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A burnt out Stuart M3A1 light tank on the beach at Empress Augusta Bay in Bougainville.
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Maker: Unknown
A burnt out Stuart M3A1 light tank on the beach at Empress Augusta Bay in Bougainville.094783
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A jeep and trailer of the 9th Infantry Battalion, loaded with stores, ploughing through the mud ...
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Maker: Unknown
A jeep and trailer of the 9th Infantry Battalion, loaded with stores, ploughing through the mud and slush of the Mosigetta Road. Identified personnel are: (left to right) QX57464 Driver L Coomer; QX51...079314
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Australia Service Medal : Captain J P Hamilton, VC
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Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/13018.008
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Australia Service Medal : Chaplain D A Ganly, 9 Battalion
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Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL28757.004
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Australia Service Medal 1939-45 : Sergeant J A C Knight, 24 Battalion, CMF
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Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal (1939-45). Impressed around the edge with recipient's details.REL41762.005
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Autographed good luck flag carried by Japanese soldier Adachi in China and the South West Pacific Area
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Maker: Unknown
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with numerous signatures and patriotic slogans in black ink. The corners of the hoist are bound with triangular pieces of gold-painted leatherette that hav...REL/09161
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Balloon : Peace Monitoring Group, Bougainville
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Yellow balloon with black logo showing a dove of peace superimposed on a map of Bougainville within a circle. Around the edge is PEACE/ PEACE MONITORING GROUP'.REL33552
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Baseball cap : Lieutenant J H Holder, 171 Operational Support Squadron, 1 Aviation Regiment, Australian Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Yellow corduroy cap with terry towelling sweatband and a yellow plastic tab fastener at the back. On the front of the cap is an embroidered circle containing a map of Bougainville with a white dove su...REL30754
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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-21. VX88782 SERGEANT R.N. KEAM, NO.3 MILITARY HISTORY SECTION FIELD ...
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Maker: Unknown
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-21. VX88782 SERGEANT R.N. KEAM, NO.3 MILITARY HISTORY SECTION FIELD TEAM ATTACHED HEADQUARTERS, 3RD DIVISION (1) MOVING THROUGH A SWAMP DURING A CONTACT PATROL WITH MEMBER...078547
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Bougainville Truce Monitoring T-shirt : Lieutenant D J Perryman, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Yellow polyester cotton T-shirt screen printed on the back with a large blue circle bearing an image of the green island of Bougainville with a white dove carrying an olive branch superimposed over it...REL32375
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Brassard : Captain J H Holder, 171 Operational Support Squadron, 1 Aviation Regiment, Australian Army
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Maker: Unknown
Yellow cotton brassard with an embroidered red, white and blue Australia flag patch sewn on the upper section. On the main body of the brassard is a screen printed circle containing a map of Bougainvi...REL30755
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Brassard : G Ruediger, Chief Negotiator Bougainville Peace Monitoring Group
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Yellow cotton brassard featuring a screen printed logo of the Peace Monitoring Group (PMG). Above this is an embroidered cloth patch with a full colour embroidered Australian flag, with the text 'AUS...REL35162
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Brassard : Lieutenant S Leeming RAN, Peace Monitoring Group
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Yellow cotton brassard featuring a screenprinted logo of the Peace Monitoring Group (PMG). Above this is an embroidered cloth patch with a full colour embroidered Australian flag, beneath which is the...REL29030.005
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Captain J P Hamilton, VC
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/13018.007
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Chaplain D A Ganly, 9 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL28757.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Sergeant J A C Knight, 24 Battalion, CMF
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around the edge with recipient's details. A bronze oak leaf is sewn to the ribbon signifying the award of a Mentioned In Despatches.REL41762.004
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Sergeant R W Moffatt, 17 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34728.003
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Bush Hat : Captain J H Holder, 171 Operational Support Squadron, 1 Aviation Regiment, Australian Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Yellow poly-cotton bush hat with adjustable chin strap and plastic lining. The front of the hat has a screen printed circle containing a map of Bougainville with a white dove superimposed upon it. The...REL30756
