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Allsop, Lance Phillip (Private, b.1919 - d.1941)
Private Record
Maker: Allsop, Lance Phillip
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Private Lance Allsop, 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion. Collection consists of a notebook containing names and addresses, information on hosp...3DRL/7023
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History of Courage: Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC
Manuscript
Maker: Peacock, Kenneth Royden
A typed manuscript entitled "History of Courage: Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC", written by Kenneth R Peacock.MSS1870
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Grant, Ron (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Grant, Ronald Sidney
UNTITLED POEM RELATED TO THE "RATS OF TOBRUK" COVERING THE WITHDRAWAL FROM CYRENAICA TO THE FORTRESS AND THE ENSUING SIEGEPR88/040
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Hero in the mould of other days: Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC
Manuscript
Maker: Peacock, Kenneth Royden
A typed manuscript entitled "Hero in the mould of other days: Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC", written by Kenneth R Peacock. Includes a transcription of the diary of Edmondson's mother Maude Elizab...MSS1871
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Tobruk for valour (Fox Movietone News Vol. 12 No. 42)
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News newsreel Vol. 12 No. 42. Mr and Mrs Edmondson receive the Victoria Cross from the Governor-General on behalf of their son, NX15705 Corporal J.H. Edmondson, 2/17th Bn A...F00313
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Bryant, Arthur Francis Peter (Warrant Officer, b.1916 - d.2000)
Private Record
Maker: Bryant, Arthur Francis Peter
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Warrant Officer Arthur Francis Peter Bryant, 2/17 Battalion in the Middle East and North African campaigns. Collection consists of five original...PR03012
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MEARS, CYRIL WILLIAM (CORPORAL, b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Mears, Cyril William
DIARY MAINTAINED FROM TIME OF EMBARKATION AT SYDNEY ABOARD THE "AQUITANIA", POSTING TO THE WESTERN DESERT, PATROL ACTIVITIES IN TOBRUK, POSTING TO SYRIA, THE BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN AND EVENTUAL RETURN T...PR84/379
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Grant, Ronald Sidney (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Grant, Ronald Sidney
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX60273 Private Ronald Sidney "Ron" Grant, 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion, Libya, 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains one letter from ...PR84/163
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Liddiard, James Norman (Private, b.1911 - d.1983)
Private Record
Maker: Liddiard, James Norman
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX16238 Private James Norman "Norm" Liddiard, 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion, Libya, 12 August 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains one...PR00548
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Neely, Leslie Jason (Lance Sergeant, b.1917 - d.1983)
Private Record
Maker: Neely, Leslie Jason
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX18665 Lance Sergeant Leslie Jason Neely, 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Middle East, 1941. Wallet 1 of ...PR02002
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Colour patch: Sergeant Francis George Clark, 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Diamond shaped colour patch, divided black over green, on a grey ground. Worn by members of 2/17th Battalion from c. November 1940 until December 1942.REL49513
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Geikie, Bayne (Lieutenant - later Captain b.1912)
Private Record
Maker: Geikie, Bayne
Record Book for 11 Platoon, `B' Company, 2/17 Battalion, kept by Lieut. Geikie. Records personal details of platoon members, any particular skills, promotions, transfers, deaths. Also lists members of...PR00231
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Edmondson, Maude Elizabeth
Private Record
Maker: Edmondson, Maude Elizabeth
Papers of Maude Elizabeth Edmondson relating to the life and Second World War service of NX15705 Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, 2/17 Battalion, Australia and Libya, 1916-1956. Collection compr...PR89/056
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Edmondson, John Hurst 'Jack' (Corporal, b.1914 - d.1941)
Private Record
Maker: Edmondson, Maude Elizabeth
Collection relating to the life and Second World War service of NX15705 Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, 1940-1967. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection cont...PR85/278
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Wallet 3 of 4 - Various items relating to the life and military service of Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, 1916-1955
Digitised Collection
Maker: Various
Papers of Maude Elizabeth Edmondson relating to the life and Second World War service of NX15705 Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, 2/17 Battalion, Australia and Libya, 1916-1956. This collection ...AWM2020.22.310
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Wallet 2 of 4 - Condolence letters relating to the life and military service of Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, 1941-1956
Digitised Collection
Maker: Various
Papers of Maude Elizabeth Edmondson relating to the life and Second World War service of NX15705 Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, 2/17 Battalion, Australia and Libya, 1916-1956. This collection ...AWM2020.22.309
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Clark, Francis George (Sergeant, b.? - d.1941)
Private Record
Maker: Clark, Bruce Various Watson, Bertram Hugh
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX17124 Sergeant Francis George ‘Frank’ Clark, 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and the Middle Eas...PR04589
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Mother of pearl brooch: Mrs Genevieve (Jennice) Clark
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Square mother of pearl brooch with voided geometric pattern. The brooch is suspended from a short length of fine chain attached to a mother of pearl bar with a pin fitting on the back.REL49516
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Robert James Dick as a lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion, Middle East and South West Pacific Area 1940-1944, interviewed by Kevin Dickson
Sound
Maker: Dick, Robert James Dickson, Kevin Alexander
Discusses World War One; prewar education; immigration to Australia; employment; enlistment in Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Imperial Force (AIF); leave; 2/17th Battalion; 9th Division; reli...S01773
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Greenwood, Cecil Frederick MID (Lieutenant, b.1921)
Private Record
Maker: Greenwood, Cecil Frederick
Four handwritten Second World War diaries, compiled in variously sized card-covered notebooks by Lieutenant Cecil Frederick Greenwood (formerly NX16036 Private Cecil F Greenwood) covering the period 2...PR02055