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Guide to the Australian Postcard Collection, 1914-1918

Summary

Title: Australian Postcard Collection

Date range of collection: 1914 - 1918

Scope and content note: Postcards printed in Australia or overseas about Australia or Australians. The collection includes patriotic, scenic, humorous and sentimental postcards.

Provenance: Collected since the 1920s from a variety of sources.

Extent: 1187 postcards

Location: Published and Digitised Collections, Research Centre, Australian War Memorial.

Related collections: Australian theme postcards in the Silk Postcard Collection. Christmas Card Collection, Souvenir Collection.

Administrative information

Access: Open. Available for viewing in the Research Centre

Copyright: Contact Senior Curator Published & Digitised Collections

Preferred citation: Australian Postcard Collection , 1914 - 1918 War, Published & Digitised Collections, Australian War Memorial

Historical background

The outbreak of war was greeted in Australia, as in many other places, with great public enthusiasm. In response to the overwhelming number of volunteers, the authorities set exacting physical standards for recruits. Yet most of the men accepted into the army in August 1914 were sent first to Egypt, not Europe, to meet the threat which a new belligerent, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), posed to British interests in the Middle East and the Suez Canal.

After four and a half months of training near Cairo, the Australians departed by ship for the Gallipoli peninsula, together with troops from New Zealand, Britain and France. The Australians landed at what became known as Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915, and they established a tenuous foothold on the steep slopes above the beach. During the early days of the campaign, the allies tried to break through the Turkish lines and the Turks tried to drive the allied troops off the peninsular. All attempts ended in failure for both sides, and the ensuing stalemate continued for the remainder of 1915. The most successful operation of the campaign was in fact the evacuation of the troops on 19-20 December, under cover of a comprehensive deception operation. As a result, the Turks were unable to inflict more than a very few casualties on the retreating forces.

After Gallipoli the AIF mounted division that had served as additional infantry during the campaign remained in the Middle East, whilst the other AIF divisions went to France. By then the war on the Western Front had long been settled in a stalemate, with the opposing armies facing each other from trench systems that extended across Belgium and north-east France from the English Channel to the Swiss border. The development of machine-guns and artillery favoured defence over attack and compounded the impasse, which lasted until the final months of the war.

While the overall hostile stasis continued throughout 1916 and 1917, the Australians and other allied armies repeatedly attempted attacks preceded by massive artillery bombardments intended to cut barbed wire and destroy enemy defences. After these bombardments, waves of attacking infantry emerged from the trenches into no man's land and advanced towards the enemy's positions. The surviving Germans, protected by deep and heavily reinforced bunkers, were usually able to repel the attackers with machine-gun fire and artillery support from the rear. These attacks often resulted in only limited territorial gains which were followed in turn by German counter-attacks.

In March 1918 the German army launched its final offensive of the war, hoping for a decisive victory before the military and industrial strength of the United States could be fully mobilised in support of the allies. At first the Germans met with great success and advanced 64 kilometres past the region of the 1916 Somme battles before the offensive lost momentum. Between April and November the stalemate of the preceding years began to give way, as the allies began to combine infantry, artillery, tanks and aircraft more effectively.

The Australians in the Middle East fought a mobile war against the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) in conditions completely different from the mud and stagnation of the Western Front. The light horsemen and their mounts had to survive extreme heat, harsh terrain and water shortages. This campaign began in 1916 with Australian troops participating in the defence of the Suez Canal and the allied reconquest of the Sinai peninsular. In the following year Australian and other allied troops advanced into Palestine and captured Gaza and Jerusalem; by 1918 they had occupied Lebanon and Syria. On 30 October 1918, Turkey sued for peace.

Australians also served at sea and in the newly-formed flying corps. The Royal Australian Navy (RAN), under the command of the Royal Navy, made a significant contribution early in the war when HMAS Sydney destroyed the German raider Emden near the Cocos Islands in November 1914. The First World War was the first armed conflict in which aircraft were used; about 3,000 Australian airmen served in the Middle East and France with the Australian

Australian women volunteered for service in auxiliary roles, as cooks, nurses, drivers, interpreters, munitions workers and skilled farm workers. While the government welcomed the service of nurses, it generally rejected offers from women in other professions to serve overseas.

The impact of the war was also felt at home. Families and communities grieved following the loss of so many men, and women increasingly assumed the physical and financial burden of caring for families. When the war ended, thousands of ex-servicemen, many disabled with physical or emotional wounds, had to be re-integrated into a society which was keen to consign the war to the past and resume normal life.

References:

  • Bean, C.E.W. , Anzac to Amiens (Penguin Books Australia:, 1993)
  • Beaumont, J. , Australia's War 1914-1918 (:Sydney, 1995)
  • Peter Dennis et al. , The Oxford companion to Australian military history (Oxford University Press: Melbourne, 1995)

Series number Title of Series and Date
2/1/1 - Gallipoli
2/2/1 - Australian Camps
2/3/1 - Australian Hospitals
2/4/1 - Australian Patriotic Cards
2/5/1 - Australians in Egypt
2/6/1 - Australian Fundraising
2/7/1 - Sentimental Greetings
2/8/1 - Australian Flying Corps
2/9/1 - Christmas & New Year
2/10/1 - Prisoners of War
2/11/1 - Cartoons / Humorous
2/12/1 - Sports
2/13/1 - Entertainment
2/14/1 - Message Cards
2/15/1 - Australian Naval Postcards
2/16/1 - Battle Scenes
2/17/1 - Victory Parades
2/18/1 - Memorials and Cemeteries
2/19/1 - General Australian Cards
2/20/1 - Scenic Postcards
2/21/1 - Tom Cross Cartoons
2/22/1 - Artillery and Tanks
2/23/1 - Herbert Garside Naval Postcard Collection
2/24/1 - Florence 'Poppy' Garrard's 'Love and War' Postcard Collection
2/25/1 - Private James Bennett Postcard Collection

SERIES 1: Gallipoli

Description: This collection is primarily made up of photographs taken at Gallipoli during the Gallipoli Campaign, and sent during or after the campaign. For soldier on Gallipoli, paper and postcards were often scarce and postcard substitutes were made with whatever paper or cardboard the soldiers could find. There are three examples of these home made postcards in the collection.

Number Title and description
   
2/1/1 Anzac Cove. The Historic Landing Place, April 25, 1915 [Watercolour (?) of Anzac Cove]
2/1/2 Memories of Gallipoli. On April 25th 1915 Australian history began: On the way to the firing line. [Soldiers along the way up to the firing line]
2/1/3 Gallipoli Peninsula. Here Australia became a nation: The firing line Shrapnel Gully [Soldiers in the front line]
2/1/4 [same as 2/1/3] [RC00059]
2/1/5 [no title] [Home made postcard. Made on and sent from Gallipoli from cardboard cigarette box]
2/1/6 [no title] [Home made postcard. Made on and sent from Gallipoli]
2/1/7 [no title] [Home made postcard. Made on and sent from Gallipoli. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/2941)]
2/1/8 Anzac Beach [Anzac Beach. (Donor Ref: 419/027/026)]
2/1/9 Popes Hill [Popes Hill. (Donor Ref: 419/027/026)]
2/1/10 Visit of a Jack Johnson [Scene in the trenches after a shell exploded. A "Jack Johnson" was colloquial term for a high explosive shell bursting with a black smoke. (Donor Ref: 419/027/026)]
2/1/11 Beach Scene where the "Anzacs" landed (Dardanelles) [Anzac Cove]
2/1/12 Landing at Anzac Cove (Dardanelles) 25th April 1915 [Soldiers landing at Anzac Cove]
2/1/13 At Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Dardanelles [View looking towards the Sphinx]
2/1/14 Indian Bivouacs at Anzac Cove Dardanelles [Indians at Gallipoli]
2/1/15 Landing at Gallipoli Anzac 1915 [Anzac Cove. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7187)]
2/1/16 11 in shell bursting on Quinns Post [Shell bursting. (Donor Ref: 419/027/026)]
2/1/17 The Landing at Gallipoli Peninsula - Where the gallant Australians and New Zealanders made their famous Landing on April 25th 1915 [Anzac Cove. (Donor Ref: 419/115/010)]
2/1/18 Dug Outs at Anzac Cove Dardanelles [Photograph of dug outs. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/4172)]
2/1/19 Australians landing under shrapnel fire at Gallipoli Peninsula [Allied ships on the ocean near Gallipoli]
2/1/20 Anzac Cove. Gallipoli [Anzac Cove]
2/1/21 Landing at Anzac Cove (Dardanelles) 25th April 1915 [Soldiers landing at Anzac Cove. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/4172)]
2/1/22 [same as 2/1/21]
2/1/23 [no title] [Soldiers unloading supplies (?) at Anzac Cove. (Donor Ref: 749/094/042)]
2/1/24 [same as 2/1/14] [Indians at Gallipoli. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/4172)]
2/1/25 Communication line behind trenches. Gallipoli [Soldiers walking along communication trench]
2/1/26 Australian Headquarters at Gallipoli 1915 [Australian Headquarters]
2/1/27 Australian troops at Gallipoli [Photograph of dug outs at Gallipoli]
2/1/28 Australian wounded on Anzac Beach [Wounded Australian soldiers]
2/1/29 Anzac Cove. Gallipoli [Anzac Cove]
2/1/30 Australians disembarking at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli [Australian soldiers disembarking]
2/1/31 Dug Outs at Anzac Cove Dardanelles [A view of dugouts on the side of a hill.]
2/1/32 Australian Officers viewing Turkish Aeroplane, Dardanelles [Australian Officers on board a ship watching a Turkish aeroplane flying over head.]
2/1/33 Australian Field Artillery in action [View of a trench]
2/1/34 General view of Base, Cape Helles, Dardanelles [View of Cape Helles]
2/1/35 First Turkish Gun Captured at Cape Helles, Dardanelles [Soldiers posing on a captured Turkish gun]
2/1/36 A visit from "Asiatic Annie" Dardanelles [Shells exploding at Gallipoli]
2/1/37 Australian Surgeon at Work, Dardanelles [Surgeon tending to a wounded soldier on a stretcher]
2/1/38 Australians landing near Cape Helles, Dardanelles [Australian soldiers landing at a beach near Cape Helles]
2/1/39 6 in. guns ready to bombard Chanak, Dardanelles [6 inch guns on a beach]
2/1/40 Australian underground kitchen, Dardanelles [Australia soldiers standing in front of the kitchen entrance]
2/1/41 Transports in the Harbour [sic] at Lemnos 1915 [Ships in the harbour]
2/1/42 Anzac Beach in June 1915 [View of Anzac Beach with soldiers and supplies. (Donor Ref: 419/068/024)]
2/1/43 The remains of a landing barge Gallipoli [Tourist postcard, possibly from 1965. (Donor Ref: 419/081/032)]
2/1/44 Murdros Church at Lemnos 1915 [A view of Murdros church.]
2/1/45 Cape Helles and Gaba Tepe [Graves of soldiers, with Cape Helles in the background. (Donor Ref: 419/027/026)]
2/1/46 The Valley of Death, Anzac [View of Gallipoli. (Donor Ref: 419/027/026)]
2/1/47 Australia's Glorious Day Landing at the Dardanelles. April 25th 1915 [Watercolour (?) of troops disembarking at Anzac Cove]
2/1/48 Waiting to Land [Photograph taken from a ship. (Donor Ref: 419/027/026)]
2/1/49 Dug-outs at Gallipoli Dardanelles [Dug outs on a hill side]
2/1/50 Mules killed by shrapnel at Anzac 1915 [Dead mules]
2/1/51 Gaba Tepe - Gallipoli 1915 [Postcard of Gaba Tepe, annotated with notes]
2/1/52 [same as 2/1/12] [Soldiers landing at Anzac Cove. (Donor Ref: 419/114/021)]
2/1/53 Anzac Cove Gallipoli [Soldiers, artillery and supplies on Anzac Beach. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/4172)]
2/1/54 100 pound Howitzer firing at Gallipoli [Soldiers firing Howitzer]
2/1/55 [B... Sap & Pyramid Point] [Soldiers walking down trench, with 'The Sphinx' in the background
2/1/56 Reinforcements at Anzac Inspected by Gen. Walker [Soldiers on parade, being inspected by General Walker]
2/1/57 Shrapnel Gully "Gallipoli" 1915 [View of Shrapnel Gully]
2/1/58 [Walkers Ridge] [View of Walkers Ridge]
2/1/59 [Hqrs Gully Anzac] [Dug outs and live cattle in a gully at Anzac]
2/1/60 The Landing of Reinforcements on the Beach at Gaba Tepe [Print of a black and white drawing of reinforcements landing at Gaba Tepe]
2/1/61 Quinns [sic] Post (Gallipoli) 1915 [View of Quinns Post]
2/1/62 Quinns Post Gallipoli 1915 [View of Quinns Post]
2/1/63 Australian Artillery Horses dug in, Dardanelles [Horses at Gallipoli]
2/1/64 6 in. howitzer at Cape Helles, Dardanelles [Soldiers posing with howitzer]
2/1/65 General view of Base, Cape Helles, Dardanelles [Tents set up in base camp]
2/1/66 Howitzer Battery in action, Dardanelles [View of howitzer battery]
2/1/67 [no title] [View of a dug out. Location unknown, probably Gallipoli. (Donor Ref: SC01742)]
2/1/68 Shrapnell Gully, Gallipoli, Where the brave Australians chased the Turks nack to Achi Baha [Troops move up the gully. (Donor Ref: RC03279)]
2/1/69 Walker's Ridge and Rest Gully, Gallipoli, Where the Australians and New Zealanders made their gallant charge against shrapnell and machine gun fire [View of Walker's Ridge and Rest Gully. (Donor Ref: RC03281)]
2/1/70 Quinn's Post, Gallipoli, The Australians lost many gallant men whilst holding this post [View of men next to dugout. (Donor Ref: RC03280)]
2/1/71 Australian Artillery Horses Dug In, Dardanelles [Horses at Gallipoli. (Donor Ref: RC07293)]
2/1/72 6 In. Howitzer at Cape Helles, Dardanelles [Soldiers posing with howitzer. (Donor Ref: RC07293)]
2/1/73 General view of Base, Cape Helles, Dardanelles [Tents set up in base camp. (Donor Ref: RC07293)]
2/1/74 Howitzer Battery in action, Dardanelles [View of howitzer battery. (Donor Ref: RC07295)]
2/1/75 Turkish Magazine Exploded by Australian Artillery, Dardanelles [View of explosion. (Donor Ref: RC07295)]
2/1/76 1st Light Horse Brigade drawing their daily rations [View of stacks of rations. (Donor Ref: RC08888 [item 1])]
2/1/77 Turkish trenches on Walkers Ridge, full of Turks yet [View of the ridge. (Donor Ref: RC08888 [item 2])]
2/1/78 Popes Hill defended by Light Horse against all Turkish attacks [View of the hill. (Donor Ref: RC08888 [item 3])]
2/1/79 Australian dug-outs, covered with blankets, on the hill side [View of the hill side. (Donor Ref: RC08888 [item 4])]
2/1/80 On the beach at Anzac Landing place of April 25th, 1915 [View of boats disembarking paseengers. (Donor Ref: RC08888 [item 5])]
2/1/81 Australian soldier in trench, with dead Turk's feet protending [Soldier stans, arms crossed, next to the trench wall. (Donor Ref: RC08888 [item 6])]
2/1/82 New Zealand Infantry relieving one another on Courtneys Post [View of the hill side. (Donor Ref: RC08888 [item 7])]
2/1/83 Tree that the Australians shot a Turkish sniper out of .. [View of the tree. (Donor Ref: RC08888 [item 8])]

SERIES 2: Australian Camps

Description: This collection contains photographs of a number of Australian camps, both in Australia and overseas. The collection also includes souvenir postcards sent from military camps. Some include poems relating to camp life.

