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Howse, Neville Reginald (Major General Sir, b.1863 - d.1930) VC
Private Record
Maker: Howse, Neville Reginald
Extensive range of papers (correspondence, reports, files) relating to the operations of the AIF medical services during the war of 1914-1918. Presents both an overview and an in depth analysis of the...2DRL/1351
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Hugh R. Officer interviewed about his service as a Gunner in 8th Field Artillery Brigade AIF in the First World War and his service with the Indian Army from 1917-1948
Sound
Maker: Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Officer, Hugh R
Hugh Officer, 8th Field Artillery Brigade AIF discusses: early life; education; enlistment November 1916; family's reaction to enlistment; with artillery at Messines Ridge; cadet in Indian Army; staye...S02061
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Imperial Russian Cross of St George, 4th Class
Heraldry
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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In memory of Grant Michaelis
Art
Depicts a battle scene on the Western Front during the First World War with soldiers, including some wounded, travelling up a road. The work was painted by G T Thompson in memory of Lt. Grant Moritz M...ART94648
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Instructions for P gas hood : Private J A K Pratt, 2/Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), British Army
Heraldry
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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Iodine ampoule : Private H V Reynolds, 1 Field Ambulance, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: John Tye & Son
Full glass iodine ampoule protected by cotton wool. Originally held in a cardboard sleeve within a field dressing.REL41507.002
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Iron Cross, First Class
Heraldry
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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Isn't there any flamin, droughts in this country
Art
Depicts a humorous caricature of soldier tramping through mud on the Western Front and dripping with rainwater. This was one of three sketches Dyson gave to machine-gun officer J. C. Dunningham as a t...ART16157
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Jones, Geoffrey Douglas (Sgt, b.1885 - d.1970)
Private Record
Maker: Jones, Geoffrey Richard
Correspondence of Sergeant Jones (16547) to family members during the First World War. Jones enlisted in March 1916, and first attended Engineer Officer training in Sydney, and at RMC Duntroon in Can...PR01807
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Kemp, Francis "Frank" A., MM (Sergeant, b.1896 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Kemp, Francis Alfred
Collection of approximately 100 letters written by Sergeant Francis A. "Frank" Kemp, primarily to his mother, from 28 September 1915 to 22 September 1918. These detailed letters describe training in A...PR00818
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Kenworthy, Harold Augustus (Private, b.1886 - d.1926)
Private Record
Maker: Kenworthy, Harold Augustus
A substantial collection of letters, photographs, Service documents, and records associated with hospital treatment and death of Private (Pte) Kenworthy, relating to or created by Pte Kenworthy before...PR00120
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Khaki breeches : Captain P G Taylor, Royal Flying Corps
Heraldry
Khaki cotton/wool gaberdine breeches, Pockets at hip fronts and at proper right rear. Beige suede knee patches. Cuffs fasten with khaki cotton laces passing through stitched eyelets. Baleen stays e...REL/00022K
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Khaki shirt with detachable collar: Captain P G Taylor, Royal Flying Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Lowe's Limited, Sydney & Melbourne
Khaki long-sleeved shirt with detachable collar. It has two button-flap fastened breast pockets and features a half-front opening fastened by two buttons and a collar stud. The collar studs are not ...REL/00022N
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Kommandantur Lille Flare Pistol : Sergeant G E Watkins, 39 Battalion, AIF
Technology
Maker: Lutticher Waffenfabriken
Belgium manufactured flare pistol used by the German Army. The pistol barrel can be revolved by pushing a release clip on the right hand side, providing access to the chamber. The flare pistol is mad...REL34999
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Kriegsflieger an der Westfront F243 = Warplanes on the Western Front F243
Film
Maker: Reichsanstalt fur Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht
A Reichsanstalt fur Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht (RWU) production on the various aspects of the air war on the Western Front such as aerial reconnaissance, bombing, aerial dogfights an...F06925
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La tranchee [The trench]
