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Holmes, Basil
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, Basil
LETTER FROM HOLMES TO A FRIEND, MENTIONS SENDING THE GERMAN ADMINISTRATOR TO SYDNEY, A NOTE EXPLAINING THE LETTERS RETURN TO HOLMES MANY YEARS LATER, AND A LIST OF MILITARY OFFICERS APPOINTED TO THE F...PR84/182
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1. Holmes, Noel Arthur DCM (Flight Lieutenant, b.1894 - d.1966) 2. Holmes, Arthur (Captain)
Private Record
1. Collection consisting of original 1916 diary (and transcript) written when Corporal Holmes was serving with 13th Field Artillery Brigade, a copy of a play that was written about the day to day oper...PR00388
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Hon. Colonel Constance Fall
Art
Maker: Benbow, Mary
Portrait of NFX262 Honorary Colonel (retired) Constance Amy Fall, OBE, RRC, FNM, (previously Matron, AANC). Fall was the first nurse to be appointed to the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) at th...ART28388
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Honjo, Shigeru (38th Buntai (Sqn) Japanese Imperial Forces)
Private Record
Maker: Honjo, Shigeru
LETTER OF REMEMBRANCE WRITTEN BY DONOR FOR HIS CLASSMATE HIROYUKI SOTO WHO WAS KILLED IN THE MIDGET SUBMARINE ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR IN 1942. WITH TRANSLATIONPR87/092
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Honour Board : Employees of Wunderlich Ltd
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Wunderlich Limited
Three panel honour board. The taller central panel features a cast aluminium design combining the crests of all three arms of the services, under which are the words, 'IN HONOUR OF / THE EMPLOYEES OF...REL32969
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Hookham, Denis McCully (Private, b.1917 – d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Hookham, Denis McCully
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX145651 Private Denis McCully Hookham, 3rd Division Australian Concert Party (1st Australian Entertainment Unit), Second Australian Imperial For...PR05414
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Howes, Thomas Edward White (Flight Lieutenant, b.1922 - d.2018)
Private Record
Maker: Howes, Thomas Edward White
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 404900 Flight Lieutenant Thomas Edward White Howes DFC, No. 70 and No. 104 Squadron (RAF), Australia, Libya, Egypt, Italy and Crete, 1942-1994. ...PR03613
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Hulme, Andrew (Corporal, b. 1909 - d.1985)
Private Record
Maker: Hulme, Andrew
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 22829 Corporal Andrew Hulme, No. 32 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Torres Strait Islands, 1942. Collection consists of two handwri...PR03826
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Hunt, Robert (Ensign)
Private Record
Maker: Hunt, Robert
Certificate of appointment of Robert Hunt as Ensign in the Sydney Battalion of the New South Wales Volunteer Rifles, signed by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir John Young, 1865.PR00710
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Huston, William 'Bill' (Civilian)
Private Record
Maker: Huston, William 'Bill' Z Special Unit Association
Collection relating to the Second World War experience of William 'Bill' Huston, Australia, 1953-1964. Collection consists of one Christmas card, dated 2 November 1953, sent to William 'Bill' Huston...AWM2016.477.1
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Hutchinson, Ralph (Warrant Officer 2, b.1890 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Hutchinson, Ralph
Collection relating to the First World service of 190 Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Ralph Hutchinson, 13 Field Ambulance. Collection consists of an original diary for the period August 1914 to August...PR82/033
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Ian Croft and Lindsay McSkimming
Art
Maker: Baird, John
Stoker Ian Campbell Croft (34578), HMAS Cerberus, and Pilot Officer Lindsay Gordon Skimming (26177), HMAS Moreton are depicted reclining on seats sleeping on board Flying Boat VH-ABG "Coriolanus" fro...ART27889
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Improvised red tambourine : Miss L and S Dawson, 'The Dancing Darlings'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised tambourine, possibly made from a cake tin with base and side joined by a rolled seam. The upper rim of the tin is also rolled. There are three cutouts, each about 60 mm x 12 mm, into which ...REL40766
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Improvised silver tambourine : Miss L and S Dawson, 'The Dancing Darlings'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised tambourine, possibly made from a cake tin with base and side joined by a rolled seam. The upper rim of the tin has a fold over seam. There are three cutouts, each about 60 mm x 10 mm, into ...REL40767
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Improvised tambourine with streamers : Miss L and S Dawson, 'The Dancing Darlings'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Willow
Improvised tambourine made from a deep circular tinplate 'Willow' brand sandwich tin. The high (40 mm) sides have a rolled rim, and three rectangular cutouts, each about 100 mm x 15 mm, have been made...REL40765
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9.2 inch Howitzer Mk 1 Projectile Loading Tray : 1st Australian Imperial Force
Technology
Projectile laoding tray made from steel. The loading tray is designed to support a projectile on a loading hoist to aid the projectile being loaded into the breech before the artillery piece is prepar...RELAWM15742.001
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9.2 inch Howitzer Mk 1 Quick Loading Gear Hand Wheel : 1st Australian Imperial Force
Technology
4 Spoke, quick loading gear hand wheel made from brass. The handwheel is located on the right side on the craddle. The hand wheel rim is of a hollow folded design which has four wooden inserts located...RELAWM15742.002
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In dockyard hands
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Undergoing refits at Garden Island are HMA Ships "Westralia" and "Platypus". In the foreground preparations are being made to drive the first pile in a new section of wharfing, Sydney.ART30035
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International Vietnam protest
Art
Maker: Unknown SYDNEY : [S.L., N.D.]
