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Defence Medal : Corporal S P Campbell, 2/2 Australian Infantry Battalion
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Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed on edge with recipient's detailsREL33842.004
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Defence Medal : Lieutenant J R Millett, 2/11 Battalion
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Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL38253.003
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Defence Medal : Lieutenant O Z Neall, 2/8 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31703.004
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Defence Medal : Major General G A Vasey
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Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL29673.010
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Defence Medal : Private L P Saywell, Australian Army Service Corps, 17 Infantry Brigade, 6 Division
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Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL24151.003
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Defence Medal : Sergeant L L Bayliss, 2/7 Battalion
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Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL32813.004
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Defence Medal : Squadron Leader F L Lomas, 680 (Photo Reconnaissance) Squadron, RAF
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Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL36901.005
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Defence Medal: Staff Sergeant L B Laker, 2/2 Field Ambulance
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Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31745.003
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Defence Medal : Trooper W B Robson, 2/4 Commando Squadron
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Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL38051.004
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Defence Medal : Warrant Officer Class II D R Taylor, 2/7 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/10640.005
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Diary of Alan Louis Singleton, 1941-1942
Digitised Collection
Maker: Singleton, Alan Louis
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX45206 Private Alan Louis Singleton, 2/3 Company Australian Army Service Corps, January 1941 - February 1942. In this diary, Singleton documents his...AWM2019.22.8
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Diary of Ronald Alison McInnis, 1916-1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: McInnis, Ronald Alison
Diary relating to the First World War service of 399 Lieutenant Ronald Alison McInnis, 53rd Battalion. Written between 10 June 1916 and 3 November 1917, in this diary McInnis details his experiences a...RCDIG0000865
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Diary of Ronald Alison McInnis, 1916-1919
Digitised Collection
Maker: McInnis, Ronald Alison
Diary relating to the First World War service of 399 Lieutenant Ronald Alison McInnis, 53rd Battalion. Written between 19 June 1916 and the 12 March 1919, in this diary McInnis details his experiences...RCDIG0000885
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Diary of Theodor Milton Pflaum, 1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Pflaum, Theodor Milton
Diary relating to the First World War service of Second Lieutenant Theodor Milton Pflaum, 8th Machine Gun Company. This diary contains entries ranging from 16 June 1916 to February 1917 and covers: th...RCDIG0001104
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Diary Transcript of Alan Louis Singleton, 1941-1942; [c. 2006]
Digitised Collection
Maker: Singleton, Alan Louis
Diary transcript relating to the Second World War service of NX45206 Private Alan Louis Singleton, 2/3 Company Australian Army Service Corps, January 1941 - February 1942; [c. 2006]. This diary trans...AWM2019.22.9
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Distinguished Flying Cross : Squadron Leader F L Lomas, 680 (Photo Reconnaissance) Squadron, RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Flying Cross. Engraved on reverse with recipient's name and date of issue (1945).REL36901.001
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Distinguished Service Medal and Bar : Petty Officer Stoker P A Collins, RAN
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Maker: Royal Mint
Distinguished Service Medal and Bar (Geo VI). Medal impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/21247.001
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Distinguished Service Order and Bar : Major General G A Vasey
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Service Order (GRV, 1918) and Bar (1941). Unnamed as issued.REL29673.003
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Embroidered blanket : Corporal C A Gatenby, 7 Division Provost Company
Heraldry
Maker: Gatenby, Clifford Alexander
Standard grey wool Army issue blanket completely covered in stem stitch, satin stitch, chain stitch and Turkey work executed in a wide variety of colours and wool plys. The predominant colours are sha...REL33287
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Engraved fountain pen : Lieutenant R W Lister, 2/1 Australian Ordnance Stores Company
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Maker: Onoto
Gilded medal fountain pen with screw top lid and pull out arm to fill the internal rubber ink bladder. The lid has a slide to allow the pen to be held in a breast pocket. The pen and lid are decorated...REL29324
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EVACUATION FROM CRETE ON S.S. LOSSIEBANK. PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF ...
