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Maker: Lindsay, Norman Commonwealth Government of Australia Syd. Day, The Printer Ltd
Poster depicts a German ogre, his blood-covered hands and forearms clutching at a globe of the world. Blood pours over Europe, and slowly oozes towards other countries, demonstrating the threat of th...ARTV00078
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Able Seaman Richard Horne
Art
Maker: Wheeler, Charles
Depicts a uniformed portrait Able Seaman Richard Horne, was typical of the men of the Royal Australian Navy, who served in every ocean of the world during 1914-18. Horne participated in the operation...ART03559
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A crowd farewelling the troops as they leave for the Front from Central Railway Station.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A crowd farewelling the troops as they leave for the Front from Central Railway Station.A00580
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A FRAMED PORTRAIT OF CORPORAL A.C. HALL VC. 54TH BATTALION, AIF. (DONATED BY MISS M.A. HALL).
Photograph
A FRAMED PORTRAIT OF CORPORAL A.C. HALL VC. 54TH BATTALION, AIF. (DONATED BY MISS M.A. HALL).H12525
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A group of women in a crowd are a study in expressions at the Anzac Buffet in Hyde Park where ...
Photograph
Maker: Sydney Mail
A group of women in a crowd are a study in expressions at the Anzac Buffet in Hyde Park where relations waited to welcome home their loved ones, including some wounded, as the cars (not seen) drew up ...H11576
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Alec Campbell
Art
Maker: Westwood, Bryan
Alec Campbell was only 16 when he enlisted in Launceston straight from school in June 1915. He arrived at Gallipoli in October 1915 with the 15th Battalion and was there through to the evacuation. Aft...ART90416
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Amethyst and pearl necklace : Miss Marjorie Ella Clark
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Delicate gold pendant arranged in a diamond shape, set with three round amythests and a single teardrop amethyst, and seed pearls.REL29398
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An AIF soldier returning home from overseas is greeted with outstretched arms by his mother at ...
Photograph
Maker: Fishwick, Herbert H
An AIF soldier returning home from overseas is greeted with outstretched arms by his mother at the Anzac Buffet in Hyde Park. As men started returning from the front, the Anzac Buffet became the place...H11575
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Armistice Day, Sydney, 1918
Photograph
Maker: Sydney Mail
A crowd in Martin Place, central Sydney, celebrate the news of the signing of the armistice. This date was celebrated in subsequent years as Remembrance Day. The young lady centre front of the crowd (...H11563
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Artarmon, NSW. c. 1919-06-19. Exterior of a house in Drake Street, Artarmon, prepared for the ...
Photograph
Artarmon, NSW. c. 1919-06-19. Exterior of a house in Drake Street, Artarmon, prepared for the homecoming celebration of Charles Grover Westbrook after the First World War. Westbrook served with Anzac ...P01919.001
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Ashfield, NSW. Ashfield Bowling Club Roll of Honour flanked by an Australian flag and the Union ...
Photograph
Ashfield, NSW. Ashfield Bowling Club Roll of Honour flanked by an Australian flag and the Union Jack. Names of members' sons included in the Roll: H. Alderson, F.S. Alderson, 2955A Charles Stanley Ald...P02150.002
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AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSES PHOTOGRAPHED AT SYDNEY BEFORE LEAVING FOR ACTIVE SERVICE ABROAD. (DONATED ...
Photograph
AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSES PHOTOGRAPHED AT SYDNEY BEFORE LEAVING FOR ACTIVE SERVICE ABROAD. (DONATED BY MR. G. HENDERSON) ("SYDNEY MAIL" PHOTOGRAPH.)H16705
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Australian squadron in Blanche Bay, New Britain
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
An urgent task undertaken by Australia after the outbreak of war, August 1914, was the occupation of German New Guinea and other German Pacific outposts. The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionar...ART07546
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Australian Trained Nurses Association Membership Badge : Staff Nurse J Bassetti, Australian Army Nursing Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silver and blue enamel cross pattee badge. The centre of the badge shows the Southern Cross on a blue enamelled circle. Surrounding the central detail is 'AUSTRALASIAN TRAINED NURSES ASSOCN' in raised...REL/06472
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1927-04-25. AUSTRALIAN VICTORIA CROSS (VC) WINNERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE ANZAC DAY MARCH IN ...
Photograph
1927-04-25. AUSTRALIAN VICTORIA CROSS (VC) WINNERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE ANZAC DAY MARCH IN MELBOURNE, WAITING TO ENTER THE EXHIBITION BUILDING, WHERE A COMMEMORATION SERVICE WAS HELD. LEFT TO RIGHT: C...J03075
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Autograph book of Mary Anne 'Bessie' Pocock, January 1903 - March 1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Pocock, Mary Anne 'Bessie' Various
Autograph book relating to the First World War service of Mary Anne ‘Bessie’ Pocock, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). The entries in this autograph book are from various periods, both before an...RCDIG0001528
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AWM7 BERRIMA 3 - [Troopship records, 1914-1918 War:] BERRIMA: Sydney 17 December 1915 - Suez 23 January 1916
Digitised Collection
AWM2018.8.67
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Back or forward?
