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A British Rolls Royce armoured car which took part in the Beersheba attack. A number of armoured ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A British Rolls Royce armoured car which took part in the Beersheba attack. A number of armoured cars were operated in the Middle East and the Western Desert by the Australian Light Car Patrol. This v...P11220.008
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Aeroplane log book relating to the First World War flying service of Ross Macpherson Smith, 1917-1919
Digitised Collection
Maker: Smith, Ross Macpherson
Aeroplane logbook maintained for First World War Bristol aircraft type F2B, no. B1229 and flown extensively by Captain Ross Macpherson Smith, 1 Squadron AFC. Logbook was kept between December 1917 and...RCDIG0000440
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America goes over
Film
Maker: United States Army Signal Corps
Introduction reads: 'Official film of the Corps of Signals taken under action and service conditions in France. Especially released by the War Department to the Eastman Kodak Company for the 2nd Amer...F00169
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Bapaume to Bullecourt
Film
Maker: Baldwin, Herbert Frederick Malins, Geoffrey Wilkins, George Hubert
The advance on Bapaume and Bullecourt after the Germans had retreated to the Hindenburg Line. Shows Australians participating during this action. The infantry advancing across no-man's land; the con...F00045
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Bell, Reginald Philip (Munitions Worker, b.? - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Bell, Reginald Philip
Collection relating to the First World War service of Reginald Philip Bell, Munitions Worker, Vickers Factory, United Kingdom and Australia, 1916-1919. Collection consists of: - One letter on Vickers...AWM2016.724.2
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Broadmeadows Camp, 1914
Film
Broadmeadows Camp, Victoria 1914. Enlistees march into camp. Uniforms, personal equipment and rifles are issued. Washing clothing. Setting up tents. Machine gunners set up Vickers guns. Gunners ...F00164
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Collection related to the service of Sydney Harold Banks-Smith
Photograph
Probably LEIGHTERTON, ENGLAND. C. 1918. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (PROBABLY NO. 8 TRAINING SQUADRON) TRAINING WITH MACHINE GUNS. THE GUNS ARE A LEWIS MK 1 LIGHT MACHINE GUN MOUNTED ON A V...P01456.003
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Correspondence book of Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 1916-1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Cunningham, Alexander Jackson
Correspondence book relating to the First World War of Captain Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 2nd Field Company Engineers. In this correspondence book, kept between 3 June 1916 and 21 August 1917, Cunn...RCDIG0000922
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Diary of Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 1916-1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Cunningham, Alexander Jackson
Diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 2nd Field Company Engineers. In this diary, kept between October 1916 and 27 April 1917, Cunningham describes man...RCDIG0000919
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Diary of Gordon Colin Cooper, 1916-1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Cooper, Gordon Colin
Diary relating to the First World War service of 475 Private Gordon Colin Cooper, 1st Light Horse Regiment. In this diary, written between 1 January 1916 and 13 January 1917, Cooper records his servic...RCDIG0000901
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Diary of John Henry Llewellyn Turnbull, 1918-1919
Digitised Collection
Maker: Turnbull, John Henry Llewellyn
Diary relating to the First World War service of 1295 Driver John Henry Llewellyn Turnbull, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column. This is the last of six detailed diaries transcribed by Turnbull after the...RCDIG0001111
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Five unidentified Australian Flying Corps trainees in the machine gun room at Leighterton, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Five unidentified Australian Flying Corps trainees in the machine gun room at Leighterton, England. Two gear charts are hanging on the wall in the background. One of the men is holding a model of a ...A04090
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Five unidentified Australian Flying Corps trainees in the machine gun room at Leighterton, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Five unidentified Australian Flying Corps trainees in the machine gun room at Leighterton, England. Two gear charts are hanging on the wall in the background. Two of the men are behind telescopes, o...A04089
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Folder 2 of 4 - Certificate, transfer cards, instruction book and flying log book relating to the First World War service of Wilmot Hudson Fysh, July 1917 - February 1921
Digitised Collection
Maker: Fysh, Wilmot Hudson Various
Collection relating to the First World War service, interwar career with Qantas and Second World War service of 415 Lieutenant Wilmot Hudson Fysh, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (later Squadr...AWM2020.22.241
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FORD MODEL T UTILITY, ARMED WITH A TRIPOD-MOUNTED VICKERS .303 MACHINE GUN,MANNED BY AUSTRALIAN ...
