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Ack Ack Sergeant
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts a portrait of VX73378 Sergeant W W Raft, in charge Gun L1, 400 Australian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Station.ART25815
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A corner of the main assembly floor,
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A corner of the main assembly floor showing Australian built Gannets and Wirraways, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Factory, Melbourne.ART23077
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"Age" office with peace bulletins displayed
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
A sketch drawn from the crowd outside the office of the Melbourne "Age" newspaper after the news had been posted that the Japanese had made overtures for Peace, Melbourne.ART25808
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Air Commodore John McCauley
Art
Maker: Jones, Vernon
Air Commodore John Patrick Joseph McCauley, CBE, Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Royal Australian Air Force.ART27584
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Aircraftwoman Doreen Bradford
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a portrait of Aircraftswoman Doreen Bradford, Records Section, Air Force Headquarters, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART23549
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Air Raid Precaution Post
Private Record
ACCOUNT SHEETS FOR FIRST AID POST NO 59 LOCATED IN ALTONA (VIC) DETAILING OUTLAY ON STORES AND EQUIPMENTPR88/015
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Air Vice-Marshal George Jones
Art
Maker: Jones, Vernon
Depicts a caricature of Air Vice Marshal George Jones, CBE, DFC, MID, Chief of Air Staff, RAAF (also previously in First World War, No 4 Squadron AFC )ART27583
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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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Albums, Lieutenant Jack Riverstone Faviell
Photograph
Album of 50 pages (including inside covers) containing 222 photographs covering the service of Second Lieutenant (later Lieutenant) Jack Riverstone Faviell, Australian Flying Corps. The images are dec...AWM2018.412.5
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Allan, Fergus Alister (Pilot Officer, b.1917 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Allan, Fergus Alister
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 401265 Pilot Officer Fergus Alister Allan, 70 Operational Training Unit, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Egypt and Kenya, 1941-1943. Wall...AWM2019.1052.1
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Allan, Morton McLeod (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Allan, Morton McLeod
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Morton McLeod Allan, 12 Battalion, France, September-October 1917. Collection includes letters from Allan as printed in newspaper (unnamed) and condol...1DRL/0023
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Ambulance train, France 1914-1918
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
One of a series of oil paintings accompanying the `Evacuation of the wounded' dioramas. These depict the scheme of evacuation practiced in Messines in Belgium in June 1917. Work began on the models in...ART16867
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An Australian built aircraft on the assembly line
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of an Australian built aircraft engine on the assembly line, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Factory at Fisherman's Bend, Melbourne. In 1940 the artist toured the facility with Wing Command...ART23080
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Anderson, Frank Douglas (Lance Sergeant, b.1919 - d.1998)
Private Record
Maker: Anderson, Frank Douglas
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX151840 (V65884) Lance Sergeant Frank Douglas Anderson, Victorian Scottish Regiment, Citizen Military Force, Australia, 1938-1944. Wallet 1 of ...AWM2018.1283.1
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Anderson, Robert M (Brigadier General, Commandant Administrator, HQ AIF London)
Private Record
Maker: Anderson, Robert Murray McCheyne
VOLUME OF LETTERS, DESPATCHES AND REPORTS RECEIVED BY BRIG GEN ANDERSON WHILE DQMG AIF HQ CAIRO AND LATER COMMANDANT AIF HQ LONDON. THE DESPATCHES, COVERING EXTENSIVE ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY MATTERS...PR83/020
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Anonymous Seaman
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the interwar and Second World War experience and service of an unknown seaman, HMAS Perth (previously SS Autolycus), Royal Australian Navy, Australia, South Africa, United Kingd...PR03868
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Anti-aircraft guns-production line, Commonwealth Munitions, Vic
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a large hall with rows of large anti-aircraft guns, Commonwealth Munitions Factory, Victoria.ART28154
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Antill, Robert Edmund (Corporal, b.1897 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Antill, Robert Edmund
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1228 Corporal Robert Edmund Antill, 14 Battalion, Gallipoli, Egypt and France, 1914-1917. Collection consists of over ninety letters written by C...1DRL/0047
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Anzac: A Modern Tradition?
