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Anzac Day Souvenirs Collection, Souvenirs 1
Published Collection
Maker: Australian War Memorial Various
The collection contains material related to the commemoration of Anzac day from 1916 to the present. The collection contains invitations, programs and other documents, including verses, pamphlets, st...RC00069
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Bofors instruction
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Members of the Volunteer Defence Corps receiving instructions of a Bofors Anti-Aircraft gun, Tasmania.ART25800
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Camouflaged oil tanks
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts several camouflaged oil tanks, Derwent River, Hobart, Tasmania. In December 1943 Bush was deployed to Hobart for a week to observe the Volunteer Defence Corp, and make illustrations for the Au...ART25799
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Camouflaged oil tanks
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Camouflaged oil tanks at Derwent River port, Hobart. In December 1943 Bush was deployed to Horbart to observe the Volunteer Defence Corp, and make illustrations for the Australian War Memorial publica...ART23526
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2/3 Casualty Clearing Station Association
Private Record
Records of the Association comprising proceedings of meetings, membership lists, correspondence, financial papers, newspaper cuttings, articles written by members of the Association, histories of the ...PR00430
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Commando [portrait of Sgt R. N. Splatt]
Art
Maker: Angus, Max Rupert
V281550 Warrant Officer Class 2 Max Rupert Angus AM, FRSA, was an Australian painter, best known for his watercolour paintings of Tasmanian landscapes. Born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1914, he enlisted in...AWM2018.1278.1
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Cook, Owen Joseph (Flying Officer, b.1921)
Manuscript
Maker: Cook, Owen Joseph
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 428456 Flying Officer Owen Joseph Cook, 75 (New Zealand) Bomber Squadron, RAF. Collection includes one manuscript entitled "Tiger Moths to four-e...MSS2235
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Cuthbert, Robert Henry (Captain, b.1917 - d.2006)
Private Record
Maker: Cuthbert, Robert Henry
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 133220 Captain Robert Henry Cuthbert, 196 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Singapore, Burma-Thai Railway, and the United Kingdom, 1942-...PR03307
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Dunkirk
Art
Maker: Unknown Unknown Examiner Print, Launceston
Australian Second World War poster printed by the Examiner Print, Launceston in tribute to the bravery of the common soldiers at the Battle of Dunkirk. The tribute was originally published in the "New...ARTV08605
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Dunkirk
Art
Maker: Unknown Unknown Examiner Print, Launceston
Australian Second World War poster printed by the Examiner Print, Launceston in tribute to the bravery of the common soldiers at the Battle of Dunkirk. The tribute was originally published in the "New...ARTV08604
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Haley, Ambrose Anthony ‘Bose’ (Flight Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.2001)
Private Record
Maker: Haley, Ambrose
Collection relating to the Second World War service of O6307 (408173) Flight Lieutenant Ambrose Anthony ‘Bose’ Haley, 93 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, England and Australia, 1942-1945, [dates ...PR04734
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Interview with former RAN sailor Thomas Arthur Bennett RAN
Film
Maker: Bennett, Thomas Lyle
Farm life in southern Tasmania. Hearing that the war has broken out. The decision to enlist in the Navy. Coming from Tasmania to Victoria. Becoming ill. Training and discipline. His first ship HMAS Ca...F04893
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Mayor, Peter Russell (Able Seaman, b.1925 - d.1980)
Private Record
Maker: Mayor, Peter Russell Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of PM6720 Able Seaman Peter Russell Mayor, HMAS Shropshire, Royal Australian Navy, Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines and Japan, 1943-1947. Thi...AWM2016.441.10
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McCulloch, Clarence Edwin (TX3653, Corporal, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion, 8th Division, Australian Army)
Manuscript
Maker: McCulloch, Clarry
'Some call it luck: The story of Clarry McCulloch', 195p manuscript by TX3653 Corporal Clarence Edwin McCulloch, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion, 8th Division. McCulloch describes his wartime experiences tr...MSS2015
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Murray, James (Captain, 2/40th Bn, AIF b: c. 1907 d.1977)
Private Record
Maker: Murray, James
EARLY LETTERS RELATING TO MURRAYS SCHOOLING. LETTERS WRITTEN BY MURRAY TO HIS PARENTS, FROM ENLISTMENT IN 1940 UNTIL HE BECAME A POW IN TIMOR, IN 1942. LETTERS WRITTEN BY MURRAY'S PARENTS IN TASMANIA ...PR87/194
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Nicholas L Curtain (1684) as a sergeant, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Middle East, 1914-1918 and later as a warrant officer 2 of the Volunteer Defence Corps, Tasmania, 1939-1945
Sound
Maker: Curtain, Nicholas Leviston
Discusses bombing the horse lines and camp by the "Torbes" (Taube - German aircraft), Damascus, Lawrence of Arabia, Harper, riots in Cario, how the horses were destroyed after the war had finished, th...S00682
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Sanders, William Charles (Lieutenant, b.1919 - d.1971)
Private Record
Maker: Sanders, William Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX19509 Lieutenant William Charles Sanders, 4th Australian General Hospital and Military History and Information Section, Australia, Egypt, Libya...PR05256
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TAMAR ESTUARY, TASMANIA, 1940-12. MOUNTED GUN ON BOARD HMTS TAROONA.
Photograph
TAMAR ESTUARY, TASMANIA, 1940-12. MOUNTED GUN ON BOARD HMTS TAROONA.P00956.003
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V. D. C. Equipment - back view
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
VDC equipment - back view, as worn by members of the Volunteers Defence Corps, Tasmania.ART25848
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V.D.C. Machine gunner
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicting a member of the Volunteer Defence Corp reclining in a chair specially designed for the purpose of observing the skies for aircraft (top picture). "VDC Machine Gunner". Shows members of the ...ART25802