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A Boer War funeral. From the collection of Lieutenant (Lt) Bertram Alexander Gordon Watts, 5th ...
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A Boer War funeral. From the collection of Lieutenant (Lt) Bertram Alexander Gordon Watts, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles. Watts later served in the First World War, was awarded a DSO in 1916, and attai...P11294.010
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A British officer sitting on a rock on a hill overlooking Slingersfontein Camp. In January, just ...
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Maker: Unknown
A British officer sitting on a rock on a hill overlooking Slingersfontein Camp. In January, just a few miles away from this camp, an Australian patrol was ambushed and New South Wales suffered its fi...A04416
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Absent Minded Beggar Relief Corps armband
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Khaki cotton drill armband printed in red and black with a red cross in the centre within the words 'ABSENT. MINDED. BEGGAR. RELIEF. CORPS./ SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS./ 1899. 1900'. On eithrer side of the ver...REL/12124
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A camp of the NSW Imperial Bushmen on the veldt. Horses are to the left.
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Maker: Unknown
A camp of the NSW Imperial Bushmen on the veldt. Horses are to the left.A04284
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A collection of field artillery pieces captured from the Boers. A battery of six guns, mounted ...
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Maker: Unknown
A collection of field artillery pieces captured from the Boers. A battery of six guns, mounted on limbers, are ranged in line on a field. Those guns which can be identified, are described from left ...P02578.011
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A Commemoration ceremony marking the death of Queen Victoria on 22 January 1901. A Union Jack ...
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Maker: Unknown
A Commemoration ceremony marking the death of Queen Victoria on 22 January 1901. A Union Jack flag on a flag pole is seen to the right of the building. British troops, soldiers on the left and sailors...P04062.004
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African War Veterans Association Queensland lapel badge : S J Cossart
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Shield-shaped badge, surmounted by a King's crown, shows a mounted horseman on a blue background. The words, 'QUEENSLAND AFRICAN WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION' appear within a red enamel border. On the rev...REL35821
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A group of Boer guerillas "in action" on a high feature in Natal. It has probably been posed for ...
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Maker: Unknown
A group of Boer guerillas "in action" on a high feature in Natal. It has probably been posed for propaganda purposes, for the international media, demonstrating their military strength showing that t...P02578.007
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A group of Boers from General Lemmer's Orange Free State Unit in line formation in the Transvaal. ...
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Maker: Unknown
A group of Boers from General Lemmer's Orange Free State Unit in line formation in the Transvaal. Two Krupp cannons at open sights provide the centre pieces. Led by Artillery Lieutenant Baay (unplac...P02578.015
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A group of men of the NSW Imperial Bushmen preparing forage for their horses. The soldier on the ...
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Maker: Unknown
A group of men of the NSW Imperial Bushmen preparing forage for their horses. The soldier on the left is smoking a pipe.A04286
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A group of officers from D Squadron of the first contingent of the New South Wales Citizens' ...
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Maker: Unknown
A group of officers from D Squadron of the first contingent of the New South Wales Citizens' Bushmen. They are sheltering under a canvas awning rigged to the side of the Commissiariat cart carrying v...P02578.014
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A group portrait of officers and men of the 3rd Battalion, A Squadron, First Commonwealth ...
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Maker: Unknown
A group portrait of officers and men of the 3rd Battalion, A Squadron, First Commonwealth Contingent, who embarked at Sydney on the transport, SS Manhattan, on 1 April and arrived at Durban on 30 Apri...A04119
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A group portrait of the 9th Reinforcements of the 7th Light Horse Regiment at Liverpool Camp ...
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Maker: Unknown
A group portrait of the 9th Reinforcements of the 7th Light Horse Regiment at Liverpool Camp prior to embarkation. Of the 53 which appear in the 9th Reinforcement group on the 7th light Horse Regiment...P06257.001
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A group portrait of unidentified Australian Boer War Veterans in Queen Street, Melbourne at their ...
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Maker: Unknown
A group portrait of unidentified Australian Boer War Veterans in Queen Street, Melbourne at their reunion march. Note that many men are wearing their Queens and Kings South Africa medals and others ar...P04573.001
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A large parade ground in a city of South Africa where soldiers and civilians have formed into ...
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Maker: Unknown
A large parade ground in a city of South Africa where soldiers and civilians have formed into lines waiting for the recruitment officers to sign them up for the war. In the left background there is a ...P04062.005
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A long and dusty column of British troops, probably led by their Commander-in-Chief, Field ...
