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ABLE SEAMAN JAMES PIDD HARRIS AT HMAS MELBOURNE, WW1. (DONOR: E.V. SHEPPARD)
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ABLE SEAMAN JAMES PIDD HARRIS AT HMAS MELBOURNE, WW1. (DONOR: E.V. SHEPPARD)P00804.001
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Account of action between HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden by Niels Peter Henry Nielsen, 1925
Digitised Collection
Maker: Nielsen, Niels Peter Henry
Written account and transcript relating to the First World War service of 7884 Stoker Niels Peter Henry "Chook" Nielsen, Royal Australian Navy. In this account written in 1925, Nielsen details the day...RCDIG0001011
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Albany, WA. 1 November 1914. The first Australian and New Zealand convoy crossing the Indian ...
Photograph
Maker: Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
Albany, WA. 1 November 1914. The first Australian and New Zealand convoy crossing the Indian Ocean, sailing in three parallel lines. Left to right: 3rd Division; 1st Division; 2nd Division. The New Ze...G01547
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A starboard quarter view of the Town Class Light Cruiser HMAS Melbourne under way with smoke ...
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A starboard quarter view of the Town Class Light Cruiser HMAS Melbourne under way with smoke coming from her funnels. Melbourne was one of three ships of this class commissioned into the Royal Austral...P00974.001
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At Sea. c. 1915. Australian Navy cruiser HMAS Melbourne with British Navy cruiser HMS ...
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At Sea. c. 1915. Australian Navy cruiser HMAS Melbourne with British Navy cruiser HMS Southampton. (Donor Imperial War Museum SP453)H12455
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A wave crashes over the bow of HMAS Melbourne, seen from HMAS Sydney. Both ships were taking ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A wave crashes over the bow of HMAS Melbourne, seen from HMAS Sydney. Both ships were taking part in patrols of the North Sea with the Royal Navy's 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron.EN0344
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AWM45 1/92 - [Naval Records, 1914-1918:] Capture of SS HAMBORN by HMAS MELBOURNE, October 1915 (reports from both ships)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2019.8.232
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Cirkut camera panorama of the RAN entering Sydney Harbour, 4 October 1913. From left to right ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Cirkut camera panorama of the RAN entering Sydney Harbour, 4 October 1913. From left to right the new battlecruiser HMAS Australia, leads the light cruisers HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Sydney, HMAS Encounte...P08778.001
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C.1918. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS MELBOURNE (I) WHILE OPERATING WITH THE GRAND ...
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C.1918. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS MELBOURNE (I) WHILE OPERATING WITH THE GRAND FLEET. A SOPWITH CAMEL FIGHTER IS CARRIED ON A LAUNCHING PLATFORM FITTED OVER HER FORWARD 6 INCH GUN. ...301007
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Departure of the First Division AIF the original Anzacs in October 1914 (Edition 128). Australia's Navy (Edition 127). (Pathe's Animated Gazette Australasian Edition.)
Film
Maker: Pathe Company
Edition 128. Departure of the 1st Division AIF at Port Melbourne aboard the SS Hororata (A20) on October 1914. Shows the men waving from the troopship as she is towed out by a tug. Edition 127. HMAS...F03465
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Diary of Richard Keith Phillips, 1914-1915
Digitised Collection
Maker: Phillips, Richard Keith
Diary relating to the First World War service of 1084 Private Richard Keith Phillips, 5th Battalion. This small handwritten diary contains entries from 21 October 1914 to 23 November 1915, with severa...RCDIG0001134
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Diary of Stanley Alfred Gedling, 1913-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Gedling, Stanley Alfred
Diary relating to the First World War service of Leading Signalman Richard Keith Gedling, Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Written and compiled by Gedling during the war, this account details his service ...RCDIG0001153
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Diary of Thomas Walter White, August-November 1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: White, Thomas Walter
Diary [book 1E] relating to the captivity, during the First World War, of Captain Thomas Walter White, Mesopotamian Half Flight, Australian Flying Corps. In this diary kept between August-November 191...RCDIG0001328
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Documents relating to Stanley Alfred Gedling, 1908-1923
Digitised Collection
Maker: Gedling, Stanley Alfred Various
Documents relating to the First World War service of Leading Signalman Stanley Alfred Gedling, Royal Australian Navy (RAN). This collection contains various documents obtained or compiled by Gedling d...RCDIG0001155
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Group portrait of nine unidentified seamen on board HMAS Melbourne. By the sooty faces of some, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of nine unidentified seamen on board HMAS Melbourne. By the sooty faces of some, they have been coaling the ship. With HMAS Sydney, the Melbourne carried out alternate patrols of the Ca...EN0444
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HIJMS Ibuki with HMAS Melbourne escorting the first ANZAC convoy
Art
Maker: Arai, Rokuo
HIJMS Ibuki with HMAS Melbourne escorting the first Australian and New Zealand convoy in the Indian Ocean 1914. When HMAS Sydney was detached from the convoy to join battle with an enemy ship near the...ART13569
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HMAS Melbourne flying three battle flags and cleared for action on the day when the German High ...
