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Australian blue ensign : 2/4 Australian Commando Squadron, Tarakan, May 1945
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian blue wool bunting ensign with a colour patch for 2/4 Commando Squadron is sewn to the proper right star of the Southern Cross constellation. The cream linen hoist is marked in black ink 'RO...REL41231
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Australia Service Medal : Chief Shipwright T E H Flower, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37519.006
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Australia Service Medal : Corporal J R Cousins, 2/3 Pioneer Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL27595.004
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Australia Service Medal : Flying Officer G H S Todd, 78 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31587.004
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Australia Service Medal : Leading Aircraftman A O Brealey, 452 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL22407.005
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Australia Service Medal : Sergeant R H Walford, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Engraved around edge with recipient's details.REL36675.004
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Australia Service Medal : Trooper W B Robson, 2/4 Commando Squadron
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL38051.006
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Australia Service Medal : Warrant Officer L V Waters, 78 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipients details.REL22230.004
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Australia Service Medal : Warrant Officer Ronald Jack McKimm, 452 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/15932.006
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Autographed good luck flag carried by Japanese sailor Bun'ya Yukio on Tarakan, 1945
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese sailor's printed silk autographed national flag with numerous signatures and slogans in black ink. Apart from the traditional wish of long-lasting good fortune in war, there is 'Victory. Unse...RELAWM32166
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Battledress blouse : Lance Sergeant J H Cory, 2/4 Australian Commando Squadron, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian manufactured khaki woollen battledress blouse with white metal buttons and two pleated patch breast pockets. The blouse is fastened down the centre by five concealed white metal buttons, an...REL36215
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Chief Shipwright T E H Flower, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37519.005
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Corporal J R Cousins, 2/3 Pioneer Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL27595.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Flying Officer G H S Todd, 78 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31587.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Lance Corporal A T Henry, 2/13 Field Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34110.005
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British War Medal : Leading Aircraftman A O Brealey, 452 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. The ribbon has an improvised oak leaf attached with red cotton.REL22407.004
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Private R S Simpson, 2/3 Pioneer Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/06323.004
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Sergeant R H Walford, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Engraved around edge with recipient's details.REL36675.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Trooper W B Robson, 2/4 Commando Squadron
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL38051.005
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Warrant Officer L V Waters, 78 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL22230.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Warrant Officer Ronald Jack McKimm, 452 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/15932.005
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Burma Star : Able Seaman R D Cameron, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Burma Star with 'PACIFIC' clasp. Unnamed as issued.REL41182.004
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Burma Star: Chief Shipwright T E H Flower, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Burma Star with Pacific clasp. Engraved reverse with recipient's details.REL37519.003
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Commander of the United States Legion of Merit : Rear Admiral Harold Bruce Farncomb, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Badge of Commander of the United States Legion of Merit. Unnamed as issued. Instituted in 1942, the Legion of Merit is awarded to those 'who shall have distinguished themselves by exceptionally merito...REL28964.014
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Defence Medal : Chief Shipwright T E H Flower, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37519.004
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Defence Medal : Corporal J R Cousins, 2/3 Pioneer Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL27595.002
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Defence Medal : Flying Officer G H S Todd, 78 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31587.002
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Defence Medal : Lance Corporal A T Henry, 2/13 Field Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34110.004
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Defence Medal : Leading Aircraftman A O Brealey, 452 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL22407.003
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Defence Medal : Trooper W B Robson, 2/4 Commando Squadron
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL38051.004
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2/12 Field Ambulance banner : Lieutenant Colonel N H Morgan, 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A unit banner for the 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance. The banner is made of unbleached calico and is painted at the centre with the Red Cross, on top of which is painted the colour patch of 2/12 Fiel...REL31811
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Heart shaped sweetheart brooch : Staff Sergeant J A Whelen, 2 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Heart shaped perspex sweetheart brooch suspended from a thick perspex bar with a pin fastening attached to the back. The suspension bar has an aluminium plate attached to it which has been engraved 'T...REL25350
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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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Japanese Army field pack
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Khaki canvas field pack with leather strapping and steel fittings and 'A' configuration harness. Leather piping has been sewn over panel seams. A pocket is sewn on to the inside of the top of the fron...REL25172
