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Armstrong, Colville Frederick (Lance Corporal, b.1897 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Armstrong, Colville Frederick
Collection relating to service of 3683 Lance Corporal Colville Frederick Armstrong, 4 Machine Gun Battalion, France, 1917-1919. Collection includes letters from Armstrong to his family, and letters t...1DRL/0056
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Bedlington, W C (Sergeant, MM & BAR, 4th MG Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Bedlington, W C
2 ROLLS FOR OPERATIONS SHOWING BEDLINGTON LEADING FORWARD GUNS. POSTCARD FROM EGYPT. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT AND MEDAL ENTITLEMENTS LIST FOR W2. DIARIES FOR 1916 AND 1919. REGULAR BRIEF ENTRIES. NOT DETA...3DRL/5000(A)
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Lieutenant A A Fowles, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37897.002
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Burt, Francis Sinclair (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Burt, Francis Sinclair
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Francis Sinclair Burt 4 Machine Gun Battalion, France 1918. Collection includes copies of letters sent home to family in Australia. Copies made 1928 by A...1DRL/0166
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George : Lieutenant Colonel H W Murray, 4 Machine Gun Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. Unnamed as issued.OL00666.002
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Coombe, Bernard R (Sergeant, 4th MG Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Coombe, Bernard R
TWO PHOTOS OF COOMBE IN UNIFORM 1918. DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE3DRL/5000(B)
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Studio portrait of 4209 Private (Pte) John Albert Percival ("Percy") Hobbs, 14th Battalion, of Harrow, Vic. Pte Hobbs enlisted on 30 July 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915 ...DA13303
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Studio portrait of 4209 Private (Pte) John Albert Percival ("Percy") Hobbs, 14th Battalion, of Harrow, Vic. Pte Hobbs enlisted on 30 July 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915 ...DA13300
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Studio portrait of 4208 Private (Pte) Charles Reginald Hobbs. A labourer from Harrow, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Hobbs embarked along with his brother 4209 Pte John Albert Percy Hobbs with the ...DA13225
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Discharged Returned Soldier badge : Lieutenant A A Fowles, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Stokes & Sons, Melbourne
Discharged Returned Soldier badge. In the centre of the circular brass badge is the Rising Sun and 'A.I.F' surrounded by the words 'ISSUED BY DEPT OF DEFENCE RETURNED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE'. The badge i...REL37898
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French Croix de Guerre : Lieutenant Colonel H W Murray, 4 Australian Machine Gun Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
French Croix de Guerre. Unnamed as issued.OL00666.012
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Portrait of two Australian soldiers on a despatch motorcycle and sidecar. Identified left, astride the motorcycle, is 2898 Second Lieutenant Herbert John Hunt MC; and right, in the sidecar, is 750 Lie...P10550.049
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Hat badge: Rising Sun - Private E Keen, 4 Machine Gun Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British manufactured Australian Army general service 'Rising Sun' hat badge with a slide fitting on the back.REL28403
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Letter relating to death of Rockliff, Ambrose Walter
Private Record
Maker: Elliott, George
Original letter, written in France on 2 November 1918, by 3146 Private (Pte) George Elliott of 24th Machine Gun Company, 4th Machine Gun Battalion. The five page letter is handwritten, and addressed t...PR05194
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Lydster, Thomas Robinson (Lieutenant, MM and Bar, 4th Mg Bn AIF b.1885)
Private Record
Maker: Lydster, Thomas Robinson
DIARY DETAILING TRAINING IN EGYPT, POSTING TO FRANCE, ACTION AT POZIERES AND THE MENIN ROAD, POSTING TO OFFICER TRAINING BN, RETURN TO FRANCE AND DEPLOYMENT WITH MARK V TANKS DURING THE 8 AUG 1918 OFF...PR88/042
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McPhee, Charles C (Sergeant b.1887 - d.1957)
Private Record
Maker: McPhee, Charles C
Diaries describe voyage to England, life at Salisbury Plains, active service in France and capture at Dernancourt. Prisoner of war diary details experiences at several camps, work, church services and...PR00027
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Memorial plaque to the 4th Machine Gun Battalion later laid in a church in Ypres. The plaque was ...
Photograph
Maker: Kerr Bros
Memorial plaque to the 4th Machine Gun Battalion later laid in a church in Ypres. The plaque was laid in the St George's Memorial Church in Ypres on 28 June 1953 by Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Herri...P12731.001
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Outdoor group portrait of a section of 12th Brigade machine gunners, posed with Vickers machine ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Outdoor group portrait of a section of 12th Brigade machine gunners, posed with Vickers machine guns. Identified second row, seated second from left is 2941 Sergeant (Sgt) James Murray Whiteley, 12 Br...P11239.001
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Outdoor portrait of a group of eleven Australian Prisoners of War (POW) at their POW camp at ...
