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An Australian soldier climbs on Mephisto, a German A7V tank which was disabled during an attack ...
Photograph
An Australian soldier climbs on Mephisto, a German A7V tank which was disabled during an attack on British units at Monument Wood, south of Villers-Bretonneux, on 24 April 1918. After being bogged an...P01835.080
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Boots : Sergeant A O Anderson, 21 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair standard issue Australian army brown ankle boots without toe caps. The boots are laced with leather laces threaded through seven pairs of brass eyelets. The top of each tongue has been partially...RELAWM05571.006
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Private H Earey, 5 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL33277.001
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Church, Villers-Bretonneux
Art
Watercolour sketch depicting the ruins of the church at Villers-Bretonneux with debris strewn across the ground and small sections, such as columns and archways, of the church left standing. James Fra...ART03390
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28 cm SK L/40 'Amiens' Gun Barrel : German Army
Technology
28 cmSK L/40 gun barrel. This particular example was one of four originally mounted in the SMS Hessen. The Hessen took part in the battle of Jutland, firing five rounds of 28 cm ammunition. After th...REL/19643.001
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Diary of Ronald Alison McInnis, 1916-1919
Digitised Collection
Maker: McInnis, Ronald Alison
Diary relating to the First World War service of 399 Lieutenant Ronald Alison McInnis, 53rd Battalion. Written between 19 June 1916 and the 12 March 1919, in this diary McInnis details his experiences...RCDIG0000885
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Diary of Ronald Alison McInnis, 1917-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: McInnis, Ronald Alison
Diary relating to the First World War service of 399 Lieutenant Ronald Alison McInnis, 53rd Battalion. Written between 10 November 1917 and 31 December 1918, this diary written in an address book, McI...RCDIG0000886
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Distinguished Conduct Medal : Warrant Officer Class II F G Jurd, 5 Pioneer Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Mint
Distinguished Conduct Medal (Geo V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL30220.001
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[Dugouts near Villers-Bretonneux]; verso: [Covered trucks parked]
Art
Maker: Longstaff, Will
The right hand panel of a panorama sketch for 'Dugouts near Villers-Bretonneux'. This painting depicts dugouts set in the side of earth works, a corrugated iron lean-to and two soldiers. Verso: three ...ART19796.005
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Events of 1916 for 24th Company Army Service Corp, 9th Australian Machine Gun Company and 9th Field Company Australian Engineers complied by Henry Arthur Goddard
Digitised Collection
Maker: Goddard, Henry Arthur
Folder of 9th Brigade Histories relating to the First World War service of Brigadier General Henry Arthur Goddard, 9th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. The folder contains the dates of events for ...RCDIG0000812
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French Army Cap with badges: 5th Battalion, 3rd Zouves, French Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
French Army Zouave cap (Khaki) with two badges, a half crescent moon and number three representing to the Zouaves, a light infantry regiment of the French Army.RELAWM00863
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German bugle, 1915 Model : 79 Infantry Regiment von Voigts-Rhetz (3rd Hannoversches), Imperial German Army
Heraldry
Maker: Wendler
Standard B flat military bugle of soldered construction, with brass body and tubes and brass bell with nickle plated reinforcing band. There are a pair of suspension loops and plates soldered to the b...REL/02618
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Letters and postcard relating to James Hodgen, 1918-1978
Digitised Collection
Maker: Hodgen, James
Letters and postcard relating to the First World War service of 250 Private James Hodgen, 14th Machine Gun Company (5th Machine Gun Battalion). Having been wounded in action around Villers-Bretonneux ...RCDIG0001149
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Letters from John Wesley Hetherington to his Family, 1916-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Hetherington, John Wesley
Letters relating to the service of 1003 Warrant Officer John Wesley Hetherington, 2nd Battalion. The letters were written by Warrant Officer Hetherington to his family between 23 January 1916 and 20 ...RCDIG0000260
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Letters from Robert James Henderson, 1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Henderson, Leonard Alston Henderson, Robert James
Letters relating to the First World War service of Captain Robert James Henderson, 13th Battalion. These letters were predominantly written from Henderson to his family between 6 January and 21 April ...AWM2016.30.6
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Maxim MG08 Machine Gun : 46 Battalion, AIF
Technology