Art
Maker: Lindsay, Norman
A gorilla representing Germany is tugging at the right arm of a man, pulling him down the path of 'war'. The man is clothed in caveman garments and holds a Roman dagger and a mallet in each hand. A fe...ART19792
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Band and Ship's Company of HMAS Brisbane going ashore in Sydney for a route march. Chief ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Band and Ship's Company of HMAS Brisbane going ashore in Sydney for a route march. Chief Bandmaster Patton is seen under the cross just about to go down the gangway. Lt. Bannister-Rowe (of South Yar...A00098
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BERRIMA, NSW, C. 1918. A GROUP OF INTERNEES IN THE CANTEEN AT THE GERMAN CONCENTRATION ...
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BERRIMA, NSW, C. 1918. A GROUP OF INTERNEES IN THE CANTEEN AT THE GERMAN CONCENTRATION (INTERNMENT) CAMP. THIS CANTEEN IS MANAGED BY THE AUTHORITIES FOR THE INTERNEES AND CARRIES A LARGE RANGE OF STOC...H17373
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Boulogne in wartime, January 1918
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
Painting of the harbour and port at Boulogne, France, during the First World War with ambulance trucks in the foreground, a French seaplane landing on the water in the middle and camouflaged troop or ...ART03612
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Breeches : Private F Ballhausen, 1 Light Horse Regiment, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Commonwealth Government Clothing Factory
Pair of khaki Bedford cord breeches with four button fly fastened with pressed brass buttons bearing the word 'COMMONWEALTH' and a crown. There is a diagonal slash pocket over each front hip, self fab...REL23507.002
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Brigadier General Charles Cox
Art
Maker: Longstaff, John
A portrait of Brigadier General Charles Frederick Cox, CB, CMG, DSO, MID, also previously in (Boer) War, 1st Australian Imperial Force, 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1st Australian Light Horse ...ART02997
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Brigadier General Henry MacLaurin
Art
Maker: Rodway, Florence
Colonel (posthumously Brigadier General) Henry Normand MacLaurin, formed and commanded the 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Forces. On the afternoon of 27 April 1915, only two days after the ...ART03356
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Brigadier General Sydney Herring
Art
Maker: Bell, George
Depicts a portrait of Brigadier-General Sydney Charles Edgar Herring (1881-1951), DSO, Commanding 13th Brigade, in full uniform, wearing a cap. Herring was born in Granville, Sydney and after a privat...ART00098
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Private W P Hannell, 31 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20, impressed around the edge with recipient's details.REL43333.001
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BURWOOD, NSW. C.1917. PORTRAIT OF AVIS SHARPE (1897-1983), VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT (VAD), IN ...
Photograph
BURWOOD, NSW. C.1917. PORTRAIT OF AVIS SHARPE (1897-1983), VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT (VAD), IN UNIFORM. (DONOR D. SHARPE)P00155.001
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BURWOOD, NSW? C.1917. PORTRAIT OF AVIS SHARPE (1897-1983), VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT (VAD), IN ...
Photograph
BURWOOD, NSW? C.1917. PORTRAIT OF AVIS SHARPE (1897-1983), VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT (VAD), IN UNIFORM. (DONOR D. SHARPE)P00155.003
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CAIRO, EGYPT, 1914-18 WAR. 2243 PRIVATE SYDNEY CLUNES OF THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE, PICTURED ...
Photograph
CAIRO, EGYPT, 1914-18 WAR. 2243 PRIVATE SYDNEY CLUNES OF THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE, PICTURED ON A CAMEL IN FRONT OF THE SPHINX AND PYRAMIDS. HE ENLISTED ON 1915-09-02 AND RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA ON...P00346.001
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CAPTAIN CUTHBERT CLIVE FINLAY, 17TH BATTALION, HOLDING A CIGARETTE BOX WHICH WAS THROWN BY THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
CAPTAIN CUTHBERT CLIVE FINLAY, 17TH BATTALION, HOLDING A CIGARETTE BOX WHICH WAS THROWN BY THE TURKS INTO A TRENCH AT QUINN'S POST, GALLIPOLI, IN 1915-11. UNDERNEATH THE BOX WAS WRITTEN "PRENEZ AVEC P...H15199
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'Carmichael's boomerang' presented for raising recruits : Captain A C Carmichael, 36 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden boomerang. Mounted on one side of the boomerang, at its elbow, is a sterling silver presentation plate in the shape of Australia, above which is a boomerang shaped name plate. The presentation ...REL26304.001
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Carved wooden frame and photograph : Private F G Bailey, 19 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Carved wooden frame and photograph. The top of the frame shows the Australian coat of arms. Scrolls on the right side bear black lettering '1914 FOR KING AND 1917 FOR COUNTRY' . Flowers are carved on ...REL36020
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Cecil (Jack) Hazlitt
Art
Maker: Westwood, Bryan
Jack put his age up to enlist in 1915 and arrived in Gallipoli as a signaler with the 28th Battalion. He went to France in 1916 and joined the Signals Company of the 4th Division. He was severally she...ART90418
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Cenotaph, Martin Place, Sydney
Art
Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Etching depicting a memorial ceremony at the Cenotaph war memorial in Martin Place, with wreaths around base and others being placed by members of the public. It appears to have been raining on the da...ART19781
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Certificate of Robert Alexander Thomas Wilson
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown
Certificate relating to First World War Service of Captain Robert Alexander Thomas Wilson. This ceritficate appoints Wilson as Master of Steamship A.45 (later "Hessen"), 23 December, 1914.RCDIG0000256
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Certificates for John Wesley Hetherington, 1919-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Hetherington, John Wesley
Certificates of discharge relating to the service of 1003 Warrant Officer John Wesley Hetherington, 2nd Battalion. The certificates relate toWarrant Officer Hetherington's discharge from service. Th...RCDIG0000261
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c. 1919-03. Members of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, watch ...