Number Title and description
2/2/1 First Expeditionary Force Marching to Camp [Photograph of new recruits marching into training camp, whilst a large crowd watches. The recruits are still in civilian clothes]
2/2/2 Australia's Expeditionary Force Marching to Camp [Photograph of military band leading the Expeditionary Force down Collins Street, Melbourne. (Donor Ref: 419/048/070)]
2/2/3 Australian Infantry March Past: The first review in the British Empire of compulsorily-trained troops ready for the fighting line [Photograph of a march past at either Broadmeadows or Seymour Victoria. (Donor Ref: 419/048/070)]
2/2/4 Head Quarters - From right to left: Col. Humphries, Col. Wallack, Capt. Sloane [Group photograph of camp head quarters. Camp unknown]
2/2/5 The Recruiting Staff [Photograph of members of the recruiting staff. Camp unknown]
2/2/6 A Reception Committee [Trainees standing around whilst civilians walk past, at the training camp. Camp unknown]
2/2/7 On his way to take Possession of his Bachelor Quarters [Group of new recruits, carrying bedding and other items on their way to their quarters. Camp unknown]
2/2/8 The Music that Cheers and Inspires [A Military Band march through the camp. Camp unknown]
2/2/9 Keeping his arms fit [Soldiers inspecting some of their equipment. Camp unknown]
2/2/10 "Arms and the Man" [Recruits standing around a rack of rifles with bayonets. Camp unknown
2/2/11 "Bluey" Tindal (the camp wit) and his bodyguard [Photograph of three recruits. Camp unknown]
2/2/12 Leisure Moments [Photograph of recruits relaxing. Camp unknown]
2/2/13 On Guard [Photograph of soldier on guard at a training camp. Camp unknown]
2/2/14 The Bridge, connecting link between Camp and Railway {Photograph of people crossing the bridge, with the camp in the background. Camp unknown]
2/2/15 [no title] [Easter 1914 Photograph of military training camp, Gawler, South Australia]
2/2/16 [no title] [Rutherford training camp. 1916. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/4181)]
2/2/17 Military Camp, Castlemaine [Photograph of the camp. (Donor Ref: 749/102/037)
2/2/18 Soldiers arrive Seymour, Marching to Camp [Photograph of military band and soldiers marching into camp]
2/2/19 Seymour Military Camp from Reservoir Hill [View of Seymour Camp from Reservoir Hill]
2/2/20 [no title] [Photograph of Bhurtpore Barracks Tidworth, England. (Donor Ref: SC01361)]
2/2/21 [no title] [Group photograph taken in a camp. Persons unknown. (Donor Ref: SC01252)]
2/2/22 [no title] [Group photograph. Persons unknown. (Donor Ref: SC01318)]
2/2/23 [no title] [Group photograph taken in a camp. Persons unknown. (Donor Ref: SC01253)]
2/2/24 A.I.F. Camp - Seymour [Distant photograph of the camp. (Donor Ref: SC01361)]
2/2/25 Good Tidings from Tidworth [Tourist postcard from Tidworth, England, of a mailman delivering mail, with a small "satchel" stuck to the postcard. In the "satchel" are small photographs of buildings around Tidworth, including many of the barracks]
2/2/26 Hampshire Cross, Tidworth [The houses on this postcard were used by the military authorities to house various officers. It was approximately half a mile from the barracks at Tidworth, England. (Donor Ref: SC01361)]
2/2/27 General view of Barracks, Tidworth [View of the Barracks at Tidworth, England. (Donor Ref: SC01361)]
2/2/28 Tidworth, Jellalabad Barracks [Photograph of one of the barracks at Tidworth, England (Donor Ref: SC01361)]
2/2/29 Tidworth, Lucknow Barracks [Photograph of one of the barracks at Tidworth, England (Donor Ref: SC01361)]
2/2/30 Bhurtpore Barracks, Tidworth [Photograph of one of the barracks at Tidworth, England (Donor Ref: SC01361)]
2/2/31 Bhutpore, Tidworth [Photograph of one of the barracks at Tidworth, England (Donor Ref: SC01361)]
2/2/32 Australian D.A.P. Camp [Photograph of 1st Divisional Ammunition Park camp, with trucks in the foreground and tents in the background. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/2743)]
2/2/33 Australians' D.A.P. Camp "Somewhere in Europe" [Photograph of 1st Divisional Ammunition Park camp, with personnel in the foreground and tents in the background. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/2743)]
2/2/34 No. 4 Section A.D.A.P. [Photograph of personnel and their trucks at 1st Divisional Ammunition Park camp. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/2743)]
2/2/35 A.A.S.C. [Photograph of Australian Army Service Corps trucks at the 1st Divisional Ammunition Park. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/2743)]
2/2/36 Australians' A.S.C. Camp "Somewhere" [Australian Army Service Corps Camp. Possibly at 1st Divisional Ammunition Park]
2/2/37 Aussies National Game 'Two Up' Hurdcott Camp [Australian troops playing two-up at Hurdcott camp]
2/2/38 [no title] [Australian troops at an unknown camp. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3141)]
2/2/39 [no title] [Photograph of tents outside the Carmelite Nunnery, Warren Sydney. During the First World War the Nunnery was converted into barracks]
2/2/40 [no title] [Australian troops inside a barrack. C.T. Depot, Park House]
2/2/41 Some of the Motor Work Shops [Photograph of Australian troops with trucks. 1st Australian Divisional Ammunition Park. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/2743)]
2/2/42 Motor Ammunition Park Camp - Lieut. James, Lieut.-Col. Tunbridge, Lieut. Fordyce. [Photograph of the three officers, 1st Divisional Ammunition Park. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/2743)]
2/2/43 [same as 2/2/42]
2/2/44 Panorama right side - Australian Camp - Mena, Cairo. [View from a hill of Mena camp, Egypt]
2/2/45 Post Office and Police Station - Mena Camp - Cairo [Photograph of Mena Camp, Egypt]
2/2/46 Trafic [sic] line and approach to Australian Camp - Mena, Cairo [View of road heading toward Mena Camp, Egypt]
2/2/47 Mena Camp Tramp [sic] Terminus - (Cairo) [View of the tram terminus, Mena Camp, Egypt]
2/2/48 The Australian Military Church (C. of E.) with Recreation Room. On Active Service [Black and white drawing of the alter of a church. Place unknown]
2/2/49 [same as 2/2/48] [Black and white drawing of the alter of a church. Place unknown Donor Ref: 3DRL/3895]
2/2/50 Souvenir Post Card from Ballarat Camp [Australian Blue Ensign with the Union Jack]
2/2/51 Love From Broadmeadows [The Union Jack on a shield, surrounded by the flags of Australia (Red Ensign), South Africa, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Italy, France, Russia, Belgium, Montenegro]
2/2/52 Greetings from Australian Field Artillery, Warren Camp Sydney, N.S.W. Australia [Views of activities at Warren Camp, N.S.W.]
2/2/53 Greetings from Codford Camp [Australian Blue Ensign with verse. The card lists major events after the Armistice up to Anzac Day 1919]
2/2/54 A Message from the Camp. To My Truest of Pals. "My Mother" [Rising Sun Badge with verse]
2/2/55 Perham Down Camp [Postcard with verse describing the life in camp]
2/2/56 Larkhill [Postcard with verse describing the life in camp. very similar (in many places identical) to the verse on the Perham Down Camp postcard]
2/2/57 Lark Hill Camp [Postcard with verse describing the life in camp. identical to the Perham Down Camp postcard to the verse on the Perham Down Camp postcard (except for the change of place). (Donor Ref: SC00806)]
2/2/58 Australian Camp [Photograph of an Australian Camp, probably in Egypt, with the Union Jack in the background]
2/2/59 [no title] [Group photograph of soldiers. Identities unknown. (Donor Ref. 701/087/025)]
2/2/60 [no title] [Photograph of Barracks, camp unknown. (Donor Ref. 701/087/025)]
2/2/61 [no title] [Barrack, camp unknown. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6043)]
2/2/62 11th Field Co. Eng AIF Bernopre (?) [Photograph of the 11th Field Company Engineers. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6043)]
2/2/63 [no title] [Palestine (?). Horse line]
2/2/64 [Perham down] [Poem titled 'Perham Down' written by H C J, Royal Bucks Hussars. Left hand bottom corner "Camp Series no.7"]
2/2/65 A Coo-ee from Australians at Weymouth (Eng), Xmas 1916 [Photograph of the quayside at Sherrens, Weymouth]
2/2/66 A Coo-ee from Australians at Weymouth (Eng), Xmas 1916 [Photograph of a beach scene at Sherrens, Weymouth]
2/2/67 A Coo-ee from Australians at Weymouth (Eng), Xmas 1916 [Collage of pictures of the area with scroll titled 'Picturesque Weymouth']
2/2/68 [no title] [Photograph of D.A.H.Q. (Divisional Artillery), including the Staff Captain, Brigade Major and Commander, Divisional Artillery (RC08714 Item 3)]
2/2/69 [no title] [Photograph of soldiers before a tent, camp unknown. (RC08714 Item 1)]
2/2/70 Salisbury Plain [Pub: by T.L. Fuller. Amesbury. Montage of 12 images.]
2/2/71 [9th Engineers] [Plaque on side of building for 9th Engineers, Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, 1917. 1917. 1918.]
2/2/71 The Ford. Codford. St Mary. [No. 58a, Grosvenor Real Photo Series B. Image of 7 mounted troops in Ford].
2/2/72 Tidworth: barracks from S. [45077, Image of Tidworth barracks].
2/2/73 Mena, Cairo [Photograph of the Australian camp- panorama right side]
2/2/74 Views from Tidworth [Coloured drawing of barracks. Written on verso "to Doreen with love from Dad". 3/7/18]
2/2/75 General view of the aerodrome Heliopolis [Black and white photograph of the camp. Written on verso "To my dear sisters from their brother Athol with love".]
2/2/76 To my truest of pals: My mother [A poem to a mother. Written on verso to his mother from Les.]
2/2/77 Sutton Veny Camp [Poem dedicated to Sutton Veny.]
2/2/78  Abbey [?] Wood Camp. 1916: Inspection by General Birdwood.
2/2/79 The First Australian Unit Established in Germany 14/12/18, no. 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station. [Image of the building in which the unit was billetted. Euskirchen.]
2/2/80 Panorama right side - Australian camp - Mena, Cairo. [Black and white photograph of the camp. Written on verso.]]

SERIES 3: Australian Hospitals

Description: Photographs of military hospitals, hospital staff and recuperating military personnel. For postcards of Hospital Ships, please see Series 15 "Australian Naval Postcards".

Number Title and description
2/3/1 The Concert Hall. First Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield [Photograph of audience in Concert Hall.]
2/3/2 Entrance to Australian Hospital, Harefield [Photograph of entrance.]
2/3/3 Anzac Hospital Harefield [Photograph of First Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield.]
2/3/4 Australian Military Hospital. Southall [Photograph of front of hospital (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6146)]
2/3/5 The Canteen. No. 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital. Southall [Photograph of canteen workers, and convalescing soldiers. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6301) ]
2/3/6 Tennis Court Outside Canteen. No. 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital. Southall [Photograph of convalescing soldiers sitting and standing around tables. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6301)]
2/3/7 The Kitchen. No. 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital. Southall [Photograph of kitchen staff]
2/3/8 Quarter Master's Stores etc. No. 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital. Southall [Photograph of convalescing soldiers outside the Quarter Master's stores]
2/3/9 Dining Hall. No. 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital. Southall [Photograph of staff setting places in the dining hall]
2/3/10 No. 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital. Southall [Photograph of area around hospital]
2/3/11 The Lawn. No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, Kent [Photograph of convalescing soldiers on the lawn. (Donor Ref: SC00429)]
2/3/12 General Ward. No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, Kent [Photograph of a hospital ward. (Donor Ref: SC00429)]
2/3/13 Graduated Physical Exercise. No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, Kent [Photograph of convalescing soldiers exercising. (Donor Ref: SC00429)]
2/3/14 Graduated Physical Exercise. No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, Kent [Copy of item 2/3/13]
2/3/15 The Sister's Mess. [ No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, Kent] [Copy of postcard. Nurses sitting in the Sisters' Mess]
2/3/16 One of the Recreation Rooms. [ No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, Kent] [Copy of postcard. Photograph of recreation room]
2/3/17 Australian Red Cross Store. [No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, Kent] [Copy of postcard. Photograph of Red Cross Store]
2/3/18 General Australian Hospital at Guezireh, Cairo [Photograph of hospital. (Donor Ref: 749/099/046)]
2/3/19 Luna Park No. 1 Auxiliary Convalescent Depot, Heliopolis. [Photograph of Depot. (Donor Ref: 749/099/046)]
2/3/20 The Walker Hospital [Photograph of Walker Hospital]
2/3/21 [no title] [Group portrait of Nurses and convalescing soldiers at unknown hospital. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7345)]
2/3/22 [no title] [Unknown convalescing soldiers sitting outside barrack, with a design made from broken glass and stones of a shield with the Union Jack]
2/3/23 The Dead-Heads [Unknown convalescing soldiers sitting outside barrack, with a design made from broken glass and stones, rising sun badge and a boomerang, which reads "The Boomerang Hut"]
2/3/24 [no title] [Unknown convalescing soldiers sitting outside barrack, with a design made from broken glass and stones with a Kangaroo, which reads "Coo-ee the kangaroos" and a map of Australia]
2/3/25 [no title] [Unknown convalescing soldiers sitting outside barrack, with a design made from broken glass and stones which reads "Aus. N.Z. Anzac. Empire All"]
2/3/26 Napsbury Military Hospital [Photograph of one of the hospital buildings. (Donor Ref: SC01561)]
2/3/27 Napsbury Military Hospital [Photograph of front of hospital. (Donor Ref: SC01562)]
2/3/28 Napsbury Military Hospital [Photograph of hospital grounds. (Donor Ref: SC01563)]
2/3/29 Napsbury Military Hospital [Photograph of front of hospital. (Donor Ref: SC01564)]
2/3/30 Lower Southern Hospital [Photograph of Lower Southern Hospital. (Donor Ref: SC01566)]
2/3/31 Orchard Convalescent Hospital [Photograph of Orchard Convalescent Hospital. (Donor Ref: SC01567)]
2/3/32 Orchard Convalescent Hospital [Photograph of convalescing soldiers outside barracks. (Donor Ref: SC01568)]
2/3/33 Sporting Club No. 3 Auxiliary Convalescent Depot. Heliopolis [Photograph of barracks. (Donor Ref: SC01363)]
2/3/34 [same as 2/3/13] [Photograph of convalescing soldiers exercising. (Donor Ref: SC01361)]
2/3/35 [same as 2/3/12] [Photograph of a hospital ward. (Donor Ref: SC01361)]
2/3/36 [same as 2/3/16] [Photograph of recreation room. (Donor Ref: SC01361)]
2/3/37 General view of the wards and some of the patients [ No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, Kent] [Photograph of convalescing soldiers outside barracks. (Donor Ref: SC01361)]
2/3/38 The Kitchen [ No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, Kent] [Photograph of kitchen, with personnel. (Donor Ref: SC01361)]
2/3/39 [no title] [Photograph of an Australian hospital ward. Hospital unknown (Donor Ref: 419/021/034)]

SERIES 4: Australian Patriotic Cards, 1914-1919

Description: This collection contains postcards exalting Australia's virtues and triumphs. The postcards use nationalistic sentiment and images for example the Australian Red and Blue Ensigns, Australian flora and fauna. Whilst many of the postcards having a feeling of intense national pride, they do not forget that Australia is part of the Commonwealth and many postcards have the Union Jack as well as or instead of the Australian Ensigns (often in more prominent positions). The collection also includes some recruitment propaganda postcards which attempted to shame or cajole men into enlisting into the Services.