Maxim MG08 heavy machine gun. This gun is missing the top cover, feed block, flash hider and the bolt mechanism but has an armoured top shield. Painted on the left side in white is 'Captured by the 46...RELAWM11058
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[Memorial cross to those who fell at Villers-Bretonneux]; verso: [Mending wire]
Art
Maker: Longstaff, Will
A sketch of a memorial cross erected 'In memory of the officers, NCOs & Men who fell in action hereabouts in a night-attack resulting in the recapture of Villers Bretonneux 24th & 25th April 1918 R...ART19796.002
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Men of the 53rd Battalion of the 14th Infantry Brigade garrisoning a hurriedly dug reserve line ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Men of the 53rd Battalion of the 14th Infantry Brigade garrisoning a hurriedly dug reserve line during the critical days at the end of March and beginning of April 1918, when the Germans were making p...E02265
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Military Medal : Private S J Heath, 19 Infantry Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Mint
Military Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL30572.001
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Monument Wood, Villers-Bretonneux from U 6 A 33 looking south east
Art
Maker: Howie, Laurence
Depicts a landscape near Villers Bretonneux, with damaged trees and ground. Monument Wood was captured on 9 July by 50 men of the 28th Battalion AIF in a daylight raid upon the strongly fortified nort...ART93090.003
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Monument Wood, Villers-Bretonneux looking south
Art
Maker: Howie, Laurence
Depicts a landscape near Villers Bretonneux, with damaged trees and ground.ART93090.004
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Next of kin plaque : Corporal Charles Hugh Collins, 24th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
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. ...REL/15352
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Next of Kin plaque : Lieutenant A L Rush, 14 Machine Gun Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Arsenal Woolwich
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. ...RELAWM16418.002
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Not titled [Landscape]
Art
A fold-out panoramic landscape sketch, depicting fields seemingly untouched by the war. Inscription associated with this sketch reads: "What the Germans [surrendered] - for just a little while in 1915...ART03605.042.001
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Not titled [Landscape]
Art
Maker: Howie, Laurence
Depicts a road in the countryside near Villers-Bretonneux.ART93090.006
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Not titled [sketchbook containing 27 pages of drawings made in Glisy on the Western Front]
Art
Maker: Longstaff, Will
Artist's sketchbook covering the campaign on the Western Front during July - November 1918. The sketchbook comprises 27 pages with 46 drawings of landscapes, artillery, animals, camp life and battlefi...ART19796
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Officer's service dress tunic : Lieutenant A S Paterson, 3 Squadron, AFC
Heraldry
Maker: Thresher & Glenny
Australian Flying Corps (AFC) officer's khaki wool gabardine service dress tunic with pointed cuffs, pleated breast pockets with triple pointed flaps, and expanding hip pockets with rectangular flaps....REL/00149
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Other Ranks field grey woollen trousers : German Army
Heraldry
Maker: Military contractor
German Army Other Ranks field grey woollen trousers (tuchhose) with scarlet piping in the outside seam of both legs. There is a pocket with a buttoned diagonal slit opening in the front of both hips, ...RELAWM05403.002
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Other rank's trousers : German Army
Heraldry
Maker: A Prous
German Army other rank's field grey wool trousers (tuchhose) with narrow scarlet piping running down the outer seam of both legs. There is a welt pocket with a buttoned diagonal slit opening in the fr...RELAWM05403.001
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Papers of Gilbert Vernon Kimber
Manuscript
Maker: Kimber, Gilbert Vernon
15 page typed manuscript titled 'War as a teenager', written c1985 by 3189 Private Gilbert Vernon Kimber as a memoir of his First World War military experience in England and France, serving with the ...MSS1869
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Papers relating to narrative history of the 35th Battalion complied by Henry Arthur Goddard
Digitised Collection
Maker: Goddard, Henry Arthur
File of papers relating to the First World War service of Brigadier General Henry Arthur Goddard. The papers comprise the narrative history of the 35th Battalion, containing individual accounts of op...RCDIG0000808
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Personal Files Book 18, 21 April - 8 May 1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Monash, John
File of papers relating to the First World War service of Major General John Monash, 3rd Australian Division. This file, originally part of Book 18, covers 21 April 1918 to 8 May 1918 and includes an ...RCDIG0000629
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recto:Glisy; verso: Villers-Bretonneux
Art
Maker: Longstaff, Will
A drawing of a field artillery gun at Glisy, 11 July 1918 on the recto. On the verso a page of sketches of field artillery, artillery barrels and range finders. From the artist's sketchbook covering t...ART19796.001
