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A busy scene on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Supplies of food and water for the 23rd Battalion were ...
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A busy scene on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Supplies of food and water for the 23rd Battalion were stored here, behind Lone Pine (the ridge in the right background). There are numerous dugouts on the slo...C01498
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A wooden grave marker erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at the Queant Road ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A wooden grave marker erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at the Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France. The two metal tags on the top vertical post read: "C.W.G.C./ Special Cross" . The...P09077.001
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Badge belt : Private J A Reid, 23 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Reid, John Anderson
Standard Pattern 1908 webbing waist belt with brass buckle, liberally decorated with cap and collar badges and shoulder titles. Reverse is stamped with manufacturer's mark and date 'ME 1911'. Identifi...REL33439
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Bapaume, France, 1917. A wooden cross in the local cemetery marking the graves of four members of ...
Photograph
Bapaume, France, 1917. A wooden cross in the local cemetery marking the graves of four members of the 23rd Battalion, 1st AIF, who were killed in action on 1917-03-17. The soldiers were: 1126 Sergeant...P01836.011
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Breeches : Captain G L Hinchliffe, 23 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Mounted pattern khaki wool Bedford cord breeches. A slanted slash pocket has been let into the front of both hips. The concealed fly is fastened with five brown plastic buttons and there are six large...RELAWM16051
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Lance Sergeant R C Trevan, 23 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's name.REL/04143.001
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Lieutenant Colonel W K S Mackenzie, 19 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL35095.003
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Collection related to the service of Alfred George Brown MC
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The troopship Southland, carrrying Headquarters, 2nd Division, AIF, Headquarters, 6th Infantry Brigade, 21st Infantry Battalion and one Company of the 23rd Infantry Battalion and details, which was to...A00737
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Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officer's Decoration : Lieutenant Colonel W K S Mackenzie, Australian Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officer's Decoration (Geo V). Engraved on reverse with recipient's details.REL35095.005
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Colour patch : 23 Infantry Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Diamond shaped colour patch for 23 Infantry Battalion AIF, divided horizontally brown over red.RELAWM07941.085
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Container made from shellcases : Private J T B Elderfield, 23 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Two cut down brass French 75 mm shellcases, modified to form a lidded container. The primers have been removed and plain brass plugs inserted in their place. the markings on the bases are only partly ...REL/07188
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Portrait of Lieutenant I R Flett, 23rd Battalion, probably Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Irving Russell Flett. A salesman from Brighton, Victoria prior to enlistment, 2nd Lt Flett embarked with A Company...DAOF022
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Studio portrait of 1066 Private (Pte) Kenneth Shaw Buchan, C Company, 23rd Battalion. A clerk of Kew, Victoria, prior to enlistment on 8 Mar 1915 he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Euripides on 5...DA08981
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Studio portrait of 494 Private (Pte) William Reymond Bowen, 23rd Battalion. Prior to enlistment on 25 February 1915 he was a hairdresser from Shepparton, Victoria. He embarked from Melbourne aboard ...DA08182
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Studio portrait of 3036 Sergeant (Sgt) Walter Westlake Bull, 22nd Battalion at left with his brother 3036 Private (Pte) Victor Westlake Bull, 23rd Battalion. Walter, a cartage contractor and Victor...DASEY2360
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Studio portrait of W R Pinsell, believed to be 4169 Private (Pte) William Robert Pinwell, 23rd Battalion from Coburg, Victoria. A 36 year old stationery clerk and messenger prior to enlisting on 16 Ju...DASEY2490
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Group portrait of 28 officers of the 23rd Battalion, including Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) George Frederick Morton, Commanding Officer (seated front row, fourth from left), and Chaplain Captain Percy ...DAX0510
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Studio portrait of 1679 Private (Pte) William Robert Brereton, 2nd Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion. Originally a seaman of Bangor, Wales, Pte Brereton, labourer of Woodend, Victoria, enlisted on 27 Ma...DA09499
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Studio portrait of Caderholm W J. believed to be 2594 Private (Pte) William James Cederholm, 23rd Battalion from South Melbourne, Victoria. A 19 year old driver prior to enlisting on 16 July 1915, he ...DASEY1816
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Studio portrait of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) George Frederick Morton, Commanding Officer, 23rd Battalion, of Ballarat, Vic. Lt Col Morton returned to Australia 17 September 1915.DA08815