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Maker: Unknown
A long and dusty column of British troops, probably led by their Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Lord Roberts, enters the Boer capital Pretoria in the Transvaal. Onlookers watch as the column passe...P02578.006
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Ammunition waistcoat : Boer Commando
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Ammunition waistcoat featuring thirty pockets for storing ammunition. Waistcoat is made from a mustard coloured, pinstriped cotton and features a large main body and two shoulder straps, which button ...RELAWM06167
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An aerial view of a DH9 bomber aircraft of 144 Squadron, which was forced to land owing to engine ...
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Maker: Unknown
An aerial view of a DH9 bomber aircraft of 144 Squadron, which was forced to land owing to engine trouble in enemy territory east of the River Jordan after a bombing raid on Deraa. The pilot and obse...A04355
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An armed guard from the Northumberland Fusiliers escorts a handcuffed Boer sympathiser from the ...
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Maker: Unknown
An armed guard from the Northumberland Fusiliers escorts a handcuffed Boer sympathiser from the field. The renegade Englishman, Frank Pearson, was captured at Wolmaransstad. Several soldiers are sho...P02578.017
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An armoured train at Otsi in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, covered with branches, for either camouflage or ...
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Maker: Unknown
An armoured train at Otsi in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, covered with branches, for either camouflage or shade.P04544.008
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An Australian mounted regiment advancing.
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Maker: Unknown
An Australian mounted regiment advancing.A04440
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Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902 : Burger C J Coetser
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902. The recipients name is impressed on the edge. Both sides have the legend 'ANGLO-BOERE OORLOG' and the dates '1899 - 1902' around the circumference. Medallions set in a ...RELAWM17430.001
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An informal group portrait of six men of the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Identified is 189 ...
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Maker: Unknown
An informal group portrait of six men of the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Identified is 189 Sergeant Henry Lacey (front row, middle) wearing a forage cap. All the others are unidentified and we...P03181.001
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An informal portrait of two Boer leaders who came to prominence during the War in South Africa, ...
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Maker: Unknown
An informal portrait of two Boer leaders who came to prominence during the War in South Africa, 1899-1902. General J P Snyman (left), and General Philip Botha (right). General Snyman served under As...P03333.001
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An operating table in an operating theatre, believed to be in a hospital possibly in Bulawayo, ...
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Maker: Unknown
An operating table in an operating theatre, believed to be in a hospital possibly in Bulawayo, South Africa.P04544.010
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An operating table in an operating theatre, believed to be in a hospital possibly in Bulawayo, ...
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Maker: Unknown
An operating table in an operating theatre, believed to be in a hospital possibly in Bulawayo, Rhodesia. A medical bag and supplies sit on a trolley in the background.P04544.009
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An unidentified British Naval man with a British 4.7 inch naval gun. The need for long range ...
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Maker: Unknown
An unidentified British Naval man with a British 4.7 inch naval gun. The need for long range artillery early in the war caused the British to adopt the naval 4.7 inch gun and put it on a land carriage...P04871.005
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An unidentified member of the NSW Imperial Bushmen looking at a bridle while standing next to a ...
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Maker: Unknown
An unidentified member of the NSW Imperial Bushmen looking at a bridle while standing next to a chestnut horse which is feeding from a nose bag. Note the primitive quarters in the background.A04298
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An unidentified officer of the NSW Imperial Bushmen, sitting in his crudely built shelter, ...
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Maker: Unknown
An unidentified officer of the NSW Imperial Bushmen, sitting in his crudely built shelter, smoking a pipe. A striped towel is hanging on the shelter left and probably a blanket to the right.A04292
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An unidentified soldier, sitting on the edge of a rock outcrop at Tiger Kloof (Tiger Ravine), ...
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Maker: Unknown
An unidentified soldier, sitting on the edge of a rock outcrop at Tiger Kloof (Tiger Ravine), which shows the type of landscape the soldiers had to go through.P04871.003
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An unidentified soldier, sitting on the edge of a rock outcrop at Tiger Kloof (Tiger Ravine), ...
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Maker: Unknown
An unidentified soldier, sitting on the edge of a rock outcrop at Tiger Kloof (Tiger Ravine), which shows the type of landscape the soldiers had to go through.P04871.004
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An unidentified soldier standing on the top of a wagon looking at other soldiers and a long line ...