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Red chateau, Villers-Bretonneux, 1st Australian Division Headquarters
Art
Depicts the Red Chateau at Villers-Bretonneux, which was used as headquarters by the 1st Australian Division after the recapture of Villers-Bretonneux in April 1918. James Fraser Scott's (1877- 1932) ...ART03395
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Red Zouave Cap: Major Calogne, 3rd Zouaves, French Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Red French Army Zouave cap made from wool felt.RELAWM00864
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Series 4: Unit histories collected by Henry Arthur Goddard
Digitised Collection
Maker: Goddard, Henry Arthur
Battalion histories and other papers relating to the First World War service of Brigadier General Henry Arthur Goddard, 9th Infantry Brigade. The first series consists of a pocket leather notebook co...RCDIG0000659
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Service dress jacket : Sergeant A O Anderson, 21 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Other ranks' pattern khaki wool twill service dress tunic with stand and fall collar. The collar is fastened by two ferrous metal hooks and eyes. Khaki wool shoulder straps are secured to the tunic wi...RELAWM05571.003
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Slouch hat and puggaree: Brigadier General H E Elliott, 15th Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Slouch hat complete with khaki cotton puggaree, brown leather chinstrap and copper Rising Sun badge. The puggaree has an emu plume - as issued to Australian Light Horse units - attached to it. The hat...RELAWM05441
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Sub-Series 2: Brigade Histories
Digitised Collection
Maker: Goddard, Henry Arthur
Papers relating to the First World War service of Brigadier General Henry Arthur Goddard, 9th Brigade. This series comprises of a narrative history of the 9th Brigade, 'Chain of Events: History of th...RCDIG0000661
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Taylor, Charles Herbert (Private, b.1897 - d.1935)
Private Record
Maker: Taylor, Charles Herbert
Collection relating to No 908 Private Charles Herbert Taylor who served with 34 Battalion during the First World War. The collections consists of two original diaries for 1918 (one appears to be a du...PR03112
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To Villers-Bretonneux
Art
Maker: Roach, Gilbert
Depicts railway tracks that lead to Villers-Bretonneux. A bridge crosses above the tracks and situated on the bridge are three soldiers and a Red Cross ambulance.ART13633
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Trophy plaque made from a 38 cm SK L/45 and affixed to the carriage of the 'Amiens Gun'.
Heraldry
Metal plaque with six attachment holes. It is engraved 'GERMAN 28 c.m. [11IN] / RAILWAY GUN / CAPTURED NEAR / HARBONNIERES, FRANCE / BY THE / AUSTRALIAN CORPS / 8TH AUGUST 1918 / THIS PLATE IS MADE FR...REL/19643.002
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Turner, William Terry (Sergeant, b.1887 - d.1959)
Private Record
Maker: Turner, William Terry
Collection relating to the service of 3484 Sergeant William Terry Turner, 56 Battalion (and formerly of 45 Battalion), AIF, at sea, Western Front, England, 1917-1919. Collection consists of 116 lette...1DRL/0586
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Unloading shell cases, Glisy Dump; verso:[Dugouts near Villers-Bretonneux]
Art
Maker: Longstaff, Will
A sketch showing men unloading shell cases from waggons at the Glisy Dump. Verso: the left hand panel of a panorama sketch for 'Dugouts near Villers-Bretonneux'. This shows some dugouts set in the sid...ART19796.004
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Victory Medal : Private H Earey, 46 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL33277.002
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Villers Bretonneux area, France, 1918-07. A German A7V tank which was disabled when attacking ...
Photograph
Villers Bretonneux area, France, 1918-07. A German A7V tank which was disabled when attacking British units at Monument Wood and was later captured on 1918-07-14 by 26th Battalion, 1st AIF. The signs ...P01835.079
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Villers-Bretonneux area, France, 1918. Members of the 2nd Divisional Signals Company, 1st AIF, ...
Photograph
Villers-Bretonneux area, France, 1918. Members of the 2nd Divisional Signals Company, 1st AIF, filling in a narrow trench they have dug after laying down a communication cable in it. The trench runs b...P01835.078
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Villers Bretonneux area, France, 1918. Members of the 2nd Divisional Signals Company, 1st AIF, ...
Photograph
Villers Bretonneux area, France, 1918. Members of the 2nd Divisional Signals Company, 1st AIF, digging a narrow trench beside a railway track in a railway cutting near the town. The soldiers are diggi...P01835.077
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[Villers Bretonneux]; verso [Villers Bretonneux]
Art
Maker: Longstaff, Will
View of the town of Villers Bretonneux. Verso: expanded left view sketch of the town of Villers Bretonneux. From the artist's sketchbook covering the campaign on the Western Front during July - Novemb...ART19796.006