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related units (16)

  • 23rd Australian Infantry Battalion (3)
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  1. AWM207 861-F3-2 - Headquarters, ANZUK Force, Transport Charges - Inter - School Sporting Fixtures and Visits to Places of Educational Interest

    Digitised Collection

    AWM2019.8.1067

  2. Diary transcript of Percy Ernest Nimmo, 1916-1919

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Nimmo, Percy Ernest

    Diary transcript relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Percy Ernest Nimmo, 48th Infantry Battalion, 11 April 1916 - 3 July 1919. In this diary, Nimmo commences to document his active ...

    AWM2018.19.35

  3. Letter from James Moffat Reid to his nieces, 25 July 1915

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Reid, James Moffat

    Letter relating to the First World War service of Major James Moffat Reid, 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment. In this letter to his nieces, Reid describes how the Regiment had left their horses in E...

    AWM2016.30.10

  4. Letters from Cecil Beaumont Mills to his wife, 1915

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Mills, Cecil Beaumont

    File of letters relating to the First World War service of Second Lieutenant Cecil Beaumont Mills, 23 Infantry Battalion. These letters were written by Mills to his wife between 27 October and 31 Dece...

    AWM2018.785.6

  5. Letters written by Lionel Gordon Short, 1916

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Short, Lionel Gordon

    File of letters relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Lionel Gordon Short, 23rd Infantry Battalion. This file contains both original and typed copied letters. These letters written bet...

    AWM2018.19.44

  6. Letters written by Lionel Gordon Short, 1918-1919

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Short, Lionel Gordon

    File of letters relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Lionel Gordon Short, 23rd Infantry Battalion. This file contains both original and typed copied letters. These letters written bet...

    AWM2018.19.46

  7. Wallet 1 of 2 - Correspondence from Norman Cartmell Heathcote to his family, June 1915 - September 1916

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Heathcote, Norman Cartmell

    Collection relating to the First World War service of 3792 Lieutenant Norman Cartmell Heathcote, 5 Machine Gun Battalion, Australia, At sea, Egypt, France, England and Scotland, 22 June 1915 - 30 Marc...

    AWM2020.7.120

  8. Wallet 1 of 1 - Letters from Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Cecil Maygar to school children, 1915-1917

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Maygar, Leslie Cecil

    Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Cecil Maygar VC, 8 Australian Light Horse Regiment, Turkey, Egypt and Palestine, 1915-1917. Wallet 1 of 1 - Contains tw...

    AWM2021.22.16

  9. Wallet 1 of 1 - Letters related to Richard Marshall and the Evacuation of Cairns, 1939

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Marshall, Richard

    Letters relating to the Second World War service of Richard Marshall, 51st Battalion, Cairns (local militia). As part of his work in the Intelligence Section of the 51st Battalion, Cairns, Marshall pr...

    AWM2018.785.58

  10. Wallet 1 of 2 - Papers relating to life and service of Sir John Gordon Noel Wilton, 1926 - 1981

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: British Government Commonwealth Government of Australia Dunstan, Donald Beaumont United States Department of Defense Unknown Wilton, John Gordon Noel

    Papers relating to the life, Second World War, and Korean War service of General Sir John Gordon Noel Wilton. Wallet 1 of 2 - This wallet contains official papers relating to General Sir John Gordon ...

    AWM2020.22.24

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