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Collection
62 Results
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Engraved tobacco tin : Sergeant W O Wald, 8th Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small aluminium tobacco tin with separate lid. Engraved on the four sides of the lid is, 'BURMA MALAYA THAILAND SINGAPORE'. The sides of the tin are also engraved with, 'W WALD NX58914 8 [illegible] ...REL39900
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Fez : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Red felt fez with black tassel. The sides are internally reinforced with panel of woven plant fibre. Printed paper label inside crown.REL39519
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Folding fan : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden folding hand fan with 21 leaves. Each leaf is identically decorated with a series of pierced patterns, which differ from the endguard pattern. A small piece is broken from the top corner of one...REL39520
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Hand made playing cards : Major B A Hunt, 2/13 Australian General Hospital
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Twenty three hand drawn playing cards made from the backs of Three Castles cigarette packets. The cards are finely marked in black ink, pencil and coloured pencil and comprise a Joker, four Jacks, fou...REL/04536.001
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Hand painted leaf : 8 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Dried hand painted leaf from Malaya showing a tropical scene, with palm trees, a beach, and a blue sky with white clouds. Beneath is the text 'GREETINGS! (yellow) FROM (white) MALAYA (red edged with b...REL36136
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Home-made POW shorts : Driver D S Shipston, 2/105 General Transport Company, Australain Army Service Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Shipston, Donald Saxon
Pair of shorts made from light-weight khaki cotton, probably material from a shirt. The shorts have a waistband and are fastened with a tab fitting on each hip which closes using a handmade celluloid ...REL/04071
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Improvised flag : Sergeant W W Bale, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Various
Improvised cotton flag made from scraps of material. The flag is white around the edges and bears an 8th Australian Division Artillery colour patch in the centre. The horizontally aligned oval is divi...REL29495
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Improvised Melbourne Cup : Lieutenant W E Peck, Lintang Prisoner of War Barracks, Kuching, Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised trophy cup made from an empty bully beef tin that has had the label and lid removed. This is mounted on a wooden stem which slots into an octagonal wooden base with a roughly shaped top edg...RELAWM24544
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Improvised prisoners' smoking pipe: Staff Sergeant Arthur Cyril Robinson, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Robinson, Arthur Cyril
Crude smoking pipe with shank made from local clay and fired. The pipe was used with the stem (REL/1961.003) which also served another pipe. The interior of the bowl contains tobacco residue.REL/01961.001
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Inlaid wooden tray: Craftsman William John Brown, 2/4th Field Workshop
Heraldry
Maker: Brown, William John
Rectangular teak tray composed of a base with a smaller rectangular inner tray secured to it from beneath with screws. The tray has shaped raised sides, also secured with screws, with handles set into...RELAWM31832
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Keffiyeh : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White cotton keffiyeh. Hemmed on all four sides, with two sides holding a total of fourteen small white tassels. A black maker's mark is printed in one corner.REL39522.002
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Lion head door handle from Changi Gaol : Private J J Tracey, Australian Army Service Corps, 8 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Heavy brass lion-headed door handle set within a decorative border. The handle is complete with a circular brass door plate edged with two rows of beading. Two holes are drilled into the plate to allo...REL33632
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Melbourne Cup awarded for a Frog Race Meeting run by the Adam Park Racing Club, Singapore, 1942
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised trophy cup made of two parts of a coconut shell joined together in the centre by a nut and bolt. Each side of the cup has a curved metal handle attached by two small nuts and bolts. The cup...RELAWM31985
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Miniature yard broom : Lieutenant Colonel F G Galleghan, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Changi Broom Factory
Long bristled split rattan broom with a two part wooden head. There is a hole in the head to take a handle. The bristles are secured to the head by two steel wires. They are further secured, to stop ...RELAWM31828.004
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Miniature yard broom : Lieutenant Colonel F G Galleghan, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Changi Broom Factory
Miniature yard broom with coconut fibre bristles and a wooden head. There is a hole in the head to take a handle. Head is made in five pieces and is secured by fine steel pins and staples. Marked in p...RELAWM31828.002
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Miniature yard broom : Lieutenant Colonel F G Galleghan, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Changi Broom Factory
Long bristled split rattan broom with a two part wooden head. There is a hole in the head to take a handle. The bristles and head are secured by steel wire and two steel strips around each end. The he...RELAWM31828.003
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Miniature yard broom : Lieutenant Colonel F G Galleghan, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Changi Broom Factory
Miniature split rattan broom head, without handle, in a traditional 'witch's broom' shape. The bristles are bound at the head with fine copper wire.RELAWM31828.005
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Mother-of-pearl Rising Sun brooch : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rising Sun badge carved from mother of pearl with brooch pin fitting fixed to back with adhesive. Pin is missing.REL39517
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Pacific Star : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL39516.004
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Pacific Star : Private R R Trotter, 8 Division Ammunition Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL38150.002