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Alban Pearce interviewed about his experiences in 24th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Pearce, Alban Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Pearce, Alban
Discusses: early life; enlistment after height restrictions lowered in August 1917; prewar employment; sergeant in Cadets; family's attitude to enlistment; cooking detail at Alexandria; guard duties a...S02077
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Australian blue ensign : Honorary Lieutenant Reverend Arthur James Gould, YMCA
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Maker: Unknown
Wool bunting Australian blue ensign. Thought to have been dispayed at YMCA canteens run by Arthur Gould on the Western Front. Accompanying caption states it was carried by Honorary Second Lieutenant R...REL49693
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Australian steel helmet : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
British Army issue Mark I steel helmet painted matte khaki throughout, with sand added to the exterior finish to provide a non-reflective surface. The width of the brim, which is fitted with a steel r...REL32937
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Bombadier Walter Fenton relates his experiences with the 36th Heavy Artillery Group during the First World War
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Maker: Fenton, Walter Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Relates his experiences with the 36th Heavy Artillery Group during the First World War. Walter Fenton discusses: early life in India; emigrate to Australia 1910; prewar employment; enlist in the Citze...S02041
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Breast Star, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath : Major-General Sir Neville Howse
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Breast Star, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. Unnamed as issued.RELAWM16318.003
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Lance Corporal Hamilton Hollingworth McLachlan, 34th Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL26420.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Lance Corporal W H Smith, 32 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL29227.001
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Matron G M Wilson, 3 Australian General Hospital
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.RELAWM31816.004
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British War Medal 1914-20: Private Edward Donoghue, 26th Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's name.AWM2016.703.1.1
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British War Medal 1914-20: Private Edward Walker, 25th Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.AWM2022.643.1
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British War Medal 1914-20: Private Ernest Edward Stolz, 4th Australian Field Ambulance, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's name.REL48542.003
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Sergeant G A Bartlett, 9th Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around the edge with the recipient's details.REL/09897.003
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British War Medal 1914-20: Sergeant Leslie Ernest Willoughby, 4th Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.AWM2021.383.1.2
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British War Medal 1914-20: Sister Dorothy Jane Louisa Newton, Australian Army Nursing Service
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL48340.003
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Sister N Leake, Australian Army Nursing Service
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/10316.003
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British War Medal 1914-20: Temporary Sergeant Major Michael Robert Parfitt, 5th Field Artillery Brigade, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's detailsREL/05853
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Bullet Damaged cigarette case : Lieutenant N G Hatton, 52 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown W D & H O Wills, Bristol & London
Bullet damaged Electro Plated Nickel Silver cigarette case. The right hand side of the lid bears a hole where a bullet pierced it. The lid is engraved with a heavily decorative pattern and shows tarni...REL/00563.001
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Bullet damaged wallet : Sergeant Percy Mortimer, 21st Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
Leather wallet with fold over flap secured by two metal press studs. A bullet has created a diagonal split in the wallet, from upper right to lower left.RELAWM00623
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Carrier for German 'Lederschulzmaske' gas mask : Captain D V Mulholland, 1 Machine Gun Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
Carrier for German 'Lederschulzmaske' gas mask. Sometimes referred to as a model 1917 after the year of its introduction. Canister has surface rust with remnants of khaki paint. The interior has a bla...RELAWM09527.002
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Charles C. Fisher relates his experiences as a private with 5th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Fisher, Charles C Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Fisher, Charles C
Charles Fisher discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment March 1916; training in Egypt; complete training at Etaples; wounded at Pozieres; battle at St Martin's Wood; reaction to Armistice;...S02043
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Collapsible trench periscope : Captain P H Cherry, 26 Battalion, AIF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Collapsible trench periscope. The body is made from a series of six telescopic metal rings which can be extended for use, or collapsed for storage. At the top of the periscope is a rectangular mirror ...REL42343
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Colour Patches : Brigadier General H E Elliott, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
Two pairs of colour patches for Australian infantry units. The units represented are 15 Infantry Brigade AIF (red vertically aligned rectangle) and 58 Infantry Battalion, AIF (vertically aligned rect...REL/00051.003
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Discharged Returned Soldier badge: Lieutenant James Edward Murray, 55th Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
Discharged Returned Soldier badge with impressed serial number reverse '179155'.REL/09176
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Egypt v France
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts an Australian digger carrying a camel on his back on the left, with a digger carrying a plank of wood and a duck boards running from a shell on the right. The illustration comments on the dif...ART94827
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Embroidered postcard : Lance Corporal Alfred Briggs (Albert Biggs), 20 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
Embroidered silk postcard mounted in a light card frame, showing a cross composed of the Allied flags, representing the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Italy, the United States and Russia (double hea...REL45134
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French Medaille d'Honneur avec glaives (bronze) : Lance Corporal Hamilton Hollingworth McLachlan, 34th Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
French Medaille d'Honneur avec glaives (bronze). Unnamed as issued.REL26420.005
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German 13 Infantry Regiment (1 Westfalisches) shoulder strap : General Sir J Monash, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
German soldier's shoulder strap for the 13th Westphalian Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '13'.RELAWM15098.016
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German Model 1895 Pickelhaube : Prussian Guard Regiment
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Maker: Unknown
German Other Rank's leather Pickelhaube, with the liner intact. The helmet is painted black and has brass fittings, including a spike with five ventilation holes, visor trim, rear spine and frontplate...RELAWM15026
