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McKinlay, James Lumsden, Colonel, OBE, MM, b: 1894
Manuscript
Maker: McKinlay, James Lumsden
Seven typed articles "Tales of Two Wars" written for a battalion newsletter by Colonel McKinlay (ColMac). The articles which are largely anecdotal, concern Australians on the Western Front in 1916 and...MSS0765
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McMahan, Russell Samuel (Jnr)
Manuscript
Maker: McMahan, Russell Samuel
Thesis "The Protestant Churches during World War 1 : The Home Front, 1917, 1918". PhD, Saint Louis University, 1968.MSS0931
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Mealing , R D
Manuscript
Thesis "A rural community at war : Strathalbyn in the 1914-1918 war". Examines the effects of the 1914-1918 war on the Scottish community of Strathalbyn, 56 kilometres from Adelaide. BA (Hons), Flinde...MSS0978
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Medals and decorations
Manuscript
Maker: Peacock, Robert Knox
A hardcover manuscript containing a number of cards, together with articles, pasted into a notebook. The cards illustrate the victory medals, general war medals and various other medals and decoratio...MSS2003
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MERRITT , John
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"The Australian Peace Alliance 1914 to 1922" seminar paper presented to the Institute of Advanced Studies, Department of History Australian National University 1964. Examines the development, ideals a...MSS1099
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Metrengrove (?), Leslie, Private
Manuscript
Copy of original solo cornet part for the 37th Battalion Regimental March with annotation on verso. Original setting was lost in France.MSS1421
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Middleton, Walter Robert (Supply Staff Sergeant)
Manuscript
Maker: Middleton, Walter Robert
Poem written by Supply Staff Sergeant Walter Robert Middleton titled `Xmas Day', written at sea on board the transport `Port Macquarie' on route from Sydney to Alexandria. Discusses leaving loved ones...MSS1414
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Millar, John Dermot
Manuscript
Maker: Millar, John Dermot
Manuscript titled `A Study in the Limitations of Command : General Sir William Birdwood and the A.I.F., 1914-1918'. Discusses in general the role of a corps commander during the war of 1914-1918, rela...MSS1459
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Miller,Kenneth Alan
Manuscript
Maker: Miller, Kenneth Alan
Thesis "England and the origins of the First World War : selected documents". An analysis of the documents plus facsimiles. Ed D. Columbia University, 1970.MSS0901
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Mined off Mallacoota / by Dr Sarah Mirams
Manuscript
Maker: Mirams, Sarah
Collection relating to the military maritime history of East Gippland and South Coast New South Wales from the First World War. Collection consists of a 20 page published manuscript titled "Mined off ...MSS2341
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Mitchell, George Deane, MC, DCM, (Captain)
Manuscript
Maker: Mitchell, George Deane
Typescript draft and typescript copy of a published military handbook "Soldier in Battle" containing practical advice for soldiers. Based on the 1914-1918 conflict. Includes chapters not included in t...MSS1345
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Monteith, Hugh Owen, Gunner, b: 1898
Manuscript
Maker: Monteith, Hugh Owen
Monteith's "Observations of No 5886" (his regimental number) an autobiographical account of his family history, growing up in Victoria, military training as a cadet, enlistment in AIF, training in Egy...MSS0810
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Moody, Louis J
Manuscript
Maker: Moody, Louis James
Photocopy of hand written manuscript "Aero Rigging" of an aircraft maintenance instruction book. It was prepared by Moody while working with No 1 Squadron RAF at Bangalore, India 1919-1926. Used to tr...MSS0774
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Moore, Edward (75, Lance Corporal, 2nd Field Company Engineers)
Manuscript
Maker: Moore, Edward Louis
344p. manuscript entitled "Gallipoli to the Somme: the WW1 Diaries of Sapper Edward L. Moore M.M.". Transcript of diaries from 1 January 1915 to 15 February 1915. Diaries tell of the author's experien...MSS2032
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Moore, George Dunbar (Rear Admiral, b.1893 - d.1979)
Manuscript
Maker: Swinden, Gregory James
Typed manuscript relating to the naval service of Rear Admiral George Dunbar Moore, CBE, RAN. Moore served with the Royal Australian Navy between 1913-50; and was Australian Minister to the Philippin...MSS2185
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Morgan, Dan
Manuscript
Maker: Morgan, Dan
Thesis "World War 1 and its consequences in selected Europoean and American novels and memoirs". PhD, The University of Minnesota, 1977.MSS0929
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Mortlake Gas Works Memorial Tablet : Supreme sacrifices by local residents in the Great War 1914-1918.
