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Art
Maker: Cross, Stan
A cartoon-style image depicting the UK's patriotic symbol John Bull standing at the bow of a small boat ("New Methods"). He is levelling a harpoon at the water below, swarming with metallic submarine-...ART19733
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Aircraft carrier, Sydney Harbour
Art
Maker: Ragless, Max
A carrier is being turned in the Sydney Harbour by tug boats. The carrier is one of the Royal Navy units serving with the British Pacific Fleet.ART26029
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Aircraft Landing Compass (England)
Technology
Maker: Henry Hughes & Sons Ltd
Handheld magnetic compass type 06, AM REF 6A/0473, Serial number 16999H with wooden handle (with battery cavity for illumination) and sighting prism. The compass is painted dark grey and inscribed 2/4...REL/16875
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Aircraft rigging turnbuckle
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Cylindrical turnbuckle 70 mm long, made from steel. Internal threads on both hollow ends. A raised central element is ribbed, such that the user may grip and turn the item.REL49175
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Aircraft Temperature gauge - British
Technology
Maker: S.Smith and Sons Ltd
Temperature gauge in a brass case. A thermostat is attached to the guage via a 3mm diameter copper tube. The tube is coiled for storage. The face of the instrument is marked : S. Smith & Sons...REL/07260
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A native of Woolloomooloo
Art
Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Paper sculpture of a convalescing soldier, with crutches and a broken leg, seated on a park bench with an elderly English civilian dressed in top hat and tails, with his walking stick alongside him. T...ART40956
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Anchor from Short Sunderland Flying Boat P9605 : 10 Squadron RAAF
Technology
Maker: Short Brothers
Anchor from Sunderland flying boat P9605 of No. 10 Squadron RAAFRELAWM34513
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Armband: Mobile - VAD - Grade 1 N M Finner
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blue cotton drill armband with embroidered 'MOBILE VAD' badge. The armband is fitted with a chrome-plated buckle.REL26308.002
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Ashtray formed from the copper dome of Point Helles Lighthouse : Bombadier H J Burnett, 2nd Battery, 1st Artillery Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Cleall, E H
Circular copper ashtray in a low profile, flat-based dish form, with evidence of extensive hammering used to form the shape. The original copper sheet which formed the basis of this ashtray appears to...REL/00417
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Ashtray formed from the copper dome of the Cape Helles lighthouse : Major R L R Rabett, 1 Field Artillery Brigade AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Cleall, E H
Circular copper ashtray in a low profile, flat-based dish form, with evidence of extensive hammering used to form the shape. The original copper sheet which formed the basis of this ashtray appears to...REL/00712
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Australian Light Horse and British troops in the town of Es Salt, showing the post office on the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Australian Light Horse and British troops in the town of Es Salt, showing the post office on the left.B00064
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Australian Naval Officer's Sword Case : Vice Admiral Sir Henry McKay Burrell, Royal Australian Navy
Heraldry
Chamois lined black oilskin sword case.REL/06630.002
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Autographed Other Ranks British Army greatcoat : Lieutenant Colonel R A W Whitby, 143 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Other Ranks British Army pattern single-breasted khaki greatcoat, secured with 5 plastic buttons. The left breast features the regimental badge of the Royal Corps of Signals. The greatcoat is decorate...REL/00145
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Badge : Sister A L Jones, Princess Christian Army Nursing Service Reserve
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular silver badge for the Princess Christian Army Nursing Service Reserve. The badge features a large cross in the centre, with a coronet at the end of each arm. In the quarters formed by the cros...REL/04568
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Barometer : HMS Intrepid
Heraldry
Maker: Casella, L
Maritime barometer with engine-divided dial calibrated in inches of mercury with a range from 24 31, having stations at inches and 10th, divided to 1/50ths. The silvered face is marked ‘L.Casella. Mak...REL/01976
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Basket from a British observation balloon
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Damaged wicker and wood observation balloon basket.RELAWM04807.001
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Bomb, HE, Cooper, 20 lb
Technology
Cooper 20 pound aerial bomb. The bomb is made from steel and has four tail fins. The nose cone has a No 7 T fuze attached. A removable nose cone cover is screwed onto the nose. The bomb is painted bro...REL/16091
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Bomb, HE, Cooper, 20 lb Mk 1
Technology
British Steel-cased aerial bomb with four thin sheet metal fins mounted on a wooden tail. The bomb is fitted with a metal protective nose cap over a Cooper fuse. The bomb retains its original dark ta...RELAWM04790
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Bomb, HE, Hales, 20 lb
Technology
Aerial bomb, with steel, pear shaped body, to which is fitted a flanged aluminium holder for the tail fins and vanes which rotate to activate a fuzing mechanism. The bomb has been sectioned to reveal...RELAWM04787
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Bomb release button, lead and plug from Lancaster bomber W4783 'G for George'
Technology
Black bakelite button unit of 30mm diameter (Air Ministry stores reference 5C/844) mounted on a small aluminium plate with one mounting hole, joined to a 5-pin plug (stores reference 5D/519) by an ele...RELAWM34734
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British aircraft fabric with painted national roundel.
