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Canal, Somme Valley near Belloy sur Somme
Art
Maker: Longstaff, Will
Watercolour sketch depicting the canal near Belloy sur Somme. The canal is in the foreground with the Somme Valley in the background. Will Longstaff was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1879. From 1900 t...ART03014
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1948-11-17. LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR BERNARD FREYBERG VC KCB GCMG KBE DSO, GOVERNOR ...
Photograph
Maker: Wilson, D H
CANBERRA, ACT. 1948-11-17. LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR BERNARD FREYBERG VC KCB GCMG KBE DSO, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF NEW ZEALAND, AND LADY FREYBERG, NEAR THE PAINTING OF THE SOMME VALLEY BY ARTHUR STREETON ON ...133736
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1950-10-31. MR G. NICHOLSON, CURATOR OF THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, POINTING OUT ...
Photograph
Maker: Wilson, D H
CANBERRA, ACT. 1950-10-31. MR G. NICHOLSON, CURATOR OF THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, POINTING OUT FEATURES OF INTEREST ON THE PLAN MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 1918, TO VISITORS FROM THE SOUTH AFR...134366
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Cap badge, 12 (Nelson) Regiment : Lance Corporal G A Swanson, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Gaunt, J R
Brass cap badge for 12 (Nelson) Regiment. A circular badge featuring a stag with one leg raised within a voided centre, enclosed by an inner band with the words 'NELSON INFANTRY', flanked by a pair of...REL35030
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c. 1917. A portrait of 254 Private Archibald Scott, 56th Battalion. Private Scott was killed on ...
Photograph
c. 1917. A portrait of 254 Private Archibald Scott, 56th Battalion. Private Scott was killed on 1918-05-21 and he is buried in the Crouy British War Cemetery, Crouy-Sur-Somme, France. This portrait is...P01920.006
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Captain Frederick James
Art
Maker: Williamson, Garnet Angus
Depicts a side profile of Captain Frederick James, RMO, AAMC of the 56th Battalion.ART03562
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Captain Percy Lay
Art
Captain Percy Lay, MC, DCM, MM, 8th Battalion Australian Imperial Forces, served through the Gallipoli campaign as a private. He reached France with the Battalion early in 1916 and fought with it on t...ART03184
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Captain Walter Gilchrist
Art
Maker: Rodway, Florence
Captain Walter Richard Gilchrist, MC, 6 Fd Coy Engnrs AIF; Western Front Sydney, New South; 6th Field Company Engineers;ART06048
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Captured German casualty clearing station, 1918
Art
Depicts a captured German Casualty Clearing Station with several tents and soldiers being carried on stretchers into the larger tent in the background. There are two soldiers in the right foreground, ...ART03397
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1. Cardwell, Edward Thomas 2. Cardwell, Claude Edward (1. Private, 1st Stationary Hospital, Bendigo 2. Gunner, 31 Battery, 8th Field Artillery Brigade)
Private Record
Maker: Cardwell, Claude Edward
Diary of Gunner Claude Cardwell covers the period 25 July 1918-29 January 1919 in France. Describes air raids, bombardments, mules and donkeys transporting ammunition and guns, stretcher bearing, role...PR90/134
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Carroll, Percy Thomas (Private, b.1893 - d.1954)
Private Record
Maker: Carroll, Percy Thomas
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1101 Private Percy Thomas Carroll, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 1915-1917. Collection consists of a black covered diary spanning the period 8 May 1915...PR04389
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Carved head of a German soldier : 13 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Head of a German soldier carved from chalk. The soldier wears a pair of glasses and has a moustache. The glasses and eyes, mouth, moustache and field cap have all been highlighted with black ink and t...RELAWM00744
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Caterpillar Gully, Mametz Road, Somme
Art
Depicts a war damaged landscape with a roadway winding through it. Dyson wrote that this scene depicted, 'Caterpillar Gully, Mametz Road, Somme, 1917'. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war...ART09932
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Cecil (Jack) Hazlitt
Art
Maker: Westwood, Bryan
Jack put his age up to enlist in 1915 and arrived in Gallipoli as a signaler with the 28th Battalion. He went to France in 1916 and joined the Signals Company of the 4th Division. He was severally she...ART90418
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Chataway, Thomas Percival (Lieutenant, 15 Battalion, AIF)
Manuscript
Maker: Chataway, Thomas Percival
CONTAINS TWO TYPESCRIPTS, "MOURNING GLORY", A PLAY SET PARTIALLY IN THE TRENCHES IN FRANCE IN 1916, AND "DEATH RIDES ABROAD", AN ACCOUNT BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES AT GALLIPOLI (QUINN'S POST) A...MSS0652