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Japanese Army handkerchief with painting of Mount Fuji : Private R G Roenfeldt, Australian Army Service Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Ink painted Japanese Army handkerchief. Japanese characters written at the top of the handkerchief translate as, 'At Tarakan Island, Commemorating the end of the Pacific War, 17 December 1945'. Undern...REL28949
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Japanese flag captured at Tarakan in May 1945
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White cotton flag with red cotton appliqued anchor, white cotton appliqued Japanese character for 'civilian' in the centre of the hinamaru, and behind the disc a horizontal red appliqued 'zig-zag'. Fl...REL/09748
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Kitbag : Private W G Humphreys, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown canvas AIF embarkation kitbag. At the top of the bag are 11 brass eyelets with a hole in the bag where there is an eyelet missing. A cotton cord is threaded through these eyelets to close the ki...REL38813
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Left hand colour patch : 2/9 Australian Cavalry (Commando) Regiment, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
'T' shaped colour patch of the 2/9 Australian Cavalry Regiment, later known as the 2/9 Australian Cavalry (Commando) Regiment. The patch comprises equal width stripes of brown, red and green on a grey...REL36239.002
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MIS-X Escape & Evasion map : Warrant Officer L V Waters, 78 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: United States Army Forces Far East
Textile map of the Amboina and Halmahera areas, printed on both sides in black, orange and blue. At the top on each side are the words 'AAF CLOTH MAP - SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA'. There are several tear...REL22228
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Money belt : Private W G Humphreys, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown suede buckle up money belt. The body of the belt is one piece of suede folded in half and sewn across the top two thirds of the belt. The last third has been divided into two pockets by three ve...REL38814
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Mosquito gloves : Private W G Humphreys, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of Australian Army issued mosquito gloves for wear in tropical conditions. The gloves are a gauntlet style with cuffs elongated to just past the elbows and a widened gusset at the end. Attached t...REL38815
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Pacific Star : Corporal J R Cousins, 2/3 Pioneer Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL27595.001
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Pacific Star : Lance Corporal A T Henry, 2/13 Field Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL34110.003
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Pacific Star : Leading Aircraftman A O Brealey, 452 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL22407.002
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Pacific Star : Private R S Simpson, 2/3 Pioneer Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL/06323.003
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Pacific Star : Sergeant R H Walford, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Engraved reverse with recipient's details..REL36675.002
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Pacific Star : Trooper W B Robson, 2/4 Commando Squadron
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL38051.003
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Pacific Star : Warrant Officer L V Waters, 78 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Unnamed as issued.REL22230.002
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Pacific Star : Warrant Officer Ronald Jack McKimm, 452 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL/15932.004
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Painting on cloth of Geisha girl : Private R G Roenfeldt, Australian Army Service Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Ink painting on calico of a Japanese geisha girl wearing Japanese traditional dress. Written in Japanese characters on the upper left corner are words which translate, 'At Tarakan Island, Commemoratin...REL28950
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Pair of identity discs : Sapper A G Dix, 2/13 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of aluminium identification tags, one circular, one octagonal, each provided with a suspension hole. A patent split ring joins each to the accompanying fine-link chain necklace; the circular tag ...REL45107
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Pair of shoulder boards with embroidered rank insignia : Lieutenant Colonel S J Douglas, Senior Medical Officer, 9 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of soft khaki drill shoulder boards with embroidered lieutenant colonel's crown and pip insignia, and a curved 'AUSTRALIA' title.REL25136
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Pair of shoulder boards with oxidised metal rank insignia : Lieutenant Colonel S J Douglas, Senior Medical Officer, 9 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of khaki canvas shoulder boards with stiffened board inserts, black oxidised metal lieutenant colonel's crown and pip insignia, and curved 'AUSTRALIA' titles.REL25137
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1937 Pattern Blancoed Ankle Gaiters : Private W G Humphreys, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of Australian Army Second World War 1937 pattern gaiters that have been blancoed white. On one end of each gaiter are two canvas tongues and on the opposite end are canvas loops with brass buckle...REL38819
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Personal records bag : Private J H Cory, 2/4 Australian Commando Squadron, AIF
Heraldry
Personal records bag which was originally the Trouble Lamp bag from a Canadian Military Pattern truck. The rectangular bag is made of khaki canvas and has a 'V' shaped top flap secured by a brass pres...REL36218
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RAAF pilot's wings brevet : Warrant Officer L V Waters, 78 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of machine embroidered Royal Australian Air Force pilot's wings. The brevet has white cotton embroidered wings, a king's crown, and the letters 'RAAF' within a pale blue embroidered laurel wreath...REL22229
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Rank chevrons : Corporal J H Cory, 2/4 Australian Commando Squadron, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Two brown and white machine embroidered rank chevrons for a corporal, stitched to a piece of khaki cotton drill fabric.REL36228
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Returned from Active Service badge: Warrant Officer Leonard Victor Waters, 78 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze tri-service badge with combined anchor, rising sun and wings surmounted by a king's crown. Underneath is a boomerang with the words 'RETURNED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE'. The reverse is stamped with t...REL22231