Number Title and description
2/4/1 A Gallipoli Souvenir. Bravo Anzacs! [Verse with photographs of an Australian soldier at attention, Lieutenant-General Birdwood and a map of Gallipoli Peninsula] 2 copies: Copy 1 (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6223). Copy 2 is unmarked.
2/4/2 To Our Heroes of the Dardanelles! [Verse by Ellis Price with Australian Red Ensign, Red Cross and crossed rifle and sword with a wreath]
2/4/3 Forcing the Dardanelles - to Constantinople: For Right, Liberty, Emperor & Empire [Drawing of British, Australian , New Zealand and French troops charging up a map of the Dardanelles]
2/4/4 Off to the Dardanelles [Verse by C.H.C., Roseville Australia Day July 30th 1915 with drawing of a Light Horseman]
2/4/5 Coo-ee [1915 Recruitment postcard: verse by C.C. Grassick. Drawing of a soldier with his wounded comrade "Coo-eeing" to A man in Australia, calling him to arms]
2/4/6 Some Boy! From one of the Australian Expeditionary Force [Face of a smoking "Larrikin" with an embossed Rising Sun badge]
2/4/7 [same as 2/4/6]
2/4/8 Some Boy! From one of the Australian Expeditionary Force [Face of a smiling "Larrikin" with an embossed Rising Sun badge]
2/4/9 [same as 2/4/8] [(Donor Ref. 419/054/060)]
2/4/10 22nd Rein. 14th Battn. [Hand drawn postcard with the Battalion's colour patch drawn as a flag, with pink flowers]
2/4/11 The Great War AIF 1914-1918 53rd Batt. D.V. Owers [Hand drawn postcard with the Battalion's colour patch and the Australian Blue Ensign and Union Jack. David Vivian Owers served with the 53rd Battalion, returning to Australia in early 1918. (Donor Ref. 419/078/025)]
2/4/12 To Commemorate the completion of 1000 days active service [The postcard has the colour patch of the 17th Battalion and the Battle Honours for that Battalion. A young woman holding the Australian Blue Ensign and a shield with the words "Justice" and "Liberty' emblazoned on it]
2/4/13 [same as 2/4/12]
2/4/14 [same as 2/4/12] [(Donor Ref. 3DRL/7087)]
2/4/15 9th Brigade AIF [Map of France with the Battle Honours and Regimental Badges of the 9th Brigade. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/4124)]
2/4/16 Where Australians have won their fame [Map of Australia with a list of places Australian's fought. Designed by Private Richard James Birkett, 20th Battalion]
2/4/17 "Our War Nurses" [Verse, with a Red Cross flag. (Donor Ref. 701/062/009]
2/4/18 Our "Dinkum" Engineers [Drawing of an Engineer, with the colour patch for the 2nd Division Engineers (purple diamond). (Donor Ref. SC01366)]
2/4/19 Our "Dinkum" Infantry [Drawing of member of the Infantry, with the colour patch for the 7th Battalion]
2/4/20 Our "Dinkum" Light Horse [Drawing of member of the Light Horse, with the colour patch for the 6th Light Horse Regiment]
2/4/21 [no title] [Portrait of a member of the Light Horse]
2/4/22 Souvenir of the Light Horse [Hand written in glitter, with an Australian Red Ensign]
2/4/23 Australian Light Horse [Painting of two Light Horsemen in the bush]
2/4/24 Souvenir of the Great War: The Aussies Glorious Records [Photograph of an Honour board, listing all the places Australians fought]
2/4/25 Souvenir of the Great War [Photograph of an Honour board, listing many of the places Australians fought. (Donor Ref. 749/013/034)]
2/4/26 [same as 2/4/24] [(Donor Ref. 3DRL/2886)]
2/4/27 Isn't it great to be happily married? [Postcard of a Kewpie bride and kewpie soldier groom with a kewpie guard of honour. Artwork by Zoe Rothwell. With verse]
2/4/28 Advance Australia! [small kewpie like child wrapped in the Australian Blue Ensign, wearing a slouch hat with black feathers. Artwork by Flora White]
2/4/29 "Some Stunt." [Cartoon of a soldier 'child' with his girlfriend sitting on a cushion]
2/4/30 O God of Battles! Steel My Soldiers' Hearts. The Commonwealth of Australia (New South Wales Lancers) [Drawing of a member of the NSW Lancers on horseback]
2/4/31 [no title] [Drawing of a young woman in an infantry tunic and slouch hat. A postcard from "The Army and Navy Girls" series
2/4/32 An Australian Contingent [c. 1914. Photograph of Australian troops, sitting or standing around a piece of artillery. A postcard from the "The European War, 1914: Types of the Allied Armies" series]
2/4/33 In Memory of a Fallen Hero [Sympathy postcard with pictures of roses and a cross. With verse]
2/4/34 "Digger" (late) AIF Mascot. [Photograph of a dog, "Digger" who was an AIF mascot for 3 1/2 years. Digger was wounded and gassed at Pozieres. (2 copies)]
2/4/35 United we stand for peace and liberty [Allied flags and Australian Flora]
2/4/36 The Waratahs South Coast Rout March 1915 [Picture of a Waratah and the Australian Red Ensign. in 1915 and early 1916 'snow ball' route marches were a popular way to increase recruitment. Marches would start at a town and gradually make its way to another town with a training camp. The Waratah march travelled from Nowra, through Bomaderry, Meroo, Berry, Gerringong, Kiama, Jamberoo, Albion Park, Dapto, Unanderra, Pt Kembla, Wollongong, Balgownie, Corrimal, Woonona, Bulli, Thirroul, Coledale, Scarborough, Stanwell Park, Helensburgh, Heathcote, Sutherland, Hurstville, Kogarah, Rockdale, arriving at The Domain, Sydney. The contingent included men from Jervis Bay, and Kangaroo Valley which were not on the route. They entered camp at Liverpool on 17 December 1915 and most left Australia between March and June 1916 as reinforcements to the 1st Battalion and fought at Pozieres.
2/4/37 Well Done Australia. To a Brave Australian Soldier [Crossed Australian Red Ensign with Union Jack and wattle. Includes a verse by Alec Barr
2/4/38 Australia Will Be There [Title hand written in glitter over the image of a horseshoe, with the Australian Red Ensign and Union Jack]
2/4/39 Bravo! Australia & New Zealand [Australian Blue Ensign and New Zealand Flag. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/3451)]
2/4/40 Serving King and Country. From One of the Australian Expeditionary Force [Australian Blue Ensign and Rising Sun badge]
2/4/41 With All Good Wishes. From One of the Australian Expeditionary Force [Australian Blue Ensign and Rising Sun badge]
2/4/42 [same as 2/4/41]
2/4/43 Australian Military Forces [Rising Sun badge, with verse]
2/4/44 [same as 2/4/43]
2/4/45 Australian General Service Badge: Crowned With Glory, Fame and Honour [Rising Sun badge with wattle]
2/4/46 Australian Imperial Force [Rising Sun Badge with Coat of Arms, surrounded by wattle
2/4/47 "Australia's Boys salute that Flag, 'Neath which their Fathers fought." [Australian soldier saluting, with Australian Blue ensign and Union Jack with the Coat of Arms]
2/4/48 Australia For Ever [Soldier, standing on Australia, waving his slouch hat and holding the Australian Blue Ensign. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/7872)]
2/4/49 [same as 2/4/48]
2/4/50 Advance Australia! [An Australian soldier, with one foot on Australia and the other on Europe charging forth with a rifle and Australian Blue Ensign and Winged Victory in the background]
2/4/51 He'll be Home Soon, Sick and Wounded. Give Him a Helping Hand! [Wounded Australian soldier holding his rifle]
2/4/52 Peace - With Victory! {Britannia with a lion, and the Australian Red Ensign. With verse]
2/4/53 Australia's Whip! [Giant Australian stockman cracking his whip, with columns of soldiers marching past his feet]
2/4/54 Entente Cordiale "We'll Keep the Flags A-Flying, Boys" [Map of Australia with comparative populations and square miles between Australia, Great Britain and France and the Union Jack, Australian Blue Ensign and French Flag]
2/4/55 What We Have We Hold [Union Jack with the MHS "Dreadnought" and images representing the Commonwealth - South Africa, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and India]
2/4/56 Australia Expects this day that everyone will do their duty [Map of Australia with a flag pole. A child in naval attire (representing the HMAS Sydney) is nailing the Australian Red Ensign underneath the Union Jack, saying "I'se nailed my Flag to Dada's Mast"]
2/4/57 A Worthy Son of a Noble Mother "Australeo" [Map of Australia, the eastern half is made up of the Australian Red Ensign, whilst the western half is made of a lion's head]
2/4/58 Australian Motorists and Soldiers of the Empire [Photographs of Australian Motor Supply Column personnel. With verse. (Donor Ref. SC00027)]
2/4/59 For the Honour of Australia [Photograph of graves at Shrapnel Gully (image available on photographic database negative no. G01295). With verse. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/7872)]
2/4/60 "Similar Medicine" being served out to the Germans who flogged Rev. Mr. Cox at Rabaul. More power to the operator, Corp. D.D. Fenton, D Company Photograph of a German being held down over a crate(?) by three members of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) whilst being flogged by a fourth. (Donor Ref. 2DRL/0889 & SC01608)]
2/4/61 Australian Commonwealth Military Forces [Photograph of Australian servicemen, around a large Rising Sun badge made from pebbles. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6301)]
2/4/62 Advance Australia [Union Jack with child and a verse]
2/4/63 Advance Australia [Eucalypt with shield and a verse]
2/4/64 Advance Australia Fair [New edition Commonwealth Anthem and Patriotic Song "Advance Australia Fair". With music and lyrics]
2/4/65 Hail Australia [verse by H.G. Abrahamovitch with photograph of a young soldier and a drawing of a bush scene, including a kangaroo]
2/4/66 Sons of Australia [Patriotic Poem]
2/4/67 In Memory of My Pal [Poem by Lance Corporal A.R. (Albert Roy) Porter written whilst with the 32nd Battalion, he returned to Australia in late 1919]
2/4/68 [same as 2/4/67]
2/4/69 Souvenir Australian Military Expeditions European War 1914 [Black and white postcard. Union Jack with the Australian Ensign and photographs of the King, Kitchener and of the Infantry, Light Horse and Navy]
2/4/70 AUSTRALIA [Recruitment postcard: "Australia" spelling out - Are U (You) Satisfied To Remain A Loafer In Australia. (Donor Ref. RC00692)]
2/4/71 To The Cold Feet [1915 Recruitment postcard: Poem 'by' an Australia serviceman to the men who haven't enlisted yet. Donor Ref. RC00693)]
2/4/72 [same as 2/4/12] [(Donor Ref. RC05739)]
2/4/73 [same as 2/4/39] [(Donor Ref. RC07900)]

SERIES 5: Australians in Egypt, 1915-1918

Description: This collection is primarily made up of cartoons of the Australian Imperial Forces in Egypt. Many of the postcards are racist by today's standards, but reflect attitudes of the time. Re-occurring images in the cartoons are of soldiers being harassed by boot polish boys and market sellers, and of soldiers "seeing the sights" and trying to ride donkeys or camels. (See also Series 11 "Cartoons / Humorous" and Series 21 "Tom Cross Cartoons" )

Number Title and description
2/5/1 The Australians in Egypt (No. 1) The Mirage: Australian Soldier "Will I ever get a smack at you?" [Cartoon of an armed Australian soldier waving his fist at a mirage of the Kaiser's face in a dust cloud]
2/5/2 The Australians in Egypt (No. 2) Mafish Feloose: Can you picture a "wusser" disaster than a soldier without a piastre? [Cartoon of a soldier outside a canteen with no money, whilst his army mates go into the canteen]
2/5/3 The Australians in Egypt (No. 3) Cairo Carol: "We are the young K'ruits from Australiah. In Egypt for a brief stay we are. We'll walk around the Sphinx. Have a couple of drinks. Then go back & tell 'em how brave we are" [Cartoon of Australian soldiers drinking and dancing in the street of Cairo]
2/5/4 The Australians in Egypt (No. 4) A Retreat from Cairo [Cartoon of an Australian soldier running from several locals trying to sell him items]
2/5/5 The Australians in Egypt (No. 5) "Our Horses Made a Distinct Impression - !" [Cartoon of an Australian soldier, whose horse has kicked a local in the backside]
2/5/6 The Australians in Egypt (No. 6) "Turning the Tables" [Two cartoons - the first of a soldier's horse being scared by a local's camel, the second is a camel being scared by an Australian soldier's kangaroo
2/5/7 Clean boots Sir. No good, no money [Cartoon of soldiers of various Allied nations walking along, with one of them being harassed by a local boot polisher]
2/5/8 [same as 2/5/7] [Cartoon of soldiers of various Allied nations walking along, with one of them being harassed by a local boot polisher. (Donor Ref: 749/099/046)]
2/5/9 Towards Cairo: Shee! go-on! [Cartoon of an Australian soldier riding a donkey. (Donor Ref: 749/099/046)]
2/5/10 [same as 2/5/9]
2/5/11 For sweet hearts at home! [Cartoon of two Australian, one riding a donkey, the other a camel]
2/5/12 Seer! Gib it backshish [Sir. Give me money] [Cartoon of locals pestering an Australian soldier for money. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3483)]
2/5/13 [same as 2/5/12] [Cartoon of locals pestering an Australian soldier for money. (Donor Ref: 749/099/046)]
2/5/14 D......m Hard job! [Cartoon of Australian soldiers being pushed and dragged up the sphinx. (Donor Ref: 749/099/046)]
2/5/15 [same as 2/5/14]
2/5/16 [shoe shine boy] - "Boots clean seer half biasters" [soldier] - "Emshee yalla" [shoe shine boy] - "Now good now money" [Cartoon of Australian soldier having his boots forcibly cleaned by two fighting shoe shine boys, with two others fighting in the background. Written on back, "this is the biggest pest we have it is nothing to have about 20 Arabich [sic] boys around you at once to clean your boots for half. Emshee is go away Yalla is something worse"]
2/5/17 [same as 2/5/16]
2/5/18 Britannia rules the Waves Britannia rules the Sands [Cartoon of New Zealand soldier and an Australian soldier riding a camel. (Donor Ref: 749/099/046)]
2/5/19 A rest on half way to Pyramid Camps [Cartoon of a soldier riding a donkey]
2/5/20 Australian Horsemanship in Egypt [Cartoon of a large Australian soldier riding a donkey. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3483)]
2/5/21 [same as 2/5/20]
2/5/22 Riding recreation [Cartoon of an Australian soldier riding a donkey backwards]
2/5/23 A Cart Walk [Cartoon of an Australian soldier riding a donkey, which is pulling a cart with another Australian on it]
2/5/24 Mutual Admiration [Cartoon of an Australian soldier and a veiled local woman "admiring" each other]
2/5/25 The Miracle [Cartoon of the Sphinx saying "Merry Xmas Old Fellow!" to A New Zealand soldier and an Australian soldier. (Donor Ref: 749/099/046) ]
2/5/26 [same as 2/5/25] [Cartoon of the Sphinx saying "Merry Xmas Old Fellow!" to A New Zealand soldier and an Australian soldier. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3483) ]
2/5/27 The last disaster left & the last tramway to [the] camp [Cartoon of the last tram leaving Cairo (?) for camp, with Australian soldiers chasing after it]
2/5/28 At one of the 50 tramway stations [Cartoon of a tram full of soldiers in a tram station, with the platform full of locals attempting to sell items]
2/5/29 At one of the 50 tramway stations [Cartoon of a tram full of soldiers in a tram station, with the platform full of locals attempting to sell items. Similar to 2/5/28, but with different colours]
2/5/30 1st day - In the morning - At Mena Camp "The meeting" [Cartoon of Australian soldiers greeting two fashionably dressed young ladies]
2/5/31 Mutual admiration [same image as 2/5/30, with different colours]
2/5/32 On Pay Day: Will they have enough left to come back by 2nd class tram? [Cartoon of five Australian soldiers cramming into a taxi, with the driver charging two bob per passenger to Cairo]
2/5/33 [same as 2/5/32]
2/5/34 The first fun for 40 centuries [Cartoon of the Sphinx and one of the pyramids singing "it's a long way to Typperary..."]
2/5/35 For friends at Home - "A Cairo monkey player" [Cartoon of Australian soldiers (wearing very large hats which look more like stetsons) watching a monkey balancing on a goat, balancing on a carved stick]
2/5/36 From Cairo, to our friends at home [Cartoon of four soldiers getting their boots polished, with two veiled women walking past
2/5/37 [no title] [Cartoon of locals, trying to sell items, with their selling slogans, e.g. "eggs a cook, eggs a bread", "lemon verra sweet verra nice", "watah-me-lon verra big verra sheap". (Donor Ref: 3DRL6176) ]
2/5/38 Get out! Etla Barra! [Australian soldier punching out a local boot polisher]
2/5/39 There's many a slip twist [sic] cup and lip. Il y a loin de la coupe aux levres [Cartoon of an Australian soldier and a New Zealand soldier holding back a German soldier wanting to 'consume' Egypt (represented as a plate of jelly)]
2/5/40 Mafish filuss...until next Wednesday [Cartoon of an Australian soldier, with empty pockets, surrounded by locals trying to sell him items. (Donor Ref: 749/094/042)]
2/5/41 Bacshiche? [Cartoon of a young shoe polisher asking two nurses if they want their shoes shined]
2/5/42 Sargents in Egypt [Drawing of "The Allies' Sargeants Restaurant George, Street, Sydney" in Egypt]
2/5/43 Australians in the land of Pharoah [Photograph of Australian soldiers marching past the Sphinx and the Pyramids]
2/5/44 Australian & New Zealand Expeditionary Forces Cairo 1914-15 [Drawing of an Australian soldier advancing up a hill, with flags above him and the pyramids in the back ground]
2/5/45 [Same as 2/5/44] [Drawing of an Australian soldier advancing up a hill, with flags above him and the pyramids in the back ground. (Donor Ref: SC01324)]
2/5/46 [Same as 2/5/44]
2/5/47 [Same as 2/5/18]
2/5/48 Imshi! [Cartoon of soldiers of various Allied nations walking along, with one of them being harassed by a local boot polisher. The image is the same as 2/5/7 and 2/5/8, however it is drawn in red ink, rather than being in multiple colours]
2/5/49 Imshi! [Photograph of four Australian soldiers on camels in front of the Sphinx (Donor Ref. 419/085/048)]
2/5/50 Untitled [Photograph of soldiers next to a table laden with puddings. Note on the back refers to 'Puddings we had for dinner'. (Donor Ref. RC08890)]
2/5/51 "A rest on half way to Pyramid Camps" [Coloured cartoon image of an Australian soldier on the back of a donkey with an Egyptian on the ground , pyramids in the distance. Printed by Paul Barboy's Printing Office, Cairo]

SERIES 6: Australian Fundraising, 1915 - 1919

Description: This collection includes souvenir postcards from charitable and comforts organisations, as well as postcards which advertise services or facilities of these organisations. It also includes postcards which were used to raise funds for or advertise special fund raising days. (See also Series 16 "Our Boys at the Front" produced by the Australian Comforts Fund)

