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  • type : Heraldry (remove)
  • related units : 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion (remove)

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has video (1)

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Conflict (6)

  • Second World War, 1939-1945 (23)
  • Period 1950-1959 (1)
  • Period 1960-1969 (1)
  • Period 1970-1979 (1)
  • Period 1980-1989 (1)
  • Period 1990-1999 (1)

related places (11)

  • Oceania: Australia (7)
  • Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk (6)
  • Oceania: New Guinea (6)
  • Africa: North Africa (5)
  • Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine (2)
  • Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Albury (2)
  • Oceania: New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae (2)
  • Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Alamein (1)
  • Asia: Borneo, Tarakan (1)
  • Middle East (1)
  • Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne (1)

location (1)

  • Main Bld: Outdoor Exhibition Area: Eastern Precinct (1)

maker (5)

  • Unknown (19)
  • Amor Pty Ltd (1)
  • Arrow Bronze (1)
  • Leber, Josephine Clare (1)
  • Matsuida Factory, Japan Silk Textile Industry Limited? (1)

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  1. Africa Star : Corporal J L Johnson, 2/23 Battalion

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Africa Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.

    REL24213.002

  2. Africa Star : Lieutenant J W H Atkinson, 2/23 Battalion AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Africa Star with 8th Army clasp. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.

    REL28773.003

  3. Anzac Day marching banner : 26 Infantry Brigade Group

    Heraldry

    Maker: Leber, Josephine Clare

    Pale pink satin banner with a triangular shaped base edged with a gold fringe. In the centre of the banner is a large light blue 'T' with a grey border surmounted with a king's crown made from bullion...

    REL26462

  4. Australia Service Medal : Corporal J L Johnson, 2/23 Battalion

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.

    REL24213.004

  5. Australia Service Medal : Lieutenant J W H Atkinson, 2/23 Battalion AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.

    REL28773.007

  6. Autographed good luck flag carried by Japanese sailor Bun'ya Yukio on Tarakan, 1945

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Japanese sailor's printed silk autographed national flag with numerous signatures and slogans in black ink. Apart from the traditional wish of long-lasting good fortune in war, there is 'Victory. Unse...

    RELAWM32166

  7. British War Medal 1939-45 : Corporal J L Johnson, 2/23 Battalion

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    British War Medal 1939-1945. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.

    REL24213.003

  8. British War Medal 1939-45 : Lieutenant J W H Atkinson, 2/23 Battalion AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.

    REL28773.006

  9. Colour patch 2/23 Battalion, AIF : Captain J L Scales, Headquarters Australian Military Forces

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Diamond shaped colour patch for 2/23 Battalion AIF, divided horizontally brown over red on a grey background.

    REL36407

  10. Colour Patch : Corporal J L Johnson, 2/23 Battalion, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Diamond shaped colour patch for 2/23 Battalion AIF, divided horizontally brown over red on a grey background.

    REL24218

  11. Defence Medal : Lieutenant J W H Atkinson, 2/23 Battalion AIF :

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.

    REL28773.005

  12. Japanese good luck flag captured at Lae, 1943 : 2/23rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force

    Heraldry

    Maker: Matsuida Factory, Japan Silk Textile Industry Limited?

    Japanese soldier's autographed 'good luck flag' (yosegaki hinomaru) featuring numerous Japanese signatures in black ink. Across the top in large characters is a traditional wish for long-lasting good...

    REL/17514

  13. Lapel button for 2/23 Battalion : Mrs Josephine Johnson

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Circular tin lapel button with pin back fastening. The front is made of paper and covered with clear plastic. The printed design on the front shows the post 1943 T-shaped colour patch of the 2/23 Batt...

    REL24219

  14. Military Cross : Lieutenant J W H Atkinson, 2/23 Battalion AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Military Cross (Geo VI). Officially engraved reverse with year of issue, and with the recipient's details.

    REL28773.001

  15. Pacific Star : Lieutenant J W H Atkinson, 2/23 Battalion AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.

    REL28773.004

  16. Palestinian lady's festival jacket: Warrant Officer Class 1 Lawrence Frederick Le Get, 2/23 Battalion

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Velvet and cotton jacket lined with silk, heavily embroidered in gold cord. Slightly torn under one arm and mended and the dye has run a little under the arms due to perspiration. Silk lining has disc...

    AWM2018.577.1

  17. 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion

    Heraldry

    Maker: Arrow Bronze

    Commissioned by the 2/23 Battalion Association as part of the Australian War Memorial’s Plaque Dedication Program.

    PL00208

  18. Set of wooden camel figurines: Lance Sergeant Laurence Le Get, 2/23 Battalion.

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    A set of four carved wooden figurines - a bearded man riding a donkey (carved as one figure), leading a line of three laden camels in ascending height, originally chained together. The three camels ha...

    REL47500

  19. Souvenir pennant : Corporal J L Johnson, 2/23 Battalion, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Brown triangular pennant screen printed in yellow with a Rising Sun emblem and the words 'ALBURY'S OWN 2/23 BATT. A.I.F. Souvenir'.

    REL24220

  20. 1939-45 Star : Corporal J L Johnson, 2/23 Battalion

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    1939-1945 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.

    REL24213.001

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