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Framed behind Glass. Pen, ink, watercolour original drawing

Night at Mersa Mutrah written bottom Right. T Meagher signature bottom Left.

single small sheet of folded paper, printed on one side.

Method of Treatment with Sanax Snake and Spiderbite outfit. 8 point list of treatment actions

Small booklet, 23 pages. Red Cover of thin card

Front Cover: Sanax FIRST AID EMERGENCY INSTRUCTIONS. THE SANAX COMPANY 849-51 NEPEAN HIGHWAY MOORABIN VICTORIA. Phone XU2651 Inside Pages: first-aid treatment instructions and advertising of Sanax products

metal tweezers, 1 Vincents Powder, 2 safety pins

tall(ish) round brown glass bottle with white screw cap. Contains semi-viscous liquid

Label Paper: GLYCERINE. J McGloin Pty Ltd, Manufacturing Chemists. Sydney Melbourne Adelaide

Small Steel Blade in clear plastic safety housing. 'Sanax' imprinted on top and base

6 sided brown glass bottle with paper label and black screw cap

Label Front: Trade Mark SANAX. FIRST AID DRESSING. Forms an Antiseptic skin over cuts, wounds etc. Label Side: DIRECTIONS. A few drops on the part affected and spread over the injury with the cork. For knuckle joint wounds place on the wound a thin film of absorbent cotton and then pour dressing over freely. Label Side: This bottle must be kept ell corked and away from flames. CAUTION contains 60% ether. The Sanax Co 349-51 Nepean Highway Moorabin , Vic

part of WW2 medical kit

Brown coloured square sided glass bottle with paper label and black screw top

Front Label Sanax Castor Oil; Soothing application for the eyes or as an aperient Side label; Externally - for eye burns or eye irritation, drop freely into the eye. A suitable application for caustic burns Side label; Internally - Adult dose as a pugative, 1 to 2 tablespoons. A valuable remedy for inflammation of the bowels, colic, diarrhoea etc.

Part of WW2 medical kit (see 359.1)

BROWN COLOURED SQUARE SIDED GLASS BOTTLE WITH BLACK SCREW TOP AND PAPER LABEL. Contains liquid.

Label Front: Sarax Kuraburn. For the treatment of BURNS,SCALDS AND sUNBURN Label Side: Allow to dry on the skin before putting on wearing apparel to avoid staining the clothes. Label Side: DIRECTIONS: Dab on lightly and repeat in two hours if necessary. Applied early, it prevnts blistering.

Part of medical kit from WW2

small bottle with metal screw lid. bottle labelled 'poison'.

Front of label also reads;CARBOLIZED PETROLATUM (improved). (Less than 3% Carbolic Acid). FOR WOUNDS - CUTS - BURNS - INSECT STINGS - ITCHING PILES - ETC. Sole makers the 'Sanax' Co Moorabin Vic. Back of label reads: DIRECTIONS FOR USE. Apply to affected parts and cover with gauze, then bandage.-- NB This preparation must not be used if liquid has separated

Excellent example of first aid 'in the field' in WW2

Canvas bag with strap and leather trim; press stud fasteners. Interior has 5 small pockets and large front pocket (contents described separately-359-2 etc)

labelled 'Sanax' First Aid

Part of larger image (see 0357.1)

Top Badge 'Australian Commonwealth Miltary Force' . Lower Badge- Image of Sinmpson and his Donkey with words 'Sands of Gallipoli' above and 'Simpson and his Donkey' below.

Awarded MM posthumously (1 of 2 Voctorian Aborigines to receive the award)

Typescript of Life and Service of Private W R Rawlings. KIA France August 9th 1918

Typescript of how the medals were aquired

Typescript Biography

WW2 and Korea Service Medals with Ribbons

Framed Photograph

Killed in Action in France August 1918 (details in accompanying stroy)

Framed Photograph

Eric George Elliott's personal Beersheba story on typed sheet attached to Back, with Cerificate of Authenticity below and RSL Logo

Framed image of ANZAC soldiers with descriptors below and Australian badge in centre

Descriptors: 'Australia at War' 'The Gallipoli Campaign', 'The Light Horse of Gallipoli', 'The ANZAC Legend', and badges (see 0357.2)

Represention of a major battle involving Australian troops in Vietnam

Framed Presentation with 3 Images of commemmoration and names of those involved in the battle

Gold coloured badge in lower centre with 'You Are Not Forgotten' below, and names listed on both sides

battle location and remembrance images with names listed below

Highlights the significant and often unheralded role of first nations people who served in Australia's wars.

A large display of memorabilia connected to Reg Saunders, Australia's first Aboriginal Officer. Includes Aboriginal Flag,, Photographic images , Service Medals and Biographical details listed separately as 0355.2 etc

A separate typed story of Private William Reginald Rawlings MM, killed in action in August 1918, is included in the display

Framed print-out of the adjacent map's story

Details the story of the 2/2 Battalion in the Aitape Wewak campaign, and the story of its connection with the present owners

Photographic copy of original which is in private hands

Story of 2/2 Battalion in NG in 1945 and its history with present owners

A gathering place to remember events and dated significant important to our local and National identity

A significant local landmark and commemmorative precinct

Painting

P J McGinness is a significant figure in Australian aviation history

Printed Biography in wooden frame

see 0352.2

Framed Portrait and medals

Squadron Leader P. J. McGinness

Framed picture with glass

Inset- Long Tan Memorial South Vietnam June 2002