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Collar badge : 42nd Infantry Battalion (Capricornia Regiment)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
42 Infantry Battalion, Capricornia Regiment left hand collar badge. A kangaroo is centrally located within the badge outside of which, in a circular frame are five stars and the words, 'CEDE NULLIS' [...REL39043
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Collar badges: Australian Army - Chaplain D A Ganly, 9 Battalion
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Maker: Unknown
Pair of Australian Army Chaplains Department Christian oxidised brass collar badges. Square shaped badges, embossed with a stylised Maltese cross and surmounted with an Imperial crown.REL28753
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Embroidered silk purse : Driver I J Warner, 170 Australian General Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Embroidered silk purse. The outside of the purse is black silk, with a brown and tan cotton material lining. Both sides of the purse are cut from a single piece of material and sewn together. The mate...REL34570
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George Medal : Sergeant J A C Knight, 24 Battalion, CMF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
George Medal. Impressed around the edge with recipient's details.REL41762.001
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Hat badge: Australian Army - Chaplain D A Ganly, 9 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Army Chaplains Department Christian oxidised brass hat badge. Square shaped badge, embossed with a stylised Maltese cross and surmounted with an Imperial crown.REL28752
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Identity disc: Japanese Imperial Army - Private M N Ritchie, 2/24 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Oval brass identity disc with Japanese characters impressed into surface, 'Arashi 8234 No 519'. A rectangular slot is cut into the top and bottom.REL33154
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Informal group portrait of officers of 2 Australian Mountain Battery (Artillery). From left to ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal group portrait of officers of 2 Australian Mountain Battery (Artillery). From left to right: NX34978 Captain Raymond Keith (Ray) Blackeby; Lieutenant (Lt) R 'Bing' Miller; Lt Jim Forbes; Majo...P00650.001
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Informal portrait of Desmond Arthur White who enlisted with the 42nd Battalion as VX93186 Private ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of Desmond Arthur White who enlisted with the 42nd Battalion as VX93186 Private White. He died, aged 20, on 2 August 1945 of wounds sustained while fighting the Japanese on Bougainvi...P05715.001
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Japanese Army Officer's Shin-Gunto Sword and Scabbard : Brigadier J Field, 7 (Militia) Brigade, Australian Army
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese Shin-gunto Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass Shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornament) on each side of the handle under...REL34476
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Japanese leather signals lamp battery case : Private M N Ritchie, 24 Battalion
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather signals battery case fitted with a pair of belt suspension loops and an alternative set of three loops for a carrying strap. The exterior of the case is fitted with a variable voltage sw...REL33155
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Japanese naval officers sword and scabbard : Lieutenant R P Cummins, 61 Battalion
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese Naval Kai-gunto officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard navy style gilded copper kai-gunto fittings. It has brown tape binding over black same (ray skin) and three cherry blos...REL41096
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Japanese Shin-Gunto Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Brigadier J Field, 7 (Militia) Brigade, Australian Army
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese Shin-gunto Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass Shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornament) on each side of the handle under...REL34475
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Japanese soldier's autographed good luck flag captured in North Bougainville, 1945
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag covered with black ink characters. The name of the recipient soldier is not given on the flag and all the writing has been executed by a single calligraphe...RELAWM32151
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Japanese wrist compass : Private M N Ritchie, 24 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass-cased wrist compass fitted with a glass cover with an arrow decal. The interior compass face is fitted with a floating arrow, marked in gradations of 20 degrees and features the Japanese charact...REL33156
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Leather wallet containing bible, shaving mirror and photograph : Chaplain D A Ganly, 9 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather wallet secured by leather loop and press stud. The wallet has three pockets inside and an elastic strap in the centre fold. The first pocket on the left contains a rectangular stainless ...REL28760
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Lieutenant Colonel J G McKinna, Commanding Officer 25th Infantry Battalion (squatting on left), ...