Art
Maker: Vallotton, Felix
Depicts an image of a large shell explosion bursting on a battlefield. In the foreground, a row of French soldiers shelter from the blast in the protection of a trench, only their helmets and bayonets...ART93014
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Leather presentation folder: Captain R C Grieve, 37 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
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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Le guetteur [The lookout]
Art
Maker: Vallotton, Felix
Depicts a pile of war damaged debris, broken carriages and other bombed detriment with a small figure of a soldier peeping over the trench in the background. This is one of a series of six anti-German...ART93018
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Les civils [The civilians]
Art
Maker: Vallotton, Felix
Depicts the interior of a French civilian home, showing two figures lying inert on the floor, probably cut down by marauding soldiers intent on raiding the ample barrels behind. While a dog whines in ...ART93019
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Les fils de fer [Barbed wire]
Art
Maker: Vallotton, Felix
Depicts the corpses of three French soldiers caught in barbed wire entanglements on a battlefield. Beneath a starry night sky, their bodies lie in fixed, awkward poses; one soldier's upturned hand poi...ART93016
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Lewis, Alfred F (369, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 27 Battalion, b. 1892 d. 1994)
Manuscript
Maker: Lewis, Alfred Frank
"A Centenarian Reveals His 1915 - 1919 Diary". Typed and bound manuscript from the First World War diary of 369 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Alfred Frank Lewis of the 27th Battalion. He left Austral...MSS1682
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Lewis Mk 1 Machine Gun Bolt Assembly: 27 Battalion AIF
Technology
Maker: Birmingham Small Arms Co Ltd
Standard First World War issued Lewis Mk 1 Machine Gun. The barrel jacket has a large hole caused by an artillery fragmentation splinter and has a worn hand painted inscription detailing the history ...REL/02766.001
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Liebert, Sidney Frederick Ernest (10638, Corporal, Admin Headquarters)
Manuscript
Maker: Liebert, Sidney Frederick Ernest 'Sid'
Manuscript titled "Whatever did I do with my Life" by Sidney Frederick Liebert.. The second chapter of this manuscript relates to Liebert's service during the First World War. He enlisted in April 191...MSS1911
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Looking over Noreuil to Lagnicourt from an observation post above Noreuil Valley, April 1917
Art
Maker: Lindsay, Daryl Ernest
Depicts a landscape looking over Noreuil to Langnicourt from an observation post above Noreuil Valley.ART02970
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L'Orgie [The orgy]
Art
Maker: Vallotton, Felix
Depicts an image exposing the horrors of war. At far right the corpse of a woman lies partially naked, a dagger plunged in her breast. She has evidently been raped by the group of carousing German off...ART93015
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Lorimer, John Archer (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Lorimer, John Archer
SCRAPBOOK COVERING SERVICE AT GALLIPOLI AND ON WESTERN FRONT. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS, NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS, NOMINAL ROLLS, MESSAGES, BATTALION AND COMPANY ORDERS, OTHER MIXED PAPERS. PROVIDES AN INSIGHT I...PR00260
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Mahony, Cornelius John (Corporal, 17 Battalion, b.1884 d. 1917)
Manuscript
Maker: Mahony, Bernadette Mahony, Michael Joseph
"The Story of Cornelius John Mahony: Prepared for the 90th Anniversary of his Death at Broodseinde, Belgium on 9th October 1917". Widowed in 1915 and enlisted in the 17th Battalion in the same year. W...MSS1664
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Manchester, Gordon Edward (Major, 36 H A B : b. c1885)
Manuscript
Maker: Manchester, Gordon Edward
MANUSCRIPT TITLED "AUSTRALIAN SIEGE BRIGADE IN THE GREAT WAR" FROM 1916 TO 1919 IN FRANCE. INCLUDES FORMATION, TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT, ACTIVE SERVICE. MICROFICHE HELD AT PRMF0048.MSS0686
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Marston, James Henry (Private, b.1886 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Marston, James Henry
Collection relating to the First World War service of 5869 Private James Henry Marston, 25th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Australia, at sea, the United Kingdom and France,...AWM2021.998.1
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Mason, Arnold Branston (Lance Corporal, b.1885 - d.1955)
Private Record
Maker: Mason, Arnold Branston
Diary written by Lance Corporal Arnold Branston Mason of 14 Field Company Engineers, covering 19 July 1916 - 28 August 1917 detailing his part in the Fromelles attack, being wounded in the face and su...PR01877
