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A group of 12 unidentified German engineers preparing mines in a French village before they began ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A group of 12 unidentified German engineers preparing mines in a French village before they began withdrawing to the Hindenburg Line in early spring 1917. Note the ruinous state of the buildings. Th...C01094
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A mine exploding in a French village before the Germans evacuated the village and withdrew to the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A mine exploding in a French village before the Germans evacuated the village and withdrew to the Hindenburg Line in early spring 1917. The photograph was taken from a German prisoner captured during...C01095
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Bevel gear, magneto, British Mark II tank : Bullecourt
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Bevel gear internals from a tank dynamo. Corroded.REL47926
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British Army Helmet left on grave at Bullecourt
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Steel British Army Helmet, heavily rusted and missing large sections due to shrapnel damage.RELAWM00515.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Corporal Ivan Cecil Whitelaw, 12 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipents details.REL41196.003
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Lieutenant W O Rabey, 17 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37776.003
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British War Medal : Private R R Shapland, 21 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL25229.001
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British War Medal 1914-20: Sergeant Leslie Ernest Willoughby, 4th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.AWM2021.383.1.2
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Sergeant M P McCall, 20 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL41097.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Sergeant Robert Angus Whitelaw, 21 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipent's details.REL41192.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Warrant Officer 2 Lewis Henry Ryall, 60th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL51189.002
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Broken steel idler wheel, British Mark II tank : Bullecourt
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Steel idler wheel from the front of a Mark II British tank. The rear section is shattered, with a section missing. Corrosion on all surfaces.REL47918
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Broken track plate fragment, British Mark II tank : Bullecourt
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Broken track plate fragment from a British Mark II tank. Corroded.REL47920
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Collection related to the service of Alfred George Brown MC
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
An queue of 21st Battalion soldiers waiting their turn to vote in the Australian Commonwealth Government election. At the head of the queue an unidentified private has his name recorded prior to being...A00755
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Colour Patch : Lieutenant G J G Clayton, 18 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Diamond shaped colour patch, for 18 Battalion, AIF, divided horizontally purple over green, with a brass letter 'A', in the centre, denoting service on the Gallipoli.REL/02680.001
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Damaged watch : Corporal G J Howell, 1 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small circular steel fob watch with white enamelled face and brass winding/adjustment crown. The face is printed with black roman numerals and minute graduations, and includes (where the numeral VI wo...RELAWM07900
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Distinguished Conduct Medal : Corporal J North, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Conduct Medal (Geo V). Impressed around the edge with recipient's details.REL/06578.001
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Distinguished Conduct Medal : Sergeant J C Ewen, 5th Field Artillery Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Conduct Medal (Geo V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL44211.002
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Distinguished Service Order and Bar : Captain and Temporary Major H W Murray, 13 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Service Order and Bar. Unnamed as issued.OL00666.003
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Distinguished Service Order : Lieutenant A W L MacNeil, 3 Light Trench Mortar Battery, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Service Order (Geo V). Unnamed as issued.RELAWM16491.001
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Distinguished Service Order : Lieutenant Colonel W A Henderson, 1 Pioneer Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Service Order. Unnamed as issued.REL28653.002
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Embroidered apron : Private G C Buchanan, 46 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade white linen cutwork apron with a scalloped buttonhole edge. The apron is bordered by a decorative embroidered pattern in satin stitch and a series of cutwork flowers and leaves. Along the top...REL30573
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Flanged track roller, British Mark II tank : Bullecourt
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Pair of track rollers on their mounting shaft. A steel spring separates the two rollers, and push against a flange attached to the inner face of each roller. The outer roller is retained on the shaft ...REL47919
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General Service torpedo siren whistle: Sergeant Henry Kagan Kahan, 28 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cast nickle-plated brass siren whistle of torpedo shape, consisting of a domed tube, the domed end pierced with four equal triangular cut-outs. A cast mouthpiece is soldered to the other end. Mounted ...REL/11459
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Gold sweetheart brooch and locket : Private E M Nixon, 19 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small gold brooch featuring a rising sun badge, from which is suspended a round gold locket with an engraved face. The locket appears to be openable but is prevented from doing so by its means of atta...REL33299
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Grave cross: Unknown British soldier
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden cross made from two pieces of wood nailed together. The horizontal piece has been broken, removing part of the message written onto it. What is left of the message is fadded, but reads 'Unknown...RELAWM00515.001
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Hat badge : Sergeant J C Ewen, 5 Field Artillery Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Oxidised copper general service 'Rising Sun' slouch hat badge. The attachment lugs have been removed from the backREL44212
