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Army Medical Service armband
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White cotton drill Army Medical Service armband with an appliqued red wool flannel cross in the centre. The left side of the band is stamped in black ink 'Army Medical Service' within a circle. The ba...REL/17805
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A section of an exhibit in the special Boer War Exhibition held in the Australian War Memorial to ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A section of an exhibit in the special Boer War Exhibition held in the Australian War Memorial to mark the 75th anniversary of the Boer War, showing a signed portrait photograph of Nursing Sister Edi...A04406
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A Sister of Charity
Art
Maker: Unknown
A Sister of Charity nun is depicted giving the last rites to a soldier that is most likely a Tasmanian Imperial Bushman. The soldier on the left saluting is most probably from a Scottish Regiment and ...ART93401
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A soldier walking towards one of the bell tents at the camp of the NSW Imperial Bushmen.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A soldier walking towards one of the bell tents at the camp of the NSW Imperial Bushmen.A04314
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A street in Mafeking taken after the siege. The signs on the building in the left background ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A street in Mafeking taken after the siege. The signs on the building in the left background read '?Xon's Hotel' left and 'Dixon and Company' (right).A04308
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A troop horse of the NSW Imperial Bushmen, showing items of saddlery.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A troop horse of the NSW Imperial Bushmen, showing items of saddlery.A04305
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A troop of A Squadron of the NSW Mounted Rifles on parade at Cape Town shortly after their ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A troop of A Squadron of the NSW Mounted Rifles on parade at Cape Town shortly after their arrival from Australia.A05208
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A troop train departing from Mafeking carrying elements of the New South Wales Citizens' ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A troop train departing from Mafeking carrying elements of the New South Wales Citizens' Bushmen's Contingent for Vryburg to the south. The rear wagon holds a number of soldiers and their horses can ...P02578.001
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A typical member of the NSW Imperial Bushmen, mounted on his horse, on active service in South ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A typical member of the NSW Imperial Bushmen, mounted on his horse, on active service in South Africa.A04285
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Australian-made stock saddle officially supplied to troops serving in the Boer War, 1901
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather Poley saddle with white cloth (replacement) lining over original white serge lining. Both flaps stamped inside with broad arrows and '01'. Saddle is unmounted.REL26766
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Australian soldiers of the 1st NSW Mounted Rifles standing by a one pounder pom pom gun. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Australian soldiers of the 1st NSW Mounted Rifles standing by a one pounder pom pom gun. Identified is 210 Private John McCracken (left) and 320 Private Lucian Franklin Hayward. The centre soldier is ...P00422.012
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Australian troops marching across a bridge on their way to Fremantle to embark for the Boer War ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Australian troops marching across a bridge on their way to Fremantle to embark for the Boer War in South Africa.P04182.001
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Australian troops on board a troopship, watch as a horse is unloaded in a sling. The troops had ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Australian troops on board a troopship, watch as a horse is unloaded in a sling. The troops had just arrived in South Africa.A04339
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Badge of the Order of St John of Jerusalem : A E Perkins
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Badge of a Serving Brother of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.REL/18064.002
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Badge : Sister A L Jones, Princess Christian Army Nursing Service Reserve
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular silver badge for the Princess Christian Army Nursing Service Reserve. The badge features a large cross in the centre, with a coronet at the end of each arm. In the quarters formed by the cros...REL/04568
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Battle of the Modder River, November 28, 1899. Methuen's great fight
Art
Maker: Unknown George Newnes Ltd W H Smith & Son
Depicts the 1899 battle at Modder River Station, where members of the 62nd and 75th Batteries Royal Field Artillery, 9th Lancers, Guards Brigade, Scots Guards, 9th Brigade, 2nd Coldstream Guards, Argy...ART19886
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Binocular case : Lieutenant C B B White, Royal Australian Artillery
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Curved brown leather case for binoculars. The lid is attached to the case with a strip of leather at the back and is stamped on the top below a small leather handle 'LIEUT.C.B.B.WHITE'. The case faste...REL29675
