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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 Digger [Portrait of Tom Herket]
Art
Maker: Nicholas, Hilda Rix
Hilda Rix Nicholas returned to Australia in 1918 and took a studio in Mosman, Sydney in 1919. She made drawings of soldiers who had returned from the war and were yet to find employment. During this ...ART96812
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Box of Glasso Anti-Dimming Composition for Small Box Respirator : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small, unused box of Glasso Anti-Dimming Composition. Adhered to the rectangular cardboard box is paper upon which is printed the instructions for use, 'GLASSO ANTI-DIMMING COMPOSITION. INSTRUCTIONS F...REL32946.003
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Lance Sergeant E A Jentsch, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL23647.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL32951.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Private F Singleton, Australian Army Medical Corps AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL36874.003
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Private W M Currey, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/05950.002
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Buckle : Private A S Clingan, 53 Battalion, AIF : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass belt buckle from an other rank's tunic.REL44975.054
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Cambridge University Officer Training Corps hat badge : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular brass badge featuring the arms of the University of Cambridge with a cross ermine between four lions passant gardant and on the cross a closed book sideways. Around this is a garter with the ...REL32955
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c. 1916. A portrait of 1140 Private Roderick Hugh Humphris (written as Humphries on the ...
Photograph
c. 1916. A portrait of 1140 Private Roderick Hugh Humphris (written as Humphries on the photograph), 53rd Battalion. Private Humphris was killed on 1917-05-13, aged 20, his name appears on the Villers...P01920.002
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Capstan cigarette packet : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: W D and H O Wills
Capstan Navy Cut cigarette packet with a sky blue, navy, gold and white colour scheme. The front features the wording, ' "CAPSTAN" NAVY CUT CIGARETTES' with 'MEDIUM STRENGTH' above and 'W.D.& H.O. WIL...REL32961
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Church of England Temperance Society Medal : Lance Sergeant E A Jentsch, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular silver medal with blue ribbon on a swivel mount and silver bar clasp with long pin. Obverse border is embossed 'CHURCH OF ENGLAND TEMPERANCE SOCIETY'. Inside this is an embossed image of St. ...REL23645
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Collection related to 1174 Herbert Leslie Lenham
Photograph
Studio portrait of 1174 Private Herbert Leslie Lenham, 53rd Battalion. An Indigenous serviceman, Lenham was born at Woonona, NSW, and enlisted at Newcastle, aged 22 years and 7 months. He was a coal ...AWM2020.560.1
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Collection relating to the Easterbrook family
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Outdoor group portrait of members of C Company, 53rd Battalion, taken on the day the Armistice was declared.P08238.025
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Collection relating to the Easterbrook family
Photograph
Maker: May & E Boddy
Studio portrait of 5401 Private Fred Lambert, Machine Gun Section, 53rd Battalion.P08238.022
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Colour patch : 53 Infantry Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Vertically aligned rectangular colour patch for 53 Infantry Battalion AIF, divided black (left) against green.RELAWM07941.079
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Commemorative lapel badge: Australia - Lance Sergeant E A Jentsch, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A circular buckle gilded badge. The obverse has border of red enamel in the form of a garter with embossed lettering enamel ' A.I.F. MEMORIAL AUG 2 1918'. The central circular area has white enamel ba...REL23650
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Composite group portrait of members of the Main family. From left: 5383 Private (Pte) David ...
Photograph
Maker: Crown Studios
Composite group portrait of members of the Main family. From left: 5383 Private (Pte) David Alexander Main, 16th Battalion of Fremantle, WA. A shearer prior to enlistment, Pte D Main embarked on bo...P07741.002
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Diary of Alice Ross-King, 1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Ross-King, Alice
Diary relating to the First World War service of Sister Alice Ross-King, Australian Army Nursing Service. The diary, kept between 1 January 1916 and 11 November 1916, details Ross-King's service with ...RCDIG0000974
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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 Ronald Alison McInnis, 1917-1918
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 November 1917 and 31 December 1918, this diary written in an address book, McI...RCDIG0000886
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Distinguished Conduct Medal : Sergeant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Conduct Medal (Geo V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL32951.001
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DUBBO, NSW, 1914-1918. NEW RECRUITS AT AN ARMY RECRUITMENT CAMP. THE MAN LEANING ON THE TENT POLE ...
