Filters
Filters (4 applied)
Clear All- type : Heraldry (remove)
- has sound : no (remove)
- has image : yes (remove)
- related units : 8 Australian Division (remove)
-
has video (1)
-
related subjects (2)
-
Conflict (1)
-
related places (21)
- Asia: Singapore (27)
- Asia: Singapore, Changi (17)
- Asia: Malaya (14)
- Asia: Borneo, North Borneo, Sandakan (9)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway (9)
- Oceania: Australia (9)
- Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine (8)
- Asia: Japan (7)
- Asia: Singapore, Kranji (4)
- Asia: Burma (3)
- Asia: Thailand (3)
- Africa: Egypt (2)
- Asia: Borneo (2)
- Approximate locations: At sea (1)
- Asia: Borneo, Sarawak, Kuching (1)
- Asia: Borneo, Sarawak, Kuching, Lintang (1)
- Asia: Japan, Osaka (1)
- Asia: Taiwan (1)
- Middle East (1)
- Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Sydney Harbour (1)
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain (1)
-
location (2)
-
maker (14)
- Unknown (45)
- Changi Broom Factory (5)
- Brown, William John (1)
- Fanning, Keith (1)
- Harland and Wolff (1)
- Imperial Japan (1)
- Ingram, Robert Cuthbert 'Shorty' (1)
- Johnson & Johnson Pty Ltd, Sydney (1)
- Nash, (Given names unknown) (1)
- Robinson, Arthur Cyril (1)
- Shipston, Donald Saxon (1)
- Sullivan, Edward Gordon Patrick (Pat) (1)
- Tissot (1)
- Various (1)
Show More
Show More
Collection
62 Results
-
Adam Park Racing Club judges ribbon : Driver E R Davis, 2/3 Australian Motor Ambulance Convoy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Piece of cream cotton sheeting cut to the shape of a ribbon. Marked vertically in dark blue ink 'JUDGE ADAM PARK RACING CLUB'.REL30164
-
Agal for keffiyeh : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black spiral-bound agal with four black tassels. The agal is twisted into a figure-eight and then folded to fit over a keffiyeh headdress.REL39522.001
-
Anzac Day marching banner of 2/10 Australian Field Ambulance Association
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blue synthetic Anzac Day marching banner of 2/10 Australian Field Ambulance with white fringe along top and bottom edges. Guide ropes approximately 2 metres long extend from each of the top corners. T...REL29708
-
Australia Service Medal : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL39516.006
-
Australia Service Medal : Private R R Trotter, 8 Division Ammunition Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL38150.004
-
Australia Service Medal : Signalman R C Ingram, 8 Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL33291.005
-
Australia Service Medal : Warrant Officer Class II F J A Fisher, 8 Division Australian Army Service Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/18228.007
-
Autographed and painted handkerchief made and sent by members of 8 Division in Malaya, 1941 to Miss Betty Guthrie
Heraldry
Maker: Nash, (Given names unknown)
Olive green cotton army issue handkerchief with drawings and autographs in indelible blue/purple ink. Down the centre of the handkerchief is an AIF soldier carrying a rifle, running through jungle. Be...REL29555
-
Autographed Japanese fundoshi : Signalman J Easton, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Red cotton Japanese fundoshi, or loin cloth, with two self fabric ties across the top edge. The fundoshi bears the autographs, written in indelible pencil, of the surviving members of 8 Division Signa...REL33778
-
Britannia brooch : Signalman E J Fox, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Gilded metal brooch showing Britannia above a boomerang. Britannia holds a laurel branch in her right hand and a trident in her left. The trident's fork has broken off at the shoulder. Next to her is...REL/12930
-
British War Medal 1939-45 : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL39516.005
-
British War Medal 1939-45 : Private R R Trotter, 8 Division Ammunition Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL38150.003
-
British War Medal 1939-45 : Signalman R C Ingram, 8 Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed on edge with recipient's details.REL33291.004
-
British War Medal 1939-45 : Warrant Officer Class II F J A Fisher, 8 Division Australian Army Service Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/18228.006
-
Coin bracelet : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bracelet made from seven Egyptian half-milleme coins. Each coin has been coated with tin. Wire loops are soldered to each coin and joined to the adjacent coin with a single wire link. In one place a s...REL39518