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Chateau Coisy
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Watercolour sketch depicting the Chateau at Coisy with three Australian soldiers in the right of the image. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from November...ART03078
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Cherry, Percy Herbert, VC MC (Captain, b.1895 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Cherry, Percy Herbert
Original letter from King George V offering condolences on the death of Captain Cherry V.C., M.C., and regret at being unable to present the VC to Cherry before his death. The collection also contains...PR00110
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Christmas cards and postcards
Digitised Collection
Maker: Various
This file includes 13 Christmas cards and postcards received or sent by the Birdwood family between 1915 and 1939. Christmas cards from other army personnel as well as unit cards are included in the f...RCDIG0000522
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Church, Warfussee
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Watercolour sketch depicting the war damage inflicted upon a church in Warfusse. Warfusse is situated in the Somme region. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in Fran...ART03136
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Cigarette lighter : Gunner E V MacKellar, 8 Field Artillery Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass plated circular cigarette lighter with textured finish. It is embossed on one side with '1918' and on the other 'Somme'. The top of the lighter has a flint wheel for ignition and a small valve f...REL31358
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Civilian cemetery on the Somme battlefield
Art
Depicts a war damaged and smashed tree and a number of broken tombstones in the civilian cemetery on the Somme battlefield, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the...ART02358
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Cleaning harness, l'Hallue Valley
Art
Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts the horses and soldiers of the 1st Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Australian Divisional train, with harnesses and saddlery on rails with two soldiers are cleaning the harnesses and saddles. Ar...ART03483
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Collection related to the service of Alfred George Brown MC
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The ruined house, which when intact, was used as the 21st Battalion Headquarters from about 5 am to 8 pm on the 20 March 1917, during the unit's attack on Noreuil. The 6th Brigade Commander, General ...A00758
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Collection related to the service of 704 Ernest Charles Barnes
Photograph
Maker: Barnes, Ernest Charles
Group portrait of unidentified members of the 102nd Howitzer Battery having breakfast north of Amiens before entraining for the Somme, where the Australians went into action near Pozieres. (From the c...C00457
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Collection relating to the service of 1512, 1578, VX55289, V7592, V24239 Charles James (Nobby) Clarke MM DCM, 14th Battalion.
Photograph
FRANCE, 1916-17. ONE OF THE WATER-FILLED TRENCHES AT THE SOMME DURING THE WINTER OF 1916-17.P00308.002
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Collins, Harold Emanuel (Private, b.1892 - d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Collins, Harold Emanuel
Collection relating to the First World War service of 619 Private Harold Emanuel Collins, 1 Field Ambulance. Collection consists of an original handwritten diary kept by Pte Collins while on active s...PR01459
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1. Colliver, E J 2. Richardson, B H 3. Kingston, F H (1. Captain, 43 Battalion 2. Lieutenant, 43 Battalion, 3. Sergeant, 43 Battalion)
Manuscript
TITLED "43RD BATTALION HISTORY", MANUSCRIPT COMPRISES TYPESCRIPT DRAFTS COVERING FORMATION, VOYAGE TO EUROPE, TRAINING IN ENGLAND AND BATTLES ON WESTERN FRONT (MESSINES, YPRES, SOMME, AMIENS, VILLERS ...MSS0651
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Coloured pencils contained in shaving stick holder : Sapper L Vasco, 11 Field Company Engineers AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silver cylindrical shaving stick holder with lid. Embossed on the outside is the text 'SHAVING ERASMIC STICK'. 15 coloured pencils the majority of which have the branding 'Te FANTASTIQUE' are held i...REL/03408.007
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Communication trench
Art
Maker: Boyd, Penleigh
Depicts three soldiers in the trenches having a smoko with a group of soldiers above the trenches in the background.ART50243
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Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George : Lieutenant Colonel H F White, 35 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Garrard & Co Ltd
Neck decoration for a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. Unnamed as issued.REL42604.001
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[Company awaiting relief]
Art