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Maker: Unknown
HMAS Melbourne flying three battle flags and cleared for action on the day when the German High Seas Fleet surrendered. At the surrender each German vessel was assigned to the custody of a British sh...EN0340
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Image from the collection of 1606 Warrant Officer Class 1 Owen Kenneth Stewart, 3rd and 11th Field Artillery Brigades.
Photograph
ALBANY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1914-1918 WAR. HMAS MELBOURNE.P00117.037
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Jarvis, William James (Stoker, b.1892 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Jarvis, William James
Collection relating to the service of Stoker William James Jarvis, HMAS Melbourne, RAN, 1914-1917, Australia, South Pacific, Caribbean, Cuba, North Sea (Scapa Flow). Collection contains original diar...1DRL/0383
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King George's Sound, WA. 1914-11-01. Departure of the First Detachment of the Australian and New ...
Photograph
Maker: Sands, A G
King George's Sound, WA. 1914-11-01. Departure of the First Detachment of the Australian and New Zealand Imperial Expeditionary Forces from Albany. Australian Transports: A1 Hymettus; A2 Geelong; A3 O...P02085.003
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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The ice covered bow of HMAS Melbourne during especially harsh winter conditions. The Melbourne ...
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Maker: Unknown
The ice covered bow of HMAS Melbourne during especially harsh winter conditions. The Melbourne left Bermuda at the end of August 1916 to take up patrol work in the North Sea with the 2nd Light Cruise...EN0137
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The light cruiser HMAS Melbourne in the Windward Islands. Note the canvas awning providing sun ...
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Maker: Unknown
The light cruiser HMAS Melbourne in the Windward Islands. Note the canvas awning providing sun protection over the deck. Along with HMAS Sydney, HMAS Melbourne was taking part in a series of patrols...EN0112
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The light cruiser HMAS Melbourne, well camouflaged with 'dazzle' camouflage, lying at anchor off ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The light cruiser HMAS Melbourne, well camouflaged with 'dazzle' camouflage, lying at anchor off Charlestown, Scotland. In the distance are the minelayer HMS Angora and the minesweeping sloop HMAS Mar...EN0154
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'The War Cruises of HMAS Melbourne & Sydney, 1914-1918'
Manuscript
Maker: Kingsford-Smith, Eric
Typed manuscript (321 pages) titled `The War Cruises of HMAS Melbourne & Sydney, 1914-1918', prepared for the Navy Board in 1918 by Henry J Brennand (Staff Surgeon, HMAS Melbourne) and Eric Kingsford-...MSS1463
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Thomson, William Henry (Able Seaman, b.1897)
Private Record
Maker: Thomson, William Henry
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1735 Able Seaman William (Bill) Henry Thomson, Royal Australian Navy. Collection consists of a 14 page handwritten manuscript written by Thomson [...PR04501
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Transcript of diary of Stanley Alfred Gedling, 1913-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Gedling, Stanley Alfred
Transcript of diary relating to the First World War service of Leading Signalman Richard Keith Gedling, Royal Australian Navy. This transcript was made by Gedling’s daughter, although it is unknown wh...RCDIG0001154
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Unidentified sailors watch a boxing match in their midst aboard HMAS Melbourne. The contestants ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Unidentified sailors watch a boxing match in their midst aboard HMAS Melbourne. The contestants are 3676 Stoker Peter Francis King, born in Gympie, Qld and 2627 Able Seaman Frederick William Parks, b...EN0131