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AULT, V A (PRIVATE, 23RD BN AIF d.1939)
Private Record
Maker: Ault, Victor Albert
COPIES OF THE LETTERS WRITTEN BY AULT FROM TIME OF ENLISTMENT IN 1915 UNTIL RETURN TO AUSTRALIA IN 1919PR85/124
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Badge belt : Private J A Reid, 23 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Reid, John Anderson
Standard Pattern 1908 webbing waist belt with brass buckle, liberally decorated with cap and collar badges and shoulder titles. Reverse is stamped with manufacturer's mark and date 'ME 1911'. Identifi...REL33439
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Betteridge, Isaac Henry (Private, d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Betteridge, Isaac Henry
Collection relating to the First World War service of No 7209 Private Isaac Henry Betteridge, 23 Battalion. Collection consists of typed transcripts of two diaries, covering March to June 1917 and Fe...PR90/151
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Brind, Eric Thomas (Major, b.1884 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Brind, Eric Thomas
Collection relating to service of Major Eric Thomas Brind, 23 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes copies of diary for 1916 and copies of letters to family in Austra...1DRL/0153
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Cavanagh, Brian H (Corporal, DCM, 23rd Bn and 8th Lt. Trench Mortar Bty)
Private Record
Maker: Cavanagh, Brian Hugh
LETTERS WRITTEN FROM MILITARY HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND AFTER BEING WOUNDED IN FRANCE. FEW DETAILS - MAINLY ABOUT INJURY SUSTAINED2DRL/0133
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Cavanagh, E R (Lieutenant, DCM, 23rd Bn and AFC b.1892)
Private Record
Maker: Cavanagh, E R
LETTERS TO FAMILY. LITTLE MILITARY DETAIL. MAINLY FAMILY NEWS. LEAVE PASSES. PAPER CERTIFYING CAVANAGH FREE OF SCABIES AND VERMIN2DRL/0131
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Chester, Richard Albert (Private, 23rd Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Chester, Richard Albert
Collection relating to the First World War service of Private Richard Albert Chester, 23 Battalion. Collection consists of two Discharge Certificates, both issued on 1 February 1918. One is illunina...3DRL/4100
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Cross, Albert (Lance Corporal, 23 Battalion, AIF d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Cross, Albert M
NEW TESTAMENT CARRIED BY L/CPL CROSS AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH ON 7 NOVEMBER 1917. THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THREEPENNY PIECE WERE BOTH DAMAGED AT THE TIME OF CROSS' DEATHPR83/240
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Ethell, John Oliver (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Ethell, John Oliver
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant John Oliver Ethell, 23 Battalion, Sinai and France, 1915-1917. Collection includes a diary and letters written home to family in Australia.1DRL/0268
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Flett, Irving Russell (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Flett, Irving Russell
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Irving Russell Flett, 23 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes photostat copies of Flett's letters to his family in Brigh...1DRL/0295
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Frederick Roy Hocking as a staff sergeant 23rd Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
Sound
Maker: Hocking, Frederick Roy Thomson, Alistair
Frederick Roy Hocking (SERN (1810) as a staff sergeant 23rd Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918.S01316
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Gaynor, Edward John (Lieutenant, 23 Battalion, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Gaynor, Edward John
Black and white photocopies of 8 letters written by Edward John 'Ted' Gaynor from Gallipoli during 1915, to his nephew Bernard. Some are copies of original handwritten letters, and others are copies ...PR83/163
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Glen Alvie Remembers
Manuscript
Maker: Glen Alvie Recreation Reserve Committee
'Glen Alvie Remembers', a manuscript based on research into 28 former students of Glen Alvie State School who served in the First World War and 31 men and 3 women who enlisted form Glen Alvie for Worl...MSS2004
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Hancock, James (Lance Corporal, 23rd Bn, AIF d: c. 1916)
Private Record
Maker: Hancock, James
LETTERS WRITTEN BY HANCOCK TO HIS FIANCEE RELATING TO HIS FEELINGS TOWARD HER, CENSORSHIP, HIS FEELINGS ABOUT THE WAR, A DESCRIPTION OF A TRENCH RAID. ALSO A BLANK LEATHER BOUND NOTEBOOKPR84/123
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Harkins, James M (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Harkins, James M
Letters home. Very detailed - written as a journal of events. Covers service in France during 1916-1917; Harkins was with 23 Battalion.3DRL/3138
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Harvey, John Dean MM (Lance Corporal, b.1895 - d,?)