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Piece of aircraft linen fabric (38 X 45-cm) recovered from a British aircraft "brought down before our trenches". The fabric is painted P.C.10 (khaki) and bears a painted blue/white/red roundel (40-cm...REL/01324
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1.[British and Soviet troops in Persia] 2. [The new Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi takes over the throne of Persia]. (Extracts from Movietone News newsreels, 1941)
Film
1. British and Soviet troops in Persia. 2. The new Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi takes over the throne of Persia.F03512
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British army Brodie-style helmet with ribbed dome found at Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
An early British privately made Brodie style mild-steel helmet with a ribbed dome, and two vent holes on either side. The liner is still present and is coming away on one side. Its cotton drawstring i...REL/00979
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British body armour : Australian Imperial Force, Polygon Wood
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Private purchase body armour vest consisting of thin metal armour plates held within khaki coloured cotton fabric pockets. A pair of thin straps with adjustable brass buckles ensure that the armour p...RELAWM07608
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British Constabulary and Prison Warder's sidearm and scabbard
Technology
British Constabulary and Prison Warder's sidearm and scabbard. The brass hilt is a D shape stirrup type guard with a ribbed fishskin grip. There is a spring catch on the inner side of the cross guard ...RELAWM19040
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British Constabulary and Prison Warder's Sidearm and Scabbard
Technology
British Constabulary and Prison Warder's sidearm and scabbard. The brass hilt is a D shape stirrup type guard, stamped 930, with a ribbed fishskin grip. There is a spring catch (broken) on the inner s...RELAWM19039
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British improvised sign, 'Nach Corbie' [to Corbie] and 'HAMEL' : Cerisy, France
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British improvised sign constructed from three pieces of untreated wood nailed to a post with 'Nach Corbie' and a right facing arrow stencilled in black paint. 'Nach' has been added later and is dark...RELAWM00853
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British Infantry Hanger
Technology
British Infantry Hanger. The brass hilt has a three bar half basket guard which has the outer bar broken off from the oval pommel and is engraved 94/C/1. The brass grip is a spiral design. The curved ...REL/16738
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British Pattern 1822 Artillery Officers Sword and Scabbard
Technology
Pattern 1822 Artillery Officers Sword and Scabbard. Steel three bar hilt and back strap with a wire bound fishskin grip. The slightly curved blade has a single fuller to each side to within eleven inc...REL/07011
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British Pattern 1822 Artillery Officers Sword and Scabbard : British Volunteer Artillery
Technology
Pattern 1822 Volunteer Artillery Officers Sword and Scabbard. Steel three bar hilt and back strap with a wire bound fishskin grip. A brown woven leather sword knot is attached to the slot on the hilt ...REL/01196
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British Pattern 1822 Artillery Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Colonel G J Johnston, Royal Australian Artillery
Technology
Pattern 1822 Artillery Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel plated three bar guard and backstrap. The fishskin grip is bound with silver wire and there is a brown leather sword knot att...RELAWM30904
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British Pattern 1912 Cavalry Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Lieutenant J H Nott, 4 Light Horse Regiment, AIF
Technology
British Pattern 1912 Cavalry Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel plated steel bowl guard decorated on the outside with a scroll design and has a sword knot slot near the pommel. It is ...REL/04218
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British Pattern 1822 Cavalry Sword and Scabbard : Sergeant A. J. Watts, Victorian Mounted Rifles
Technology
Pattern 1822 Cavalry sword and scabbard. Steel three bar hilt and back strap with a brass wire bound fishskin grip. A white leather sword knot is attached to the guard. The slightly curved blade has a...REL/09366
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British Pattern 1899 Cavalry Troopers Sword and Scabbard : British 18 Hussars Regiment
Technology