-
Colour patch : 8 Divisional Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Purple oval shaped colour patch with a grey background and central white over blue rectangle indicating signal units of the 8th Division, AIF, circa 1940-1945. On the reverse of the patch are marked i...REL36230
-
Coolie basket : Private L G Gaffney, 8 Division Employment Platoon
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rattan 'coolie basket' with two carrying handles and an open 'shovel' shaped side.REL46833
-
Cribbage Board : Signalman W J McPherson, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade aluminium cribbage board with four panels of punched out holes for the pegs, grouped in three sets of ten holes for each panel. The board is hand engraved with a thatched hut, palm trees and...REL29050
-
Defence Medal : Signalman R C Ingram, 8 Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed on edge with recipient's details.REL33291.003
-
Embroidered map of Australia : Corporal E G P Sullivan, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Sullivan, Edward Gordon Patrick (Pat)
Embroidered Commonwealth Bank cotton cash bag. One side is printed with the bank's details. The other is heavily embroidered with mercerised cotton embroidery thread in shades of red, pink, mauve, gre...REL/03670
-
Engraved tobacco tin : Sergeant W O Wald, 8th Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small aluminium tobacco tin with separate lid. Engraved on the four sides of the lid is, 'BURMA MALAYA THAILAND SINGAPORE'. The sides of the tin are also engraved with, 'W WALD NX58914 8 [illegible] ...REL39900
-
Fez : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Red felt fez with black tassel. The sides are internally reinforced with panel of woven plant fibre. Printed paper label inside crown.REL39519
-
Folding fan : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden folding hand fan with 21 leaves. Each leaf is identically decorated with a series of pierced patterns, which differ from the endguard pattern. A small piece is broken from the top corner of one...REL39520
-
Hand made playing cards : Major B A Hunt, 2/13 Australian General Hospital
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Twenty three hand drawn playing cards made from the backs of Three Castles cigarette packets. The cards are finely marked in black ink, pencil and coloured pencil and comprise a Joker, four Jacks, fou...REL/04536.001
-
Hand painted leaf : 8 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Dried hand painted leaf from Malaya showing a tropical scene, with palm trees, a beach, and a blue sky with white clouds. Beneath is the text 'GREETINGS! (yellow) FROM (white) MALAYA (red edged with b...REL36136
-
Home-made POW shorts : Driver D S Shipston, 2/105 General Transport Company, Australain Army Service Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Shipston, Donald Saxon
Pair of shorts made from light-weight khaki cotton, probably material from a shirt. The shorts have a waistband and are fastened with a tab fitting on each hip which closes using a handmade celluloid ...REL/04071
-
Improvised flag : Sergeant W W Bale, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Various
Improvised cotton flag made from scraps of material. The flag is white around the edges and bears an 8th Australian Division Artillery colour patch in the centre. The horizontally aligned oval is divi...REL29495
-
Improvised Melbourne Cup : Lieutenant W E Peck, Lintang Prisoner of War Barracks, Kuching, Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised trophy cup made from an empty bully beef tin that has had the label and lid removed. This is mounted on a wooden stem which slots into an octagonal wooden base with a roughly shaped top edg...RELAWM24544
-
Improvised prisoners' smoking pipe: Staff Sergeant Arthur Cyril Robinson, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Robinson, Arthur Cyril
Crude smoking pipe with shank made from local clay and fired. The pipe was used with the stem (REL/1961.003) which also served another pipe. The interior of the bowl contains tobacco residue.REL/01961.001
-
Inlaid wooden tray: Craftsman William John Brown, 2/4th Field Workshop
Heraldry
Maker: Brown, William John