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Maker: Unknown
An unidentified soldier standing on the top of a wagon looking at other soldiers and a long line of horses at a British tented camp.P04871.008
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Anzac Day parade march down Macquarie Street, Sydney, 1939
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Maker: Unknown
Anzac Day parade march down Macquarie Street, Sydney, 1939, featuring returned soldiers from the Boer War. Identified in the picture is 15 Private John Thomas Jennings, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles, B...AWM2018.509.52
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A page from The Town and Country Journal showing a montage of Officers of the 3rd Battalion, ...
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Maker: Unknown
A page from The Town and Country Journal showing a montage of Officers of the 3rd Battalion, First Commonwealth Contingent, who embarked at Sydney on the transport Manhattan on 1 April 1902 and arrive...A04122
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A parade of C Squadron of the 8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse. The unit consisted of ...
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Maker: Unknown
A parade of C Squadron of the 8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse. The unit consisted of 4 officers and 116 other ranks, and was the last Tasmanian unit to go to the Boer War; they sailed fro...P00785.001
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A party of Boer marksmen posing for a photograph during the siege in the Orange Free State. The ...
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Maker: Unknown
A party of Boer marksmen posing for a photograph during the siege in the Orange Free State. The soldier standing in the foreground is holding a British Lee-Metford/Lee-Enfield .303 rifle. Most other...P02578.010
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A ration of horseflesh which was issued to civilians in Kimberley during the siege of the town.
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Maker: Unknown
A ration of horseflesh which was issued to civilians in Kimberley during the siege of the town.A05074
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Army Medical Service armband
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White cotton drill Army Medical Service armband with an appliqued red wool flannel cross in the centre. The left side of the band is stamped in black ink 'Army Medical Service' within a circle. The ba...REL/17805
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A section of an exhibit in the special Boer War Exhibition held in the Australian War Memorial to ...
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Maker: Unknown
A section of an exhibit in the special Boer War Exhibition held in the Australian War Memorial to mark the 75th anniversary of the Boer War, showing a signed portrait photograph of Nursing Sister Edi...A04406
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A soldier walking towards one of the bell tents at the camp of the NSW Imperial Bushmen.
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Maker: Unknown
A soldier walking towards one of the bell tents at the camp of the NSW Imperial Bushmen.A04314
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A troop horse of the NSW Imperial Bushmen, showing items of saddlery.
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Maker: Unknown
A troop horse of the NSW Imperial Bushmen, showing items of saddlery.A04305
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A troop of A Squadron of the NSW Mounted Rifles on parade at Cape Town shortly after their ...
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Maker: Unknown
A troop of A Squadron of the NSW Mounted Rifles on parade at Cape Town shortly after their arrival from Australia.A05208
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A troop train departing from Mafeking carrying elements of the New South Wales Citizens' ...
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Maker: Unknown
A troop train departing from Mafeking carrying elements of the New South Wales Citizens' Bushmen's Contingent for Vryburg to the south. The rear wagon holds a number of soldiers and their horses can ...P02578.001
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A typical member of the NSW Imperial Bushmen, mounted on his horse, on active service in South ...
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Maker: Unknown
A typical member of the NSW Imperial Bushmen, mounted on his horse, on active service in South Africa.A04285
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Australian-made stock saddle officially supplied to troops serving in the Boer War, 1901
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather Poley saddle with white cloth (replacement) lining over original white serge lining. Both flaps stamped inside with broad arrows and '01'. Saddle is unmounted.REL26766
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Australian soldiers of the 1st NSW Mounted Rifles standing by a one pounder pom pom gun. ...
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Maker: Unknown
Australian soldiers of the 1st NSW Mounted Rifles standing by a one pounder pom pom gun. Identified is 210 Private John McCracken (left) and 320 Private Lucian Franklin Hayward. The centre soldier is ...P00422.012
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Australian troops marching across a bridge on their way to Fremantle to embark for the Boer War ...
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Maker: Unknown
Australian troops marching across a bridge on their way to Fremantle to embark for the Boer War in South Africa.P04182.001
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Australian troops on board a troopship, watch as a horse is unloaded in a sling. The troops had ...
