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A German observation post high up in a tree near Le Maisnil. From this look-out the enemy could ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A German observation post high up in a tree near Le Maisnil. From this look-out the enemy could watch the movements of the 5th Division situated near Fleurbaix, preparing for the attack of 19 July 19...E04046
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Allen, Frederick James (Private, b.? - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Allen, Frederick James
Collection relating to the service of 4728 Private Frederick James Allen, 53 Battalion, France and Germany, 1916-1918. Collection consists of a letter dated 20 September 1918, written from Holland by...1DRL/0028
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Anzac Day marching banner : 5 Machine Gun Battalion Association
Heraldry
Maker: Abel Screen Printers
5 Machine Gun Battalion Association banner. The banner is made from two layers of black cotton fabric, edged on all sides with a 50 mm yellow furniture fringe. There are black and yellow screen printe...RELAWM17353.001
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Ashdown, Cecil Parker (Sapper, b.1897 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Ashdown, Cecil Parker Ashdown, Clive Ashdown, Maud Unknown
Collection relating to the First World War service of Sapper Cecil Parker Ashdown, 14th Field Company Engineers, in France. Collection consists of a letter dated 17 July 1916 by Cecil Ashdown to his ...2DRL/0286
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Ashfield, NSW. Ashfield Bowling Club Roll of Honour flanked by an Australian flag and the Union ...
Photograph
Ashfield, NSW. Ashfield Bowling Club Roll of Honour flanked by an Australian flag and the Union Jack. Names of members' sons included in the Roll: H. Alderson, F.S. Alderson, 2955A Charles Stanley Ald...P02150.002
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Aubers N 27 A 4325
Art
Maker: Howie, Laurence
Sketch of the ruins at Aubers, a town near Fromelles in northern France. The town was part of the Aubers-Fromelles sector and saw heavy fighting during the Battle of Fromelles in July 1916, the first ...ART93090.014
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Aubers N 27 C concrete fortifications in railway station
Art
Maker: Howie, Laurence
Sketch of the ruins at Aubers, a town near Fromelles in northern France. The town was part of the Aubers-Fromelles sector and saw heavy fighting during the Battle of Fromelles in July 1916, the first ...ART93090.013
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Australian Army slouch hat : 15th Infantry Brigade, Fromelles, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Army fur-felt slouch hat in a flattened condition, with some tearing. There is dried battlefield mud attached to all external surfaces.RELAWM07664
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Australian barbed wire : 8th Infantry Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Unknown
Piece of barbed wire with two strands of loosely twisted wire with thinner shorter pieces twisted around one of the main wires to make a barb.RELAWM00544
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Australian slouch hat from Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian khaki fur felt slouch hat with four small regular ventilation holes in the crown. There are several further holes in the crown as well as two holes in the brim which appear to have been cau...RELAWM00541
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Battle of Fromelles
Art
Maker: Wheeler, Charles
Depicts a panoramic view of the Sugarloaf Salient area at Fromelles, with men of 5th Division AIF crossing No Man's Land towards the German trenches. Shell bursts and explosions can be seen above the...ART07981
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Bayonet scabbard : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Pattern 1907 leather bayonet scabbard, missing locket and chape. A corroded metal fragment is present either from the locket or chape.REL44975.028
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Bayonet scabbard : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Technology
Maker: Hepburn Gale and Ross Limited
Pattern 1907 leather bayonet scabbard with corroded fragments of the locket adhered to the top. The bottom of the scabbard is broken, and the chape is missing. The leather is impressed with the maker'...REL44975.002
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Bayonet scabbard : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Pattern 1907 leather bayonet scabbard, missing locket and chape. A corroded metal fragment is present possibly the remains of the chape.REL44975.001
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Bell, Algernon F (Private, 59th Bn b.1891 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Bell, Algernon F
Typed extracts from diary written by 3239 Pte Algernon F Bell, whilst serving with 59 Battalion, AIF. Entries start 10 October 1915 and are mostly brief and mentioning daily movements. The final ent...2DRL/0176
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Boot : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather army issue left ankle boot with seven pairs of metal eyelet holes for laces. Heel pieces have separated from the body of the boot. Some of the heel pieces have separated from the boot an...REL44975.011
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Boot : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Pyrotan Leather Ltd
Brown leather army issue ankle (right) boot with eight pairs of eyelet holes for laces, complete with leather lace. Heel pieces and other leather fragments have separated from the body of the boot. On...REL44975.066
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Brigadier General Harold Elliott
Art
Portrait of Brigadier General Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott, CB, CMG, DSO, DCM, Commanding 15th Brigade (earlier also 7th Battalion and 1st Brigade), 1st Australian Imperial Force. Elliott was at the...ART03182
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British army Brodie-style helmet with ribbed dome found at Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
An early British privately made Brodie style mild-steel helmet with a ribbed dome, and two vent holes on either side. The liner is still present and is coming away on one side. Its cotton drawstring i...REL/00979
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British Brodie pattern steel helmet from Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Early British 'War Office Pattern special 1mm steel' helmet. On the front of the dome is a faded painted regimental badge, possibly for the 10th Inniskilling Fusiliers. There are two shrapnel or bulle...REL/00980
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British Corkscrew Entanglement Support : Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Corkscrew barbed wire entanglement support. The support has four loops to carry strands of barbed wire. The lower 420mm is intended to be screwed into the ground, is is shaped into a corkscrew. There ...REL/10037.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Corporal H M H Kendall, 31 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL46650.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Lance Sergeant E A Jentsch, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL23647.002
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British War Medal 1914-20: Major Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 60th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.RELAWM09870.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Private J T Doyle, 30 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37490.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Private R H Pflaum, 32 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL22642.002