Number Title and description
2/6/1 [no title] [Photograph of soldiers outside the Anzac Buffet
2/6/2 Welcome Home to "Aussie". Thank you! Boys, from all at the Cheer-Up Hut, Adelaide [Photograph of the "Cheer-Up Hut", located next to the Anzac Arch, near the station, Adelaide. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/7048)]
2/6/3 [no title] [Photograph of the "Cheer-Up Hut"]
2/6/4 [no title] [Photograph of the "Cheer-Up Hut"]  
2/6/5 The Cheer-Up Hut and Hostel For all Service Men [Photographs of some of the facilities at the Cheer-Up Hut]  
2/6/6 Association Nationale des Orphelins de la Guerre [Photograph of orphaned children. (Donor Ref. 419/003/062)]  
2/6/7 [no title] [Australian Light Horsemen being handed their Christmas comfort parcels]  
2/6/8 Red Cross Australia Day "Out you go" [c1915. Cartoon of an Australian soldier bayoneting and hurling a stereotyped Turk into "Oblivion"]  
2/6/9 Australia Day July 30th 1915 [Fundraising postcard, with images of the Suspension Bridge Public School and Sergeant E.R. Larkin M.L.A. who was killed in action on Gallipoli. (Donor Ref. 419/013/043)]  
2/6/10 Australia Day in aid of our wounded soldiers [July 30 1915 Verse with drawings of land and battles at Gallipoli]  
2/6/11 Australian Red Cross Day Sydney 26th April '18 [Cross with Chinese script. Held at the Chinese Community Stall, Martin Place Sydney]  
2/6/12 Anzac Day Memorial [Contains an "Australian National Anthem", which begins "God bless Australia's sons fighting courageously..." with images of a wounded soldier and the Australian Red ensign and the Union Jack]  
2/6/13 Australia Red Cross Day 26th April 1918 [Red Cross flag blowing in the wind, with artillery explosions in the background]  
2/6/14 [same as 2/6/13]  
2/6/15 The Red Cross [Verse by E. Beaufils Lamb. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/3451)]  
2/6/16 Red Cross Day, April 26 1918: Australian National Anthem [Contains same "National Anthem" and Imagery as card 2/6/12]
2/6/17 Violet Day Fri. June 14th 1918 [Bunch of violets. The image is a reproduction of a puzzle picture card from 1815. Hidden in the bunch of violets are the portraits of Napoleon, His wife Maria Louisa and their son.]
2/6/18 Fraternite [Picture of a French soldier assisting a wounded British soldier. The postcard was used to promote "France's Day" July 14, 1917]
2/6/19 France's Day 13-14 July 1917 in Aid of the French Victims of the War [Image of a French soldier]
2/6/20 France's Day Saturday July 14th 1917. In aid of French victims of the war [French soldier standing in front of the French Flag]
2/6/21 1914 Germany's Day Kultur. 1917 France's Day Kamaraderie [Two scenes, the first representing "Germany's Day Kultur" in 1914 with a cartoon of a German soldier pointing a gun at a French woman's head, whilst pointing his sword at her young son. The Second scene shows "France's Day Kamaraderie" in 1917 with a French soldier attacking a German soldier (with assistance form an Australian soldier in the background)]
2/6/22 France's Day 14th July 1917 [Verse "Ode to France's Day" with the French Flag, Union Jack and Australian Blue Ensign]
2/6/23 France's Day [Cartoon by Lionel Lindsay with a Koala Bear in uniform talking to a French Dog in uniform who has been wounded. The Koala says "Something for my pal the poilu"]
2/6/24 As we were glad to fight for you, We're proud to have this chance, Of handing you a bob or two, To help you, Madam France [Cartoon by Norman Lindsay of the Koala in Uniform giving money to "Madame France"]
2/6/25 Christmas Greetings from the Citizens War Chest Fund NS.Wales Division of The Australian Comforts Funds AIF 1916 BEF [Drawing of a Koala sitting up a flag pole, with the Australian Blue Ensign and wattle and holly]
2/6/26 Christmas Greetings from the Australian War Contingent Association London 1916 [same image as 2/4/25 - drawing of a Koala sitting up a flag pole, with the Australian Blue Ensign and wattle and holly]
2/6/27 Writing, Buffet and Billiard Rooms at THE SOLDIERS' CLUB, 426 George Street, Sydney [Photograph of solders writing at the Soldiers' Club. This postcard was used as a promotion for Violet Day Friday 13 August 1915]
2/6/28 Coming Home [A YMCA postcard for the Red Triangle Appeal May 1919 with the photographs and printed autographs of ten VC winners who returned to Australia on the S.S. Medic in 1918. (Donor Ref. 419/031/036)]
2/6/29 [same as 2/6/28] [(Donor Ref. 3DRL/3890)]
2/6/30 [same as 2/6/28] [(Donor Ref. 749/078/029)]
2/6/31 [Australian Y.M.C.A. Aldwych Theatre, London [Photograph of soldiers outside the theatre with a Kangaroo (either a statue or a stuffed kangaroo). (Donor Ref. 3DRL/3401)]
2/6/32 Y.M.C.A. Returned Soldiers Concert Party [Group photograph of returned servicemen , including Private H.C. King (52nd Battalion), Private Alex McL. Paterson (6th Field Ambulance), Corporal F.W. Lee (14th Battalion), Sergeant L.H. Lewin (12th Battalion), Corporal B.A. Brudenell (8th Battalion), Private C, Crossley (9th Light Horse) Private R.A. Pomroy (10th Battalion), Wallington Ayre (Mascot), George H. Bull (Manager), Private W.A.Shepherd (10th Battalion) and Private W. Scott (3rd Light Horse]
2/6/33 Y.M.C.A. Soldiers Club - The Lounge [Photograph of the Y.M.C.A. Soldier's Club Lounge]
2/6/34 Oh! the Glory of It. [Verse written for War Chest Day 28 September 1917. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/3451)]
2/6/35 [no title] [Postcard issued by the Cigarette Committee of Melbourne. Parcels of Milo and Peter Pan cigarettes were sent to Australian troops by volunteers. The postcard was to be used as an acknowledgment of receipt. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6296)]
2/6/36 [no title] [late 1918 - 1919. Photograph of Ships in a port. Issued to servicemen by the League of Soldiers' Friends (A Church of England Organisation in Victoria to held the A.I.F.)]
2/6/37 [same as 2/6/36] [(Donor Ref. 3DRL3896)]
2/6/38 Home Again. Are we down-hearted? NO!!! A Happy Xmas to You [Photograph of three returned soldiers. Card sold by the Soldier's Club to raise funds]
2/6/39 [same as 2/6/38]
2/6/40 OFF TO THE FRONT! They will have Xmas dinner in the trenches. Don't forget they're fighting for us! SEASON'S GREETINGS [Photograph of four soldiers. Card sold by the Soldier's Club to raise funds]
2/6/41 [no title] [Photograph of a plane with "Buy Bonds" painted on the bottom of its wings. The plane was flown by Captain Eric Cummings DFC below the G.P.O. Tower at Hobart, September 1919. The postcard urged people to "Make good the Peace we've won" and contribute to the Peace Loan]
2/6/42 The Man without a War Bond: Are You One of Them? [Cartoon of a man with a sack of money, being haunted by the spectre of a dead soldier. (Donor Ref. SC02019)]
2/6/43 [same as 2/6/42]
2/6/44 The ANA ANZAC Buffet, London [Photograph of soldiers and worker Mrs Minnie Rattigan at the ANA ANZAC Buffet in London. On the reverse Mrs Rattigan has written about her experiences working there and about running the special day when 6 VC winners were entertained]
2/6/45 Untitled [Image of a Red Cross fundraising drive. Horse drawn carriages bearing banners travel down an Australian country street. (Donor ref: RC08889)]

SERIES 7: Sentimental Greetings, 1914-1919

Description: Sentimental and romantic postcards sent to and from Australian military personnel. Most postcards have verses, usually wishing the recipient a safe return, or bemoaning their absence. Popular images on these cards includes Australian flora and fauna, Australian Red or Blue Ensigns and the Union Jack, roses, forget me nots and pansies, and the map of Australia (usually without Tasmania). The concepts of distance and remembrance are common in these postcards.

Number Title and description
2/7/1 The Absent One [Postcard with Verse. Photograph of a Mother, reading a letter with an image of her Australian soldier son in the background]
2/7/2 Remebrance [Postcard with verse. An Australian young soldier sitting with a letter, with an image of his sweetheart in the background]
2/7/3 For Love's Sake [Postcard with verse. A young Australian soldier writing a letter, with an image of his sweetheart in the background]
2/7/4 A Loving Greeting [Postcard with verse. A young Australian soldier sitting at a desk, with an image of his sweetheart in the background]
2/7/5 Constancy [Postcard with verse. A young Australian soldier reading a letter, with an image of his sweetheart in the background]
2/7/6 My Wish [Postcard with verse. A young Australian soldier writing a letter, with an image of his sweetheart in the background]
2/7/7 My Wet Little Home in the Trench [Verse. (Donor Ref. SC00805)]
2/7/8 Loving Greeting to My Dear [Verse, with Union Jack and Australian Blue Ensign]
2/7/9 With All Good Wishes [Rising Sun Badge]
2/7/10 Australian European Expeditionary Force 1914-15 Souvenir [Map of Australia with Australian Red Ensign. (Donor Ref. SC01323)]
2/7/11 Greetings From France Australian Railway Operating Coy. 1919: From Darkness into Light [Australian Blue Ensign and Union Jack, with map and coat of arms of Australia with the "1919" train leaving the dark "1918" tunnel]
2/7/12 [same as 2/7/12]
2/7/13 Australia's Greeting to the Absent One [Black and white postcard. Montage of images, including a drawing of soldiers in a trench surrounded by a horseshoe with "Good Luck" written on it. A woman standing on the Australian Ensign shaped like Australia, touching a boomerang which has "To wish you a safe and speedy return" written on it and some native fauna (including a koala, which looks more like a wombat), with verse. (Donor Ref. 749/013/034)]
2/7/14 A Message to Our Absent Brother [Same imagery as postcard 2/7/13, but with different verse]
2/7/15 Kind Thoughts and Best Wishes For My Dear Soldier Lad [Australian Blue Ensign and a cut out green leaf with "From Sunny Australia" written on it, with verse. (Donor Ref. SC01366)]
2/7/16 To My Dear Son on Active Service. May You Soon Return to Me. A Gum Leaf from Australia [Australian Red Ensign with a cut out green eucalyptus leaf with a verse written on it]
2/7/17 To My Old Pal at the Front. A Speedy and Safe Return. A Gum Leaf form Australia [Kangaroo and crossed Union Jack and Australian Red Ensign with cut out green eucalyptus leaf with a verse written on it]
2/7/18 To My Soldier Friend on Active Service. To Wish You a Speedy and Safe Return. A Gum Leaf form Australia [Small kangaroo and Union Jack and Australian Blue Ensign with cut out green eucalyptus leaf with a verse written on it]
2/7/19 Wishing a Speedy & Safe Return [Cut out green eucalyptus leaf with verse. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6162)]
2/7/20 To Wish You a Speedy and Safe Return [Grey cut out kangaroo and Union Jack and Australian Red Ensign with verse]
2/7/21 To My Old Pal at the Front. A Speedy and Safe Return [Brown cut out kangaroo and crossed Union Jack and Australian Red Ensign with drawing of a rural scene and verse]
2/7/22 To My Soldier Friend on Active Service. To Wish You a Speedy and Safe Return [Australian Red Ensign, yellow cut out boomerang and white cut out map of Australia. (Donor Ref. SC00793)
2/7/23 To My Dear Husband on Active Service. God Grant You a Safe Return Home [Map of Australia with Australian Red Ensign. Brown cut out Boomerang with a Kookaburra and verse]
2/7/24 A Coo-ee [Australian Red Ensign, with boomerang and a verse]
2/7/25 To Wish You a Speedy, Safe and Sure Return. Like the Boomerang May You Quickly Come Back [Brown cut out boomerang with several pictures of Melbourne, Victoria folded in a small attached envelope. (Donor Ref. 749/57/55)]
2/7/26 I Go Out to Return [Boomerang in left hand corner. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/3071)]
2/7/27 Cooee. Sincere Wishes. May You Soon Return [Picture of a black swan with a brown cut out boomerang and verse. (Donor Ref 3DRL/6162)]
2/7/28 The People at Home wish you a Glorious Success and a Happy Return [Sketch of "Laughing Jacks" - A laughing soldier and a kookaburra, with printed autograph of Marie Carola Galway (Lady Galway). in 1914 Lady Galway's husband was appointed Governor of South Australia. During the war she was famous as a public speaker. She also founded the South Australian Division of the British Red Cross and directed this organisation until 1919. She also directed the Belgian Relief Fund and was founding president of the League of Loyal Women, which supplied comforts to servicemen. She addressed hundreds of meetings and helped raise over 1,200,000 pounds for patriotic causes. This postcard was used in an Australian Comforts Fund parcel in 1917. (Donor Ref. SC01366)]
2/7/29 [same as 2/7/28] [This postcard was sent with a comforts parcel for Christmas 1916 from South Australia. (Donor Ref. 701/035/010)]
2/7/30 From an Affectionate Son [Title hand written in glitter, with Australian Red Ensign. (Donor Ref SC01073)]
2/7/31 Safe Return to Australia [Hand made card with Australian Blue ensign and 18th Battalion colour patch]
2/7/32 April 1917 Remember Me [Title hand written in glitter, with Australian Red Ensign]
2/7/33 Fond Greetings From Home [Australian Blue Ensign with French flag, a black swan, Australian bottlebrushes and a rural scene, with verse. (Donor Ref. SC00172)]
2/7/34 To My Friend at the Front [War scene and verse surrounded by Union Jack and flowers]
2/7/35 Good Luck [Australian Blue Ensign with Australian native flora and verse]
2/7/36 Australia's Greeting [Australian Red Ensign with wattle and verse]
2/7/37 To My Friend Good Luck & Safe Return [Union Jack and Australian Red Ensign with Australian native flora and verse]
2/7/38 Greetings from Australia [Map of Australia with Australian Red Ensign, French Flag, The Sphinx, Rising Sun badge, two crossed rifles and wattle and a verse. (Donor Ref. SC01366)]
2/7/39 Absent on Duty! God Bless You and Protect You. Yet with us every moment, in our Thoughts and Prayers [Allied flags, including Australian Blue Ensign, New Zealand Flag, Japanese Flag, Union Jack, French Flag, Russian Flag and Belgian Flag. (Donor Ref. SC01366)]
2/7/40 Advance Australia Greetings Sincere [Shield with wattle and verse. (Donor Ref. 419/073/042)]
2/7/41 Greetings to My Soldier Boy [Map of Australia with a picture of a lyre bird. The Australia Blue ensign and Union Jack, wattle ships traveling across the ocean and clasping hands]
2/7/42 The Face is Always Near to Me [Shield with the Union Jack, surrounded by some Allied Flags]
2/7/43 God Be With You Till We Meet Again [Postcard with verse. Allied flags (including the Australian Blue Ensign) and Australian native flora. (Donor Ref. SC01796)]
2/7/44 Oversea Greetings [Photograph of a ship, surrounded by Australian native flora, with verse]
2/7/45 Greetings from the Sunny South [Picture of the globe, showing Australia, with clasping hands. (Donor Ref. 419/054/060)
2/7/46 A Cooee from Australia Postcard with verse. Image of soldiers marching alongside an image of a stockman on his horse]
2/7/47 To My Dear One Away on Duty [Image of a young woman with pansies (the popular meaning of pansies at the time was 'you occupy my thoughts') and the Australian Blue Ensign with a verse]
2/7/48 To One Away on Duty [Photograph of Australian soldiers drinking tea, surrounded by the Australian Ensign and pansies, with verse]
2/7/49 To My Soldier Boy [Image of a woman's hand passing a letter to the hand of her 'soldier boy' in France. With verse]
2/7/50 In Honor's Cause God Bless and Keep You [Drawing of a Young Australian soldier, surrounded by a horseshoe and Australian native flora]
2/7/51 To Our Soldier Boy on Active Service [Australian Blue ensign with Australian native flora and verse]
2/7/52 Thinking of My Dear Boy Away on Duty [Vase of pansies with Union Jack and an inset picture of a thatched cottage, with verse. (Donor Ref. 749/013/134)]
2/7/53 To The Absent One [Australian Red Ensign with Australian native flora and verse]
2/7/54 Hands Across the Sea [Two sailors with Union Jack and Australian Blue ensign. A map of Australia with a river scene and a ship crossing the ocean, above two clasped hands, with verse]
2/7/55 Hands Across the Sea [Image similar to 2/7/54, but with picture of magpies inside the map of Australia]
2/7/56 Hands Across the Sea [Map of Australia with picture of a Kookaburra. An Australia soldier and several allied flags, a ship crossing the ocean, above two clasped hands, with verse]
2/7/57 Hands Across the Sea [Similar to 2/7/56, but with a rural scene in the map of Australia]
2/7/58 To My Chum [Postcard with verse. (Donor Ref. 749/013/034)]
2/7/59 A Wireless [Postcard with verse by R.J.Birkett, 20th Battalion A.I.F.]
2/7/60 Remembrance of the Absent One [Map of Australia with Australian Red ensign and verse. (Donor Ref. 416/046/021)
2/7/61 To the Absent One [Union Jack with Australian Red ensign and verse. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/7879)]
2/7/62 Old Boots for Good Luck [Picture of a pair of brown boots with verses relating to shoes e.g. "Dear Chum - I send you a Soleful Greeting and hope 'tis Yourself I'll soon be meeting". (Donor Ref. 749/057/055)]
2/7/63 Hoping You'll Get Through all right [Postcard of a saw sawing through wood with verse - "Of all the Pals I ever saw I think my dear old sport, That you're the best of all the lot, A really good old sawt [sort]]
2/7/64 My Love For Thee [Postcard with verse, surrounded by roses, pansies and forget me nots]
2/7/65 From me to You [Postcard with verse. with roses, forget me nots and an inset picture of a mother and daughter sitting together on a lounge. (Donor Ref. 419/012/030) ]
2/7/66 Best Wishes [Montage of Australian flora, kookaburra, clasped hands, a horseshoe and a ship. Near the centre the map of Australia has been cut out and some real wattle placed behind plastic sheet, with verse]
2/7/67 Greetings from Australia [Montage of Australian images - an Australian stockman, a red waratah and a ship. Near the centre the map of Australia has been cut out and some real wattle placed behind plastic sheet, with verse]
2/7/68 Greetings from Australia [Postcard with verse and red waratah. (Donor Ref. 749/013/034)]
2/7/69 "Evening" [Hand made postcard with a scene of a small sailing vessel and the colour patch for the 53rd Battalion]
2/7/70 From Sydney [Hand made postcard with a coastal scene and the colour patch for the 5th Brigade Headquarters. (Donor Ref. 419/036/043)]
2/7/71 A Token form Australia [Picture of Kookaburras with wattle and verse called "The Kookaburras' Evening Song" by Les. H. Pritchard. (Donor Ref. SC01344)]
2/7/72 A Kangaroo from Katoomba [Postcard with images of Kangaroos and an open up flap with photographs in it]
2/7/73 Greetings from Australia [Drawing of an Emu, with and open up flap with images of Australian flora and fauna and an Aboriginal. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6162)]
2/7/74 Greetings from Australia [Australian coat of arms]
2/7/75 May Glad Remembrance Bring You Joy and Happiness [Picture of eucalyptus leaf with inset picture of a Koala and a picture of hay fields, with verse]
2/7/76 [no title] [Picture of a Magpie, with verse. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/7879)]
2/7/77 Good Luck and Happiness be Yours through the New Year [Picture of a eucalyptus leaf with an inset picture of a Kookaburra and some wattle, with verse]
2/7/78 Greetings to the Absent One from Home [Picture of a Kookaburra wearing an army cap, with verse]
2/7/79 We Are Ever Thinking of You [Lyre Bird with inset picture of a ship and verse. (Donor Ref. SC00172)]
2/7/80 To My Dear Boy [Magpie with wattle and Australian Red Ensign and an inset picture of a rural scene, with verse. (Donor Ref. SC00172)].
2/7/81 A Sunny Birthday Keep Smiling! [Picture of a young woman and a rural scene, with verse. (Donor Ref. 749/094/042)]
2/7/82 Birthday Remembrances [Picture of marching soldiers, surrounded by roses and flags]
2/7/83 Birthday Greetings: To the Absent One [Australian Blue ensign with Australian native flora and two crossed rifles, with verse]
2/7/84 Wishing You many Happy Returns of Your Birthday [Picture of a young woman surrounded by Union Jack and French Flag, with Australian native flora, with verse]
2/7/85 Birthday Greetings. A Kindly Wish Accept From Me In Friendship And Sincerity [Rural scene, a horse drinking from a creek]
2/7/86 Happy Returns [Inset pictures of an Australian sailor and an Australian soldier, surrounded by wreaths with wattle and a piece of artillery and verse]
2/7/87 [no title] [Poem starting "Keep the home-fires burning" printed below a picture of a mother and child]
2/7/88 The Story that's so often told, The Shy young maid, the lover bold [A couple sitting under the moonlight by the water.]
2/7/89 To My Dear Friend on Active Service [Illustration of a kookaburra.]
2/7/90 Sincerest Wishes from Australia to my Dear Boy on Active Service [Illustration of a kookaburra wearing a cadet cap.]
2/7/91 Greetings to the Absent One from Home [Illustration of a kookaburra wearing an army officer's peak hat.]
2/7/92 Good Luck To You from Australia [Illustration of a kookaburra wearing a cap and goggles.]
2/7/93 To the Absent One with Loving Wishes from Home [Illustration of a kookaburra wearing a naval peak hat.]
2/7/94 To our Loved One Faraway [Map of Australia with dried wattle in the centre, other images and a poetry verse by Leuname.]