Photograph
c. 1919-03. Members of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, watch as two of their unit take part in a pillow fight while sitting astride the booms of the troopship Janus...P00562.157
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COCKATOO ISLAND, NSW. 1916-11-29. PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS BRISBANE (1) A MONTH ...
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COCKATOO ISLAND, NSW. 1916-11-29. PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS BRISBANE (1) A MONTH AFTER COMMISSIONING. BUILT AT THE COCKATOO ISLAND DOCKYARD, SHE WAS THE ONLY CRUISER CONSTRUCTED IN AUSTRAL...300455
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Collar worn by bulldog 'Digger' : Company Sergeant Major J H Martin, 2 Division Signals Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather dog collar with a brass buckle and 'D' ring for attachment of a lead, and two rows of rivetted brass studs on the section of collar that would pass around the back of the dog's neck. An ...REL/00423
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Collection related to Colonel George Ernest Ramsay
Photograph
Group portrait of a cadet unit, possibly the 24th Battalion. Third from left (behind officer in drill jacket is George Ernest Ramsay (later colonel).P01584.003
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Collection related to the service of Major Robert Grieve Woods, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The "March to Freedom" recruitment march commencing in Dean Street, Albury. It was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald on 3rd July 1918 that "Extraordinary enthusiasm marked the commencement in Albu...P00339.013
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Collection relating to Albert Bissett Amess
Photograph
Maker: C. And B. Macfarlane
Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Albert Bissett Amess MC, 36th Battalion. Lt Amess, who was from Kyogle, NSW, was awarded the Military Cross for his action on 4 April 1918 during the first battle of...P02241.001
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Commander Henry Feakes
Art
Maker: Longstaff, John
A portrait of Commander Henry James Feakes of the Royal Australian Navy and Commanding Officer of the RAN light cruiser 'HMAS Psyche'.ART02998
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Commemorative scroll: Lieutenant J L Sandy, 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Commemorative scroll inscribed to 'Lieut James Lionel Sandy, AFC, AIF'.REL37501
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Copy of Australian Official photograph E02358 made by the Eden Studios
Photograph
Group portrait of the band of the 18th Battalion. Back row, left to right: 1236A Private (Pte) T. A. Lewis; 2376 Pte J. W. H. Garth; 3800 Pte H. G. Crocker; 851 Pte P. J. Doherty; 45 Pte W. Yeo; 2355 ...P00773.001
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Corporal Edward Picton
Art
Maker: Longstaff, John
A portrait of Corporal Edward Benjamin Picton, DCM, MM, 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment (later also NX12136, 1st Railway Construction Coy, 2 AIF) 1928.ART11354
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Correspondence from Henry Miller Lanser to his family, 1914-1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Lanser, Henry Miller
Correspondence relating to the First World War service of 712 Second Lieutenant Henry Miller Lanser, 1st Australian Infantry Battalion, 20 August 1914 - 16 June 1916. In this collection of correspond...AWM2018.19.19
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Correspondence from Sir Ronald and Lady Helen Munro Ferguson to Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1917-1919
Digitised Collection
Maker: Munro Ferguson, Helen Munro Ferguson, Ronald Craufurd
This file contains 36 letters, including attachments, from Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson to Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood between 10 May 1917 and 10 June 1919. Some of the topics discussed ...RCDIG0000038
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Correspondence relating to Henry Miller Lanser, 1915-1973
Digitised Collection
Maker: Ashley-Brown, William Grey, Ronald Alwyn Lean, James Malcolm Luscombe, Claude Leslie Macgregor, Roderick Ian Clarence Somerville, Anquetil Charles
Correspondence relating to the First World War service of 712 Second Lieutenant Henry Miller Lanser, 1st Australian Infantry Battalion, 17 September 1915 - 13 November 1973. This collection primarily...AWM2018.19.21