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German 5 1/2 second Model 24 stick grenade detonator assembly : Private S B Jessup, 60 Battalion AIF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Detonator assembly from a German stick grenade or Stielhandgranate (REL35441.001). The assembly is 40mm long, with a main cylindrical body of 10mm diameter. This is open at both ends. One end is atta...REL35441.002
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German 5 1/2 second Model 24 stick grenade fragments : Private S B Jessup, 60 Battalion AIF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Metal fragments, approximately 16 in number, from the interior of a German stick grenade or Stielhandgranate. Most of the fragments are 3mm x 2mm in size, while the largest are 6mm x 4mm.REL35441.003
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German soldier's shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
German soldier's field grey wool strap with white piping. The chain stitched regimental number has been removed, but appears to have been a '3' or an '8'.RELAWM15098.021
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German 1st Infantry Regiment (Bayerisches) shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
German soldier's shoulder strap for the 1st Bavarian Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '1'.RELAWM15098.026
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"Get into khaki" We are doing our bit
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Maker: Burton, H M Unknown W A Gullick, Government Printer
Australian Army First World War recruitment poster. Encourages the viewer to enlist and help those already fighting. In the foreground on the left of the poster is an Australian soldier facing the vie...ARTV00152
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Great Victory of the German Troops Over the Italians
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Maker: German Army Unknown
Example of German propaganda dropped from a balloon over Messines on 5 December 1917. It is a leaflet printed in black ink. The title ' Great Victory of the German Troops over the Italians' is positio...ARTV05290
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Harry Miles interviewed about his experiences in 4th Field Artillery Brigade during the First World War
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Maker: Miles, Harry Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; education; enlistment August 1915; family's reaction to enlistment; duties in Field Artillery; Le Harve; snow; caring for horses; mud and rain; artillery barrages; Armentieres a...S02058
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Imperial Russian Cross of St George, 4th Class
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Maker: Unknown
Imperial Russian Cross of St George, 4th Class. Unnamed as issued. A straight sided cross pattee in silver. Obverse: In the central disc St George slaying a dragon. Reverse: The saint's initials in th...RELAWM14845
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Instructions for P gas hood : Private J A K Pratt, 2/Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), British Army
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Maker: Unknown
A single sheet paper instructions for the use of the hood. It is titled 'FOR ISSUE TO ALL RANKS / INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE USE OF RESPIRATOR AND SMOKE HELMETS'.REL/04214.003
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Iron Cross, First Class
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Maker: Unknown
Prussian 1914 Iron Cross, First Class. Unnamed as issued. A convex cross patee of iron with a beaded silver edge backing plate. Obverse: A Prussian crown over 'W' in the centre and '1914' on the lower...RELAWM08166
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Leather presentation folder: Captain R C Grieve, 37 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
Fine brown suede folder lined with watered polished cotton of the same colour, with two clear celluloid panels to protect the letter originally held in it. The front and flap have gold tooled letterin...OL00613.002
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Mention in Dispatches oak leaves: Lieutenant Colonel Charles Herbert Davis, 38 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
Two bronze Mention in Dispatches oak leaves, one for a full sized medal, the other for a miniature. To be worn on the ribbon of the Victory Medal.REL50017.004
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Miniature British War Medal 1914-20 : Sergeant O Kelso King, Scottish Women's Hospital and Serbian Army
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Maker: Unknown
Miniature British War Medal, unnamed as issued.REL/18755.002
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Miniature 1914-15 Star : Sergeant O Kelso King, Scottish Women's Hospital and Serbian Army
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Maker: Unknown
Miniature 1914-15 Star, unnamed as issued.REL/18755.001
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Miniature Victory Medal : Sergeant O Kelso King, Scottish Women's Hospital and Serbian Army
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Maker: Unknown
Miniature Victory Medal, unnamed as issued.REL/18755.003
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Model 1894 Hebel Flare Pistol
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Model 1894 Hebel Flare Pistol is a single shot, break open, exposed hammer pistol. It is made from steel and has wooden grips on the pistol grip. The metal has a blued finish. Markings - serial number...REL38061
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Neck badge, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath: Major-General Sir Neville Howse
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Neck Badge, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. Unnamed as issued.RELAWM16318.001
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Neill, Clive Lander (Sergeant, b.1890 - d.1964)
Private Record
Maker: Neill, Clive Lander Unknown
Collection relating to the First World War service of 18715 Sergeant Clive Lander Neill, Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company. The collection contains two versions of the same diary: an...PR00554
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Pair of cut down flying boots : Captain P G Taylor, No. 66 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
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Maker: Unknown
Pair of brown leather, cut down flying boots with white wool fleece lining and red rubber soles. The boots have been cut down by removing the foot from the upper by unstitching a seam at shoe height. ...REL/03600.004
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P gas hood carry bag : Private J A K Pratt, 2/Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), British Army
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Maker: Unknown
The carry bag is worn and is made from cotton that is suffering from mildew damage. It has a large vertical tear on one side. A partially torn mustard coloured cotton tape strap is attached to the car...REL/04214.002
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P gas hood : Private J A K Pratt, 2/Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), British Army
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Maker: Unknown
The gas hood consists of a double layered flannel hood with rusting and staining on the external and interior surfaces. A pair of rusted round metal rimmed glass eye pieces are fitted and a correspond...REL/04214.001
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Private George Cooper relates his experiences with the Gordon Highlanders during the First World War
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Maker: Cooper, George Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
George Cooper discusses: prewar work; conscription; joins the Gordon Highlanders August 1917; expectations of war; family's reaction to his enlistment; training; escort at military funerals; elite dri...S02036