Text poster advertising a rally and march from Chifley Square to Sydney Town Hall in December 1969 and calling for withdrawal of foreign troops from Vietnam.ARTV03066
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Interview with Dorothy Loughry (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Dorothy Loughry lived in Manly during the war and recalls the changes in the area across the duration of the war. Being a young girl she remembers the air raid drills at school and seeing the convoys...F04092
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[Interview with Doug Skinner (Images of Australia 'Decline and fall')]
Film
Maker: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Interview with Doug Skinner for the ABC Television programme Images of Australia conducted by Russell Braddon. Doug Skinner talks about war memorials and the Anzac tradition.F00266
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Interview with Irmhild Beinssen (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Interview with Irma Beinssen who came to Australia in 1935. She married an Australian of German origin. She discusses her feelings on hearing of the outbreak of war, feelings towards Germans. Her husb...F04018
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Interview with Jack Pollard (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr Jack Pollard was a cadet reporter with the Sydney Daily Telegraph. He enlisted as an eighteen year old and describes training and conditions for young soldiers (under 19 years). He describes the Ja...F04028
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Interview with Joyce Batterham (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Joyce Batterham was a member of the Communist Party. She discusses her feelings about the outbreak of war, the banning of the Communist Party, her period in the textiles factories as an organiser, att...F04024
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Interview with Ken Haylings (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr Ken Haylings was a school boy during the war and describes his experiences while living in Petersham, Sydney. He describes his mother receiving a telegram with birthday wishes, while neighbours rec...F04033
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Interview with Mary Holmes (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Mary Holmes was active as a worker with the National Emergency Service in the Sydney area during the war. She also began teaching at a private boy's school where previously only male teacher's had...F04026
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Island sailors (Navy in focus)
Film
Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver Donovan, Vincent Green, David
Promotional film on the work of Royal Australian Navy in training of the Papuan New Guinea sailors on the naval base HMAS Tarangau, Manus Island, PNG. Recruitment of young Papuan and New Guineans for ...F03057
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Jackson, Alan Thomas (Private, b.1907 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Jackson, Alan Thomas Winston, Charles Henry
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX84357 Private Alan Thomas Jackson, 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, the Middle East and New Gui...AWM2017.49.1
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Jacob, Helen Bertha Mary, (Sister)
Private Record
Maker: Jacob, Helen Bertha Mary
Diary (and transcript) of NX70500 Sister Helen Jacob who served with the 10th Australian General Hospital in Singapore during the Second World War. Jacob's diary covers the year 1942 and she describe...PR02064
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James, Ronald Henry (Able Seaman, b.1922 - d.2011)
Private Record
Maker: James, Ronald Henry
Collection relating to the Second World War service of S4845 Able Seaman Ronald Henry James, HMAS Bungaree and HMAS Launceston, Royal Australian Navy, Sydney, Australia, 2007. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consist...PR05835
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Jamieson, Ernie (Able Seaman)
Private Record
Maker: Jamieson, Ernie
Memoir written by Ernie Jamieson in 1994 describing his experiences as an Able Seaman in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the Second World War. The memoir documents his training at Flinders Nav...PR03013
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Jarvis, Arthur Norman (Warrant Officer, b.1911 - d.1982)
Private Record
Maker: Jarvis, Arthur Norman Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 423131 Warrant Officer Arthur Norman Jarvis, 159 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, United States of America, Canada, the Bahamas a...AWM2020.356.8
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Jay, Charles Alfred (Trooper, b.1882 - d.1971)
Private Record
Maker: Jay, Charles Alfred
Discharge certificate issued to Trooper Jay at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, following the completion of his engagement in South Africa.PR00124
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Johnstone, R K 'Bob' (Civilian, b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Johnstone, R K 'Bob'
Speech titled "A Most Secret War" by Robert K Johnstone, describing his experience of working in a pioneering radar design unit in Sydney during Second World War.PR04022
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Johnston, George Henry (Private, NSW Marine Light Infantry b.1880 - d.1954)