SERIES 8: Australian Flying Corps, 1915-1918

Description: Postcards produced by or for the Australian Flying Corps (A.F.C.), or Australian Squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps (R.F.C.). Most of the postcards were produced for the A.F.C. in the Middle East.

Number Title and description
2/8/1 From one of the R.F.C. 71st Australian Squadron [Black and white sketch of an aeroplanes, with poetic verse and gold embossed R.F.C. insignia in top left hand corner (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7624)]
2/8/2 From a member of the Australian Flying Corps [Black and white sketch of an aeroplanes, Australia and wattle, with the A.F.C. insignia. Produced at Halton East Camp. (Donor Ref: 3RDL/6491)]
2/8/3 Souvenir of the Departure of the First Australian Flying Squadron 16th March 1916. Egypt 16th March 1917. [Montages of photographs, including a photograph of the ship "Orsova", photographs of their departure and photographs of Egyptians and an aerial view of the pyramids]
2/8/4 Greetings from the Austn. Flying Corps, Palestine 1918 [Montage of photographs of aeroplanes in flight.]
2/8/5 With the 1st Sqdrn. Aust. Flying Corps. Palestine and Syria [Montage of photographs of daily activities of 1st Squadron A.F.C., such as "incidents on a bomb raid" and "doing the daily recco" (Donor Ref: RC00423)].
2/8/6 With the Austn. Flying Corps in Palestine [Montage of photographs of daily activities of 1st Squadron A.F.C., such as testing engines, repairing instruments, leaving on a bomb raid and overhauling the aeroplanes. (Donor Ref: RC00423)].
2/8/7 [Same as 2/8/4] [Montage of photographs of aeroplanes in flight. (Donor Ref: RC00423)]
2/8/8 Xmas Greetings from the Australian Flying Squadron [1916] [Black and white drawing of an aeroplane, with A.F.C. insignia and colour patch]

SERIES 9: Christmas & New Year, 1914-1919

Description: Australian theme Christmas and New Year postcards sent to and from Australian military personnel. Prominent images used in these postcards include the Australian Blue Ensign, Australian Red Ensign and Australian flora and fauna.

Number Title and description
2/9/1 Greetings from France Xmas 1916. "A "bird" in hand is worth two in - their trench!" [Cartoon of Australian digger and a German POW. (Donor Ref: 419/010/042]
2/9/2 With the Best of Good Wishes for a Happy and Peaceful Xmastide From one of the Australian Expeditionary Force. Forget me not. [Postcard with Rising sun badge, forget me nots and a poetic verse]
2/9/3 Thinking of You at Christmas Time [Verse with coloured drawing of a magpie, wattle and pink roses]
2/9/4 Hearty Xmas and New Year Greetings [Australian battle honours]
2/9/5 [Same as 2/9/4] [Australian battle honours. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6279)]
2/9/6 Christmas Greetings from the Citizens War Chest Fund N.S. Wales Division of The Australian Comforts Funds A.I.F. 1916 B.E.F. [Koala sitting up a flag pole, with the Australian Blue Ensign. With Wattle and Holly. This postcard came from a box of comforts, issued to service personnel by the War Comfort fund. Each box contained a handkerchief, 2 boxes of matches and a matchbox cover, 2 packets of cigarettes, 2 packets of lollies, writing paper, envelopes and blank postcards. (Donor Ref: SC01361)]
2/9/7 Wishing You a Merry Christmas [Two Kookaburras on a branch. (Donor Ref: SC01366)]
2/9/8 Christmas Wishes [A poetic verse with Australian Red ensign, a small boomerang, artillery and wattle. (Donor Ref: SC01366)]
2/9/9 Xmas Greetings [Photograph of Australian Lighthorsemen with the Australian Blue Ensign and a poetic verse]
2/9/10 With.. Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for an Early Victory and a Safe Return from the friends of the 25th. Brisbane Queensland, 1916. [Crown with Australian Red Ensign and Union Jack]
2/9/11 Happy may your Christmas be. [Verse with Australian Blue Ensign and British Red Ensign]
2/9/12 Best of Fun this Christmas-tide [Verse with cartoon of a lady and gentleman kangaroo, sitting on a bench]
2/9/13 Many Happy Returns [Verse with soldier with the Australian Red Ensign and Union Jack]
2/9/14 I'm doing my bit for the colours [obverse: Xmas Greetings from Queensland] [Kangaroo with the Australian Red Ensign and Union Jack]
2/9/15 Sincere Christmas Greetings to You [Verse with montage of images - a young woman, the Union Jack, wattle and hearts. Has been drawn over with pencil grid lines. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7879)]
2/9/16 New Years Greetings from A24 [Cartoon of 'mess orderlies bringing tucker'. A24 has been scribbled out with pencil. Drawn by M.Melvin (?) 37 Battalion]
2/9/17 Your Regimental Colours. With every good wish for the coming year from the Women of Australia. [New Years card with small red cross and a "Gepruft" stamp from a German POW camp. Donor Ref: 3DRL/3602)]

SERIES 10: Prisoners of War, 1915-1919

Description: Postcards sent to and from prisoners of war, including Red Cross parcel acknowledgment cards and cards of events in Prisoner of war camps. There are postcards of both Allied and German prisoners of war.

Number Title and description
2/10/1 Central Prisoners of War [Christmas Card from the Central Prisoners of War Committee. With a drawing of a female volunteer packing a Christmas comforts parcel. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3602)]
2/10/2 Paques 1918 [Postcard sent home by Leonard Keirnan 54th Battalion, whilst a prisoner of war at Munster POW camp, Germany. The postcard includes scenes of the camp as well as photographs of two prisoners dressed up in women's costumes (presumably from plays put on by the prisoners). (Donor Ref: SC00441)]
2/10/3 [no title] [Allied prisoners of war at Munster POW camp, Germany, pitching straw into a cart, with some local children. (Donor Ref: SC00441)]
2/10/4 [no title] [Group photograph of unidentified Australian prisoners at Munster POW camp, Germany, 1918. (Donor Ref: SC00441)]
2/10/5 [no title] ['The Arcadians', possibly a theatrical group or band at Munster POW camp, Germany, 1918. (Donor Ref: SC00441)]
2/10/6 [no title] [Group photograph of unidentified Allied prisoners at Munster POW camp, Germany. (Donor Ref: SC00441)]
2/10/7 [no title] [Group photograph of unidentified Allied prisoners at Munster POW camp, Germany. (Donor Ref: SC00441)]
2/10/8 [no title] [View of Dulmen POW Camp, Germany. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3602)]
2/10/9 [no title] [Scenes from plays produced at Dulmen POW Camp, Germany. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3602)]
2/10/10 Viborg. Lazaretlejren ved Hald [View of Barracks. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7879)]
2/10/11 Prisoners proceeding to work [British postcard showing (presumably) German prisoners proceeding to their work. (Donor Ref: 419/036/035)]
2/10/12 Kriegsgefangenensendung. Postcard - The Secretary, Prisoners' Department, Australian Red Cross Society, 36, Grosvenor Place, LONDON, S.W. 1. [Australian Red Cross Acknowledgment card for a food parcel, dated 10/9/1918. The parcel contained cocoa, milk, jam, beef, soap, margarine, pork & beans, oats, pudding, tobacco and biscuits. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3602)]
2/10/13 Kriegsgefangenensendung. Postcard - The Secretary, Prisoners' Department, Australian Red Cross Society, 36, Grosvenor Place, LONDON, S.W. 1. [Australian Red Cross Acknowledgment card for a food parcel, dated 19/9/1918. The parcel contained tea, sugar, milk, jam, beef, oxo, biscuits, army rations, soap, pork & beans, raisins and cigarettes. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3602)]
2/10/14 [no title] [ Australian Red Cross parcel card sent to No. 1093 Pte Otway Vernon Carter, 29th Battalion, Dulmen POW camp, Germany]
2/10/15 [no title] [Card sent from Australian Red Cross Society with a parcel to a prisoner of war]
2/10/16 Des Kriegsgefangenen Weihnacht [Copy of one of a series of black and white sketches of German prisoners in Egypt, drawn by Robert Engel. A German prisoner stands, looking through the barbed wire towards the guard tower. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7451)]
2/10/17 In Der Baracke [Copy of one of a series of black and white sketches of German prisoners in Egypt, drawn by Robert Engel. Prisoners in their barracks - some sit at a table whilst the rest lie on their bunks. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7451)]
2/10/18 Hochwasserkatastrophe [Copy of one of a series of black and white sketches of German prisoners in Egypt, drawn by Robert Engel. The German barracks flooding during heavy rain - water floods in from the roof. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7451)]
2/10/19 Reuter Will Wissen [Copy of one of a series of black and white sketches of German prisoners in Egypt, drawn by Robert Engel. Prisoners congregating outside - for roll call? (or the news?). (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7451)]
2/10/20 Vor Der Kuche [Copy of one of a series of black and white sketches of German prisoners in Egypt, drawn by Robert Engel. Prisoners outside the kitchen. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7451)]
2/10/21 Opfer Der Uberschwemmung [Copy of one of a series of black and white sketches of German prisoners in Egypt, drawn by Robert Engel. Prisoners, wrapped in blankets, sitting outside after a flood. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7451)]
2/10/22 Beim Baden und Entlausen [Copy of one of a series of black and white sketches of German prisoners in Egypt, drawn by Robert Engel. Prisoners showering and delousing. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7451)]
2/10/23 Camp Heliopolis (Cairo) [Copy of one of a series of black and white sketches of German prisoners in Egypt, drawn by Robert Engel. Barracks at Camp Heliopolis. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7451)]
2/10/24 Nachrichten Zentrale [Copy of one of a series of black and white sketches of German prisoners in Egypt, drawn by Robert Engel. Prisoners standing in small groups chatting. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7451)]
2/10/25 Kamerad S.......spricht [Copy of one of a series of black and white sketches of German prisoners in Egypt, drawn by Robert Engel. Prisoners congregating outside. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7451)]
2/10/26 Die Extrakuche [Copy of one of a series of black and white sketches of German prisoners in Egypt, drawn by Robert Engel. Prisoners standing around an outdoor oven or furnace. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7451)]
2/10/27 Des Nachts [Copy of one of a series of black and white sketches of German prisoners in Egypt, drawn by Robert Engel. Prisoners asleep in their barracks. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7451)]
2/10/28 Germans working on Australian Monument - Mont St. Quentin [Photograph of German POWs working on the Australian Monument, Mont St Quentin. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6896)]
2/10/29 French prisoners of war cage near Armentieres [Photograph of a French guard in front of a POW 'cage' (a tent surrounded by barbed wire - some prisoners can be seen inside the tent. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6896)]
2/10/30 [Photograph of prisoners. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6896)]
2/10/31 Pensees d'Exit, Friedrichsfeld 1918 [Illustration of pansies. Card sent by POW 2937A Private Clarence Benjamin 'Ben' Pullen, 31 Battalion from the Rhineland. (Donor Ref: AWMON830475)]
2/10/32 Untitled [Photograph of POWs marching after the Battle of Romani, August 1916. (Donor Ref: RC08884)]

SERIES 11: Cartoons / Humorous, 1914-1919

Description: A collection of cartoons about Australian soldiers in the Middle East, in London and in Australia. There is also a small collection of May Gibbs postcards, including postcards of the gumnut babies.

Number Title and description
2/11/1 IMSHI! [Light Horse Trooper chasing off a rotund Turk]
2/11/2 Look out Mate - She might kick yer. [A Light Horse Trooper sitting beside his horse, talking to another Trooper who is being kicked by the horse]
2/11/3 THE SNIPER: "Found 'im down the waddy Sir a passin 'imself orf as a prickly pear" [Light Horse Trooper talking to an Officer with a prisoner who is covered in prickly pears]
2/11/4 It's a long long trail awinding to - ? [Drunken footprints leading from the camp canteen (in the background) to the edge of a pond, with a hat and an empty bottle floating in the water]
2/11/5 Get yer stocking out Bill. 'Ere's Father Xmas. [A light Horse Trooper pocking fun at another Trooper, laden down with equipment]
2/11/6 This is why we wear our hats turned up at the side [An Australian soldier snuggling up to a young lady]
2/11/7 Anzac Series: Why the Australian hat turns up at the side [Light Horse Trooper snuggling up to a young lady]
2/11/8 [same as 2/11/7]
2/11/9 Anzac Series: "People have been very kind to me in London" [An Australian soldier surrounded by several young ladies, with Big Ben in the background]
2/11/10 Anzac Series: Send us a bit o' Sunshine!! [An Australian soldier walking through the heavy rain, with Saint Paul's Cathedral in the background. (Donor Ref: 419/036/035)]
2/11/11 The ANZACs [A Kangaroo, Kookaburra and a Kiwi with military hats and swagger sticks]
2/11/12 Off to the War: Goodbye my little Gum Blossom, And don't you fret for me, We'll soon be back together, In the Old Gum Tree. [May Gibbs Gumnut Series - 2. A Gumnut, bidding farewell to his Gum Blossom]
2/11/13 We are the Gumnut Corps, We're going to the War (we'll make things hum by gum!) [May Gibbs Gumnut Series - 5. A corps of Gumnut soldiers]
2/11/14 The Girls I left behind me [May Gibbs Gumnut Series - 6. A Gumnut soldier heading off to war, with sobbing Gum Blossoms left behind him]
2/11/15 Your old Aunts are very anxious about you [A May Gibbs postcard. Two "Aunt" Kookaburras knitting and taking tea]
2/11/16 We'll keep the Billy boiling dear, till you come marching home. [A May Gibbs postcard. A mother Kangaroo, in a skirt and blouse boils a Billy in front of a tent]
2/11/17 Wattle Blossom into Soldiers [A Maisie Carte postcard. Soldiers made of wattle, marching]
2/11/18 The last train for camp [Anzac Silhouette series No. 1. Soldiers dashing for the train]
2/11/19 Inspecting the guard [Anzac Silhouette series No. 2. A soldier being "inspected" by some children and an old couple]
2/11/20 Letters from home [Anzac Silhouette series No. 4. Soldiers dashing to get letters from home]
2/11/21 Emergency rations [Anzac Silhouette series No. 5. A soldier being bitten by a horse]
2/11/22 Taking cover [Anzac Silhouette series No. 7. A nurse and an Australian soldier taking cover in the rain]
2/11/23 No. 1 For the Defence of Australia [Unemployed man perusing an enlistment poster for the "Watch Dogs"]
2/11/24 No. 2 "Rookying" [New recruit in training]
2/11/25 No. 3 "Copped" Pay Day [Soldier paying for something (either his new uniform, or his canteen bill]
2/11/26 No. 4 On Pass [Soldier 'stepping out' with a fashionable young lady in a hobble skirt]
2/11/27 No. 5 "Paddy Doyle" Doing 28 Days C.B. [Soldier with a wheelbarrow and broom]
2/11/28 No. 6 After 5 Years [The soldier has left the Army and is now a swaggy]
2/11/29 "Senior Cadets" [Cadet playing the harmonica]
2/11/30 "Artillery" [Soldier guiding a horse with artillery shells in the background]
2/11/31 Latest War News! Interview with the Kaiser [Cartoon of an Anzac interviewing a bedraggled Kaiser Wilhelm, with a verse with puns on place names and contemporary phrases]
2/11/32 1st Scene: Anticipation [War series - "Six scenes from the Kaiser's life" The Kaiser heads through Luxemburg towards France, via Belgium]
2/11/33 2nd Scene: Irritation [War series - "Six scenes from the Kaiser's life" The Kaiser is stopped from entering Belgium by fences with a sign saying "No road this way"]
2/11/34 3rd Scene: Devestation [War series - "Six scenes from the Kaiser's life" The Kaiser with wings (like the Angel of Death) devestates Belgium and France]
2/11/35 4th Scene: Exasperation [War series - "Six scenes from the Kaiser's life" The Kaiser sits dejected, surrounded by scenes of defeat, and the words "Fear" and "Famine" and a vulture flying over him]
2/11/36 5th Scene: Desperation [War series - "Six scenes from the Kaiser's life" The Kaiser, with his uniform a mess and bullets flying about makes his way back to Berlin]
2/11/37 6th Scene: Damnation [War series - "Six scenes from the Kaiser's life" The Kaiser reels in shock in front of a revised map of Europe - where Germany no longer exists, and France, Belgium and Russia have expanded their borders. A bill from the Allied nations for the war lies on the floor]
2/11/38 For gootness sake Halt! der Australians are koming [A caricature of a German officer on a horse]
2/11/39 If der Australians haf gone by, den I kan kom out. [A caricature of a German soldier hiding in a beer barrel]
2/11/40 [no title] [hand drawn cartoon of a Scottish soldier lighting the cigarette of an Australian soldier]
2/11/41 The "Cripple" Alliance: "It IS a long, long way to Tipperary" [Bruised and battered caricatures of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey limping to "Tipperary"]
2/11/42 The salute as given by the various ranks [Cartoons of various ranks in the army saluting each other]
2/11/43 YOUNG AUSTRALIA: What! Soldiers again? FATHER CHRISTMAS: Yes my boy, you can't have too many these times! [Father Christmas visiting a young boy ("Australia") in his bedroom, which is full of toys, such as soldiers, Rifle factory, naval vessels and a training camp]
2/11/44 Doing time in the bird cage [Australian soldier sitting on a perch in an oversized bird cage]
2/11/45 Jolly Good Luck in the New Year my old "Dinkum Anzac" [Caricature of a "larrakin" Australian soldier, with his left eye bandaged and a cigarette dangling out of his mouth (Donor Ref: 92/0266)]
2/11/46 "My word, when the Kaiser sees ME coming, he'll stop it" [Cartoon of a little girl in uniform holding a rifle and Australian flag]
2/11/47 "I wish I could conquer your sole!" [Cartoon of kewpie knitting]

SERIES 12: Sports, 1915-1919

Description: Postcards of sports teams, trophies and sporting competitions.

