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Sergeant John H. Lockett relates his experiences with 38th Battalion during the First World War
Sound
Maker: Lockett, John H Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
John Lockett (1194) discusses: early life; prewar work; enlistment in March 1916; training; trench raids; travel on leave; pay; mates; return to Australia; discharged September 1919; effects of war on...S02038
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Hurry, Geoffry, DSO, VD (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1868 - d.1951)
Private Record
Maker: Hurry, Geoffry
ORIGINAL LETTERS HOME AND TYPESCRIPT COPIES. DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF BATTLEFIELD EXPERIENCES AND CONSIDERATIONS OF SITUATION IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM2DRL/0972
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Kenworthy, Harold Augustus (Private, b.1886 - d.1926)
Private Record
Maker: Kenworthy, Harold Augustus
A substantial collection of letters, photographs, Service documents, and records associated with hospital treatment and death of Private (Pte) Kenworthy, relating to or created by Pte Kenworthy before...PR00120
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Fairweather, Francis Edward, MC & bar (Captain, b.1891 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Fairweather, Francis Edward
DIARY COVERING VOYAGE AND CONDITIONS ON SHIP, INCLUDING MEASLES EPIDEMIC AND EXERCISE ON BOARD - JUNE - AUGUST 1916. LETTERS DESCRIBE ACTION IN FRANCE - SOME FAIRLY DETAILED. PRAISES AUSTRALIAN SOLDIE...2DRL/0207
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Hickey, Leonard Roy (Sergeant, 38th Bn AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Hickey, Leonard Roy
CONTAINS BRIEF REGULAR ENTRIES RELATED TO PLATOON DUTIES, WORK PARTIES, GUN POSITIONS, MOVEMENT TO VARIOUS AREAS, ATTACK AND INJURY AT VILLERS BRETONNEUX, HOSPITALIZATION AND EVENTUAL RETURN TO AUSTRA...PR88/068
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Barker, Eric Martyn (Lieutenant, b.1896 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Barker, Eric Martyn
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Eric Martyn Barker, 38 Battalion, France, 1917-1918. Collection includes notes of lectures given at the Australian Corps School at Reux, 1918.1DRL/0089
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Weaven, Percy F (Sergeant, 38th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Weaven, Percy F
ACCOUNT OF VOYAGE TO ENGLAND MAY - JULY 1917. DIARY JAN - JUNE 1919. DIARY MAINLY COVERS MOVEMENTS AND DUTIES. SCRAPBOOK CONTAINING PROGRAMMES, RATION CARDS, MEAL TICKETS, TRAM AND TRAIN TICKETS, LEAV...3DRL/6041
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Studio portrait of 1289 Private Horace Charles Rangecroft, 38th Battalion from Ivanhoe, Victoria. ...
Photograph
Studio portrait of 1289 Private Horace Charles Rangecroft, 38th Battalion from Ivanhoe, Victoria. A 39 year old grocer prior to enlisting on 24 January 1916, he embarked for overseas with D Company fr...H01594
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Fairweather, Harold (Lieutenant, 38th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Fairweather, Harold
DESCRIPTION OF MENA CAMP. NOTES CAPT BEAN'S NEWSPAPER REPORTS AND SUBSEQUENT POSSIBILITY OF COURT MARTIAL. DESCRIBES CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL IN LONDON AND HIS PRIDE IN HIS WORK. NOTES DEATHS OF FRIENDS ...2DRL/0208
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Studio portrait of 651 Private William Henry Rivett, 38th Battalion from Rochester, Victoria. A ...
Photograph
Studio portrait of 651 Private William Henry Rivett, 38th Battalion from Rochester, Victoria. A 39 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 4 March 1916, he embarked for overseas with B Company from Me...H01588
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Collection relating to Ernest William Latchford
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A photographic postcard believed to depict the body of a British soldier on the Western Front. The card was addressed to "Dave" on 27 February 1917 from Captain Ernest William Latchford, 38th Battalio...AWM2016.45.14
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Thompson, John Victor (Private, b.1882 - d.1918); King, Albert Edward (Driver, d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Thompson, John Victor
Mixed papers of or relating to 3426 Private John Victor Thompson (38th Battalion) and his extended family, comprising: (i) original letters to his sister Evie from England and France, 1917-18, describ...PR00975
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Studio portrait of 2160 Private (Pte) Reginald Arthur Wood, 38th Battalion from Middle Park, ...
