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German anti cavalry caltrop
Technology
Rusted, four armed anti cavalry caltrop. When sown, at least one spike will always face upwards. These weapons were used to disrupt cavalry charges by injuring the horses.RELAWM00507.004
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German anti cavalry caltrop
Technology
Rusted, four armed anti cavalry caltrop. When sown, at least one spike will always face upwards. These weapons were used to disrupt cavalry charges.RELAWM00507.007
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German anti cavalry caltrop
Technology
Rusted, four armed anti cavalry caltrop. When sown, at least one spike will always face upwards. These weapons were used to disrupt cavalry charges.RELAWM00507.008
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Messines as I saw it June 9th 1917
Art
Maker: Summerhayes, Edwin
Ruined buildings are visible on the skyline with shells bursting in wasteland in the foreground. Major Edwin Summerhayes, originally an architect in Perth, Western Australia, served with the 44th Batt...ART03547
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Messines, Belgium. c. 1917. Ruined buildings in the township.
Photograph
Messines, Belgium. c. 1917. Ruined buildings in the township.H03452
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Messines (winter)
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
This painting depicts the site of the battle of Messines on the Western Front. It is a snowy, war-torn landscape with soldiers and bare trees in the midground, and a river in the foreground.ART11421
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Le Val d'Acquin, Hazebrouck District where the battle of Messines was practised
Art
Maker: Summerhayes, Edwin
A small village is seen in the distance. Major Edwin Summerhayes, originally an architect in Perth, Western Australia, served with the 44th Battalion on the Western Front. His group practised here for...ART03545
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Le Hutte, Messines near Ploegsteert Wood
Art
Maker: Summerhayes, Edwin
In the foreground are the remnants of a barbed wire fence and immediately behind, a small wagon loaded with logs rests on a rail track. Ruined buildings are in the background. Major Edwin Summerhayes,...ART03550
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Letter from Wilfred Denver Gallwey to his parents, 2 August 1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Gallwey, Wilfred Denver
Letter relating to the First World War service of 2430 Lance Corporal Wilfred Denver Gallwey, 47th Battalion. Writing from hospital in England, Gallwey compiled a single very detailed letter to his pa...RCDIG0001200
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Sign : British notice board, 'Ploegsteert'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden rectangular street sign painted white with 'Ploegsteert' written in black paint.RELAWM00666
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Identity disc with medalets : Corporal W S Dawe, 32 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular aluminium identity disc engraved with '2016 SGT. W.S. DAWE 32 BATTALION'.The disc is threaded through a cotton tape with two attached enamelled medalets. The first is a red shield with a whit...REL29282
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Field communion bag : Corporal W S Dawe, 32 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White canvas duffle bag with drawstring around the top and four pockets on the inside. On one side the words '2016 W.S. DAWE 3/32 Battalion 8 Brigade' have been written in faded ink.REL29281
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Red Cross barges
Art
Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts hospital barges on a canal, which were manned by British Army Medical Corps orderlies and Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service nurses (QAIMNS, QAs). The converted barges, which ...ART02898
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German pedal gong captured near Warneton, France
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German pedal gong. A sheet of metal is attached to a wooden frame and is used as a gong. The gong is rung by the pedal contraption attached to a gong beater. Painted vertically in white paint on the g...RELAWM04091
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Military Cross : Captain H J Harrison, 37 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Cross (Geo V). Engraved on reverse with recipient's details.REL33397
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Messines, morning of the offensive
Art
Depicts a war damaged landscape at dawn, part of the front line at Messines, with the remains of trees, trenches and barbed wire visible and shells exploding on the horizon. The 11th Machine Gun Compa...ART02221.003
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The Battle of Messines
Art
Maker: Wheeler, Charles
The Battle of Messines, codenamed ‘Magnum Opus’, began at 3:10am on 7 June 1917, after a seven day preliminary bombardment, with the detonation of 19 huge mines that obliterated thousands of frontline...ART03557
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Victory Medal : Temporary Corporal W P Marr, 36 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34284.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Temporary Corporal W P Marr, 36 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34284.001
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Aid post near Doyle's Post
Art
Depicts a soldier walking along a snow covered road, towards the damaged remains of a post, with a gate and road sign nearby. The image was created by Dyson on the 'morning of second Messines offensiv...ART02330
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British steel helmet with battle damage : Messines
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Badly damaged British steel helmet with a large irregular hole in the right front of the crown, and several other dents. No liner or chinstrap are present, although a small piece of leather remains at...REL29549
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Flask : Private A Washington, 14 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Glass hip flask with leather cover over upper half and removable pewter base. The base is engraved with a geometric design along the top as well as a floral pattern. The design is on the front and bac...REL35352
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Informal group portrait of five members of the AIF. Left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) Dudley ...