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Binoculars : Lance Corporal A Hill, 1st Australian Horse
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Pair of brass binoculars featuring a centrally mounted focus adjusting wheel.REL/11369
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Bisque porcelain figure : 'A Gentleman in Kharki'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bisque porcelain figure after the painting 'A Gentleman in Kharki' by Richard Caton Woodville, although the figure is missing its rifle. The figure is painted and the title 'A gentleman in kharki' is ...REL23578
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Blue peaked cap : Orange Free State Artillery Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Orange Free State Artillery Corps (Korps Artillerie Orange Vrystaatse) blue peaked cap with orange piping.REL/03234.001
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Boer marksmen pose outside Ladysmith during the siege. Prefer image P02578.010 which is a better ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Boer marksmen pose outside Ladysmith during the siege. Prefer image P02578.010 which is a better copy.A04922
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Boer War Christmas greeting and gift : Trooper W Alexander
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Boer War Christmas greeting and gift. It comprises a patch of khaki fabric with a drawing of crossed flags and the inscription 'BOER WAR 1901 S.A', and a greeting written on a piece of paper which rea...REL36902
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Boer War plan
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
A coloured Boer War plan, drawn by W P Oberholzer.3DRL/7886
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Boer War Scrapbook
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the service of Australian Contingents in the Boer War. The collection consists of a large red leather-bound scrapbook containing newspaper articles and photographs of Boer War ...AWM2017.241.1
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[Boer War soldier]
Art
Maker: Unknown
This standing bisque figure of a soldier was manufactured for sale during the South African war. A companion figure of a nurse was also produced. A number of related bisque figurines were produced in ...ART40994
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Boer War souvenir handkerchief
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White silk handkerchief printed in black, with a portrait of Lord Roberts in the centre. Around the image is a ribbon scroll inscribed, 'JACOBSDAL, SMALDEEL, PAARDEBERG, BLOEMFONTEIN, KIMBERLEY, MAFEK...REL29464
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Brass Trumpet : Bugler H G M Cole, 4 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (South Australia)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass Trumpet with conical horn. Markings stamped into horn 'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE PARIS' within a wreath, '1900/ HORS CONCOURS/ MEMBRE DU JURY/ GAUTROL BREVETE/ S.G.D.G./ PARIS/', and an oval wit...REL25085
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British and Australian prisoners of war, who were held by the Boers, being released from Waterval ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
British and Australian prisoners of war, who were held by the Boers, being released from Waterval Camp shortly after the fall of Pretoria.A04426
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British entry into Pretoria, June 5 1900
Art
Maker: Unknown G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd
The final print in Bacon's series of South African Battle Pictures. The New South Wales Lancers are depicted in a parade with Field Marshall Lord Roberts and General Lord Kitchener (South Africa 1899-...ART19820
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Major A Cooke-Russell, 36th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's name.REL/10783.004
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Brown album containing photographs of South African families, souvenired during the Boer War by ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Brown album containing photographs of South African families, souvenired during the Boer War by Private John Thomas Jennings, Ist Victorian Contingent.P09423
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Buffels Hoek, in the western Transvaal north-east of Mafeking. Lieutenant Tom Parkin (left) with ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Buffels Hoek, in the western Transvaal north-east of Mafeking. Lieutenant Tom Parkin (left) with an unidentified soldier in camp. Another soldier tends horses in the background. Parkin was an offic...P02578.020
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Bullet casing cigarette lighter : Private H Turner, New South Wales Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cigarette lighter made from a .303 cartridge. A flint wheel has been soldered to the side of the casing, which is engaged by a threaded screw at the bottom of the wheel's housing, and the projectile c...REL39564
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Bullet in cylindrical case : Private J W Anderson, 1 Victorian Contingent
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Unknown
Nickel plated brass dome-ended cylinder shaped case in two parts - a lid and a body - which screw together. The main body is also supplied with a screw shape at its other end, allowing the lid to be s...REL23630
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Busby : Transvaalse Staatsartillerie
