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Prisoner of War trench art cribbage board : Private George Alexander Guthrie Siebert, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Siebert, George Alexander Guthrie
Handmade wood and aluminium cribbage board with two boomerang shaped panels of punched out holes for the pegs. There are 60 holes in each boomerang. The board has a hand-engraved card suit in each cor...AWM2018.1030.17
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Prisoner of War trench art cribbage board : Private George Alexander Guthrie Siebert, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Siebert, George Alexander Guthrie
Handmade wood and aluminium cribbage board with two boomerang shaped panels of punched out holes for the pegs. There are 60 holes in each boomerang. The board has a cut-out aluminium card suit in ea...AWM2018.1030.26
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Prisoner of War uniform cap: Private Glen Brown, 3 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Lightweight blue cotton peaked cap, with a black, cloth-backed leatherette sweatband. The crown is lined with unbleached calico and is stamped in black with indistinct Arabic numerals, 101/3, and thre...RELAWM40209.002
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Prisoner of War uniform jacket : Private G Brown, 3 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Loose fitting, single breasted blue cotton jacket with stand collar closed with two hooks and eyes, long sleeves, an angled welt pocket over the left breast, and an inset pocket with plain flap over e...RELAWM40209.001
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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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Prisoner's improvised smoking pipe: Sapper Frances Henry Woodruff, 2/10th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers
Heraldry
Maker: Woodruff, Frances Henry
Smoking pipe made at Changi from an unknown wood by Sapper Woodruff. The bowl is unevenly drilled, and has a thick brass washer screwed into the topl. Another improvised brass collar serves as the cla...REL/02687
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Quartet card game : Astronomisches Quartettspiel : Liverpool POW Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Ravensburger Games
Boxed card game with instruction sheet. The game consists of 15 sets of four cards (or quartets), each of which is illustrated with a depiction, in dark blue and yellow, of a constellation or group of...RELAWM16537
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Railway spike fragment : Hellfire Pass, Burma Thailand Railway
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Curved, broken off fragment of the tip of a railway spike.REL/11872.008
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Railway spike : Hellfire Pass, Burma Thailand Railway
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Steel railway spike with a T shaped head. Shank is square in cross section.REL/11872.007
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Railway spike : Hellfire Pass, Burma Thailand Railway
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Steel railway spike with an oval shaped head. Shank is square in cross section.REL/11872.005
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Railway spike : Hellfire Pass, Burma Thailand Railway
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Steel railway spike with a T shaped head. Shank is square in cross section.REL/11872.004
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Railway spike : Hellfire Pass, Burma Thailand Railway
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Steel railway spike with a T shaped head. Shank is square in cross section.REL/11872.006
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Railway spike : Hellfire Pass, Burma Thailand Railway
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Steel railway spike with a T shaped head. Shank is square in cross section.REL/11872.001
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Railway spike : Hellfire Pass, Burma Thailand Railway
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Steel railway spike with an oval shaped head. Shank is square in cross section.REL/11872.003
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Railway spike : Hellfire Pass, Burma Thailand Railway
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Steel railway spike with an oval shaped head. Shank is square in cross section and is curved from previous use.REL/11872.002
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Reconnaissance / Air-Sea Rescue / Meteorological Gold Clasp, with 250 or 300 Operational Flight Pendant : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Bruder Schneider A G
Gilded circular wreath with a Swastika at the bottom. Extending from either side of the wreath are gilded sprigs of oak leaves. Voided within the wreath is the bronze profile of an eagle's head with a...REL/12017.004
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Red Cross food parcel carton : Private R Glanville, 2/7 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Original cardboard carton containing a standard Red Cross food parcel as issued to Allied prisoners of war in Europe. Marked on top of lid with a red cross and 'KRIEGSGEFANGENENPOST PRISONER'S PARCEL...REL/18421
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Red Cross label from prisoner of war comforts parcel : Second Corporal A B Mason, 14 Field Company Engineers AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White parcel label with a red cross in the centre, printed and typed in both English and German : 'Kriegsgefangenensendung/ Packed and despatched by "The Australian Red Cross"/ F Parcel. Contents 'uni...RELAWM09660
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Red Cross Society leather wallet : Lieutenant J R Millett, 2/11 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather fold over wallet. There are three compartments inside to hold notes and papers (two on one side, one behind the other, which is smaller). One of the compartments is stamped in gold 'GOOD...REL38246