Depicts the 2nd Division, 22nd Battalion, a group of soldiers, most standing, one sitting on rock near Ville-sur-Ancre. The company of soldiers, wearing helmets and carrying packs, await relief. Will ...ART19603
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Company awaiting relief, the Caterpillar, near Ville-sur-Ancre
Art
Depicts a number of soldiers in uniform, wearing helmets, resting on the road side awaiting relief. The 'caterpillar' in the title refers to the name of a sunken road south of Ville. Dyson inspected V...ART02250.003
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Compensation (back at the waggon lines)
Art
Depicts a young Australian soldier with his horse talking to young French woman near waggon lines. In the background are other horses and waggons. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war arti...ART02274.007
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Compensation (back at the waggon lines)
Art
Depicts a young Australian soldier with his horse talking to young French woman near waggon lines. In the background are other horses and waggons. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war arti...ART02274.006
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Compensation (back at the waggon lines)
Art
Depicts a young Australian soldier with his horse talking to young French woman near waggon lines. In the background are other horses and waggons. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war arti...ART02274.005
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Compensation (back at the waggon lines)
Art
Depicts a young Australian soldier with his horse talking to young French woman near waggon lines. In the background are other horses and waggons. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war arti...ART02274.012
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Corder, Fredrick T (Bombardier, 7th Bty AFA, AIF b.1891 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Corder, Fredrick T
PHOTOCOPY OF DIARY KEPT BETWEEN AUGUST 1914 AND JUNE 1917 DESCRIBING EMBARKATION, STATIONING IN EGYPT AND SERVICE AT GALLIPOLI, ON THE SOMME AND AT YPRES. NEWSCUTTING DESCRIBING DIARYPR86/134
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Corps Headquarters grooms' mess in Chateau Heilly
Art
Depicts a number of soldiers and officers seated, resting and talking at the grooms' and other ranks' mess in the Chateau at Heilly, France, the Headquarters of 1 Anzac Corps. Will Dyson was the first...ART02409
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Corps reserve ammunition dump
Art
Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts the Australian Corps reserve ammunition dump at St Gratien, with a road through the woods camouflaged with hessian stretched above road to conceal ammunition dump. Arthur Streeton is best know...ART03507
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CO's bivouac, DAC at St Souplet (Horace McKeown)
Art
Maker: Bell, George
Depicts Horace Henry McKeowan, a Lieutenant with the First Light Horse, and later a Captain with 4th Division Artillery, sitting in a tent and reading a newspaper or some military papers at St Souplet...ART00130
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Cotton bag : Sapper L Vasco, 11 Field Company Engineers AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cream cotton bag with rust stains. '16136 VASCOE. L. / 11th F.C. ENGRS / R/S' has been writing on the front in ink.REL/03408.001
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Counsell, Bertram George (Driver, b.1895 - d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Counsell, Bertram George
Collection relating to the First World War service of 21955 Driver Bertram George Counsell, 8th Field Artillery Battalion, France, 1916-1918. Wallet 1: One diary with cream coloured covers, indeciph...AWM2016.571.2
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Court, John Flecknoe (Private, d.1971)
Private Record
Maker: Court, John Flecknoe
Collection consisting of a diary, German map, discharge certificate, and a folder with ration book, photograph, money and German propaganda leaflet in it. The diary describes being taken prisoner by t...PR00403
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Crossing rough road
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
A soldier with his helmet, pack and rifle walking through the debris of a war damaged landscape in France.ART00226
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Cylindrical steel vessel with artists brushes and pencils : Sapper L Vasco, 11 Field Company Engineers AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cylindrical steel vessel with a bayonet attachment lid. The lid has been secured to the main vessel with a piece of twine. The base of the pencil case has the following embossed 'E J W III'. There...REL/03408.005
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Dakin, Clarence Herbert (Lieutenant, b.1894 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Dakin, Clarence Herbert
Papers of Lt Dakin who was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme in 1917. The collection includes correspondence with his family describing leave activities, training and family matters, officia...PR87/206
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DAMAGED BRITISH TANKS ABOARD A TRAIN HEADING FOR REPAIR WORKSHOPS.