Rectangular teak tray composed of a base with a smaller rectangular inner tray secured to it from beneath with screws. The tray has shaped raised sides, also secured with screws, with handles set into...RELAWM31832
-
Keffiyeh : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White cotton keffiyeh. Hemmed on all four sides, with two sides holding a total of fourteen small white tassels. A black maker's mark is printed in one corner.REL39522.002
-
Lion head door handle from Changi Gaol : Private J J Tracey, Australian Army Service Corps, 8 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Heavy brass lion-headed door handle set within a decorative border. The handle is complete with a circular brass door plate edged with two rows of beading. Two holes are drilled into the plate to allo...REL33632
-
Melbourne Cup awarded for a Frog Race Meeting run by the Adam Park Racing Club, Singapore, 1942
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised trophy cup made of two parts of a coconut shell joined together in the centre by a nut and bolt. Each side of the cup has a curved metal handle attached by two small nuts and bolts. The cup...RELAWM31985
-
Miniature yard broom : Lieutenant Colonel F G Galleghan, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Changi Broom Factory
Long bristled split rattan broom with a two part wooden head. There is a hole in the head to take a handle. The bristles are secured to the head by two steel wires. They are further secured, to stop ...RELAWM31828.004
-
Miniature yard broom : Lieutenant Colonel F G Galleghan, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Changi Broom Factory
Miniature yard broom with coconut fibre bristles and a wooden head. There is a hole in the head to take a handle. Head is made in five pieces and is secured by fine steel pins and staples. Marked in p...RELAWM31828.002
-
Miniature yard broom : Lieutenant Colonel F G Galleghan, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Changi Broom Factory
Long bristled split rattan broom with a two part wooden head. There is a hole in the head to take a handle. The bristles and head are secured by steel wire and two steel strips around each end. The he...RELAWM31828.003
-
Miniature yard broom : Lieutenant Colonel F G Galleghan, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Changi Broom Factory
Miniature split rattan broom head, without handle, in a traditional 'witch's broom' shape. The bristles are bound at the head with fine copper wire.RELAWM31828.005
-
Mother-of-pearl Rising Sun brooch : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rising Sun badge carved from mother of pearl with brooch pin fitting fixed to back with adhesive. Pin is missing.REL39517
-
Pacific Star : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL39516.004
-
Pacific Star : Private R R Trotter, 8 Division Ammunition Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL38150.002
-
Pacific Star : Signalman R C Ingram, 8 Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL33291.002
-
Pacific Star : Warrant Officer Class II F J A Fisher, 8 Division Australian Army Service Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details. A rosette, half coated with silver paint, has been placed on the ribbon.REL/18228.005
-
Peaked cap : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Army khaki wool serge peaked service dress cap with oxidised brass rising sun badge and leather chinstrap. The chinstrap is attached to a small oxideised Australian Military Forces button a...REL39560
-
Presentation box of miniature brooms : Lieutenant Colonel F G Galleghan, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Changi Broom Factory
Small wooden box with a flat lid attached with three leather hinges and steel nails. The lid is marked in pencil '"Search & Sweep" CHANGI BROOM FACTORY "UBIQUE BRAND"'. The box was made to contain fou...RELAWM31828.001
-
Presentation wooden box : Private R J Mitchell, 8 Australian Divisional Ammunition Sub Park, AASC
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand-made wooden box with a YMCA badge on the lid. There is a metal plaque on the front with the words, 'RONALD MITCHELL 1st Place Tenor Solo A.I.F. P.O.W. Camp Singapore 1942'. These words are also p...REL36512
-
Prisoner of War identity disc : Lieutenant L W Male, 8th Division AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Imperial Japan
A Japanese rectangular tin identity disc for a prisoner of war. The disc has 'Australian Officer' in the old form of kanji in black ink on the front. The lower edge of the disc is impressed with the A...REL34238
