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Ashtray with Owen Gun Lysaghts badge
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass ashtray in nickle plate finish with an enamelled brass badge in the centre, showing an Owen gun over a white globe, with the words 'OWEN GUN' over 'LYSAGHTS' on a red background.REL42096
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Cigarette Box : Trooper G D Burns, 6 Calvary Regiment, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden cigarette box which features the Rising Sun, carved from mother of pearl, embedded on the centre front of the box. On the back of the box, the word 'Jerusalem' is written in black ink in the u...REL33591
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Cigarette case : Flying Officer J J Allen, 41 Squadron, RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silver coloured cigarette case with decorative finish on the front and back. The case is hinged along the left side and opens by a spring clasp on the right. A band of blue elastic for securing the ci...REL31788
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Cigarette case, hand made at Rabaul in 1946
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cigarette case made from duralium (duralumin), an alloy of alumiminium and copper used in aircraft manufacture. The top of the lid is inlaid with brown bakelite. The cigarette case is oval shaped with...REL29644
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Cigarette Case : Private J P Saunders, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Chrome plated cigarette case with an impressed diamond pattern finish on the front and back. The case is hinged along the left side and opens by pushing a clasp on the right. The initials 'J.P.S.' are...REL31818
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Cigarette case : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Damaged metal cigarette case with a hinge on the left side. The top of the case has a number of small regimental badges attached with spaces marking where others were once attached. Those remaining in...REL/02029.003
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Cigarette case : Sergeant O C R Pike, 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Chrome-plated brass cigarette case with a decorative finish on the front and back. The case is hinged along the left side and opens by pushing a clasp on the right. The initials 'OCRP' are engraved on...REL31555
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Cigarette case with cigarettes : Driver V C Ball, 1 Company, Australian Army Service Corps, Gull Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass cigarette case with a sprung clasp and spring hinge. The exterior surfaces are decorated with a pressed fish scale pattern, while the inside surfaces have a engine turned finish. The Inside is f...REL31814
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Cigarette cellophane : Sapper L McLennan, 2/2 Forestry Unit
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Six pieces of clear cellophane trimmed into a rectangular shape.REL/21579.006
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Cigarette lighter : Warrant Officer Class 1 R T Turrell, 2/6 Field Regiment, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Green and Co
White metal rectangular cigarette lighter with rounded edges and a separate lid. The lighter has a flint wheel mechanism and windproof grill. On the base is stamped, 'GREENANDCO' in an oval.REL38128
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Cigarette rolling case : Miss G L Crawford, Voluntary Aid Destachments
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Chrome plated cigarette rolling case. The case has a hinge at the back and a small notch on the front to lift the lid. The top of the lid has a decorative design and an open rectangular section for th...REL30530
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Cigarette tin : Private M J Gilbert, 2/21 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: G Damman & Co Pty Ltd
Blue painted and gilt 'Damman's' cigarette tin with a hinged lid. Inside the lid is printed in black: No.1 LARGE SIZE No.2 MEDIUM SIZE No.3 SMALL SIZE in small print; DAMMAN’S VIRGINIA CIGARETTES...REL31316
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Copper matchbox holder with RAE insignia : Lance Corporal TH Clissold, 2/2 Field Company, RAE
Heraldry
Maker: Clissold, Thomas Henry
Handmade copper matchbox holder featuring a copper Royal Australian Engineers exploding grenade soldered to the front with 2/2 FLD COY and -RAE- engraved above and below. The reverse is engraved 'To D...REL33872
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During spells from front line duty in Tobruk the men spent much time preparing souvenirs to send ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
During spells from front line duty in Tobruk the men spent much time preparing souvenirs to send home. Here VX29542 Private Keith Patrick Murphy, of Corryong, Victoria, is polishing the base of a she...020911
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Embroidered tobacco pouch : Mrs A M Cuthbe, Changi Prison
Heraldry
Maker: Cuthbe, Augusta Mary
Khaki cotton folding tobacco pouch lined with cream coloured rubber. The inside bottom of the pouch is hand embroidered in black cotton chainstitch, with a scene of two women carring a broom and a ful...REL/08538
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Engraved cigarette case : Major I A Wilson, 10 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Aluminium cigarette case with side hinge and spring clasp. The front is engraved with a Japanese soldier holding his rifle and a map of East China showing towns, shipping and railway routes. The case ...REL35289
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Engraved cigarette case : Sergeant R W Saunders 2/7 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cigarette case with matt gold coloured interior. The exterior surface of the case is stamped with a decorative waffle pattern. A small piece in the top left corner of the exterior does not have this ...REL/18642