Number Title and description
2/12/1 Anzac Rugby Team at Paris: "Parc des Princes" [Group photograph. (Donor Ref: SC01557)]
2/12/2 [no title] [Group photograph of Australian Rules Football Team HMAS Australia, North Sea. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/12/3 [no title] [photograph of trophies for various 4th Infantry Brigade sporting events, Egypt 1916 and France 1917]
2/12/4 Series 22 - Athletic and Sporting: Horse Racing [Photograph of a race track. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6080)]
2/12/5 Winning Tea, (Stokers) 4" gun loading competition 1915-16. 10 rounds - 45 seconds [Group photograph of winning team, HMAS Australia. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]

SERIES 13: Entertainment, 1915-1919

Description: During the First World War a number of Army entertainment troupes were created, such as the "Kangaroos". This collection includes photographs of some of the troupes, as well as the less official entertainment which took place on board ships (such as the crossing of the Equator ceremonies).

Number Title and description
2/13/1 King & Queen Wooloomooloo Gibrit Pwite Feller Tea. Aborginal Camp at Corroboree held in London A.N.A. [Photograph of two people dressed as Australian Aborigines. (Donor Ref: 749/094/42)]
2/13/2 "The Kangaroos" Costume, Comedy, Concert, Company. [Group photograph of "The Kangaroos", a concert party from No. 3 Commnd Depot, A.I.F. The troupe are dress as Pierrots, surrounding an officer, possibly Lieutenant W. Mikkelson. A programme for a performance of "The Kangaroos" is held in the souvenirs 2 concert and theatre programmes item folder no. 5/33/1]
2/13/3 [no title] [On board the steamship Mooltan, transporting 300 Sisters from Australia to Europe. Group photograph of "Neptune" and his "Ocean Police", "Aphrodite" and "sea-bears", surrounded by Sisters watching on. Part of a "crossing the equator" ceremony]
2/13/4 [no title] [On board the steamship Mooltan, transporting 300 Sisters from Australia to Europe. Group photograph of "Neptune" and his "Ocean Police", surrounded by Sisters watching on. Part of a "crossing the equator" ceremony]
2/13/5 [no title] [On board the steamship Mooltan, transporting 300 Sisters from Australia to Europe. Sisters and some male crew watching the crossing the equator ceremony]
2/13/6 [no title] [On board the steamship Mooltan, transporting 300 Sisters from Australia to Europe. Sisters and some male crew watching the crossing the equator ceremony]
2/13/7 [no title] [Concert party on board H.M.A.S. Australia in the North Sea.. Photograph of performers on stage. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/13/8 Grand Concert. Given by the Troops aboard His Majesty's Troopship 'Demosthenses', A64...Monday, February 26th, 1917... [Programme of a concert given by troops. (Donor Ref: 419/049/048)]
2/13/9 [no title] [Photograph of concert party on board a ship, most likely H.M.A.S. Australia. Most of the group are dressed as nurses. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/13/10 The World Famous Australian Commonwealth Band [Photograph of band (Donor Ref: 419/036/035)]

SERIES 14: Message Cards

Description: A collection of plain message cards, including field postcards (on which little could be written other than the sender's name and the address of the recipient. There are also acknowledgment cards for the receipt of comfort parcels for soldiers in the field and for prisoners of war.

Number Title and description
2/14/1 Field Service Post Card [Used, mottled greenish card. Nothing was to be written on Field Service Postcards, except for the address of the recipient and the senders signature and date. Various options were printed on the card, with the sender erasing what they did not require. e.g. "I am quite well", or "I have been admitted into hospital". (Donor Ref: 3DRL/0632)]
2/14/2 Field Service Post Card [Used, tan coloured card. Nothing was to be written on Field Service Postcards, except for the address of the recipient and the senders signature and date. Various options were printed on the card, with the sender erasing what they did not require. e.g. "I am quite well", or "I have been admitted into hospital". (Donor Ref: 701/076/014)]
2/14/3 Field Service Post Card [Used, tan coloured card. Different font used than 2/14/2]
2/14/4 Field Service Post Card [Used, tan coloured card. Different font used than 2/14/2. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7350)]
2/14/5 [same as 2/14/4] [Used, tan coloured card. Different font used than 2/14/2. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7350)]
2/14/6 [same as 2/14/4] [Used, tan coloured card. Different font used than 2/14/2. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7350)]
2/14/7 Field Service Post Card [Unused, smaller version of the general Field Service Postcard. (Donor Ref: 419/066/030)]
2/14/8 Field Service Post Card [Unused, tan coloured card]
2/14/9 Field Service Post Card [Unused, smaller version of the general Field Service Postcard. Slightly different to 2/14/7. (Donor Ref: 419/021/025)
2/14/10 On Active Service Field Service Letter Card [A fold up form, with 4 different versions of Field Service cards. Card 1 is an enquiry form to enquire after any friend or relative in the Australian Imperial Force. Card 2 was to be used to inform relatives and friends of a member of the Australian Imperials Force's condition. Card 3 was for sending cablegrams, charged to the soldier's account. Card 4 was to facilitate the despatch of letters and parcel, by keeping contact details up to date]
2/14/11 Your Hamper of Dainties Received [Unused acknowledgment card from R.G. Wilson & Co, Grocers. Union Jack and Australian Red Ensign in top left corner. (Donor Ref: 419/077/032)]
2/14/12 On Active Service Y.M.C.A. [Used Y.M.C.A. postcard. with Y.M.C.A. logo in top left hand corner. (Donor Ref: 419/085/048)]
2/14/13 Kriegsgefangenensendung Post Card. [Unused Red Cross parcel acknowledgment postcard for prisoners of war]
2/14/14 Kriegsgefangenensendung [Christmas message card for 1914 from British Civil Prisoner of War]
2/14/15 Kriegsgefangenensendung [Unused prisoner of war message card to the Staff Paymaster to pay the Commissioners, Australian Branch, British Red Cross, whilst a soldier was a prisoner of war]
2/14/16 O.H.M.S. Field Service Post Card [Used enquiry postcard for information regarding members of the Australian Imperial Force]
2/14/17 Military Forces of the Commonwealth New South Wales Post Card [Unused acknowledgment card, acknowledging the receipt of letters by the Artillery District Office, Victoria Barracks, Sydney]
2/14/18 [no title] [blank postcard]
2/14/19 Correspondence des Armees de la Republique Cart en Franchise [Unused French field service postcard
2/14/20 On Active Service [Used card, with drawing on front of a newspaper boy holding up a news sheet with "War Special. Arrived safely. All well]
2/14/21 Post Card [Used card with a cartoon from "Punch" magazine]
2/14/22 [no title] [Copy of postcard with a sailor and a soldier smoking. Original held at PR87/127]
2/14/23 [no title] [Copy of postcard with a soldier writing graffiti on a wall. Original held at PR87/127]
2/14/24 [no title] [Card, with drawing on front of a newspaper boy holding up a news sheet with "War Special. Arrived safely. All well. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/4140)]
2/14/25 Field Service Post Card [Used tan card. Same font used as 2/14/1. (Donor ref: PUB00069 item 1)]
2/14/26 Field Service Post Card [Used tan card. Same font used as 2/14/1. (Donor ref: PUB00069 item 2)]

SERIES 15: Australian Naval Postcards, 1914-1919

Description: Postcards of Australian Naval vessels, including troopships, hospital ships and battleships. The collection is primarily made up of black and white photographs of the vessels.