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Rising Sun hat badge : Corporal A K Boyden, 2/12 Field Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Oxidised brass 'Australian Commonwealth Military Forces' Rising Sun hat badge, with two lugs soldered to the reverse.REL31623
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Rosary beads made from seeds : Sergeant J P Adam, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Adam, James Phillip
Rosary beads made from small red polished seeds linked by fine wire. The rosary begins with a commercially produced crucifix made of wood edged with brass. The figure of Christ is pinned on top of the...REL29907
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Rosary beads : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Incomplete set of rosary beads made from hardened white-grey seeds joined by a fine metal chain. The crucifix and a small part of the chain has been broken off.REL/02028.005
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Russian Campaign Medal (1941-1942) : Lothar Scholz
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German Medal for Campaign against Russia (Winterschlact im Osten 1941/42), with ribbon. Unnamed as issued. White metal alloy medal is surmounted by a steel helmet and a grenade. Obverse shows a German...REL27181.005
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Russian Prisoner of War letter opener : Private H Horner, 3 Machine Gun Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Curved letter opener beaten out of a steel 6 inch nail and inlaid with brass and aluminium on the handle and one side of the blade. Aluminium lettering on blade reads `1914 Gustrow 1916'.RELAWM01031
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Russian Prisoner of War watchchain : Pte H Horner, 3 Machine Gun Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Watch chain made from interlocking rings of black and white horse hair. The rings have been made by using buttonhole-stitch in horse hair over a previously prepared circle of horse hair strands. The c...RELAWM01032
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Russian small arms ammunition pouch : Private H Horner, 3 Machine Gun Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather ammunition pouch designed to carry 7.62mm x 54R ammunition in eight clips of five rounds each. The pouch is of blocked leather construction with a single top cover secured by strap fitti...RELAWM10939
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Rusted water bottle: Sandakan POW Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian 1903 pattern water bottle. Made from blue enamelled iron. The bottle has been severly rusted and corroded.REL/17257.034
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Sample of Bread sent to Allied Prisoners of War in Germany
Heraldry
Maker: International Red Cross Bureau
Dry and brittle white bread, broken into two halves. The bread is housed in a square, brown cardboard box affixed with a red cross label. The label is stamped 'AUSTRALIAN BRANCH BRITISH RED CROSS SOCI...RELAWM05186
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Saxophone case : E J Banks, Changi Concert Party
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black painted wooden case with a hinged lid, dovetailed corners, two hooks at the front for closure, and a steel carrying handle wound around with narrow width sticking plaster to give additional grip...RELAWM32797.002
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Seaman's Clasp Knife : Ordinary Seaman A P Stuart, HMAS Perth, Royal Australian Navy
Heraldry
Standard navy issue seaman's clasp knife. The unit features an 80 mm folding blade with 'GREGSTEEL' marked on the ricasso. The opposite end of the knife is equipped with a 100mm folding marlin spike. ...REL/03691
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Secret radio receiver concealed in a book : Flying Officer H W Closter, RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Closter, H W
Hardback copy of Sinclair Lewis's popular book, "Ann Vickers", this version published in Dutch in Amsterdam in 1936 as a third edition. The last two thirds of the book has been sewn together and has a...RELAWM34782.001
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Secret radio receiver concealed in a pair of clogs : Flying Officer H W Closter, RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Closter, H W
Pair of carved wooden clogs, with the toe and heel hollowed from each to accept an earphone and a handwound transformer. Each hollowed space has been sealed with rubber cut from motorcycle tyres and s...RELAWM34782.002
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Section of ulcerated tibia removed from a British POW : Lieutenant Colonel E E Dunlop, 2/2 CCS
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Large sequestrum (section of dead bone) from a tibia (shin bone) damaged by a tropical ulcer. The bone has irregular jagged edges and has been partially cut with a saw near a blue stain.REL26678
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Service dress trousers : Private R K Barrie, 2/8 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: I Aspinall & Co
British made khaki wool serge service dress trousers with five button fly, inset pockets in each side seam, and six buttons around the outside waist for the attachment of braces. The majority of the b...REL35657.002
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Service dress tunic : Private R K Barrie, 2/8 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: V301
Khaki wool serge other rank's service dress tunic with stand and fall collar, back yoke, a box pleat from centre yoke to the bottom of the skirt, long sleeves with single button cuffs, shoulder strap...REL35657.001
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Set of upper dentures : Lance Corporal A Lewis, 2/5 Australian General Hospital
Heraldry
Maker: Lewis, Alfred