Manuscript
Maker: Casey, Kevin
14 page manuscript. Contains short biographies of the 45 men listed on the Mortlake Gas Works Memorial Tablet. Some images included.MSS2055
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Moss, Lawrence Stanley Vivian - Poems
Manuscript
Notebook (and transcript) consisting of 9 handwritten poems composed by 909 Sgt Lawrence Stanley Vivian Moss while on service in France, during the First World War. The poems are titled "The Duckboard...MSS1831
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Mount Batten: Flying Boat Base Plymouth 1913-1986
Manuscript
Maker: Teague, Dennis C
Printed copy of a booklet. "A pictorial record covering seventy-three years of service life at Mount Batten, tracing from humble beginnings in 1913 to world-wide fame in the Second World War and the c...MSS1662
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Nalder, Gordon Frederick (Lieutenant, 17th Battalion)
Manuscript
Maker: Holland, William
A manuscript recounting the early life and First World War experiences of Lieutenant Gordon Frederick Nalder. Lieut. Nalder served with the 17th Battalion, AIF and was killed in France in 1917. The ma...MSS1904
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Nave, Theodore Eric (Captain, b.1899 - d.1993)
Manuscript
Maker: Nave, Theodore Eric (Eric)
Collection relating to the First World War and Second World War service of Captain Theodore Eric Nave, Royal Australian Navy. Collection consists of two draft versions of Nave's memoir "An Australian...MSS1183
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Neglected Australians: Prisoners of War from the Western Front, 1916 to 1918
Manuscript
Maker: Regan, P M
Masters thesis investigating how the experiences of Western Front POWs ran counter to the narratives of CEW Bean and others, and seeks to give them their place in Australia's Twentieth Century experie...MSS1815
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Newcastle's own : 35th Battalion, 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, Australian Imperial Force
Manuscript
Bound manuscript, in two parts, "Newcastle's own : 35th Battalion, 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, Australian Imperial Force". Contains photocopies of documents compiled from records held at the local hist...MSS2274
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Newcastle's own : 35th Battalion, 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, Australian Imperial Force
Manuscript
Bound manuscript titled "Newcastle's own : 35th Battalion, 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, Australian Imperial Force". Compiled from information obtained from records held at the local history section of t...MSS2275
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Nikolajsen, O
Manuscript
Maker: Nikolajsen, O
Paper on the Turkish German Air Force in the areas that involved Australian operations, namely Gallipoli, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Istanbul theatres. Includes photographs and maps.MSS0862
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No. 4 Squadron RAAF Association
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Comprises a collection of Squadron records collated from various sources. Discusses the unit badge, service during the wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, synopsis of squadron service history, list of ac...MSS1395
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Not Just a Name: Batemans Bay Honour Stone World War I (Batemans Bay Relocated Honour Stone)
Manuscript
Maker: Cameron, Ron
Manuscript detailing the individuals listed on the Batemans Bay Honour Stone, which was relocated to a new site in 2009. Includes a Nominal Roll, Roll of Honour and photographs of individuals and war ...MSS1976
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Not just 'routine nursing': the roles and skills of the Australian Army Nursing Service during World War I
Manuscript
Maker: Harris, Kirsty Jean Hamlyn
A thesis in two volumes on the working life and nursing practices of female military nurses in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) during the First World War, including the importance of traine...MSS1913
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Oakes, Roland Frank (Roly) (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1896 - d.1986)
Manuscript
Maker: Oakes, Roland Frank
"Work and be happy". Autobiographical account covering Oakes' life, particularly his training as a Duntroon cadet, his enlistment at the outbreak of war in 1914, action in France, transfer to the Roya...MSS1037
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Oakes, William
Manuscript
Maker: Oakes, William
Photocopy of first draft of unit history for 8th Infantry Battalion 1914-1918. Records the unit's involvement at Gallipoli, Second Krithia, Pozieres, Mouquet Farm (and the tunnels), The Somme, Bulleco...MSS0954
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'One Australian Soldier'
Manuscript
Maker: Walsh, Nancy
Collection relating to the First World War service of 189 Gunner (Gnr) Campbell Login Harrison, 12th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, France. Collection consists of one typescript book compiled by ...MSS2239
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1918 on the Web
Manuscript
Maker: Hearder, Rosalind
120 page manuscript. Draft text and layouts for planned website relating to Australian forces in 1918 in France. Contents include: Quiz about 1918, The Relics Collection, Baron von Richthofen. The Aus...MSS2073
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Ormond College, Melbourne University
Manuscript
Maker: Ormond College, Melbourne University