Photograph
Maker: Vincent, A J
DUBBO, NSW, 1914-1918. NEW RECRUITS AT AN ARMY RECRUITMENT CAMP. THE MAN LEANING ON THE TENT POLE AND HOLDING BACK THE FLAP OF THE TENT IS WALLACE ALFRED ("ALF") JONES. AS A CORPORAL IN THE 53RD BATTA...P01656.001
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Enamelled mug : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White enamelled mug with a black enamelled handle and rim. There is a U-shaped fitting integrated to the top of the handle which may indicate that the mug originally had a hinged lid.REL32950
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Female Relatives' Badge : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Stokes & Sons, Melbourne
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 this cont...REL32960
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Female Relatives Badge : Mrs Alice Jentsch
Heraldry
Maker: Stokes & Sons, Melbourne
Silver Female Relative's Badge with 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 this...REL23651
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Fob watch : Private F R Blandford, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Ross
Gold plated fob watch engraved on the front in ornate lettering with the initials 'FRB'. The watch has a clasp at the top shaped like a small orb which is also used to wind the watch. There is a suspe...REL33729
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Former 3594 Private (Pte) Henry (Harry) John Anderson, 53rd Battalion leads the parade of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Former 3594 Private (Pte) Henry (Harry) John Anderson, 53rd Battalion leads the parade of veterans of the 53rd Battalion, probably on Anzac Day. A farm hand of Lockhardt, NSW, Pte Anderson embarked in...AWM2016.261.5
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Fragments of identity disc : Private A S Clingan, 53 Battalion, AIF : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Two fragments of an identity disc. Engraved with italic script on larger fragment is 'A I [F - indistinct] Med' [Methodist].REL47107
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French souvenir handkerchief : Mrs Marion McLeod
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cream silk chiffon handkerchief with a pale blue edge in machine buttonhole stitch. Hand embroidered in the top left corner in mauve, purple, red, blue, white, green, yellow and black satin stitch wit...REL/05593
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Group portrait of Australian prisoners of war (POWs) outside a barracks at Schneidemuhl Camp, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of Australian prisoners of war (POWs) outside a barracks at Schneidemuhl Camp, north of Posen. Left to right (standing): 3786 Private (Pte) Henry Giese, 13th Battalion; 898 Private Alfr...P01981.044
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GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF 53RD BATTALION. INSCRIPTION READS: LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: PRIVATES ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF 53RD BATTALION. INSCRIPTION READS: LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: PRIVATES COOPER, SCHOFIELD, HALLOWES, SERGEANT GLEDHILL, EDMONDSTON, CORPORAL MCKINNON, PRIVATES PLUMB, MILLER,...P01714.001
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Group portrait of members of the 5th Reinforcements, 53rd Battalion, grouped outside the Bathurst ...
Photograph
Maker: Gregory, Albert
Group portrait of members of the 5th Reinforcements, 53rd Battalion, grouped outside the Bathurst courthouse. Presumably all men from the Bathurst and surrounding areas pictured before leaving for Syd...P04229.001
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Group portrait of officers of the 53rd Battalion in France. Identified back row, third from ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of officers of the 53rd Battalion in France. Identified back row, third from right: Captain Albert Edward Jackson MC.P09506.002
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Group portrait of ten members of the 3rd Reinforcements of the 53rd Battalion. They embarked from ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of ten members of the 3rd Reinforcements of the 53rd Battalion. They embarked from Sydney on 14 April 1916 aboard HMAT Ceramic (A40) and all returned to Australia. Known to be in the im...AWM2016.26.21
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Group studio portrait of Private (Pte) Nicholson (left), 3319 Pte Peter Hammond (middle), and ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group studio portrait of Private (Pte) Nicholson (left), 3319 Pte Peter Hammond (middle), and 1914 Pte Archibald George Grice (right). Pte Hammond, 2nd Battalion, a wharf labourer from Singapore, East...P09258.004
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Handmade cribbage board : Private J A Kneale, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Wooden cribbage board with twelve sections, each with ten scoring ten holes to hold pegs, arranged on the long sides. Each end is finished in a semi-circle. Engraved on upper the surface are some of t...REL42304
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Haversack for Small Box Respirator : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Waring and Gillow Ltd
Canvas haversack designed to hold the British small box respirator. The haversack is roughly square-shaped and has a top flap opening, secured by two brass press studs. The numeral '3' in a circle is ...REL32946.002
