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Ashtray with Owen Gun Lysaghts badge
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass ashtray in nickle plate finish with an enamelled brass badge in the centre, showing an Owen gun over a white globe, with the words 'OWEN GUN' over 'LYSAGHTS' on a red background.REL42096
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Australia through the windscreen
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
An unidentified Australian man, possibly 'Lille', stands under a beaming light, his hands resting on a table in front of him and a pipe in his mouth. In the background are a row of faces.ART90378.011
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Boss boy "Aritu", Morobe boy
Art
Maker: Pratt, Douglas
Portrait depicting a New Guinean smoking a pipe. The artist has identified him as 'Boss boy "Aritu", Morobe boy'.ART28064
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Cigarette Box : Trooper G D Burns, 6 Calvary Regiment, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden cigarette box which features the Rising Sun, carved from mother of pearl, embedded on the centre front of the box. On the back of the box, the word 'Jerusalem' is written in black ink in the u...REL33591
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Cigarette case : Flying Officer J J Allen, 41 Squadron, RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silver coloured cigarette case with decorative finish on the front and back. The case is hinged along the left side and opens by a spring clasp on the right. A band of blue elastic for securing the ci...REL31788
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Cigarette case, hand made at Rabaul in 1946
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cigarette case made from duralium (duralumin), an alloy of alumiminium and copper used in aircraft manufacture. The top of the lid is inlaid with brown bakelite. The cigarette case is oval shaped with...REL29644
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Cigarette Case : Private J P Saunders, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Chrome plated cigarette case with an impressed diamond pattern finish on the front and back. The case is hinged along the left side and opens by pushing a clasp on the right. The initials 'J.P.S.' are...REL31818
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Cigarette case : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Damaged metal cigarette case with a hinge on the left side. The top of the case has a number of small regimental badges attached with spaces marking where others were once attached. Those remaining in...REL/02029.003
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Cigarette case : Sergeant O C R Pike, 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Chrome-plated brass cigarette case with a decorative finish on the front and back. The case is hinged along the left side and opens by pushing a clasp on the right. The initials 'OCRP' are engraved on...REL31555
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Cigarette case with cigarettes : Driver V C Ball, 1 Company, Australian Army Service Corps, Gull Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass cigarette case with a sprung clasp and spring hinge. The exterior surfaces are decorated with a pressed fish scale pattern, while the inside surfaces have a engine turned finish. The Inside is f...REL31814
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Cigarette cellophane : Sapper L McLennan, 2/2 Forestry Unit
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Six pieces of clear cellophane trimmed into a rectangular shape.REL/21579.006
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Cigarette lighter : Warrant Officer Class 1 R T Turrell, 2/6 Field Regiment, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Green and Co
White metal rectangular cigarette lighter with rounded edges and a separate lid. The lighter has a flint wheel mechanism and windproof grill. On the base is stamped, 'GREENANDCO' in an oval.REL38128
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Cigarette rolling case : Miss G L Crawford, Voluntary Aid Destachments
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Chrome plated cigarette rolling case. The case has a hinge at the back and a small notch on the front to lift the lid. The top of the lid has a decorative design and an open rectangular section for th...REL30530
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Cigarette tin : Private M J Gilbert, 2/21 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: G Damman & Co Pty Ltd
Blue painted and gilt 'Damman's' cigarette tin with a hinged lid. Inside the lid is printed in black: No.1 LARGE SIZE No.2 MEDIUM SIZE No.3 SMALL SIZE in small print; DAMMAN’S VIRGINIA CIGARETTES...REL31316
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Collection of cigarette papers: Ron Pilkington, British Army
Heraldry
Collection of 29 colourful cigarette paper packets and papers of various brands. Two have manufacture dates of 1940 and 1941.AWM2019.404.1
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Copper matchbox holder with RAE insignia : Lance Corporal TH Clissold, 2/2 Field Company, RAE
Heraldry
Maker: Clissold, Thomas Henry
Handmade copper matchbox holder featuring a copper Royal Australian Engineers exploding grenade soldered to the front with 2/2 FLD COY and -RAE- engraved above and below. The reverse is engraved 'To D...REL33872
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During spells from front line duty in Tobruk the men spent much time preparing souvenirs to send ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
During spells from front line duty in Tobruk the men spent much time preparing souvenirs to send home. Here VX29542 Private Keith Patrick Murphy, of Corryong, Victoria, is polishing the base of a she...020911
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Embroidered tobacco pouch : Mrs A M Cuthbe, Changi Prison
Heraldry