Pair of dentures cast from silver foil melted down to extract the metal content. Standard upper dentures with moulded gums, teeth and palate which have replaced the missing teeth of the maxillary arch...REL/09653
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Sewing Kit : Bombardier A F Gauld, 2/10 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand made rectangular sewing kit roll without contents. The inside has been lined with red fine gingham material with a pocket at the right hand side. The left hand side has a small piece of tack tha...REL33943
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Shaving brush made in Changi Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised shaving brush made from a length of coconut fibre folded in half, and secured by a length of wire, then pushed down a steel cylinder, which acts as a sleeve for the bristles and a handle.RELAWM33852
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Shaving brush : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Hamilton & Co
Pure bristle shaving brush with wooden and aluminium handle. The base of handle is stamped 'HAMILTON & C0 WARRANTED ALL BRISTLE. VULCANISED RUBBER SET'.REL/02029.004
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Ship in a bottle : Lieutenant D McPhee, Orbost Italian prisoner of war camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A model ship encapsulated in a glass bottle. The ship, an Ocean liner, has a black and red hull, white and green deck, and two funnels with a five-pointed star painted on each, and cotton wool represe...REL38648
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Short Range Day Fighter Silver Clasp, for 60 Operational Flights : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Rudolf A Karneth & Sohne
Short Range Day Fighter Silver Clasp, for 60 Operational Flights. Dull silver finished circular wreath with a Swastika at the bottom. Extending from either side of the wreath are sprigs of oak leaves....REL/04308.004
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Short Range Night Fighter Bronze Clasp for 20 Operational Flights : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Rudolf A Karneth & Sohne
Black oxidised circular wreath with a bronze Swastika at the bottom. Extending from either side of the wreath are bronze sprigs of oak leaves. Within the wreath is a dull silver coloured winged-arrow ...REL/12017.016
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Short Range Night Fighter Gold Clasp for 110 Operational Flights : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Rudolf A Karneth & Sohne
Black oxidised circular wreath with a bronze Swastika at the bottom. Extending from either side of the wreath are gilt metal sprigs of oak leaves. Within the wreath is a gilt winged-arrow pointing upw...REL/12017.018
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Short upright piano : Changi Concert Party
Heraldry
Maker: Robinson Piano Company (Siam) Limited
Robinson short upright piano, originally with olive green wash finish to body, later given cream wash when used by the Changi Concert Party 1942-1945, and subsequently painted cream in Australia. A st...REL43749
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Short wave radio receiver with headphones : Private R Glanville, 2/7 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Glanville, Reginald Lawrence Neufeldt & Kuhnke, Kiel
Short wave radio receiver housed in a wooden opened backed case with a mock bakelite front and control knob. The reciver is complete with its original German headphones. They are impressed on the earp...REL/18422
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Shoulder Strap : Captain W E F Oram, 2/13 Australian General Hospital, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown cotton shoulder strap with a narrower strap underneath. Each strap has a buttonhole at the neck end to allow them to be attached to the uniform. The strap bears three oxidised rank pips for a ca...REL30998
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Shoulder strap : Lieutenant W E F Oram, 2/13 Australian General Hospital, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown wool shoulder strap, lined with brown cotton bearing oxidised rank insignia for a lieutenant and a curved 'AUSTRALIA' title. The strap was originally secured to the uniform by a button and two p...REL30997
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Shrapnel removed from body: Sergeant Frederick George Butt, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small rectangular stainless steel lidded box with rounded ends (possibly medical), containing a large (70mm long x 15mm deep x 20mm wide) slightly corroded and jagged piece of steel shell casing. one ...REL46986
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Side Drum bearing Battle Honours of 21 Battalion AIF, used at Ambon and Hainan Island by 2/21 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Premier, England
Gold painted wood and vellum side drum with steel frame, wires and adjustment screws. A small gold and enamel badge, in the shape of a shield surmounted by a king's crown, is attached to the side of t...REL/15006
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Signal flag bearing the names of No 9 Hut at Bakli Bay Prisoner of War Camp, Ambon
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White cotton signal flag with a blue horizontal central stripe, with names written on it in indelible purple pencil. Flag bears the title 'Machine Gun Platoon' on the upper half, and 'C Coy' on the lo...REL/13757
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Signature seal : Colonel Suga, Japanese Imperial Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Colonel Suga's personal glass signature seal, contained in a brown tortoiseshell box with a sliding lid. The seal is contained in two thirds of the length of the box and is buffered from the red seali...RELAWM31811
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Signed flag carried by C Company 2/29 Battalion, along the Burma-Thailand railway
