Australian War Memorial Digitisation Collections - Seeking copyright holders
The Memorial’s Research Centre Digitised Collections team digitises archival collections at risk of deterioration. This process helps to preserve the original items and enables the selected collections to be accessed online in the future.
The Memorial is seeking permission from the copyright holders to publish the collections listed below. If you are a copyright holder, a relation, or a descendant of persons named, please contact the Memorial via email: Digitised.Collections@awm.gov.au
Adrian
The Memorial holds a Private Records collection that contains a letter written by Adrian, sent to Jonathon Vere (Jon) Hodge in 1991, regarding Operation Habitat and his arrival home to the United Kingdom. At the time, Adrian appears to have been serving with the Headquarters 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines.
If you are a copyright holder, a relation, or a descendant of Adrian, please contact the Memorial via email: Digitised.Collections@awm.gov.au.
Collection number: PR00293
Baillie John McKenny, 1938–2017
Baillie John McKenny was born on 17 May 1938.
The Memorial holds a Private Records collection related to O216393 Wing Commander Baillie John McKenny AFC. The collection contains identity cards, documents and photographs related to his service with the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), Kashmir 1975, and the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO), Sinai 1985.
Baillie John McKenny died on 1 June 2017.
If you are a copyright holder, a relation, or a descendant of Baillie John McKenny, please contact the Memorial via email: Digitised.Collections@awm.gov.au.
Collection: PR00454
David James Burnett
The Memorial holds a Private Records collection related to 7100291 Private David James Burnett. The collection contains Burnett’s pocket diary that he kept during his deployment to Somalia with 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) from 1992 to 1993.
If you are a copyright holder, a relation, or a descendant of David James Burnett, please contact the Memorial via email: Digitised.Collections@awm.gov.au.
Collection number: PR00337
Eamon (Ted) John Lindsay, 1942
Eamon John Lindsay was born on 19 December 1942 in Tully, Australia.
Eamon John Lindsay was an Australian politician from 1983 to 1996.
The Memorial holds a Private Records collection that contains letters that former Federal Member for Herbert, Eamon John Lindsay, sent to Jonathon Vere (Jon) Hodge in 1991.
If you are a copyright holder, a relation, or a descendant of Eamon John Lindsay, please contact the Memorial via email: Digitised.Collections@awm.gov.au.
Collection number: PR00293
Elizabeth Cowan
The Memorial holds a Private Records collection that contains a letter that former Advisor of the Office of The Minister for Defence and Personnel, Elizabeth Cowan, sent to Mr Eamon J Lindsay in 1991.
If you are a copyright holder, a relation, or a descendant of Elizabeth Cowan, please contact the Memorial via email: Digitised.Collections@awm.gov.au.
Collection number: PR00293
Gordon Neil Bilney, 1939–2012
Gordon Neil Bilney was born on 21 June 1939 in Renmark, Australia.
In 1967, Gordon Bilney married Elizabeth Gunton, from then known as Mrs Elizabeth Bilney; this marriage ended in 1995. In 2002, Gordon Bilney married Sandra Colhoun. It is not known if these marriages produced children.
Gordon Bilney was an Australian politician from 1983 to 1996.
The Memorial holds a Private Records collection that contains some letters that former Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Gordon Bilney, sent to Jonathon Vere (Jon) Hodge in 1991, regarding service conditions and financial concessions for those serving on Operation Habitat.
Gordon Neil Bilney died on 28 October 2012.
If you are a copyright holder, a relation, or a descendant of Gordon Neil Bilney, please contact the Memorial via email: Digitised.Collections@awm.gov.au.
Collection number: PR00293
Ralph Lawrence Sadler, 1962
Ralph Lawrence Sadler was born in 1962.
The Memorial holds a Private Records collection related to 180644 Captain (later Major) Ralph Lawrence Sadler. The collection contains documents, newspaper clippings and notebooks related to Sadler’s service as Liaison Officer with the Australian Service Contingent on Operation Habitat in northern Iraq in 1991.
If you are a copyright holder, a relation, or a descendant of Ralph Lawrence Sadler, please contact the Memorial via email: Digitised.Collections@awm.gov.au.
Collection: PR00398