Private Record

Maker: Boardman, John Boardman, John Sunbeam

Personal papers of Chaplain John Boardman VD and his son, Captain John Sunbeam Boardman, 56th Battalion. Reverend Boardman served with the Bushman's Contingent in the Boer War and on troopships during...

PR00853

Technology

Maker: Fenton Brothers Ltd

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 GVR royal cypher and is stamped 2 D[broad arr...

REL42334

Private Record

Maker: Elphinstone, Nicholas Archibald

NOTEBOOK CONTAINING BRIEF ENTRIES AS TO LOCATION AND ACTIVITIES, NOTES TAKEN DURING NCO COURSE IN GAS WARFARE AND AIR RAID WARDENS HANDBOOK

PR88/107

Photograph

GEORGINA, WA. 1943-04-17. AN INCIDENT DURING THE DEMONSTRATION BY 56 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION OF THE CAPTURE OF AN AIRFIELD BY AIRBORNE TROOPS CARRIED OUT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HONOURABLE F. M. ...

050902

Photograph

GEORGINA, WA. 1943-04-17. AN INCIDENT DURING THE DEMONSTRATION BY 56 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION OF THE CAPTURE OF AN AIRFIELD BY AIRBORNE TROOPS CARRIED OUT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HONOURABLE F. M. ...

050895

Photograph

GEORGINA, WA. 1943-04-17. AN INCIDENT DURING THE DEMONSTRATION BY 56 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION OF THE CAPTURE OF AN AIRFIELD BY AIRBORNE TROOPS CARRIED OUT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HONOURABLE F. M. ...

050899

Photograph

GEORGINA, WA. 1943-04-17. AN INCIDENT DURING THE DEMONSTRATION BY 56 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION OF THE CAPTURE OF AN AIRFIELD BY AIRBORNE TROOPS CARRIED OUT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HONOURABLE F. M. ...

050896

Photograph

GEORGINA, WA. 1943-04-17. AN INCIDENT DURING THE DEMONSTRATION BY 56 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION OF THE CAPTURE OF AN AIRFIELD BY AIRBORNE TROOPS CARRIED OUT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HONOURABLE F. M. ...

050901

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GEORGINA, WA. 1943-04-17. AN INCIDENT DURING THE DEMONSTRATION BY 56 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION OF THE CAPTURE OF AN AIRFIELD BY AIRBORNE TROOPS CARRIED OUT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HONOURABLE F. M. ...

050897

Photograph

GEORGINA, WA. 1943-04-17. AN INCIDENT DURING THE DEMONSTRATION BY 56 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION OF THE CAPTURE OF AN AIRFIELD BY AIRBORNE TROOPS CARRIED OUT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HONOURABLE F. M. ...

050898

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GEORGINA, WA. 1943-04-17. AN INCIDENT DURING THE DEMONSTRATION BY 56 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION OF THE CAPTURE OF AN AIRFIELD BY AIRBORNE TROOPS CARRIED OUT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HONOURABLE F. M. ...

050900

Photograph

GEORGINA, WA. 1943-04-17. ARRIVAL OF THE HONOURABLE F. M. FORDE, MINISTER FOR THE ARMY, (LEFT) TO WITNESS A DEMONSTRATION BY 56 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION OF THE CAPTURE OF AN AIRFIELD BY AIRBORNE ...

050893

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GEORGINA, WA. 1943-04-17. SIGNALLERS REPORTING AIR MOVEMENTS DURING A DEMONSTRATION BY 56 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION OF THE CAPTURE OF AN AIRFIELD BY AIRBORNE TROOPS. THE EXERCISE WAS WATCHED BY TH...

050892

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GEORGINA, WA. 1943-04-17. SIGNALLERS REPORTING AIR MOVEMENTS DURING A DEMONSTRATION BY 56 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION OF THE CAPTURE OF AN AIRFIELD BY AIRBORNE TROOPS. THE EXERCISE WAS WATCHED BY TH...

050891

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GEORGINA, WA. 1943-04-17. THE HONOURABLE F. M. FORDE, MINISTER FOR THE ARMY, (IN DARK CIVILIAN SUIT) AND LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. GORDON BENNETT CB CMG DSO VD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 3RD AUSTRALIAN C...

050894

Photograph

Maker: Faithfull, Arthur John

GERALDTON, WA. 1943-08-14. AFTER INSTRUCTION FROM THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY EDUCATION SERVICE THESE TROOPS OF THE 56TH BATTALION ARE MAKING SUN-DRIED BRICKS FROM SOIL AND DRIED GRASS, TO BE USED IN THE CONS...

056076

Photograph

Maker: Faithfull, Arthur John

GERALDTON, WA. 1943-08-14. CORPORAL J. HENDERSON OF THE 56TH BATTALION BUILDING A FIREPLACE FOR THE MESS HUT.

056079

Photograph

Maker: Faithfull, Arthur John

GERALDTON, WA. 1943-08-14. PRIVATE J. ROSE OF THE 56TH BATTALION PROUDLY DISPLAYS SUN-DRIED BRICKS HE HAS MADE FROM SOIL AND DRIED GRASS.

056078

Private Record

Maker: Graham, Frederick Archibald

Papers including correspondence books detailing troop movements and sports activities, nominal roll, diary written in Rabaul in 1914, typescript poems about Nauru and discharge and other army document...

PR89/005

Photograph

Maker: Unknown

Informal portrait of NX178578 Sergeant (Sgt) John Edward Wonson, 8th Port Operating Company, of Bexley, NSW. Wonson enlisted in the Second World War on 2 March 1944 and was discharged on 20 December 1...

P05623.001