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Bowen, Rowland Griffiths (Commander, OBE K St J, AN&MEF and RAN)
Private Record
Maker: Bowen, Rowland Griffiths
NAVAL SIGNAL RE Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) LANDING ON NEW BRITAIN. PROCLAMATION RE OCCUPATION OF NEW BRITAIN. REPORT RE LANDING, DEATH OF CAPT POCKLEY AND WOUNDING OF B...3DRL/7734
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Collins, William (Chief Petty Officer, b.1875 - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Collins, William
Collection relating to service of Chief Petty Officer William Collins, HMAS Berrima and HMAS Una, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), New Guinea and New Britain, 1914. Collect...1DRL/0208
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Commandant's Quarters, Herbertshohe
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts a house at Herbertshoehe, New Britain, surrounded by jungle, which was used as headquarters by the Commandant of the garrison stationed there, the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary F...ART03617
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Decanter stopper : KGS 'Komet'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silver topped cork decanter stopper comprising a circular silver cap, the top of which is engraved 'K.G.S. KOMET'. A 50 mm screw descending from the inside of the cap allows a cork to be firmly attach...RELAWM12258.002
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Dempwolff, (Dr, Civil Administration (German) New Britain)
Private Record
Maker: Dempwolff
LETTER WRITTEN BY SENIOR GERMAN OFFICIAL IN NEW BRITAIN SUGGESTING THAT INSTRUCTION BE GIVEN TO ARMED FORCES AND NATIVE POLICE IN RESPECTING THE "RED CROSS" FLAG WHEN DISPLAYEDPR90/077
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Dessert spoon : KGS Komet
Heraldry
Maker: M H Wilkens & Sohne
Dessert spoon impressed on the end of the handle 'K.G.S. KOMET'. Stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark 'WILKENS BREMEN'.REL/00683.001
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Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean (Private, b.1891 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1166 Private Errol Cappie Nepean Devlin, 18 Battalion, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection consists of letters and postcards written by Devlin, home to h...1DRL/0241
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Ellis, Henry (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Collection relating to the service of 14 Private Henry Ellis, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), later 1365 Lieutenant Henry Ellis, 17 Battalion, New Guinea, 1914. Collection...1DRL/0265
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Fish knife : KGS Komet
Heraldry
Maker: M H Wilkens & Sohne
Fish knife impressed on the end of the handle 'K.G.S. KOMET'. Stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark 'WILKENS BREMEN'.REL/00683.003
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Flagstaff, Herbertshohe
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts the flagstaff at Herbertshohe in New Britain, where the German flag was pulled down and the British flag hoisted in September 1914. Charles Bryant (1883-1937) began art lessons at the age of 9...ART03622
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Fork : KGS Komet
Heraldry
Maker: M H Wilkens & Sohne
Fork impressed on the end of the handle 'K.G.S. KOMET'. Stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark 'WILKENS BREMEN'.REL/00683.004
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Handwritten copy of diary of Brian Colden Antill Pockley, 1914
Digitised Collection
Maker: Pockley, Helen Dorothy Antill
Handwritten copy of a diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Brian Colden Antill Pockley, Australian Army Medical Corps and the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force. The ...RCDIG0000390
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Handwritten copy of letter from Brian Colden Antill Pockley, 1914
Digitised Collection
Maker: Pockley, Helen Dorothy Antill
Handwritten copy of letters relating to the First World War service of Captain Brian Colden Antill Pockley, Australian Army Medical Corps and the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force. The o...RCDIG0000391
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Henderson, John Keith (Captain)
Private Record
Maker: Henderson, Alan Stuart
Collection relating to service of Captain John Keith Henderson, 13 Battalion, AIF (and previously of Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force, New Guinea), New Guinea, Gallipoli & France, 1914-...1DRL/0342
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HERBERTSHOHE, NEW BRITAIN, WITH H.M.A.T.B.D. "YARRA". (TAKEN IN 1914-09, FROM H.M.A.S. ...
