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Abbott, Francis Arthur (Sergeant, b.1893 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Abbott, Francis Arthur
Collection relating to the First World War service of 3170 Sergeant Francis Arthur Abbott, 33rd Infantry Battalion, France. Wallet 1: Miscellaneous papers relating the Sgt Abbott collection. Some of...AWM2016.26.1
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A group of unidentified Australian soldiers (left) digging near Hill 104. The contour of the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A group of unidentified Australian soldiers (left) digging near Hill 104. The contour of the hill and the Bois de l'Abbe (Abbey Wood) are visible in the background. Hill 104 was the dominating featu...E04799
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Alban Pearce interviewed about his experiences in 24th Battalion AIF during the First World War
Sound
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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Album related to service of Lieutenant Robert Cecil King
Photograph
An album containing various black and white images relating to the town of Armentieres, bombed buildings, trench infrastructure, military cemetery, St Yves, ruins of Messines, Somme, Villers Bretonneu...P05997
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Amess, Albert Bissett, MC, Lieutenant
Private Record
Maker: Amess, Albert Bissett
Citation for the award of the Military Cross for services at Villers Bretonneux and accompanying newscutting related to Lieutenant Amess' wounding and return to Kyogle, NSW. Also contains various cert...PR00091
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An aerial view of Villers-Bretonneux area onwards to Bayonvillers, Gillaucourt, etc, a dotted ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown alpha lithograph
An aerial view of Villers-Bretonneux area onwards to Bayonvillers, Gillaucourt, etc, a dotted line showing approximately the British front line on 1 August 1918.J00165A
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An Australian Battalion Headquarters and Field Dressing Station located in the quarry on the road ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
An Australian Battalion Headquarters and Field Dressing Station located in the quarry on the road between Corbie and Villers-Bretonneux. Several soldiers can be seen in and around the heavily sandbag...E04877
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Archbold, William James (Private, b.1898 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Archbold, William James
Collection relating to service of 3257 Private William James Archbold, 41 Battalion, England and France, c 1916-c 1918. Collection of typewritten extracts from the diary kept by Archbold detailing ca...1DRL/0049
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Atkinson, William Lloyd (Captain, b.1896 - d.1975)
Private Record
Maker: Atkinson, William Lloyd
Collection relating to the First World War service of 38128 Bombardier (later Captain) William Lloyd Atkinson MM, 13 Australian Field Artillery Brigade, Australia, United Kingdom, France, 1916-1919. ...AWM2020.767.1
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Banner : French War Veterans' : embroidered "Anciens Combattants, 1914-18, Villers-Bretonneux"
Heraldry
French War Veterans' Banner. The Banner is in the form of the French Tri-colour with gold fringe. It is embroidered "Anciens Combatants, 1914-1918, Villers-Bretonneux".REL/00266
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Battalion Headquarters, Villers-Bretonneux
Art
Maker: Brewster, William Hill
Headquarters of the 50th Battalion AIF at Villers-Bretonneux in Picardie, France: an encampment of tents, with dugouts and a single wooden cross in the foreground, two figures near the tents.ART92617
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Battle damaged SMLE No 1 Mk III* rifle magazine
Technology
Short Magazine Lee Enfield Number 1 Mark 3 rifle magazine relic. The relic is a metal, ten round capacity rifle magazine which has suffered extensive battle damage. The follower and spring have been b...RELAWM00693
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Battle Honours of the 58th Battalion A.I.F. 1914-1918
Manuscript
Maker: Stevens, James Arthur
Typed manuscript titled 'Battle Honours of the 58th Battalion AIF 1914-1918', by Sergeant J A Stevens MSM, Headquarters, 58th Battalion AIF, 1914-1918, June 1967. Includes a brief history of the batta...MSS1993
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Bignell, Leslie H (Lieutenant, 19th Bn b.1891 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Bignell, Leslie H
DESCRIPTIONS OF CONDITIONS, EXPRESSIONS OF IDEAS ON THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR. COPY OF TELEGRAM RE BIGNELL'S WOUNDING (1916). COPY OF LETTER RE BIGNELL'S DEATH IN ACTION NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX (1918). ...2DRL/0275
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[blank]; verso: [Villers-Bretonneux memorial cross]
Art
Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts the memorial cross at Villers-Bretonneux erected in memory of those who fell in battle from the 13 Australian Infantry Brigade on 24 and 25 April 1918. Purchased with the assistance of the ...ART93169.019
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Warrant Officer 2 Lewis Henry Ryall, 60th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL51189.002
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Brydie, William (44, Lietenant, 10 Lt. Trench Mortar Battery.)