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Printed cotton Union Jack with leatherette reinforced corners on the hoist, each with a pair of strings attached to it. In the centre of the flag is a wool flannel colour patch for 2/29 Battalion. Wri...REL29052
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Silk pincushion : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pincushion covered with silk fabric. The orange centre has the miniature figures of eight children attached around the circumference.REL39521.003
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Silk pincushion : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pincushion covered with silk fabric. The white centre has the miniature figures of eight children attached around the circumference.REL39521.002
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Silk pincushion : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pincushion covered with silk fabric. The burgundy red centre has miniature figures of eight children attached around circumference.REL39521.001
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Silver brooch : Miss Lois Henriksen
Heraldry
Maker: Towers, Robert George
Small silver brooch made from the Australian coat of arms emblem cut out from the centre of an Australian florin.REL27148.001
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Silver Close Combat Clasp : Lothar Scholz, Wehrmacht
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silver Close Combat Clasp. Instituted on 25 November 1942, the clasp was awarded in three classes (gold, silver and bronze), to front line troops for hand to hand fighting.REL27181.002
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Silver pendant : Private R G Towers, 2/29 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Towers, Robert George
Silver pendant, suspended from a short length of chain, cut from the outer part of an Australian florin.REL27148.002
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Silver War Badge : Pte H West, 51 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silver War Badge with impressed serial number 'A8144' on reverse. The badge is circular with the words 'FOR KING AND EMPIRE SERVICES RENDERED' around the outer rim, and the central area with a voided...REL31817
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Silver Wound Badge : Lothar Scholz, Wehrmacht
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silver Wound Badge, indicating that the recipient had been wounded three times. Badge shows a steel helmet bearing a swastika superimposed on crossed swords and surrounded by an oval wreath of laurel.REL27181.004
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Slouch hat : Captain S G Nottage, 'L' Heavy Battery, Royal Australian Artillery
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Khaki fur felt slouch hat. The hat has a set of three plastic covered brass eyelets on either side and the left side has a brass stud fixed in the centre for securing the left brim to the crown. There...REL/09721
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Slouch hat : Gunner A L Young, 2/3 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Slouch hat with brass rising sun hat badge attached to the left brim. The hat has a five pleated pugaree around the crown and a leather sweatband and chin strap. The sweatband is marked with the manuf...REL30996
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Slouch hat : Gunner J S L Wilkinson, 18 Anti-Tank Battery
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Worn and stained khaki fur felt slouch hat with a leather sweat band, and a hat band made from a length of khaki wool puggaree. The crown has split and been roughly repaired with stitching inside befo...REL/12431
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Small escape compass used during escape from Holzminden POW camp : Captain S S B Purves, Royal Air Force
Heraldry
Maker: Purves, Stanley Stuart Beattie
Small escape compass made from a pair of needles threaded end to end through two pieces of paper and a small piece of wood between the two papers. A piece of thread has been wound round the wood so th...RELAWM16875.001
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Small kit bag : Sister A B Jeffrey, Australian Army Nursing Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Khaki drawstring bag made of one length of cloth folded over and sewn up the sides. The words 'V.F.X. 53059 LIEUT. A.B.JEFFREY.' are written with blue ink on the front. On the back at the top is writt...REL28954
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Smokers pipe : Private Thomas Henry John Hollis, 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Smoker's pipe with octagonal brown wooden bowl and a black wooden stem joined by an aluminium band. Four of the sides of the bowl are carved 'KOREA', 'POW', 'T.H.', and 'DB'. The base of the bowl is c...REL22441
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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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Souvenir army blanket : Warrant Officer A G Bolwell, Australian Army Ordnance Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Bolwell, Arthur G
Standard issue khaki wool army blanket covered with hundreds of Australian colour patches, wings, chevrons and cap badges attached by hand stitch in a variety of cotton thread. Dispersed among the Aus...REL39782
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Souvenir embroidery : Leading Seaman J S van Os, Royal Netherlands Navy
Heraldry
Maker: van Os, Jan Sigvard
Souvenir embroidered and appliqued on to a square of white cotton, about the same size a man's handkerchief. In the centre, within a brown chain stitch circle is a representation in long stitch of th...REL34275
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Souvenir Italian Fascist scarf : 1st Blackshirt Division, the Implacable 23 March