British Pattern 1899 cavalry troopers sword and scabbard. The guard is sheet steel with a sword knot slit near the pommel and has a pear shaped reinforcing washer on the outside around the blade. It i...REL/16732
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British Pattern 1853 Cavalry Trooper's Sword : Royal Horse Artillery
Technology
British Pattern 1853 Cavalry Trooper's sword. The hilt has a three bar steel guard engraved RHA K 117 and the grips are compressed black checkered (worn) leather rivetted to the tang. The curved blade...REL/16922
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British Pattern 1858 Cutlass Bayonet
Technology
British Pattern 1858 cutlass bayonet with a long curved blade and a double edge for about 280 mm to tip. Blade stamped A&E.H within an oval and has a Solingen proof mark. Muzzle ring diameter: 20.5 mm...REL/12077
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British Pattern 1875 Cutlass : Royal Navy
Technology
British Pattern 1875 Cutlass. The hilt is the British 1842 Pattern sheet steel type with a cast iron grip and has a copper diamond shape plate with '26' riveted to the front edge of the guard. The fla...RELAWM14210.001
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British Pattern 1875 Henry Rifle Sawback Bayonet and Scabbard
Technology
British Pattern 1875 1st Model Henry Rifle Sawback Bayonet and Scabbard. The straight crossguard stamped RA35, has a muzzle ring diameter of 22.1 mm and a spade shaped quillon. The leather grips are s...REL23993
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British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer's Sword and Scabbard
Technology
British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel plated three quarter 'scroll' pattern pierced sheet steel guard with the GVR royal cypher and is stamped 3MD 495 10/13. ...REL/07210
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British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Captain G R Thompson, MC, Australian Engineers, AIF
Technology
British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel plated three quarter 'scroll' pattern pierced sheet steel guard with the GVR royal cypher, stamped 760 and a checkered b...REL/13805
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British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officers Sword and Scabbard : Indian Army
Technology
Maker: Robert Mole & Son
British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer Sword. The hilt has a three quarter 'scroll' pattern pierced sheet steel guard with the GRI royal cypher, stamped HKN on the inside and a wire bound fishskin grip...REL/07209
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British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer's Sword and Scabbard : 52 Infantry Regiment, Australian Army
Technology
British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel plated three quarter 'scroll' pattern pierced sheet steel guard with the GVR royal cypher and is stamped 3MD 271 10/13. ...REL/14088
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British Pattern 1845 Infantry Officer Sword and Scabbard
Technology
British Pattern 1845 Infantry Officer's Sword. The hilt is the half basket 1822 Pattern of gilded brass with a crown over the VR royal cypher as a cartouche badge and has a fold down inner edge. The g...RELAWM12929
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British Pattern 1845 Infantry Officer Sword and Scabbard : New South Wales Military Forces
Technology
Pattern 1845 Infantry Officer's Sword and scabbard. The hilt is a brass half basket 1822 Pattern with the badge of New South Wales and the fishskin grip is bound with brass wire. The blade is broken i...REL/01111
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British Pattern 1831 Lord Lieutenant's Mameluke Dress Sword : Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, Governor General of Australia
Technology
Maker: Anderson & Son, London
British Pattern 1831 Lord Lieutenant's Dress Sword. The gilded hilt is the mameluke style with a rose, shamrock and thistle on both sides of the cross guard in silver. The plain unfullered blade, wit...REL/01108.001
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British Pattern 1891 Naval Officers Dress Sword and Scabbard : Commander L. C. Rowland, Royal Navy
Technology
Pattern 1891 Naval Officers Dress Sword. The hilt is a small gilt/brass solid half basket type with the crowned anchor RNR cartouche badge and the lion head backstrap pommel. The back edge of the guar...REL/13213
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British Pattern 1891/1927 Naval Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Vice Admiral Sir Henry McKay Burrell, Royal Australian Navy
Technology
Pattern 1891/1927 Naval Officer's Sword and Scabbard. The hilt is a small gilt/brass solid half basket type with the Tudor crowned anchor cartouche badge and the lion head backstrap pommel. The back e...REL/06630.001