Number Title and description
2/15/1 White Star Line "Afric" approaching Melbourne [Colour painting of the transport A 19. "Afric". Torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel, 12 February 1917. It was fitted to transport 49 Officers, 1,300 Other Ranks and 12 horses]
2/15/2 T.S.S. "Afric" [Black and white painting of the transport A 19. "Afric". Torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel, 12 February 1917. It was fitted to transport 49 Officers, 1,300 Other Ranks and 12 horses]
2/15/3 T.S.S Argylshire [Colour painting of the transport A 8. "Argylshire". On 27 May 1915, off Le Havre two torpedoes, fired by enemy submarines missed the ship. It was torpedoed in the English Channel on 5 February 1917, but made it to Plymouth. Commonwealth control of the Argylshire ended on 24 January 1918. It was fitted to transport 100 Officers, 1,000 Other Ranks and 397 horses. Postcard is autographed by some of the soldiers on board. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3573)]
2/15/4 T.S.S Argylshire [Colour painting of the transport A 8. "Argylshire". On 27 May 1915, off Le Havre two torpedoes, fired by enemy submarines missed the ship. It was torpedoed in the English Channel on 5 February 1917, but made it to Plymouth. Commonwealth control of the Argylshire ended on 24 January 1918. It was fitted to transport 100 Officers, 1,000 Other Ranks and 397 horses. ]
2/15/5 Cunard R.M.S. Ascania [Colour painting of the R.M.S. Ascania. (Donor Ref: 419/068/024)]
2/15/6 T.S.S. "Ascanius" leaving Sydney [Black and white photograph of the transport A 11. "Ascanius". Collided with Shropshire in the Indian Ocean 21 November 1914. Commonwealth control ended 30 July 1917. It was fitted to transport 70 Officers, 1,750 Other Ranks and 12 horses. (Donor Ref: 419/071/037)]
2/15/7 H.M. Transport "Assaye" [Black and white photograph of the "Assaye". (Donor Ref: SC01554)]
2/15/8 P. & O. Branch Service (England-Africa-Australia). T.S.S. "Ballarat,", 11,100 Tons [Colour painting of the transport A 70. "Ballarat". Torpedoed in the English Channel, 25 April 1917 and sank early the next day. It was fitted to transport 48 Officers and 1,577 Other Ranks]
2/15/9 [no title] [Black and white picture of transport A 72. Beltana. Commonwealth control ended 14 September 1917. It was fitted to transport 49 Officers and 1,587 Other Ranks. (Donor Ref: 701/099/001)]
2/15/10 P. & O. Branch Service England-South Africa-Australia. New Twin-Screw Steamers Ballarat, Beltana, Benalla, Berrima, Borda [Colour painting of one of the P. & O. Twin-Screw Steamers. The sender of the postcard has indicated that the ship he was on was the transport A 35. "Berrima". The Berrima was torpedoed in the English Channel, 18 February 1917, but was towed into port. Commonwealth control ended, 10 October 1917. It was fitted to transport 60 Officers and 1,500 Other Ranks. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3952)]
2/15/11 Souvenir of H.M.A.T. "Borda" [Black and white drawing of the Union Jack with a picture of the transport A 30. "Borda", the Rising Sun badge, and a chair with a discarded uniform and rifle, with the poem "Your Boy Comes Home Today". Commonwealth control ended 10 September 1917. It was fitted to transport 26 Officers, 550 Other Ranks and 260 horses]
2/15/12 H.M. Transport "Caledonia" [Black and white photograph of the transport "Caledonia". (Donor Ref: 419/096/019)]
2/15/13 R.M.S. Ceramic Length 674 ft.Breadth 69 ft. Tonnage 18,481 [Colour painting of the transport A 40. "Ceramic". On 9 June 1917 at the entrance to the English Channel it was torpedoed by an enemy submarine, but the torpedo missed the ship. On 21 July 1917 in the Bristol Channel it was chased by another enemy submarine, but was rescued by a patrol. It was fitted to transport 100 Officers, 52700 Other Ranks and 24 horses. (Donor Ref: 419/039/048)]
2/15/14 White Star Line. New Triple-Screw Steamer "Ceramic", 18,000 tons. Largest Steamer to Australia [Colour painting of the transport A 40. "Ceramic". On 9 June 1917 at the entrance to the English Channel it was torpedoed by an enemy submarine, but the torpedo missed the ship. On 21 July 1917 in the Bristol Channel it was chased by another enemy submarine, but was rescued by a patrol. It was fitted to transport 100 Officers, 2,700 Other Ranks and 24 horses. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7151)]
2/15/15 R.M.S. Ceramic Length 674.75 ft. Width 69.4 ft. Tonnage 18,481 [Black and white picture of the transport A 40. "Ceramic". On 9 June 1917 at the entrance to the English Channel it was torpedoed by an enemy submarine, but the torpedo missed the ship. On 21 July 1917 in the Bristol Channel it was chased by another enemy submarine, but was rescued by a patrol. It was fitted to transport 100 Officers, 2,700 Other Ranks and 24 horses. (Donor Ref: 419/036/035)]
2/15/16 [same as 2/15/14] [(Donor Ref: 3DRL/7151)]
2/15/17 [same as 2/15/14] [(Donor Ref: SC00027)]
2/15/18 [same as 2/15/14]
2/15/19 R.M.S. Ceramic [Black and white picture of the transport A 40. "Ceramic". On 9 June 1917 at the entrance to the English Channel it was torpedoed by an enemy submarine, but the torpedo missed the ship. On 21 July 1917 in the Bristol Channel it was chased by another enemy submarine, but was rescued by a patrol. It was fitted to transport 100 Officers, 2,700 Other Ranks and 24 horses. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/1648)]
2/15/20 T.S.S. "Ceramic" [Black and white photograph of the transport A 40. "Ceramic". On 9 June 1917 at the entrance to the English Channel it was torpedoed by an enemy submarine, but the torpedo missed the ship. On 21 July 1917 in the Bristol Channel it was chased by another enemy submarine, but was rescued by a patrol. It was fitted to transport 100 Officers, 2,700 Other Ranks and 24 horses. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/2743)]
2/15/21 [same as 2/15/20] [(Donor Ref: SC00027)]
2/15/22 R.M.S. Remuera. New Zealand Shipping... T.S.S. Demosthenes. Aberdeen Line [Hand coloured photograph of the R.M.S. Remuera, or the transport A 64. Demosthenes. The Demosthenes was fitted to transport 64 Officers and 1,570 Other Ranks. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/14713)]
2/15/23 S.S. Demosthenes .W.L. [Black and White photograph of the transport A 64. "Demosthenes". The Demosthenes was fitted to transport 64 Officers and 1,570 Other Ranks. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/14713)]
2/15/24 The Aberdeen Line. T.S.S. "Demosthenes" and "Themistocles" - 11,250 Tons. Between England, South Africa and Australia [Coloured painting of the transport A 64. "Demosthenes" or A 32. "Themistocles" The Demosthenes was fitted to transport 64 Officers and 1,570 Other Ranks. The Themistocles was fitted to transport 100 Officers and 1,220 Other Ranks (Donor Ref: 701/099/001)]
2/15/25 The Aberdeen Line. T.S.S. "Demosthenes" and "Themistocles" - 11,250 Tons. Between England, South Africa and Australia [Coloured painting of the transport A 64. "Demosthenes" or A 32. "Themistocles" The Demosthenes was fitted to transport 64 Officers and 1,570 Other Ranks. The Themistocles was fitted to transport 100 Officers and 1,220 Other Ranks (Donor Ref: 701/099/001)]
2/15/26 H.M. Troopship "Derbyshire" European War, 1914-1919 Sydney, April, 1919 [Black and white photograph of the transport "Derbyshire". (Donor Ref: 419/001/021)]
2/15/27 The Aberdeen Line T.S.S. "Euripides" - 15,000 Tons. Between England, South Africa and Australia. [Colour painting of the transport A 14. Euripides. Commonwealth control ended 2 June 1917. It was fitted to transport 136 Officers, 2,204 Other Ranks and 20 horses (Donor Ref: 701/099/001)]
2/15/28 S.S. "Euripides" [Black and white picture of the transport A 14. Euripides. Commonwealth control ended 2 June 1917. It was fitted to transport 136 Officers, 2,204 Other Ranks and 20 horses]
2/15/29 H.M.A.T. "Hororata" 17-4-15 [Black and white photograph of the transport A 20. Hororata. Commonwealth control ended 11 September 1917. It was fitted to transport 67 Officers, 2,000 Other Ranks and 124 horses. (Donor Ref: 419/081/032)]
2/15/30 S.S. Ionian [Black and white photograph of the transport "Ionian"]
2/15/31 T.S.S. "Karoola" McIlwraith. McEacharn Line 7391 Tons [Black and white picture of the Merchant Ship "Karoola". The Karoola was requisitioned by the Commonwealth to transport Australian, British and Serbian troops as well as cargo. (Donor Ref: SC01555)]
2/15/32 T.S.S. Katoomba [Black and white photograph of the Merchant Ship "Katoomba". The Katoomba was requisitioned by the British government to transport American, British, Australian, and Indian troops and Turkish prisoners of war. (Donor Ref: 701/099/001)]
2/15/33 2nd Class Smokeroom T.S.S. Katoomba [Black and white photograph of the Merchant Ship "Katoomba". The Katoomba was requisitioned by the British government to transport American, British, Australian, and Indian troops and Turkish prisoners of war. (Donor Ref: 701/099/001)]
2/15/34 T.S.S. "Katoomba" [Colour painting of the Merchant Ship "Katoomba". The Katoomba was requisitioned by the British government to transport American, British, Australian, and Indian troops and Turkish prisoners of war. (Donor Ref: 701/099/001)]
2/15/35 Australian Commonwealth Line T.S.S. "Moreton Bay" [Black and white photograph of the transport "Moreton Bay". (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3320 ?)]
2/15/36 Troopship "Orsova" Transport for 7th Reinforcements 2nd and 3rd Battalions [Photograph of the transport A 67. "Orsova". Torpedoed by enemy submarine in the English Channel 14 March 1917, but reached port. Commonwealth control ended 18 February 1917. The Orsova was fitted to transport 217 Officers and 1,328 Other Ranks. (Donor Ref: 419/036/035)]
2/15/37 H.M.A. Transport A 17 ("Port Lincoln") [Black and white picture of the transport A 17. "Port Lincoln". Commonwealth control ended 26 September 1917. The Port Lincoln was fitted to transport 25 Officers, 370 Other Ranks and 376 horses. (Donor Ref: 419/027/026)]
2/15/38 T.S.S. "Port Macquarie" [Black and white picture of the transport A 39. "Port Macquarie". Commonwealth control ended 13 January 1917. The Port Macquarie was fitted to transport 25 Officers, 371 Other Ranks and 456 horses. (Donor Ref: SC01363)]
2/15/39 [no title] [Black and white photograph of the transport "Port Napier". (Donor Ref: SC01235)
2/15/40 T.S. Shrophsire Troopship A9 Transport for 4th reinforcements [Black and white photograph of the transport A 9. "Shropshire". The name and number of the ship have been censored on the postcard with purple ink, but are readable. Rammed by the Ascanius in the Indian Ocean 21 November 1914. Commonwealth control ended 5 August 1917. It was fitted to transport 57 Officers, 878 Other Ranks and 461 horses.]
2/15/41 S.S. Suevic [Black and white picture of the transport A 29. "Suevic". Commonwealth control ended 9 September 1917. It was fitted to transport 40 Officers, 510 Other Ranks and 527 horses. (Donor Ref: 419/011/055)]
2/15/42 T.S.S. "Suffolk" [Black and white photograph of transport A 23. "Suffolk". Mined in English Channel 26 December 1916, but reached Portsmouth. Collided with Uylsses at Durban, 14 June 1917. Commonwealth control ended 6 August 1917. It was fitted to transport 36 Officers, 1,000 Other Ranks and 12 horses. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3071)]
2/15/43 T.S.S. Themistocles [Black and white picture of transport A 32. "Themistocles". Commonwealth control ended 20 October 1917. It was fitted to transport 100 Officers and 1,220 Other Ranks.]
2/15/44 T.S.S. "Themistocles" The Aberdeen Line to South Africa and Australia [Colour painting of transport A 32. "Themistocles". Commonwealth control ended 20 October 1917. It was fitted to transport 100 Officers and 1,220 Other Ranks.]
2/15/45 [same as 2/15/44] [(Donor Ref: 701/099/001)]
2/15/46 H.M.A.T. "Wandilla" [Black and white photograph of the Merchant ship "Wandilla". Requisitioned in Melbourne and fitted up as a transport in May 1915. During her war service she carried a total of 36,332 troops. (Donor Ref: 419/098/030)]
2/15/47 H.M.A.T. "Warilda" [Black and white photograph of the Merchant ship "Warilda". Requisitioned by the Commonwealth in August 1915 she was fitted up as a transport. As well as transporting troops, she was also used as a hospital ship. During her war service she transported more than 7,000 troops and as a hospital ship she transported approximately 80,000 patients. Torpedoed and sunk 3 August 1918 in English Channel. (Donor Ref: 90/0171)]
2/15/48 T.S.S. "Wiltshire" - H.M.A. Troopship A 18 - W.L. Prentice, Commander. First Australian Expeditionary Force. 4th Light Horse No. 2 Field Ambulance A.A.M.C. (Victorian) [Colour painting of transport A 18. "Wiltshire". Commonwealth control ended 27 December 1917. It was fitted to transport 36 Officers, 720 Other Ranks and 505 horses. (Donor Ref: 90/0171)]
2/15/49 [no title] [Colour painting of transport A 18. "Wiltshire". The name of the ship has been censored with purple ink on the back of the postcard, but is now readable. Commonwealth control ended 27 December 1917. It was fitted to transport 36 Officers, 720 Other Ranks and 505 horses. (Donor Ref: 749/106/021)]
2/15/50 [no title] [Black and white photograph of unknown transport. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3573)]
2/15/51 [same as 2/15/10] [Autographed by members of 19th Battalion A.I.F. (Donor Ref: 749/013/034)]
2/15/52 [Submarine A.E.1 (now sunk) [Photograph of Australia's first submarine, the A.E.1. The A.E.1 vanished in New Guinea waters, presumably sunk by an uncharted reef. (Donor Ref: SC00175)]
2/15/53 The first Australian submarine A.E.1 [Photograph of Australia's first submarine, the A.E.1. The A.E.1 vanished in New Guinea waters, presumably sunk by an uncharted reef. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7719)]
2/15/54 Submarines at Hobart [Photograph of four submarines. (Donor Ref: 701/099/001)]
2/15/55 [no title] [Photograph of the hospital ship H.M.A.H.S. "Kanowna". (Donor Ref: 419/115/010)]
2/15/56 H.M.A.H.S. Kanowna [Photograph of the hospital ship H.M.A.H.S. "Kanowna". (Donor Ref: 419/115/010)]
2/15/57 H.M. Australian Hospital Ship "Kanowna" [Photograph of the hospital ship H.M.A.H.S. "Kanowna". (Donor Ref: 419/054/041)]
2/15/58 No. 2 Australian Hospital Ship "Kanowna" [Photograph of the hospital ship H.M.A.H.S. "Kanowna". (Donor Ref: 419/115/010)]
2/15/59 [same as 2/15/57] [Photograph of the hospital ship H.M.A.H.S. "Kanowna". Details of crew and of the "Kanowna's journey from London to Australia (year unknown). (Donor Ref: 419/115/010)]
2/15/60 H.M. Hospital Ship "Galeka" [Photograph of the hospital ship H.M.A.H.S. "Galeka". (Donor Ref: 3DRL/0632)]
2/15/61 H.M. Hospital Ship "Warilda" [Black and white photograph of the Merchant ship "Warilda". Requisitioned by the Commonwealth in August 1915 she was fitted up as a transport. Originally she was used to transport troops, but later she was used as a hospital ship. During her war service she transported more than 7,000 troops and as a hospital ship she transported approximately 80,000 patients. Torpedoed and sunk 3 August 1918 in the English Channel. (Donor Ref: 701/099/001)]
2/15/62 Union Castle Line S.S. "Braemar Castle" [Hand coloured photograph of the S.S. "Braemar Castle". ]
2/15/63 H.M.H.S. "Letitia" - of Donaldson Line [Colour painting of the hospital ship, "Letitia".]
2/15/64 [no title] [Black and white photograph of the hospital ship, "Letitia".]
2/15/65 H.M.H.S. "Britannic" [Black and white photograph of the hospital ship, "Britannic".]
2/15/66 The North Sea Track Chart of H.M.A.S. Australia 28th January 1916 - 21st November 1918 [Chart of the areas sailed by H.M.A.S. Australia in the North Sea. Black and white chart, based on a coloured chart. Different coloured lines (on the original chart) indicated the areas covered by the H.M.A.S. Australia in various years. However, on this copy, all the lines are black, so it cannot be ascertained which lines belong to which year. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/67 [no title] [Group photograph of Rear Admiral Pakenham, commanding 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron, and staff H.M.A.S. Australia 1916. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/68 Sunset H.M.A.S. Australia [Black and white photograph of H.M.A.S. Australia at sunset. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/69 H.M.A.S. Australia Flagship of Australian Fleet [Black and white photograph of H.M.A.S. Australia. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6146)]
2/15/70 Australia's Sentinel H.M.A.S. "Australia" by Moonlight [Black and white photograph of H.M.A.S. Australia at night, September 1914 (Donor Ref: 701/038/006)]
2/15/71 H.M.A.S. "Australia" in a Gale [Black and white painting of H.M.A.S. Australia in a gale. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/72 Australia's First Flagship: H.M.A Battle Cruiser Australia. [Colour picture of the H.M.A.S. "Australia", with the Australian Coat of Arms and the Union Jack and Australian Blue Ensign. With verse "Our Flags unite, Fit Emblem of our hearts' desires, One King, One Fleet, One Nation. (Donor Ref: 419/114/021)]
2/15/73 Australia's First Flagship: H.M.A Battle Cruiser "Australia" [Colour picture of the H.M.A.S. "Australia", with the Australian Coat of Arms and the Union Jack and Australian Blue Ensign. With verse "Our Flags entwine, Fit emblem of our hearts' desires, One King, One Fleet, One Nation. (Donor Ref: 419/064/005)]
2/15/74 [no title] [Devenport, England, 1916. Prime Minister William Morris Hughes, delivering a speech aboard H.M.A.S. Australia. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/75 [no title] [Photograph of a burial at sea, H.M.A.S. Australia. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/76 [no title] [Coaling ship, H.M.A.S. Australia. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/77 [no title] [Destroyers Yarra and Warrego alongside H.M.A.S. Australia. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/78 [no title] [ 12" gun H.M.A.S. "Australia". (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/79 [no title] [12" guns salvoes from H.M.A.S. Australia. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/80 [no title] [H.M.A.S. Australia firing her 12" guns. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/81 [no title] [Stern portion of H.M.A.S. Australia leaving floating dock, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, 1916. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/82 [no title] [Stowing away coal bags on board H.M.A.S. Australia, Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/83 [no title] [Photograph of snow on the deck of a ship, probably H.M.A.S. Australia at Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/84 [no title] [Hands 'fall in' on the snowy deck of H.M.A.S. Australia at Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/85 [no title] [View of the snowy decks of H.M.A.S. Australia at Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/86 [no title] [H.M.A.S. Australia, with "New Zealand" in the background at Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/87 [no title] [H.M.A.S. Australia, Flagship of Second Battle Cruiser Squadron, North Sea, 1917. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/88 [no title] [H.M.A.S. Australia, Flagship of Second Battle Cruiser Squadron, North Sea, 1917. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/89 [no title] [Second Battle Cruiser Squadron, North Sea, 1917. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/90 [no title] [Second Battle Cruiser Squadron, North Sea, 1917. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/91 [no title] [Second Battle Cruiser Squadron single line ahead, North Sea, 1917. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/92 [no title] [Second Battle Cruiser Squadron single line ahead, North Sea, 1917. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/93 "Minnie" H.M.A.S. Encounter [Photograph of a crewman from H.M.A.S. Encounter, with the ship's mascot "Minnie", who died 12 October (year unknown) on the voyage from Sydney, Australia to Wellington, New Zealand.]
2/15/94 [no title] [Bell, presented to the H.M.A.S. Melbourne by the Chairman & Court of Directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in commemoration of the invaluable services rendered to the S.S. "Taff" at St Lucia April 1916. (Donor Ref: 701/042/007)]
2/15/95 Australia's Navy - H.M.A.S. Melbourne [Black and white photograph of the H.M.A.S. Melbourne.]
2/15/96 Royal Australian Navy H.M.A.S. "Melbourne". Protected Cruiser [Colour picture of H.M.A.S. Melbourne, with Union Jack and Australian Blue Ensign, with verse: "The Union Jack and the Southern Cross, One King, One Fleet, One Nation. (Donor Ref: 419/064/005)]
2/15/97 [no title] [Coaling Ship, H.M.A.S. Melbourne (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/98 The Australian Flagship, H.M.S. "Powerful" in Sydney Harbour [Hand coloured photograph of H.M.S. "Powerful". (Donor Ref: 749/066/024)]
2/15/99 "It's a long way to Cocos Island But the "Sydney" got there"...Our Naval Hero Captain J.C.T. Glossop H.M.A.S. Sydney..."The glory of a lion is his mane" , "The mane is not merely a glorious ornament but a real protection to a lion"...The first of the Australian Navy to score a Naval victory by putting an end to the career of the "Emden" on November 9th, 1914. [Postcard commemorating the sinking of the German ship, S.M.S. Emden on 9 November 1914. Includes sketches of Glossop, and the Sydney and a cartoon of a lion, with its mane made up of the names of Commonwealth nations (Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, African Colonies), biting an eagle (Germany, which is losing a tail feather (the Emden).]
2/15/100 "It's a long way to Cocos Island But the "Sydney" got there"..."The glory of a lion is his mane" , "The mane is not merely a glorious ornament but a real protection to a lion"...The first of the Australian Navy to score a Naval victory by putting an end to the career of the "Emden" on November 9th, 1914. [Postcard commemorating the sinking of the German ship, S.M.S. Emden on 9 November 1914. Includes sketch of the Sydney and a cartoon of a lion, with its mane made up of the names of Commonwealth nations (Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, African Colonies).]
2/15/101 [no title] [Photograph of H.M.A.S. Sydney and H.M.A.S. Melbourne. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/102 [no title] [Deck of either H.M.A.S. Sydney or H.M.A.S. Melbourne. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/103 H.M.A.S. Sydney [Photograph of H.M.A.S. Sydney. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7553)]
2/15/104 H.M.A.S. "Sydney" [Photograph of H.M.A.S. Sydney. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/4037)]
2/15/105 The Warship that Captured the German Cruiser "Emden", Nov. 9th, 1914. Royal Australian Navy H.M.A.S. "Sydney". Protected Cruiser [Colour picture of H.M.A.S. Melbourne, with Union Jack and Australian Blue Ensign, with verse: "The Union Jack and the Southern Cross, One King, One Fleet, One Nation. (Donor Ref: 419/114/021)]
2/15/106 [no title] [Photograph of gun firing aboard H.M.A.S. Sydney. (Donor Ref: 419/116/021)]
2/15/107 The King and Prince of Wales Inspecting the "Sydney" at Portsmout. On her return, after finishing the "Emden" [Photograph of the King and Prince of Wales on board the H.M.A.S. Sydney. ]
2/15/108 Souvenir of A 30 [Black and white photograph of the transport A 30. "Borda" with camouflage markings. (Donor Ref: 749/011/039)]
2/15/109 [no title] [Photograph of boat held up by H.M.A.S. Psyche, 1915.]
2/15/110 Australia [Portrait of a child in a naval uniform, with "Melbourne" on the tally band.]
2/15/111 Cape town [Photograph of troopship Prinz Hubertus dated 25.07.1917]
2/15/112 HMAS Sydney with fleet [Photograph of HMAS Sydney with fleet]
2/15/113 HMAS Yarra [Photograph of HMAS Yarra]
2/15/114 HMAS Melbourne [Photograph of HMAS Melbourne]
2/15/115 Our gallant ship H.M.A.S. Sydney: Vanquisher of the German Commerce Raider [Photograph of troopship SS Beltana]
2/15/116 Troopship A72, Transport for 30th Infantry Batt. 11th Refs. of 1st, 2nd & 3rd Fld. Engrs. [Black and white illustration of HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden (Donor Ref: RC05738)]
2/15/117 Stunts over the Sydney by Ross Smith [Photograph of taken on board HMAS Sydney (Donor ref: RC06481 item 1)]
2/15/118 Sydney looking towards Brisbane on to Jervis Bay [Photograph of taken on board HMAS Sydney (Donor ref: RC06481 item 2)]
2/15/119 Xmas Day [Photograph of crew, thought to have been taken on board HMAS Sydney. The crew are named. (Donor ref: RC06481 item 3)]
2/15/120 HMAS Mallow [HMAS Mallow was built by the Royal Navy and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1919 (Donor ref: RC06481 item 4)]
2/15/121 SS Zealandia [Black and white photograph of SS Zealandia at sea (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/15/122 Troopship A34, SS Persic [Black and white photograph of ship with list of units transported by this ship]

SERIES 16: "Our Boys at the Front",1916-1918

Description: A series of official war photographs of Australian service personnel in France and Belgium, which the Australian Comforts Fund turned into postcard to sell for fund raising purposes.