Photograph
HERBERTSHOHE, NEW BRITAIN, WITH H.M.A.T.B.D. "YARRA". (TAKEN IN 1914-09, FROM H.M.A.S. "ENCOUNTER", AFTER SHELLING THE ROAD 3 MILES INLAND.) (DONATED BY COMMANDER G.F. LANGFORD, R.A.N.)J03230
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Heritage, Keith (Captain, MC, AN&MEF, 19th Bn, b.1882 - d.1916), MC
Private Record
Maker: Heritage, Keith
Collection relating to the service of Captain Keith Heritage, MC, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 19 Battalion, Rabaul and France. Collection consists of photostat copi...1DRL/0347
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Hill, Cyril John Percy (Lieutenant Commander, RN)
Private Record
Maker: Hill, Cyril John Percy
Diary and official papers related to Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) activity in New Britain in conjunction with submarines AE1 and AE2. Later papers cover HMAS Parramatta'...1DRL/0350
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Hill, Gerald Ashby (Lieutenant-Commander, b.1880 - d.1931)
Private Record
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant-Commander Gerald Ashby Hill, Royal Australian Navy (RAN), German New Guinea, Malaysia and Mediterranean, 1914-1918. Wallet 1 of 1 – Wallet consists ...1DRL/0351
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Holmes, William, CMG, DSO (Major General, b.1862 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, William
LETTERS WRITTEN BY MAJ GEN HOLMES TO HIS GRANDMOTHER WHEN MILITARY ADMINISTRATOR AT RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, BRIEFLY IN PALESTINE AND LATER FRANCEPR83/096
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Hunter, William David (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1934)
Private Record
Maker: Hunter, William David
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant William David Hunter, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), RAN, New Britain, 1914. Collection includes a letter from Hunter to ...1DRL/0369
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Imperial German flag : Lieutenant I B Sherbon, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Horizontally striped black,white and red Imperial German flag, with white stripe expanding to a roundel in the centre. The flag is finely screen printed and the centre of the roundel contains a crowne...RELAWM14938
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Lane, Cyril Herbert Dodson, (Major, b.1888 - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Lane, Cyril Herbert Dodson
Collection relating to the service of Major Cyril Herbert Dodson Lane, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 18 Battalion, AIF, New Britain, Egypt, Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Coll...1DRL/0406
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Letters and postcards of Errol Cappie Nepean Devlin, 1914-1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean
File relating to the First World War service of 1166 Private Errol Cappie Nepean Devlin, 18th Battalion. It consists of letters and postcards written by Devlin to his family in Sydney. The dates span ...RCDIG0000361
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Letters relating to Brian Colden Antill Pockley, 1914
Digitised Collection
Maker: Pockley, Helen Dorothy Antill
Handwritten copies of letters relating to the First World War service of Captain Brian Colden Antill Pockley, Australian Army Medical Corps and the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force. The...RCDIG0000392
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Marching through Rabaul
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts members of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) marching through Rabaul, New Guinea, from the wharf, past the Department of Trade and Customs Building. Charles Bry...ART03619
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McWilliam, Henry Hastings (Captain, b.1894 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: McWilliam, Henry Hastings
Collection relating to the service of Sub Lieutenant (later Captain) Henry Hastings McWilliam, Royal Navy. Collection consists of a typescript carbon copy of a diary kept by Captain McWilliam when se...1DRL/0467
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Mitchell, Alexander M (Private, AN&MEF b.1883 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Mitchell, Alexander M
BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND CARO DOSSIER OF MITCHELL. DIARY/LETTER RECORDING HIS IMPRESSIONS OF NEW GUINEA WHILE SERVING WITH THE Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) - LENGTHY ACCOUNT...3DRL/6474
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New Britain. c. 1915. A typical tropical road through a coconut plantation on the north coast of ...
Photograph
New Britain. c. 1915. A typical tropical road through a coconut plantation on the north coast of New Britain.H03272
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NEW BRITAIN, 1914-08. RABAUL ON SIMPSON HARBOUR, THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF BLANCHE BAY, WAS THE ...
Photograph
NEW BRITAIN, 1914-08. RABAUL ON SIMPSON HARBOUR, THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF BLANCHE BAY, WAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE OF ALL GERMAN POSSESSIONS IN THE PACIFIC. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS FOUR GERMAN WARSHI...P00103.001
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NEW BRITAIN. SHIPS OFF THE COAST OF NEW BRITAIN, INCLUDING THE FRENCH ARMOURED CRUISER MONTCALM ...
Photograph
NEW BRITAIN. SHIPS OFF THE COAST OF NEW BRITAIN, INCLUDING THE FRENCH ARMOURED CRUISER MONTCALM (CENTRE BACK) AND HMAS AUSTRALIA (RIGHT).P01579.008
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New Testament of Errol Cappie Nepean Devlin, 1915.