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British Pattern 1897 Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Colonel H. S. Blaydes, Third Battalion, East Kent Regiment
Technology
British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel plated three quarter 'scroll' pattern pierced sheet steel guard with the VR royal cypher. The grip is wire bound black...RELAWM14942
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British Pattern 1827 Rifle Regiment Presentation Sword and Scabbard : Sergeant Major T Baynes, New South Wales Volunteer Rifles
Technology
British Pattern 1827 Rifle Regiment presentation sword and scabbard. The hilt is a steel gothic pattern guard with a cartouche badge of a crown over VR over a thistle, rose and shamrock. The grip is f...REL/16133
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British Pattern 1858 Second Model Artillery Carbine : Tasmanian Volunteer Artillery
Technology
British Pattern 1858 Second Model, percussion, single shot, artillery carbine. The lock is engraved ISSAC HOLLIS & SONS late HOLLIS & SHEATH BIRMINGHAM. MAKERS TO HER MAJESTY'S WAR DEPARTMENT. The tan...REL/04838
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British Pattern 1827 Volunteer Naval Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Victorian Colonial Navy
Technology
Pattern 1827 Volunteer Naval Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt is a small silver plate solid half basket type with a the Victoria crowned anchor cartouche badge and the back edge of the guard fol...REL/19343
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British Sergeant awarded Victoria Cross
Film
General Alexander inspects the Irish guards before the invasion of Italy and presents the Victoria Cross to Sergeant Kennelly.F00840
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British sign board, 'To Runner Post', Le Verguier
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised British sign board 'To Runner Post'. The sign consists of a wooden horizontal panel affixed to a rough, crooked wooden post. 'TO RUNNER POST' and an arrow pointing to the right are painted ...RELAWM00999
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Brothers in arms
Art
Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Paper sculpture depicting an Australian and a British (Scottish) soldier marching together. The Scottish soldier wears a kilt and is playing the bagpipes. The Australian soldier has a rifle over his s...ART40947
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Bullet riddled Halifax bomber turret door - Warrant Officer N F Williams, 35 Squadron RAF
Technology
Maker: Handley Page Ltd
Bullet riddled door from the rear turret of a Handley Page Halifax bomber which bombed Dusseldorf on the night of 11/12 June 1943.RELAWM34748
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Caldwell, David Wallis (b.1892 - d.1917)
Private Record
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2nd Lieutenant David Wallis Caldwell, 27 Battalion, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1917. Collection consists of 37 letters written home to his mother...1DRL/0176
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Camouflage : British parapet observation post, disguised as coil of barbed wire
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Engineers
Non-reinforced observation post consisting of a wooden base made with four boards creating a frame. The interior sides of the frame have been cut to form a circular hole, large enough to fit a head th...RELAWM04483
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Camouflage : Set of 17 metal camouflage paint sample plates
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Set of seventeen (17) rectangular metal camouflage paint sample plates or swatches, each 156 mm x 84 mm. Each plate has a hole punched into the top centre and an aluminium filing pin passes through th...REL/16500
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Cased Colt 1851 Navy Model Revolver
Technology
Cased Colt 1851 Navy Model single action, six shot revolver. Barrel top marked ADDRESS COL. COLT LONDON. The cylinder has a naval engagement scene of 1843. The grips are two piece plain wood. Most of ...REL/10149
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Chape for scabbard: British Pattern 1831 Lord Lieutenant's Mameluke Dress Sword, Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, Governor General of Australia
Heraldry
Maker: Anderson & Son, London
Chape for scabbard for British Pattern 1831 Lord Lieutenant's Dress Sword. The scabbard is black leather with two loose brass hanger rings of which the top one is attached to the locket. The scabbard ...REL/01108.006.002
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Commemorative china cup and saucer : Sydney Emden battle.
