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AIF embarking at Suez
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
AIF troops and members of the Australian Army Nursing Service embarking into Nile ferries which will take them out to the big transports in Suez Bay. (These troops were going to "Strathallan", a forme...ART21012
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AIF embarking at Suez
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
A.I.F. troops and members of the Australian Army Nursing Service embarking into Nile ferries which will take them out to the big transports in Suez Bay. (These troops were going to "Strathallan", a fo...ART21011
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A.I.F Embarking - Final roll call
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Final roll call of drivers prior to embarking on SS St Essylt at Port Tewfik. The last of the Motor Transport is being hoisted into its position on the force deck. This cargo vessel is interesting in ...ART21154
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AIF embarking, fore well deck
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Trucks being lowered into holds of SS Carmula at Port Tewfik. On the wharf trucks and Bren carriers are awaiting their turn to be hoisted inboard. Railway trucks are both Egyptian and Palestinian, Sue...ART21750
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AIF embarking - night scene
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Sketch was made at Port Tewfic, Suez Canal. Looking along the aft well deck on the M.V "Anna Odland". The last trucks have been placed in position on the hatches, the drivers already embarked, are pre...ART21058
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Aluminium wrist bracelet : Private T J Mathews, Royal Australian Artillery
Heraldry
Maker: Mathews, Thomas John
Bracelet with leather straps attached to aluminium that has been shaped with stepped crenellations on the top and bottom. In the centre is a diamond shape piece of tin that has been soldered on and a ...REL37811
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Army Pack : Horrie the Wog Dog, 2/1 Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: M.E.Co.
Pattern 1937 khaki cotton webbing haversack, stamped inside the flap 'M.E Co. 1940' with a broad arrow. The pack has been modified to carry and conceal a small dog by the insertion of sections of wood...RELAWM32387
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Collerson, Roy John Wilmot (Sergeant, b.1906 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Collerson, John Collerson, Roy John Wilmot
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX18788 Sergeant Roy John Wilmot Collerson, 2/5 Australian General Hospital and 1 Australian Base Department Medical Stores, Second Australian Im...PR05538
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Diary of George Davidson Mackie, December 1940 - October 1942
Digitised Collection
Maker: Mackie, George Davidson
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX22559 Gunner George Davidson Mackie, 2/1 Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Composite), 10 December 1940 - 11 October 1942. In the first of two diaries, Macki...AWM2019.22.40
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Diary of George William Edward Clark, January 1940 - August 1941
Digitised Collection
Maker: Clark, George William Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX1058 Gunner George William Edward Clark, 1 Battery, 2/1 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, 1940-1988. In the first of five diaries, C...AWM2019.22.81
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Ede, William John (Lance Corporal, b. 1922 - d. ?)
Private Record
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX126516 Lance Corporal William John Ede, 104 Casualty Clearing Station, New Guinea, 1942-1946. Collection consists of two small diaries handwrit...AWM2016.784.4
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Embarkation, HMS "Larconia"
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
AIF embarking in troopship "Larconia" out in Suez Bay, from Nile ferries. In the foreground, Headquarters baggage is being hoisted inboard in slings, while empty barges await tugs to return them to th...ART29362
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Embarkation "Laconia"
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Three Nile ferries carrying troops of the AIF and nurses of the Australian Army Nursing Service come alongside the troopship "Laconia". The two ferries aft are waiting to come alongside the gangway, S...ART23793
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Enid Edmeades Ratcliff as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett
Sound
