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Unveiling of memorial to Major Edgar Thomas Towner VC, MC, FRGSA, Blackall, 24th April 2009 and related proceedings
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Maker: Logan, John Alexander Various
Bound copy of the unveiling of a memorial to Major Edgar Thomas Towner VC, MC, FRGSA at Blackall Qld on 24th April 2009 and related proceedings. Contains copies of messages by Quentin Bryce, Governor...MSS1953
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Verney, Guy (Dr)
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Maker: Verney, Guy
Thesis "The Army High Command and Australian Defence Policy, 1901-1918". Examines the relations between military advisers and politicians, 1905 to 1914 and the effects of this interaction on strategic...MSS0981
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Verney, Guy (Dr)
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Maker: Verney, Guy
"Building an Australian Army, 1870-1904". Paper presented to the Canberra chapter of the History of Australian Defence and Foreign Policy Association May 1982. Examines the withdrawal of British legio...MSS1063
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Verney, Guy (Dr)
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Maker: Verney, Guy
Single volume version of Verney's thesis "The Army High Command and Australian Defence Policy 1901-1918". Examines the question of how the military leadership of the Commonwealth Military Forces devel...MSS1031
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Victoria Crosses: The Vagaries of Valour
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Maker: Meyering, Isobelle
62 page manuscript. The manuscript examines 70 the unsuccessful Australian Victoria Cross recommendations from the First World War. Chapter one of the manuscript examines the recommendation process fo...MSS2095
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Vukovic, Zarko (Dr)
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"Allied Medical Missions in Serbia during the First World War : Australian Women at the Front of Salonica in 1916". In part examines the role of Australian women doctors (Agnes Bennett and Lilian Coop...MSS1159
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Wahlert, Glen W (Major, b: 1956)
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Maker: Wahlert, Glen W
"Provost: Friend or Foe?" Part 1 in a series covering the development of the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police, 1788-1989. This section documents the development of the Corps from the arrival...MSS1285
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Walker, V C (Lieutenant, 13 Light Horse Regiment, AIF)
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Maker: Walker, V C
UNPUBLISHED TYPESCRIPT ENTITLED "A BIGGER AND BETTER MAN" ENTERED IN THE RSSILA CENTENARY WAR NOVEL COMPETITION. FOLLOWS THE EXPLOITS OF AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS IN THE LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT IN EGYPT, GALLI...MSS1358
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War and Peace in Western Australia: The Impact of the Great War on Westralian Ideology, Politics and Society 1914 to 1926.
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Maker: Oliver, Bobbie
PhD thesis from the Department of History, University of Western Australia. This thesis examines Western Australia during the years 1914 to 1926, revealing that the Great War had a profound impact on ...MSS1832
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Wardmaster Lieutenant Commander Thomas Edward Mullins, DSM, RAN (1882-1960)
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Maker: Swinden, Gregory James
Research by Commander Greg Swinden about Wardmaster Lieutenant Commander Thomas Edward Mullins, DSM (1882-1960). Mullins joined the Royal Australian Navy as a Sick Berth Steward 1st Class in May 1912...MSS1924
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Warialda District Honour Roll, World War I, 1914-1919
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Maker: Cameron, Ron
Manuscript detailing individuals from the district of Warialda who served during the First World War. Names are based on two 'Honor Rolls' located in the foyer of the Warialda War Memorial Hall, Waria...MSS1987
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War Memorials - Jersey
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Transcriptions of war memorials found on the island of Jersey. Lists names, and in some cases rank and unit. Covers principally wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. Includes some Australians.MSS1473
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Watson, Stanley Holm (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1887 - d.1985)
Manuscript
Maker: Watson, Stanley Holm
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Holm Watson, 2nd Division Signal Company, Australian Imperial Forces, Gallipoli, France, and Belgium, 1914-1919. Coll...MSS0760
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Watson, Stanley Holm (Lieutenant Colonel), CBE DSO MC ED
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Maker: Watson, Stanley Holm
Two copies of Lt Col Stan Watson's "Gallipoli the tragic truth and other recollections of World War One". Author seeks to explain the failure for the Gallipoli Landing using knowledge gained as a sign...MSS1035
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Weisman, Martha
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Maker: Weisman, Martha
Thesis "Study of anti war plays produced in the New York professional theatre from World War one to World War Two". Dr of Education, Columbia University, 1967.MSS0918
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Westbrook , Mr FE
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"Anzac and After" or "Gallipoli Gems by an Anzac". Poetry by Westbrook about his Gallipoli experiences.MSS1172
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When Was the First Anzac Day Dawn Service?