Maker: Cuthbe, Augusta Mary
Khaki cotton folding tobacco pouch lined with cream coloured rubber. The inside bottom of the pouch is hand embroidered in black cotton chainstitch, with a scene of two women carring a broom and a ful...REL/08538
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Engraved cigarette case: Captain Lillian Grace Schaefer, 2/5 Australian General Hospital
Heraldry
Maker: Har-Bro Inc Unknown
Rectangular nickel silver EPNS cigarette case with a machine-engraved pattern on the front and back and a small panel on the front bearing the engraved initials 'L.G.S'. The interior is gilded, with a...REL47407
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Engraved cigarette case : Major I A Wilson, 10 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Aluminium cigarette case with side hinge and spring clasp. The front is engraved with a Japanese soldier holding his rifle and a map of East China showing towns, shipping and railway routes. The case ...REL35289
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Engraved cigarette case : Sergeant R W Saunders 2/7 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cigarette case with matt gold coloured interior. The exterior surface of the case is stamped with a decorative waffle pattern. A small piece in the top left corner of the exterior does not have this ...REL/18642
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Engraved cigarette tin : Private J F Thoburne, Headquarters Northern Territory Force
Heraldry
Maker: Comyns, Richard
Sterling silver cigarette tin with hinged lid. The lid is engraved with a Vickers Wellesley aircraft and the words 'To The Officers/AUSTRALIAN STAFF CORPS MESS/DARWIN/From the Officers/LONG RANGE DEVE...REL41101
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Engraved tin : Lance Corporal H Beitsch, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Beitsch, Hector
Tin with hinged lid. The lid is engraved with a memorial stone and cross with the letters 'AIF'. In the left corner is engraved '1941 BURMA' and in the right is '1945 JAVA'. Both place names are under...REL30303
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Engraved tobacco tin : Private D J Anderson, 2/29 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Campny, William John
Small aluminum tobacco tin with hinged lid. The lid has been engraved with the rays of an Imperial Japanese flag superimposed with a Returned from Active Service badge. Engraved in one corner are the ...REL33283
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Engraved tobacco tin : Sergeant W O Wald, 8th Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small aluminium tobacco tin with separate lid. Engraved on the four sides of the lid is, 'BURMA MALAYA THAILAND SINGAPORE'. The sides of the tin are also engraved with, 'W WALD NX58914 8 [illegible] ...REL39900
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French prisoner
Art
Drawing of an unidentified French prisoner of war at Stalag 20A, Torun, Poland.ART29573
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German matchbox : Sergeant C N Fraser, 460 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Monopol
German match box with a bottom tray and outer casing, containing fifty safety matches. The tray consists of a light wood base and cardboard sides, the outer casing is made from light wood. A black and...REL31262
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Greek rope lighter: Captain Bruce Brock, 2/2 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Flint and tinder rope lighter. The lighter features a metal casing with an attached flintwheel and a length of white (discoloured) and blue rope. About halfway down the rope is a knot and the padding ...REL/11646
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Hand coloured studio portrait of TX966 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) John Athol Mercer, 2/12th Battalion ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Hand coloured studio portrait of TX966 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) John Athol Mercer, 2/12th Battalion AIF. Cpl Mercer enlisted at Brighton, Tas, on 19 February 1940 and was killed in action in New Guinea ...P07605.001
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Hand made ashtray : Lance Corporal T H Clissold, 2/2 Field Company, RAE
Heraldry
Maker: Clissold, Thomas Henry
Round ashtray with three cigarette slots, made from cast aluminium to which is bolted a cast aluminium depiction of the 6th Australian Infantry Division tactical symbol of a kangaroo over a boomerang....REL33869
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Handmade cigarette box : Private J McGowan, 2/9 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade aluminium cigarette box with a curved hinged lid. The lid is engraved with and image of Changi Gaol and a scroll bearing the words 'CHANGI J. McGOWAN GAOL'. The base of the case is engraved '...REL/17494
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HMAS Sydney (II) wardroom ashtray : John 'Jack' Earnest Phillips, Australian Window Glass Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Casted circular brass ashtray with three moulded cigarette resting points at the top. The bottom side is textured with distinctive ridgelines emanating outwards from the centre, giving it a 'shell lik...REL47096
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Improvised cigarette papers: POW, Lintang Barracks
Heraldry
Maker: Various
Approximately ten, 60 mm long pieces of dried palm frond cut to length and designed to be a substitute for cigarette papers. Originally these would have been about 30 - 40 mm wide.REL/00414
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Improvised pipe: unknown private, 2/48 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Carved wooden pipe - the bowl and shank are carved from a hard wood, with the shank joineded with a piece of brass bullet cartridge, and the stem carved from a piece of bone. The joint between the bra...RELAWM20164