Catalogue produced for Ormond College, Melbourne University centenary exhibition. It includes a section on the 437 Ormond College men who served in the 1914-1918 war, the involvement in the Conscripti...MSS0853
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'Our Schools and the War': Victoria's Education Department and the Great War, 1914-18
Manuscript
Maker: Triolo, Rosalie
PhD thesis providing a detailed analysis of the Victorian education department during World War I.MSS1849
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Papers of Gilbert Vernon Kimber
Manuscript
Maker: Kimber, Gilbert Vernon
15 page typed manuscript titled 'War as a teenager', written c1985 by 3189 Private Gilbert Vernon Kimber as a memoir of his First World War military experience in England and France, serving with the ...MSS1869
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Paterson , A B Major
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Original handwritten drafts of articles written by Major AB Paterson for the "Kia Ora Coo-ee" in 1918 on 1. "The Cook House" and 2. "General Inspection".MSS1013
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Peacock, Robert Knox, Librarian, Defence Library, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne
Manuscript
Maker: Peacock, Robert Knox
Photocopy of typescript history prepared by Peacock of the Melbourne University Rifles 1884-1936. Includes (1979) colour photograph of many of the former commanding officersMSS0799
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Pedersen, Peter Andreas
Manuscript
Maker: Pedersen, Peter Andreas
Thesis "The development of Sir John Monash as a military commander". Examines Monash's development as a military commander and then analyses his performance to determine the accuracy of the popular vi...MSS0977
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Perry, Warren (Major, MBE, Ed)
Manuscript
Maker: Perry, Warren
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL T B W JAMES, DSO (1883-1933), A GUNNER OFFICER OF THE AUSTRALIAN STAFF CORPS. DESCRIBES HIS QUALITIES AS A COMMANDER, CHILDHOOD, PERIOD IN MILITIA AND AT DUNT...MSS1378
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Peters, Charles Harold, MC & bar (Captain, b. - d.)
Manuscript
Maker: Peters, Charles Harold
Entry written for the Australian War Records Essay competition, entitled `The Raiding Days', accounting for a large scale raid carried out in the Houplines sector, Armentieres, by elements of the 37th...MSS1255
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Pether, Henry Charles (177, Second Corporal, 60th Railway Company)
Manuscript
Maker: Pether, Henry Charles
93 page manuscript entitled "World War 1 War Diary 1916-1918. Personal diary of Second Corporal H.C. Pether running from 5th December 1916 to 9 January 1918. Diary entries detail the experiences of a ...MSS2098
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Piggott , Michael G
Manuscript
Maker: Piggott, Michael
Thesis "The coconut lancers : a study of the men of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Forces in New Guinea 1914-1921". Examines the social background, attitudes and experiences of the me...MSS1052
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Play Up, Play Up and Play the Game: Australian Sport During the First and Second World Wars
Manuscript
Maker: Whitehead, Sarah
40 page manuscript. The manuscript examines the relationship between sport and war through the Australian experience. Section 1 of the manuscript examines the role sport played in both wars in three w...MSS2082
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Point Cook: Birthplace of Australian Military Aviation a Documentary History 1913-1918
Manuscript
Maker: Owers, Colin A
Manuscript titled "Point Cook: Birthplace of Australian Military Aviation: A Documentary History 1913-1918" by Colin A Owers. 103 pages. Tells the early history of the Point Cook flying school just pr...MSS2040
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Pollard, James
Manuscript
Maker: Pollard, James
UNPUBLISHED TYPESCRIPT ENTITLED "WAR COBBERS" ENTERED IN THE RSSILA CENTENARY WAR NOVEL COMPETITION. DESCRIBES THE EXPERIENCES OF AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS IN BELGIUM AROUND THE TIME OF THE THIRD BATTLE OF ...MSS1356
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Pollock, Marvin Ronald
Manuscript
Maker: Pollock, Marvin Ronald
Thesis "British Pacifism during the First World War : The Cambridge-Bloomsbury Contribution". Examines the distinctive contribution of Cambridge and Bloomsbury to British Pacifism and the war time act...MSS0937
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Pond, B. Albert, Major, MBE, MSM,
Manuscript
Maker: Pond, B Albert
Chapter Four of Major Pond's account of his military career. Covers the service with the 45th Battalion the Royal Fusiliers, Sadlier-Jackson's Brigade, in the North Russian Relief Force. Pond was in c...MSS0839
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Porter, H S (Major, MC, 68 Heavy Artillery Brigade)
Manuscript
Maker: Porter, H S
Manuscript describes the retreat of the 68 Heavy Artillery Brigade during March-April 1918. In diary form, being based on a diary kept by Major Porter.MSS0699
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Powell AG
Manuscript
Two notebooks containing the handwritten history of Bishop's Knoll (Bristol UK) a private home which was converted by the owners, Mr & Mrs RE Bush, into a hospital which cared for Australian troops in...MSS0884
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Proserpine Answered The Call
Manuscript
Maker: Burke, Lyn Fox, Lloyd
Manuscript, 'Proserpine Answered The Call : WW1 1914 - 1918, Boer War'. Details the stories of the men who served in the Boer War and First World War, who came from the Proserpine area. A Proserpine H...MSS2328