Photograph
FORD MODEL T UTILITY, ARMED WITH A TRIPOD-MOUNTED VICKERS .303 MACHINE GUN,MANNED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS. WWI., PALESTINE.P00373.004
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Forgotten men: the war as it was
Film
Maker: Lee, Norman
An Associated British Picture Corporation Ltd production. Commentary written and spoken on camera by Sir John Hammerton, war historian in conjunction with the representatives of the fighting forces 1...F00172
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"From your Cobber, J L McCarthy." Studio portrait of 570 Private (Pte) James Langford McCarthy, ...
Photograph
Maker: McGeehan, R W
"From your Cobber, J L McCarthy." Studio portrait of 570 Private (Pte) James Langford McCarthy, 4th Machine Gun Company posed as if firing a Vickers Maxim .303 machine-gun. The gun is displayed with a...P11519.010
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Gallipoli. 1915. Australian soldiers operating a Vickers machine gun mounted for defence against ...
Photograph
Gallipoli. 1915. Australian soldiers operating a Vickers machine gun mounted for defence against aircraft attacks.H03494
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Group portrait of some of the first recruits to the Machine Gun Section, 16th Infantry Battalion ...
Photograph
Group portrait of some of the first recruits to the Machine Gun Section, 16th Infantry Battalion at Blackboy Hill Camp, Western Australia. Identified from left to right: mounted on the draught horse i...P01465.001
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Group portrait of unidentified members of the original 24th Australian Machine Gun Company and ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of unidentified members of the original 24th Australian Machine Gun Company and British instructors, taken at Zeitoun, Egypt after the return of the unit from active service on Gallipol...A03727
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Letters of Gerard Henderson Cowan, 1918-1919
Digitised Collection
Maker: Cowan, Gerard Henderson
Letters relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Gerard Henderson Cowan, 2nd Squadron, Australian Flying Corps. In his letters to his family written between 1918 and 1919, Cowan describe...AWM2019.22.251
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Members of 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment (6LHR), train with Vickers machine guns firing out ...
Photograph
Members of 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment (6LHR), train with Vickers machine guns firing out over a body of water.P00144.002
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"MG in action Pozieres. Range 1000 yards". This inscription was recorded on the back of the ...
Photograph
Maker: Nenke, Robert Willie
"MG in action Pozieres. Range 1000 yards". This inscription was recorded on the back of the original photograph by the photographer. The machine gunners are probably from the 46th Battalion. This phot...P07670.003
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Notebook of James Stuart Leslie Ross
Digitised Collection
Maker: Ross, James Stuart Leslie
Diary relating to the First World War service of 589 Lieutenant James Stuart Leslie Ross, 2nd Squadron, Australian Flying Corps. Ross’ diary contains brief, irregular entries dated between 1 January...AWM2019.22.234
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Papers relating to Percy George Rupert Parkes, c. 1915-1983
Digitised Collection
Maker: Birdwood, William Riddell Evans, David Stanley Rossiter, Thomas Frederick Unknown
Papers relating to the First World War service of Captain Percy George Rupert Parkes, 23rd Infantry Battalion, c. 1915-1983. This file contains a selection of official records such as orders and repo...AWM2018.785.30
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Photograph of two men with machine gun relating to Albert Hakanson
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of two unidentified Australian soldiers serving a Vickers Maxim machine gun.P06203.002
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Portrait of two unidentified British servicemen in a light car equipped with a Vickers machine ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Portrait of two unidentified British servicemen in a light car equipped with a Vickers machine gun. One of a series of photographs relating to an unknown Australian serviceman who undertook motorcycle...P08997.003
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SINAI, 1917. LIEUTENANT JACK TUNBRIDGE OF BALLARAT IN THE COCKPIT OF AN AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS ...