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Identity disc : Private E A Jentsch, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular aluminium identity disc engraved '3331, E.A. Jentsch, 53 Batt, A.I.F., C of E.'. The numeral '5' in this text has been dot-punched on at a latter time, indicating a change from 3rd. Battalion...REL23648
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Informal group portrait taken on the homecoming of Lance Sergeant George Edward Bingley, 14th Machine Gun Company
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal group portrait taken on the homecoming of Lance Sergeant (LSgt) George Edward Bingley, 14th Machine Gun Company. Back row, left to right; unidentified, Bert Smeale, unidentified (possibly wif...P10904.005
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Informal outdoor portrait of 3645 Acting Corporal, later Private (Pte) Walter (Scotty) Hewit, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of 3645 Acting Corporal, later Private (Pte) Walter (Scotty) Hewit, 18th Battalion, of Bexley, NSW, with his children Chris (left) and Bob (right). A tinsmith who had emigrat...P07780.002
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Informal outdoor portrait of 3645 Acting Corporal, later Private (Pte) Walter (Scotty) Hewit, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of 3645 Acting Corporal, later Private (Pte) Walter (Scotty) Hewit, 18th Battalion, of Bexley, NSW. A tinsmith who had emigrated from Scotland in 1912, Pte Hewit served three...P07780.001
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Informal portrait of N262583 Private (Pte) Herbert Lawrence Miller, 55/53rd Infantry Battalion. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of N262583 Private (Pte) Herbert Lawrence Miller, 55/53rd Infantry Battalion. Pte Miller enlisted at Alexandria, NSW on 29 April 1941. He was presumed to have died in Papua on the 7t...P10761.001
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Informal portrait of NX163865 Private (Pte) Ernest Charles Ruckley, 53 Battalion. A grocer prior ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of NX163865 Private (Pte) Ernest Charles Ruckley, 53 Battalion. A grocer prior to enlisting on 5 June 1941, Pte Ruckley served in New Guinea from January 1942-August 1943 before tran...P11336.001
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Leather protective helmet : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather 'aviator' style protective helmet made from two main pieces, which are joined in a single seam extending from centre front to centre back. The head piece is constructed from two semi-cir...REL32949
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Letter from Headley Francis Barnes to the mother of Albert Charles Cox, 17 April 1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Barnes, Headley Francis
Letter relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Albert Charles Cox, 53rd Battalion and 14th Australian Machine Gun Company. This letter was written by Private Headley Francis Barnes, 53rd...AWM2016.30.52
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Letters from Albert Charles Cox to his mother, 1915-1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Cox, Albert Charles
Letters relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Albert Charles Cox, 14th Australian Machine Gun Company. The letters were written by Lieutenant Albert Cox to his mother, Mrs Cora Cox, at...AWM2016.30.51
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Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) A G Cameron, Commanding Officer, 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion, a ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) A G Cameron, Commanding Officer, 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion, a Militia Battalion that has been incorporated into the 25th Australian Infantry Brigade, 7th Division A...027010
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Lieutenant Victor Francis Back, 53rd Battalion (ex 2nd Battalion).
Photograph
Lieutenant Victor Francis Back, 53rd Battalion (ex 2nd Battalion).043901
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Maxim MG08/15 Light Machine Gun : 53 Battalion, AIF
Technology
The MG 08/15 Maxim light machine gun is a short recoil operated, water cooled, full automatic, belt fed weapon. The operating system uses a two part toggle lock connected by a hinge which is located ...REL/02520
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Memorial card portrait of 3366 Private (Pte) James Nicholas Dole, 53rd Infantry Battalion, of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Memorial card portrait of 3366 Private (Pte) James Nicholas Dole, 53rd Infantry Battalion, of Bendigo, Vic. The inscription at the top of the portrait reads, "He rose responsive to his Country's call,...P07002.001
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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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Men of the 53rd Battalion in a trench in their front line a few minutes before the launching of ...
Photograph
Maker: Lorking, Charles Henry
Men of the 53rd Battalion in a trench in their front line a few minutes before the launching of the attack in the battle of Fromelles.H16396
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Men of the 53rd Battalion of the 14th Infantry Brigade garrisoning a hurriedly dug reserve line ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Men of the 53rd Battalion of the 14th Infantry Brigade garrisoning a hurriedly dug reserve line during the critical days at the end of March and beginning of April 1918, when the Germans were making p...E02265
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Men of the 53rd Battalion waiting to don their equipment for the attack at Fromelles. Only three ...
