBLIC

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Print - Picture 11th Battalion Cheop Pyramid 1915, Contingent of the 1st Division Australian Imperial Force AIF / 11th Battalion Before Deployment to Gallipoli / Cheop Pyramid, Sunday 10th January 1915

          This item was either purchased or donated to the Sub Branch. Apart form being a a very famous picture of the 11th Battalion on the Pyramid Cheop. The 11 battalion was formed in Western Australia has no connection to the people of Beechworth

          A wooden framed collage of the print of 11th Battalion Before Deployment to Gallipoli on Cheop Pyramid, Egypt, Sunday 10th January 1915. Top centre is the AIF Badge, bottom left is the Battalion Patch, Bottom right is a miniature set of the three medals and centre is the Title " Contingent of the 1st Division Australian Imperial Force AIF / 11th Battalion Before Deployment to Gallipoli / Cheop Pyramid, Sunday 10th January 1915"

          Contingent of the 1st Division Australian Imperial Force AIF / 11th Battalion Before Deployment to Gallipoli / Cheop Pyramid, Sunday 10th January 1915"

          https://11btn.wags.org.au/

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Photograph - Photograph William Hoffman

          Framed Studio photograph of William Hoffman simulated training on a mock Vickers Maxim Machine Gun

          William (Bill) Hoffman born 1899. Bill survived the Gallipoli Landing after being wounded

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Artwork, other - Collage Kokoda Trail PNG

          Framed collage of the Kokoda Campaign PNG 1942 to 1943

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Certificate - Certificate 50 years Membership, Certificate 50 Years Membership - A.G. Skinner

          Framed Certificate

          Certificate of 50 Years Service - A.G. Skinner

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Certificate - Certificate Life Membership, Life Membership of the RSL Australia - Roy E. McInnes

          Framed Certifciate

          Life Membership Certificate issued to Roy E.McInnes

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Certificate - Certificate Life Membership

          Framed Certificate of LIfe Membership of the RSL

          Certificate - Life Membership - Llewellyn C. Stephens

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Certificate - Service Award - 50 years continuous service to the RSL

          Framed Certificate

          Presented to Henry Charles Poyntz

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Print - The Piper's Lament to the dead of Long Tan by 6RAR/NZ Anzac Battalion

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Certificate - Presidential Citation, The Presidential Unit Citation (ARMY) for Extraordinary Heroism

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Instrument - Handpiece - Telephone Set TA-1/PT

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Plaque - Medallion - 25 anniversary of Battle of Long Tan 18 August 1991

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Domestic object - Wooden Box

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Souvenir - Vietnamese Doll

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Certificate - 50 years membership certificate, 1998

          Certificate of achieving 50 years of financial membership of the RSL

          Dick Nankervis served in both WWI and WWII and was president of the Sub branch 1949, 1950 - 1955 and 1960

          Certificate of achieving 50 of continuous financial membership of the RSL

          D.Nankervis

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Print - Print AND THE BAND PLAYED WALTZING MATIDA, TOP CAT CALLIGRAPHICS - 1998 / from the original by Vanessa Crisp. Eric Bogle - Larrikin Music, 1998 - the original by Vanesa Crisp honours Roderick 'George' McLennon - fixed forever in his time

          Print was purchased because of the popularity of the song that was written by Eric Bogle in 1971 following his attendance at an ANZAC Parade in Canberra

          ABSTRACT The anti-war song “And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda” has become a cultural icon in Australia, and elsewhere has been recorded over 130 times in 10 different languages. The song was written in 1971 by Eric Bogle, a Scottish immigrant to Australia, who has penned more than 250 powerful compositions, which, among other things, focus on the failure of history to impress upon youth the futility of war. Appropriately, Bogle was named Australian Humanist of the Year in 2001 for capturing “the ethos of humanism through his perceptive and individualistic song writing with its exposure of racism, bigotry, war mongering and injustice of all kinds”. Additionally, he was awarded the United Nations Peace Medal (1986), and was made Member of the Order of Australia (1987). This article asks why a song written by a Scot in Australia, fifty-six years after the Dardanelles campaign, feels as if it has “always existed. That it belongs to culture and country”. It questions what the appeal imbued within the lyrics of those five short verses might be and recounts the story behind the creation of what Pete Seeger referred to as “one of the world’s greatest songs”. Through interviews with the writer, and an examination of the relevant historiography, this article presents a study of “the most potent ballad of the age”. It also examines what Bogle meant when he said that it was a song that “came into its time”

          Wooden framed glass front print - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

          Print contain the lyrics of the song

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Poster - Beechworth Sub Branch RSS & AILA - Mixed Sports Meeting

          Poster details a fund raising event to raise funds for the construction of the Beechworth Servicemen's Memorial Hall in 1956; The Beechworth RSL Women's Auxiliary raised 20,000.00 to build the Memorial Hal which was constructed in 1957l

          It advertises an event that is significant in the effort to build a Memorial Hall in the town

          Wooden framed advertising poster, glass front, gold inlay front inner frame, backing board is Masonite, held in by picture frame tacks and cover by adhesive paper. hanging wire and metal screw-in eyelets

          Program of events for the mixed sports held over the Easter Weekend 31 March - Monday 2 April 1956, in aid of Servicemens' Memorial Hall Fund

          fund raising event

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Photograph - Photograph - unveiling of Cenotaph circa 1964, 12 April 1964

          Cenotaph was construct in 1964 and unveiled that year

          Major General Sir Kingsley Norris was a leader in Victoria's medical community and a distinguished military officer. While serving in the Middle East during the Second World War Norris received the Distinguished Service Order. In 1943 he was honoured as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his distinguished service in the South-West Pacific.