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Studio portrait of 913 Private (Pte) Rowland Edward Driscoll, 23rd Battalion with his family. A clerk from St Kilda, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Driscoll enlisted embarked with C Company from Melbour...DA08945
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Studio portrait of 2172 Private (Pte) Charles James Kemp, 4th Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion, of Albert Park, Vic. Pte Kemp enlisted on 6 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Hororata on ...DA10410
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Studio portrait of 2591 Private (Pte) James William Cantwell, 23rd Battalion. A railway employee from Molesworth, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Cantwell embarked with the 6th Reinforcements from M...DASEY1817
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Studio portrait of 2172 Private (Pte) Charles James Kemp, 4th Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion, of Albert Park, Vic. Pte Kemp enlisted on 6 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Hororata on ...DA09973
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Diary of John Anderson Reid, 1915-1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Reid, John Anderson
Diary relating to the First World War service of 226 Private John Anderson Reid, 23rd Battalion. The entries in this diary span the period 4 February to 30 November 1916, with retrospective entries fr...AWM2016.30.13
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Diary of Percy George Rupert Parkes, 1915-1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Parkes, Percy George Rupert
Diary relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Percy George Rupert Parkes, 23rd Infantry Battalion, May 1915 - May 1916 In the first of three diaries written by Percy George Rupert Parke...AWM2018.785.24
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Diary of Percy George Rupert Parkes, 1916-1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Parkes, Percy George Rupert
Diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Percy George Rupert Parkes, 23rd Infantry Battalion, May 1916 - May 1917. In the second of three diaries written by Percy George Rupert Parkes...AWM2018.785.25
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Framed composite memorial board featuring a portrait of 5320 Sergeant (Sgt) Walter Allan Leonard ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Framed composite memorial board featuring a portrait of 5320 Sergeant (Sgt) Walter Allan Leonard Cleary, 23rd Battalion, surrounded by smaller portraits of 42 other Australian servicemen who served in...P08261.001
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Original grave marker of 1723 Private (Pte) Gerald Walshe Howling, 23rd Battalion, in the Vignacourt cemetery. Pte Howling, a draper from Geelong, Vic, embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Demosthenes ...P10550.064
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Frontispiece to a photograph album. The artwork consists of a representation of the 1908 ...
Photograph
Frontispiece to a photograph album. The artwork consists of a representation of the 1908 Australian Coat of Arms with the words "Christmas 1917". The artwork is signed by Frank Vaughan. The inscriptio...P02913.001
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GALLIPOLI, 1915. THE DUGOUT OF PADRE ALBERT PERCY BLADEN, CHAPLAIN, 23RD BATTALION, NEAR GUN ...
Photograph
GALLIPOLI, 1915. THE DUGOUT OF PADRE ALBERT PERCY BLADEN, CHAPLAIN, 23RD BATTALION, NEAR GUN LANE. COMPARE THIS WITH CO1495, CAPTAIN BLADEN'S DUGOUT AFTER SNOW.P01331.002
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German 28th Reserve Infantry Regiment shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Shoulder strap for the 28th Reserve Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '28'. A piece of string is tied around the strap. With the strap is a handw...RELAWM15098.008
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Grave cross made from a biscuit tin : Corporal D McVay, 23 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Linklater, Thomas Murray Unknown
Cross shaped metal plate, made from a biscuit tin. The inscription is recorded in raised detail and reads: 'In / Memory / of / No 1243 / Cpl D McVay / (Yank) / D Coy / 23 Batt / A.I.F. / Killed / in /...RELAWM00426.002
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Grave cross made from a biscuit tin : Private C G H Hampson, 23 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Linklater, Thomas Murray Unknown
Cross shaped metal plate, made from a biscuit tin. The inscription is recorded in raised detail and reads: 'In / memory / of / No.743 P[te] C G H HAMPSON / D Coy 23 Batt / AIF / KILLED / IN / ACTION /...RELAWM00426.001
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Group photograph including Eric Mostyn Thomson
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio group portrait of five infantry reinforcements from Victoria. Identified (standing) are 2637 Private (Pte) Oswald Leslie Dellar, 22 Battalion, a 21 year old sleeper-hewer from Heathcote; his br...P06331.002
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Group portrait of officers of the 23rd Australian Infantry Battalion. Identified in the back row ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of officers of the 23rd Australian Infantry Battalion. Identified in the back row at far right is Lieutenant Percy George Rupert Parkes.P00591.015
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Group portrait of officers of the 23rd Battalion aboard HMAT Euripides en route to Egypt. Front ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of officers of the 23rd Battalion aboard HMAT Euripides en route to Egypt. Front row, left to right: Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Leslie Glen Addison (later Captain, MC); Lieutenant (Lt) ...P10699.002
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Group portrait of 3826 Private (Pte) (later Lance Corporal) George Walter (Geordie) Field, 23rd ...
