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Barker, James L (Private, 55th Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Barker, James L
DIARY WITH BRIEF ENTRIES DESCRIBING JOURNEY TO EGYPT VIA COLOMBO AND SUEZ CANAL, ACTION IN TURKEY AND MOVEMENT AND ACTION IN FRANCEPR86/367
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Berryman, Gilbert (Private, b.1897 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Berryman, Gilbert
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1879 Private Gilbert Berryman, 55 Battalion, 1917-1938. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of letters and other documents related to the death of Private B...PR88/210
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1. Bishop, Raymond Charles (Private, b.? - d.1916); 2. Bishop, Harold McKay (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Bishop, Harold McKay Bishop, Raymond Charles
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Harold McKay Bishop, 3 Battalion and 3761 Private Raymond Charles Bishop, 55 Battalion, France 1916. Collection contains an account of...1DRL/0123
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Brown, Francis Cecil (Private, b.? - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Francis Cecil
Collection relating to service of 3212 Private Francis Cecil Brown, 55 Battalion, Egypt and France. 1916-1918. Collection includes letters written home to family in England. Copies made 1928 by Aust...1DRL/0160
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Campbell, Rupert J (Corporal, 55th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Campbell, Rupert J
LETTERS FROM EGYPT AND FRANCE AND LETTERS. LETTERS CONTAIN QUITE LIVELY DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDING CAMPBELL'S DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION AT PERONNE WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED. SOME POSTCARDS BEAR PHOTOS OF CAMPB...3DRL/5087(B)
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Chapman, Percy Wellesley (Captain, MC, 55th Bn, AIF b.1886 - d.1917)
Private Record
TRANSCRIPT OF DIARIES OF CHAPMAN 1915-1917, DESCRIBING VOYAGE TO GALLIPOLI AND ACTION THERE AND LATER POSTINGS IN FRANCE WHERE CHAPMAN WAS KILLED. WITH COPIES OF LETTERS, TELEGRAMS AND REPORTS CONCERN...PR86/389
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Chapman, Percy Wellesley, MC (Captain, b.c1887 - d.1917)
Private Record
Collection relating to service of Captain Percy Wellesley Chapman MC, 55 Battalion, Gallipoli, Egypt and France, 1916-1917. Collection includes typescript and photostat copies of diaries and letters ...1DRL/0198
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1. Comb, J F 2. Brett, R P 3. Hinson, R S 4. Moriarty, M M (1. L Cpl, 53rd Bn, d.1918 2. Pte, 2nd Bn, d.1918 3. Dvr, 55th Bn, d.1918 4. Pte, 55th Bn d.1918)
Private Record
1. DIARY COVERING 1916 DESCRIBING CAMP AND TRAINING IN GOULBURN AND EGYPT, SERVICE IN FRANCE. 2. TRANSCRIPTS OF LETTERS, 1915-1916, DESCRIBING EGYPT, ACTION AND WOUNDING AT GALLIPOLI AND CONVALESCENCE...PR86/277
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Cosgrave, William Patrick (Sergeant, b.? - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Cosgrave, William Patrick
Collection relating to service of 2619 Sergeant William Patrick Cosgrave, 55 Battalion, France, 1915-1918. Collection includes extracts and copies of letters written home to family in Australia; copi...1DRL/0215
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Discharged Returned Soldier badge: Lieutenant James Edward Murray, 55th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Discharged Returned Soldier badge with impressed serial number reverse '179155'.REL/09176
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Donelly, Dorothy
Private Record
Letter written to Miss Dorothy Donelly, thanking her for the socks she knitted. The socks had been received by 2971 Private Edward John Higgins of 55 Battalion, who wrote to Miss Donelly on 27 January...PR06148
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Farrall, Frederick T (Private, 55th Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Farrall, Frederick Theodore
Scrapbook containing letters, souvenir programmes and various news cuttings.PR84/327
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Frederick Theodore Farrall (1647) as a private 55th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
Sound
Maker: Farrall, Frederick Theodore Thomson, Alistair
Frederick Theodore Farrall as a private 55th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair ThomsonS01311
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Gibbins, Norman (Captain, b.1878 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Gibbins, Norman