Photograph
Maker: Lorking, Charles Henry
Men of the 53rd Battalion waiting to don their equipment for the attack at Fromelles. Only three of the men shown here came out of the action alive, and those three were wounded. See also H16396.A03042
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Military Cross: Lieutenant Frank Clift, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Cross (Geo V). Engraved reverse with recipient's details.REL38732
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Mothers and Widows Badge : Mrs Alice Jentsch
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Mother and Widows Badge consisting of two white metal bars at each with a woven ribbon threaded between them. The top bar shows on the obverse a braided edge and a laurel branch tied with a bow in th...REL23646
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Mounted souvenir photograph : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Oval celluloid on tin studio portrait of Lieutenant George Leslie Dolan DCM, 53 Battalion, AIF. Handwritten in black ink at the bottom of the photograph is 'YOURS EVER. LES' . The reverse is fitted wi...REL32962
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NEAR BECORDEL, FRANCE, 1917. A GROUP OF OFFICERS OF THE 53RD BATTALION, AIF, PHOTOGRAPHED ON THE ...
Photograph
NEAR BECORDEL, FRANCE, 1917. A GROUP OF OFFICERS OF THE 53RD BATTALION, AIF, PHOTOGRAPHED ON THE SPOT FROM WHICH THE SOMME OFFENSIVE BEGAN DURING THE WINTER OF 1916, A FEW MILES FROM ALBERT (DONATED B...H15406
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Next of kin plaque : Captain C Arblaster, 53 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. Be...REL/06480
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Next of kin plaque : Lance Sergeant E A Jentsch, 53rd 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. Be...REL23649
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Next of kin plaque : Private D R MacKenzie, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Arsenal Woolwich
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. ...REL/03193
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Next of kin plaque : Private Edgar Waters, 53rd Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
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. ...REL/04566
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Outdoor group portrait of D Company, 53rd Battalion on Armistice Day. This image is from the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Outdoor group portrait of D Company, 53rd Battalion on Armistice Day. This image is from the collection of 363 Lieutenant William Waite MC and bar, 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment and later of the...P11190.004
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Outdoor group portrait of unidentified NCOs of 53rd Battalion in Saint Maxent on Armistice Day. ...
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Maker: Unknown
Outdoor group portrait of unidentified NCOs of 53rd Battalion in Saint Maxent on Armistice Day. This image is from the collection of 363 Lieutenant William Waite MC and bar, 4th Australian Light Horse...P11190.002
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Outdoor portrait of 3501A Private (Pte) Stanley Albert Taylor, 53rd Battalion, of Croydon, NSW. ...
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Maker: Unknown
Outdoor portrait of 3501A Private (Pte) Stanley Albert Taylor, 53rd Battalion, of Croydon, NSW. Formerly a labourer, Pte Taylor enlisted on 2 September 1916 and as a member of the 9th Reinforcements, ...P08792.003
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Outdoor portrait of brothers, Claude Jabez Powter (left), and 4919 Private (Pte) Ernest Lachlan ...
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Maker: Unknown
Outdoor portrait of brothers, Claude Jabez Powter (left), and 4919 Private (Pte) Ernest Lachlan Powter, 1st Battalion, both of Petersham, NSW. A junior clerk prior to enlistment, Pte Ernest Powter emb...P07480.001
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Outdoor portrait of 2225 Private (Pte) John Frederick Quince (left) and 2181 Pte Andrew Alfred ...
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Maker: Unknown
Outdoor portrait of 2225 Private (Pte) John Frederick Quince (left) and 2181 Pte Andrew Alfred Hynds standing guard duty outside hut No 5 at Hurdcott Camp prior to embarking for service in France. Bot...P03183.001
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Outdoor portrait of the parents of 3594 Private (Pte) Henry 'Harry' John Anderson, 53rd ...