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Maker: Unknown
Australian troops on board a troopship, watch as a horse is unloaded in a sling. The troops had just arrived in South Africa.A04339
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Badge of the Order of St John of Jerusalem : A E Perkins
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Badge of a Serving Brother of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.REL/18064.002
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Badge : Sister A L Jones, Princess Christian Army Nursing Service Reserve
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular silver badge for the Princess Christian Army Nursing Service Reserve. The badge features a large cross in the centre, with a coronet at the end of each arm. In the quarters formed by the cros...REL/04568
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Battle of the Modder River, November 28, 1899. Methuen's great fight
Art
Maker: Unknown George Newnes Ltd W H Smith & Son
Depicts the 1899 battle at Modder River Station, where members of the 62nd and 75th Batteries Royal Field Artillery, 9th Lancers, Guards Brigade, Scots Guards, 9th Brigade, 2nd Coldstream Guards, Argy...ART19886
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Binocular case : Lieutenant C B B White, Royal Australian Artillery
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Curved brown leather case for binoculars. The lid is attached to the case with a strip of leather at the back and is stamped on the top below a small leather handle 'LIEUT.C.B.B.WHITE'. The case faste...REL29675
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Binoculars : Lance Corporal A Hill, 1st Australian Horse
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Pair of brass binoculars featuring a centrally mounted focus adjusting wheel.REL/11369
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Bisque porcelain figure : 'A Gentleman in Kharki'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bisque porcelain figure after the painting 'A Gentleman in Kharki' by Richard Caton Woodville, although the figure is missing its rifle. The figure is painted and the title 'A gentleman in kharki' is ...REL23578
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Blue peaked cap : Orange Free State Artillery Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Orange Free State Artillery Corps (Korps Artillerie Orange Vrystaatse) blue peaked cap with orange piping.REL/03234.001
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Boer marksmen pose outside Ladysmith during the siege. Prefer image P02578.010 which is a better ...
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Maker: Unknown
Boer marksmen pose outside Ladysmith during the siege. Prefer image P02578.010 which is a better copy.A04922
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Boer War Christmas greeting and gift : Trooper W Alexander
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Boer War Christmas greeting and gift. It comprises a patch of khaki fabric with a drawing of crossed flags and the inscription 'BOER WAR 1901 S.A', and a greeting written on a piece of paper which rea...REL36902
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Boer War souvenir handkerchief
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White silk handkerchief printed in black, with a portrait of Lord Roberts in the centre. Around the image is a ribbon scroll inscribed, 'JACOBSDAL, SMALDEEL, PAARDEBERG, BLOEMFONTEIN, KIMBERLEY, MAFEK...REL29464
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Brass Trumpet : Bugler H G M Cole, 4 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (South Australia)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass Trumpet with conical horn. Markings stamped into horn 'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE PARIS' within a wreath, '1900/ HORS CONCOURS/ MEMBRE DU JURY/ GAUTROL BREVETE/ S.G.D.G./ PARIS/', and an oval wit...REL25085
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British entry into Pretoria, June 5 1900
Art
Maker: Unknown G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd
The final print in Bacon's series of South African Battle Pictures. The New South Wales Lancers are depicted in a parade with Field Marshall Lord Roberts and General Lord Kitchener (South Africa 1899-...ART19820
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Major A Cooke-Russell, 36th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's name.REL/10783.004
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Buffels Hoek, in the western Transvaal north-east of Mafeking. Lieutenant Tom Parkin (left) with ...
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Maker: Unknown
Buffels Hoek, in the western Transvaal north-east of Mafeking. Lieutenant Tom Parkin (left) with an unidentified soldier in camp. Another soldier tends horses in the background. Parkin was an offic...P02578.020
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Bullet casing cigarette lighter : Private H Turner, New South Wales Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cigarette lighter made from a .303 cartridge. A flint wheel has been soldered to the side of the casing, which is engaged by a threaded screw at the bottom of the wheel's housing, and the projectile c...REL39564
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Bullet in cylindrical case : Private J W Anderson, 1 Victorian Contingent
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Unknown
Nickel plated brass dome-ended cylinder shaped case in two parts - a lid and a body - which screw together. The main body is also supplied with a screw shape at its other end, allowing the lid to be s...REL23630
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Busby : Transvaalse Staatsartillerie
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black fur busby with red wool bag. Attached to the end of the bag is a gold tassel. On the front of the busby is a brass badge featuring crossed cannons and a bursting grenade. Each side features a go...REL/03531
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"Bushie", a collie dog, wearing a leather saddle with decorations including a miniature Bushman's ...
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Maker: Unknown
"Bushie", a collie dog, wearing a leather saddle with decorations including a miniature Bushman's hat. Constable Horn, a policeman from Toorak, Victoria, had given the dog to Constable Morey when More...P11043.003
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"Bushie", a collie dog, with members of the 3rd Victorian Bushmen Contingent. Constable Horn, a ...