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Mauser T-Gewehr Anti Tank Rifle
Technology
Mauser T Gewehr anti tank single shot, bolt action rifle. Wooden half stock with a pistol grip and a mounting bracket on the fore end to take the MG08/15 bipod. The polished steel receiver is stamped ...RELAWM03683.001
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McWhae, John Wilson "Jack" (Lieutenant, b. 1884; d.1917); McWhae, Hector (Bombardier)
Private Record
Maker: McWhae, John Wilson "Jack"
Bound typed transcription of letters of brothers Lieutenant John Wilson (Jack) McWhae (189th [Hackney] Brigade, Royal Field Artillery) and No. 4437 Bombardier Hector McWhae (5th Battery, Field Artille...PR01040
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Meates, Valentine MC (Major)
Private Record
Maker: Meates, Valentine
Scrapbook containing papers accumulated by Captain (later Major) Valentine Meates MC during his service with Batteries of the 6th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery (AFA) between 1916 and 1919. They ...PR00758
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Mention in Dispatches oak leaves: Lieutenant Colonel Charles Herbert Davis, 38 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
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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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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Miniature British War Medal 1914-20 : Sergeant O Kelso King, Scottish Women's Hospital and Serbian Army
Heraldry
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
Heraldry
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
Heraldry
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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Model 1916 Spigot Grenade Launcher Baseplate (Granatenwerfer 16 Schusstafel)
Technology
Maker: Maschinenfabrik Alfred Wolff
Model 1916 spigot grenade launcher (Granatwerfer) baseplate made from ordnance steel. The baseplate consists of a three quarter steel plate. The grenade launcher attaches to a central hole with a hand...RELAWM01832.002
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Model 1916 Spigot Grenade Launcher (Granatenwerfer 16)
Technology
Maker: Maschinenfabrik Alfred Wolff
Model 1916 spigot grenade launcher (Granatenwerfer) made from ordnance steel. The grenade launcher features a spigot shaft and body which is attached to a base plate. An elevation scale is attached t...RELAWM01832.001
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Monash, Sir John KCMG KCB (General, b.1865-d.1931) - Map used by G.O.C. Aust. Corps. from 8th Aug to 11th Nov 1918
Private Record
A colour topographic map made from multiple sheets of linen. Scale not given, 1918. Map features roads, railways, populated places, rivers, and vegetation. Annotations include coloured lines, '16', '2...3DRL/2316.306
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Monash, Sir John KCMG KCB, (General, b.1865 - d.1931) - The Western Front - Scale 1:1,000,000
Private Record
Maker: General Staff, War Office
A colour map on paper titled 'The Western Front'. Scale 1:1,000,000, Survey Division, G.S. 239, Historical Section, G.S. Dept. of National Defence, 1918. Map features roads, populated places, rivers, ...3DRL/2316.273
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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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Nash, Alan C. (Driver, b.1890 - d.1995)
Private Record
Maker: Nash, Alan C
Handwritten copy of memoirs of Driver Alan C Nash, describing experiences of service with 6 Field Company Australian Engineers, mainly on the Western Front during the First World War.PR01546
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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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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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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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Next-of-kin plaque: Private Edwin Monteverde, 16th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Heraldry
Bronze next of kin plaque, showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. ...REL/08996
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Next-of-kin plaque : Private Frederick John Forrest, 54th Battalion (Kootenay), British Columbia Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Bronze next of kin plaque, showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. ...REL/15697
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not titled [Australian soldier]
Art
Maker: Gilbert, Charles Web
Bronze sculpture of an unidentified Australian infantryman wearing a slouch hat. The same figure features in another of Gilbert's sculptures, 'Gunners' [ART12503], indicating this small bronze was pro...ART12684