Photograph
DAMAGED BRITISH TANKS ABOARD A TRAIN HEADING FOR REPAIR WORKSHOPS.H02133
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Davey, Alan Norman (Private, 5th Pnr Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Davey, Allan Norman
NOTEBOOK DIARY MAINTAINED FROM ENLISTMENT AND TRAINING AT SEYMOUR (VIC), MOVEMENT TO FRANCE, ACTIVE SERVICE ON THE SOMME, CORBIE AND POLYGON WOOD, INCLUDING VARIOUS BN SONGS AND COPIES OF GALLIPOLI VE...PR83/070
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Dawes, Walter 'Jack' (Private, b.1886 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Dawes, Walter 'Jack'
Collection relating to the First World War service of 4105 Private Walter "Jack" Dawes, 28 Battalion, 1916-1917. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection consists of a 10-page memoir by Private Dawes of his servic...PR04438
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Dead beat
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
A solitary soldier sits in the middle of the Somme landscape with his knees drawn up to his chin; his rifle and pack lay on his left side as he stares out into the distance across the solitary and bar...ART94231
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Death in the trenches
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
Two soldiers have been fired upon in their trench at the Somme. One has died and lays face down in the mud, the other stands upright but is bleeding and in pain.ART02173
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Deceased Soldier's Kit tag : Private C J Brill, 56 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular white cardboard tag with a vertical red stripe through the centre. At the top is printed 'Australian Imperial Force, Kit Store.'. Beneath this is 'DECEASED SOLDIER'S KIT.'. Underneath is...RELAWM14076.007
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Departing for the war: farewell to wife and child
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
A soldier embraces his wife while his young daughter looks on, before departing for war.ART19602
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Derelict (one of the original tanks blown out near Thiepval)
Art
Depicts an armoured vehicle, a wrecked British Mark 1 tank, in a war damaged landscape, with its rear wheels being stripped for salvaged metal. Dyson noted that this work depicted 'One of the first ta...ART02338
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Deserted horse lines near Pommier Redoubt
Art
Depicts a deserted wooden building draped with cloths, next to a Nissan hut in a war damaged landscape on the Western Front. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front ...ART02286.002
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Deserted horse lines near Pommier Redoubt
Art
Depicts a deserted wooden building draped with cloths, next to a Nissan hut in a war damaged landscape on the Western Front. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front ...ART02286.003
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Deserted horse lines near Pommier Redoubt
Art
Depicts a deserted wooden building draped with cloths, next to a Nissan hut in a war damaged landscape on the Western Front. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front ...ART02286.001
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Dews, Cecil N. (Lance Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Dews, Cecil N
Undated letter to his parents describing `travels' since leaving Australia in early April until arrival in Belgium in early September. Includes description of conditions endured while marching to the ...PR00323
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Diary for Frederick Harold Tubb, 1916-1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Tubb, Frederick Harold
Diary relating to the First World War service of Major Frederick Harold Tubb VC, 7th Battalion. The diary was written by Frederick Tubb between 1 July 1916 and 1 January 1917. In the diary, Tubb des...RCDIG0000285
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Diary of a Soldier, France 1916, It May Interest You
Manuscript
Maker: Bickle, Margaret Stork, Henry Wadds
Typed manuscript detailing the First World War service of 5454 Private Henry Wadds Stork and his brother 5455 Private Richard Stork, who enlisted in 1916. The manuscript consists of a transcript of He...MSS1998
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Diary of Edward Michael McNamee, 1915-1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: McNamee, Edward Michael
Diary relating to the First World War service of 1590 Private Edward Michael McNamee. In this diary, kept between 1915 and 1917, McNamee details his service with 9th Battalion at Gallipoli and on the ...RCDIG0000998
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Diary of Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott, March - August 1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Elliott, Harold Edward 'Pompey'
Diary relating to the First World War Service of Brigadier General Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott, 15th Brigade. The diary covers March - August 1918 detailing; being constantly shelled; receiving pra...AWM2018.19.96
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Diary of Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott, November 1916 - March 1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Elliott, Harold Edward 'Pompey'
Diary relating to the First World Ward service of Brigadier General Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott, 15 Brigade. The diary covers November 1916 - March 1918 detailing; his men being killed; being in th...AWM2018.19.95
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Diary of Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1917-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Reynolds, Herbert Vincent
