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Alleances Memorandum No. 6
Private Record
Copy of memorandum circulated by War Office to colonies and British Regiments. Discusses settlement overseas, exchange of information and officers with British regiments.1DRL/0672
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Badge: 1937 Coronation Contingent blazer patch, H C Toone, 6 Battalion, Australian Militia
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Badge for blazer pocket, on dark green wool cloth. The pocket is embroidered yellow, green, white, red, and brown cotton. At the top is a yellow scroll with 'AUSTRALIA' which is linked by the arms of ...REL25535
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BATH, ENGLAND, 1935-04-25. A CROWD OF CIVILIANS AND SERVICEMEN LISTEN TO AN ADDRESS BY A MINISTER ...
Photograph
BATH, ENGLAND, 1935-04-25. A CROWD OF CIVILIANS AND SERVICEMEN LISTEN TO AN ADDRESS BY A MINISTER AT AN ANZAC DAY SERVICE IN THE CHURCHYARD CEMETERY AT LOCKSBROOK.P00374.001
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Bean Family Papers
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean and the history of Brentwood School, Essex, 1904-1966. The collection consists of correspondence and ephemera recieved and collected by Bean from mem...PR82/131
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Cody, John Joseph (Lieutenant Commander, b.1914 - d.1993)
Private Record
Maker: Cody, John Joseph
A collection of 178 letters of Lieutenant Commander John Joseph Cody written to his parents from between 1933, from the time he was a midshipman in the Royal Navy, to 1953, when he was Commander of HM...PR01942
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1937 Coronation Contingent souvenir handkerchief : Sergeant H C Toone, 6 Battalion (City of Melbourne Regiment)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White cotton handkerchief printed in black with an image of King George VI within a wreath surmounted by a Tudor crown. In a scroll beneath the wreath is 'CORONATION 1937'. There are crossed flags in ...REL25534
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CRIB POINT , VICTORIA, C. 1930'S. THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF CRESSWELL ROAD AND ...
Photograph
CRIB POINT , VICTORIA, C. 1930'S. THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF CRESSWELL ROAD AND COOK ROAD. SHIP'S FIGUREHEAD OF A GREEK GLADIATOR FROM HMAS PYLADES GIVEN TO THE RAN BY THE BRITISH RO...P00604.037
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Eddison, Frank Leslie Herbert (Tom) (Squadron Leader, DFC, 214 Sqn, RAF d.1941)
Private Record
Maker: Eddison, Frank Leslie Herbert
Letters written by Eddison while with the Mounted Police in Palestine and then with the Royal Air Force (RAF) training pilots in England; also letter and newspaper cuttings relating to his death in a ...PR89/088
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Farnington, Charles James Wilson (Colonel)
Private Record
Maker: Farnington, Charles James Wilson
A series of seventeen letters written by Charles Farnington to his family in mid 1937 while in London as a member of the 1937 contingent for the coronation of King George VI.PR01699
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Flight Lieutenant Latham Carr Withall
Art
Maker: Coward, James
This portrait of Flight Lieutenant Latham Carr Whithall was made prior to the Second World War at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. At this time, Flight Lieutenant Whithall was a member of the No 19 Squadron ...ART28487.001
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Forster, David (Engine Room Artificer HMAS Otway, RAN b.1886)
Private Record
Maker: Forster, David
CERTIFICATES OF SERVICE IN BOTH THE RN AND RAN, 1903-1931 WITH PARTICULAR SERVICE ON SUBMARINES. ALSO INCLUDES A NATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES CERTIFICATE FOR QUALIFIED WARDENSPR88/077
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Full dress helmet : Field Marshal Lord Birdwood, Household Cavalry
Heraldry
Maker: Hawkes & Co Ltd
German silver full dress helmet with silver, gilt and enamel plate, gilt tudor rose bosses and decoration down back, gilt star and ball on top surmounted by a hollow German silver spike to take plume....RELAWM15254.006
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Gellibrand, Sir John (Major General, b.1872 - d.1945) KCB, DSO, DSM
Private Record
Maker: Gellibrand, John
Diaries covering training at Sandhurst, examinations and life in the 1st Lancashire Regiment. Gives details of training. Notebook of draft letters to Bean and Laverton and family history notes. Letter...3DRL/7446
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General officer's gold braid aiguillette : General Sir Harry Chauvel
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Decorative shoulder cords of plaited round gold cord with crimson silk or cotton thread incorporated into the cord. Some sections of cord are plaited together and loops are formed with single sections...REL/04261.001
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Jones, George, Sir (Air Marshal, KBE, DFC, CB)
Manuscript
Maker: Jones, George
Autobiographical memoir covering early life, experience with Light Horse and Flying Corps during WW1, subsequent career with RAAF between WW1 and WW2, role during WW2 and conflicts in Korea and Malaya...MSS0738
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Laverton, Vic. 1934-11-10. Informal portrait of `Jimmy' Melrose talking with his mother who is ...