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Nurse’s appreciation brooch badge: Sister Lilian Agnes Walter, Australian Army Nursing Service
Heraldry
Maker: P J King
Circular enamelled bronze Australian Army Nursing Service appreciation brooch. Around the outside of the badge is 'AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE 1916', the inside features the abbreviation 'AIF' in ...AWM2022.766.1
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Officer's pair of brown leather boots : Captain P G Taylor, Royal Flying Corps
Heraldry
Officer's pair of brown leather boots.REL/00022R
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Officer's pair of brown leather leggings : Captain P G Taylor, Royal Flying Corps
Heraldry
Officer's pair of brown leather leggings.REL/00022Q
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Other Rank's tunic : 108th Infantry Regiment, American Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Cohen, Goldman & Co.
Khaki wool serge M1917 pattern tunic with stand collar. A khaki tab is attached to the proper left side of the collar. This is secured behind the collar when it is fastened, protecting the wearer fro...REL/00395
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Pair khaki cord breeches : Captain P G Taylor, Royal Flying Corps
Heraldry
Khaki wool/cotton twill weave breeches. Pockets at hip fronts, llacings at cuffs with metal eyelets. Patches at inside knee of same fabric. Cuffs bound with tan coloured cotton twill tape. Tan col...REL/00022D
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Pair of cut down flying boots : Captain P G Taylor, No. 66 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
Heraldry
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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Passing through a ruined village
Art
Maker: Power, H Septimus
Power shows the tail end of a body of troops marching past a ruined church, followed by the travelling field cooker. The cooker is drawn by two horses with a mounted driver. The limber carries rations...ART03322
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Peach, William Edward MM (Sergeant, b.1896 - d.1966)
Private Record
Maker: Peach, William Edward
Originals and transcripts of letters to family and diaries. Describes embarkation on TSS Demosthenes as part of 13th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion, sightseeing in Egypt, Kasr-el-Nil Barracks, France a...PR00597
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Percival (Percy) C. Nayler interviewed by Simon Townsend about his service in 57th Battalion during the First World War
Sound
Maker: Nayler, Percival Cook Townsend, Simon Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office Nayler, Percival Cook
Discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment July 1915; family's attitude to his enlistment; sent to England and then France; impressions of France; participated sprint races at front; wounded...S02060
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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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P gas hood carry bag : Private J A K Pratt, 2/Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), British Army
Heraldry
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
Heraldry
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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Pill boxes ANZAC Ridge from J3 A43
Art
Maker: Howie, Laurence
Sketch of pillbox fortifications, located in France or Belgium. Pillboxes were developed during the First World War to provide a secure place near the trenches to fire on an attacking side and were st...ART93090.024
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Portrait of a Soldier
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
1st Australian Imperial Force, 3rd Australian Division, 41st Battalion; unidentified private soldier 41 Btn, 3 Div AIF, wearing tin (protective) helmetART00244
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Presentation side drum : Private P L Lawson, Drummer, 4th Victorian Naval Unit and 30th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Reynolds & Co
Military side drum, with plain unpainted aluminium shell (with rivetted vertical seam) and wooden counterhoops top and bottom, both painted in red and black bands with a central white line painted ove...RELAWM13622
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Private George Cooper relates his experiences with the Gordon Highlanders during the First World War
Sound
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
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Private James A. M. Jolly, 8th Battalion, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War
Sound
Maker: Jolly, James A M Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: prewar employment; mother's reaction to his enlistment; enlist AIF August 1916; training at Ballarat; winter in France; football and cricket matches behind the lines; being wounded near Hil...S02049