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Maker: Unknown
"Bushie", a collie dog, with members of the 3rd Victorian Bushmen Contingent. Constable Horn, a policeman from Toorak, Victoria, had given the dog to Constable Morey when Morey joined the 3rd Victoria...P11043.001
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"Bushie", a collie dog, with Walter and Edith Horn, the children of Edward Horn a police ...
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Maker: Unknown
"Bushie", a collie dog, with Walter and Edith Horn, the children of Edward Horn a police constable from Toorak, Victoria. Constable Horn had given the dog to Constable Morey when Morey joined the 3rd ...P11043.002
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Calabash smoking pipe with full bent stem : Lance Corporal Edward Charles Barnes, Royal Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Gourd calabash pipe with brass chamber capping and full-bent vulcanite stem with nickel-plated stem collar. The chamber lined with tobacco residue.REL34556
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Cap comforter : Lieutenant H A Embling, Victorian Imperial Bushmen
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Khaki coloured knitted cap comforter with pompom.REL/01700
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"Cape and Special Police. Thomas River." The group is a mixture of loyal colonists and black ...
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Maker: Unknown
"Cape and Special Police. Thomas River." The group is a mixture of loyal colonists and black South Africans. Behind the group is what appears to be the foundations of a major bridge or railway cutting...P06169.009
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Captain (Capt) Edward Richman, instructor, and seven men of the 2nd South Australian (Mounted ...
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Maker: Unknown
Captain (Capt) Edward Richman, instructor, and seven men of the 2nd South Australian (Mounted Rifles) Contingent, who fought in the Boer War. Left to right: Capt Richman, (later lieutenant-adjutant of...P00220.001
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Captain Reuter Emerich Roth VD, NSW Bearer Company, receiving the Distinguished Service Order ...
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Maker: Unknown
Captain Reuter Emerich Roth VD, NSW Bearer Company, receiving the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) medal from General Sir Ian Hamilton in the field. Captain Roth served as a Colonel in the First Wor...P03674.001
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Carved and decorated Oom-Paul smoking pipe : Lance Corporal E C Barnes, Royal Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Oom-Paul style pipe with full bent neck, vulcanite stem, pierced brass hinged chamber cover and brass stem collar. The front of the bowl has been carved 'E.C.B / BOER WAR / 1900-01' within a shield sh...REL34555
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Carved pipe : Trooper C E Blanchard, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Ornately carved 'Oom Paul' style pipe bowl. The shank is carved with the name 'C. E. Blanchard' with a branch and star pattern depicted on either side. On the left side of the shank is 'DE WET' and o...REL/00413
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Carved wooden pipe : Boer prisoner of war
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
'Oom Paul' type briar pipe carved in captivity by a Boer prisoner of war. The bowl of the pipe has been carved so that the coat of arms of the South African Republic appear in relief inside a circle, ...REL30526
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Case for slide rule : Captain R Wishart, Johannesburg Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather case for a slide rule. The case is of sewn construction, and has a strap fastening through a leather loop to retain the slide rule.REL36081.002
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Cavalry pattern ammunition pouch : Sergeant J Williams, 5 Australian Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black leather ammunition pouch of stitched construction featuring a long external flap mounting a brass badge of 1 Australian Horse. This flap opens to reveal an internal pouch, fitted with eight exte...REL38827
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Chaplains peaked cap: Honorary Chaplain Major E C Beck, A Battery, Royal Australian Artillery
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black superfine wool peaked cap with rounded leather peak. A black lace wraps around the lower half of the cap, with a embroided chaplains badge attached to the lace at the front. Centre of crown is d...REL/08540
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Chocolate Box : Corporal A Hill, 1st Australian Horse Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Commemorative tin with hinged lid. The lid has been painted red with a gold and blue border. The edge of the lid is also painted in gold. The centre of the tin has an embossed image of Queen Victoria ...REL/04680
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Chocolate Tin Queen Victoria
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Commemorative tin with hinged lid. The lid has been painted red with a gold and blue border. The edge of the lid is also painted in gold. The centre of the tin has an embossed image of Queen Victoria ...REL/02572
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Christmas hard tack biscuit : Boer War
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Standard issue army hard tack biscuit with 49 holes, made into a Christmas greeting by its original owner by the addition of a photograph, newsprint letters, cartridge heads and red, white and blue wo...REL/10747
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Clipper, a favourite horse of of Lieutenant (Lt) Rupert Delamere Brent, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Clipper, a favourite horse of of Lieutenant (Lt) Rupert Delamere Brent, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen, held by an unnamed groom. Lt Brent later served in the First World War as a captain with the 13...P08353.014