Photograph
Laverton, Vic. 1934-11-10. Informal portrait of `Jimmy' Melrose talking with his mother who is seated in an arm chair outdoors on the occasion of the England to Australia Centenary Air Race. Melrose w...P02172.001
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Leonard, Henry Goldsmith (Lieutenant, b.1887 - d.1940)
Private Record
Maker: Various Leonard, Henry Goldsmith
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Henry Goldsmith Leonard, Royal Naval Reserve. Collection consists of a leather-bound album with gold finishing containing photographs (...PR06098
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Lynam, Mervin Lorn
Manuscript
Maker: Lynam, Mervin Lorn
Manuscript titled `A knockabout sort of a fellow' - Lynam's autobiography of his varied life which included a stint in the peacetime RAN and British Army before his World War II RAN service. His dutie...MSS1257
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Masters, Frederick D (Corporal, 28th Bn, AIF b.1870 - d.1941)
Private Record
Maker: Masters, Frederick D
DIARY WITH BRIEF ENTRIES COVERING EMBARKATION AND VOYAGE, POSTING IN FRANCE AND RETURN TO AUSTRALIA INVALIDED 1916-1917. ALSO PAYBOOK, CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE, REPATRIATION COMMISSION RECORDS, TRAIN ...PR86/041
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McCrudden, John Charles Reginald (3367, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, b.1894, d.1937)
Manuscript
Maker: Richardson, David
'The McCrudden Gun', a history of the guns designed and built by J C R McCrudden. At the conclusion of the First World War, in an attempt to replace the Lewis gun, McCrudden designed a light, quick-f...MSS1944
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Minature medals : C E W Bean
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Six miniature medals with silk ribbons, swing mounted on a bar with brooch pin back. The medals are: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal 1914-20, Victory Medal with mention in despatches oak leaf, George ...REL39655
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NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND, 1935. HMAS SYDNEY ON THE STOCKS IN THE WALLSEND ON TYNE SHIPYARDS ...
Photograph
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND, 1935. HMAS SYDNEY ON THE STOCKS IN THE WALLSEND ON TYNE SHIPYARDS OF SWAN HUNTER & WIGHAM RICHARDSON LTD. HMAS SYDNEY WAS ORIGINALLY LAID DOWN AS HMS PHAETON AND WAS PURC...P01617.009
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Nivison-Smith, Albert R (Flying Officer, Attached RAF, d.1940)
Private Record
Maker: Nivison-Smith, Albert R
LETTERS DESCRIBING DUTY WITH THE RAF AND WITH FAMILY NEWS WRITTEN BETWEEN 1936-1940, CHRISTMAS CARD, ROLL OF HONOUR LEAFLET AND CHURCH NEWSLETTER. F/O NIVISON-SMITH LATER DIED IN AN AIR ACCIDENT IN 19...PR86/346
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Pattern 07 bayonet, 2nd Military District : Private H J Alchin, 27 Battalion
Technology
Maker: Small Arms Factory, Lithgow
Wooden handled Pattern 07 bayonet. Serial '39625' is impressed into the pommel; while the crossguard is impressed: '2nd M.D. 40304'. The blade is impressed '1916' and 'Lithgow' on one side and with a ...REL40236
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Piper, Thomas Henry (Captain, b.1891 - d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Piper, Thomas Henry
Piper's autobiography concentrates on his First World War service with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) and his time as a prisoner of war of the Turks. Brief mention is...PR87/123
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Pixley, Norman Stewart, CMG, MBE, VRD (Commander, b: 1898)
Manuscript
Maker: Pixley, Norman Stewart
'The Queensland Marine Defence Force' by N.S. Pixley. This manuscript is a history of the Queensland Marine Defence Force from its inception in 1882 on the recommendations of Sir William Jervois until...MSS1220
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Plume for Household Cavalry helmet : Field Marshal Lord Birdwood
Heraldry
Maker: Hawkes & Co Ltd
Scarlet yak hair plume in gilded metal holder, with large gilt tudor rose boss at the top of the plume. To fit into socket on full dress Household Cavalry helmet RELAWM15254.006.RELAWM15254.007
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PRESTON, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, 1936. PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF EDWARD WOODS. THE LOYAL REGIMENT, ...