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EVACUATION FROM CRETE ON S.S. LOSSIEBANK. PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-45, MEDICAL, VOL 2, MIDDLE EAST AND FAR EAST, PAGE 294.043237
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Exhausted troops sail to Crete
Art
Maker: Winters, Michael
Exhausted troops sprawl across the deck of a ship which is carrying them to Crete where they will be engaged in yet more fighting.ART92799
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Falconara, Italy. 1944. Flying Officer Jack Ennis of Sydney, NSW (third from left), and his crew ...
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Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Falconara, Italy. 1944. Flying Officer Jack Ennis of Sydney, NSW (third from left), and his crew remember a funny incident in their trip on which they took part in an air strike on a twelve-boat convo...MEB0222
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Field chapel cross : Warrant Officer Class II J D Shields, 2/2 Australian Field Workshop
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Maker: Unknown
Electrically illuminated field chapel cross commemorating the service of 2/2 Australian Army Field Workshop, a unit of the 6th Australian Division. The structure is made of varnished timber, with a hi...REL30586
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Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (left) talks to two newly liberated Australian prisoners of ...
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Maker: Stewart, Alexander
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (left) talks to two newly liberated Australian prisoners of war, Staff Sergeant J. E. Bryant of Sydney, NSW, who was taken prisoner in Greece, and Corporal J. Hill...UK2772
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Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery talks to Staff Sergeant J. E. Bryant of Sydney, NSW, who was ...
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Maker: Stewart, Alexander
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery talks to Staff Sergeant J. E. Bryant of Sydney, NSW, who was taken prisoner in Greece, and Corporal J. Hill of Sydney, NSW, taken prisoner in Crete. The two Austr...UK2758
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FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS ABOARD THE ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI DURING AN ACTION WITH HMAS ...
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FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS ABOARD THE ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI DURING AN ACTION WITH HMAS SYDNEY WHICH TOOK PLACE OFF CAPE SPADA, NORTH WEST CRETE. AS A RESULT OF THIS ENGAGEMENT THE BARTOLOMEO CO...074502
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Folder 2 of 2 - Letters from the Australian Red Cross and Australian Military Forces Records Office to Mr and Mrs Peck, 1941-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Australian Military Forces Records Office Australian Red Cross Society
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.80
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Folder 1 of 2 - Official correspondence to Lieutenant John Desmond Peck and Mr and Mrs Peck; Service papers of Lieutenant Peck, 1939-1967
Digitised Collection
Maker: Australian Army Australian Military Forces ISSUING BODY: EX-PRISONERS OF WAR AND RELATIVES' ASSN PUBLISHER ADDRESS: 1 ELIZABETH ST, MELBOURNE V Peck, John Desmond Returned Services League Australia The Australian News
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.81
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FORCED BACK BY THE WEIGHT OF GERMAN ARMAMENTS AND OVERWHELMING AIR SUPERIORITY, AUSTRALIAN AND ...
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Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
FORCED BACK BY THE WEIGHT OF GERMAN ARMAMENTS AND OVERWHELMING AIR SUPERIORITY, AUSTRALIAN AND OTHER EMPIRE TROOPS EVACUATED GREECE WITH THEIR FIGHTING SPIRIT UNBROKEN. EVERY AVAILABLE BOAT WAS PRESSE...008176
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FORCED BACK BY THE WEIGHT OF GERMAN ARMAMENTS AND OVERWHELMING AIR SUPERIORITY, AUSTRALIAN AND ...
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Maker: Silk, George
FORCED BACK BY THE WEIGHT OF GERMAN ARMAMENTS AND OVERWHELMING AIR SUPERIORITY, AUSTRALIAN AND OTHER EMPIRE TROOPS EVACUATED GREECE WITH THEIR FIGHTING SPIRIT UNBROKEN. SOME AUSTRALIANS LANDED AT CRET...008172
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Four ex-POWs poring over a map of Germany by candlelight and studying the route they will take ...
