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Letters from Arthur Seaforth Blackburn to his family, 1941
Digitised Collection
Maker: Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth
Letters relating to the Second World War service of SX6962 Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Seaforth Blackburn, 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, At sea, French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon, British Mandate of P...AWM2020.22.16
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A BLACKBURN "SHARK" TORPEDO-BOMBER-RECONNAISSANCE SEAPLANE FLYING OVER UNITS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, ...
Photograph
A BLACKBURN "SHARK" TORPEDO-BOMBER-RECONNAISSANCE SEAPLANE FLYING OVER UNITS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, WITH HMS NELSON AT THE FOREGROUND.073540
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Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth, VC, CMG, CBE (Brigadier, b.1892 - d.1960)
Private Record
Maker: Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth
SURRENDER OF ALLIED FORCES (INCLUDING "BLACKFORCE") BANDOENG, JAVA 12/03/1942. BLACKBURN INSTRUCTS HIS TROOPS AS TO DISCIPLINE AND BEHAVIOUR. MEDICAL STAFF ELECT TO STAY WITH THEIR PATIENTS. LATER NOT...EXDOC084
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-18. BRIGADIER A. S. BLACKBURN, VC, WHO COMMANDED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN ...
Photograph
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-18. BRIGADIER A. S. BLACKBURN, VC, WHO COMMANDED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN JAVA, WITH GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, ...115466
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-18. BRIGADIER A. S. BLACKBURN, VC, WHO COMMANDED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN ...
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-18. BRIGADIER A. S. BLACKBURN, VC, WHO COMMANDED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN JAVA, WITH GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, ...115465
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Letter from Arthur Seaforth Blackburn to his family, 1941
Digitised Collection
Maker: Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth
Letter relating to the Second World War service of SX6962 Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Seaforth Blackburn, 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, British Mandate of Palestine and French Mandate for Syria and Leban...AWM2020.22.17
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Diary of Arthur Seaforth Blackburn, April 1942 - November 1944
Digitised Collection
Maker: Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth
Diary relating to the Second World War service of SX6962 Temporary Brigadier Arthur Seaforth Blackburn, Black Force (Java), Netherlands East Indies, Taiwan and China, 24 April 1942 - 3 November 1944. ...AWM2020.22.18
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Transcript diary of Arthur Seaforth Blackburn, April 1942 - November 1944
Digitised Collection
Maker: Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth Wighton, Rosemary
Transcript diary relating to the Second World War service of SX6962 Temporary Brigadier Arthur Seaforth Blackburn, Black Force (Java), Netherlands East Indies, Taiwan and China, 24 April 1942 - 3 Nove...AWM2020.22.21
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Joyce Radbone and SX8476 John Eric Clinton Stephens interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
Sound
Maker: Radbone, Joyce Stephens, John Eric Clinton Houghton, Alison Viney
Joyce Radbone and SX8476 Sergeant (Sgt) John Eric Clinton Stephens, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937-1947" oral history project. The i...AWM2018.572.47
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Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth, VC, CMG, CBE (Brigadier, b.1892 - d.1960)
Private Record
Maker: Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth
This collection is comprised of the diary and letters written by Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Blackburn, VC during his command of the 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion. The letters cover the period of the batt...PR00014
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Pacific Star: Brigadier A S Blackburn, Black Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.OL00271.008
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Reed, Sidney Hayter (Lieutenant Colonel : b.1895 - d.1971); Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth, VC, CMG, CBE (Brigadier, b.1892 - d.1960)
Private Record
Letter signed by Lieutenant Colonel Sidney Hayter Reed and Brig. Sir Arthur Blackburn of the 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion. The letter was written to Mrs Richards to thank the Willunga community for the f...PR06096
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Small, Eva
Private Record
Maker: Small, Eva
Collection compiled by Eva Small, civilian, of Indooroopilly, Brisbane, 1943-1945. Collection consists of a notebook containing 672 records of shortwave messages recorded in 1943. The messages were in...PR03586
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HOLLYWOOD, WA. 1943-11-08. HOSPITAL DISCHARGE PARADE AT THE 110TH AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HOSPITAL; ...