Maker: Ratcliff, Enid Edmeades Bassett, Jan
Early life; nursing training; joining the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in 1940, sent to Gaza in Palestine with the 2/2nd Australian General Hospital; conditions in Gaza; ailments of patients...S01806
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Hind, Rita May (Lieutenant, b.1910-d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Hind, Rita May
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX76519 Lieutenant Rita May Hind, Australian Army Medical Women’s Service, Voluntary Aid, Middle East, 1941-1943. Collection consists of one dia...PR05507
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Jewell, Walter
Manuscript
Maker: Jewell, Walter
Memoir titled: "War Service Plus Fun: Vintage 1939 - 1945". Detailed manuscript about Walter Jewell's time in the RAF. He spent time in North Africa during World War II.MSS1826
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Jory, Eric Lloyd (Lieutenant, b.1917 – d.1991)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Jory, Eric Lloyd
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX45177 Lieutenant Eric Lloyd Jory, 2/13 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Middle East and Australia, 1941-1950. ...AWM2017.65.1
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Lewtas, Keith Lindsay (Warrant Officer Class I, b.1909 - d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Lewtas, Keith Lindsay
Collection relating to the Second World War, British Commonwealth Occupation Force [BCOF], and Korean War service of VX5354, 3/45087 and 31997 Warrant Officer Keith Lindsay Lewtas, 1938-1964. Wallet ...PR06252
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Lodewyckx, Karel Axel (Lieutenant, b.1910 - d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Lodewyckx, Karel Axel
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX18980 Lieutenant Karel Axel Lodewyckx, Headquarters 1 Australian Force, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, at sea and the Middle East...PR05699
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Mawson, Arthur (Major, b.1892 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Mawson, Arthur Order of Friars Minor
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX38691, B3/22 Major Arthur Mawson, Salvation Army, Libya and Palestine, 1940-1944. Wallet 1 of 2: Folder 1 of 3: Contains a typed diary spanni...AWM2016.246.3
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Murphy, Oswald Ellis Joseph (Major, b.1895 - d.1980)
Private Record
Maker: Murphy, Oswald Ellis Joseph
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX6269 Major Sir Oswald Ellis Joseph Murphy, 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station, Australia, Egypt, Palestine, Eritrea, Abyssinia, Libya, and Ceylon, 1...PR05571
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MV Manunda Association
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service and legacy of the hospital ship MV Manunda, Merchant Navy, Australia, Japan, Egypt, Borneo, and the Solomon Islands, 1940-c.2001. Collection consist...PR05365
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PORT SUEZ - ABOARD PRESIDENT DOUMER - AUST. TROOPSHIP BELONGING TO FREE FRENCH GOVT. PTE. F.B. ...
Photograph
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
PORT SUEZ - ABOARD PRESIDENT DOUMER - AUST. TROOPSHIP BELONGING TO FREE FRENCH GOVT. PTE. F.B. LAMOND AND PTE. A.W. CLIFT A.S.C. REINFORCEMENTS FROM SYDNEY, TRY OUT THEIR FRENCH ON SOME OF THE CREW. (...004191
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PORT SUEZ - ABOARD THE PRESIDENT DOUMER TROOPSHIP BRINGING MEN FROM AUSTRALIA (ACTUALLY PICKED ...
Photograph
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
PORT SUEZ - ABOARD THE PRESIDENT DOUMER TROOPSHIP BRINGING MEN FROM AUSTRALIA (ACTUALLY PICKED THEM UP IN BOMBAY). A CHEERFUL GROUP OF DIGGERS SING A SERENADE TO CELEBRATE THEIR ARRIVAL IN THIS LAND T...004192
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PORT SUEZ - MAILS COME IN FOR XMAS - W.O.I. VINCENT QUINN OF POSTAL UNIT IN FOREGROUND. (NEGATIVE ...
Photograph
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
PORT SUEZ - MAILS COME IN FOR XMAS - W.O.I. VINCENT QUINN OF POSTAL UNIT IN FOREGROUND. (NEGATIVE BY D. PARER).004666
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PORT SUEZ. 1941? NURSES FROM 2/5TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL. LEFT TO RIGHT: BOWMAN, SUMMERS, ...
Photograph
PORT SUEZ. 1941? NURSES FROM 2/5TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL. LEFT TO RIGHT: BOWMAN, SUMMERS, (FLORENCE) BARBARA INGRAM. (DONOR B. SHAW)P01510.004
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PORT SUEZ - WAITING FOR THE "ORION" DISEMBARKATION - SLEEP, WHEN THEY WERE PHOTOGRAPHED. ...