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Private James Edwin Moses (721) interviewed about his service in 40th Battalion AIF during the First World War
Sound
Maker: Moses, James E Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; prewar employment in mining; enlistment in AIF March 1916; family's attitude to enlistment; impressions of France; Le Harve; Rouen; wounded at Passchendaele; Armistice; returned...S02059
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Remains of a Webley Revolver : 15 Battalion, AIF
Technology
Remains of a Webley Revolver. Two parts being the breech section of the barrel frame and the blown apart cylinder.RELAWM00729
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Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class: Sister Dorothy Jane Louisa Newton, Australian Army Nursing Service
Heraldry
Maker: Garrard & Co Ltd
Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class. Unnamed as issued. In original presentation case.REL48340.001
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Royal Red Cross, Second Class : Sister N Leake, Australian Army Nursing Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class. Unnamed as issued.REL/10316.001
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Ruins in Vaux, May 1917
Art
Maker: Lindsay, Daryl Ernest
Depicts ruined buildings in Vaux, France. Daryl Lindsay was the youngest member of the talented Lindsay family that included the artists Lionel, Norman, Percy and Ruby. Lindsay enlisted in the Austral...ART02964
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Rutland, Albert Edward (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Rutland, Albert Edward
Five silk postcards sent by Rutland to family members during service on the Western Front with 28 Battalion. The collection also includes a newspaper cutting from 1990 relating to Rutland's son locat...PR01686
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Sapper William Stirling Rogers
Art
Maker: Woollcott, Henry
Depicts a portrait of 1st Australian Imperial Force, 1st Field Company Engineers, 5th Australian Division; 20856 Sapper William Stirling Rogers, 1 Fd Co Engs. The artist , Henry Woollcott, served as a...ART03586
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Sergeant John H. Lockett relates his experiences with 38th Battalion during the First World War
Sound
Maker: Lockett, John H Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
John Lockett (1194) discusses: early life; prewar work; enlistment in March 1916; training; trench raids; travel on leave; pay; mates; return to Australia; discharged September 1919; effects of war on...S02038
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Series 10: Addresses and speeches given by Birdwood and others during the First World War, interwar period and Second World War.
Digitised Collection
Maker: Various
This series contains speeches, addresses, and other papers written by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood between 1918 and about 1945. This series also include papers written by other individuals betw...RCDIG0000073
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Series 3: First World War Papers, 1914-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Monash, John
This series consists of papers relating to the First World War service of General Sir John Monash. The folders, originally bound together as 23 books, were organised by Monash and other family member...RCDIG0000572
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Series 17: Newspaper Cuttings, 1902 - 1940
Digitised Collection
Maker: Various
This series contains a large number of newspaper cuttings dating from the First World War relating to Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood as well as a smaller number about his family during these year...RCDIG0000528
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Series 15: Photographs and postcards, 1914-1930
Digitised Collection
Maker: Various
This series contains 366 black and white photographs dated between 1914 and 1930. Some of these photographs relate to the Birdwood family but the majority are official photographs taken at Gallipoli a...RCDIG0000132
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Service chevrons : Private H V Reynolds 1 Field Ambulance, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
One red chevron (representing 1914) and four blue chevrons (representing 1915-1918), machine embroidered on to a single piece of khaki woollen fabric.REL41498
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Service dress tunic : Private H V Reynolds, 1 Field Ambulance Reinforcements
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Other ranks' pattern khaki wool twill service dress tunic with stand and fall collar. The collar is fastened by a brass hook and eye with additional pop fastener under celluloid button. A further four...REL41502
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Sgt Frederick Charles Wicks DCM
Private Record
Diary of F C Wicks, 1st Field Coy, Australian Engineers, AIFPR00812