Papers of Captain Norman Gibbins who served in the 55th Battalion during the First World War. Gibbins was killed in France on 20 July 1916. Collection consists of a photograph album containing black...PR02053
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Giblett, William Norman (Captain, MC and Bar, 55th Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Giblett, William Norman
CONGRATULATORY LETTERS SENT TO GIBLETT FROM GEN BIRDWOOD AND TALBOT HOBBS FOLLOWING THE AWARD OF A BAR TO HIS MC AND EXTRACTS ANNOUNCING THE AWARD OF THE MC AND BARPR83/095
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Gulson, Kelvedon (Private, Citizens' Bushmen's Contingent (NSW) and 55th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Gulson, Kelvedon
DISCHARGE FROM CITIZEN'S BUSHMENS CONTINGENT AND FROM 55TH BN OF GULSON3DRL/7294
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Harpley, Robert William (Private, b.1893 - d.1970)
Private Record
Maker: Harpley, Robert William
Collection relating to the First World War diary of 2963 Private Robert William Harpley, 55th Infantry Battalion. Collection consists of a handwritten diary (in two parts) covering 30 September 1915 ...3DRL/3663
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Harvey Haig Blundell, Signaller 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Blundell, Harvey Haig
Discussing call up notice for 53rd Battalion; army training at Ingleburn Camp; selection as signaller; embarkation for New Guinea on the Aquitania; arrival at Port Moresby; poor morale of battalion du...S00576
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Horniman, Lancelot Vicary (Lieutenant, b.c.1894 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Horniman, Lancelot Vicary
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Lancelot Vicary Horniman, 55 Battalion AIF, Egypt, Gallipoli, France, England, 1915-1918. Collection includes photostat copy of a diary covering the p...1DRL/0357
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Hunt, Sinclair E (Lieutenant, 55th Bn. d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Hunt, Sinclair Edward
1. Narrative of experiences titled "The Operation at Polygon Wood". 2. Letter describing march of 55 Battalion across the desert in Egypt and their rescue by New Zealanders (see Battalion's war diary)...2DRL/0277
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Jack Humphries Stevens, as a Private, 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Stevens, Jack Humphries
Discussing pre-war employment; call-up for 55th Battalion; army training at Greta Camp; tensions between AIF and Militia recruits; embarkation for Port Moresby; description of bombing of the Macdhui; ...S00580
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Lynch, Arthur Leslie (Private, b.1893 - d.1937)
Private Record
Maker: Lynch, Arthur Leslie
Original four-page letter dated 31 July 1917 written from London by 3108 Private (Pte) Arthur Leslie Lynch to his parents. Contents provide an excellent synopsis of Pte Lynch's war service with 55 Bat...PR84/077
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Marshall, John James (Captain, b.1890 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Marshall, John James
Collection relating to the service of Captain John James Marshall, 55 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli, France. Collection consists of five letters written by Captain Marshall to his parents. While Marsh...1DRL/0481
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McCallum Family (1. L S MacCullum; Sergeant, 3bn, AIF d.1916 2. Hector Archie MacCullum; ?, 55th Bn, AIF, d.1918)
Private Record
LETTERS WRITTEN BY LINDSAY AND HECTOR MCCALLUM TO THEIR AUNT GIVING NEWS OF OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS AND GENERAL REMARKS ON CONDITIONS; LETTERS FROM FAMILY IN ENGLAND AFTER VISITING THE COUSIN...PR89/022
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Murray, James Edward (Lieutenant, b.1887 - d.1961)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Government Murray, James Edward Various
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant James Edward Murray MBE, 55 Battalion, Australia, England, France and Belgium, 1913-1919. Wallet 1 of 2 - Consists of 36 letters, 11 p...PR83/166
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Next of kin plaque: Private Harry Rudolph Phillips, 55th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze next of kin plaque showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. B...REL49961
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Next of kin plaque: Second Lieutenant Sinclair Edward Hunt, 55th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze next of kin plaque, showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. ...REL51185
