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Abermain, NSW. c. 1920. A composite photograph, presented to the Abermain RSL by the ladies of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Abermain, NSW. c. 1920. A composite photograph, presented to the Abermain RSL by the ladies of the Abermain Comforts Fund. The composite photograph comprises portraits of the twenty five servicemen fr...P01920.001
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A file of the 56th Battalion in process of transfer to the northern side of the Somme near ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A file of the 56th Battalion in process of transfer to the northern side of the Somme near Clery-sur-Somme. While maintaining the attempts to cross the Somme marshes, General Monash transferred the 2n...E03201
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AIF lapel pin : Private H F N Oliver, 56 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Angus & Coote
Brass AIF lapel pin showing the rising sun emblem and 'A.I.F'. The pin is surmounted by a King's crown and stamped with the maker's details on the reverse.REL34752
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An outdoors group portrait of unidentified officers, NCOs and men of the 56th Battalion. The dog ...
Photograph
Maker: Jackson, Cyril James
An outdoors group portrait of unidentified officers, NCOs and men of the 56th Battalion. The dog in the front row (right) is possibly the battalion mascot. This panorama is one of a series taken by ...E05305
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Australian red ensign : Private W D Reily, 56 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Printed cotton Australian red ensign with six-pointed (1901-1908 pattern) Federation Star. Light stains on the flag are said to have been blood stains, which were once darker in colour.REL39008
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56 Battalion colour patch : Private C J Brill, 56 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unit colour patch for the 56th Battalion. The vertically aligned rectangular patch is made of two parallel strips of colour, white and green. The white strip is made of wool flannelette and the green ...RELAWM14076.004
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Belgian 10 centimes coin: Corporal A C Hall, 54 Battalion, AIF
Technology
Maker: German government
Belgian 10 centimes coin, dated 1916. The coin has both Flemish and French inscriptions, and has been circulated.RELC02134
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Belgian 25 centimes coins: Corporal A C Hall, 54 Battalion, AIF
Technology
Maker: German government
Two Belgian 25 centimes coins, dated 1916. The coins have both Flemish and French inscriptions, and have been circulated.RELC02135
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Belgian 10 centimes coins: Corporal A C Hall, 54 Battalion, AIF
Technology
Maker: German government
Two Belgian 10 centimes coins, dated 1916. The coins have both Flemish and French inscriptions, and have been circulated.RELC02136
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Belgian 25 centimes pierced coin: Corporal A C Hall, 54 Battalion, AIF
Technology
Maker: Belgian Government
Belgian 25 centimes pierced coin, dated 1913. The coin has Flemish inscriptions. The coin has been circulated.RELC02133
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Belgian 2 franc note: Corporal A C Hall, 54 Battalion, AIF
Technology
Maker: Societe Generale De Belgique
Belgian 2 franc note, serial no. G591167, dated 1915. The note has been circulated and has central vertical and horizontal fold marks. It has general use wear. On the lower right corner of the reverse...RELC02132
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Belgian 5 franc note: Corporal A C Hall, 54 Battalion, AIF
Technology
Maker: Banque Nationale De Belgique
Belgian 5 franc note, serial no. 553.K.835, issued in December 1918. The note has been circulated and has a central vertical fold mark. A small inscription in the lower right corner of the obverse rea...RELC02131
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Acting Sergeant H F N Oliver, 20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed on edge with recipient's details.REL34745.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Lance Corporal W G Kite, 56 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL22873.003
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British War Medal 1914-20: Private Richard Thomas Hibbert, 56 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL28649.001
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Sergeant M P McCall, 20 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL41097.002
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c. 1917. A portrait of 254 Private Archibald Scott, 56th Battalion. Private Scott was killed on ...
Photograph
c. 1917. A portrait of 254 Private Archibald Scott, 56th Battalion. Private Scott was killed on 1918-05-21 and he is buried in the Crouy British War Cemetery, Crouy-Sur-Somme, France. This portrait is...P01920.006
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Captain Frederick Dudley Weedon Oatley
Photograph
Studio portrait of Captain Frederick Dudley Weedon Oatley, 6th Light Horse, later Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Frederick Dudley Weedon Oatley, 56th Battalion, AIF. Lt Col Oatley died of illness on 28 M...AWM2017.686.1
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CHAMONIX, FRANCE. 1917-09-21. GROUP PORTRAIT OF A PARTY WEARING MOUNTAIN CLIMBING GEAR, ...