Photograph
Informal group portrait of five members of the AIF. Left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) Dudley Frederick Salmon, from Emu Park, Queensland; Captain (Capt) John William Millar, from Mount Lawley, Western Au...H03712
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A scene during the Battle of Messines, in Belgium, showing an Australian stretcher bearer ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A scene during the Battle of Messines, in Belgium, showing an Australian stretcher bearer (wearing glasses) assisting a wounded German prisoner towards a field dressing station in the St. Quentin Road...E00481
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FRANCE, 1918-07. TRENCHES AT MESSINES RIDGE. STRETCHER BEARERS AT REGIMENTAL AID POST.
Photograph
FRANCE, 1918-07. TRENCHES AT MESSINES RIDGE. STRETCHER BEARERS AT REGIMENTAL AID POST.P00260.005
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The 3rd Division assembled at Neuve Eglise, for the presentation of medals by General Sir William ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
The 3rd Division assembled at Neuve Eglise, for the presentation of medals by General Sir William Birdwood to members of the Division who won them during the action at Messines and the Third Battle of...E01266
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Messines road sign
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Steel directional sign taken from a Belgian road. The white painted surface is stencilled in black serif characters on one side with the words 'MESSINES 3.5 K', while the other side is hand painted in...RELAWM10718
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Section of German razor wire : Messines
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Flat, rusted piece of sheet steel, die cut along the long sides to create jagged barbs, giving an exagertaed saw edge appearance. Some of these barbs have been twisted.RELAWM10784.002
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Ultimo Crater
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts the Ultimo Crater and war damaged landscape at Messines, Belgium on the Western Front during the First World War. It is mentioned in Charles Bean, `Official History of Australia in the war of ...ART00180
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Brigadier General Charles Brand
Art
Brigadier General Charles Henry Brand, CB, CMG, DSO, MID, extensive service with the Australians during the war in South Africa, 1899-1902. After the outbreak of war in 1914 he was appointed brigade m...ART03181
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Section of German barbed wire : Messines
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Length of square core wire, with dozens of barbs twisted around its length, very close together. The barbed wire is rusted.RELAWM10784.001
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Diary of Percy Lay, 1914-1918
Digitised Collection
Diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Percy Lay, 8th Battalion. The diary was kept by Captain Lay between 19 October 1914 and 31 March 1918, and covers his journey to Egypt aboard ...RCDIG0000455
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Distinguished Conduct Medal : Warrant Officer Class II F G Jurd, 5 Pioneer Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Mint
Distinguished Conduct Medal (Geo V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL30220.001
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c. 1916. A portrait of 942 Private John McInnes, 34th Battalion. Private McInnes died on ...