Photograph
Outdoor portrait of a group of eleven Australian Prisoners of War (POW) at their POW camp at Swinemunde, [now Swinoujscie, Poland]. Identified in the back row from left to right,: 3403 Private (Pte) L...P01981.058
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Outdoor portrait of, from left, Captain (Capt) William Lloyd Hindmarsh, Australian Army ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Outdoor portrait of, from left, Captain (Capt) William Lloyd Hindmarsh, Australian Army Veterinary Corps (AAVC), Capt James Walter Sexton, Artillery Training Depot and Lieutenant (Lt) Frank Reginald W...P11067.003
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Outdoor portrait of two Australian Prisoners of War (POW) outside the barracks in their POW camp ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Outdoor portrait of two Australian Prisoners of War (POW) outside the barracks in their POW camp at Schneidemuhl, Germany. Identified standing on the left is 3954 Private (Pte) Lionel Stephen Whitbrea...P01981.045
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Packer, Frank Percival
Private Record
Maker: Packer, Frank Percival
29 page handwritten letter written by 460a Private (Pte) Frank Percival Packer to his wife Irene in 1916. Written in diary form, the letter spans the period 25 October to 28 December 1916, whilst Pte ...PR05281
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Portrait of (on the right) 3683 Lance Corporal Colville Frederick Armstrong of the 4th Machine ...
Photograph
Portrait of (on the right) 3683 Lance Corporal Colville Frederick Armstrong of the 4th Machine Gun Battalion, AIF, who died of illness on 19 December 1918. The soldier on the left is Lance Corporal F....H12633
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Rex Willcox interviewed about his experiences in the 4th Machine Gun Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Willcox, Rex Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; pre-war employment; enlistment March 1916; family's reaction to enlistment; impressions of France; met General Birdwood; lice; return to Australia and discharge in October 1919;...S02075
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Rubenach, Thomas James (Private d.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Rubenach, Thomas James
Commemorative Scroll. Issued after the death of Pte Rubenach of illness at sea while on his way home in 1919.3DRL/7504A
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Studio portrait of 541 Private Henry George Foster, 1st Anzac Cyclist Battalion, of Wattle Flat, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 541 Private Henry George Foster, 1st Anzac Cyclist Battalion, of Wattle Flat, NSW. A timber carter prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 4th Reinforcements on HMAT Anchises (A68...P07033.001
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Studio portrait of 541 Private Henry George Foster, 1st Anzac Cyclist Battalion, of Wattle Flat, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 541 Private Henry George Foster, 1st Anzac Cyclist Battalion, of Wattle Flat, NSW. A timber carter prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 4th Reinforcements on HMAT Anchises (A68...P07033
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Studio portrait of 683 Private (Pte) Roydon Hamilton Rhodes, 8th Machine Gun Company who was a ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 683 Private (Pte) Roydon Hamilton Rhodes, 8th Machine Gun Company who was a 24 year old bank clerk from Adelaide, South Australia when he enlisted on 17 November 1915. He embarked ...P07159.052
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Studio portrait of 792 Private (Pte) William Esther Davidson, 12th Machine Gun Company from ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 792 Private (Pte) William Esther Davidson, 12th Machine Gun Company from Brisbane, Queensland. A 23 year old bookmaker's clerk prior to enlisting on 29 March 1917, he embarked for o...P10633.001
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Sweetheart brooch : Private J W Biggs, 4 Machine Gun Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Voided mother of pearl handmade sweetheart brooch featuring a gloved hand holding a laurel wreath, with 'Mother' in script font beneath. Attached to the reverse is a metal chain with a pin.REL47199
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The 4th Machine Gunners' Bagpipe Band practising. Left to right: 3290 Private (Pte) J. C. McKee; ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
The 4th Machine Gunners' Bagpipe Band practising. Left to right: 3290 Private (Pte) J. C. McKee; 3879 Pte R. D. Robinson; 1914 Pte C. G. French; 2148A Lance Corporal A. Calder (partially obscured by F...E03269
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Victoria Cross : Sergeant John James Dwyer, 4 Machine Gun Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Hancocks
Victoria Cross. Engraved reverse suspender with recipient's details; reverse cross with date of action.REL/07569.001
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Victory Medal : Lieutenant A A Fowles, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37897.003
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Victory Medal : Private R C Scott, 12 Machine Gun Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL28842