Photograph
Studio portrait of 2160 Private (Pte) Reginald Arthur Wood, 38th Battalion from Middle Park, Victoria. A 28 year old railway porter prior to enlisting on 2 March 1916, he embarked for overseas with th...H06783
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Maudsley, Arthur James Aloysius (Major, b.1881 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Maudsley, Arthur James Aloysius
Collection relating to the service of Major Arthur James Maudsley, 38 Battalion, AIF, France, 1916-1918. Collection consists of photostat copies of seven letters written by Major Maudsley to his fami...1DRL/0487
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Studio portrait of 7005 Private (Pte) James Patrick Forrester, 5th Battalion, of Towaninnie, Vic. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 7005 Private (Pte) James Patrick Forrester, 5th Battalion, of Towaninnie, Vic. Formerly a farmer, Pte Forrester enlisted on 5 September 1916 and as a member of the 23rd Reinforcemen...P08034.001
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Peters, Charles Harold, MC & bar (Captain, b. - d.)
Manuscript
Maker: Peters, Charles Harold
Entry written for the Australian War Records Essay competition, entitled `The Raiding Days', accounting for a large scale raid carried out in the Houplines sector, Armentieres, by elements of the 37th...MSS1255
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Rowcliff Thompson interviewed about his experiences in 38th Battalion AIF during the First World War
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Maker: Thompson, Rowcliff Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Discusses: early life; enlistment November 1916; Mother's reaction to enlistment; impressions of France; comradeship; wounded at Passchendaele October 1917; evacuated to England and repatriated to Aus...S02072
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Souvenir embroidery : Miss Ada Milne
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Souvenir silk embroidery with lace fringe. In the centre is a woven image of the Cloth Hall in Ypres, Belgium in flames with the words 'Martyr Ypres' surrounded by an embroidered floral design of four...REL38708
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Dismounted Service Pattern mess tin (lid): Lance Corporal John Frederick Gunston, 38th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Dismounted Service Pattern Australian army steel kidney shaped mess tin lid with wire handle. Engraved 'J F GUNSTON'.RELAWM11362.002
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Members of the 38th Battalion in Dog Trench near Guillemont Farm, in which they were held by ...
Photograph
Maker: Wilkins, George Hubert
Members of the 38th Battalion in Dog Trench near Guillemont Farm, in which they were held by machine gun fire during the attack on the Hindenburg Line, near Bony. Identified, left to right: 5918 Priva...E03478
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Album, 1293 Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Rook, 38th Battalion
Photograph
Album of 46 pages containing 184 black and white images relating to the service of 1293 Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Rook, 38th Battalion. Includes images of damaged French and Belgian towns (including ...P12714
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Davis, Charles Herbert (Colonel)
Private Record
Maker: Davis, Charles Herbert
Collection relating to the First World War service of Colonel Charles Herbert Davis, 38th Battalion. Collection consists of one original handwritten letter sent from France by Davis to his sister Phyl...PR04464
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Brydie, William (44, Lietenant, 10 Lt. Trench Mortar Battery.)