Diary relating to the First World War service of 622 Private Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1st Australian Field Ambulance. In this diary, kept between 1 January 1917 and 24 [April] 1918, Reynolds details ...RCDIG0001015
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Diary of John Henry Llewellyn Turnbull, 1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Turnbull, John Henry Llewellyn
Diary relating to the First World War service of 1295 Driver John Henry Llewellyn Turnbull, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column. This is the fifth of six detailed diaries transcribed by Turnbull after th...RCDIG0001110
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Diary of Keith McKeddie Doig, 1916-1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Doig, Keith McKeddie
Diary relating to the First World War service of Major Keith McKeddie Doig, 60th Infantry Battalion, 28 July [1916] - 7 April 1917. In this diary, Doig briefly notes several days at sea immediately ...AWM2018.19.4
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Diary of Theodor Milton Pflaum, 1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Pflaum, Theodor Milton
Diary relating to the First World War service of Second Lieutenant Theodor Milton Pflaum, 8th Machine Gun Company. This diary contains entries ranging from 16 June 1916 to February 1917 and covers: th...RCDIG0001104
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1919 Diary related to Henry Arthur Goddard
Digitised Collection
Maker: Goddard, Henry Arthur
Diary relating to the First World War service of Brigadier General Henry Arthur Goddard. The diary was kept by Brigadier General Goddard between January and April 1919 and provides an account of his ...RCDIG0000785
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1918 Diary related to Henry Arthur Goddard
Digitised Collection
Maker: Goddard, Henry Arthur
Diary relating to the First World War service of Brigadier General Henry Arthur Goddard. The diary was kept by Brigadier General Goddard throughout 1918 and documents the battles of Morlancourt, Vill...RCDIG0000784
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Diary transcript of Keith McKeddie Doig, 1916-1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Doig, Keith McKeddie
Diary transcript relating to the First World War service of Major Keith McKeddie Doig, 60th Infantry Battalion, 28 July [1916] - 7 April 1917. In this diary transcript, Doig briefly notes several da...AWM2018.19.5
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Diary transcript of Percy Ernest Nimmo, 1916-1919
Digitised Collection
Maker: Nimmo, Percy Ernest
Diary transcript relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Percy Ernest Nimmo, 48th Infantry Battalion, 11 April 1916 - 3 July 1919. In this diary, Nimmo commences to document his active ...AWM2018.19.35
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Diggers going into the line
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
Australian AIF soldiers in winter coats trapse in single file through the war damaged landscape of the Somme. Carrying their full personal equipment packs, duck boards and supplies, they survey a dism...ART00227
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Diggers leaving their barn for the line
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
A group of Australian soldiers leaving their barn billet with their rifles, packs and helmets for front line.ART00229
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Diggers outside farmhouses
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
Australian soldiers outside two French farmhouses in the Somme Area, Western Front.ART00232
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Diggers sitting in dugout
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts several soldiers, in uniform and wearing tin helmets, sitting in a dugout. One holds a candle to read a letter by. Frank Crozier (1883-1948) worked as a decorator and clerk and attended the Na...ART00235
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Digger with packhorse passing through ruins
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
An Australian soldier leads his pack horse through the war torn landscape of the Somme in Western France.ART00234
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Dingbat Alley, Peronne
Art
Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts the 1st Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Australian Division Ammunition Column headquarters and the houses on the street with some ruined. 'Dingbat' is Australian slang for idiot or simpleton. ...ART12641
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Distinguished Conduct Medal & Bar: Company Sergeant Major Louis John Mathias, 33 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Conduct Medal (Geo V). Impressed edge with recipient's details.REL/05768.001
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Distinguished Conduct Medal : Sergeant J H McK Edwards, 21 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Conduct Medal (George V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/08995.002
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Distinguished Service Order : Major C W D Daly, 6 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Service Order (Geo V). Unnamed as issued.REL/09147.001
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Distribution of rations at a 39th battery FA position, Vaire-sur-Somme
Art
Depicts a standing soldier and other soldiers unloading supplies and rations from a wagon, pulled by a horse, on the Somme. A Nissen hut is visible in the background on a ridge. George Courtney Benson...ART00131
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Domestic scene in the Somme
Art
Depicts a number of soldiers seated, resting, reading or drinking near two tents in the French countryside, near the Somme. The soldiers are probably members of a salvage company operating on the dese...ART09908