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Maker: Stewart, Alexander
Four ex-POWs poring over a map of Germany by candlelight and studying the route they will take through Germany and back to Britain. Left to right: 1089363 Flight Sergeant (F Sgt) Eddie S. Jones of Li...UK2760
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Freed Allied ex-prisoners of war (POWs) have a hurried last meal at the camp before going to a ...
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Maker: Stewart, Alexander
Freed Allied ex-prisoners of war (POWs) have a hurried last meal at the camp before going to a transit camp in Belgium. The Anzacs cooked their last meal in the camps on blower fires constructed from...UK2767
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Freyberg addressing the troops amid the olives
Art
Maker: Winters, Michael
General Bernard Freyberg VC, a First World War hero, arrived on Crete with other soldiers from the New Zealand Division to command the British and Greek forces on the island. Freyberg was determined t...ART92797
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GAZA, PALESTINE. 1942-10-05. LEST WE FORGET. TWO MINUTES SILENCE FOR FALLEN COMRADES AT THE ...
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GAZA, PALESTINE. 1942-10-05. LEST WE FORGET. TWO MINUTES SILENCE FOR FALLEN COMRADES AT THE DINNER HELD ON 1942-10-05, BY 150 DIGGERS WITH 1000 DAYS OVERSEAS SERVICE AT THE GAZA CLUB TO CELEBRATE THE ...025072
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German paratroopers flight to Crete
Art
Maker: Winters, Michael
Within a plane flying over Crete German paratroopers sit and await their fate, around them swirls a dark spectre of death.ART92804
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Germany. C. 1945-05. 250720 Wing Commander Ian Hay of Frankston, Vic, of No. 467 Squadron RAAF, ...
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Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Germany. C. 1945-05. 250720 Wing Commander Ian Hay of Frankston, Vic, of No. 467 Squadron RAAF, lights a cigarette for NX2443 Private Roy Boylan of Chatswood, NSW, a liberated AIF prisoner of war (POW...UK2882
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1941, GREECE AND CRETE. A COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH OF HMAS PERTH IN ACTION. (TOP LEFT PHOTOGRAPH ALSO ...
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1941, GREECE AND CRETE. A COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH OF HMAS PERTH IN ACTION. (TOP LEFT PHOTOGRAPH ALSO ACCESSIONED AS 306799)P00395.001
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GREECE, C.1941-06. GERMAN PARATROOPERS ABOUT TO BOARD THE JUNKERS JU52 AIRCRAFT BEHIND THEM, TO ...
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GREECE, C.1941-06. GERMAN PARATROOPERS ABOUT TO BOARD THE JUNKERS JU52 AIRCRAFT BEHIND THEM, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INVASION OF CRETE. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN FROM A GERMAN CAMERA ON CRETE.P00057.032
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GREECE, 1941-05. THE SOUTH COAST OF CRETE SEEN FROM THE HILLS ABOVE SFAKIA.