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Buckle : Private A S Clingan, 53 Battalion, AIF : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass belt buckle from an other rank's tunic.REL44975.054
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Buttons : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Six brass British Army General Service pattern buttons with split ring attachments.REL44975.051
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Case, Joseph Horace (Private, 47th Battalion, AIF)
Manuscript
Maker: Case, Joseph Horace
TYPESCRIPT ENTITLED "LEST WE FORGET" ENTERED INTO THE RSSILA CENTENARY WAR NOVEL COMPETITION. CONCERNS THE EXPERIENCES AND FORTUNES OF AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS AT LONE PINE, FROMELLES, POZIERES, MOUQUET FA...MSS1365
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Christie, Theodore (Private, b:1884 - d:1950)
Manuscript
Maker: Christie, Theodore Crowley, Dave
Manuscript which contains a transcript of the story entitled "A True Story, July 1916: The Pump of Fromelles" by 2799 Private Theodore (Theo) Christie 56 Battalion. Included are background notes compi...MSS2010
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Claxton, Theodore (Private, b.1893 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Claxton, Theodore
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1238 Private Theodore Claxton, 32nd Battalion, prisoner of war, 1917. The collection consists of a letter Claxton wrote from the Friedrichsfeld p...PR04417
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Collar badge : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Corroded oxidised 'Rising Sun' collar badge missing attachment lugs. Mineralised fabric is accreted to the front of the badge.REL44975.088
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Collar badge : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Oxidised 'Rising Sun' collar badge, complete with attachment lugs and a single brass split pin.REL44975.095
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Collar badge : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Oxidised 'Rising Sun' collar badge, without attachment lugs. There are mineralised fabric accretions on each side of the badge.REL44975.099
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Collier, Clarence Timbrell (Lieutenant, b.1893 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Collier, Clarence Timbrell
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Clarence Timbrell Collier, 53 Battalion, Egypt and France, 1916. Collection includes copies of letters written home to family in Australia and copies of l...1DRL/0206
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Crucifix and rosary beads : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Metal alloy Crucifix with inset wooden cross to which a metal figure of Christ and a scroll with the letters 'INRI' is attached, together with seven detached Rosary beads. There is a single larger bea...REL44975.085
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Crucifix : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cast metal alloy crucifix with round fixed suspension fitting at the top. The figure of Christ suspended on the cross is heavily corroded. See also REL44975.089 (gold cross), REL44975.091 and .092 (S...REL44975.090
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Grave of 3914 Private (Pte) Thomas Henry Puddephatt, 1st Pioneer Battalion from Wodonga, Victoria. He was a 36 year old carpenter when he enlisted in the AIF on 3 August 1915 and embarked for overseas...DACS1544
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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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Donnan, Sydney K (2/Air Mechanic, 14th Fld Coy Engrs and AFC, b.1894)
Private Record
Maker: Donnan, Sidney Kenneth Donnan, Sidney Kenneth
Letter dated 3 February 1934, written by Sydney K Donnan to the Director of the Australian War Memorial, describing his experience at the Battle of Fromelles particularly in relation to the part playe...2DRL/0712
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Duckboard from Fromelles trenches
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden duckboard constructed with iron nails. The boards are nailed across three long sections of wood which may once have been painted in green and brown. There is additional bracing beneath the cros...RELAWM00491
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Elliott, Harold Edward 'Pompey' (Brigadier); CB CMG, DSO, DCM, VD
Private Record
Maker: Elliott, Harold Edward 'Pompey'
Collection relating to Brigadier Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott, CB CMG, DSO, DCM, VD, 1901-1968. It comprises a range of papers documenting his military service in South Africa, 1900-1901; service du...2DRL/0513
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Elliott, Thomas Patrick (Major, b.1894 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Elliott, Harold Edward 'Pompey'
Collection relating to the First World War service of Major Thomas Patrick Elliott, 60th Battalion. Collection consists of a letter written by Elliott to his sister on 19 July 1916, regarding the upc...3DRL/2872
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Enamelled badge 'FOR KING AND COUNTRY THE DARDANELLES' : Private F Meginess, 59th Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular enamelled silver badge featuring a map of the Dardanelles and the words 'FOR KING AND COUNTRY' and 'THE DARDANELLES'. The reverse has a brooch pin and is impressed with 'ST. SILVER' and 'RD. ...REL39458
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Evans, David Gerald (Captain, b.1889 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the First World War service of Captain David Gerald Evans MC, 8th Battalion AIF, Australia, Egypt, France and Belgium, 1914-1922. Collection consists of: - 1 typed transcript...AWM2017.1366.1
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Female Relatives Badge : Mrs Alice Jentsch
Heraldry
Maker: Stokes & Sons, Melbourne
Silver Female Relative's Badge with blue enamelled oval around the voided letters 'AIF'. The oval contains the words 'ISSUED BY DEPT OF DEFENCE TO WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA'. An enamelled scroll beneath this...REL23651
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Fitting from pocket knife : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small horn and metal section, with brass loop fitting, from the end of a privately purchased pocket knife.REL44975.068
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Fittings from a set of Pattern 1908 web equipment : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
29 brass fittings, including slides, attachment fittings, belt and strap ends, and press studs, from a set of Pattern 1908 web infantry equipment.REL44975.071
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Forrest, John Boddy (Sergeant, b.? - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Forrest, John Boddy 'Jack'
Collection relating to 2610 Sergeant John Forrest, 32 Battalion, First World War. Collection comprises a fourteen-page letter written by Forrest to his father while convalescing from injuiries in Gra...PR03351
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Fragments of identity disc : Private A S Clingan, 53 Battalion, AIF : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Two fragments of an identity disc. Engraved with italic script on larger fragment is 'A I [F - indistinct] Med' [Methodist].REL47107