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Nicholson, W E (Lance Sergeant, 55th Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Nicholson, William Edwin
ANZAC DAY SPORTS RESULTS 55TH BN AND MEMO BY GENERAL BIRDWOOD RE COLLECTION OF MATERIAL FOR THE WAR RECORDS SECTIONPR89/107
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(N46368) Wilkins, Charles John (Private)
Sound
Maker: Wilkins, Charles John
Charles John Wilkins, Lance Corporal and Signaller 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45 Discusses call up for milit...S00563
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Papers of Ubert Victor Willis
Private Record
Maker: Willis, Ubert Victor
Collection related to the First World War service of 3235 Private Ubert Victor Willis, comprising three original handwritten letters, one original typed letter, one original envelope, one original sil...PR04786
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Presentation side drum : 'Men from Snowy River' march : 4th Reinforcements, 55 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Standard pattern military side drum with unpainted brass body, original hoops and skin heads, and fitted with a pair of wooden counterhoops, painted in red with a black band featuring a white stripe i...RELAWM09343
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(3216) Private John Cyrus (Jack) Sykes as a private 55th Battalion, France, 1916-1919, interviewed by Dr Timothy Bottoms
Sound
Maker: Bottoms, Timothy D R
Enlistment; tried to join with Snowy River March but parents sent him back to work; why he joined; reaction to serving on Western Front; comments on images portrayed of Western Front in modern films; ...S03732
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Smith, Darcy Benedict
Private Record
Maker: Smith, Darcy Benedict
Collection of 2 items relating to 2740 Private (Pte) Darcy Benedict Smith, 55th Battalion AIF, who died of illness (inflamation of the pancreas) at Salisbury Isolation Hospital, Salisbury on 26 Octobe...PR86/264
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Street, Edmund Harrington (Private, 1570, b.1897 - d.1964)
Private Record
Maker: Street, Edmund Harrington
1. Reminiscences of service (extensive) stories and typescript copies of same. 2. Photocopies of photographs. 3. Two postcards.PR85/179
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Sweetheart brooch: Lieutenant James Edward Murray, 55th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small, vertically aligned rectangular enamelled bronze brooch, representing the uniform colour patch of 55th Battalion, AIF. The brooch is divided down the centre to show brown on the left and green o...REL/09175
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(Various Units - 1st LHR, 9th Bn, 55th Bn, 6th Bn, 5th Fld Coy and: 12th Mg Coy, AIF)
Private Record
ORIGINAL LETTERS OF CONDOLENCE AND TRANSCRIPTS, WRITTEN TO NEXT OF KIN BY UNIT MEMBERS ON GALLIPOLI AND IN FRANCEPR84/387
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Vogan, Arthur Henry (Lieutenant, b.1889 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Vogan, Arthur Henry
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Arthur Henry Vogan, 55 Battalion. Collection consists of a diary; three training certificates pertaining to specific qualifications att...PR82/007
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William Archibald (Bill) Elliott, as a Sergeant, 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Elliott, William Archibald (Bill)
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment and training; formation of 53rd Battalion; inadequacy of training period prior to embarkation for New Guinea; arrival in Port Moresby; inadequacy of supplies;...S00585
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Williams, Amos Edward (Private, b.1876 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Williams, Amos Edward
Diaries relating to the First World War service of 3236 Private Amos Edward Williams, 55 Battalion, France and Britain, 1916-1919. Wallet 1 of 1 consists of three diaries written by Williams during h...AWM2018.977.1
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Williams, Amos Edward (Private, b.1876 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Williams, Amos Edward
Collection relating to the First World War service of 3236 Private Amos Edward Williams, 14th Infantry Battalion and 55th Infantry Battalion, Australia, France, Belgium, and United Kingdom, 1916-1918....AWM2016.186.1
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Winter, Archibald Thomas (Temporary Sergeant, DCM, 55th Bn, AIF b.1890 - d.1965)
Private Record
Maker: Winter, Archibald Thomas
DIARY KEPT BY SGT WINTER DESCRIBING COMBAT IN FRANCE INCLUDING THE BATTLE OF FROMELLES AND LEAVE ACTIVITIES IN FRANCE AND ENGLANDPR89/163