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Maker: McGowan, Veronica Ellen
"When was the first ANZAC Day dawn service held in King's Park, Perth, Western Australia?". Information about early ANZAC dawn services in King's Park. The answer was found after searching through old...MSS1726
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White, Brudenell (General, Sir)
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Maker: Bentley, John
"Champion of Anzac: General Sir Brudenell White, the First Australian Imperial Force and the Emergence of Australian Military Culture, 1914-18". PhD thesis by John Bentley.MSS1764
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White , Richard
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"Bluebells in Fogtown : Australians' first impressions of England 1860-1940". Examines the first impressions of some Australians who made the journey to London between 1860 and 1940. This group includ...MSS1066
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White, Thomas Alexander (Captain, 13 Battalion, AIF)
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Maker: White, Thomas Alexander
Manuscript titled "13th Battalion", describing campaigns fought by 13th Australian Infantry Battalion between 1914-1918. Includes table of contents with arrangement primarily by battle, maps.MSS0714
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White, Thomas Alexander (Captain, b: 1886, d: 1962)
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Maker: White, Thomas Alexander
`Digger Short Stories' - a collection of manuscripts, typewritten and published stories written about a wide range of soldier activities in France, England, and en route to Australia. A vast number of...MSS1209
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Wilkins, John Murray, Commander
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Maker: Wilkins, John Murray
Wilkins "Brief History of the Royal Australian Naval Reserves and the Early Colonial Days 1859-1976". Covers depots, ships, regulations, includes photographs. Concentrates on VictoriaMSS0807
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Willey, Laurence Everard (Private)
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Maker: Willey, Laurence Everard
Retrospective account of service with 46 Battalion 1916-1919. Discusses enlistment, training, sea voyage, active service in France, in particular at Bapaume, Bullecourt, Messines, Amiens, Villers-Bret...MSS1471
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Williams, Albert John (Gunner, b.1895 - d.1963)
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Maker: Williams, Albert John
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2148 Gunner Albert John Williams, 14th Field Artillery Brigade. Collection consists of a bound, typed manuscript titled 'A Soldier Looks Back, by ...MSS1337
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Williams, Jeffrey
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Maker: Williams, Jeffrey
Thesis "Discipline on active service : the 1st Brigade, First AIF, 1914 - 1919". Analyses the attitude and response to discipline in the First AIF, gives statistical analysis of members of the AIF ret...MSS0891
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Williams, Maldwyn Leslie (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1886- d.1917)
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Maker: Millar, George Anthony (Tony)
Thirty nine page illustrated typescript biography of Lieutenant Colonel Maldwyn Leslie Williams, by Tony Millar. Lt Col Williams served as a doctor with 1 Field Ambulance Unit, AAMC. He died of woun...MSS2222
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Williams , Sir Richard
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Draft chapters for "These are facts : the autobiography of Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams KBE, CB & DSO". This covers his service in the 1914-1918 war and the 1939-1945 war and traces the beginnings...MSS1156
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Willis, James Frederick
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Maker: Willis, James Frederick
Thesis "Prologue to Nuremberg : the punishment of war criminals of the First World War". Examines the international experiment in war crimes punishment following the First World War and its failure an...MSS0913
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Winter, Donovan MM (Private, b: 1898, d: 1984)
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Maker: Winter, Donovan
Series of original poems. Written in a rhyming couplet, ballad style, the poems of 16 year old Private Donovan Winter cover his experiences in the training camps, transport to Egypt, hospitalization, ...MSS1302
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Wood, Frederick F (2812 Sargeant b. 1889 d. 1965)
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Maker: Wood, Colin
"The World War One History of Frederick Featherstone Wood: 1915 - 1919". Taken from the diary of 2812 Sargeant Frederick Featherstone Wood with historical excerpts and illustrations. He served in the ...MSS1687
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Woodward, Oliver Holmes (Captain, MC (2 bars) 1 Australian Tunnelling Company b: 1885)
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Maker: Woodward, Oliver Holmes
Manuscript titled "The Firing of the Hill 60 Mines by the First Australian Tunnelling Company", written by Captain Oliver Holmes Woodward. Discusses the strategic importance of Hill 60 on the Messines...MSS0717
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Wood, William O.B.E. (Colonel)
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Maker: Wood, William O B E
Autobiographical manuscript titled `The trials, achivements, confessions and adventures in many lands of a well known Sydney physician', spans Dr Wood's life from childhood through to 92 years of age....MSS1567
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Woolley, James McAlpine
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Maker: Woolley, James McAlpine
Manuscript titled "Aussies Over the Cotswolds", describing the Australian Flying Corps based at Leighterton 1917-1919. Discusses establishment of AFC training squadrons, aeroplanes and Leighterton Aer...MSS0718
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Working copy of The Battle Below, being the history of No.3 Squadron AFC
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Maker: Wrigley, Henry Neilson
A working copy of the book "The Battle Below, being the history of No.3 Squadron AFC" published in 1935 by Henry Neilson Wrigley. 194 pages, typed. Bound by two cloth ties.MSS1847
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World War 1 Honour Roll - Cootamundra Catholic Church : Supreme Sacrifices by Local Residents in the Great War 1914 - 18
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Maker: Casey, Kevin
12 page manuscript. Provides brief biography of Cootamundra residents who were killed in First World War military service: Ayers, Charles Thomas (3002, Private, 3rd Battalion); Ayers, Sydney Winton ( ...MSS2099
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World War One aerial photography: An archaeological perspective
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Maker: Stichelbaut, Birger
PhD thesis based on research into First World War aerial photography using international archives including the Memorial's Research Centre. Stichelbaut's thesis is divided into five parts, (1) Provide...MSS1942
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Wren, Eric (Captain, 3rd Battalion, AIF)
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Maker: Wren, Eric William Gregg
Original typescript manuscript (annotated) of "Randwick to Hargicourt", the history of the 3rd Battalion AIF 1914-1918. Covers formation, training, landing at Gallipoli and attack at Lone Pine, Pozier...MSS0720
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WWI Cassidys too were there
Manuscript
Maker: Burgheim, Lyn and Peter
45p bound manuscript: 'WWI Cassidys too were there.' Describes the First World War experiences of 10 Cassidy family members together with the Second World War experiences of 2 family members. The manu...MSS2014