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GREECE, 1941-05. THE SOUTH COAST OF CRETE SEEN FROM THE HILLS ABOVE SFAKIA.067949
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Greek War Cross 1940, First Class : Major General G A Vasey
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Greek War Cross 1940, First Class. Inscribed on lower reverse arm with the date '1941'. A bronze cross pattee with crossed swords in the angles, and the crowned cypher of King George II. The reverse ...REL29673.013
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Greek War Medal 1940-41 : Lieutenant O Z Neall, 2/8 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Greek War Medal 1940-41. Unnamed as issued. On the obverse is the head of King George II of Greece, within a laurel wreath which is joined at the top by a crown. The reverse contains raised Greek lett...REL31703.007
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Greek War Medal 1940-41 : Warrant Officer G M Wymark, 1 Australian Signal Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Greek War Medal 1940-41. Unnamed as issued. On the obverse is the headless Winged Victory of Samothrace, within a laurel wreath surmounting '1940-41'. The reverse contains raised Greek lettering which...REL32906.007
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Green enamel mug : Lieutenant A L Walker, 2/1 Machine Gun Battalion
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Maker: Unknown
Metal mug, enamelled in moss green, with a darker green lip. There is chipping to the handle, base and lip.REL41693
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Group portrait of Allied prisoners of war (POW) in Stalag VII, Moosburg, Germany. Several are ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of Allied prisoners of war (POW) in Stalag VII, Moosburg, Germany. Several are wearing AIF battle dress and the remainder are clothed in a variety of jackets and jumpers supplied by th...P10262.006
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Group portrait of Allied prisoners of war (POW) in Stalag VII, Moosburg, Germany. Several are ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of Allied prisoners of war (POW) in Stalag VII, Moosburg, Germany. Several are wearing AIF battle dress and others are clothed in a variety of jackets and jumpers supplied by the Red C...P10262.007
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Group portrait of members of 2/3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (LAA), Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), 1st Australian Corps
Photograph
Group portrait of members of 2/3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (LAA), Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), 1st Australian Corps. The portrait was likely taken in Victoria, before deployment, 1940. The t...P01253.002
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Hand knitted vest : Private T C Birch, 6 Division Australian Army Service Corps, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand knitted V neck vest, knitted from goats' wool in an alternate weave pattern of stocking stitch and reverse stocking stitch, with a plaited rib bottom hem.RELAWM31975
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Harvesting wheat near Neo Khorion, Crete
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
View of the town and hillside of Neo Khorion. This was a defensive position for 19th Australian Infantry Brigade immediately before evacuation.ART24068
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HEIDELBERG, VIC. 1944-02-28. SIGNALLER W. KANN AIF WHO HAS SERVED FOR FOUR YEARS IN LIBYA, ...
Photograph
Maker: Herald Newspaper
HEIDELBERG, VIC. 1944-02-28. SIGNALLER W. KANN AIF WHO HAS SERVED FOR FOUR YEARS IN LIBYA, GREECE, CRETE, SYRIA, CEYLON AND NEW GUINEA AND IS NOW A PATIENT IN THE 115TH MILITARY HOSPITAL SUFFERING FRO...140471
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HERAKLION, CRETE, 1941-05-20. A GERMAN TROOP-CARRYING AIRCRAFT ON FIRE AND LOSING HEIGHT AFTER ...
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HERAKLION, CRETE, 1941-05-20. A GERMAN TROOP-CARRYING AIRCRAFT ON FIRE AND LOSING HEIGHT AFTER HAVING BEEN SHOT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE, DURING THE GERMAN AIRBORNE INVASION OF CRETE. NOTE THE PARACHUTIS...042228
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Heraklion, Crete. 1941-05-20. German paratroops of Fallschirm-Jager-Regiment I use their ...
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Heraklion, Crete. 1941-05-20. German paratroops of Fallschirm-Jager-Regiment I use their parachutes to descend from Junkers JU52/3M transport aircraft shot down by anti-aircraft fire. This photograph,...042238
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Heraklion, Crete. German paratroops of FallschirmJager-Regiment I use their parachutes to descend ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
Heraklion, Crete. German paratroops of FallschirmJager-Regiment I use their parachutes to descend from Junkers JU52/3M transport aircraft shot down by anti-aircraft fire. This photograph, from a cine ...012571
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Hieflau, Austria. 1943-06. Alec Robertson, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC), carries a 60 lbs half ...
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Hieflau, Austria. 1943-06. Alec Robertson, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC), carries a 60 lbs half bag of cement strapped to his back up a steep climb to a lookout and warning station situated next to ...P02030.002
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Hieflau, Austria. 1942. Group portrait of Australian New Zealand and British prisoners of war ...
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Hieflau, Austria. 1942. Group portrait of Australian New Zealand and British prisoners of war (POWs), captured in Greece and Crete in 1941 and held in a camp of 120 men in Hieflau where they worked on...P02030.004
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Hieflau, Austria. 1943-06. Informal group portrait of Australian, British and New Zealand ...