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Head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant (later Major) Philip Llewellyn Howell-Price DSO MC ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant (later Major) Philip Llewellyn Howell-Price DSO MC (1894-1917). He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion AIF and subsequently served at...P00267.004
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Improvised Australian sign 'TO FRONT LINE' : Bullecourt, France
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised sign constructed from a piece of painted tin affixed to an iron post. The sign is painted white and is stencilled with black letters ' TO FRONT LINE' and a large black arrow pointing to th...RELAWM00548
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Maps and aerial photographs relating to James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1915-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown Various
Maps and aerial photographs relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant-Colonel James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1915-1918. This file contains maps and aerial photographs collected by James Mu...AWM2018.785.69
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Military Cross and bar : Captain Albert Jacka, 14 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Cross and bar (Geo V). Unnamed as issued.REL/18215.002
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Military Cross: Lieutenant V M Chataway, 9 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Cross (Geo V). Unnamed as issued and in the original case of issue. The ribbon has a silver pin clasp on the back. With the medal and case is a small newspaper clipping showing an abbreviated...REL/07548.001
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Military Cross : Lieutenant W M Braithwaite, 22 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Cross (Geo V). A cross pattee with an Imperial crown at the end of each arm. Bar suspension with white and purple ribbon. Privately engraved on reverse with recipient's details, including the...REL23860.001
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Military Cross ribbon bar : Lieutenant R J Poore, 56th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Cross ribbon bar with white and purple silk ribbon and a brooch-pin back. Tied to the ribbon bar with a length of string is a glazed linen Australian War Museums object label (see RELAWM12147...RELAWM12147.001
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Military Medal and Bar : Corporal J Climpson, 4 Division Signal Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Medal and Bar (Geo V). Medal impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/05402.002
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Military Medal : Corporal W G Scales, 24th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Medal (Geo V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/11269.001
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Military Medal : Lance Corporal Ivan Cecil Whitelaw, 12 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Medal (Geo V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL41196.001
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Military Medal : Private H L Martin, 8 Australian Machine Gun Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Medal (Geo V). Impressed around edge with the recipient's details.REL/18437
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Military Medal : Private J C Friend, 22 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL29650.001
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Military Medal : Private R J Grant, 15 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Medal (Geo V). Impressed around the edge with the recipient's details.REL/14822
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Military Medal : Sergeant G A Bartlett, 9th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Medal (Geo V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/09897.001
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Newspaper article relating to Percy Lay, 1956
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown
Photocopy of a newspaper article relating to the First World War service of Captain Percy Lay, 8th Battalion. The file consists of a photocopy of an article by Frank Green and Ernest W Latchford, tit...RCDIG0000457
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Next of kin plaque : Private Alfred John Phillips, 20th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze next of kin plaque showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. B...REL49963
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Next of kin plaque : Private Leslie Coffey, 16th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze next of kin plaque, showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. ...REL47395
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Other Ranks service dress tunic : Lieutenant Colonel R L Leane, 48 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Khaki wool twill tunic with a stand and fall collar. An oxidised brass Rising Sun (general service) badge is secured to the proper right front collar edge with a split brass pin. The left collar badge...RELAWM01111
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Pattern 08 entrenching tool head found at Bullecourt
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Corroded British pattern 08 cast iron entrenching tool head. The spade-like tool is intact, but the helve (wooden handle) is missing.REL/13837
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Portrait of Corporal Albert Jacka VC, 14th Battalion, standing outside a canvas tent. Jacka was ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Portrait of Corporal Albert Jacka VC, 14th Battalion, standing outside a canvas tent. Jacka was awarded the Victoria Cross for his brave actions at Courtney's Post, Gallipoli, on 19 May 1915. This was...P02141.003
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Presentation watch fob : Private Ernest Millington Nixon, 19 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
15 carat Gold watch fob presented to Private Ernest Millington Nixon on his departure from Australia to the First World War. Obverse features a central soldier kneeling and shooting, superimposed over...REL33298
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Private Clive McKenzie, 5th Battalion, interviewed about his experiences during the First World War
Sound
Maker: McKenzie, Clive Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment March 1916; family's reaction to enlistment; impressions of France; extreme cold; lack of rations in front line; Albert and meeting a civilian girl; wounded at Bullec...S02056
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Rear drive flange, British Mark II tank: Bullecourt
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Rear drive exterior bearing plate flange from a Mark II British tank. Corroded.REL47915
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Roller or idler axle with plate from side frame, British Mark II tank : Bullecourt