Private Record
Maker: Harvey, John Dean
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2160 Lance Corporal John Dean Harvey MM, 23rd Infantry Battalion. Collection consists of four diaries for 1915, 1916, 1918 and 1919, written by H...3DRL/6195
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Hill, Harold David (Lance Sergeant, MM, b.1896 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Hill, Harold David Various
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lance Sergeant Harold David Hill, 23rd Battalion and 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery. The collection consists of an extensive series of letters e...PR04010
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Holland, Herbert C (Lieutenant, MC, 23rd Bn b.1890)
Private Record
Maker: Holland, Herbert C
PLATOON ROLL BOOK CONTAINING NOMINAL ROLL FOR 15 PLATOON, 23RD BN AND PARTICULARS OF EACH MEMBER. OPENED ON 24 APR 1917. ALSO PERSONAL INFORMATION SUCH AS ADDRESSES, CORRESPONDENCE LISTS AND LIST OF M...2DRL/0296
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Letters from Irving Russell Flett to his Family, 1915-1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Flett, Irving Russell
Letters relating to service of Lieutenant Irving Russell Flett, 23rd Battalion. The original letters were written by Irving Flett to his family in Brighton, Victoria, between 8 May 1915 and 12 July 1...RCDIG0000187
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Lowden, Arnold William (Private) & Lowden, Joseph Henry (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Lowden, Arnold William 'Dick' Lowden, Joseph Henry 'Harry'
Typed copies of letters (150 pages) written by Private Arnold W Lowden during service in the First World War to his future wife Portia, and letters written during the Second World War by their son, Pr...PR01693
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Mackenzie, William Kenneth Seaforth (Colonel, b.1872 - d.1952)
Private Record
Maker: Mackenzie, William Kenneth Seaforth
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Colonel William Kenneth Seaforth Mackenzie DSO, VD, 19 Battalion, 1915-1919. Consists of two diaries containing regular, short entries...2DRL/0070
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Mactier, Robert VC (Private, b.1890 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Mactier, Robert
Collection relating to the First World War service of 6939 Private Robert Mactier, VC, England, Belgium, and France, 1917-1918, 23 Battalion. Wallet 1 of 1 - Extracts from letters relating to the Fir...2DRL/0144
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McLeod, Norman Stuart, Private
Private Record
Maker: McLeod, Norman Stuart
Describes sea voyage from Alexandria to Lemnos, including torpedoing of the `Southland'; active service on Gallipoli from September to evacuation; further training in Egypt and service in France until...PR91/047
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Nicholson, John J (6941 Private, B Company, 23rd Battalion, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Nicholson, John J
TYPESCRIPT AND MANUSCRIPT OF DIARY IN WHICH NICHOLSON RECORDED HIS WAR HISTORY. COVERS EMBARKATION FROM MELBOURNE 1916, ACTIVE SERVICE IN FRANCE AND RETURN TO AUSTRALIA IN 1919PRMF0010
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Papers written By John Mills concerning his father Cecil Beaumont Mills
Digitised Collection
Maker: Mills, John Burne
File of papers written by John Burne Mills relating to the First World War service of his father Lieutenant Cecil Beaumont Mills, 23rd Infantry Battalion. This file has a copy, provided by John, of th...AWM2018.785.22
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Parkes, Percy George Rupert, MC and Bar (Captain, b.1891 - d.1983)
Private Record
Maker: Parkes, Percy George Rupert
Collection relating to the First World War service of Captain Percy George Rupert Parkes, MC and Bar. Parkes served in 23rd Infantry Battalion, embarking in May 1915 for Egypt, serving at Gallipoli a...PR85/195
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Private Raymond W. Bisset relates his experiences in the 23rd Battalion and as a Prisoner of War (POW) during the First World War
Sound
Maker: Bisset, Raymond W Unknown Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office
Ray Bisset discusses: early life; enlistment underage; departure to war; Gallipoli; Lone Pine; wounded; evacuated wounded to Egypt; sent to France; impressions of France and the French people; taken P...S02029
