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Defence Medal: Lieutenant A Chowne, 2/2 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/06322.006
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EUBOEA ISLAND, GREECE. 1941-05-08. OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ...
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Maker: Unknown
EUBOEA ISLAND, GREECE. 1941-05-08. OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION NEAR THE VILLAGE OF PILI ON THE EVE OF THEIR DEPARTURE FROM THE ISLAND IN THE AEGEAN SEA AFTER ESCAPING F...134872
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Greek rope lighter: Captain Bruce Brock, 2/2 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Flint and tinder rope lighter. The lighter features a metal casing with an attached flintwheel and a length of white (discoloured) and blue rope. About halfway down the rope is a knot and the padding ...REL/11646
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Group portrait of 18 Allied Prisoners of War at Stalag XVIIIa working camp A 826/L near ...
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of 18 Allied Prisoners of War at Stalag XVIIIa working camp A 826/L near Wolfsburg, including NX14129 Private (Pte) Henry James Sparkes, 2/2 Battalion. Pte Sparkes was taken POW in Gree...P09022.005
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Group portrait of 19 Allied Prisoners of War at Stalag XVIIIa working camp A 146/L near ...
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of 19 Allied Prisoners of War at Stalag XVIIIa working camp A 146/L near Wolfsburg, including NX14129 Private (Pte) Henry James Sparkes, 2/2 Battalion, who was one of the detail employe...P09022.006
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Group portrait of 19 Allied Prisoners of War (POW) at Stalag XVIIIa working camp A 146/L near ...
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of 19 Allied Prisoners of War (POW) at Stalag XVIIIa working camp A 146/L near Wolfsburg, including NX14129 Private (Pte) Henry James Sparkes, 2/2 Battalion, who was one of the detail e...P09022.009
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Group portrait of 13 Allied Prisoners of War (POW) at Stalag XVIIIa working camp A 826/L near ...
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of 13 Allied Prisoners of War (POW) at Stalag XVIIIa working camp A 826/L near Wolfsburg, including NX14129 Private (Pte) Henry James Sparkes, 2/2 Battalion. Pte Sparkes was taken POW i...P09022.004
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Group portrait of 18 Allied Prisoners of War (POW) at Stalag XVIIIa working camp A 826/L near ...
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of 18 Allied Prisoners of War (POW) at Stalag XVIIIa working camp A 826/L near Wolfsburg, including NX14129 Private (Pte) Henry James Sparkes, 2/2 Battalion. Pte Sparkes was taken POW i...P09022.008
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Group portrait of officers of the 2/2nd Battalion. Identified standing on the left is NX1837 ...
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of officers of the 2/2nd Battalion. Identified standing on the left is NX1837 Captain Courtney Norman Swinton from Armidale, NSW who later joined the RAAF, qualifying as a pilot. Standi...P04680.005
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Group portrait of 18 Prisoners of War at Stalag XVIIIa working camp A 95/GW, Austria. In a letter ...
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of 18 Prisoners of War at Stalag XVIIIa working camp A 95/GW, Austria. In a letter to his wife dated 2 June 1944, NX14129 Private Henry James Sparkes (front row, 3rd from left) wrote "I...P09022.012
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Group portrait of three Allied Prisoners of War at Stalag XVIIIa working camp A 149/L near ...
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of three Allied Prisoners of War at Stalag XVIIIa working camp A 149/L near Wolfsburg, including NX14129 Private (Pte) Henry James Sparkes, 2/2 Battalion (on right). The first of many p...P09022.013
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Housewife : Private P Mapstone, 2/2nd Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Light brown checked cotton fabric housewife, lined throughout with multi-coloured striped cotton flannelette (possibly pyjama fabric). Each end is folded in and sewn to form a pocket. One pocket carri...REL/14554
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Identity bracelet : Captain C N Swinton, 2/2 Australian Infantry Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Aluminium, hexagonal disc attached to metal link bracelet. The disc is engraved 'NX1837 / C.N. Swinton / 04 C.OF.E' .REL33840
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Identity discs : Captain C N Swinton, 2/2 Australian Infantry Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small metallic identity discs, one octagonal and one circular, attached to a metal weave chain. Both have 'NX1837 / GN Swinton / 04 C of E' hand engraved on them.REL33838
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Informal outdoor portrait of NX42848 Allan Hugo Donnet, 2/2 Battalion, of Gulargambone, NSW. ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of NX42848 Allan Hugo Donnet, 2/2 Battalion, of Gulargambone, NSW. Sergeant Donnet was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for distinguished conduct and outstanding...P08571.001
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Informal portrait of N19303 Private (Pte) Stanley Lawrence Judge, 2/2nd Battalion. A labourer of ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of N19303 Private (Pte) Stanley Lawrence Judge, 2/2nd Battalion. A labourer of Armidale, NSW, Pte Judge enlisted in February 1939, and was accidentially killed in Tamworth, Qld, on 2...P06339.001
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Informal portrait of NX13343 Private (Pte) Alfred Henry Kerr of Wiangaree, NSW. Enlisting in the ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of NX13343 Private (Pte) Alfred Henry Kerr of Wiangaree, NSW. Enlisting in the Second AIF in April 1940, Pte Kerr served with the 2/2 Battalion in the Middle East and Pacific campaig...P06502.001
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Informal portrait of NX15460 Private (Pte) Ronald Lalor, 2/2 Battalion. Enlisting on 17 May 1940, ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of NX15460 Private (Pte) Ronald Lalor, 2/2 Battalion. Enlisting on 17 May 1940, Pte Lalor served with 2/2 Battalion in North Africa. Pte Lalor was killed in action in New Guinea on 1...P11434.001
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Italian 102/35 anti-aircraft ammunition fuze : Lieutenant B Brock, HQ Company, 2/2 Battalion, AIF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Incomplete aluminium Italian fuze for 102 mm, 35 calibre anti-aircraft ammunition. This time fuze is missing its ballistic cap. The words 'FORT CAPUZZO' and '1940', along with some indecipherable mark...REL34759
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Italian brass tank plaque : Lieutenant B Brock, HQ Company, 2/2 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular Italian armoured tank plaque made from brass with a serrated circumference, the plaque features a central design of the Roman Fasces, with a five-pointed star alongside to the right and under...REL34760