Photograph
PRESTON, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, 1936. PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF EDWARD WOODS. THE LOYAL REGIMENT, NORTH LANCASHIRES.P00254.001
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Scabbard Mark II. for Sword Bayonet, Pattern 1907, Mark I.
Technology
Maker: Small Arms Factory, Lithgow
Pattern 07 Bayonet Scabbard. Black leather with a steel chape and tear drop locket.REL/10231.002
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Slouch hat with emu plume : General Sir Harry Chauvel
Heraldry
Maker: Hatcraft Pty Ltd
Khaki fur felt slouch hat with brim bound with khaki cotton grosgrain ribbon, a khaki polished cotton five-fold puggaree and a pair of ventilation eyelets on either side of the crown. The left brim tu...REL/04263.001
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Squadrons and aircraft of the RFC, RNAS and RAF from 1912-1946 /by Peter M H Lewis
Private Record
Maker: Lewis, Peter M H
Bound typed manuscript of approximately 800 pages. Cover title: 'The original works of Peter Lewis: squadrons and aircrafts of the RFC, RNAS and RAF, 1918 - 1946.' The manuscript was published in Engl...PR01744
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STOCKBRIDGE, ENGLAND. 1933. GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CREW OF HMAS VOYAGER. HMAS VOYAGER, ONE OF ...
Photograph
STOCKBRIDGE, ENGLAND. 1933. GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CREW OF HMAS VOYAGER. HMAS VOYAGER, ONE OF THE FOUR DESTROYERS OF THE `SCRAP-IRON FLOTILLA', WAS LENT TO AUSTRALIA IN 1933 AND THESE SAILORS ARE THE...P01476.001
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Treacy, John (Lieutenant, 3 Sqn, AFC b.1895 - d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Treacy, John
FLYING LOGBOOK MAINTAINED DURING TRAINING AND WITH POSTING TO 3 SQN, PILOT'S CERTIFICATE AND GROUND ENGINEER'S LICENCE, CORRESPONDENCE WITH W EVANS CONCERNING THE DEATH OF BARON VON RICHTHOFEN, PHOTOG...PR82/173
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Vickers Pedersen T2E1 Experimental Rifle
Technology
Vickers Pedersen T2E1 experimental rifle. Receiver marked PEDERSEN SELFLOADER PA VICKERS-ARMSTRONGS LTD. Fore-end marked H/Q 1w in red paint. This weapon is complete and has a brown leather sling.REL24884
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Wallet 2 of 2 - Diary and memoir of General Sir John Gordon Noel Wilton (b. 1910 – d. 1981)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Wilton, John Gordon Noel
Diary and memoir of General Sir John Gordon Noel Wilton (b. 1910 – d. 1981) Wallet 2 of 2 - Sir Wilton commenced the diary around 1936, while serving with the 10th Mountain Battery at Maymyo, Burma....AWM2020.22.25
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Wallet 2 of 2 - Memoir of Basil Theodore Brewster, 1981
Digitised Collection
Maker: Brewster, Basil Theodore
Collection relating to the military service of Commander Basil Theodore Brewster DSC, Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy, written 1981. Wallet 2 of 2 – This wallet contains half of the typescript ...AWM2020.22.170
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White , Richard
Manuscript
"Bluebells in Fogtown : Australians' first impressions of England 1860-1940". Examines the first impressions of some Australians who made the journey to London between 1860 and 1940. This group includ...MSS1066