Manuscript
Maker: Brydie, Margaret Brydie, William
Manuscript titled "The War Diaries of Lieutenant William Brydie 1st A.I.F.". Contains a transcript of the authors diaries from 5/8/1916 to 27/8/1919. Details some experiences from training and mobilis...MSS2016
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Studio portrait of 1627 Private (Pte) William James Day, 38th Battalion, of Ballarat East, Vic. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 1627 Private (Pte) William James Day, 38th Battalion, of Ballarat East, Vic. A labourer prior to enlisting in March 1916, Pte Day embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Runic (A54) ...P08132.001
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Sturrock, Frank (Private, b.1895 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Sturrock, Frank
Original diary and transcript covering Sturrock's time as a prisoner of the Germans in Poland and Germany. Whilst a POW he kept a daily diary detailing the conditions he lived in, the amount and quali...PR00122
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Studio portrait of 458 Private (Pte) Thomas Albert McClure, 38th Battalion, of Mitre Lake, Vic. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 458 Private (Pte) Thomas Albert McClure, 38th Battalion, of Mitre Lake, Vic. A farmer prior to enlisting in April 1916, Pte McClure embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Runic (A5...P09369.001
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Peters, Charles Harold, MC (Captain, b.1889 - d.1951)
Private Record
Maker: Peters, Charles Harold
Collection relating to the service of Captain Charles Harold Peters, MC, 38 Battalion, AIF, at sea, England, Western Front, 1916 - 1919. Collection consists of typed copies of various papers and lett...1DRL/0545
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Group portrait featuring 751 Pte Alexander Cosmo McDonald and 750 Sgt Norman Alan McDonald
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Formal group portrait of 751 Pte Alexander Cosmo McDonald (far right) and 750 Pte Norman Alan McDonald (far left) with two unidentified soldiers. Pte Alexander and Pte Norman McDonald were brothers fr...P10557.003
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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Portrait of 216 Private (Pte) Raymond Patrick Brown, 38th Battalion. A clerk from Bendigo, Victoria, he initially enlisted in the 7th Battalion on 28 August 1915 but was discharged in January 1916 as...DA15272
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Wooden cross marking the graves of 1896 Private (Pte) David Peacock, 2357 Pte Bruce Cairns ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Wooden cross marking the graves of 1896 Private (Pte) David Peacock, 2357 Pte Bruce Cairns Marshall and 2104 Pte Ernest Bernard Luecke all of the 38th Battalion. Pte Peacock, a dairyman from East Brun...P00156.076
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Beard, Edgar Stanley (d.1949); Beard, Selwyn Lloyd; Evans, James (d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Beard, Edgar Stanley Beard, Selwyn Lloyd Evans, James Parks, Mavis
Collection relating to the First World War service of 29 Sergeant (Sgt) Edgar Stanley Beard MM, 38 Battalion, and the Second World War service of VX21646 Gunner (Gnr) Selwyn Lloyd Beard, 2/12 Field Re...PR87/043
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Studio portrait of 2802A Sergeant (Sgt) Harold James Fraser, 38th Battalion, of North Carlton, ...
Photograph
Maker: Burton & Garland Ltd
Studio portrait of 2802A Sergeant (Sgt) Harold James Fraser, 38th Battalion, of North Carlton, Vic. A bakery assistant with service as a non commissioned officer in the 60th Infantry Regiment, Citizen...P07881.001
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Informal group portrait of eight men of the 38th Battalion. Identified in the back row are: ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal group portrait of eight men of the 38th Battalion. Identified in the back row are: (third from the left) 1655 Private, later Corporal (Cpl) Wesley Hutchinson of Horsham, Vic; and his brother ...P07653.001
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Studio portrait of 616 Private (Pte) Frederick Allan McMurtrie, farmer, of Lake Boga, Victoria. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 616 Private (Pte) Frederick Allan McMurtrie, farmer, of Lake Boga, Victoria. He enlisted in the 38th Battalion on17 February 1916 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Runic on 2...P08261.027
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Collection relating to 1293 Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Rook, 38th Battalion
Photograph
Maker: Rook, John
"A farm that has also/ stopped a few of/ the Huns shells."P12715.046
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Collection relating to 1293 Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Rook, 38th Battalion
Photograph
Maker: Rook, John
"A Howitzer Gun rather/ badly hit."P12715.047
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Collection relating to 1293 Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Rook, 38th Battalion
Photograph
Maker: Rook, John
"It was a house/ once."P12715.039
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Collection relating to 1293 Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Rook, 38th Battalion
Photograph
Maker: Rook, John
"The result of shell/ fire."P12715.041
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Collection relating to 1293 Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Rook, 38th Battalion
Photograph
Maker: Rook, John
"A faint idea of how the/ places are smashed up/ by gunfire. There are not/ too many with as many/ walls left as this one/ has."P12715.038
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Collection relating to 1293 Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Rook, 38th Battalion
Photograph
Maker: Rook, John
"Services postponed/ during the period/ of the War."P12715.042
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Collection relating to 1293 Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Rook, 38th Battalion
Photograph
Maker: Rook, John
"What the Huns/ have left standing/ of a Church./ Instances such/ as this one are/ only too common."P12715.043
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Mention in Dispatches oak leaves: Lieutenant Colonel Charles Herbert Davis, 38 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Two bronze Mention in Dispatches oak leaves, one for a full sized medal, the other for a miniature. To be worn on the ribbon of the Victory Medal.REL50017.004