Manuscript
Maker: Spark, Seumas
Honours thesis suggests how Anzac commemoration in Melbourne has changed and continued. This is done by comparing two services, 1946 and 2000.MSS1812
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Armstrong, Thomas Drewett (Gunner, b.1914 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Armstrong, Helen Australian Military Forces
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX11840 Gunner Thomas Drewett Armstrong, 2/2 Field Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and the Middle East, 1940-1945. Wallet ...PR05868
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Artist's sketchbook No. 4
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Artist's sketchbook of ships in port in Fremantle. Norton made these sketches while stationed at Naval Staff Office, HMAS Leeuwin, Fremantle, July-Nov, 1943. Born in New Zealand in 1916, Frank Norton ...ART28830
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1. "Assassinated" Philippines President here 2. AIF returns. (Cinesound News No. 544)
Film
Maker: Cinesound
1. (1 min) Dr Manuel Kathong arrives in Melbourne and is greeted by General Douglas MacArthur 2. (8 min) AIF returns to Australia from the Middle East. General Allen keeps fit playing deck tennis.F00570
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Assembling Beaufort bomber
Art
Maker: Hanke, Henry
Depicts men of the Beaufort Division of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Fishermens Bend, Melbourne assembling a Beaufort Bomber.ART24090
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Atherton, Lawrence "Snowy" MM, (Private, b.1896 - d.1980)
Private Record
Maker: Atherton, Lawrence 'Snowy'
A collection consisting of 2 diaries, newspaper clippings, a postcards and a photograph. The diaries detail Pte Atherton's training in Egypt, the journey to France, the fighting, being shot at whilst ...PR00381
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Austen Mk 1 Submachine Gun
Technology
Maker: Diecasters Ltd, Melbourne
Austen Mk 1 Sub-machine Gun. Pressed steel construction with a short drilled barrel jacket and a folding butt. Two pistol grips with black plastic horizontal ribbed side plates. Fore grips missing. Ma...REL/02354
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Austen Mk 1 Submachine Gun
Technology
Austen Mk 1 Sub-machine Gun. Pressed steel construction with a short drilled barrel jacket and a folding butt. Two pistol grips missing the black plastic horizontal ribbed side plates. Marked on the d...REL/02960
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1 Aust. Ord. Tank Depot
Art
Maker: Browning, George Julian
Depicts a scene at the 1 Australian Ordnance Tank Depot, back entrance, where General Tanks are serviced and equipped for despatch to 1 Australian Armoured Division. On the verso of the drawing is an ...ART25315
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1. Australia helps Russia prepare for winter 2. Around the clock at American Service Club (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 35)
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 35. 1. (1 min 26 sec) Sheep skins shipped to Russia to help clothe Soviet troops 2. (2 min 8 sec) Story of an American recreation centre in Melbourne, Vic...F00357
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Australian Comforts Fund Victorian Division
Art
Maker: Unknown
Placard inviting members of the public to the Town Hall in Melbourne to view the activities of the Australian Comforts Fund. Poster is text only, and printed in red or blue ink. Title occupies the to...ARTV06099
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Australian Comforts Fund Victorian Division
Art
Maker: Unknown Australian Comforts Fund Victorian Division Unknown
Placard inviting members of the public to the Town Hall in Melbourne to view the activities of the Australian Comforts Fund. Poster is text only, and printed in red or blue ink. Title occupies the to...ARTV06098
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Australian pastoral scene
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts a women ploughing a field with a one horse plough.ART13343
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Australian postal film
Film
Scenes include; main entrance to the general Post Office Melbourne. Mail from the country being unloaded into postal vehicle. Sorting of mail. Date stamping machine in operation. Postmen leaving t...F00144
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Australian Red Cross Society
Private Record
Examples of the types of records used by the Australian Red Cross Society in connection with prisoners of war including an enquiry form, searcher report, directions for sending parcels and letters and...3DRL/1354
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Australian troops for the Sudan: preparations for departure
Art
Maker: Unknown Australasian Sketcher
Depicts a page from The 'Australasian Sketcher' , an illustrated newspaper from 11 March 1885 showing various aspects of the Australian troops departing for the Sudan. Between March- June 1885, the NS...ART19874
