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Albert Charles Linton (728) as a private 31st Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson.
Sound
Maker: Linton, Albert Charles Thomson, Alistair
Discusses early life in Tasmania; travelling to Egypt and camping at Heliopolis; difference between Australian and English soldiers and officers; fighting at Fromelles and having to retreat through fl...S01318
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An enemy circular mine with horns, near Falmouth off the east coast of Tasmania.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
An enemy circular mine with horns, near Falmouth off the east coast of Tasmania.A02214
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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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Barron, Ebenezer 'Edward' (Corporal, b.1866 - d.1940)
Private Record
Maker: Barron, Ebenezer 'Edward' Various
Collection relating to the Boer War service of 126 Corporal Ebenezer "Edward" Barron, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen, South Africa, 1901-1902. Collection consists of a small handwritten notebook kept...PR05088
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Blamey, Sir Thomas Albert (Field Marshal, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, Ed)
Private Record
Maker: Blamey, Thomas Albert
LETTER FROM BLAMEY TO PRESIDENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS ASSOCIATION, TASMANIA ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE ASSOCIATION'S FLAG.EXDOC116
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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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Campbell, James (Sergeant, 3rd Fld Coy Eng, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Campbell, James
COPY OF ORIGINAL DIARY REWRITTEN BY SGT CAMPBELL'S FATHER, COVERING HIS SON'S EXPERIENCES FROM HIS DEPARTURE IN MELBOURNE, TRAINING IN TASMANIA AND EGYPT AND ARRIVAL IN GALLIPOLI. THE DIARY CONCLUDES ...PR84/382
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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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Cherry, Percy Herbert, VC MC (Captain, b.1895 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Cherry, Percy Herbert
Original letter from King George V offering condolences on the death of Captain Cherry V.C., M.C., and regret at being unable to present the VC to Cherry before his death. The collection also contains...PR00110
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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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Documents Relating to Service of Tasmanians in South Africa (Lieutenant Colonel Watchorn, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Contingent)
Official Record
COPY OF RECORDS OF VARIOUS UNITS RAISED IN TASMANIA WHICH SERVED IN SOUTH AFRICA. ALSO COPY OF A. CONAN DOYLE'S "THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA ITS CAUSE AND CONDUCT"ORMF0044
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Duff, S J (Private, 15 Battalion, AIF d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Duff, S J
DIARY AND LETTERS RELATED TO HIS MOVEMENT TO EGYPT VIA BOMBAY, BRIEF NEWS OF BEING IN ACTION AND LATER DETAILS OF HIS DEATH, CORRESPONDENCE FROM TASMANIA RELATED TO THE DEATH OF PTE DUFF AND LATER COM...PR83/157
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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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Eastman, Walter
Manuscript
Maker: Eastman, Walter
"23 Brave Young Men" an account of the 23 Tasmanians who flew in the Australian Flying Corps. Provides a statistical analysis, mini biographical notes on each, background and photographs of the men an...MSS0866
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George Henry Bramich (3567) as a private, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 1916-1918, interviewed by Major Douglas Wyatt.
Sound
Maker: Bramich, George Henry Wyatt, Douglas M
Discusses service in 26th Light Horse Regiment (Tasmania Mounted Infantry) prior to the First World War at Wynyard under Lieutenant Tyrell; Easter Encampments at Mona Vale; enlisted in the AIF in 1916...S00683
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Gibbons, Frederick John (Lance Corporal, b.1878 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Gibbons, Frederick John
Collection relating to service of 2249 Lance Corporal Frederick John Gibbons, 26 Battalion AIF, Tasmania, Egypt and France. Collection includes letters written by Gibbons to his aunts in Oxfordshire,...1DRL/0312
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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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Hancox, Samuel Herbert, DSO, VD (Lieutenant-Colonel, 1887-?).