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Maker: Unknown
Lieutenant Colonel J G McKinna, Commanding Officer 25th Infantry Battalion (squatting on left), outlining positions on a map to 2/4th Armoured Regiment Platoon Commanders and Tank Officers prior to th...090296
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Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) J G McKinna, 25th Infantry Battalion, with Officers of the Battalion ...
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Maker: Unknown
Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) J G McKinna, 25th Infantry Battalion, with Officers of the Battalion Headquarters. Identified personnel are (left to right) Chaplain B Cahill; Major W J E Jackson; Lt Col M...091298
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Linocut used by the Australian Mobile Printing Unit in Bougainville to print leaflets announcing the Japanese surrender
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Walker, Henry Walker, Henry Norman
Laminated wooden board with an irregularly shaped piece of red-brown linoleum attached to it by small steel nails. The linoleum has been carved to form a linocut. There are four large Japanese charact...RELAWM30413
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Metal name sign: Chaplain D A Ganly, 9 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular sign made from recycled tin. The front is painted cream and has a thin red border and two holes in the centre top and bottom. The word 'Chaplain' is written in cursive script over 'D. GAN...REL28748
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NX91452 Lieutenant A. L. S. Minkie (1) and Warrant Officer I. A. Brun (2) of the Solomon’s ...
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Maker: Unknown
NX91452 Lieutenant A. L. S. Minkie (1) and Warrant Officer I. A. Brun (2) of the Solomon’s Detachment 12th Air Maintenance Platoon (TS), 4th Base Sub Area, roping a storepedo ( a cylindrical container...078806
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Operation Bel Isi Baseball Cap : Lieutenant K M Sturtevant, Bougainville Combined Health Element, PMG
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Yellow corduroy baseball style cap with embroidered Operation Bel Isi logo on the front and plastic size adjusting tab on the rear. The embroidered logo is a sky blue disc with a white peace dove carr...REL33263
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Pacific Star : Captain J P Hamilton, VC
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL/13018.006
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Pacific Star : Chaplain D A Ganly, 9 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL28757.002
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Pacific Star : Sergeant J A C Knight, 24 Battalion, CMF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL41762.003
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Padre Philip Raymond Anderson at Government House Sydney. Padre Anderson came to Canberra as a ...
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Maker: Unknown
Padre Philip Raymond Anderson at Government House Sydney. Padre Anderson came to Canberra as a child in 1965. After graduating from high school he joined the Citizen Military Forces. He enlisted as ...P11141.001
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Pair of communion cups: Chaplain D A Ganly, 9 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Two round cups with flattened bases, used as chalices. One cup fits inside the other for storage.REL28756
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Pair of identity Discs: Chaplain D A Ganly, 9 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Octagonal aluminium disc joined by a leather tie to a circular aluminuim disc. The octagonal disc is impressed 'VX114018 CE GANLY D A'. The circular disc is impressed 'VX114018 CE GANLY DA'.REL28755
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Pair of rank shoulder slides: Australian Army - Chaplain D A Ganly, 9 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of khaki cotton drill captain's rank slides with two black stripes for an army chaplain stitched parallel down the length. Three oxidised brass rank stars are fastened in between. A woven patch w...REL28751
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Peace I Kamap Long Bogenvil
Art
Maker: Unknown
A poster made in Bougainville during the peacekeeping operations in 1998. The Truce Monitoring Group logo is set against a the background of palm fronds illuminating a sunset.ARTV09227
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Peace I Kamap Long Bogenvil
Art
Maker: Unknown
A poster made in Bougainville during the peacekeeping operations in 1998. The Truce Monitoring Group logo is set against a the background of palm fronds illuminating a sunset.ARTV09228
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Peace Monitoring Group Brassard : Lieutenant K M Sturtevant, Bougainville Combined Health Element, PMG
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Yellow cotton brassard featuring a screenprinted logo of the Peace Monitoring Group (PMG) below a woven cloth patch of the Australian flag. There are four pieces of velcro on the rear of the brassard...REL33261
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Personnel of the 754th United States Tank Battalion demonstrate a new type of flame thrower ...