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Engraved cigarette tin : Private J F Thoburne, Headquarters Northern Territory Force
Heraldry
Maker: Comyns, Richard
Sterling silver cigarette tin with hinged lid. The lid is engraved with a Vickers Wellesley aircraft and the words 'To The Officers/AUSTRALIAN STAFF CORPS MESS/DARWIN/From the Officers/LONG RANGE DEVE...REL41101
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Engraved tin : Lance Corporal H Beitsch, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Beitsch, Hector
Tin with hinged lid. The lid is engraved with a memorial stone and cross with the letters 'AIF'. In the left corner is engraved '1941 BURMA' and in the right is '1945 JAVA'. Both place names are under...REL30303
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Engraved tobacco tin : Private D J Anderson, 2/29 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Campny, William John
Small aluminum tobacco tin with hinged lid. The lid has been engraved with the rays of an Imperial Japanese flag superimposed with a Returned from Active Service badge. Engraved in one corner are the ...REL33283
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Engraved tobacco tin : Sergeant W O Wald, 8th Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small aluminium tobacco tin with separate lid. Engraved on the four sides of the lid is, 'BURMA MALAYA THAILAND SINGAPORE'. The sides of the tin are also engraved with, 'W WALD NX58914 8 [illegible] ...REL39900
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German matchbox : Sergeant C N Fraser, 460 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Monopol
German match box with a bottom tray and outer casing, containing fifty safety matches. The tray consists of a light wood base and cardboard sides, the outer casing is made from light wood. A black and...REL31262
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Greek rope lighter: Captain Bruce Brock, 2/2 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Flint and tinder rope lighter. The lighter features a metal casing with an attached flintwheel and a length of white (discoloured) and blue rope. About halfway down the rope is a knot and the padding ...REL/11646
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Hand coloured studio portrait of TX966 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) John Athol Mercer, 2/12th Battalion ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Hand coloured studio portrait of TX966 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) John Athol Mercer, 2/12th Battalion AIF. Cpl Mercer enlisted at Brighton, Tas, on 19 February 1940 and was killed in action in New Guinea ...P07605.001
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Hand made ashtray : Lance Corporal T H Clissold, 2/2 Field Company, RAE
Heraldry
Maker: Clissold, Thomas Henry
Round ashtray with three cigarette slots, made from cast aluminium to which is bolted a cast aluminium depiction of the 6th Australian Infantry Division tactical symbol of a kangaroo over a boomerang....REL33869
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Handmade cigarette box : Private J McGowan, 2/9 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade aluminium cigarette box with a curved hinged lid. The lid is engraved with and image of Changi Gaol and a scroll bearing the words 'CHANGI J. McGOWAN GAOL'. The base of the case is engraved '...REL/17494
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HMAS Sydney (II) wardroom ashtray : John 'Jack' Earnest Phillips, Australian Window Glass Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Casted circular brass ashtray with three moulded cigarette resting points at the top. The bottom side is textured with distinctive ridgelines emanating outwards from the centre, giving it a 'shell lik...REL47096
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Improvised pipe: unknown private, 2/48 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Carved wooden pipe - the bowl and shank are carved from a hard wood, with the shank joineded with a piece of brass bullet cartridge, and the stem carved from a piece of bone. The joint between the bra...RELAWM20164
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Improvised POW smoking pipe: Lance Corporal Victor Stuart McComb, 22nd Infantry Brigade
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Smoking pipe, a variation on the apple shape, apparently turned from the leg of a teak billiard table. The neck is straight and the joint between bowl and shank is covered by an aluminium band. The bo...REL/00408
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Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe: Lintang Barracks, Kuching, Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised smoking pipe with an octagonal bowl and an octagonal shank. This is likely made from wood local to Borneo. The mouthpiece appears to be fashioned from a piano key or similar; it has yellowe...REL/01992
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Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe, Lintang Barracks, Kuching, Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe, the bowl crudely shaped like an elongated hexagon. The shank has split and there is what appears to be a repair along the split line. The stem is a length of bamboo...REL/01990
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Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe, Lintang Barracks, Kuching, Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised wooden pipe with a vaguely octagonal shape bowl. The shank is reinforced with a wrapping of cotton drill fabric overlaid with what appears to be latex (this was very common at this camp as ...REL/01989
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Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe: Private Peter Albert Hocking, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Hocking, Peter Albert
Bowl and shank only of a hand made smoking pipe, fashioned from teak, with the missing stem made out of water buffalo horn. The bowl shape bears a resemblance to a pot style of pipe. The shank has a t...REL/01787