Private Record
Maker: Hancox, Samuel Herbert
3 letters to Hancox, regarding award of D.S.O. (for work with 1 Anzac Corps Light Railways), award of 1914 Star decoration, and transfer to the retired list.PR00549
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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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John Doggett, 15 and 47 Battalions, 4 Brigade AIF interviewed by David Chalk
Sound
Maker: Doggett, John Chalk, David
Precis: Childhood in Florndern near London; Fathers's bakery business; emigration to Canada in 1910; partnership with family friend in Vancouver; work with orchard in Okanagan Valley; trip to Tasmania...S01177
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John 'Jack' Albert Flannery (7981) as a private 12th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1917-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
Sound
Maker: Flannery, John Albert (Jack) Thomson, Alistair
John 'Jack' Albert Flannery as a private 12th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1917-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information ple...S01312
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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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McDougall, Stanley
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection of 4061 Sergeant Stanley McDougall, VC, MM, 48th Battalion relating to his service in the First World War and post war life. A scrapbook contains a range of material, 1917-1965, relating to...PR03030
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MURPHY , Mr David
Manuscript
Source material about the service of the 17th Leicester Regiment in Australia. Consists of list of ships which carried members of the regiment to NSW and Van Dieman's Land; nominal roll of members of ...MSS1169
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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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Neil Brian Davis as a cameraman / correspondent for Visnews Ltd, Vietnam and Cambodia 1964-1975, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Davis, Neil Brian Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim' Australian Broadcasting Commission
Neil Brian Davis as a cameraman / correspondent for Visnews Ltd, Vietnam and Cambodia 1964-1975, interviewed by Tim BowdenS00677
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Neil Brian Davis as a cameraman / correspondent for Visnews Ltd, Vietnam and Cambodia 1964-1975, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Davis, Neil Brian Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim' Australian Broadcasting Commission
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03753
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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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Noetling, Friedrich Wilhelm "Fritz" (b.1857 - d.1928)
Private Record
Maker: Noetling, Friedrich Wilhelm "Fritz"
Collection relating to Dr Fritz Noetling, a German paleontologist and Acting German Consul in Tasmania, who was interned during 1915-1919. Collection consists of correspondence, diary entries and new...2DRL/0693
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3401053 Private Harold Douglas 'Doug' Whitehurst, 3 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), interviewed by Bill Bunbury about his service in the Korean War, 1950-1953.
Sound
Maker: Whitehurst, Harold Douglas Bunbury, Bill
Collection of oral history interviews on the Korean War recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National 'Hindsight' for the program 'Korea 1950-1953, The Forgotten War'. A tr...S01919
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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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Series 14: Personal papers, 1910-1920
Digitised Collection
Maker: Various
This series contains certificates, drawings, ephemera and other personal items compiled by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, his wife, Lady Janetta Birdwood, and his daughter, Judith. The items are...RCDIG0000124
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Service dress tunic : 1st Battalion, Tasmanian Infantry Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Scarlet superfine tunic with white superfine stand collar decorated with opposing nickel-plated lion passant collar badges. Scarlet serge shoulder straps are trimmed with flat white worsted wool braid...REL/18395.001
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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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15th Battalion AIF (15th Bn and 47th Bn Association)
Private Record
Correspondence re: proposed unit history of 15th Bn (1929-31). Note re: service of Lt Col T P McSharry. Obituary: newspaper cuttings (29) re: 15th Bn men wounded on Gallipoli. Precis of proposed histo...PR85/310
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Types of Tasmanian and New Zealand regiments
Art
Maker: Simkin, Richard Supplement to the Army and Navy Gazette, London, 1900
pre-Federation; and New Zealand; uniforms; series of drawings to illustrate uniforms and euqipment of l-r: Sergeant n Infantry (marching order), trooper Hawera Mounted Rifles NZ (review order), office...ART50215
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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
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V. D. C. preparing Bofors
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Members of the Volunteers Defence Corps working on a Bofors Anti-aircraft gun, Tasmania, Australia.ART25797
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V. D. C. preparing Bofors for action
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Members of the Volunteers Defence Corps working on a Bofors Anti-Aircraft gun, Tasmania.ART25798
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von Bibra, Eric Ernest (Major, b.1895 - d.1958); and von Bibra, Elbert Louis (Sergeant, b.1889 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Von Bibra, Elbert Louis Von Bibra, Eric Ernest
Collection relating to the First World War service of brothers, Major Eric Ernest von Bibra, 54 Battalion, and Sergeant Elbert Louis von Bibra, 47 Battalion. Collection consists of one letter written...PR03339
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Watson, Laurence Roy (Flight Lieutenant, b.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Watson, Laurence Roy
Mixed papers relating to Watson's World War Two RAAF career as a flying instructor and as a member of 31 Squadron (Beaufighter). The collection includes flying log books, pay books, pilot training car...PR00112
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Watson, Reg
Manuscript
Maker: Watson, Reg
Photocopy of article "A Tasmanian's participation in the 'Forgotten War' (The Boer War)" plus two photograph copies from "The Tasmanian Mail" used to illustrate the article. Provides a background to t...MSS0859
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W G Fortman Memorials Postcard Collection
Published Collection
Maker: Fortman, W G
Collection of postcards collected by Mr W G Fortman in Melbourne, Vic between the First World War and the Second World War, of war memorials in Australia and overseas.RC00062