Digitised Collection

RCDIG1000398

Private Record

Maker: Baldwin, Albert Thomas

Handwritten diary of Corporal Albert Thomas Baldwin.

PR00933

Private Record

Maker: Barnett, Laurence Wendover

LIST OF OFFICERS, ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS, AIF ORDERS, COPIES OF FIELD MESSAGES SENT AND RECEIVED AND GRAPHS OF CASUALTIES INCURRED BY THE 40TH BN DURING DEC 1916 - SEPT 1917

PR84/344

Private Record

Maker: Corney, Arthur Colin

Collection relating to the First World War service of 806 Private Arthur Colin Corney, 40 Battalion, 1918. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a diary Corney maintained between 10 March and 15 May 1918 durin...

PR03602

Private Record

Maker: Emery, Vincent Joseph Hine, Geoffrey H

26 page typed manuscript written as an anecdotal 'history' of Australians on the Somme, written by Geoffrey Hine in 1987. Hine has used the reminiscences of L/Cpl Vincent Emery as a basis for his man...

PR87/218

Sound

Maker: Rubinstein, Peter

Frank mentions knowing James Newland VC before the war and recalls witnessing the VC award winning action of Percy Statton (Proyart, France). A transcript of this recording is available. For further ...

S03417

Private Record

Maker: Carey, Norman Samuel Grant, Elsie Rose

Collection relating to the First World War service of Sister Elsie Rose Grant, 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, France, 1917. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection consists of two handwritten ...

PR00596

Private Record

Maker: Grubb, E William

LENGTHY REGULAR ENTRIES. QUITE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SITUATION ON GALLIPOLI AND IN FRANCE. COVERS SERVICE FROM EMBARKATION TO DEATH IN ACTION NEAR MORLANCOURT - JUNE 1915 - MAR 1918

2DRL/1110

Private Record

Maker: Harding, Edmund Louis Stanley

Collection relating to the First World War service of 5388 Private Edmund Louis Stanley Harding [known as Stan], 40 Battalion and 14 Battalion, AIF. Collections consists of photocopied typed letters ...

PR85/348

Private Record

Maker: Hay, Colin Issac

Letter written by 672 Corporal Colin Isaac Hay, while serving with the 40th Battalion in France, to members of his family, 18 October 1917.

PR01097

Private Record

Maker: Jones, David Walker

Collection relating to the service of 5730 Private David Walker Jones, 40 Battalion, United Kingdom, 1916-1917. Collection consists of six letters written by Private Jones to his brother William in A...

1DRL/0384

Private Record

Maker: Jones, Tasman Searle

Collection relating to the service of 1649 Sergeant Tasman Searle Jones, 40 Battalion, Belgium, France, England, 1917-1918. Collection consists of eight letters and one field postcard sent by Sergean...

1DRL/0389

Technology

Mainspring for Webley Mark V double action, six shot revolver.

RELAWM01107.003

Sound

Maker: McHugh, William George

William George McHugh as a private, 40th Battalion, France, 1916-1919, interviewed by Bryan Butler.

S00419

Private Record

Maker: McInnes, Samuel Alexander

POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH AND MESSAGE SENT TO HIS NIECE, MARY STEWART AND NEW TESTAMENT CARRIED AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH ON 1ST FEB 1917 SHOWING SIGNS OF BULLET DAMAGE

PR82/113

Photograph

Maker: Australian Graves Services

Original grave marker photograph in an Australian Graves Services booklet relating to 94 Private (Pte) Basil George Henry O'Brien, of Branxholm, Tasmania, Machine Gun Section, 40th Battalion, who emba...

P12282.003

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

Private Record

Maker: Rock, Claude W D

Commissioning Warrant for Lieutenant Claud William Dunmore Rock appointing him to be a 2nd Lieutenant in the Land Forces from 1 May 1916.

3DRL/5016

Private Record

Maker: Scarff, James Pearce

Collection relating to the service of 5247 Sergeant James Pearce Scarff, 40 Battalion, during the First World War. Collection comprises letters written by Scarff to his family from 1915-17, describin...

PR03347

Private Record

Maker: Scolyer, Mervyn William

Collection relating to the First World War service of 929 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Mervyn William Scolyer, 40th Battalion, Australian Infantry Force. Consists of an original handwritten diary housed in ...

PR04679