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Right hand colour patch : 2/9 Australian Cavalry (Commando) Regiment, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
'T' shaped colour patch of the 2/9 Australian Cavalry Regiment, later known as the 2/9 Australian Cavalry (Commando) Regiment. The patch comprises equal width stripes of brown, red and green on a grey...REL36239.003
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Right hand colour patch : 2/9 Australian Cavalry (Commando) Regiment, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
'T' shaped colour patch of the 2/9 Australian Cavalry Regiment, later known as the 2/9 Australian Cavalry (Commando) Regiment. The patch comprises equal width stripes of brown, red and green on a grey...REL36239.001
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Royal Australian Navy sailors cap : Able Seaman D Grose, HMAS Manoora I
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Royal Australian Navy white duck sailors' cap with faded black 'H.M.A.S.' tally band. The inside of the hat is lined with green cotton with a drawstring in the centre. The sweatband is made of brown l...REL31885.001
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Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal : Chief Shipwright T E H Flower, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37519.007
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Sailor's black silk : Able Seaman D Grose, HMAS Manoora I
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Sailor's black rayon wartime economy issue 'silk' worn with square rig. The silk is woven in a single narrow width and is not folded from a wider piece as it would be in peacetime. It is tied at the b...REL31885.006
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Sailor's blue square rig collar : Able Seaman D Grose, HMAS Manoora I
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Royal Australian Navy sailor's blue jean square rig collar, edged with three rows of narrow white tape and lined with blue and white striped cotton ticking. The rectangular collar falls as a square ov...REL31885.005
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Seaman's white flannel : Able Seaman D Grose, HMAS Manoora I
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Royal Australian Navy sailor's white cotton duck 'flannel' dickie to be worn under square rig. The dickie is cut from a single piece of fabric and has machine hemmed open sides, while the fabric's sel...REL31885.004
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Sea transport kit bag : Sergeant J H Cory, 2/4 Australian Commando Squadron, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: A.N & CO
Tubular white canvas sea transport kit bag with a reinforced base. The bag is marked on the side and base with a blue/yellow/blue unit embarkation serial marking, and both markings are inscribed in bl...REL36219
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Senninbari - belt of a thousand stitches : Warrant Officer Mitsube, Imperial Japanese Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White rayon body belt of a thousand stitches (senninbari or sennenbari), printed in red with images of the Japanese national and imperial ensigns and four characters wishing the wearer good fortune in...REL22715
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Signed good luck flag carried by Japanese soldier Makoto Sugahara : Tarakan area, Borneo 1945
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese flag that has been signed with permanent black marker. The flag is made from rayon with the rising sun screen printed onto the fabric. Messages have been written in permanent black marker dow...REL39084
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Souvenir pennant : 2/4 Australian Commando Squadron, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blue felt souvenir pennant of 2/4 Australian Commando Squadron, AIF. The pennant is screen printed with a red and yellow Rising Sun badge and the words '4TH COMMANDOS' in yellow. A 2/4 Commando Squadr...REL36224
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1939-45 Star : Chief Shipwright T E H Flower, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Engraved reverse with recipient's details.REL37519.001
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1939-45 Star : Corporal J R Cousins, 2/3 Pioneer Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL27595.017
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1939-45 Star : Flying Officer G H S Todd, 78 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Unnamed as issued.REL31587.001
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1939-45 Star : Lance Corporal A T Henry, 2/13 Field Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL34110.001
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1939-45 Star : Leading Aircraftman A O Brealey, 452 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL22407.001
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1939-45 Star : Trooper W B Robson, 2/4 Commando Squadron
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL38051.001
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1939-45 Star : Warrant Officer L V Waters, 78 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Unnamed as issued.REL22230.001
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1939-45 Star : Warrant Officer Ronald Jack McKimm, 452 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL/15932.003
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Sweetheart brooch made at Tarakan
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silver metal badge in the shape of a heart which hangs below a bar on two short chains. Engraved on the bar is the word 'Beryl'. The centre of the lower metal piece features a convex red heart. Aroun...REL23908.001
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Traditional Japanese calendar painted on cloth : Lieutenant K C Ewen, 2/7 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Imperial Japanese Army soldier
Old Japanese hospital sheet titled in black ink in Japanese characters: 'October 4 1945 / Commemorating end of Second World War'. A depiction of 'Fuji Yama' and a Japanese Rising Sun flag sit centrall...REL43761
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USAAF A-10A summer flying helmet : Warrant Officer L V Waters, 78 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Bates Shoe Company
Khaki cotton twill flying helmet with black rubber ear pieces. Fitted into the rubbers are earphones with fabric covered leads connecting to a red plastic jack. The inner forehead section and headphon...REL22232
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Victoria Cross : Corporal J B Mackey, 2/3 Pioneer Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Hancocks
Victoria Cross. Engraved reverse suspender with recipient's details; reverse cross with date of action.REL/04973.001
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White ensign presented to Captain C B W Radford, Salvation Army, by Royal Australian Navy Commando Beach Group B
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White ensign originally flown by Second Beach Group, Royal Australian Navy Commando 'B' at Tarakan in May 1945. The lower left canton is inscribed 'TO CAPPY from R.A.N. COMMANDO 'B' In APPRECIATION'. ...REL/14315