          Photograph in a wooden frame painted black with glass front, hanging eyelet brass with hanging heavy gauged wire on the reverse side. Picture depict Sir Kingsley Norris standing in front of the cenotaph following the unveiling of the Australia Flag to reveal the plaque. In the background are RSL members and guests. The Union Jack is attached to the flag pole behind the cenotaph.

          UNVEILING OF CENOTAPH, SUNDAY 12. April, 1964 / By SIR KINGSLEY NORRIS KGE. CB. CBE. DSO / Donated by Verna. I. Moss

          cenotaph built to honour the anzacs

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Banner - Anzac Centenary 1914-2014 Banner, 2014

          This banner is one of 70 that were flown both inside and out the Melbourne Town Hall Swanston Street Melbourne during the Centenary of ANZAC. At the conclusion of the ANZAC Centenary, the banners were offered to RSL Sub Branches across Victoria "on a first in best dressed basis" by the Department of Premier and Cabinet. Beechworth was a lucky recipient

          Banner was flown during the Centenary of ANZAC outside/inside A Melbourne Town Hall

          Street Banner f ANZAC 2014 - 2018

          Victoria Remembers printed vertically upward from centre to top right corner/silhouette of digger in the Standing on Arms Reversed position / along the left hand border top to bottom coloured patterns 24cm wide symbolizing the colours of medals ribbons /Across the bottom picture of poppy followed by ANZAC - 2014 - 2018 - / CENTENARY / Sharing Victoria's Stories & Making Connections (in italics) / bottom right hand symbol VICTORY/State/ Government / sown on mounting ribbon left side top to bottom two plastic mounting clips one on top one, one on the bottom, centre clip is made of metal

          banner, centenary, anzac centenary, melbourne

        • Certificate - Commemorative Scroll 1914-1918
          Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Certificate - Commemorative Scroll 1914-1918

          Certificate issued to families of a deceased soldier

          Scroll issued with a signed letter by King George V

          Commemorative Scroll

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Photograph - Photograph of the original members of the Beechworth Branch Returned Soldiers' and Sailors' Association

          Photograph of the original members Beechworth Branch Returned Soldier's & Sailors' Association

          Wooden Framed glass fronted photograph

          Beneath photograph at centre. Beechworth Branch Returned Soldier's & Sailors' Association / G.Buss, S.Collins. W.Sargeant, A. Luxon (Treasurer), W.A.G. Asbury, A.Turner, E. Angleton, A.F. Hoffmann (Sec.), Dr W.R.Lawrance (Pres.), C.Roper (Vice/Pres.), M.Glass,

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Photograph - Photograph of the original members Beechworth R.S.L

          Picture of the first members of the Beechworth RSL Sub Branch

          Wooden framed, glass front, photograph of the original members of the Beechworth RSL

          names of the people in the photograph; Back Row :- (from left) Eddie Angeton: Stan Collins: Wal Asbury: Bill Sargent: Morrie Glass: Alf Turner. Seated:- Alf Hoffman: Dr Laurence ... Charlie Roper: Squatting:- G.Buss: A.Luxon: ..Picture Courtesy Ethel Collins

          returned servicemen soldiers who formed the beechworth rsl sub branch

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Certificate - Certificate The Sailors Soldiers and Airmen's Fathers' Association of Victoria, Charter for the formation of a new branch

          Carved Wooden Framed certificate with glass front and hanging wire and hooks

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Certificate - Charter - Returned Sailors', Soldiers', & Airmen's Imperial League of Australia (Victoria Branch)

          Standard charter certificate issued to Sub Branch on acceptance into the League 21 February 1921 (a replacement charter)

          The Charter Certificate replaced the original charter that was lost

          Certificate in wooden frame with glass and mounting attachment and string on the reverse

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

          Certificate - Charter - Australian Legion of Ex Servicemen and Women, 1 November 1948

          The Charter Certificate is a common form presented to RSL Sub Branches in Victoria by the RSL Victoria State Branch upon being accepted into the Legion

          The certificate was issue to the Beechworth RSL Sub Branch upon accepted as a member of the association known as the Australian Legion of Ex Service Men and Women

          Wooden picture frame with glass and hanging wire on the reverse and a plywood backing board

          Charter Certificate- Australian Legion of Ex Servicemen and Women. Standard formatted charter certificate issued to Beechworth RSL Sub on First of November 1948 signed by State President and Secretary.

          historic charter certificate issued in 1948

        • Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch

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