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Double breasted brown cotton moleskin jacket : Flieger-Ersatz-Abtielung 1
Heraldry
Maker: Adam, S
German Air Service (Luftstreitkrafte) double breasted brown cotton moleskin jacket in a style similar to the German Army 'Kleine Rock' pattern. The two vertical rows of six opposing silver coloured me...REL/01369.001
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Dressing station in France
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Depicts soldiers being brought to a station where they can have their wounds dressed. Several are standing or lying on stretchers in the foreground, with an ambulance and two stretcher bearers behind ...ART16976
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Early morning activities in camp
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
Soldiers washing up and getting ready for the day in an encampment in the Somme area.ART02165
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East, Sir Ronald (Author)
Private Record
Maker: East, Ronald
EXTRACT FROM THE DIARY OF L/CPL D T P WILSON 24TH BN, AIF DESCRIBING THE ADVANCE OF 8 AUGUST 1918; ARTICLE WRITTEN BY DONOR, "HOW THE RED BARON DIED IN 1918", AND MATERIAL RELATED TO THE BURCHETT FAMI...PR84/329
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Edge of Delville Wood looking towards old sugar refinery, February 1917
Art
Maker: Lindsay, Daryl Ernest
Depicts a landscape from the edge of Delville Wood looking towards the old sugar refinery, Albert Bapaume Area, Somme, Western Front.ART02971
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Edwards, Cecil Francis MM (Private, b.1895 - d.1948)
Private Record
Maker: Edwards, Cecil Francis
Original diary describing training in Cairo and Alexandria, watching the landing at Gallipoli from on board ship, the high number of wounded, the 'great battle' and the number of trenches captured, be...PR00383
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Emery, Vincent James (Lance Corporal, 40th Bn, AIF b: c. 1898 d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Emery, Vincent Joseph Hine, Geoffrey H
26 page typed manuscript written as an anecdotal 'history' of Australians on the Somme, written by Geoffrey Hine in 1987. Hine has used the reminiscences of L/Cpl Vincent Emery as a basis for his man...PR87/218
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[Encampment outside Glisy]; verso: [View of Amiens]
Art
Maker: Streeton, Arthur
A sketch of an encampment with landscape in the background, a road with telegraph poles. ART12647 matches up with this work as the left hand side of the complete sketch and was excised by Streeton fro...ART93170.008
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End of day's rush, forward loading post
Art
Depicts wounded soldiers being placed and carried on stretchers and placed in field ambulances at a casualty clearing station near a Aubigny in the Corbie Albert area of the Somme.ART03399
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Engraved brass serviette ring
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand made brass serviette ring engraved 'SOMME ADVANCE ROWLAND 8.8.18.'REL30605.002
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Engraved brass serviette ring
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand made brass serviette ring engraved 'Somme Advance OLIVE 8.8.18.'REL30605.003
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Engraved brass serviette ring
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand made brass serviette ring engraved 'SOMME ADVANCE HAROLD 8.8.18.' The figure '6TH' is also engraved on the ring.REL30605.001
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[Entrance gate]
Art
Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Sketch of a damaged entrance gate with a tent and soldiers outside. Purchased with the assistance of the Australian Government through the National Cultural Heritage Account 2007ART93173.009
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Entrance to citadel, Peronne
Art
Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts a view of the damaged entrance to the Citadel at Peronne, with an Albion truck parked at the entrance. Arthur Streeton is best known as one of the painters of the Heidelberg School in Melbour...ART03516
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Extracts of letters relating to Henry Stanley Davis, 1916-1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Australian War Memorial Davis, Henry Stanley Robertson, James Campbell
Typescript extracts of letters relating to the First World War service of Captain Henry Stanley Davis, 46th Battalion. These extracts were made by the Australian War Memorial in 1932-1933 and the orig...RCDIG0001160
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Feltscheer, George Christian (Corporal, b.1882 - d.1982)
Private Record
Maker: Feltscheer, George Christian
Collection relating to the First World War service of 5601 Corporal George Christian Feltscheer, 21st Battalion. Collection consitsts of an original pocket sized hand written diary covering the period...PR05668
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Fethers, Wilfred Kent (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1885 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Fethers, Wilfred Kent
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Colonel Wilfred Kent Fethers DSO, 24th Infantry Battalion, and his brothers Captain Bernard Denton Fethers, Lieutenant Cyril Denton Fet...AWM2016.858.1
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Feuilleres, section of bridge
Art
Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts a bridge at Feuilleres across the Somme, destroyed by retreating German forces, and repaired next morning by the 5th Field Company AIF. Arthur Streeton is best known as one of the painters of...ART03522