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black silk fascist scarf shaped like a reversed triangle printed with white text and illustrations. The Fascist symbol of the axe and fasces is shown on two sides of the triangle and a twisted rope de...REL31041
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1939-45 Star : Captain R H Cuthbert, 19 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Unnamed as issued.REL32799.001
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1939-45 Star : Corporal E W R O'Keeffe, 2/26 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Engraved reverse with recipient's details.REL36058.001
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1939-45 Star : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL39516.003
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1939-45 Star : Driver R H Coyte, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL36147.001
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1939-45 Star : Gunner A W Glover, 4 Anti-Tank Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL32411.001
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1939-45 Star : Lance Corporal G Haines, 2/4 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL32896.001
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1939-45 Star : Lance Corporal H W F Elmhirst, 2/10 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL34583.001
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1939 -45 Star : Lieutenant J R Millett, 2/11 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939 -45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL38253.001
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1939-45 Star : Lieutenant M H MacDowell, 2/21 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipients details.REL/02986.001
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1939-45 Star : Private C J Smith, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL29744.001
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1939-45 Star : Private C T Parker, 2/26 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Unnamed as issued.REL45295.002
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1914-15 Star : Private H West, 28 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1914-15 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.RELAWM16505.002
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1939-45 Star : Private J L Stirton, 2/6 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-1945 Star. Privately engraved on reverse with recipient's details.REL47616.004
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1939-45 Star: Private Kenneth Burke Rubie, 2/4 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL48673.001
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1939-45 Star : Private L P Ferguson, 2/28th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL33811.001
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1939-45 Star : Private L P Saywell, Australian Army Service Corps, 17 Infantry Brigade, 6 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL24151.001
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1939-45 Star : Private R H J Warren, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL25359.001
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1914-15 Star : Private R Kerrigan, 15 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1914-15 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL/01337.001
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1939-45 Star : Private R R Trotter, 8 Division Ammunition Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL38150.001
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1914-15 Star : Private S Hall, 31 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1914-15 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL/09244.001
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1914-15 Star : Private S J Crozier, 12 Light Horse Regiment, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1914-15 Star. Impressed reverse with the recipient's details.REL31913.001
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1939-45 Star : Private S R Core, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star, impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL45255.001
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1939-45 Star : Sergeant R P Spain, 2/4 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL31720.001
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1939 - 1945 Star : Signalman H W Almond, 8 Division Signals, AIF Concert Party
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939 - 1945 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL35413.001
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1939-45 Star : Signalman R C Ingram, 8 Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL33291.001
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1939-45 Star : Sister J K Greer, Australian Army Nursing Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL32722.001
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1939-45 Star : Staff Sergeant L B Laker, 2/2 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL31745.001
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Statuette : Sergeant R P Spain, 2/4 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Plaster composite statuette of the Virgin Mary on a circular base. The statue shows Mary in a traditional stance with arms outstretched before her.REL31716
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21st Birthday key : Private N J Derrington, 2/26 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Cave, Wally
Aluminium key and tag manufactured from a piece of aircraft metal. Hand engraved on one side of the tag is 'QX12327 2/26TH BN / N T DERRINGTON'. On the other side is 'from Wally / CHANGI / 9-3-44'. E...REL24231
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21st Birthday tobacco box : Private K A McKenzie, 2/29 Battalion
Heraldry
Small presentation tobacco box with hinged lid made from aluminium aircraft wreckage. A catch has been hand riveted to the inside of the lid. The lid is hand engraved with rays emanating from an oval ...REL/06577