Photograph
CHAMONIX, FRANCE. 1917-09-21. GROUP PORTRAIT OF A PARTY WEARING MOUNTAIN CLIMBING GEAR, COMPRISING TWO AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN ON LEAVE AND TWO HARVARD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY CLIMBED MONT ...P01722.007
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CHAMONIX, FRANCE. 1917-09. 2139 STAFF SERGEANT C. R. (ROY) MCKERIHAN, 56TH BATTALION (LEFT), AND ...
Photograph
CHAMONIX, FRANCE. 1917-09. 2139 STAFF SERGEANT C. R. (ROY) MCKERIHAN, 56TH BATTALION (LEFT), AND 2389 STAFF SERGEANT GODFREY HECTOR LAHEY, 4TH DIVISIONAL AMMUNITION COLUMN, DURING LEAVE IN FRANCE. THE...P01722.006
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Colour patch : 56 Infantry Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Vertically aligned rectangular colour patch for 56 Infantry Battalion AIF, divided white (left) against green.RELAWM13307.121
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Compressed fibre identity discs: Private W D Reily, 56 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of compressed fibre identity discs, threaded onto a piece of khaki cotton tape that is knotted together. One disc is round, coloured a reddish brown, and has a single hole punched through it to t...REL39009
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Deceased Soldier's Kit tag : Private C J Brill, 56 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular white cardboard tag with a vertical red stripe through the centre. At the top is printed 'Australian Imperial Force, Kit Store.'. Beneath this is 'DECEASED SOLDIER'S KIT.'. Underneath is...RELAWM14076.007
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Discharged Returned Soldier badge : Lance Corporal W G Kite, 56 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Stokes & Sons, Melbourne
Brass Discharged Returned Soldier badge with serial number stamped into reverse 'C6580'.REL22873.006
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Discharged Returned Soldier Badge: Private H F N Oliver, 56 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Amor Pty Ltd
Returned From Active Service badge. In the centre of the circular brass badge is the rising sun emblem and 'A.I.F' surrounded by the words 'ISSUED BY DEPT OF DEFENCE RETURNED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE'. The...REL34750
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Distinguished Conduct Medal : Private W G Kite, 56 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Mint
Distinguished Conduct Medal (Geo V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL22873.001
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England. Lieutenant Arthur Wesley Wheen MM & Bar of the 56th Battalion, AIF, having his hand ...
Photograph
England. Lieutenant Arthur Wesley Wheen MM & Bar of the 56th Battalion, AIF, having his hand dressed by Miss Kent at a military hospital. (Donor Captain J.W. Richards)H15713
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Female Relative's badge : Mrs Oliver
Heraldry
Maker: Stokes & Sons, Melbourne
Silver Female Relative's badge with a blue enamelled oval around the voided letters 'AIF'. The oval contains the words 'ISSUED BY DEPT OF DEFENCE TO WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA'. An enamelled scroll beneath th...REL34749
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Grave of 2400 Private (Pte) Bernard James Doherty. A boundary rider from Wee Waa NSW, Pte Doherty ...
Photograph
Grave of 2400 Private (Pte) Bernard James Doherty. A boundary rider from Wee Waa NSW, Pte Doherty embarked on 30 September 1916 with the 56th Battalion, 5th Reinforcements. Arriving in Etaples, France...P12183.001
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Group photograph of the members of the 6th Reinforcements, 56th Battalion.
