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Autographed and embroidered Union Jack: Miss Lillian Alice Scheidel
Heraldry
Maker: Scheidel, Lillian Alice
Autographed Union Jacked with the names over-embroideed in white, red and blue. The signatures include: The Duke and Duchess of York - 1927 (Later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth; Edward Prince of ...RELAWM16068
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Autographed linen traycloth made by Japanese war criminals at Rabaul : Australian Army Chaplain Gordon Henry Young
Heraldry
Maker: Karube, Saburo
White linen traycloth inscribed in red at the top 'TO REV. & MRS. YOUNG MERRY XMAS'. The cloth is painted in colour with a representation of Mt Fuji, a lake, flowering cherry tree and pine trees. The ...REL/18687
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Canvas work embroidery : Able Seaman Victor Peace Sotheren, HMAS Hobart
Heraldry
Maker: Sotheren, Victor Peace
Canvas work Dutch landscape, worked in cross stitch with polished cotton embroidery thread, in shades of blue, white, green, yellow, ochre, brown, black and mauve. The scene shows traditional Dutch ho...REL41320
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Crocheted beret : Captain W E F Oram, 13 Australian General Hospital
Heraldry
Maker: Young, Wilma Elizabeth Forster
Red and cream cotton 'string' crocheted beret. Beret is red with two circular white stripes, each two rows wide, on the crown.REL/12523
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Egyptian souvenir table runner : Sergeant V J Hibbens, RAAF, 145 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black cotton velveteen souvenir table runner with a yellow cotton fringe. The runner is embroidered in machine chainstitch in shades of yellow, gold, blue, pink, mauve, white and grey. Across the top ...REL38778
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Embroidered 'Australian Changi quilt': Female internees, Changi Prison
Heraldry
Maker: Aldworth, Edna Jessie Auger, Beatrice Maud 'Trixie' Austen-Hofer, Eunice Elizabeth Barnes, Betsy Florence Nea ‘Nea’ Bell, Mary Elizabeth Blackman, Elaine de Souza Blackman, Hazel Ivy Bloom, Freddy Bond, Elizabeth 'Betty' Boston, Joan Margaret Brown, Iris Dora Bruhn, Sheila Philomena Winifred Burgin, Valerie Roberts Burns, Margaret Burstall, Mary Louise Cogan, Geraldine Mary Corley, Constance Doris Haigh 'Doris' Cornelius, Mary Dorothy 'Dorothy' Early, Sheila Ennis, Marion Elizabeth 'Elizabeth' Fletcher, Lucy Francis, Edith May 'Kay' Good, Dorothy G E ‘Judy’ Gottlieb, Valentine Gladys 'Gladys' Gough, Elise Rose Griffith-Jones, Anne Laugharne Phillips Grist, Isobel Jeanne Harness, Caroline Annie Heath, Kathleen Margaret Hegarty, Bridget Hughes, Mary Campbell Crawford Chalmers Hunt, Ena Jenkins, Isobel Helen Jones, Eileen Jones, Nora Janet Kennard, Kathleen Getrude La Cloche, Alice Louise Lacey, Hilda Grace Latta, Helen Anne Logan, Diana Margaret MacKenzie, Sybil Kathleen Macdonald, Dorothy Mather, Dorothy May McCubbin, Jessie McIntosh-Whyte, Joan Mary McIntyre, Vera Amy Victoria McIvor, Judy McMorine, Martha Garrick Millard, Betsey Mitchell, P J Moir, Ellen Agnes Mulvany, Ethel Rogers Murphy, Edith Harle Hickie Nealson, J H Pape, Agnes Milroy Parfitt, Iris Gladys Joyce Rackham, Anne Reilly, Rodney Florence Russell-Davis, Freda Elaine Scott, Mary Pearl Shorthouse, Muriel Smalley, Betty I Smallwood, Margaret Sowerby, Olive Stanley-Cary, Joan Frances Lois Thomas, Mary Tompkins, Lilian Gladys 'Gladys' Uniacke, Elizabeth Mary Unknown internee Von Hagt, Ethne Von Hagt, Violet Walker, Barbara Watson, Alice May 'May' Watson, Marjory Webster, Marie Alma Whitehead, Irene Williams, Gladys Marion Williams, Sue Wills, Helen Redpath Logan de Moubray, Katherine Mary
Quilt made up of 66 embroidered squares, each 'signed' in embroidery with the maker's name. All the squares are edged with turkey red chain-stitch. The squares are bounded by a broad white cotton bord...REL/14235
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Embroidered Australian coat of arms : Private J G Kettle, 2/5 Australian General Hospital
Heraldry
Maker: Kettle, James Gerrard 'Jimmy'
Version of the Australian coat of arms worked in mercerised red, brown, white and orange cotton thread on a discoloured white cotton backing. The design features two kangaroos, (rather than the tradi...REL33541
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Embroidered autographed handkerchief : Lance Corporal William Thomas Whitlock, 2/3 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Man's white linen handkerchief with numerous autographs which have been over-embroidered in red, mauve, puce, green and yellow stemstich. 'KAI-ORA' is embroidered in green in one corner. The signature...REL/06878
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Embroidered autographed tablecloth : Mrs Alexandra Fowles, Lunghwa Civil Assembly Centre, Shanghai
Heraldry
Maker: Fowles, Alexandra
White linen tablecloth with a 85 mm wide drawn threadwork hem decorated with multi-coloured stem-stitch embroidery in mercerised cotton embroidery thread. The centre carries a 'map' representing the ...RELAWM32380