Heraldry
Maker: Samuel Radford Ltd
Commemorative white china cup and saucer. The cup is printed with a depiction of HMAS Sydney beneath crossed British and Australian flags. A wreath is superimposed on the crossed staffs and above it ...REL/07779
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Commemorative Teapot
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Commemorative white china teapot with fine gold decoration. One side bears an image of General Hector Macdonald above two crossed flags, a Union Jack and a White Ensign, with the words 'FIGHTING MAC' ...REL/10677
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Corporal James (Jim) H Tansley interviewed by Peter H Liddle about his service with the 6th Yorks and Lancaster Battalion, British Army, on Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War
Sound
Maker: Tansley, James H Liddle, Peter Hammond
Pre-war work on the railways; divisional training in England; first landing at Lemnos; landing rehearsals; advances and retreats at Gallipoli; wounded at Gallipoli and return to England; joined 10th Y...S01728
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Corporal Ronald Kenneth Cashman MM, Royal Australian Infantry Corps, interviewed by Bill Bunbury in 1998 on his service during the Korean War, 1951-1953.
Sound
Maker: Cashman, Ronald Kenneth Bunbury, Bill Bunbury, Bill
Recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National 'Hindsight' for the program 'Korea, 1950-1953, The Forgotten War'. Reasons for enlisting to go to Korea; knowledge of Korea a...S01905
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Cross belt plate: 40th Regiment of Foot, British Army, C 1850
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass casting of a 40th Regiment of Foot cross belt plate. Casting is 67mm wide, and 87mm high, and 1mm thick. The casting is poorly executed, with little defined detail in the exterior visible side...REL/00019
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Crossley 20/25 Aviation Wagon
Technology
Crossley 20/25 aviation tender of rivetted and bolted construction and finished in gloss khaki with a green canvas canopy. Extensively restored. The vehicle has all round leaf spring suspension and n...REL/16274.001
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Diary entries of Ion Llewellyn Idriess, 8 June - 16 August 1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Idriess, Ion Llewellyn
Diary entries of Trooper Ion Llewellyn Idriess, written on loose paper with YMCA letterhead. These entries are dated 8 June 1917 and 16 August 1917.RCDIG0000647
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Dunkirk doll : Dorothy Evelyn Dray, British Auxiliary Territorial Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Moulded composition baby doll with moveable arms and legs. The doll is thickly painted in flesh tones, with brown hair, blue eyes and a red mouth. She is dressed in hand made clothes; a red cotton pet...REL30465
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Electric torch : Sergeant G A U'Ren, 8 Field Company Engineers, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Efandem Co Ltd
British hand torch 250mm in length and powered by four dry cell batteries. Bullseye lens over a small bulb. Spring loaded on/off button located directly behind the lens. Metal tubular body is heavily ...RELAWM04186
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Engine ID Plate from Mark IV Tank 'Adventuress'
Technology
Engine Identification plate, pierced on all four corners for screw or rivets, and inscribed with the following: When ordering spares, quote car and list nos. Type: 105 Rth / Car No 28098/ List No 17...RELAWM00648.003
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Engine ID Plate from MK IV Tank 'Adventuress'
Technology
Maker: Daimler Company Limited
Engine I.D. plate featuring white lettering on a red background surrounded by a white border. The inscription reads: Manufactured / under license from / Knight and Kilbourne Patents Company / by / The...RELAWM00648.002
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English and Australians watching open air movie, As Sayliyah Qatar
Art
Maker: Miller, Lewis
Depicts English and Australian soldiers watching an open air movie, As Sayliyah Qatar. Lewis Miller was appointed official war artist in April 2003 to document Australia's involvement in the Second Gu...ART92025
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Enid Edmeades Ratcliff as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett
Sound
Maker: Ratcliff, Enid Edmeades Bassett, Jan
Early life; nursing training; joining the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in 1940, sent to Gaza in Palestine with the 2/2nd Australian General Hospital; conditions in Gaza; ailments of patients...S01806
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[Extracts from Japanese newsreels covering occupied Netherlands East Indies, Solomons campaign, Burma and occupied Singapore] (Dai Toa Nyusu No. 2 = Greater East Asia News No. 2)
Film
Maker: Nippon Eigasha
Dai Toa Nyusu (Greater East Asia News) produced by Nippon Eigasha (Japanese Film Company) for screening in Japanese occupied Netherlands East Indies. Topics covered are; 1. Japanese Aichi Navy Type 0 ...F06922
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Fencing Musket Mark X Bayonet Practice Rifle
Technology
Fencing Musket Mark X, Bayonet Practice Rifle. Wooden half stock with a steel tube barrel that has a retracting, spring loaded button ended rod as the bayonet. The wrist of the stock is checkered, the...REL/16433
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Flag: British White Ensign: made at 105-Kilo POW Camp, Burma Railway: autographed
Heraldry
British White Ensign - 1939-1945 War, in the shape of the Royal Navy White Ensign.REL/03628
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Flag : Union Jack signed by British and Australian Servicemen, December 1941
Heraldry
Union Jack with signatures of members of AIF and British units. Origin unknown.REL/00017
