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  1. Fitzgerald, Leonard Doolan (Stoker, b.1921 - d.1982)

    Private Record

    Maker: Fitzgerald, Leonard Doolan

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of R23604 Stoker Leonard Doolan Fitzgerald, HMAS Sydney (1935-1941), Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Mediterranean Sea, 1940-1941. Wallet 1 of 1 – Col...

    PR05500

  2. Scudds, Frederick William (Leading Seaman, b.1918 - d.2005)

    Private Record

    Maker: Scudds, Frederick William

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of 20733 Leading Seaman Frederick William Scudds, HMAS Sydney (1935-1941), Royal Australian Navy, Mediterranean Sea, 1940. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collecti...

    AWM2017.1001.2

  3. Sinking of the Southland

    Art

    Maker: Leist, Fred

    Depicts the sinking of the HMT Southland in the Aegean Sea, with the soldiers from 2nd Australian Division taking to and waiting for lifeboats or jumping overboard. Part of deck of the SS Southland is...

    ART09829

  4. The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of Captain William Johnstone Knox, 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, AIF, First World War.

    Film

    Maker: Australian War Memorial

    The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth...

    AWM2017.1.232

  5. Wallet 1 of 1 - Diary of George Ireland Woodgate, January - August 1941

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Woodgate, George Ireland

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of 19590 Petty Officer George Ireland Woodgate, HMAS Perth, Royal Australian Navy, At sea, 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 - Contains a handwritten diary kept ...

    AWM2020.22.302

  6. Wallet 1 of 1 - Diary of Leonard Doolan Fitzgerald, 1940-1941

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Fitzgerald, Leonard Doolan

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of R23604 Stoker Leonard Doolan Fitzgerald, HMAS Sydney (1935-1941), Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Mediterranean Sea, 1940-1941. Wallet 1 of 1 – Col...

    AWM2020.7.70

  7. Wallet 1 of 1 - Letters from Frederick William Scudds to his family, 1940

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Scudds, Frederick William

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of 20733 Leading Seaman Frederick William Scudds, HMAS Sydney (1935-1941), Royal Australian Navy, Mediterranean Sea, 1940. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collecti...

    AWM2020.7.68

  8. Wallet 1 of 1 – Typescript address, 'The Landing', given to students at Royal Military College Duntroon by Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, 24 April 1923

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)

    Wallet 1 of 1 – Typescript address, 'The Landing', given to students at Royal Military College Duntroon, 24 April 1923. This collection consists of two typescripts of 'The Landing', an address given ...

    AWM2020.22.123

  9. Woodgate, George Ireland (Petty Officer, b.1914 - d.1942)

    Private Record

    Maker: Woodgate, George Ireland

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of 19590 Petty Officer George Ireland Woodgate, HMAS Perth, Royal Australian Navy, At sea, 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 - Contains a handwritten diary kept ...

    AWM2017.99.1

  10. Wrist watch : Captain George Furner Langley, 21st Battalion, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Wrist watch with white dial and black numerals, contained in a brown leather cover with wrist strap. The hands and protective mesh cover are missing.

    REL49309

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