Manuscript
Maker: Brydie, Margaret Brydie, William
Manuscript titled "The War Diaries of Lieutenant William Brydie 1st A.I.F.". Contains a transcript of the authors diaries from 5/8/1916 to 27/8/1919. Details some experiences from training and mobilis...MSS2016
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Bullet Damaged cigarette case : Lieutenant N G Hatton, 52 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
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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Bull, John Jas (Unknown)
Manuscript
Maker: Bull, John Jas
UNPUBLISHED TYPESCRIPT ENTITLED "BELOVED OF THE VALKYRIES", ENTERED IN THE RSSILA CENTENARY WAR NOVEL COMPETITION. CONCERNS MAINLY THE DAY TO DAY EXPERIENCES OF AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS WHILE TRAINING, REC...MSS1359
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Burow, Edward August (Private, b.1892 - d.1950)
Private Record
Maker: Burow, Edward August
Collection relating to 2136 Private Edward August Burow, 52 Battalion, First World War. Collection comprises correspondence between Burow and his fiancee Annie McIvor during his service on the Wester...PR03404
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Cachy village and Aqqunne Wood: sketch for model of Villers-Bretonneux
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Watercolour sketch depicting the landscape around Aqqunne Wood, with the village of Cachy in the distance, for the Villers-Bretonneux diorama. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 19...ART11426.002
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Cadwallader, Henry "Harry" Thomas, (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Cadwallader, Henry "Harry" Thomas
Transcribed book of letters written by Private Cadwallader to his mother: titled "Letters from the Great War 1914-1918".PR01199
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Church, Villers-Bretonneux
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Watercolour sketch depicting the war damaged ruins of a church in Villers-Bretonneux. Villers-Bretonneux is situated in the Somme region. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, ...ART03138
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1. Colliver, E J 2. Richardson, B H 3. Kingston, F H (1. Captain, 43 Battalion 2. Lieutenant, 43 Battalion, 3. Sergeant, 43 Battalion)
Manuscript
TITLED "43RD BATTALION HISTORY", MANUSCRIPT COMPRISES TYPESCRIPT DRAFTS COVERING FORMATION, VOYAGE TO EUROPE, TRAINING IN ENGLAND AND BATTLES ON WESTERN FRONT (MESSINES, YPRES, SOMME, AMIENS, VILLERS ...MSS0651
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Colour Patches : Brigadier General H E Elliott, AIF
Heraldry
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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Colyer, Henry Maxwell (Lieutenant, d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Colyer, Henry Maxwell
Papers of and relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Henry Maxwell Colyer (7th Reinforcements, 36th Battalion) and to his family. They comprise: (i) newsclipping portrait of Colyer and ...PR00599
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Contour map, Sheet 62d (from J00069 ) onwards to Villers-Bretonneux to Hangard Wood, showing ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Contour map, Sheet 62d (from J00069 ) onwards to Villers-Bretonneux to Hangard Wood, showing limit of German Advance, 1918, and successive lines April 1918 to 8 August 1918. This map, AW. No. 13, wa...J00070
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Coutts, Donald Dunbar (Major, b.1890 - d.1975)
Private Record
Maker: Coutts, Donald Dunbar
Collection relating to the First World War service of Major Donald Dunbar Coutts, DSO, VD, 6 Field Ambulance AAMC and 24 Battalion, France. Collection consists of a typescript diary kept by Coutts be...PR83/155
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Crowley, Clive Stanley DCM (Lieutenant, b.1890 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Crowley, Clive Stanley
Letters to `Maggie' describing training in England, inspection by the King, German air raids by zeppelins, and the weather in Australia. Two letters to Clive from mother discussing family news, and pr...PR00618
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Deserted gun fit, near Villers Bretonneux
Art
Depicts a deserted gun fit, near Villers Bretonneux.ART03605.052.002
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Dial, T W (Sergeant, MM, 34th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Dial, T W
Detailed description written by Sergeant T W Dial, MM, 34 Battalion regarding the advance on Passchendaele, October 1917. Also includes a letter written by Dial from hospital describing his experienc...2DRL/1195
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Diggers Abroad Association
Private Record
PAMPHLET ON THE VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL FOUILLOY, FRANCE (1938). INVITATION AND PROGRAMME RE UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL. THREE TELEGRAMS FROM THE KING TO THE ASSOCIATION. MENUS FOR DINNERS HELD BETWEEN...3DRL/5015
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Downes, Kenneth Roy Granville (Gunner, 105th Howitzer Bty, AFA)
Private Record
Maker: Downes, Kenneth Roy Granville
1. Letter written to his mother by Gunner Downes, describing the action at the battles of Villers-Bretonneux and Peronne, and the Armistice, dated 22 November 1918. Incomplete. Letter runs to twenty f...3DRL/6987
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Elliott, Harold Edward 'Pompey' (Brigadier); CB CMG, DSO, DCM, VD
Private Record
Maker: Elliott, Harold Edward 'Pompey'
Collection relating to Brigadier Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott, CB CMG, DSO, DCM, VD, 1901-1968. It comprises a range of papers documenting his military service in South Africa, 1900-1901; service du...2DRL/0513