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Maker: Unknown
Outdoor portrait of the parents of 3594 Private (Pte) Henry 'Harry' John Anderson, 53rd Battalion, with a large studio portrait of their son on an easel, inscribed "From one who loves you". Studio por...AWM2016.261.3
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Pair of woollen puttees : Sergeant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Fox
Pair of khaki woollen puttees woven with a slight curve on the lower edge to accommodate the shape of the wearer's calf. One end has a straight hem with a small circular brass disc clamped into it. Th...REL32943
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1908 Pattern Haversack : Sergeant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: ME Co
1908 pattern khaki cotton webbing haversack with brass fittings and a webbing shoulder strap attached. The rectangular bag has a flap cover closed by two small straps and buckles. The back has two ang...REL32948
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Peaked cap : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Tress & Co
Khaki wool gabardine officer's peaked cap, lined inside the crown with khaki cotton. The leather sweatband can be adjusted for fit by means of a cotton drawstring. The brown leather chinstrap is secur...REL32938
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PORTRAIT OF COMPANY QUARTERMASTER-SERJEANT ALAN MALCOLM ANDREWS, 1ST BATTALION AND 53RD ...
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PORTRAIT OF COMPANY QUARTERMASTER-SERJEANT ALAN MALCOLM ANDREWS, 1ST BATTALION AND 53RD BATTALION, KILLED IN ACTION 1917-03-17.H06452
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PORTRAIT OF LANCE CORPORAL A.W. AUHL, 53RD BATTALION AIF, KILLED IN ACTION 1917-24-09.
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PORTRAIT OF LANCE CORPORAL A.W. AUHL, 53RD BATTALION AIF, KILLED IN ACTION 1917-24-09.H06688
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Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel W J R Cheesman, DSO, MC, commanding 53rd Battalion, AIF.
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Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel W J R Cheesman, DSO, MC, commanding 53rd Battalion, AIF.C04451
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Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) William Waite, MC and Bar, 53rd Battalion, of Nagambie, Victoria. A ...
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Maker: Unknown
Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) William Waite, MC and Bar, 53rd Battalion, of Nagambie, Victoria. A farmer prior to enlistment on 22 August 1914, 363 Private (Pte) Waite embarked from Melbourne with the ...H06227
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Presentation watch fob: Private John Faulkner, 53rd Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
Presentation 'welcome home' watch fob in the shape of a voided rose gold circle with suspension ring at the top, with a gold map of Australia in the centre. Australia is engraved 'J. FAULKNER', and th...REL/19802.004
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Queen Victoria two-headed Florin : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion AIF
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Maker: Unknown
Silver two-headed novelty florin made from two obverse sides of Queen Victoria gothic florins. The two florins were sliced in half and the two 'heads' joined together. The join between the two coins i...REL32959
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Rehabilitation embroidery : Corporal R Etchells, 53 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Etchells, Robert William
Australian Rising Sun badge with 'AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES' legend under, as per the General Service Badge design, embroidered onto a large square of black mercerised cotton in longstit...REL33617
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Reverse painted glass framed portrait of Wallace Benjamin Giffin
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Maker: Unknown
Reverse painted glass framed studio portrait of 2165 Private Wallace Benjamin (Wal) Giffin, 53rd Battalion. A labourer of Parkes, NSW, he enlisted on 2 March 1916 and sailed with the 4th Reinforcement...P03280
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SALISBURY, ENGLAND, 1917-07. A STUDIO PORTRAIT OF 2919 CORPORAL WALLACE ALFRED (ALF) JONES, A ...
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SALISBURY, ENGLAND, 1917-07. A STUDIO PORTRAIT OF 2919 CORPORAL WALLACE ALFRED (ALF) JONES, A PHYSICAL TRAINING (PT) INSTRUCTOR, AT THE AIF ENCAMPMENT ON SALISBURY PLAIN. THE BADGE OF CROSSED SWORDS T...P01656.002
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Sam Browne belt : Major General J J Murray
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Maker: Unknown
Brown leather Sam Browne waist belt with shoulder strap. The belt is fitted with a double clawed brass buckle, and has a brass stud and a sliding leather loop to locate the free end of the belt tongue...REL42333
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Service breeches : Lieutenant J G Ridley, 53 battalion AIF
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Maker: Pratt & Co.
