Heraldry

Maker: Unknown

Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.

REL/15852.002

Photograph

Album of 40 pages, containing 54 photographs of grave markers in Palestine, taken by SX6671 Private (Pte) Laurence Bernard Ronan, 2/43 Battalion, 9 Division, 2nd AIF. Album cover reads: "My Photo Souv...

P10284

Heraldry

Maker: C G Conn Ltd

Saxophone case bound in black leatherette and bearing a black enamelled nameplate ("CG CONN / BAND INSTRUMENTS / WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURERS / ELKHART, IND., USA") rivetted to the outer lid. All cor...

AWM2020.57.1.1

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown

Standard saxophone mouthpiece, consisting of a plastic fitting with a tapered wooden cane reed clamped to it by a double screwed nickel-plated brass clamp, accompanied by a brass cap. The reed has por...

AWM2020.57.1.4

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown

Standard alto saxophone neck with a cork tipped end for the mounthpiece. Unfortunately the neck is too narrow to slot into the saxophone and must have belonged to another instrument.

AWM2020.57.1.3

Photograph

AT SEA, 1945-06-08. ENSIGN LA BELLE, CAPTAIN AND MEMBER OF THE CREW OF THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 640, WHICH CARRIED A SPECIAL DETAIL OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION TO LABUAN FOR THE OBO...

108839

Photograph

AT SEA, 1945-06-08. JOHN R. BODLE, US NAVY, CUTTING THE HAIR OF SERGEANT D. DUTHRIE, 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION ABOARD THE UNITES STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 640, WHILE EN ROUTE TO LABUAN FOR THEI...

108847

Photograph

AT SEA, 1945-05-31. LANDING VEHICLES TRACKED, CARRYING MEMBERS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION TOWARDS THE SHORE DURING A REHEARSAL FOR THE OBOE 6 OPERATION.

108678

Photograph

AT SEA, 1945-06-08. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN J. THWAITES, RAAF (1) AND PRIVATE M. GOLEDGE (2) AND SERGEANT R. ABRAHAM (3) OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION, HAVING BREAKFAST ABOARD THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHI...

108845

Photograph

AT SEA, 1945-06-08. MEMBERS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION ATTENDING MESS PARADE WITH THEIR LIFE JACKETS ABOARD THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 640, WHILE EN ROUTE FOR LABUAN FOR THEIR PART ...

108844

Photograph

AT SEA, 1945-06-08. MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL DETAIL OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION, ENJOYING THEIR RATIONS ABOARD THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 640, DESPITE THEIR UNCOMFORTABLE LIFEJACKETS, ...

108840

Photograph

AT SEA, 1945-06-08. MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL DETAIL OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION, RELAXING, DESPITE BAD WEATHER, ON THE DECK OF THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 649, WHICH IS TAKING THEM TO L...

108842

Photograph

AT SEA, 1945-06-08. PRIVATE (PTE) L. COX (1), PTE R. GIBBON (2) AND PTE W. NOTTAGE (3) MEMBERS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION, CHECKING THEIR WEAPONS ABOARD THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 6...

108846

Photograph

AT SEA, 1945-06-08. SX9364 LIEUTENANT COLONEL MERVYN RODERICK JEANES, CO 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION (2), USING THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM WHILE EN ROUTE TO LABUAN TO GIVE HIS BATTALION THE COMPLETE PLAN...

108838

Photograph

AT SEA, 1945-06-08. THE TWIN 40MM BOFORS OF THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 640, WHICH IS CARRYING TROOPS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION TO LABUAN FOR THEIR PART IN THE OBOE 6 OPERATION. BAL...

108849

Photograph

AT SEA, 1945-06-08. THE USS 447, CONVOY ESCORT DESTROYER OF THE US NAVY, PASSING MESSAGES ALONG A LINE TO THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 640, WHICH HAS TROOPS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION...

108843

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown

Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.

REL/15852.006

Digitised Collection

RCDIG1020292

Photograph

BEAUFORT AREA, BORNEO. 1945-08-06. MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION HAVING THEIR LUNCH ON A RUBBER PLANTATION NEAR THE TOWN.

113593

Photograph

BEAUFORT AREA, BORNEO. 1945-08-06. MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION HAVING THEIR LUNCH ON A RUBBER PLANTATION NEAR THE TOWN.

113592