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black fur busby with red wool bag. Attached to the end of the bag is a gold tassel. On the front of the busby is a brass badge featuring crossed cannons and a bursting grenade. Each side features a go...REL/03531
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"Bushie", a collie dog, wearing a leather saddle with decorations including a miniature Bushman's ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
"Bushie", a collie dog, wearing a leather saddle with decorations including a miniature Bushman's hat. Constable Horn, a policeman from Toorak, Victoria, had given the dog to Constable Morey when More...P11043.003
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"Bushie", a collie dog, with members of the 3rd Victorian Bushmen Contingent. Constable Horn, a ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
"Bushie", a collie dog, with members of the 3rd Victorian Bushmen Contingent. Constable Horn, a policeman from Toorak, Victoria, had given the dog to Constable Morey when Morey joined the 3rd Victoria...P11043.001
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"Bushie", a collie dog, with Walter and Edith Horn, the children of Edward Horn a police ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
"Bushie", a collie dog, with Walter and Edith Horn, the children of Edward Horn a police constable from Toorak, Victoria. Constable Horn had given the dog to Constable Morey when Morey joined the 3rd ...P11043.002
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Bushie: the celebrated Australian war dog No. 159
Published Collection
Maker: Unknown
Coloured postcard of "Bushie", the first dog officially sent to the South African War. According to the typed caption accompanying the item in its archival housing, this postcard is a photograph made ...RC01119
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Calabash smoking pipe with full bent stem : Lance Corporal Edward Charles Barnes, Royal Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Gourd calabash pipe with brass chamber capping and full-bent vulcanite stem with nickel-plated stem collar. The chamber lined with tobacco residue.REL34556
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Cap comforter : Lieutenant H A Embling, Victorian Imperial Bushmen
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Khaki coloured knitted cap comforter with pompom.REL/01700
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"Cape and Special Police. Thomas River." The group is a mixture of loyal colonists and black ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
"Cape and Special Police. Thomas River." The group is a mixture of loyal colonists and black South Africans. Behind the group is what appears to be the foundations of a major bridge or railway cutting...P06169.009
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Cape Colony
Art
Maker: Unknown
The congeniality of domestic family life in the Georgian/Victorian period is captured in this print relating to the Boer War period (1899 - 1902). The family is gathered around the patriarchal figure ...ART93403
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Captain (Capt) Edward Richman, instructor, and seven men of the 2nd South Australian (Mounted ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Captain (Capt) Edward Richman, instructor, and seven men of the 2nd South Australian (Mounted Rifles) Contingent, who fought in the Boer War. Left to right: Capt Richman, (later lieutenant-adjutant of...P00220.001
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Captain Reuter Emerich Roth VD, NSW Bearer Company, receiving the Distinguished Service Order ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Captain Reuter Emerich Roth VD, NSW Bearer Company, receiving the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) medal from General Sir Ian Hamilton in the field. Captain Roth served as a Colonel in the First Wor...P03674.001
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Carved and decorated Oom-Paul smoking pipe : Lance Corporal E C Barnes, Royal Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Oom-Paul style pipe with full bent neck, vulcanite stem, pierced brass hinged chamber cover and brass stem collar. The front of the bowl has been carved 'E.C.B / BOER WAR / 1900-01' within a shield sh...REL34555
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Carved pipe : Trooper C E Blanchard, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Ornately carved 'Oom Paul' style pipe bowl. The shank is carved with the name 'C. E. Blanchard' with a branch and star pattern depicted on either side. On the left side of the shank is 'DE WET' and o...REL/00413
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Carved wooden pipe : Boer prisoner of war
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
'Oom Paul' type briar pipe carved in captivity by a Boer prisoner of war. The bowl of the pipe has been carved so that the coat of arms of the South African Republic appear in relief inside a circle, ...REL30526
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Case for slide rule : Captain R Wishart, Johannesburg Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather case for a slide rule. The case is of sewn construction, and has a strap fastening through a leather loop to retain the slide rule.REL36081.002
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Cavalry pattern ammunition pouch : Sergeant J Williams, 5 Australian Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black leather ammunition pouch of stitched construction featuring a long external flap mounting a brass badge of 1 Australian Horse. This flap opens to reveal an internal pouch, fitted with eight exte...REL38827