Photograph
c. 1916. A portrait of 942 Private John McInnes, 34th Battalion. Private McInnes died on 1917-07-19. He is buried in the Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Messines, Belgium. This portrait is taken from...P01920.020
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Messines from hill 49
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Depicts a view of Messines from Hill 49, with battlefield damage. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from November 1917 with the 10th Field Ambulance. He un...ART03126
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Newspaper article relating to Percy Lay, 1956
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown
Photocopy of a newspaper article relating to the First World War service of Captain Percy Lay, 8th Battalion. The file consists of a photocopy of an article by Frank Green and Ernest W Latchford, tit...RCDIG0000457
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Studio portrait of 4557 Private (Pte) Cyril Mear, 47th Battalion. A British born migrant from ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 4557 Private (Pte) Cyril Mear, 47th Battalion. A British born migrant from Derbyshire, Mear worked as a farmer in Maleny, Queensland prior to enlisting on 9 September 1915. While se...P07949.001
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Studio portrait of 3354 Private (Pte) Frederick William Bartlett, 59th Battalion, of Geelong, ...
Photograph
Maker: Crown Studios
Studio portrait of 3354 Private (Pte) Frederick William Bartlett, 59th Battalion, of Geelong, Vic. Prior to enlistment in May 1917, Pte Bartlett was employed as a gardener, and also served for nine ye...P07106.001
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Messages and signals notebook of Henry Arthur Goddard, 1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Goddard, Henry Arthur
Messages and signals notebook relating to the First World War service of Brigadier General Henry Arthur Goddard, 35th Battalion. The notebook contains messages and signals relating to the supply of a...RCDIG0000802
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Studio portrait of Francis Joseph Betts
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Unknown
Pre-enlistment studio portrait of 530 Private (Pte) Francis Joseph Betts, 42nd Battalion. Pte Betts, a labourer from Nobby in Queensland, enlisted on 26 October 1915 and embarked from Sydney aboard H...P10738.001
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Warrant Officer David O'Keeffe
Art
Maker: Hall, Bernard
Depicts a portrait of (12367) Sergeant (later Warrant ) David O'Keefe, DCM and Bar, for his work as a stretcher bearer at Ploegsteert Wood, during the Battle of Messines, 1917. He gained a bar to the ...ART07287
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Formal portrait of 2094 Private (Pte) George Lee, 36th Battalion, in 1916. Prior to his ...
Photograph
Maker: Crown Studios
Formal portrait of 2094 Private (Pte) George Lee, 36th Battalion, in 1916. Prior to his enlistment in April 1916, Pte Lee had trained for three years under the Universal Service Scheme which required ...P09920.001
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Windmill near Messines
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Watercolour sketch of a windmill and farmhouse near Messines, Belgium. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from November 1917 with the 10th Field Ambulance. ...ART03049
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Ruins of Messines
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts an image of ruined and war damaged churches in Messines, during the First World War. Charles Bryant (1883-1937) had some early art lessons before beginning his career as a clerk in the Bank o...ART00172
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Studio portrait of 470 Private (Pte) William Hampstead Field, 43rd Battalion. A native of Clare, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 470 Private (Pte) William Hampstead Field, 43rd Battalion. A native of Clare, South Australia, Field had been a stockman, manager of a pastoral property, and a Mounted Police Consta...P06358.001
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Panorama of Messines [first section]
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
A panorama view of the landscape of Messines, with hills in the middle and distant grounds. The landscape contains two ruined buildings one at the centre left and one at centre right and several rows ...ART11424.001
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Three unidentified members B Company, Australian support line in the Messines sector. From the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Three unidentified members B Company, Australian support line in the Messines sector. From the collection of Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Mr Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria and w...J00787
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c. 1916. A portrait of 374 Private James Allan (written as Allen on the photograph), 36th ...
Photograph
c. 1916. A portrait of 374 Private James Allan (written as Allen on the photograph), 36th Battalion. Private Allan was killed in action at Messines on 1917-07-07, aged 26. This portrait is taken from ...P01920.021
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Letters from Hugh Barr to his mother, 1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Barr, Hugh
Letters relating to the First World War service of Sergeant Hugh Barr, 44th Battalion. In these letters to his mother Barr writes of: the strain the 44th Battalion had been under in the Ypres sector; ...RCDIG0001133
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On the Messines Road
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts a war damaged landscape along the Messines Road in Belgium during the First World War. Charles Bryant (1883-1937) had some early art lessons before beginning his career as a clerk in the Ban...ART00182