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Solid steel axle still attached to a torn section of plating from a tank side frame. Corrosion.REL47936
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Series 5: Items relating to George Gordon McCrae, 1895-1925
Digitised Collection
Maker: Elliott, Harold Edward 'Pompey' McCrae, Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, George Gordon The Age Unknown Various
This series contains material collected and compiled by George Gordon McCrae, the father of Major Geoffrey Gordon McCrae of the 7th Battalion and later the 60th Battalion. Included are: a book of poem...RCDIG0001249
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Sketch map with directions of proposed location of the body of Henry Stanley Davis, [date unknown]
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown
Sketch map relating to the First World War service of Captain Henry Stanley Davis, 46th Battalion. This sketch map, a copy of an original, was used by the Graves Commission in an unsuccessful attempt ...RCDIG0001161
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Small distorted barbed wire picket : Bullecourt
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Barbed wire picket with a circular twist at one end, bent and distorted along its shaft and corroded, with evidence of mud and dirt accretion.REL47913
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1914-15 Star : Private Ivan Cecil Whitelaw, 12 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1914-15 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL41196.002
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Steel Helmet : Corporal E A Corey, 55 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian steel helmet, complete with leather chin strap, but without liner. The outside of the helmet has been decorated in red, white, black, orange, brown and green paint. Around the black painted...REL/04728
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Steel panel with rivetted joining strip, British Mark II tank : Bullecourt
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Steel panel with rivetted joining angle strip, slightly distorted. Corroded.REL47916
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Steel rear driving sprocket, British Mark II tank : Bullecourt
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Steel driving sprocket of bolted construction, with a central tube bearing and a circular toothed driving wheel on each side. Corrosion on all surfaces.REL47917
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Studio portrait of Captain George Guyatt Gardiner, 13th Battalion, of Darlinghurst, NSW. A civil ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of Captain George Guyatt Gardiner, 13th Battalion, of Darlinghurst, NSW. A civil servant prior to enlisting on 1 November 1914, he embarked from Melbourne, Vic, aboard HMAT Ulysses on ...P05382.004
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Studio portrait of Gunner (Gnr) Humphrey William Thomas, 4th Field Artillery Brigage, with three ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of Gunner (Gnr) Humphrey William Thomas, 4th Field Artillery Brigage, with three members of his family. A native of Hawthorn, Victoria, Gnr Thomas worked as a civil servant with the De...P06534.001
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Studio portrait of 4178 Private (Pte) Francis Harrup Northey (left) and 4231 Pte Arthur William ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 4178 Private (Pte) Francis Harrup Northey (left) and 4231 Pte Arthur William Woodward, both of the 22nd Battalion. Northey and Woodward were good friends before the war, and enliste...P07641.002
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Studio portrait of 4178 Private (Pte) Francis Harrup Northey, 22nd Battalion, of North Fitzroy, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 4178 Private (Pte) Francis Harrup Northey, 22nd Battalion, of North Fitzroy, Vic. A clerk prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 10th Reinforcements from Melbourne aboard HMAT Wi...P07641.001
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Studio portrait of 6752 Privates (Pte) William Hay (left) and 6777 Oswald McClelland (right) of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 6752 Privates (Pte) William Hay (left) and 6777 Oswald McClelland (right) of Beaumont, New South Wales. Both men were part of the 22nd Reinforcements of the 13th Battalion and left ...P06226.001
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Sword Bayonet, Pattern 1907, Mark I. : recovered from Bullecourt
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Generally intact, but heavily corroded Pattern 07 bayonet with a straight cross guard and clearance hole in the pommel. Only a small fragment of wood from the grips remains on the left side.REL/13838
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Twisted plate fragment with rivets, British Mark II tank: Bullecourt
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Twisted steel plate fragment with rivetted sections. Corroded.REL47914
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Two track plates with a 'grouser' attached, British Mark II tank : Bullecourt
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Two track plates to which is bolted a spud or grouser attachment. A pair of track guides are rivetted to the reverse. There is no movement remaining between the track plates. Corroded.REL47954
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Victory Medal : Corporal Ivan Cecil Whitelaw, 12 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipents details.REL41196.004
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Victory Medal : Lieutenant W O Rabey, 17 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37776.004
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Victory Medal : Private J A McHugh, 56 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal, impressed around edge with recipient's detailsREL49884.002
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Victory Medal : Private R R Shapland, 21 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL25229.002
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Victory Medal: Sergeant Leslie Ernest Willoughby, 4th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.AWM2021.383.1.3
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Victory Medal : Sergeant M P McCall, 20 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL41097.003
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Victory Medal : Sergeant Robert Angus Whitelaw, 21 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipent's details.REL41192.003
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Victory Medal : Warrant Officer 2 Lewis Henry Ryall, 60th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL51189.003
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Woollen sleeping bag : Major K M Doig, Australian Army Medical Corps, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Camel coloured, coarse weave woollen sleeping bag, consisting of three identical blankets laid length-wise and bound together on three sides, finished in brown cotton tape. One side is open down to a ...REL41658