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Hieflau, Austria. 1943-06. Informal group portrait of Australian, British and New Zealand prisoners of war (POWs) relaxing outside a lookout and warning station situated next to Mount Tamischbacturm a...P02030.003
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Hieflau, Austria. 1943-06. Informal group portrait of British, Australian and New Zealand ...
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Hieflau, Austria. 1943-06. Informal group portrait of British, Australian and New Zealand prisoners of war (POWs) relaxing in front of a lookout and warning station situated next to Mount Tamischbactu...P02030.001
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HMAS PERTH AND ANOTHER UNIT OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET ON PATROL IN SUDA BAY.
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Maker: Silk, George
HMAS PERTH AND ANOTHER UNIT OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET ON PATROL IN SUDA BAY.006610
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HMAS Sydney in action against Italian cruisers
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
HMAS Sydney steaming past the crippled Bartolomeo Colleoni in chase of Italian cruiser Giovanni Dalle Bande Nere (out of sight), HMS Hyperion is approaching to rescue survivors and finally sink the wr...ART30095
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HMAS "Sydney" in action with Italian cruiser
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
The scene depicts the phase in the action when HMAS 'Sydney' has hit and stopped the Italian cruiser 'Bartolomeo Colleoni' and at 4-5 miles distance is steaming past the vessel in pursuit of the secon...ART23692
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H.M.S. "BARHAM", PATROLLING WITH THE BATTLE FLEET BETWEEN CRETE AND CYRENAICA, IS STRUCK BY THREE ...
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H.M.S. "BARHAM", PATROLLING WITH THE BATTLE FLEET BETWEEN CRETE AND CYRENAICA, IS STRUCK BY THREE TORPEDOES FROM A SUBMARINE, AND BLOWS UP WITH THE EXPLOSION OF A MAIN MAGAZINE.128091
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H.M. TRANSPORT ORCADES, AT SEA. 1942-03. A LECTURE ON THE OPERATIONS ON CRETE GIVEN BY AN OFFICER ...
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H.M. TRANSPORT ORCADES, AT SEA. 1942-03. A LECTURE ON THE OPERATIONS ON CRETE GIVEN BY AN OFFICER TO TROOPS OF THE A.I.F. DURING THE VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.025847
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Hohner diatonic single row button accordion : Corporal H E McCleary, 6 Division Australian Army Service Corps Ammunition Company
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Maker: Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG
Hohner plywood framed diatonic accordion featuring a 12 button (10 treble and two bass) brown Bakelite playing board to one side and four treble stop buttons with a sliding selector button located on ...REL43198
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Identity disc : Trooper W B Robson, 2/4 Commando Squadron
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Round steel identity disc hand engraved on the obverse ' - ROBSON - W- C.E- DX122 -', and on the reverse 'O4'.REL38052
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ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI, 5069 TONS, EIGHT 6-INCH, FOUR 21-INCH TORPEDO TUBES, SPEED ...
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ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI, 5069 TONS, EIGHT 6-INCH, FOUR 21-INCH TORPEDO TUBES, SPEED 37 KNOTS, SUNK IN ACTION WITH HMAS SYDNEY OFF CAPE SPADA, NORTH WEST CRETE, ON 1940-07-19.074501
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Italy Star : Squadron Leader F L Lomas, 680 (Photo Reconnaissance) Squadron, RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Italy Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL36901.004
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Juvincourt, France. C. 1945-05. 419874 Flight Lieutenant R. W. Markham, RAAF navigator of ...
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Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Juvincourt, France. C. 1945-05. 419874 Flight Lieutenant R. W. Markham, RAAF navigator of Melbourne, Vic, greets VX34038 Private (Pte) K. C. Welsh, of Moonee Ponds, Vic, at Juvincourt airfield near Rh...UK2880
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KATANA, SYRIA. 1941-11. OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 2/3RD INFANTRY BATTALION WHO WERE DECORATED FOR ...