Private Record
Maker: Johnston, George Henry
Diary with regular entries from the time of departure of NSW Naval Contingent aboard the SS Salamis at Sydney. Covers arrival in China, posting to the Taku Forts area, records minor policing actions, ...PR88/212
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Johnston, Joseph (Sub Lieutenant, Air Movements Officer, RNvr)
Private Record
Maker: Johnston, Joseph
VARIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVING LICENCES ISSUED TO SUB Lieutenant JOHNSTON AT NAVAL BASES IN SINGAPORE, BATAVIA AND SYDNEY WHEN POSTED TO THE BRITISH PACIFIC FLEETPR83/121
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Jones, Charles Edward Francis (Private, b.1901 - d.1972)
Private Record
Maker: Jones, Charles Edward Francis 'Frank'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX51703 Private Charles Edward Francis 'Frank' Jones, 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Singapore,...PR02096
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Jory, Eric Lloyd (Lieutenant, b.1917 – d.1991)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Jory, Eric Lloyd
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX45177 Lieutenant Eric Lloyd Jory, 2/13 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Middle East and Australia, 1941-1950. ...AWM2017.65.1
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Junior Legacy Club of Sydney
Private Record
Typescript entitled: "Ceremony of receiving a new member into the Junior Legacy Club of Sydney NSW".3DRL/4131
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Kebblewhite, Eli Daniel (Able Seaman b.1911 - d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Kebblewhite, Eli Daniel
Original diaries of Able Seaman Kebblewhite covering the first two years of his service on HMAS Vendetta. The diaries contain information on the work of the Vendetta during this time including the mil...PR00127
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Kelly, Thomas (Private, NSW Army Medical Corps)
Private Record
Maker: Kelly, Thomas
DIARY COVERING ENLISTMENT IN THE MEDICAL CORPS, VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY AND ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AFRICA. NOTES ACTIONS IN WHICH HE TOOK PART, CARE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED AND RETURN TO AUSTRALIA3DRL/7545
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(Kenneth) Mervyn Hains as a private, 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, South Vietnam 1970-1971 [recorded letter]
Sound
Maker: Hains, Kenneth Mervyn Hains, Kenneth Mervyn
Private Mervyn Hains records a letter for his sister, Helen and brother-in-law Russell, with comments for other members of his family also. He describes the some of his experiences in Vietnam; patroll...S00070
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Kenwood, Alan Sydney (Private, b.1916 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Kenwood, Alan Sydney West, Richard Francis Kirby
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX47713 Private Alan Sydney Kenwood, 2/12 Field Ambulance, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia 1940-1942. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of t...PR05233
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Keshan, Malcolm William (Sergeant, b. 1919 - d.2014)
Private Record
Maker: Keshan, Dorothy Ann
Collection relation to the Second World War service of NX11067 Sergeant Malcolm "Mac" William Keshan, 2/4th Infantry Battalion, Germany, Libya, and Australia, 1940-1945. Collection consists of lette...PR06082
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King George VI Coronation Medal : Lieutenant Colonel J J Murray
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
George VI Coronation Medal. Unnamed as issued.REL42328.012
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King, Norm (Chief Petty Officer, b: 1920, d: 1999)
Manuscript
Maker: King, Norm
Autobiography titled 'Memoirs of a Reluctant Warrior, 1936-1955' describing emigration to Australia, schooling, the depression, enlisting in the Royal Australian Navy, pre-war service, and active serv...MSS1502
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Kormoran (German Navy)
Private Record
LOG AND ARTILLERY REPORTS OF THE KORMORAN COVERING VARIOUS ENGAGEMENTS, ARTICLE DESCRIBING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN KORMORAN AND SYDNEY, LOG OF GERMAN VESSEL PASSAT, LOG OF GERMAN VESSEL PINGUIN, CHARTS RE ...PR85/057
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Lamb, George Hamilton (Lieutenant, b.1903 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Lamb, George Hamilton
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX22347 Lieutenant George Hamilton Lamb, 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, Australia, Palestine, Dutch East Indies, and Thailand, 1940-1943. Collection ...AWM2016.490.1
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Landing aircraft on carrier
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts dock with side of ship, small aircraft being lifted onto ship by crane of ship.ART28148
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Launching a new army boat into Rozelle Bay
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Launching by means of a mobile crane, a vessel built by Slazenger's, on the outbreak of war, converted from a tennis racquet makers to the builders of small ships and the craft they built had to be tr...ART21379