Digitised Collection
Maker: Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean
Bible relating to the First World War service of 1166 Private Errol Cappie Nepean Devlin, 8th Battalion. The file consists of a leatherbound copy of 'New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ...RCDIG0000364
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Newton, Arthur Clevin (Lieutenant Commander, b.1882 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Newton, Arthur Clevin
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Commander Arthur Clevin Newton, Royal Australian Navy. Collection consists of a handwritten transcription of a section of Newton's diary, covering the...1DRL/0532
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Next of kin plaque : Able Seaman R D Moffatt, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Next of kin plaque with an image of Britannia and a lion together with the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR'. The name of the dead soldier, 'ROBERT MOFFATT' is embossed within a raised rectangle.REL/13706
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Patey, Sir George Edwin, KCMG, KCVO (Rear Admiral, b.1859 - d.1935)
Private Record
Maker: Patey, George Edwin
Collection relating to Rear Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey, KCMG, KCVO, First World War. Collection comprises letters written in German and English to the German Governor, New Britain. The letters d...EXDOC001
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Pockley, Brian Colden Antill (Captain, b.1890 - d.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Pockley, Helen Dorothy Antill
Collection relating to the service of Captain Brian Colden Antill Pockley, AAMC and Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), New Britain, 1914. Collection consists of handwritten co...1DRL/0548
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PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN G.D. MOORE, NEW BRITAIN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, AIF.
Photograph
PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN G.D. MOORE, NEW BRITAIN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, AIF.H01893
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Portrait of Lieutenant Glasson-Chapman, who worked tirelessly for Australia, in the Gasmata ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Portrait of Lieutenant Glasson-Chapman, who worked tirelessly for Australia, in the Gasmata district of New Britain.J01882B
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Proclamation on the annexation of German possessions in the Pacific, November 1914.
Digitised Collection
Maker: Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean
Document relating to the First World War service of 1166 Private Errol Cappie Nepean Devlin, 18th Battalion. The Proclamation, written in Pidgin, was read out to the New Guineans upon their annexation...RCDIG0000360
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Rabaul
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
View across the habour in Rabaul, showing the village and jetties stretching out in to the harbour. The volcano 'Mother' can be seen in the background, as can another volcano 'South Daughter' at far...ART03643
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 12/9/1914. A GROUP OF NATIVE PRISONERS WHO WERE DETAINED ON BOARD HMAS ...
Photograph
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 12/9/1914. A GROUP OF NATIVE PRISONERS WHO WERE DETAINED ON BOARD HMAS SYDNEY UNTIL FIGHTING HAD CEASED, DURING THE CAPTURE OF RABAUL FROM THE GERMANS BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND M...P00316.001
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1914-09-12. GROUP OF NATIVE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT FOR THE GERMANS AT SIMPSON ...
Photograph
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1914-09-12. GROUP OF NATIVE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT FOR THE GERMANS AT SIMPSON HARBOUR DURING THE CAPTURE OF RABAUL FROM THE GERMANS BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY ...P00316.002
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Raluana Head
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts a panoramic view of the harbour with a stone pier and mountains from Raluana Point in New Guinea. The mountains in the background of the scene are, from left to right: North Daughter, Mother ...ART03614
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Sailors cap tally : KGS Komet
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German sailor's black silk cap tally with gold embroidered lettering reading 'K.G.S. KOMET'.REL/07817
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Salt spoon : KGS Komet
Heraldry
Maker: M H Wilkens & Sohne
Salt spoon engraved on the end of the handle 'K.G.S. KOMET'. Stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark 'WILKENS BREMEN'.REL/00683.007
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Salt spoon : KGS Komet
Heraldry
Maker: M H Wilkens & Sohne
Salt spoon engraved on the end of the handle 'K.G.S. KOMET'. Stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark 'WILKENS BREMEN'.REL/00683.006
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Sharp, Alfred Edwin (Paymaster Lieutenant Commander, b.1894 - d.1991)
Private Record
Maker: Sharp, Alfred Edwin
Collection relating to the First World War service of Paymaster Clerk Alfred Edwin Sharp, HMAS Australia, at sea, 1914-1915. Wallet 1 of 1 – Collection consists of a diary kept by Paymaster Clerk Sha...1DRL/0565
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SIMPSON HARBOUR, NEW BRITAIN. HMAS PROTECTOR WITH TWO CAPTURED SHIPS, SUMATRA AND MADANG, AT ...
