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Bussell, Rupert Duffham (Private, b.? - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Bussell, Rupert Duffham
Collection relating to service of 3012 Private Rupert Duffham Bussell, 56 Battalion, France, 1916. Collection includes letters written home to mother in Australia.1DRL/0171
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c. 1917. A portrait of 254 Private Archibald Scott, 56th Battalion. Private Scott was killed on ...
Photograph
c. 1917. A portrait of 254 Private Archibald Scott, 56th Battalion. Private Scott was killed on 1918-05-21 and he is buried in the Crouy British War Cemetery, Crouy-Sur-Somme, France. This portrait is...P01920.006
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Captain Frederick Dudley Weedon Oatley
Photograph
Studio portrait of Captain Frederick Dudley Weedon Oatley, 6th Light Horse, later Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Frederick Dudley Weedon Oatley, 56th Battalion, AIF. Lt Col Oatley died of illness on 28 M...AWM2017.686.1
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CHAMONIX, FRANCE. 1917-09-21. GROUP PORTRAIT OF A PARTY WEARING MOUNTAIN CLIMBING GEAR, ...
Photograph
CHAMONIX, FRANCE. 1917-09-21. GROUP PORTRAIT OF A PARTY WEARING MOUNTAIN CLIMBING GEAR, COMPRISING TWO AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN ON LEAVE AND TWO HARVARD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY CLIMBED MONT ...P01722.007
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CHAMONIX, FRANCE. 1917-09. 2139 STAFF SERGEANT C. R. (ROY) MCKERIHAN, 56TH BATTALION (LEFT), AND ...
Photograph
CHAMONIX, FRANCE. 1917-09. 2139 STAFF SERGEANT C. R. (ROY) MCKERIHAN, 56TH BATTALION (LEFT), AND 2389 STAFF SERGEANT GODFREY HECTOR LAHEY, 4TH DIVISIONAL AMMUNITION COLUMN, DURING LEAVE IN FRANCE. THE...P01722.006
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Chaperlin, Henry (Lance Corporal, b.1886)
Private Record
Maker: Chaperlin, Henry
Collection of official papers relating to the First World War service of 5347 Lance Corporal Henry Chaperlin. Collection consists of a paybook, a leave pass, and a repatriation commission card issued ...PR82/030
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Christie, Theodore (Private, b:1884 - d:1950)
Manuscript
Maker: Christie, Theodore Crowley, Dave
Manuscript which contains a transcript of the story entitled "A True Story, July 1916: The Pump of Fromelles" by 2799 Private Theodore (Theo) Christie 56 Battalion. Included are background notes compi...MSS2010
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Collecction related to 140 Trooper Roy Henry Solomon and 513 Private Cecil Solomon
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Brothers 140 Trooper Roy Henry Solomon (left) and 513 Trooper Cecil Solomon (right) standing "On top of/ Pyramid of/ "Cheops" at/ Mena/ Egypt/ March 1915. In December 1914, Trooper Cecil Solomon embar...AWM2020.740.2.2
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Collection relating to 2824 Sergeant Joseph Church Daley, 56th Australian Infantry Battalion
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Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the First World War Service of 2824 Sergeant Joseph Church Daley, 56th Australian Infantry Battalion. A clerk from Bexley, NSW, Sgt Daley enlisted on 18 July 1915 and joined the...P12072
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Colour patch : 56 Infantry Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Vertically aligned rectangular colour patch for 56 Infantry Battalion AIF, divided white (left) against green.RELAWM13307.121
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Compressed fibre identity discs: Private W D Reily, 56 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of compressed fibre identity discs, threaded onto a piece of khaki cotton tape that is knotted together. One disc is round, coloured a reddish brown, and has a single hole punched through it to t...REL39009
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Deceased Soldier's Kit tag : Private C J Brill, 56 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular white cardboard tag with a vertical red stripe through the centre. At the top is printed 'Australian Imperial Force, Kit Store.'. Beneath this is 'DECEASED SOLDIER'S KIT.'. Underneath is...RELAWM14076.007
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Dewey, Sidney Charles
Private Record
Maker: Dewey, Sidney Charles Dewey, Sidney Charles
Collection relating to No 1489 (previously No 1342) Warrant Officer 2 Sidney C Dewey, 56th Battalion. Collection includes commissioning warrant, pay book, statement of account, discharge certificate,...3DRL/6620
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Diary of a Soldier, France 1916, It May Interest You
Manuscript
Maker: Bickle, Margaret Stork, Henry Wadds
Typed manuscript detailing the First World War service of 5454 Private Henry Wadds Stork and his brother 5455 Private Richard Stork, who enlisted in 1916. The manuscript consists of a transcript of He...MSS1998
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Discharged Returned Soldier badge : Lance Corporal W G Kite, 56 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Stokes & Sons, Melbourne
Brass Discharged Returned Soldier badge with serial number stamped into reverse 'C6580'.REL22873.006
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Discharged Returned Soldier Badge: Private H F N Oliver, 56 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Amor Pty Ltd
Returned From Active Service badge. In the centre of the circular brass badge is the rising sun emblem and 'A.I.F' surrounded by the words 'ISSUED BY DEPT OF DEFENCE RETURNED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE'. The...REL34750
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Distinguished Conduct Medal : Private W G Kite, 56 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Mint
Distinguished Conduct Medal (Geo V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL22873.001
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Dunlop, Athol Cedric (Private b.1892 - d.1963)
Private Record
Maker: Dunlop, Athol Cedric
Diary (in 5 instalments) and letters describing food shortages on troopship, Heliopolis, picket duty in Cairo and forming a reserve brigade in Abbassia. Mentions morale problems resulting from changes...PR00676
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Elliott, George Stephenson (Captain, b.1885 - d.1917)
Manuscript
Maker: Millar, George Anthony (Tony)
Twenty seven page illustrated typescript biography of Captain George Stephenson Elliott MC, by Tony Millar. Capt Elliott served as a doctor with 56 Battalion on the Western Front and was awarded the ...MSS2221
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Elliott, George Stephenson MC(Captain, b.1885 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Elliott, George Stephenson
Collection relating to service of Captain George Stephenson Elliott MC, Australian Army Medical Corps attached to 56 Battalion, France 1916. Collection consists of a photocopy of letter from George E...1DRL/0262