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Improvised POW smoking pipe: Lance Corporal Victor Stuart McComb, 22nd Infantry Brigade
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Smoking pipe, a variation on the apple shape, apparently turned from the leg of a teak billiard table. The neck is straight and the joint between bowl and shank is covered by an aluminium band. The bo...REL/00408
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Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe: Lintang Barracks, Kuching, Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised smoking pipe with an octagonal bowl and an octagonal shank. This is likely made from wood local to Borneo. The mouthpiece appears to be fashioned from a piano key or similar; it has yellowe...REL/01992
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Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe, Lintang Barracks, Kuching, Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe, the bowl crudely shaped like an elongated hexagon. The shank has split and there is what appears to be a repair along the split line. The stem is a length of bamboo...REL/01990
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Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe, Lintang Barracks, Kuching, Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised wooden pipe with a vaguely octagonal shape bowl. The shank is reinforced with a wrapping of cotton drill fabric overlaid with what appears to be latex (this was very common at this camp as ...REL/01989
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Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe: Private Peter Albert Hocking, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Hocking, Peter Albert
Bowl and shank only of a hand made smoking pipe, fashioned from teak, with the missing stem made out of water buffalo horn. The bowl shape bears a resemblance to a pot style of pipe. The shank has a t...REL/01787
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Improvised prisoners' smoking pipe: Staff Sergeant Arthur Cyril Robinson, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Robinson, Arthur Cyril
Crude smoking pipe with shank made from local clay and fired. The pipe was used with the stem (REL/1961.003) which also served another pipe. The interior of the bowl contains tobacco residue.REL/01961.001
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Improvised smoking pipe: Private William Charles Barton, Armoured Car Regiment, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pipe bowl which appears to be of commercial manufacture of the billiard shape, but was made from native wood, with the stem fashioned from a very long length (270 mm) of copper pipe, probably from a w...REL/15886
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Japanese handmade Hanafunda playing cards
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
An incomplete set of handmade Japanese Hanafunda playing cards. There are only 10 (40 cards) of the expected 12 (48 cards) suits of four cards each. Each suit consists of four identically marked cards...REL/02916.001
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Japanese Kinshi brand cigarette box, Zentsuji Prisoner of War Camp : Lieutenant W H Larkin, Lark Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small rectangular shaped green coloured Japanese cigarette box made from light cardboard. The front of the box features a bird in flight below two Japanese written characters and below the bird are v...REL33281
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Lighter : Hugh King Ashby, Singapore Straits Volunteer Force
Heraldry
Maker: Ashby, Hugh King
Handmade lighter contructed from various pieces of brass. The base is a long barrel section which holds the lighter fluid. A small brass ring screws into this barrel and also connects to the lighter m...REL31502
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Matchbox cover : Warrant Officer A K Hutton, 2/3 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Three sided metal match box cover with a decorative green trim. Both sides are printed with a humorous cartoon. The first shows a man passing by in the background carrying a suitcase marked 'W.C.'. A ...REL32638
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Match box holder : Private B F Fletcher, Australian Army Ordnance Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Fletcher, Bruce Finlay
Match box cover made from a single piece of bent aluminium. The piece is folded into three parts - front, back and spine - to a size identical to a box of matches. A matchbox has been glued inside the...REL43214
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Match box holder : Private B F Fletcher, Australian Army Ordnance Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Fletcher, Bruce Finlay
Match box cover made from a single piece of bent aluminium. The piece is folded into three parts - front, back and spine - to a size identical to a box of matches. A matchbox has been glued inside the...REL36524
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not titled [Sergeant Laurence James McGrath]
Art
Maker: Gordon, Dudley
Caricature of Sergeant Laurence James McGrath WX8611 by Dudley Gordon. The cartoon was created whilst McGrath was serving with Gordon in the 43rd Landing Craft Company in New Guinea during the Second ...ART96213
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Pipe : H K Ashby, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
Heraldry
Maker: Ashby, Hugh King
Hand made pipe. The bowl is carved from Malayan hardwood and the stem is made from a length of hollowed out bamboo.REL31500
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Presentation pipe bowl in shape of diving helmet: James Alexander Hill
Heraldry
Maker: Siebe Gorman & Co
Wooden briar pipe bowl carved into the shape of a diving helmet with three 'windows', and a white metal fitting at the end of the shank. The bottom of the bowl is flat, providing a stand. The shank is...REL/21629.009