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Shillinglaw, Edward Thomas (Sergeant)
Private Record
Maker: Shillinglaw, Edward Thomas
Long letter from Sergeant Edward Thomas Shillinglaw (4 Pioneer Battalion) to his wife and family from Portland, England dated 1 June 1917. The letter provides Shillinglaw's philosophical reflections o...PR00914
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Shoobridge, Frank Sydney Royston
Private Record
Maker: Shoobridge, Frank Sydney Royston
Diaries of 5562 Private (Pte) Frank Sydney Royston Shoobridge, stretcher bearer with 2nd Field Ambulance, AAMC, spanning July 1916 to December 1917. Opens with graphic account of duties during battle ...PR00626
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Shoulder strap: Australian Army, Major - Chaplain W E Dexter, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black wool shoulder strap bearing an oxidised king's crown with red velvet, indicating the rank of major and a curved 'AUSTRALIA' title. There is a buttonhole at the neck end to allow it to be attach...REL/15675
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Sketchbook [marbled covered sketchbook containing 11 sketches]
Art
Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Artists sketchbook covering the campaign in the Somme Valley, May 1918. The sketchbook comprises 11 pages, two loose sheets, and three blank pages, with 11 drawings of landscapes, encampments and mili...ART93171
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Smith, Justin Charles Edward (Private, b.1892 - d.1962)
Private Record
Maker: Smith, Justin Charles Edward
Collection relating to the First World War service of 6140 Private Justin Charles Edward Smith, 15 Machine Gun Company, France. Collections consists of 25 letters written to his sister Jess describin...PR00396
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Snedden, Henry James 'Harry' (Private, b.1889 - d.1954)
Private Record
Maker: Snedden, Henry James (Harry)
Collection relating to the First World War service of Private Henry James 'Harry' Snedden, A Section, 9 Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps, United Kingdom, France, 1916-1918. Wallet 1 of ...PR01592
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Soldiers at the front
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts a group of soldiers traversing a battlefield at the Western Front.ART91029
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[Soldiers resting and fishing at a river embankment]; verso: [left page of 'Trench near La Houssoye on Albert Road']
Art
Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Brief sketch of a river embankment with a forest in the background, soldiers relaxing at the shoreline and a group of soldiers fishing in the foreground. On the verso is the left page of a sketch of a...ART93171.001
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Spearman, William John Norman
Private Record
Maker: Spearman, William John Norman
Collection relating to the service of 1549 Private William John Norman Spearman, 23 Battalion, AIF, at sea, Egypt, Gallipoli, France, 1915-1916. Collection consists of two original small notebooks in...PR03835
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Starr, Lady Alison
Manuscript
Maker: Starr, Lady Alison
Manuscript biography of Major General Hon Sir Neville Howse, VC, KCB, KCMG, DMS . Covers his early years in England, service in Boer War, medical practice in Orange, NSW, prior to First World War, hi...MSS1376
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1914-15 Star : Sister N Leake, Australian Army Nursing Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1914-15 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL/10316.002
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51st Battalion the Far North Queensland Regiment
Manuscript
Manuscript titled `A brief history of the 51st Battalion The Far North Queensland Regiment', describes evolution from formation in 1916 through to presentation of the Queen's and Regimental Colours in...MSS1606
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Steel helmet : 168th Infantry Regiment, US Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
American Model 1917 steel helmet painted matte khaki throughout, with sawdust added to the exterior finish to provide a non-reflective surface. The width of the brim, which is fitted with a steel rim,...REL42672
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Stretcher bearers
Art
Depicts several soldiers in uniform, some wearing tin helmets, and stretcher bearers carrying an injured soldier through a war damaged landscape with trenches in a First World War battlefield. George ...ART92170
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Sweetheart brooch with the name 'BOIS GRENIER'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silver sweetheart brooch in the form of a sprays of lily of the valley surrounding a crowned square heraldic shield which contains three Fleur de Lys. A banner beneath the shield contains the name 'BO...REL30230