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A Voice from Anzac
Art
Maker: The Herald & Weekly Times The Herald & Weekly Times
Poster depicting two ghost like soldiers, seated at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, their backs to the sea. The poster was reproduced as a souvenir in the 'Herald', Melbourne, on Anzac Day, 1927. Will Dyson wa...ARTV05746
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Barber, Ronald (Signalman, b.1913 - d.1993)
Private Record
Maker: Barber, Ronald
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX31137 Signalman Ronald Barber, 2/4 Australian Infantry Battalion and 2/11 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Aust...PR05339
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Barney (Portrait of Corporal Seales)
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Portrait of Corporal A Seales, printer, in full uniform and slouch hat, which features his unit's colour patch - rectangular shape with black over red.ART23550
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Batchelor, Geoffrey Watt (Able Seaman, b. 1922 - d.2012)
Private Record
Maker: Bazley, Arthur William Gill, G H
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Able Seaman Geoffrey Watt Batchelor, Australia, 1958. Wallet 1 of 1 - contains letters exchanged between Batchelor, Arthur Bazley and G H Hill r...PR01604
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Bath, Dorothy Mary “Topsy” (Civilian, b.1919 - d.2013)
Private Record
Collection relating to the Second World War experiences of Miss Dorothy Mary “Topsy” Bath, Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 1940-1945. Collection consists of 39 items including letters, telegraphs, and...AWM2016.529.1
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Beaufighter pilot (Group Captain Edwin Fyfe)
Art
Maker: Jones, Vernon
Royal Australian Air Force, No 77 Wing; Group Captain Edwin Glen Fyfe, DSO, 77 Wing RAAF, wearing Mae West life jacket and holding goggles; Beaufighter Mk IV in background; defence of, campaignsART27565
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(90770) Beaurepaire, Beryl Edith (Dame)
Sound
Maker: Beaurepaire, Beryl Edith
Dame Beryl Edith Beaurepaire as an assistant section officer Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, 1942-1945, interviewed by Joyce ThomsonS00160
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Bell 47G-3B-1 Sioux Helicopter Blade
Technology
Blade for the Bell 47G-3B-1 Sioux light reconaissance helicopter.REL/04248.007
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Bell 47G-3B-1 Sioux Helicopter Blade
Technology
Blade for the Bell 47G-3B-1 Sioux light reconaissance helicopter.REL/04248.006
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Bence, Leonard Pendrell (Flying Officer, b.1923)
Private Record
Maker: Bence, Leonard Pendrell Commonwealth of Australia
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 422915 Sergeant Leonard Pendrell Bence, No. 106 Squadron, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1942-1945. Collection consists of one regulation is...AWM2016.333.1
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Benson, S (Corporal, 57/60 Bns)
Private Record
Maker: Benson, S
Description of the 1 Australian Guard Compound, Melbourne in June 1944, where Beson was a warder.3DRL/0510
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Bergdahl, Aage Lorang (Merchant Navy, b.1918 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Aage Lorang Bergdahl, Merchant Navy, Norway, Australia, Ceylon, 1933-1989. Collection includes: 1 x high school report, dated 16 June 1933; 1...PR03785
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Beth Fulton Berg as a section officer, Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF), 1941-1945, interviewed by Joyce Thomson
Sound
Maker: Berg, Beth Fulton
TAPE 1: Early life; joining WATC; training and duties; joining Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF); conditions and duties at Mayfield Avenue Barracks; discussion of officers; transfer to Ro...S00161
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Bierwirth, Rudolph (Lieutenant General, b.1899-d.1993)
Private Record
Maker: Bierwirth, Rudolph
Collection relating to the Korean War service of 314 Lieutenant General Rudolph Bierwirth, British Commonwealth Forces Korea, England, Japan and Australia, 1955-1956. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of pap...3DRL/6409
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Biscuit bombers-heading for Salamaua
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force taking off on a supply dropping operation to Nunn's Post in the Salamaua area.ART23625
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Black, Robert Hughes (Professor, b.1917 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Black, Robert Hughes
Papers of Professor Robert Hughes Black who was an Australian Army Medical Corps captain and physician at LHQ Medical Research Unit, Cairns during the Second World War (1941 - 1946). The papers includ...PR01437