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KATANA, SYRIA. 1941-11. OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 2/3RD INFANTRY BATTALION WHO WERE DECORATED FOR BRAVERY IN LIBYA, GREECE AND CRETE.021444
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KILO 89, PALESTINE, 1942-05-21. 2ND ECHELON DEFENCE. "A" COMPANY, 2ND ECHELON (RECORDS) A.I.F. ...
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KILO 89, PALESTINE, 1942-05-21. 2ND ECHELON DEFENCE. "A" COMPANY, 2ND ECHELON (RECORDS) A.I.F. (MIDDLE EAST) DRAWING RIFLES AND AMMUNITION AT ITS EMERGENCY ASSEMBLY AREA FOR MANOEUVERS IN PREPARATION ...024299
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KILO 89, PALESTINE, 1942-05-21. 2ND ECHELON DEFENCE. "A" COMPANY, 2ND ECHELON (RECORDS) A.I.F. ...
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KILO 89, PALESTINE, 1942-05-21. 2ND ECHELON DEFENCE. "A" COMPANY, 2ND ECHELON (RECORDS) A.I.F. (MIDDLE EAST) RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS FROM CAPTAIN W.R. LANCASTER, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE UNIT, BEFORE ...024300
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KILO 89, PALESTINE. 1942-05-21. 2ND ECHELON DEFENCE. "B" COMPANY, 2ND ECHELON (RECORDS) AIF ...
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KILO 89, PALESTINE. 1942-05-21. 2ND ECHELON DEFENCE. "B" COMPANY, 2ND ECHELON (RECORDS) AIF (MIDDLE EAST) UNDER LIEUTENANT W. HAIGH MOVING OFF FROM THE ARMOURY TO TAKE UP ITS RESERVE POSITIONS IT WILL...024301
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KNOSSOS, CRETE. 1945-06-04. EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE BRITISH HOSPITAL, WHERE AUSTRALIAN WOUNDED WERE ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
KNOSSOS, CRETE. 1945-06-04. EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE BRITISH HOSPITAL, WHERE AUSTRALIAN WOUNDED WERE BROUGHT DURING BATTLE IN 1941.130955
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KNOSSOS, CRETE. 1945-06-04. EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE BRITISH HOSPITAL, WHERE AUSTRALIAN WOUNDED WERE ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
KNOSSOS, CRETE. 1945-06-04. EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE BRITISH HOSPITAL, WHERE AUSTRALIAN WOUNDED WERE BROUGHT DURING BATTLE IN 1941.130953
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KNOSSOS, CRETE. 1945-06-04. ON THE RIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND GERMAN PARATROOPS AND GLIDERS ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
KNOSSOS, CRETE. 1945-06-04. ON THE RIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND GERMAN PARATROOPS AND GLIDERS DESCENDED IN FORCE. AUSTRALIAN AND BRITISH DEAD ARE BURIED ON THE SLOPES OF THE HILL.130956
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KOKKINIA, GREECE, C. 1941-05. GERMAN GUARDS OVERSEE THE UNLOADING FROM AMBULANCES OF CASUALTIES ...
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KOKKINIA, GREECE, C. 1941-05. GERMAN GUARDS OVERSEE THE UNLOADING FROM AMBULANCES OF CASUALTIES FROM CRETE AT THE KRIEGSGEFANGENLAZARETTE, POW HOSPITAL, FORMERLY AN ORPHANAGE, NEAR PIRAEUS. MEDICAL ST...P01333.001
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Letters and postcards from Herbert Huie Armstrong, 1941-1943
Digitised Collection
Maker: Armstrong, Herbert Huie
Letters and postcards relating to the Second World War service of NX3112 Bombardier Herbert Huie Armstrong, 2/3rd Field Regiment. Armstrong was a prisoner of war of the Germans from c. October 1942 un...AWM2019.22.117
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Letters and postcards from Herbert Huie Armstrong, 1944-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Armstrong, Herbert Huie
Letters and postcards relating to the Second World War service of NX3112 Bombardier Herbert Huie Armstrong, 2/3rd Field Regiment. Armstrong was a prisoner of war of the Germans from c. October 1942 un...AWM2019.22.118
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Lieutenant Frank Reiter
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting VX4024 Lieutenant Frank A Reiter, MC, MM, enlisted in the 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion soon after the outbreak of war in 1939 and served with the unit in Greece and Crete,whe...ART31767
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Lincolnshire, England. 1945-05-08. 250720 Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) Ian Hay, of Frankston, Vic ...