Photograph
Maker: Black & White
Group portrait of 3826 Private (Pte) (later Lance Corporal) George Walter (Geordie) Field, 23rd Battalion, of Victoria Valley, near Dunkeld, Vic., (front row, left); and three other unidentified Austr...P07038.003
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HEM-MONACU, FRANCE. THE GRAVE OF 6939 PRIVATE ROBERT MACTIER VC (1890-1918), 23RD BATTALION AIF. ...
Photograph
HEM-MONACU, FRANCE. THE GRAVE OF 6939 PRIVATE ROBERT MACTIER VC (1890-1918), 23RD BATTALION AIF. PRIVATE MACTIER WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS POSTHUMOUSLY FOR CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY AND DEVOTION TO DUT...A05806
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Imperial Russian Order of St Stanislaus : Lieutenant Colonel W K S Mackenzie, 19 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Imperial Russian Order of St Stanislaus with swords. Unnamed as awarded.REL35095.006
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Informal group portrait of eight unidentified officers from the 23rd Battalion in a trench on the ...
Photograph
Informal group portrait of eight unidentified officers from the 23rd Battalion in a trench on the Gallipoli Peninsula.C01481
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Informal group portrait of 17 officers of the 23rd Battalion in a trench on the Gallipoli ...
Photograph
Informal group portrait of 17 officers of the 23rd Battalion in a trench on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Identified in the second row are Captain Leslie William Matthews (third from left) and Captain McIn...C01472
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Informal group portrait of six officers from the 23rd Battalion standing near Battalion ...
Photograph
Informal group portrait of six officers from the 23rd Battalion standing near Battalion headquarters behind Lone Pine on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Identified from left to right: 117 Lieutenant Frank He...C01480
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Informal outdoor portrait of Lieutenant Edward John Howells, 23rd Battalion, of Canterbury, Vic. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of Lieutenant Edward John Howells, 23rd Battalion, of Canterbury, Vic. An engineer in civilian life, Howells enlisted as a Second Lieutenant on 23 March 1915. He embarked wit...P06574.001
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Informal outdoor portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) John Alexander (Alec) Raws, Lt Bartels and Lt ...
Photograph
Informal outdoor portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) John Alexander (Alec) Raws, Lt Bartels and Lt Duncan. Photograph from an album compiled by Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Leslie Byrt Pritchard, 23rd Battalion...P12410.023.001
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Informal outdoor portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) John Alexander (Alec) Raws on a camel. Photograph ...
Photograph
Informal outdoor portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) John Alexander (Alec) Raws on a camel. Photograph from an album compiled by Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Leslie Byrt Pritchard, 23rd Battalion. Original capt...P12410.025.001
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Informal outdoor portrait of Second Lieutent (2nd Lt) Leslie Byrt Pritchard, Lieutenant (Lt) John ...
Photograph
Informal outdoor portrait of Second Lieutent (2nd Lt) Leslie Byrt Pritchard, Lieutenant (Lt) John Alexander (Alec) Raws and Lt Bartels. Photograph from an album compiled by 2nd Lt Pritchard, 23rd Batt...P12410.027.001
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Informal photograph of Major (Maj) Eric Thomas Brind, adjutant of B Company 23rd Battalion ...
Photograph
Informal photograph of Major (Maj) Eric Thomas Brind, adjutant of B Company 23rd Battalion sitting outside a dugout having his hair trimmed. A distiller prior to enlistment Maj Brind embarked as a Lie...P01331.001
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Informal portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) John Alexander (Alec) Raws, 23rd Battalion. Photograph from ...
Photograph
Informal portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) John Alexander (Alec) Raws, 23rd Battalion. Photograph from an album compiled by Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Leslie Byrt Pritchard, 23rd Battalion. Original caption...P12410.019.001
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Informal portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) John Alexander (Alec) Raws, 23rd Battalion. Photograph from ...
Photograph
Informal portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) John Alexander (Alec) Raws, 23rd Battalion. Photograph from an album compiled by Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Leslie Byrt Pritchard, 23rd Battalion. Original caption...P12410.011.001