Officer's khaki Bedford cord breeches. The breeches have a concealed five button fly, and seven buttons are spaced around the waistband for the fitting of braces. All the buttons are khaki plastic. Th...REL/03208
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Service dress breeches : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Mounted pattern khaki wool Bedford-cord breeches. The breeches have a concealed four button fly, with one button at the waistband. There are a further six buttons spaced around the high-backed 'v' wai...REL32935
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Service dress tunic : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: David Jones (Australia) Pty Ltd
Privately-made khaki lightweight wool twill tunic with open lapel collar. There are holes where collar badges were fitted on the top lapels. The tunic is secured by four buttons, all missing. The shou...REL32936
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Service dress tunic : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian army officer's khaki wool gabardine open-necked service dress tunic lined with khaki polished cotton and fastened with four buttons down the centre front. The tunic has self fabric shoulder...REL32934
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Shirt : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Burlington Fashion Shirts
Officers khaki cotton poplin shirt with detachable starched collar and a back yoke. The shirt has a placket front fastening with two brown celluloid buttons and a stud at the throat (missing). The sho...REL32940
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Shirt : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Burlington Fashion Shirts
Officer's khaki cotton poplin shirt with a back yoke. The shirt has a placket front fastening with two brown celluloid buttons and a stud at the throat. The shoulder straps are fastened with the same ...REL32941
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Simpsons Gap, Port Moresby, c. Early 1942. A beach signalling light being set up outside its ...
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Maker: Hayman, Peter
Simpsons Gap, Port Moresby, c. Early 1942. A beach signalling light being set up outside its temporary cover. NX127634 Lieutenant Rowland Leslie Logan, 53rd Battalion, Australian Military Forces (AMF)...P02217.003
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Small Box Respirator : Lieutenant G L Dolan, 53 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
British Small Box Respirator consisting of a rubberised fabric face mask, connected by a fabric covered rubber hose to a chemical absorbent canister made of tin plate. The mask is complete with the ru...REL32946.001
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Souvenir of Egypt cushion cover : Private C J Irwin, 1 Anzac Cyclist Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
Printed cotton souvenir cushion cover with a cream cotton fringe, most of which is missing. The souvenir is printed in colour on a cream ground and shows in the centre the pyramids against a yellow sk...REL33953
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Studio group portrait of four soldiers. Standing, centre, is 3437 Private (Pte) Urban Joseph ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio group portrait of four soldiers. Standing, centre, is 3437 Private (Pte) Urban Joseph Trudgett, 2nd Battalion, of Young, NSW. A carpenter prior to enlisting in July 1915, Pte Trudgett embarked...P09019.001
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Studio group portrait of 3541 Private (Pte) George Stanley ('Kenty') Kentwell of Leichhardt, NSW ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio group portrait of 3541 Private (Pte) George Stanley ('Kenty') Kentwell of Leichhardt, NSW (left), 3606 Pte Charles Gladstone Quinn of Petersham, NSW (centre) and 3616 Pte Arthur Smith of Marric...P06560.003
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Studio group portrait of three soldiers identified from left to right; 5415 Private (Pte) Albert ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio group portrait of three soldiers identified from left to right; 5415 Private (Pte) Albert Ernest Maynard, 5404 Pte Thomas James Lawler and 5453 Pte Walter Maxwell Scott. Photograph is inscribed...P09604.005
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Studio portrait of 3010 Acting Sergeant (later Private) Harry Walter Bancroft, 18th (later 53rd) ...
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Maker: Cumberland
Studio portrait of 3010 Acting Sergeant (later Private) Harry Walter Bancroft, 18th (later 53rd) Battalion of Burwood, NSW. A printer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Suevic (A...P08624.226
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Studio portrait of a group of three Australian prisoners of war (POW). Identified on the right is ...
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Studio portrait of a group of three Australian prisoners of war (POW). Identified on the right is 3309 Private Thomas Henry Herket, 53rd Battalion who was a 21 year old chauffeur from Sydney, NSW (bor...P00063.002
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Studio portrait of an Australian prisoner of war (POW) 3309 Private Thomas Henry Herket, 53rd ...
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Studio portrait of an Australian prisoner of war (POW) 3309 Private Thomas Henry Herket, 53rd Battalion who was a 21 year old chauffeur from Sydney, NSW (born in New Zealand) when he enlisted and emba...P00063.001
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Studio portrait of 3297A Private Jack Edward Swinfield, 17th (later 53rd) Battalion of Auburn, ...
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Maker: Cumberland
Studio portrait of 3297A Private Jack Edward Swinfield, 17th (later 53rd) Battalion of Auburn, NSW. A plumber prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Suevic (A29) on 20 December 1915....P08624.305
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Studio portrait of 3481A Private John Stephen Carey 17th (later 53rd) Battalion of Macleay River, ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 3481A Private John Stephen Carey 17th (later 53rd) Battalion of Macleay River, NSW. Son of Patrick and Bridget Carey. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard...P05301.188