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AWM9 37/6 - [Unit roll books, 1914-1918 War:] 56th Infantry Battalion AIF - Nominal Roll
Digitised Collection
AWM2018.8.491
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Boardman, John (Chaplain) and Boardman, John Sunbeam (Captain)
Private Record
Maker: Boardman, John Boardman, John Sunbeam
Personal papers of Chaplain John Boardman VD and his son, Captain John Sunbeam Boardman, 56th Battalion. Reverend Boardman served with the Bushman's Contingent in the Boer War and on troopships during...PR00853
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British Pattern 1897 Sword and Scabbard : Major General J J Murray
Technology
Maker: Fenton Brothers Ltd
British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel plated three quarter 'scroll' pattern pierced sheet steel guard with the GVR royal cypher and is stamped 2 D[broad arr...REL42334
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Bussell, Rupert Duffham (Private, b.? - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Bussell, Rupert Duffham
Collection relating to service of 3012 Private Rupert Duffham Bussell, 56 Battalion, France, 1916. Collection includes letters written home to mother in Australia.1DRL/0171
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Chaperlin, Henry (Lance Corporal, b.1886)
Private Record
Maker: Chaperlin, Henry
Collection of official papers relating to the First World War service of 5347 Lance Corporal Henry Chaperlin. Collection consists of a paybook, a leave pass, and a repatriation commission card issued ...PR82/030
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Christie, Theodore (Private, b:1884 - d:1950)
Manuscript
Maker: Christie, Theodore Crowley, Dave
Manuscript which contains a transcript of the story entitled "A True Story, July 1916: The Pump of Fromelles" by 2799 Private Theodore (Theo) Christie 56 Battalion. Included are background notes compi...MSS2010
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Collecction related to 140 Trooper Roy Henry Solomon and 513 Private Cecil Solomon
Photograph
Brothers 140 Trooper Roy Henry Solomon (left) and 513 Trooper Cecil Solomon (right) standing "On top of/ Pyramid of/ "Cheops" at/ Mena/ Egypt/ March 1915. In December 1914, Trooper Cecil Solomon embar...AWM2020.740.2.2
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Collection relating to 2824 Sergeant Joseph Church Daley, 56th Australian Infantry Battalion
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the First World War Service of 2824 Sergeant Joseph Church Daley, 56th Australian Infantry Battalion. A clerk from Bexley, NSW, Sgt Daley enlisted on 18 July 1915 and joined the...P12072
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Dewey, Sidney Charles
Private Record
Maker: Dewey, Sidney Charles Dewey, Sidney Charles
Collection relating to No 1489 (previously No 1342) Warrant Officer 2 Sidney C Dewey, 56th Battalion. Collection includes commissioning warrant, pay book, statement of account, discharge certificate,...3DRL/6620
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Diary of a Soldier, France 1916, It May Interest You
Manuscript
Maker: Bickle, Margaret Stork, Henry Wadds
Typed manuscript detailing the First World War service of 5454 Private Henry Wadds Stork and his brother 5455 Private Richard Stork, who enlisted in 1916. The manuscript consists of a transcript of He...MSS1998
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Dunlop, Athol Cedric (Private b.1892 - d.1963)
Private Record
Maker: Dunlop, Athol Cedric
Diary (in 5 instalments) and letters describing food shortages on troopship, Heliopolis, picket duty in Cairo and forming a reserve brigade in Abbassia. Mentions morale problems resulting from changes...PR00676
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Elliott, George Stephenson (Captain, b.1885 - d.1917)
Manuscript
Maker: Millar, George Anthony (Tony)
Twenty seven page illustrated typescript biography of Captain George Stephenson Elliott MC, by Tony Millar. Capt Elliott served as a doctor with 56 Battalion on the Western Front and was awarded the ...MSS2221
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Elliott, George Stephenson MC(Captain, b.1885 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Elliott, George Stephenson
Collection relating to service of Captain George Stephenson Elliott MC, Australian Army Medical Corps attached to 56 Battalion, France 1916. Collection consists of a photocopy of letter from George E...1DRL/0262
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Elliott, Lionel F S (Sergeant 56th Bn. d.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Elliott, Lionel F S
DESCRIPTIONS OF TRAVELLING THROUGH AND TRAINING IN EGYPT. COMPLAINS TRAINING IS TOO HEAVY. NOTES NUMBER OF CASUALTIES IN HOSPITALS. DETAILED ACCOUNT OF LEAVING EGYPT. IMPRESSIONS OF TRENCH WARFARE IN ...2DRL/0213
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Elphinstone, Nicholas Archibald (1. Lance Corporal, 56th Bn AIF. 2. Chief Warden, Nat Emergency Service (NSW) b.1893 - d.1974)
Private Record
Maker: Elphinstone, Nicholas Archibald
NOTEBOOK CONTAINING BRIEF ENTRIES AS TO LOCATION AND ACTIVITIES, NOTES TAKEN DURING NCO COURSE IN GAS WARFARE AND AIR RAID WARDENS HANDBOOKPR88/107
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Graham, Frederick Archibald (Lieutenant; Captain 1 Army Ordnance Corps Training Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Graham, Frederick Archibald
Papers including correspondence books detailing troop movements and sports activities, nominal roll, diary written in Rabaul in 1914, typescript poems about Nauru and discharge and other army document...PR89/005
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Hillier, Rubin James (Lance Corporal, b.1891 - d.1980)
Private Record
Maker: Hillier, Rubin James
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2417 Lance Corporal Rubin James Hillier DCM, 56th Australian Infantry Battalion. Collection consists of: A 1917 diary covering his service in Fra...PR84/190
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Images of 140 Trooper Roy Henry Solomon ROH and 513 Trooper Cecil Solomon
Photograph
Two images related to brothers 513 Trooper Cecil Solomon, embarked with the 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment and 140 Trooper Roy Henry Solomon with the 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment, both but...AWM2020.740.2
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Informal outdoor portrait of 3204 Private (Pte) Ivor Denis Donovan, 54th Battalion. A farmer from ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of 3204 Private (Pte) Ivor Denis Donovan, 54th Battalion. A farmer from Stanthorpe, Queensland, Pte Donovan enlisted on 18 August 1916 and embarked with the 54th Battalion, 8...AWM2016.636.5