Photograph
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
PORT SUEZ - WAITING FOR THE "ORION" DISEMBARKATION - SLEEP, WHEN THEY WERE PHOTOGRAPHED. (NEGATIVE BY D. PARER).004355
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Pye, Clemence John (Petty Officer, b.1918 - d.1982)
Private Record
Maker: Pye, Clemence John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 22471 Petty Officer Clemence John Pye, HMAS Vampire and HMAS Voyager, Royal Australian Navy, Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, 1939-1941. Wall...PR04889
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Rae, John Patrick Thomson (Warrant Officer, b.1917-d.1973)
Private Record
Maker: Rae, John Patrick Thomson
Collection relating to the Second World War service of A5107 Warrant Officer John Patrick Thomson Rae, No. 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Egypt, Libya and Italy, 1941-1944. Wallet 1 o...PR05749
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Rix, Gordon Robert (Chief Petty Officer Writer, b.1922 - d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Rix, Gordon Robert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 23128 Chief Petty Officer Writer Gordon Robert Rix, HMAS Hobart and HMAS Platypus, Royal Australian Navy, Australia, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, New G...PR03709
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Sharkey, James Anthony (Warrant Officer, b.1920 - d.1995)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Sharkey, James Anthony Sharkey, Michael
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 413034 Warrant Officer James Anthony Sharkey, 17 Squadron (Royal Air Force), Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Egypt, Rhodesia, England and ...PR05857
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Southward, George Edward Collier (Able Seaman, b.1920 - d.2006)
Private Record
Maker: Royal Australian Navy Southward, George Edward Collier
Collection relating to the Second World War service of S6090 Able Seaman George Edward Collier Southward, HMAS Cairns and HMAS Lismore, Royal Australian Navy, Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean and Austr...PR04067
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Souvenir pennant : HMAS Australia (II)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Triangular navy blue felt souvenir pennant, screen printed in orange, green and red. The pennant reads vertically from the hoist with an interpretation of Australia's Coat of Arms. On the scroll work ...REL36715
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Studio portrait of 1997 Private (Pte) William Glen Crisp, 32nd Battalion. A blacksmith from ...
Photograph
Maker: Rogers, George A
Studio portrait of 1997 Private (Pte) William Glen Crisp, 32nd Battalion. A blacksmith from Aldinga, SA, Pte Crisp had served with the 75th Battalion senior cadets for four years and with the 22nd Lig...P10725.001
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Suez Bay
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Ships in the Bay, seen from Port Tewfik docks with barrage balloons overhead. Among the vessels embarking troops are two Orient liners and the Cunadar SS "Laconia", Suez, Egypt.ART21751
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Tasker, Henry McKean (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1900 - d.1958)
Private Record
Maker: Quong, Wong Tong Tasker, Henry McKean
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX47925 Lieutenant Colonel Henry McKean 'Harry' Tasker, 2/24 Australian Infantry Battalion, 26 Infantry Training Battalion and British Borneo Civ...AWM2017.166.2
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The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (WX6295) Lieutenant Harold Arthur Beames, 2/28th Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Second World War.
Film
Maker: Australian War Memorial
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth...AWM2021.1.1.329
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Wallet 1 of 1 - Diary and telegram of Rex Albert Cooper, 1939-1941
Digitised Collection
Maker: Cooper, Rex Albert
Diary relating to the Second World War service of 21905 Able Seaman Rex Albert Cooper, HMAS Sydney II, Royal Australian Navy. The diary written between 4 October 1939 and 5 February 1941 mentions: His...AWM2018.20.22
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Wallet 1 of 2 - Diary of Arthur Mawson, 1940-1944
Digitised Collection
Maker: Mawson, Arthur
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX38691, B3/22 Major Arthur Mawson, Salvation Army, Libya and Palestine, 1940-1944. Wallet 1 of 2: Consists of typed diary entries held in thre...AWM2020.22.181
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Wallet 2 of 2 - Diary, vol. II of Sir Oswald Ellis Joseph Murphy, 1941-1942
Digitised Collection
Maker: Murphy, Oswald Ellis Joseph
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX6269 Major Sir Oswald Ellis Joseph Murphy, 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station, Australia, Egypt, Palestine, Eritrea, Abyssinia, Libya, and Ceylon, 1...AWM2020.22.237
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Wallet 1 of 2 - Diary, vol. I of Sir Oswald Ellis Joseph Murphy, 1940-1941
Digitised Collection
Maker: Murphy, Oswald Ellis Joseph
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX6269 Major Sir Oswald Ellis Joseph Murphy, 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station, Australia, Egypt, Palestine, Eritrea, Abyssinia, Libya, and Ceylon, 1...AWM2020.22.236
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Wardroom flat, HMAS "Parramatta"
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
A sketch of this compartment as background for larger drawing showing ratings handling A.A shells up the chutes to the guns above, Suez Bay, Egypt.ART21735
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Weaver, Sidney Harold (Sapper, b.1900 - d.1960)
Private Record
Maker: Weaver, Sidney Harold
Collection relating to the First World War service of 97042 Driver Harold Weaver, Royal Field Artillery, 1919; and the Second World War service of NX55618 Sapper Sidney Harold Weaver, 2/5 Australian F...PR05551