Photograph
Maker: Imperial Studios
Group photograph of the members of the 6th Reinforcements, 56th Battalion.P08563.003
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Group portrait of Bungendore servicemen in the 55th and 56th Battalions. Identified from left to ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of Bungendore servicemen in the 55th and 56th Battalions. Identified from left to right, back row: 2489 Private (Pte) Reuben Clarence Smith, 56th Battalion; 2485 Pte Cyril Thomas Smith,...P09678.001
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Identity disc : Private H F N Oliver, 56 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Aluminium identity disc on a leather strap. The disc is engraved with '2767 H.F.N. Oliver 56 Batt 56 A.I.F. C of E.'. The disc was initally engraved with the wearer's original unit, 20 Battalion, howe...REL34747
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Improvised Australian notice board, 'To the Great Push, Diggers Avenue' : Captain A M Cohen, 56th Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular wooden board taken from a ration box. Both vertical sides have nail holes, with the left side still retaining all four nails. These are bent as if ripped from the box. The following legend...RELAWM00860
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Improvised sign, 56 Battalion, AIF, 'Verband Stelle' : La Flaque, France
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Raw timber sign board, made from a section of wood cut from a single plank. The sign has the words 'Verband Stelle' [dressing post], painted in black, separated by a white circle, with a black border,...RELAWM00925
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Informal portrait of 2626 (later 2626A) Private (Pte) Reginald Baden Crowley, 56th Battalion ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of 2626 (later 2626A) Private (Pte) Reginald Baden Crowley, 56th Battalion (later 34th Battalion), of West Wyalong, NSW. He is wearing a sheepskin jerkin over his uniform and smoking...P06934.004
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Informal portrait of NX178578 Sergeant (Sgt) John Edward Wonson, 8th Port Operating Company, of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of NX178578 Sergeant (Sgt) John Edward Wonson, 8th Port Operating Company, of Bexley, NSW. Wonson enlisted in the Second World War on 2 March 1944 and was discharged on 20 December 1...P05623.001
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Memorial scroll : Sergeant M P McCall, 56 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Memorial scroll bearing the Royal coat of arms 'GV/ RI' (King George V) flanking the central crown. Beneath in black, with a blue initial letter, is 'He whom this scroll commemorates was numbered amon...REL41097.004
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Memorials erected near Quinconce, by the 53rd and 56th Battalions to members of the Battalions ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Memorials erected near Quinconce, by the 53rd and 56th Battalions to members of the Battalions who fell in the attack on Peronne on 1 September and 2 September 1918. Note the lists of names on each cr...E03765
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Military Cross ribbon bar : Lieutenant R J Poore, 56th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Cross ribbon bar with white and purple silk ribbon and a brooch-pin back. Tied to the ribbon bar with a length of string is a glazed linen Australian War Museums object label (see RELAWM12147...RELAWM12147.001
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Military Medal : Private W G Kite, 56 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Medal (Geo V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL22873.002
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Next of kin plaque: Private Richard Thomas Hibbert, 56th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze next of kin plaque, showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. ...REL28651
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Outdoor portrait of 2031 Private (Pte) Elvy Leslie Loton and 1871 Pte Stanley Charles Baker of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Outdoor portrait of 2031 Private (Pte) Elvy Leslie Loton and 1871 Pte Stanley Charles Baker of the AIF. Pte Elvy was later attached to 19th Battalion but received a gun shot wound to his arm on 20 Apr...H16873
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Outdoor portrait of Private (Pte) John Bermingham, 56th Battalion, of Young, NSW. A machine ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Outdoor portrait of Private (Pte) John Bermingham, 56th Battalion, of Young, NSW. A machine expert prior to enlistment he embarked from Sydney with the 4th Reinforcements on board HMAT Port Sydney on ...P08972.001
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Pair of German spectacles, Proyart: Private W T Turner, 56 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of circular brass-rimmed spectacles with short, hinged triangular arms to which are attached a loop of grey elastic, each with a pair of alloy adjustment slider buckles. The elastic fits over the...RELAWM08256
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Photographic montage with studio portraits of five members of the Crowley family of West Wyalong, ...
Photograph
Maker: Roma Studios
Photographic montage with studio portraits of five members of the Crowley family of West Wyalong, NSW. Five portraits are accompanied by the text 'Fighting for the flag!'. Identified are 2917 Private ...P06934.001
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Photographic postcard related to Private Thomas Bayne DCM
Photograph
Maker: Ideal Studios Ltd
Studio portrait of one Australian and two British soldiers. Identified, far left, is 1877 Private (Pte) Thomas Bayne DCM, 56th Battalion. Pte Bayne was born in Scotland, but was working as a labourer ...P11282.001
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Photograph of 'Gladys' : Private C J Brill, 56 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Half of a photograph, showing a young woman in a coat with a fur collar. The name 'Gladys' is signed diagonally on the photograph. Beneath the image of the woman is some purple handwriting which is no...RELAWM14076.006
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Pocket book : Private C J Brill, 56 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Cassell & Company Limited
Pocket book with green fabric cover. On the front is printed 'Letts's Diary, 1916' in gold. The book has sustained shell damage and has a number of holes. Many pages are in fragments or are loose from...RELAWM14076.002
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Portrait of Lieutenant Mackenzie Macdonald. Macdonald enlisted in the AIF on 29 August 1914 and ...
Photograph
Portrait of Lieutenant Mackenzie Macdonald. Macdonald enlisted in the AIF on 29 August 1914 and was an original member of the 4th Battalion. He landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, was promoted to co...P01395.007
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Portrait of 1615 Private (Pte) Cecil James Baxter a carrier of Burwood, New South Wales. He ...
Photograph
Portrait of 1615 Private (Pte) Cecil James Baxter a carrier of Burwood, New South Wales. He enlisted on 16 February 1916 and embarked on HMAT Ceramic for Egypt. On 28 May 1916 he was transferred to ...H05627