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Entrance to Villers-Bretonneux from west
Art
Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts a view of the western entrance to the town of Villers-Bretonneux, with damaged buildings and trees, as observed by the artist while in France during the First World War. Arthur Streeton is b...ART03500
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Etherton, Creal Albert (Private, b.1891 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Etherton, Creal Albert
Long letter of No 2182 Private Creal Albert Etherton to a friend dated 28 December 1919 describing his war service with the Machine Gun Section of the 16th Battalion between his enlistment in May 1916...PR01020
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Fenwicke, Thomas Clennell (Lance-Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Fenwicke, Thomas Clennell
Original diaries for 1916, 1917 and 1918, leave ration book, photocopies of diary transcripts, discharge certificate and pay account relating to service in 2 Division Signals Coy on the Western Front....PR00727
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Ford, Lawrence M (Private, 26 Battalion, AIF)
Manuscript
Maker: Ford, Lawrence M
TYPESCRIPT ENTITLED "INTO THE MAELSTROM" ENTERED INTO THE RSSILA CENTENARY WAR NOVEL COMPETITION. FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER FROM ENLISTMENT TO RETURN TO AUSTRALIA INCLUDING BRIEF ACCOUNTS OF ACTIO...MSS1363
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Fullard, Arthur Frederick (Lieutenant b.1895 - d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Fullard, Arthur Frederick
Bound typed transcript of three diaries of Lieutenant Arthur Frederick Fullard (8th Machine Gun Company, 5th Division), covering the period November 1915 to December 1918. They describe his enlistment...PR01029
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Gaby, Alfred Edward, VC (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Gaby, Alfred Edward
Collection relating to service of 4053 Lieutenant Alfred Edward Gaby, VC, 28 Battalion, France, 1916-1918. Collection includes photostat copies of Gaby's letters to his brother Ern [Gaby] and his frie...1DRL/0303
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Gemmell, Rice Thomas Hopkins (Bombardier)
Private Record
Maker: Gemmell, Rice Thomas Hopkins
Extracts from a letter describing battles of Ypres, the Somme, Villers Bretonneux and Amiens, in which Gemmell was involved. Written after the Armistice when Gemmell joined occupation force.2DRL/0180
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German M1915/17 canteen : Villers-Bretonneux
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Tin plated steel canteen with a longer neck than the previous 1907 model canteen, and with a cork stopper with a ribbed-metal top. A black leather neck-strap and a steel clip attachment are secured ar...RELAWM00725
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Goddard, Henry Arthur, CMG, DSO, VD (Brigadier General, b.1869 - d.1955)
Private Record
Maker: Goddard, Henry Arthur
Collection relating to the First World War service of Brigadier General Henry Arthur Goddard CMG DSO VD. Collection consists of numerous personal papers such as diaries for 1918 and 1919 and personal...3DRL/2379
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Godward, John Albert Clarence (Private, b.? - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Godward, John Albert Clarence 'Alby'
Collection relating to the service of 2214 Private John Albert Clarence 'Alby' Godward, 24 Battalion, AIF, England, Western Front, 1917-1918. Collection consists of: various photographic postcards w...PR03017
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Guest of Honour. An ABC Radio program featuring Patsy Adam Smith
Sound
Maker: Smith, Patsy Adam Australian Broadcasting Commission
"Guest of Honour" An ABC Radio program broadcast 14 January 1979 featuring Patsy Adam Smith who describes her journey, in November 1978, with First World War veterans to France and Belgium to commemor...S00326
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Hangard Wood: sketch for model of Villers-Bretonneux
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Depicts a view of Hangard Wood, a sketch for the Villers-Bretonneux diorama. Louis McCubbin was appointed as an official war artist working as Officer in Charge of Camouflage for 3rd Division AIF in ...ART11426.005
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Haversack : Imperial German Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown canvas bread bag/haversack with a short length of cotton tape attached to each top corner to button over the weaRELAWM00723
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Henderson, Hugh Grahame (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Henderson, Hugh Grahame
Collection relating to the service of 3326 Private Hugh Grahame Henderson, 35 Battalion AIF, at sea, England, France, 1917-1918. Collection consists of photostat copies of letters written by Private...1DRL/0340
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Henry William Parkinson MM as a gunner 107th Howitzer Battery 7th Field Artillery Brigade 3rd Division Artillery AIF, France 1916-1918 and Volunteer Defence Corps 1939-1945, interviewed by his grandson Mark Bailey.
Sound
Maker: Parkinson, Henry William Bailey, Mark
Parkinson speaks of his family background and early employment; enlistment in the Australian Imperial Force; training at Holsworthy Army Camp; journey to England aboard troopship HMAT Argyllshire; tra...S01151
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Hickey, Leonard Roy (Sergeant, 38th Bn AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Hickey, Leonard Roy
CONTAINS BRIEF REGULAR ENTRIES RELATED TO PLATOON DUTIES, WORK PARTIES, GUN POSITIONS, MOVEMENT TO VARIOUS AREAS, ATTACK AND INJURY AT VILLERS BRETONNEUX, HOSPITALIZATION AND EVENTUAL RETURN TO AUSTRA...PR88/068