Photograph
Maker: Faithfull, Arthur John
HOLLYWOOD, WA. 1943-11-08. HOSPITAL DISCHARGE PARADE AT THE 110TH AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HOSPITAL; PATIENTS ARE PARADING BEFORE THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE HOSPITAL WHO SIGNS THE DISCHARGE PAPERS. IDEN...061416
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The players in the football match between South Australian and Tasmanian members of 2/3 Machine ...
Photograph
Maker: Frankland, George Rupert
The players in the football match between South Australian and Tasmanian members of 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion. Identified are: TX2288 Sergeant (Sgt) John Francis Hill, C Company, (front row, far left,...021177
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Defence Medal : Brigadier A S Blackburn, Black Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.OL00271.009
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1939-45 Star : Brigadier A S Blackburn, Black Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.OL00271.007
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Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire : Brigadier A S Blackburn
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Unnamed as issued.OL00271.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Brigadier A S Blackburn, Black Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.OL00271.010
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Australia Service Medal : Brigadier A S Blackburn, Black Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.OL00271.011
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Officers chatting with players during a spell in the football match between South Australian and ...
Photograph
Maker: Frankland, George Rupert
Officers chatting with players during a spell in the football match between South Australian and Tasmanian members of the 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion. Identified are TX2483 Sergeant (Sgt) Joseph Royden ...021176
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Red Cross armband : Private R R Denney, 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White cotton armband with a red felt Geneva cross sewn in the centre. The band is curved - wider at the centre and tapering to either end, to form straps. The band is fastened with a two-pronged metal...REL35716
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Italian water bottle cover : Private R R Denney, 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Woollen grey-green Italian water bottle cover, without lining. The single cover opening secures with four brass press studs, and a leather buckled strap.REL35721
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Italian Red Cross medical orderly badge : Private R R Denney, 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Italian Red Cross medical orderly's tin badge, with red, white and green cotton rosette. The badge features a red cross within a five pointed star, surmounted by an Italian King's Crown. It is attache...REL35722
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Syringe tin : Private R R Denney, 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Green rectangular tin, containing a glass syringe and three steel needles. A stamped inscription on top of the lid is partly legible and read 'original recor syringe'.REL35723
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Prisoner of War Nominal Roll : 2/2 Pioneer Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Hay, Charles Edward
Handwritten Nominal Roll commemorating members of 2/2 Pioneer Battalion who were taken prisoner of war by the Japanese at Java in March 1942. The roll is written on a fringed rectangle of brown canvas...REL/11885
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Mess tin : Private R R Denney, 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station
Heraldry
Maker: C & B Ltd
Rectangular mess tin with a hinged, one piece metal handle, designed to fold over the top of the tin for compact storage. Stamped makers markings on one end of the tin read 'C & B LTD / 1939 [broad ar...REL35719
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Tablet box : Private R R Denney, 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station
Heraldry
Maker: Burroughs Wellcome & Co
Black rectangular metal tin with hinged clasp. Underneath the clasp is painted 'TABLETS'. The tin contains twelve glass bottles and five glass vials of pharmaceuticals. The twelve bottles are numbered...REL35724
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Enlistment presentation wallet : Private R R Denney, 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular brown leather centrefold wallet, with two compartments for notes and two sets of three compartments for cards and stamps. The three compartments on the right side of the wallet are secured...REL35717
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Dubbing wax : Private R R Denney, 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Green circular tin of dubbing wax, for prevention of mould on leather. The lid of the tin is printed with 'DUBBING (MOLD - PREVENTION TYPE) 1 1/2 OZ. NET DIRECTIONS FOR USE Clean leather thoroughly. (...REL35720
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United States mess tin : Private R R Denney, 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station
Heraldry
Maker: Knapp-Monarch Company
Flat, oval shaped, aluminium mess tin, as issued to United States service personnel during the Second World War. The tin is split lengthways, creating two halves. The deeper half forms an oval skillet...REL35718