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Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Lincolnshire, England. 1945-05-08. 250720 Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) Ian Hay, of Frankston, Vic (right), and Flying Officer A. R. Boys DFC, of Sydney, NSW, share their coffee and sandwiches with NX2443 P...UK2853
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LONDON, ENGLAND. 1943-03-16. PORTRAIT OF 407023 PILOT OFFICER F. A. WOOD AT RAAF OVERSEAS HQ, WHO ...
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LONDON, ENGLAND. 1943-03-16. PORTRAIT OF 407023 PILOT OFFICER F. A. WOOD AT RAAF OVERSEAS HQ, WHO RETURNED TO THE UK AFTER OPERATING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HIS EXPERIENCES INCLUDE SPENDING FORTY THREE HO...UK0052
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Major General George Vasey
Art
Maker: Bale, A M E
Portrait, painted posthumously, of VX9 Major General George Alan Vasey, CB, CBE, DSO and Bar, General Commanding the 6th Division AIF. A Duntroon graduate, Vasey served in the First World War with art...ART26932
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Major General Ivan Dougherty
Art
Maker: Carter, Norman
Depicts a portrait of NX148 Major General Ivan N Dougherty, CBE, DSO, ED, after a period with the 2/2nd Infantry Battalion he was appointed to command the 2/4th Battalion, which he led in Libya, Greec...ART31773
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Major General Sir Bernard C Freyberg, VC, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, Commander in Chief, 2nd New Zealand ...
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Major General Sir Bernard C Freyberg, VC, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, Commander in Chief, 2nd New Zealand expeditionary force, who was placed in charge of the Al;lied Forces in Crete by General Sir Archibald ...069892
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MAJOR SUSMAN AT AN AID POST, CRETE. PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-45, ...
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MAJOR SUSMAN AT AN AID POST, CRETE. PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-45, MEDICAL, VOL 2, MIDDLE EAST AND FAR EAST, PAGE 295.043231
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MAKRIKHORI, CRETE. 1945-06-11. THE VILLAGE, SEEN FROM THE MAIN ROAD NEAR NEO KHORION.
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
MAKRIKHORI, CRETE. 1945-06-11. THE VILLAGE, SEEN FROM THE MAIN ROAD NEAR NEO KHORION.131013
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MALEME, CRETE. 1945-06-06. A MONUMENT ERECTED TO FIVE GERMAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS KILLED DURING ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
MALEME, CRETE. 1945-06-06. A MONUMENT ERECTED TO FIVE GERMAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS KILLED DURING THE BATTLE IN 1941.130966
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MALEME, CRETE. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS ABOVE THE AIRFIELD.
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
MALEME, CRETE. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS ABOVE THE AIRFIELD.130964
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MALEME, CRETE. 1945-06-13. ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNS ON THE HILL ABOVE THE AIRPORT.
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
MALEME, CRETE. 1945-06-13. ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNS ON THE HILL ABOVE THE AIRPORT.130926
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MALEME, CRETE. 1941-05-18. MEMBERS OF 'A' TROOP, 2/7TH BATTERY, 2/3RD LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT ...
