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A British officer sitting on a rock on a hill overlooking Slingersfontein Camp. In January, just ...
Photograph
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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Afrikaan Helfte Pond (half pound) coin : Private W A Steel, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Gold Coin. The portrait of Paul Kruger is on the obverse with text above that reads ' ZUID AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK'. The Coat of Arms of the Transvaal is on the reverse with text that reads '1/2 Pond ...RELC00353
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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 ...
Photograph
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 Australian mounted regiment advancing.
Photograph
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 unidentified member of the NSW Imperial Bushmen looking at a bridle while standing next to a ...
Photograph
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, ...
Photograph
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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A parade of C Squadron of the 8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse. The unit consisted of ...
Photograph
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 section of an exhibit in the special Boer War Exhibition held in the Australian War Memorial to ...
Photograph
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 Sister of Charity
Art
Maker: Unknown
A Sister of Charity nun is depicted giving the last rites to a soldier that is most likely a Tasmanian Imperial Bushman. The soldier on the left saluting is most probably from a Scottish Regiment and ...ART93401
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A soldier walking towards one of the bell tents at the camp of the NSW Imperial Bushmen.
Photograph
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.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A troop horse of the NSW Imperial Bushmen, showing items of saddlery.A04305
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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. ...
Photograph
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 on board a troopship, watch as a horse is unloaded in a sling. The troops had ...
Photograph
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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Boer marksmen pose outside Ladysmith during the siege. Prefer image P02578.010 which is a better ...
Photograph
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 plan
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
A coloured Boer War plan, drawn by W P Oberholzer.3DRL/7886
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Boer War Scrapbook
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the service of Australian Contingents in the Boer War. The collection consists of a large red leather-bound scrapbook containing newspaper articles and photographs of Boer War ...AWM2017.241.1
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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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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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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 Colony
Art
Maker: Unknown
The congeniality of domestic family life in the Georgian/Victorian period is captured in this print relating to the Boer War period (1899 - 1902). The family is gathered around the patriarchal figure ...ART93403
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Captain (Capt) Edward Richman, instructor, and seven men of the 2nd South Australian (Mounted ...
Photograph
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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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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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