-
Royal Australian Artillery sweetheart brooch, 8 Division : Gunner E J Finlay, 2/3 Anti Tank Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Miniature colour patch for the Royal Australian Artillery, 8 Division. The patch is set into a brass oval frame. A small copper Australian Military Forces button has been soldered to the top of the fr...REL/12985
-
Saxophone case : E J Banks, Changi Concert Party
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black painted wooden case with a hinged lid, dovetailed corners, two hooks at the front for closure, and a steel carrying handle wound around with narrow width sticking plaster to give additional grip...RELAWM32797.002
-
Saxophone : E J Banks, Changi Concert Party
Heraldry
Maker: Fanning, Keith
Saxophone impressed 'MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA' and 'J K MARK 9849 THE BEST IN THE WORLD'. It has been further engraved, subsequent to manufacture by its Singaporean importer, 'THE NEW KING NANG HENG & C...RELAWM32797.001
-
Silk pincushion : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pincushion covered with silk fabric. The orange centre has the miniature figures of eight children attached around the circumference.REL39521.003
-
Silk pincushion : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pincushion covered with silk fabric. The white centre has the miniature figures of eight children attached around the circumference.REL39521.002
-
Silk pincushion : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pincushion covered with silk fabric. The burgundy red centre has miniature figures of eight children attached around circumference.REL39521.001
-
Smoking pipe stem: Staff Sergeant Arthur Cyril Robinson, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Short (60mm long) commercially made ebonite pipe smoking stem and mouthpiece. The shank end is provided with a length of coated copper piping. The mouthpiece is chewed and damaged.REL/01961.003
-
Souvenir pennant : Captain C R B Richards, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Harland and Wolff
Souvenir triangular blue felt pennant 'H.M.S. FORMIDABLE' with a thin yellow border around the edge and two suspension loops on the hoist. The ship's badge is painted within the border in red, blue an...REL29494
-
1939-45 Star : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL39516.003
-
1939-45 Star : Private R R Trotter, 8 Division Ammunition Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL38150.001
-
1939-45 Star : Signalman R C Ingram, 8 Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL33291.001
-
Sweetheart brooch with 8 Division, Royal Australian Artillery colour patch : Mrs V B Glover
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Sweetheart brooch with enamelled colour patch of 8 Division, Royal Australian Artillery. The patch is a horizontally aligned oval divided diagonally red over blue with a grey border. The back of the b...REL32415
-
Tin of Johnson's Baby Powder : Corporal A W L Webber, Headquarters, 8 Division AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Johnson & Johnson Pty Ltd, Sydney
Small, mildly corroded rectangular tin of Johnson & Johnson baby powder. Most of the original label has disappeared from the body, but a small portion of red and white chequer pattern remains around t...REL48052
-
Violin : Gunner A E Beattie, 2/10 Field Regiment , AIF Concert Party
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Standard violin, complete with pegs, strings, bridge and chin-rest. No indication of manufacturer, although the bridge, a later addition, is impressed 'Dolling'. Finish has been completely worn from n...REL29071.001
-
Wedding anniversary card : Signalman C B Davis, 8 Divisional Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Ingram, Robert Cuthbert 'Shorty'
Hand made anniversary card made from cardboard wrapped in hessian. The front of the card is embroidered with khaki cotton and reads 'To CYRIL Best Wishes for this third Wedding Day Anniversary from SH...RELAWM31317
-
Wrist watch presented by US Major General J M 'Skinny' Wainwright IV : Gunner Cecil Neathway Beatton, Royal Australian Artillery Headquarters
Heraldry
Maker: Tissot
Rolled gold wrist watch with rectangular watch case and adjustable semented band. The copper-coloured rectangular face has Roman Numerals and a rectangular subdial to count seconds where the number VI...REL44149