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Embroidered curtain : Aircraftwoman M M Hess, 23 Radar Station RAAF Lytton
Heraldry
Maker: Hess, Mabel Muriel
Black cotton curtain embroidered in the centre in satin stitch with a gold and red RAAF eagle surmounted by a king's crown. Beneath, within a red stem stitch inverted triangle, is '23 RDF WAAAF' in wh...REL/12688
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Embroidered cushion : Flying Officer P C Firkins, 460 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cream silk covered cushion embroidered on one side with '460 Squadron George' and the names operations and specific towns that were the targets of bombing raids in which Flying Officer P C Firkins too...REL33106
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Embroidered handkerchief : Lance Corporal A H Mitchell, 22 Brigade Headquarters
Heraldry
Maker: Mitchell, Albert Henry
White cotton handkerchief embroidered in yellow, green, blue, red and orange chain and backstitch. The handkerchief shows a green outline map of Australia marked with the state boundaries and capital ...REL/03964
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Embroidered 'Japanese Changi quilt': Female internees, Changi Prison
Heraldry
Maker: Aitken, Violet Pauline Austen-Hofer, Eunice Elizabeth Beck, Helen Bell, Mary Elizabeth Bloom, Freddy Bridges, Grace Broadbent, Maud Brown, Iris Dora Burns, Margaret Clark, Muriel Graham Cutler, Rona Clements De Jager, Toosje Dickinson, Contance Ethel ‘Pauline’ Dixon, Norah Edwards, Joyce Edwards, Mary Evans, A Francis, Edith May 'Kay' Greaves, Florence Gregory, Minnie Rosamund Hancock, Clarice Heath, Kathleen Margaret Hegarty, Bridget Henderson, Jean Hooper, Wantar N'nakon Hughes, Mary Campbell Crawford Chalmers Iris Jackson, Priscilla Hannah Jamieson, Alice Mary Elizabeth Lawtie Jones, Eileen Jones, Nora Janet King, Eveline Mary Kinnear, Gwendolyn Edith Allen Kitts, Rhoda Margaret Koek, Cynthia Kronin, Angela Lacey, Caroline Lindsay, Evelyn Gladys Loveridge, Edith Annie Martin, Looleen Anna Martin, Nellie Maunder McCubbin, Jessie McLeod, Ethel Cory Moir, Ellen Agnes Morier, M Mulvany, Ethel Rogers Murphy, Kathleen B L 'Pat' Palomar, Leonora Patterson, Violet May Hilda Pearson, Eileen Mary Rank, Minnie Louise Rattray, Emma Edith Lascelles Renton, Constance Ethel Russell-Davis, Freda Elaine Ruthven, Dora Lansdale Sadler, Eva Maud Scott, Mary Pearl Stafford, Nora Ethel Sullivan, Anne Muriel Tan, Ruth Kathleen Uniacke, Elizabeth Mary Unknown internee White, Helen Dorothy Wickett, Mary June Willies, Ada Wood, Florence
Handmade quilt constructed from 66 embroidered or appliquéd squares each ‘signed’ in embroidery with the maker(s) name. All the squares are edged with turkey red feather-stitch. The squares are bounde...RELAWM32526
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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
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Embroidered matting notebook cover : Mrs C M Levison (nee Touw), civil internee
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Dustjacket-style notebook cover made from the remains of a 'tikar' (pronounced teeker) or woven sleeping mat. The matting is aligned obliquely and is possibly made from strips of pandanus leaves. The ...REL25331
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Embroidered Nazi Badge : Private J G Kettle, 2/5 Australian General Hospital
Heraldry
Maker: Kettle, James Gerrard 'Jimmy'
Nazi swastika and eagle embroidered in red, white, black, orange and brown cotton on a discoloured white cotton backing.REL33542
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Embroidered signature apron : Jan O'Herne and Dutch women at Kamp 1A Ambarawa Internment Camp, Java
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Woman's white cotton apron with decorative blue edge of bias binding. The bib of the apron is embroidered in red and brown with 'Kamp 1A Ambarawa 1942', which has been underscored with a strand of emb...REL26397
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Embroidered skirt made by female internees in Changi Gaol, May 1942
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Short, fine white linen circular dance skirt with left side placket opening fastened by a single press stud and a waistband fastened by two metal hooks and eyes. Down the front are listed 19 numbers p...REL33930
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Embroidered Souvenir of Egypt
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Square black velveteen cloth machine embroidered in each corner with a representation of the Australian Army General Service 'Rising Sun' badge. Each long side carries a representation of the three Gr...REL44352
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Embroidered Souvenir of Palestine, 1943
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black velveteen cushion cover, backed with cream calico, with a gold cotton fringe. The cover is machine chainstitch embroidered in white, blue, red and light brown with (from the top) 'Souvenir of Pa...REL37362