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Alcorn, Gordon Charles (Warrant Officer, b.1923 - d.2011)
Private Record
Maker: Alcorn, Gordon Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 421289 Warrant Officer Gordon Charles Alcorn, 354 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Canada, England and India, 1941-1945. Wallet ...PR04564
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Australia Service Medal : Major General J J Murray
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL42328.011
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Brigadier Sir Frederick "Black Jack" Galleghan, DSO OBE ISO ED, recounts his military career [memoirs]
Sound
Maker: Galleghan, Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack' Galleghan, Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack'
Brigadier Sir Frederick "Black Jack" Galleghan recounts his military career: cadet at Cook's Hill High School, Newcastle; experiences in 1914-18 War in 34th Battalion; Military life between the two wo...S01329
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British War Medal 1939-45 with MID : Major General J J Murray
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45 with Mention in Despatches oak leaf. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL42328.009
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Cameron, Scotty (?) (Bombardier, 2/17th Laa, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Cameron, Scotty
NOTEBOOK DIARY CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE BOFORS GUN MADE DURING TRAINING AT STOCKTON CAMP, NEWCASTLE; SKETCH MAP OF GUN EMPLACEMENTS AT 7 MILE AERODROME, WANIGELA, DOBODURA AND CAPE ENDA...PR83/094
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Charging coke ovens, Steelworks, Newcastle
Art
Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Coke is indispensable to the manufacture of steel and vast quantities of coal is coked daily at the steelworks of Broken Hill Proprietary. The charger filled with fine coal moves along the top of the ...ART21941
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Convoy Escort
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
During the convoying of a number of merchant ships from Sydney to Moreton Bay, a fire broke out in one of the ships, the "Wang Lee On". HMAS Moresby escorted this ship into the shelter of Crowdy Bay w...ART23585
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Corporal Sammy Walsh
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of Corporal Sammy 'the wild Irishman' Walsh (NX52951) of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force.ART29879
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Defence Medal : Major General J J Murray
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL42328.010
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Dyring, Alfred Edgar (Warrant Officer, b.1921 - d.2011)
Private Record
Maker: Dyring, Alfred Edgar
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 15577 Warrant Officer Alfred Edgar ‘Eddie’ Dyring, 2 Squadron and 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, 2003. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consi...PR05695
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Even the laneways were used
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Making finishing adjustments to an Australian Army refueling launch, built in a factory yard far from the water, Slazenger's, Sydney. Slazenger's, with a payroll of 400 engaged in the manufacture of s...ART21377
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Gerrard, Albert John (Private, b.1915 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Gerrard, Albert John
Papers of Private NX45846 Private Albert J Gerrard who served with the 2/2nd Field Ambulance and 4 Ambulance Train, Australian Army Medical Corps. The collection mainly comprises love letters written...PR03111
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Griffith, Geoffrey (Geoff) Lloyd (Corporal, b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Griffith, Geoffrey (Geoff) Lloyd
Collection relating to N10107 Corporal Geoffrey L Grifith, 11 Australian Division, Second World War. Collection comprises a two-page letter written by Griffith, 9 October 1942, describing his service...PR03371
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HMAS "Condamime" at fitting-out berth, State Dockyard, Newcastle
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
HMAS "Condamine at fitting-out berth, State Dockyards, Newcastle, New South Wales.ART25576
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Hoddinott, Rupert Uriah, Squadron Leader
Manuscript
Maker: Hoddinott, Rupert Uriah
Autobiographical account of the military (1914-1918 and 1939-1945 wars) and Department of Civil Aviation service of Rupert Uriah Hoddinott. Provides family history, life before the war, pre war enlist...MSS0791
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Kebblewhite, Eli Daniel (Able Seaman b.1911 - d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Kebblewhite, Eli Daniel
Original diaries of Able Seaman Kebblewhite covering the first two years of his service on HMAS Vendetta. The diaries contain information on the work of the Vendetta during this time including the mil...PR00127
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Launching a steel tug-boat, Broadside, BHP yard
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicting the unusual method of launching at the Steel Mills Yard of the Broken Hill Proprietory Company. Each boat is launched completely fitted out and ready to go into service, Newcastle, New South...ART25572
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Lunch hour interlude in a factory street
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Factory workers look on as a mobile crane places a new 'refueling launch' on to a jinker for haulage down to the bay, Slazenger's, Alexandria, Sydney. The vessel has been built for the Australian Army...ART21378
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MR. DAVID WATKINS, M.H.R. FOR NEWCASTLE, N.S.W.
Photograph
MR. DAVID WATKINS, M.H.R. FOR NEWCASTLE, N.S.W.010420
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Penglase, Ronald Clyde (Lieutenant Commander, b.1920 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Penglase, Ronald Clyde
Collection relating to the Second World War service of PA1510 Lieutenant Commander Ronald Clyde Penglase, HMAS Westralia and HMAS Assault, Australia, Pacific Ocean and Timor Sea regions, 1941-1946. C...PR00449
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Shell making
Film
Maker: Movietone News
National events; a Movietone News item on Australia's industries and its part in the war effort. Featured are steel production at Newcastle NSW and shell manufacture at the Commonwealth armament facto...F01908
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Steel mills skyline, Newcastle
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
View of a section on Newcastle's heavy industry, busily engaged on the production of war materials.ART25595
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Steel tug-boats in Steel Mills yard, Newcastle
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a drawing of steel tug boats under construction at the Steel Mills yard in Newcastle, New South Wales.ART25574
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Street, Carrington Reuel (Sergeant, b.1909 - d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Street, Carrington Reuel
Collection of N235561 Carrington Reuel Street relating to his work as Chief Interpreter for Italians, French and Germans in internment camps in New South Wales between 1944 and 1946. It includes a no...PR03170
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The Basin, Newcastle in wartime
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Throughout the war against Japan, the Hunter River at Newcastle was packed with ships. There was seldom an unoccupied berth in the Basin and constant dredging of river sand was a routine job.ART25577
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Tug boat assembly line, Steel Mills Yard, Newcastle
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
An interesting feature of this yard was the outfitting of each vessel before launching. They are 85' in length and intricately fitted and have been completed and launched ready for the Navy to take ov...ART25573
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Wartime boat building yards, Hunter River, Newcastle
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a number of boats with men working on them, carrying timber to them. The artist has penciled in colour instructions over cartoon, Hunter River, Newcastle, New South Wales.ART28152
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Weaver, Sidney Harold (Sapper, b.1900 - d.1960)
Private Record
Maker: Weaver, Sidney Harold
Collection relating to the First World War service of 97042 Driver Harold Weaver, Royal Field Artillery, 1919; and the Second World War service of NX55618 Sapper Sidney Harold Weaver, 2/5 Australian F...PR05551