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MALEME, CRETE. 1941-05-18. MEMBERS OF 'A' TROOP, 2/7TH BATTERY, 2/3RD LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT, WITH A 40MM BOFORS GUN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MALEME AIRFIELD. IN THE BACKGROUND, TOWARDS THE BEACH, A...P01495.002
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MALEME, CRETE. 1945-06-06. VIEW OF THE AIRFIELD FROM THE PRESUMED SITE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
MALEME, CRETE. 1945-06-06. VIEW OF THE AIRFIELD FROM THE PRESUMED SITE OF THE AUSTRALIAN POSITIONS.130962
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MALEME, CRETE. 1945-06-06. VIEW OF THE AIRFIELD FROM THE PRESUMED SITE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
MALEME, CRETE. 1945-06-06. VIEW OF THE AIRFIELD FROM THE PRESUMED SITE OF THE AUSTRALIAN POSITIONS. A GERMAN CEMETERY CONTAINING 1,000 GRAVES IS IN THE FOREGROUND.130960
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MALEME, CRETE. 1945-06-06. VIEW OF THE AIRFIELD FROM THE PRESUMED SITE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
MALEME, CRETE. 1945-06-06. VIEW OF THE AIRFIELD FROM THE PRESUMED SITE OF THE AUSTRALIAN POSITIONS.130963
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Map case : Major General G A Vasey
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small rectangular folding khaki canvas map case which opens out into three sections. The central section is protected by a clear celluloid panel, on top of which is a piece of canvas which can be fold...REL41100
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MARBURG (NOW MARIBOR) A DRAU, YUGOSLAVIA 1944. 1046GW P.O.W. CAMP INMATE, WILLIAM JAMIESON, 3RD ...
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MARBURG (NOW MARIBOR) A DRAU, YUGOSLAVIA 1944. 1046GW P.O.W. CAMP INMATE, WILLIAM JAMIESON, 3RD ANTI AIRCRAFT. HE WAS ON A DESTROYER SUNK OFF CRETE. PHOTO TAKEN AT JANA STUDIO MARBURG - USED BY THE GE...P00092.097
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Mauser Model 1934 Pistol Holster: Sergeant Leo Alexander Howard, 2/2nd Field Regiment
Technology
Mauser Model 1934 pistol holster. Brown leather construction with a top flap and brass button stud catch. A spare magazine is in the pouch on the front.REL22549.002
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Mauser Model 1934 Pistol: Sergeant Leo Alexander Howard, 2/2nd Field Regiment
Technology
Mauser Model 1934 semi automatic pistol. Frame stamped on the left Waffenfabrik Mauser A-G Obendorf an Mauser Patent and the trade mark MAUSER in a rectangle. The grips are checkered light wood and he...REL22549.001
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Melbourne, Vic. 1943-06-26. Australian Army escapees from Crete being interviewed by Army ...
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Maker: Herald Newspaper
Melbourne, Vic. 1943-06-26. Australian Army escapees from Crete being interviewed by Army headquarters staff before proceeding on leave.139177
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Melbourne, Vic. 1943-06-26. Corporal John Duncan of East Malvern, an escapee from Crete, with his ...
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Maker: Herald Newspaper
Melbourne, Vic. 1943-06-26. Corporal John Duncan of East Malvern, an escapee from Crete, with his mother (left) and a friend.139175
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1942-08-28. LOOKING MORE AS IF THEY HAD COME FROM INTENSIVE TRAINING ON THE ...
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1942-08-28. LOOKING MORE AS IF THEY HAD COME FROM INTENSIVE TRAINING ON THE PARADE GROUND THAN FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS OF LIBYA, GREECE CRETE AND SYRIA, THESE MEN OF THE 17TH AUSTRALIAN ...026417
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Melbourne, Vic. 1943-06-26. Mrs Ruddick welcoming back home her two sons, AIF members who escaped ...
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Maker: Herald Newspaper
Melbourne, Vic. 1943-06-26. Mrs Ruddick welcoming back home her two sons, AIF members who escaped from Crete, Sergeant C. Ruddick (left) and Sergeant G. Ruddick.139173