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Maker: Unknown
Personnel of the 754th United States Tank Battalion demonstrate a new type of flame thrower fitted to a General Sherman M4A1 medium tank to Australian and Allied officers at headquarters, 3rd Australi...077006
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Photograph of grave - from Staff sergeant Gordon William Wiley
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Grave marker of QX62379 Private (Pte) John Harold Hodgson, 25 Battalion AIF. After enlisting in Stanthorpe, Queensland, in September 1944, Pte Hodgson joined the 25th Battalion in New Guinea. Pte Hodg...P10026.004
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Photograph of Japanese Plane - from Staff sergeant Gordon William Wiley
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Maker: Unknown
A Bristol Beaufighter being prepared for a leaflet drop to Japanese forces to inform them of the Japanese surrender on 14 August 1945. The surrender was also conveyed by the Japanese characters on the...P10026.006
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Photograph of Soldiers under Japanese Plane - from Staff sergeant Gordon William Wiley
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Maker: Unknown
A Bristol Beaufighter being prepared for a leaflet drop to Japanese forces to inform them of the Japanese surrender on 14 August 1945. The surrender was also conveyed by the Japanese characters on the...P10026.005
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Photograph seated at desk - from Staff sergeant Gordon William Wiley
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Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of QX28022 Staff Sergeant (S Sgt) Gordon William Wiley, General Staff Intelligence (GSI), seated at a desk on the day of the Japanese surrender.P10026.001
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Photograph working at table - from Staff sergeant Gordon William Wiley
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Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of QX28022 Staff Sergeant (S SGT) Gordon William Wiley and VX18610 Lieutenant (Lt) Frank Sutherland King, both of General Staff Intelligence (GSI), the day of the Japanese surrender ...P10026.002
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Presentation brassard : MSA Brolga, Peace Monitoring Group, Bougainville
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Peace Monitoring Group brassard signed by the then Commander of PMG, Brigadier Simon Willis. His inscription reads 'Captain & Crew of MSA Brolga Thank you all for your commitment and friendship. Simon...REL29020
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Presentation plaque in the shape of Bougainville island : Richard Fairbrother, Bougainville Peace Monitoring Group
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Presentation plaque in the form of a varnished wooden cut out, with bevelled edges, of the island of Bougainville. In the centre is an angled rectangular brass plate impressed 'PRESENTED TO MR R FAIRB...REL33550
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SIGNALLERS OF 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE LAYING CABLE ACROSS THE FORD AT DURHAMS CROSSING TO TACTICAL HQ ...
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Maker: Unknown
SIGNALLERS OF 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE LAYING CABLE ACROSS THE FORD AT DURHAMS CROSSING TO TACTICAL HQ 57/60 INFANTRY BATTALION, DURING THE DRIVE ALONG THE AXIS OF THE COMMANDO ROAD SOUTH OF THE HONGORAI R...092300
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Socks : G Ruediger, Chief Negotiator Bougainville Peace Monitoring Group
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of olive green Australian Defence Force issued woollen socks.REL35163
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1939-45 Star : Captain J P Hamilton, Australian Works Companies
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL/13018.005
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1939-1945 Star : Chaplain D A Ganly, 9 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL28757.001
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1914-15 Star : Private R W Moffatt, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1914-15 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL34728.002
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1939-45 Star : Sergeant J A C Knight, 24 Battalion, CMF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL41762.002
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Studio portrait of VX146571 Private (Pte) Edward Maurice Prichard, 25th Battalion (Darling Downs ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of VX146571 Private (Pte) Edward Maurice Prichard, 25th Battalion (Darling Downs Regiment). Born at Ringwood, Vic, Pte Prichard enlisted on 9 May 1944 and was killed in action on Boug...P09883.001
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Sun hat : Chief Negotiator G Ruediger, Bougainville Peace Monitoring Group