Photograph
SIMPSON HARBOUR, NEW BRITAIN. HMAS PROTECTOR WITH TWO CAPTURED SHIPS, SUMATRA AND MADANG, AT RABAUL WHARF. THE SUMATRA WAS UTILISED AS AN OFFICERS' MESS AND THE MADANG FOR MOVING TROOPS ABOUT. (DONATE...J03328
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Staines, Sidney Edwin (Able Seaman, b.? - d.? )
Private Record
Maker: Staines, Sidney Edwin
Collection relating to the service of Able Seaman Sidney Edwin Staines, HMAS Berrima, at sea, New Britain, 1914. Collection consists of a photostat copy of a diary kept by AS Sidney Staines while on ...1DRL/0577
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1914-15 Star : Private R G Stone, 1 Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1914-15 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL/13214.002
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1918. Studio portrait of Petty Officer Hubert Laurence Maynard Greaves RAN wearing his seaman's ...
Photograph
1918. Studio portrait of Petty Officer Hubert Laurence Maynard Greaves RAN wearing his seaman's uniform, his cap bearing an HMAS Melbourne tally band. Petty Officer Greaves served abroad in New Britai...P02031.001
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Sydney NSW. RAN and Army personnel guarding German soldiers and sailors captured by the AN&MEF in ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Sydney NSW. RAN and Army personnel guarding German soldiers and sailors captured by the AN&MEF in German New Guinea. On 11 September 1914 on Bita Paka road, Kabakaul, New Britain, Sergeant Mauderer,...P10371.002
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Table spoon : KGS Komet
Heraldry
Maker: M H Wilkens & Sohne
Table spoon impressed on the end of the handle 'K.G.S. KOMET'. Stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark 'WILKENS BREMEN'.REL/00683.002
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Tea spoon : KGS Komet
Heraldry
Maker: M H Wilkens & Sohne
Tea spoon impressed on the end of the handle 'K.G.S. KOMET'. Stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark 'WILKENS BREMEN'.REL/00683.005
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The burial at sea of 121 Able Seaman (AB) Robert David Moffatt, Naval Brigade (Australian Naval ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The burial at sea of 121 Able Seaman (AB) Robert David Moffatt, Naval Brigade (Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force), who died of wounds sustained during the battle of Bitapaka, aged 20 y...P00316.003
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THE CAMP OF THE SURVEY CORPS, AT RALUANA, NEAR RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, WHEN THE CORPS WAS ENGAGED IN ...
Photograph
THE CAMP OF THE SURVEY CORPS, AT RALUANA, NEAR RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, WHEN THE CORPS WAS ENGAGED IN TAKING LEVELS FOR A NEW BATTERY SITE LATE IN 1917. (DONATED BY MR. F.O. CUTLER.)J02929
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Toma
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts a view of part of Toma, with jungle and banana plants in the foreground and a homestead on the top of a hill in the background. The Governor and German administration moved here from 6 August...ART03631
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Victory Medal : Sergeant R G Stone, 22 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/13214.004
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Wallet 1 of 1 – Diary of Alfred Edwin Sharp, 1914-1915
Digitised Collection
Maker: Sharp, Alfred Edwin
Collection relating to the First World War service of Paymaster Clerk Alfred Edwin Sharp, HMAS Australia, at sea, 1914-1915. Wallet 1 of 1 – Collection consists of a diary kept by Paymaster Clerk Sha...AWM2020.22.106
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Wallet 1 of 1 - Logbook and narrative relating to the service of Lieutenant-Commander Gerald Ashby Hill, 1928
Digitised Collection
Maker: Hill, Gerald Ashby
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant-Commander Gerald Ashby Hill, Royal Australian Navy (RAN), German New Guinea, Malaysia and Mediterranean, 1914-1918. Wallet 1 of 1 – Wallet consists ...AWM2021.22.139
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Wallet 1 of 1 - Souvenir relating to the service of Lieutenant Henry Ellis, 15 October 1914
Digitised Collection
Maker: British Government
Souvenir relating to the First World War service of 14 Private Henry Ellis, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), later 1365 Lieutenant Henry Ellis, 17 Battalion. Wallet 1 of 1 ...AWM2020.22.117
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Warren, William Henry Farrington (Commander, b.1877 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Warren, William Henry Farrington
Collection relating to the service of Commander William Henry Farrington Warren, HMAS Parramatta, Royal Australian Navy. Collection consists of typed extracts from a letter written by Commander Warre...1DRL/0597
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Waterfront at Rabaul
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
View of part of the waterfront at Rabaul showing the New Guinea Company's large store on the right, used as barracks by the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF).ART03634
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Waterfront Herbertshohe, where the troops landed from boats 11 September 1914
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts the waterfront at Herbertshohe, New Britain, with the beach, palm trees and a number of men spear fishing. Charles Bryant (1883-1937) began art lessons at the age of 9 and on leaving school wo...ART03623