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Improvised prisoners' smoking pipe: Staff Sergeant Arthur Cyril Robinson, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Robinson, Arthur Cyril
Crude smoking pipe with shank made from local clay and fired. The pipe was used with the stem (REL/1961.003) which also served another pipe. The interior of the bowl contains tobacco residue.REL/01961.001
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Japanese handmade Hanafunda playing cards
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
An incomplete set of handmade Japanese Hanafunda playing cards. There are only 10 (40 cards) of the expected 12 (48 cards) suits of four cards each. Each suit consists of four identically marked cards...REL/02916.001
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Japanese Kinshi brand cigarette box, Zentsuji Prisoner of War Camp : Lieutenant W H Larkin, Lark Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small rectangular shaped green coloured Japanese cigarette box made from light cardboard. The front of the box features a bird in flight below two Japanese written characters and below the bird are v...REL33281
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Lighter : Hugh King Ashby, Singapore Straits Volunteer Force
Heraldry
Maker: Ashby, Hugh King
Handmade lighter contructed from various pieces of brass. The base is a long barrel section which holds the lighter fluid. A small brass ring screws into this barrel and also connects to the lighter m...REL31502
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Matchbox cover : Warrant Officer A K Hutton, 2/3 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Three sided metal match box cover with a decorative green trim. Both sides are printed with a humorous cartoon. The first shows a man passing by in the background carrying a suitcase marked 'W.C.'. A ...REL32638
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Match box holder : Private B F Fletcher, Australian Army Ordnance Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Fletcher, Bruce Finlay
Match box cover made from a single piece of bent aluminium. The piece is folded into three parts - front, back and spine - to a size identical to a box of matches. A matchbox has been glued inside the...REL43214
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Match box holder : Private B F Fletcher, Australian Army Ordnance Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Fletcher, Bruce Finlay
Match box cover made from a single piece of bent aluminium. The piece is folded into three parts - front, back and spine - to a size identical to a box of matches. A matchbox has been glued inside the...REL36524
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Pipe : H K Ashby, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
Heraldry
Maker: Ashby, Hugh King
Hand made pipe. The bowl is carved from Malayan hardwood and the stem is made from a length of hollowed out bamboo.REL31500
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Prisoners' improvised smoking pipe, Lintang Barracks, Kuching, Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised pipe made entirely from bamboo. The bowl is a naturally hollowed out section of bamboo cut at one of the nodes. The stem is a smaller length of bamboo which makes use of the hollow nature o...REL/01991
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Section of PLUTO pipeline converted to ashtray
Heraldry
Section of 3 inch HAIS pipeline converted to an ashtray. This short section of pipe has been converted to an ashtray by having a metal dish inserted into the top and thick red felt stuck to the base.REL26467
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Silver Cigarette Case : Signalman John Farquharson, HMAS Lismore
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A decorative nickel-silver plated brass cigarette case with sprung clasp and hinged lid featuring a framed scene of a royal Thai hunting party engraved on the cover. The unengraved metal surface frame...REL34282
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Smokers outfit : Sergeant O C R Pike, 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Smokers outfit for holding tobacco, matches and cigarette papers. The outfit is in the form of an aluminium box with a hinged lid that opens to a compartment for tobacco on the left, and a compartment...REL31557
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Smoker's pipe : Private A S Gurney VC, 2/48 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Unknown
Smoker's pipe. The bowl and shank is made from a single piece of briar wood. Impressed into the shank is 'Dr Plumb PERFECT PIPE' and 'MADE IN FRANCE'. Impressed on sterling silver band connecting the...REL/13480
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Smoker's pipe : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Smoker's pipe made from bamboo. The bowl has two rough decorative lines around the top rim and is lined with clay. The stem has been bound with an aluminium band and the mouthpiece is made from a type...REL/02029.002
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Smoker's tin : Sapper C H F Nunn, 2/4 Field Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised white metal smoker's tin with modified hinged lid. The bottom to the tin, designed to hold loose tobacco, may once have contained an emergency chocolate ration or medical supplies. The orig...REL40597
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Smoking pipe stem: Staff Sergeant Arthur Cyril Robinson, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Short (60mm long) commercially made ebonite pipe smoking stem and mouthpiece. The shank end is provided with a length of coated copper piping. The mouthpiece is chewed and damaged.REL/01961.003
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Tobacco pouch : Bombardier A F Gauld, 2/10 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Gauld, Alan Forbes 'Ted' Lightning
Handmade leather tobacco pouch with metal zipper. The zipper pull is stamped 'LIGHTNING'. The pouch contains tobacco and cigarettes from the Second World War period.REL33945