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bright yellow wide brimmed sun hat with yellow chinstrap attached. The front has the logo for the Peace Monitoring Group - a blue circle with a white dove carrying an olive branch flying over the isl...REL35156
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Sun hat : Lance Corporal Poppy Wenham, Peace Monitoring Group
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bright yellow wide brimmed sun hat with yellow chinstrap attached. The front has the logo for the Peace Monitoring Group - a blue circle with a white dove carrying an olive branch flying over the isla...REL35149
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Sun hat : Lieutenant S Leeming RAN, Peace Monitoring Group
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bright yellow wide brimmed sun hat with yellow chinstrap attached. The front has the logo for the Peace Monitoring Group - a blue circle with a white dove carrying an olive branch flying over the isla...REL29030.001
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Sweetheart pendant : Sergeant J E Patterson, 9 Australian Infantry Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cut-out Perspex heart with a triangular metal loop at the top to allow it to be attached to a necklace. The heart has been engraved from the reverse, probably using a dental drill, and the engraved li...REL33407
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Trench art mass gong : Chaplain William Fahy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Polished brass mass gong made from a Japanese mortar shell. A circular hole has been made in the middle of the top and two rounded brackets are soldered opposite each other on the inside. The outside ...RELAWM32269
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T-shirt : Captain J H Holder, 171 Operational Support Squadron, 1 Aviation Regiment, Australian Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Yellow poly-cotton crew neck T-shirt. The right breast of the shirt is marked in black felt pen 'CAPT JULIAN HOLDER' while the left breast has a screen printed circle containing a map of Bougainville ...REL30757
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T-shirt : Deputy Chief Negotiator G Ruediger, Bougainville Peace Monitoring Group
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Yellow coloured short sleeved round necked cotton extra large sized T-shirt. The T-shirt has 'DC NEG' hand written in black ink over the right chest with the distinctive Peace Monitoring Group (PMG) ...REL35159
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T-shirt : G Ruediger, Chief Negotiator Bougainville Peace Monitoring Group
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Yellow short sleeved round necked cotton T-shirt. The T-shirt has 'CNEG / "GUY" ' hand written in black ink over the right chest with the distinctive Peace Monitoring Group (PMG) logo above the left ...REL35160
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T-Shirt : Lieutenant. S Leeming RAN, Peace Monitoring Group
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Yellow cotton T-shirt with the distinctive Peace Monitoring Group (PMG) logo above the left breast. Hand written in black ink on the centre chest of the T-shirt is 'Leut Leeming / 'Sam' / Frontline'....REL29030.003
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Two Peace Monitoring Group, Bougainville stickers
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Two adhesive paper stickers, with peel off pale green paper backs. Each sticker shows a blue circle with a green map of the island of Bougainville superimposed by a white dove of peace bearing an oliv...REL33551
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VFX38757 Sister J Rogers, Australian Army Nursing Service (left), with SX9912 Chaplain V F Meyer ...
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Maker: Unknown
VFX38757 Sister J Rogers, Australian Army Nursing Service (left), with SX9912 Chaplain V F Meyer (right) going through a list of patients at the 2/1st General Hospital to determine those of the Church...079751
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Victory Medal : Sergeant R W Moffatt, 17 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34728.004
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VX141784 CORPORAL ALBERT DONALD BASSETT DCM, AIF. WHILST A MEMBER OF 57/60TH BATTALION, AMF, ...
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Maker: Unknown
VX141784 CORPORAL ALBERT DONALD BASSETT DCM, AIF. WHILST A MEMBER OF 57/60TH BATTALION, AMF, SERVING ON BOUGAINVILLE IN 1945 CORPORAL BASSETT'S PLATOON WAS ENCIRCLED BY THE ENEMY AT TRACK JUNCTION. HE...044978
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Wooden surrender block from Japanese Army officer's sword
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Small block of wood with Japanese characters which indicate that the sword was carried by Yoshinori Nonaka who served with the Japanese 6th Division HQ (South East). On the reverse is handwritten in i...REL37380.002