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Clothes Brush : Private C Cooke, Queensland Mounted Infantry
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Clothes Brush. The number '149', has been roughly carved into the top of the wooden handle. The top of the handle has a thin wooden cover that has been nailed with 8 small tacks to the base. One of th...REL/11945
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Clothes Brush : Sergeant Major Robert Fraser, 1 New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden handled clothes brush with ten longitudinal rows of black bristles. The wooden face of the brush has been engraved RDF.REL32798
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Cloth postal wrapper for Queen Victoria chocolate gift tin, 1900 : Private Wyatt, Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Calico parcel wrapper addressed in idelible pencil 'Mr J. WYATT 44 HIGH ST NTH SYDNEY N.S.W./ 656 WITH CARE QUEENS CHOCOLATE/ FROM PTE WYATT T.M.I.' Wrapper is franked and bears nine sixpenny stamps.REL29775
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Collar badge: Australian Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Commonwealth Horse gilded brass 'Rising Sun' collar badge, 1st Pattern. The badge has seven triangular points that protrude from the top side like rays. 'AUSTRALIA' is embossed in an arch o...REL25012.002
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Collar badge: Australian Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Commonwealth Horse gilded brass 'Rising Sun' collar badge, 1st Pattern. The badge has seven triangular points that protrude from the top side like rays. 'AUSTRALIA' is embossed in an arch o...REL25012.003
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Collar badge: Australian Commonwealth Horse (Second pattern)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Semi-circular brass badge, flat across the bottom, with thirteen stepped triangular fins, in alternating sizes, protruding from the top side, like rays. 'AUSTRALIA' is cut out beneath the rays, in an ...REL25013.003
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Collar badge: Australian Commonwealth Horse (Second pattern)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Semi-circular brass badge, flat across the bottom, with thirteen stepped triangular fins, in alternating sizes, protruding from the top side, like rays. 'AUSTRALIA' is cut out beneath the rays, in an ...REL25013.002
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Collar badge : Queensland Mounted Infantry
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular brass badge in the form of a garter surmounted by a Queen Victoria crown. The garter is inscribed with, 'QUEENSLAND MOUNTED INFANTRY'. Surrounded by the garter is a voided cross with five sta...REL36269
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Collar badge: Queensland Mounted Infantry - Private S J Cossart
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A garter belt inscribed 'QUEENSLAND MOUNTED INFANTRY' with a Southern Cross in the centre and surmounted by a Victorian crown. Two lugs on the reverse.REL35826
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Collar badge : Trooper H S Dodds, 5 Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass collar badge for the Australian Commonwealth Horse (2nd pattern) showing a Rising Sun with a semi-circular voided 'AUSTRALIA' beneath the rays, over a King's crown on a straight bar with a patte...RELAWM14445.002
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Collection relating to Bessie Pocock
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
An armoured train at Bloemfontein. Anne Mary Pocock was born into a farming family on 20 July 1863 in Dalby, Queensland. Known as “Bessie”, she worked for some years as a domestic servant in Grafton. ...P10266.018
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Commemorative Teapot
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Commemorative white china teapot with fine gold decoration. One side bears an image of General Hector Macdonald above two crossed flags, a Union Jack and a White Ensign, with the words 'FIGHTING MAC' ...REL/10677
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Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) : Major H G Vialls, 3rd Western Australia Bushmen
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) in original case. Unnamed as issued.REL45671.001
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Compass : Private J Siddle, 3 Victorian (Bushmen's) Contingent
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Nickel silver fob pocket compass fitted with push-release sprung cover and fob chain ring. Interior features a floating disc compass under a protective glass. The outside front cover compass has been ...REL34481
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Contents of medical haversack : Surgeon Captain W F Hopkins, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Contents of haversack (REL/01497.002) including: Lightweight folding splint, two red tourniquets with screw fittings and pads, one cream coloured tourniquet without screw fitting or pads, three round ...REL/01497.002
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Crowds watching the third Victorian (Bushmen's) Contingent turn the corner of Swanston and ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Crowds watching the third Victorian (Bushmen's) Contingent turn the corner of Swanston and Collins Streets, prior to embarkation for South Africa. Note the people watching from the windows of the Vic...A04428
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Decorated ostrich egg : Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant J K Paul, 1 Victorian Mounted Rifles Contingent
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Ostrich egg painted in oils with an ostrich on one side and an image of two bearded Boer game hunters on the other. One man is standing and the other is partially concealed behind rocks and grass. The...RELAWM16215