Photograph
Maker: Leckie, Harry Victor
SINAI, 1917. LIEUTENANT JACK TUNBRIDGE OF BALLARAT IN THE COCKPIT OF AN AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC) SINGLE SEATER MARTINSYDE AIRCRAFT, ABOUT TO TAKE OFF. NOTE THE STITCHING OF THESE OLD TIME MACHINE...P00588.010
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Some aspects of military training
Film
Aspects of military training by the various arms. Scenes include: bayonet practice, rifle drill, musketry instruction, correct method of dress, how to salute officers; field artillery training Mariby...F00140
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Studio portrait of an unidentifed soldier posed as if firing a Vickers Maxim .303 machine-gun. ...
Photograph
Maker: McGeehan, R W
Studio portrait of an unidentifed soldier posed as if firing a Vickers Maxim .303 machine-gun. The gun is displayed with ammunition belt and box and a handfull of "spent" cartridges have been arrange...P06012.001
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Studio portrait of 395B, Private (Pte) (later Sergeant) John Stanley Braddick, 2nd Machine Gun ...
Photograph
Maker: McGeehan, R W
Studio portrait of 395B, Private (Pte) (later Sergeant) John Stanley Braddick, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, of Eastwood, SA, sitting behind a Vickers Maxim machine gun. Formerly a horticulturist, Pte Br...P07654.003
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Studio portrait of 504 Private (Pte) John Henry Costa, 13th Machine Gun Company posed as if ...
Photograph
Maker: McGeehan, R W
Studio portrait of 504 Private (Pte) John Henry Costa, 13th Machine Gun Company posed as if firing a Vickers Maxim .303 machine-gun. The gun is displayed with ammunition belt and box and a handful of ...P11519.008
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Tactics, Wounds and Weapons: A Study of 1918
Manuscript
Maker: Sexton, David
20 page manuscript. The manuscript examines the nature of warfare in 1918 from the Allied perspective with particular focus on tactics, weaponry and casualties. Section one examines the tactics employ...MSS2094
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The Royal Aircraft Factory FE8 equipped with a single machine gun in the front cockpit, arrived ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The Royal Aircraft Factory FE8 equipped with a single machine gun in the front cockpit, arrived at the Western Front in August 1916, at a time when pusher aircraft were outclassed by German fighters. ...A05127A
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Transcript of diaries of Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 1914-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Cunningham, Alexander Jackson
Transcript of diaries relating to the First World War service of Captain Alexander Jackson Cunningham 2nd Field Company Engineers. The transcripts cover of all four diaries, from 19 October 1914 to 17...RCDIG0000916
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Typescript account of the Battle of Messines by Robert Cuthbert Grieve, [1917]
Digitised Collection
Maker: Grieve, Robert Cuthbert
Typescript account relating to the First World War service of Captain Robert Cuthbert Grieve. In this account, Grieve documents in great detail the preparations for and events of the Battle of Messine...RCDIG0001076
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Unidentified crew members with their tripod mounted Vickers .303 machine gun Mark I. These guns ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Unidentified crew members with their tripod mounted Vickers .303 machine gun Mark I. These guns were first supplied by Britain to Australian troops and were used during the First World War. From 1929,...P08338.001
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VICKERS GUNBUS. [ACTUALLY AN F.E.8. SEE A5127A]
Photograph
VICKERS GUNBUS. [ACTUALLY AN F.E.8. SEE A5127A]A05140
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With the Australian forces in Palestine
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Opens with title 'with the Australian Forces in Palestine'. The advance on Magdhaba, December 1916, and the return with Turkish prisoners, the capture of Beersheba and the entry of the Camel Corps. T...F00042
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YATESBURY, ENGLAND. C. 1917. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS AT THE VICKERS AND LEWIS GUNS ...
Photograph
YATESBURY, ENGLAND. C. 1917. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS AT THE VICKERS AND LEWIS GUNS TRAINING RANGE. (ORIGINAL PRINTS HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE) (DONOR M. CORKHILL)P00826.049