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Letter from Roland Walter Lofts to Dorothea "Dorrie" Adams, 9 July 1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Lofts, Roland Walter
Letter relating to Dorothea Ellen Adams, sweetheart of 30239 Driver Gordon Cecil Buckingham Champion, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column. This short letter was written to Adams by Roland Walter Lofts of...RCDIG0001120
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Letters from George Edwin Patey to his family, 1914
Digitised Collection
Maker: Patey, George Edwin
Letters relating to the First World War service of Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey, Royal Australian Navy. In a series of letters home to his family Patey describes the offensive campaign against Germa...RCDIG0000951
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Mackenzie, Charles Kenneth (HMAS Melbourne RAN)
Private Record
Maker: Mackenzie, Charles Kenneth
COPY OF DIARY CONTAINING REGULAR ENTRIES FROM TIME OF DEPARTING MELBOURNE IN OCT 1914, CONVOY DUTY, PATROLLING IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND ATLANTIC, DUTIES WITH THE GRAND FLEET AT SCAPA FLOW, NORTH SEA P...PR88/008
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Memoir of Arthur Ross Bramwell Bollard, 1914
Digitised Collection
Maker: Bollard, Arthur Ross Bramwell
Memoir relating to the First World War service of Bandsman Arthur Ross Bramwell Bollard, HMAS Australia. This memoir covers the period 30 July 1914 to 24 September 1914. It was written within a log bo...AWM2016.30.50
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Miniature life buoy souvenir : HMAS Melbourne (1913-28)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Souvenir miniature life buoy. The wooden life buoy is painted dark green and bears the Australian flag and white naval ensign. Painted in red and gold lettering is 'H.M.A.S. MELBOURNE'. Surrounding th...REL/18536
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Model of HIJMS Ibuki. The Japanese battle cruiser Ibuki assisted HMS Minotaur and the Australian ...
Photograph
Model of HIJMS Ibuki. The Japanese battle cruiser Ibuki assisted HMS Minotaur and the Australian light cruisers Sydney and Melbourne to escort the first Australian and New Zealand convoy which sailed ...106055
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Moore, George Dunbar (Rear Admiral, b.1893 - d.1979)
Manuscript
Maker: Swinden, Gregory James
Typed manuscript relating to the naval service of Rear Admiral George Dunbar Moore, CBE, RAN. Moore served with the Royal Australian Navy between 1913-50; and was Australian Minister to the Philippin...MSS2185
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Nauru Island, Pacific Islands. A flag hoisted by the crew of HMAS Melbourne indicating the island ...
Photograph
Nauru Island, Pacific Islands. A flag hoisted by the crew of HMAS Melbourne indicating the island was under Allied control. (Donor A.W. Bazley)H13578
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Next of Kin plaque : Able Seaman Thomas James Hose, HMAS Melbourne (I)
Heraldry
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. ...REL24346
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Notebook of Vivian Agincourt Spence Little, 1914
Digitised Collection
Maker: Little, Vivian Agincourt Spence
Notebook relating to the First World War service of Chaplain Vivian Agincourt Spence Little, Royal Australian Navy. This notebook contains entries relating to Little’s service on HMAS Sydney and inclu...RCDIG0001055
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Notebook of Vivian Agincourt Spence Little, 1914
Digitised Collection
Maker: Little, Vivian Agincourt Spence
Notebook relating to the First World War service of Chaplain Vivian Agincourt Spence Little, RAN. The notebook contains two main entries. The first entry details the days preceding the battle between ...RCDIG0001027
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ROSYTH, SCOTLAND. C.1918. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS MELBOURNE (I) WHILE ...
Photograph
ROSYTH, SCOTLAND. C.1918. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS MELBOURNE (I) WHILE OPERATING WITH THE GRAND FLEET. THE SHIP HAS BEEN PAINTED IN A DAZZLE CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME. A SOPWITH CAMEL FIGH...301010
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Seaman's collar : Leading Seaman S J Trebble, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: GER Ltd
Blue cotton jean sailor's square rig collar. The top section of collar which sits on the back is square edged. The bottom section is divided into three panels. The middle panel fits down the back insi...REL26129.003
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Seaman's jumper : Leading Seaman S J Trebble, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White, linen duck in the pre-federation jumper pattern from 1900-1909. '5226' is printed in small numerals on the inside tail of the collar. There is a knife pocket on the inside left breast and are f...REL26129.001
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Starboard broadside view of the Town Class Light Cruiser HMAS Melbourne steaming under way during ...
Photograph
Maker: W M Robertson & Co
Starboard broadside view of the Town Class Light Cruiser HMAS Melbourne steaming under way during service in the First World War. Melbourne was one of three ships of this class commissioned into the R...P00359.002
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Studio portrait of 5399 Able Seaman (AB) Walter Dollisson from Burwood, NSW, a crew member of ...
Photograph
Studio portrait of 5399 Able Seaman (AB) Walter Dollisson from Burwood, NSW, a crew member of HMAS Melbourne. AB Dollisson served from 13 January 1919 until 12 January 1926 and spent over two years se...P01196.001
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1918. Studio portrait of Petty Officer Hubert Laurence Maynard Greaves RAN wearing his seaman's ...
Photograph
1918. Studio portrait of Petty Officer Hubert Laurence Maynard Greaves RAN wearing his seaman's uniform, his cap bearing an HMAS Melbourne tally band. Petty Officer Greaves served abroad in New Britai...P02031.001
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SYDNEY 1915. THE LAUNCHING OF HMAS BRISBANE I AT COCKATOO ISLAND NAVAL DOCKYARD. TWO OTHER TOWN ...
Photograph
SYDNEY 1915. THE LAUNCHING OF HMAS BRISBANE I AT COCKATOO ISLAND NAVAL DOCKYARD. TWO OTHER TOWN CLASS LIGHT CRUISERS, HMAS SYDNEY I AND HMAS MELBOURNE I WERE BUILT IN GREAT BRITAIN. (NAVAL HISTORICAL ...P00444.136
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Taylor, Charles Herbert (Private, b.1897 - d.1935)
Private Record
Maker: Taylor, Charles Herbert
Collection relating to No 908 Private Charles Herbert Taylor who served with 34 Battalion during the First World War. The collections consists of two original diaries for 1918 (one appears to be a du...PR03112
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The crew of HMAS Melbourne practise the safety drill 'Abandon ship' near Barbados. Numerous ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The crew of HMAS Melbourne practise the safety drill 'Abandon ship' near Barbados. Numerous seamen are in the water; in the centre is a rubber life raft carrying at least 12 men. There are two light...EN0447