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  1. A billet, Bray-sur-Somme

    Art

    Maker: Lindsay, Daryl Ernest

    Depicts a Billet with damage to the roof, two soldiers stand at the corner of the building with several soldiers in a tent beside the Billet.

    ART02980

  2. Able Seaman Richard Horne

    Art

    Maker: Wheeler, Charles

    Depicts a uniformed portrait Able Seaman Richard Horne, was typical of the men of the Royal Australian Navy, who served in every ocean of the world during 1914-18. Horne participated in the operation...

    ART03559

  3. A Brief History of the Royal Australian Air Force

    Manuscript

    Maker: RAAF Historical Section

    Copy of a typed manuscript titled: 'A Brief History of the Royal Australian Air Force'. It covers the origins and expansion of the AFC and RAAF, 1900-1939. Most chapters describe the role of the RAA...

    MSS0640

  4. A captured German railway gun, known as the Amiens Gun, on display at Central Station in Sydney. ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Duffy Photo

    A captured German railway gun, known as the Amiens Gun, on display at Central Station in Sydney. It had been exhibited in Paris before it was sent to England for transport to Australia as a war trophy...

    P02561.001

  5. ACOZ, BELGIUM, 1919-03-10. LIEUTENANT REGINALD WILLIAM SAMPSON MC AND BAR, 1ST BATTALION AIF. ...

    Photograph

    ACOZ, BELGIUM, 1919-03-10. LIEUTENANT REGINALD WILLIAM SAMPSON MC AND BAR, 1ST BATTALION AIF. (DONOR: MRS S. MANT)

    P00739.001

  6. A crowd gathers around the first single engined aircraft, a DH9, to be flown from England to ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    A crowd gathers around the first single engined aircraft, a DH9, to be flown from England to Australia by Lieutenant (Lieut) Raymond John R Parer and Lieut John C McIntosh, the men left England on 8 J...

    A04244

  7. Adelaide, SA, 1920. A young Ivor Hele (third from left) sits at a desk with five other male ...

    Photograph

    Adelaide, SA, 1920. A young Ivor Hele (third from left) sits at a desk with five other male students at James Ashton's Saturday morning art class at Prince Alfred College, in a classroom of the school...

    P02473.001

  8. 1920-10-30, ADELAIDE. THE MOTOR TRADER'S ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA SHOW. BEHIND THE ...

    Photograph

    1920-10-30, ADELAIDE. THE MOTOR TRADER'S ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA SHOW. BEHIND THE AUSTRALIAN AIR CORPS SE5A AND DE HAVILLAND BOMBER IS A HALBERSTADT CL11 15342/17. THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN PHOTOG...

    P00355.032

  9. 1930-11-24. A DEMOLITION CHARGE EXPLODES ON HMAS TORRENS. `TORRENS' WAS MOORED OFF SYDNEY HEADS ...

    Photograph

    1930-11-24. A DEMOLITION CHARGE EXPLODES ON HMAS TORRENS. `TORRENS' WAS MOORED OFF SYDNEY HEADS AND USED FOR GUNNERY PRACTICE BY HMAS CANBERRA AND HMAS ALBATROSS. ALTHOUGH `TORRENS' WAS HIT BY MANY PR...

    P01471.037

  10. Administrator's office, Rabaul

    Art

    Maker: Bryant, Charles

    Depicts the administration bungalow at Rabaul, New Guinea, which was used during the early part of the British military occupation. This painting is one of a number of the commissioned works Bryant pr...

    ART03628

  11. Admiral Sir George Patey

    Art

    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey, KCMG, KCVO, was the first Commander of Australian Fleet, from his arrival in 1913 until 1915. In his flagship, the battle-cruiser HMAS Australia, he was in charge of n...

    ART09097

  12. A dog wearing a studded collar and a naval cap, with an HMAS Success tally band, appearing to ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Beer, Stanley Robert

    A dog wearing a studded collar and a naval cap, with an HMAS Success tally band, appearing to play a pedal organ. Original caption reads " 'Sons of the Sea' sung by' Jack' mascot HMAS Success, Sydney ...

    P09219.029

  13. Advertisement and price list for the Verascope steroscopic camera : Staff Sergeant A D Whitling, 1 Australian Auxillary Hospital, AIF

    Technology

    Maker: Unknown

    Advertisement extracted from the British Journal Almanac (1922) for the Verascope stereoscopic camera, mounted on backing board. It describes the Verascope as a 'dainty little camera. 'The focus is fi...

    REL41989

  14. Advertisement for the 'Famous Jules Richard Verascope Cameras' : Staff Sergeant A D Whitling, 1 Australian Auxillary Hospital, AIF

    Technology

    Maker: Unknown

    Print advertisement extracted from the British Journal Almanac (1922) Advertisements, backed onto card. The ad is printed on a yellow background, accompanied by an illustration of an Edwardian gentlem...

    REL41996

  15. A First World War Memorial, dedicated in 1924, located in Kogarah Park, Kogarah. The memorial was ...

    Photograph

    A First World War Memorial, dedicated in 1924, located in Kogarah Park, Kogarah. The memorial was later relocated to the corner of English and Park Streets, Carlton, NSW.

    H17834

  16. A First World War Memorial incorporating entrance gates to Waring Gardens.

    Photograph

    A First World War Memorial incorporating entrance gates to Waring Gardens.

    H17799

  17. A flight to the islands

    Film

    The first flight by a RAAF aircraft to territories outside of Australia. The flight's purpose was to survey and gather information on the flying conditions of the islands adjacent to Australia. The fl...

    F02660

  18. A forward view of the Vickers Viking amphibian aircraft in which Australian Captain Ross ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    A forward view of the Vickers Viking amphibian aircraft in which Australian Captain Ross MacPherson Smith intended to fly around the world. During an air test at Brooklands on 13 April 1922, the aircr...

    H03531

  19. A group of 9th Battalion men who went overseas with the AIF in 1914 and returned on Anzac leave ...

    Photograph

    A group of 9th Battalion men who went overseas with the AIF in 1914 and returned on Anzac leave gather at Victoria Barracks. Note the rosettes they are wearing to denote Anzac leave. Left to right, ba...

    H15412

  20. AIF Originals, First reunion of the Tasmanian contingent of the First Australian Division, AIF

    Photograph

    Maker: Barnett, Joseph James Nathaniel

    THE TASMANIAN QUOTA OF THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, AIF, SAILED FROM HOBART ON 1914-10-20, IN THE TRANSPORTS GEELONG AND KATUNA - GROUP TAKEN ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST REUNION HELD AT HOBART. THE...

    P00210.002

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