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Pullin, Harold M (Lieutenant, 58th Bn AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Pullin, Harold Maughan
AUTOGRAPH BOOK FROM ENLISTED MEN OF B COY 23 BN, COMMISSIONING WARRANT, MESSAGES AND LETTERSPR86/053
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1. Purcell, James 2. Purcell, W Clive 3. Purcell, Annie (1. Sergeant Major, 23rd Bn, AIF d.1915 2. Private, 23rd & 44th Bn, AIF 3. Sister, 1 Agh)
Private Record
Copies and transcripts of letters, postcards and photographs relating to the First World War service of the Purcells. Sister Purcell served with No. 1 AGH Helliopolish and her brothers served in the M...PR84/096
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Raws, John Alexander (Lieutenant, b.1883 - d.1916); Raws, Robert Goldthorpe (Lieutenant, b.1886 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Raws, John Alexander Raws, Robert Goldthorpe
Collection relating to the First World War service of Second Lieutenant John Alexander Raws [known as Alec], 23 Battalion AIF, and Lieutenant Robert Goldthorpe Raws [known as Goldy], 23 Battalion, AIF...2DRL/0481
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Ross, Donald Rutherford (Private, b.1894 - d.1982)
Private Record
Maker: Ross, Donald Rutherford
Diary compiled in a cloth covered notebook by Private Donald Ross of the 23rd Battalion, during the First World War. The entries cover the period 1 January 1916-4 August 1916 relating to his concerns...PR02079
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Short, Lionel Gordon, MC (Lieutenant, b.1885 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Short, Lionel Gordon
DETAILED LETTERS COVERING SERVICE IN EGYPT AND FRANCE, AND SERVICE WITH THE OCCUPATION FORCES. VERY DETAILED2DRL/0045
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Sign board, Battalion Headquarters : 23 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised sign constructed from two wooden planks, has a bevelled edge and is supported by batons at the reverse. The sign is painted white and has 'BATTALION HEADQUARTERS' painted in brown with yell...RELAWM10694
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Stanley Victor D'Altera as a member of 23rd Infantry Battalion AIF, later 7th Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1917, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
Sound
Maker: D'Altera, Stanley Victor Thomson, Alistair
Pte D'Altera initially enlisted 13 January 1915 and was discharged on 8 February at the request of his parents who had not given permission for him to join the AIF. He re-enlisted on 18 February 1915 ...S01310
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The body of a dead German at the foot of the ruins of a church was one of a number of the enemy ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
The body of a dead German at the foot of the ruins of a church was one of a number of the enemy forming the machine gun and sniping posts mopped up by the 21st and 23rd Battalions in their clearing ou...E02367
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The body of a dead German, in the foreground, lies near the ruined church. During the capture of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
The body of a dead German, in the foreground, lies near the ruined church. During the capture of the village and its surroundings some days earlier by troops of the 6th Infantry Brigade, the 21st and ...E02366
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Trevan, Robert B C Lance-Sergeant
Private Record
Maker: Trevan, Robert B C
DISCHARGE CERTIFICATES OF TREVAN FROM AUST COMMONWEALTH HORSE, 2ND M G BN AND 17 AUST GARRISON BN. DIARY OF SERVICE IN FRANCE, 1916-1919. REGULAR DETAILED ENTRIES. PHOTO OF TREVAN3DRL/7341
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Wallet 1 of 1 - Extracts from letters of Private Robert Mactier VC, 1917-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Mactier, Robert
Collection relating to the First World War service of 6939 Private Robert Mactier, VC, England, Belgium, and France, 1917-1918, 23 Battalion. Wallet 1 of 1 - Extracts from letters relating to the Fir...AWM2020.22.107
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Warren, George Goulburn (Sergeant, b.1893 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Warren, George Goulburn
Collection relating to the First World War service of 267Sergeant George Goulburn Warren, 23rd Infantry Battalion. Collection consists of typed extracts from letters written by Sgt Warren from 20 Jun...2DRL/1179