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Fort Macquarie
Art
Maker: Ragless, Max
View from Fort Macquarie (Bennelong Point) of Sydney Harbour showing a heavy cruiser of the British Pacific Fleet at anchor.ART26028
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Four Colour German Lozenge camouflage aircraft fabric
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Piece of pre-printed lozenge fabric from German aircraft. Lozenge fabric comprised pre-printed polygons that vary in size and are approximately 290 mm long and 150 mm wide. The polygons are irregular...REL/01323
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Portrait of two unidentified soldiers, possibly British. From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 ...P10550.688
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Group portrait of two unidentified Australian soldiers, one a sergeant (left), with a British soldier (centre). From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette ...P10550.618
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Unidentified British soldier in a Royal Army Medical Corps Napier 16/22 motor ambulance. From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt...P10550.152
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Group portrait of two unidentified Australian soldiers and a British soldier (centre). From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, ...P10550.622
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Group portrait of two unidentified Australian soldiers, both corporals; and an unidentified British soldier, a lance corporal from the Royal Army Medical Corps. (See also P10550.602) From the Thuilli...P10550.584
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Group portrait of four unidentified British soldiers in front of a Royal Army Medical Corps Napier motor ambulance. From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoine...P10550.145
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Group portrait of three unidentified soldiers. Possibly British. From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the perio...P10550.095
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Portrait of an unidentified British soldier in front of backdrop. From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the per...P10550.148
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Portrait of two unidentified officers. On the left is possibly a British officer and on the right is a French officer wearing collar insignia of an English interpreter. From the Thuillier collection...P10550.650
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Portrait of an unidentified British soldier from the Royal Engineers on a despatch motorcycle. From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vign...P10550.149
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Group portrait of six unidentified Australian and British soldiers. The soldier seated front left wears a 1st Division colour patch. There are three Royal Field Artillery men in the photograph. From ...P10550.002
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Group portrait of two unidentified Australian soldiers, both corporals, possibly from the 4th Division; and an unidentified British soldier, a lance corporal from the Royal Army Medical Corps. (See al...P10550.602
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Unidentified member of the British Royal Army Medical Corps Field Ambulance on a motorcycle. From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignac...P10550.117
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Group portrait of three unidentified British soldiers on despatch motorcycles. Two wear Royal Engineer shoulder insignia. From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and An...P10550.147
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Portrait of an unidentified member of the Royal Army Medical Corps possibly attached to the 49th (West Riding) Division on a despatch motorcycle. From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negative...P10550.154
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From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Photograph
Maker: Thuillier, Louis
Group portrait of a British artillery crew with their BL 8-inch howitzer. From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during ...P10550.144
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Fuselage piece of Sunderland P9605 : 10 Squadron RAAF
Technology
Maker: Short Brothers
Piece of fuselage of Sunderland from No. 10. Squadron RAAF, bearing number P. 9605.RELAWM35277
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Gas rattle : British Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular hardwood box structure fitted with a rotating hexagonally shaped handle. A single nail has been hammered through the handle. This handle is secured to the opposite end via a metal axle. A...REL/03912.001
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Gas rattle : British Army
Heraldry
Maker: Gamages
Rectangular hardwood box structure fitted with a rotating hexagonally shaped handle. A single nail has been hammered through the handle. This handle is secured to the opposite end via a metal axle....REL/03912.002
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Gear lever position plate from Mark IV tank 'Adventuress'
Technology
Gear lever position plate from a Mark IV tank. The plate is cast brass, and features the number '2' over the word 'HIGH' Both sides of the late are pierced for screw attachment. There is no evidence...RELAWM00648.004
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German Benz Bz IV aircraft engine data plate
Technology
Maker: Mercedes - Daimler Motoren Gessellschaft
Thin stamped metal data plate 75 mm x 36 mm, from a Benz Bz IV aircraft in line engine. Plate has two holes in short sides to attach to engine. Black with raised type and stamped numbers on raised bas...REL/02824