Number Title and description
2/16/1 No. 1. - General Birdwood [Photograph of General Birdswood on a horse, with an inset portrait of General Birdwood (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6278)]
2/16/2 No. 2 - Battle of Messines. Anzac Field Dressing Station scene during the afternoon of June 7th 1917 [Photograph of wounded soldiers at a dressing station (Donor Ref: 701/114/001)]
2/16/3 No. 3 - Anzacs coming out of the line for a rest. [Photograph of soldiers walking past the ruins of a house (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6278)]
2/16/4 No. 4 - Anzac transport halted in a captured village [Photograph of carts of supplies and equipment (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6278 & SC02018)]
2/16/5 [same as 2/16/4] [Photograph of carts of supplies and equipment (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3928)]
2/16/6 [same as 2/16/4] [Photograph of carts of supplies and equipment (Donor Ref: 701/114/001)]
2/16/7 No. 5 - An A.I.F. advance dressing station [Photograph of wounded soldiers being tended to at an advance dressing station (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3928)]
2/16/8 [same as 2/16/7] [Photograph of wounded soldiers being tended to at an advance dressing station (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6278 & SC02020)]
2/16/9 [same as 2/16/7] [Photograph of wounded soldiers being tended to at an advance dressing station (Donor Ref: 701/114/001)]
2/16/10 No. 6 - Sandbagged dug-out occupied by members of a howitzer battery [Photograph of soldiers in a dug-out (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6278)]
2/16/11 [same as 2/16/10] [Photograph of soldiers in a dug-out (Donor Ref: 701/114/001)]
2/16/12 [same as 2/16/10] [Photograph of soldiers in a dug-out (Donor Ref: (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6278 & SC02021)]
2/16/13 No. 7 - Laying down roadways. Australian Pioneers construct a roadway whilst the battle goes on [Photograph of soldiers laying down a roadway made of wood planks (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3928)]
2/16/14 [same as 2/16/14] [Photograph of soldiers laying down a roadway made of wood planks (Donor Ref: 701/114/001)]
2/16/15 No. 8 - Members of the Australian Field Ambulance take shelter in "Funk Holes" [Photograph of soldiers in dug-outs (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6278)]
2/16/16 [same as 2/16/15] [Photograph of soldiers in dug-outs (Donor Ref: 701/114/001)]
2/16/17 No. 9 - The achievements of the Artillery in the recent activities has elicited great admiration from the Infantry. Here is a battery of 18-pounders in action [Photograph of soldiers loading an 18 pounder. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6278)]
2/16/18 [same as 2/16/17] [Photograph of soldiers loading an 18 pounder. (Donor Ref: 701/114/001)]
2/16/19 No. 10 - At the "Australian Comforts Fund's Coffee Stall" all men from the line are given free hot cups of cocoa. Infantry take theirs in the building, while the artillery stay with their horses [Photograph of members of the artillery, with their horses, having a drink]
2/16/20 [same as 2/16/19] [Photograph of members of the artillery, with their horses, having a drink (Donor Ref: 701/114/001)]
2/16/21 No. 11 - A party of Australian Pioneers returning to their dug-outs [Photograph of soldiers on board train carts on their way back to their trenches]
2/16/22 [same as 2/16/21] [Photograph of soldiers on board train carts on their way back to their trenches (419/001/004)]
2/16/23 No. 12 - The bricks of ages. Ruins of the Cloth Hall, Ypres [Photograph of the ruins in Ypres]
2/16/24 No. 13 - After the Battle. Scene on the Menin Rd. Wounded waiting to be taken in to the Dressing Station [Photograph of wounded and walking wounded on Menin Rd.]
2/16/25 No. 14 - They are all anxious to get in close touch with the Boche. Australian troops in the advance trenches [Photograph of soldiers in the trenches]
2/16/26 No. 15 - Stretcher bearers and dressers, utterly exhausted, fall asleep in the mud in spite of the cold, drizzling rain and screaming shells [Photograph of soldiers asleep in the mud]
2/16/27 No. 16 - Hurrying up an Australian battery. The battlefield was a quagmire, through which the guns had to be hauled [Photograph of soldiers attempting to drag out a piece of artillery stick in the mud]
2/16/28 No. 17 - Moving up a Division of Australian troops [Photograph of troops heading towards the front in double decker buses]
2/16/29 No. 18 - "How I did it". An Australian infantryman telling his comrades of an old exploit, which is received with persiflage [Photograph of soldiers around a camp fire, listening to a story]
2/16/30 No. 19 - "The Anzac Coves". There are no less than six Australian Pierrot Troupes at the front, consisting entirely of soldiers [Photograph of several pierrots with two female impersonators (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3141)]
2/16/31 No. 20 - Australian gunners at the cook-house [Photograph of gunners outside a cook-house in the snow]
2/16/32 No. 21 - Life in the underground world. Australian troops living in some vaults [Photograph of Australian soldiers in a vault]
2/16/33 No. 22 - An Australian railway gang taking bricks and stones for road and railway ballast purposes [Photograph of soldiers with horses and carts, collecting bricks]
2/16/34 No. 23 - Australian troops amidst the devastation of war. A scene at Ypres [Photograph of soldiers outside a building with the windows sandbagged]
2/16/35 No. 24 - A tank spiked on a tree stump [Photograph of a tank stuck on a tree stump, with Australian soldiers sitting around it]
2/16/36 No. 25 - A scene in the Australian reserve trenches. On the hill may be seen a strafed Biche pill box [Photograph of Australians in a trench]
2/16/37 No. 26 - "Gas" Australian troops with respirators on pose for the camera in the advance trenches [Photograph of soldiers in gas masks]
2/16/38 No. 27 - Each little cross bears a name and identification tablet, and the epitaph "Here lies a British Soldier, R.I.P." [ Photograph of a military cemetery, with may wooden crosses. Possibly taken through a window of a church]
2/16/39 No. 28 - Caring for the feet of the Australians who have been several days in the front line [Photograph of soldiers drying, binding and or putting clean, dry socks on the feet of soldiers returned from the front line, to try an stop "trench feet" developing]
2/16/40 No. 29 - A group of Australian troops waiting for "early doors" of the baths to open. [A group photograph of soldiers waiting with their towels and toiletries for the baths to open]
2/16/41 No. 30 - General Birdwood and staff [A group photograph of General Birdwood and his staff
2/16/42 No. 31 - New Zealanders passing through a town on their way to a rest camp after the battle of Passchendaele [Photograph of New Zealand soldiers, in covered trucks heading through a ruined village]
2/16/43 No. 32 - A long line of Australians marching up to receive Military Medals [Photograph of soldiers queued up to receive medals (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3141)]
2/16/44 No. 33 - Some of the nurses in their quarters at an Australian Casualty Clearing Station [Photograph of nurses in their quarters, having a hot drink]
2/16/45 No. 34 - The lecture room of an Australian Training School [Photograph of soldiers receiving a training lecture. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3141)]
2/16/46 No. 35 - The Australian Tunnelers making dug-outs. Most of these men are miners, and are doing magnificent work. They are here seen pumping out the soakage, which kept pouring in whilst they were at work [Photograph of soldiers operating a pump. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/3141)]
2/16/47 No. 36 - Lewis gun in action in the front trenches [Photograph of a Lewis Gun team]

SERIES 17: Victory Parades, 1918-1919

Description: Photographs of Victory parades and celebrations for 1918 and 1919, mostly in London.

Number Title and description
2/17/1 Victory March through London, 3rd May 1919. Australian Infantry Contingent. [Donor Ref: 3DRL/2545]
2/17/2 Victory March through London, 3rd May 1919. Australian Infantry Contingent. [Donor Ref: 3DRL/5030]
2/17/3 Victory March through London, 3rd May 1919. Australian Troops in Constitution Hill . [Donor Ref: 3DRL/3401]
2/17/4 Victory March through London, 3rd May 1919. Australian Troops in Constitution Hill. [Donor Ref: 3DRL/6196]
2/17/5 Victory March through London, 3rd May 1919. Australians passing Trafalgar Square. [Donor Ref: 3DRL/1630]
2/17/6 Victory March through London, 3rd May 1919. Colonial Artillery passing Victoria Memorial. [Donor Ref: 3DRL/3401]
2/17/7 Victory March through London, 3rd May 1919. Colonial Artillery passing Victoria Memorial.
2/17/8 Victory March through London, 3rd May 1919. Overseas troops passing Australia House. [Donor Ref: 3DRL/3401]
2/17/9 Victory March through London, 3rd May 1919. The Springbok mascot preceding the S. African troops. [Donor Ref: 3DRL/2545]
2/17/10 Victory March through London, 3rd May 1919. New Zealand troops passing Buckingham Palace.
2/17/11 Victory March of the Allied Troops in London. July 19th 1919. Field Marshal Sir D. Haig leading British troops. [Donor Ref: 3DRL/6796]
2/17/12 Victory March of the Allied Troops in London. July 19th 1919. The King and Queen at the saluting base. [Donor Ref: 3DRL/6796]
2/17/13 Victory March of the Allied Troops in London. July 19th 1919. General Monash and Australian troops. [Donor Ref: 3DRL/6796]
2/17/14 Victory March of the Allied Troops in London. July 19th 1919. The procession in the Mall. [Donor Ref: 3DRL/6796]
2/17/15 Victory March of the Allied Troops in London. July 19th 1919. The procession crossing Westminster Bridge. [Donor Ref: 3DRL/6796]
2/17/16 Victory March of the Allied Troops in London. July 19th 1919. The procession crossing Westminster Bridge. [Donor Ref: 3DRL/6796]
2/17/17 Victory March of the Allied Troops in London. July 19th 1919. The crowd at Admiralty Arch. [Donor Ref: 419/077/032]
2/17/18 Australian troops marching through London.
2/17/19 Australian troops marching through London. H.R.H. Prince of Wales taking the salute. [Donor Ref: 3DRL/4181 (?)]

SERIES 18: Memorials and Cemeteries, 1915 - 1940

Description: Photographs and sketches of personal and public Memorials. During the First World War soldiers who died overseas on active service were not brought home for burial (Excluding Major General Bridges, who was brought back to Australia and buried at Duntroon, A.C.T.) Many families who were unable to hold funerals for their sons, and who had little chance of visiting their tombs overseas often made memorials to them in Churches, parks, or added their names to the family tombstones in their local cemeteries. After the War many local and national memorials were made and this collection contains photographs of some of these memorials (For more photographs of local Memorials, please see the Guide to the W.G. Fortman Memorial Postcard Collection)

Number Title and description
2/18/1 [no title] [Grave of the Davies family of Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England. John and Lilla Davies lost two sons in the First World War, George who was in the 36th Battalion AIF and Norman who was in the 21st Sqdn., Machine Gun Corps (Cav) in Palestine. George was a missionary and came to Australia c1915 aged 26. He enlisted at Coffs Harbour and was killed whilst burying two friends on 12 July 1917 aged 28. A typescript of his diary and some of his letters is held by the Memorial at 2DRL/0789. George's body was never located and his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Norman died on Friday 27 September 1918, aged 27. He is buried at Haifa War Cemetery in Israel . Both sons are remembered on the family tombstone]
2/18/2 [no title] [Graves of Corporal A.A. McInnes MM and Corporal J. Chalmers. Both served in the 18th Battalion. Corporal McInnes was killed in action on 28 June 1918 and Corporal Chalmers died of wounds on 29 June 1918. Corporal McInnes was killed whilst trying to bring in Corporal Chalmers who was wounded]
2/18/3 [no title] [Grave of Private R.E. Arbon 57th Battalion who died of wounds on 19 July 1916 and is buried at Nottinghamshire 85 Nottingham General Cemetery, England. (Donor Ref. SC01273)]
2/18/4 Hyde Park. Showing Anzac Memorial, Registrar General's Building, At. Mary's Basilica Museum and Sydney Grammer School [Hand coloured photograph of Hyde Park]
2/18/5 Shrine of Remembrance, Hyde Park, Sydney, N.S.W. [Photograph of Shrine of Remembrance (Anzac Memorial)]
2/18/6 The Anzac Memorial, West Front, Sydney N.S.W. [Photograph of Shrine of Remembrance (Anzac Memorial)]
2/18/7 The Anzac Memorial, Sydney, N.S.W. Showing Portion of the Lake of Reflection [Photograph of Shrine of Remembrance (Anzac Memorial)]
2/18/8 The Bronze Group of Sculpture, Symbolising Sacrifice, Anzac Memorial, Sydney N.S.W. [Photograph]
2/18/9 The Vestibule and Hall of Silence, Anzac Memorial, Sydney N.S.W. [Photograph]
2/18/10 The Symbolic Wreath, Carved from Solid Marble, Surrounding the Well of Contemplation Anzac Memorial, Sydney N.S.W. [Photograph]
2/18/11 Section of Bronze Bas Relief Showing Infantry - Western Front Anzac Memorial, Sydney N.S.W. [Photograph]
2/18/12 Section of Bronze Bas Relief Showing Landing, Gallipoli - Eastern Front Anzac Memorial, Sydney N.S.W. [Photograph]
2/18/13 The National War Memorial of Victoria [Photograph of Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Victoria]
2/18/14 The Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Victoria No. 1 [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 701/111/003)]
2/18/15 The Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Victoria No. 2 [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 701/111/003)]
2/18/16 The Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Victoria No. 3 [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 701/111/003)]
2/18/17 The National War Memorial of Victoria. Aerial View Taken from West [Photograph]
2/18/18 The Man and the Donkey (Near the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Victoria) [Photograph of sculpture of Simpson (John Simpson Kirkpatrick ) and his donkey, with a wounded man]
2/18/19 The Man and the Donkey (Near the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Victoria) [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 701/111/003)]
2/18/20 The National War Memorial of Victoria. Aerial View Taken from North [Photograph]
2/18/21 The National War Memorial of Victoria. Ray of Light Striking Rock of Remembrance at 11 a.m. 11th November [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6325)]
2/18/22 The National War Memorial of Victoria Inner Shrine [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 749/060/046]
2/18/23 Queensland National Anzac Memorial, Brisbane [Photograph]
2/18/24 Anzac Memorial Apex Drive, Albany W.A. [Photograph]
2/18/25 Unveiling Honour Roll Roseville 21 Dec. 1918 [Photograph of the crowd and dignitaries at the unveiling of the Honour Roll. (Donor Ref. 749/034/028)]
2/18/26 Entrance to Avenue of Honour 14 Miles Long The Lucas' Girls Tribute to Ballarat Soldiers [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 749/087/035)]
2/18/27 Ararat Showing War Memorial [Photograph]
2/18/28 The Memorial, Lake Cargelligo, N.S.W. [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 419/036/035)]
2/18/29 Soldier's Memorial, Byaduk [Photograph. (Donor Ref. SC00170)]
2/18/30 -2/18/54 Inauguration du Monument Australien de Villers Bretonneux 1er Juillet 1938 [Five sets of postcards. Each set contains five postcards showing different views of the Australian Memorial at Villers Bretonneux. Some of the postcards are postmarked 22 July 1938. (Donor Ref for one set SC01255)]
2/18/55 Our Queanbeyan Boys No. 3 [Honour board with the photographs of 42 men from Queanbeyan, including: H.C. Dawson, K.E. Dawson, A. Dawson, L.W. Dawson, S. Jacobs, J. Southwell, C. Southwell, Lieut. W. Dunn MLA, J.W. Cartwright, Fred Darmody, Frank Darmody (Died at Sea), W. Darmody, S. Darmody, U Williams, T.W. Earnshaw, J.A. Earnshaw, C. Cruikshank, D. Stewart, S. Feagan, F.L. Hatfield, S.G. Marshall, L.P. Little, L.J. Quigley, A.J. Haslam, W.M. Pike, C.L. Richardson, J.R. Gregory, F. Williams, C. Lake, J. McDonald, C.T. Clarke, A. Whyte, Fred Cregan, A. Wallace, W.A.McInnes, R.A. Clark, M.D. McLean, E. Heeger, G.E.C. Thompson, J.Cregan, W.R. Smith. (Donor Ref. RC01058)]
2/18/56 Queanbeyan District Methodist Church Honor Roll [Photograph of the Honour Roll at the Queanbeyan District Methodist Church. (Donor Ref. RC01059)]
2/18/57 Soldiers Memorial, Tungamah, Victoria [Photograph of the memorial. (Donor Ref. RC08895)]
2/18/58 [no title] [Pressed flowers collected from Pozieres Military Cemetery, and placed on postcard-sized board. Collected in June 1922 (Donor Ref: 02/0677)]
2/18/59 [no title] [Pressed flowers collected from Rue de Bapaume near Albert, France, and placed on a postcard. Collected in June 1922 (Donor Ref: 02/0677)]
2/18/60 [no title] [Pressed flowers collected from Pozieres, Rue de Bapaume, France, and placed on a postcard. Collected in June 1922 (Donor Ref: 02/0677)]

SERIES 19: General Australian Postcards

Description: This postcard collection is a mixture of non military postcards from the First World War and military postcards which do not fall within the other series. It includes postcards of chalk cut outs in the Wiltshire downs, many studio photographs of First World War soldiers (the bulk of which are unidentified).

Number Title and description
2/19/1 [no title] [Cream coloured card with embossed Rising Sun in top left corner]
2/19/2 Rising Sun cut out on the chalk hills on the S.W. side of the Wiltshire Downs by the Australian soldiers in 1917 [Photograph of Rising Sun cut into a chalk hill. (Donor Ref: 419/012/030)]
2/19/3 [no title] [Close up photograph of Rising Sun Badge cut into a chalk hill. (Donor Ref: SC01558)]
2/19/4 'Happy Days' 1918 [Close up photograph of Rising Sun Badge cut into a chalk hill]
2/19/5 [no title] [Close up photograph of Rising Sun Badge cut into a chalk hill. (Donor Ref: 419/077/032)]
2/19/6 [no title] [Close up photograph of Rising Sun Badge cut into a chalk hill. (Donor Ref: 419/012/030)]
2/19/7 [no title] [Photograph of Rising Sun Badge cut into a chalk hill]
2/19/8 [no title] [Photograph of YMCA logo, 6th CLR Badge (City of London Regiment), Rising Sun Badge cut into a chalk hill]
2/19/9 [cut on the hillside Fovant Camp Engd] [Close up photograph of Rising Sun Badge cut into a chalk hill]
2/19/10 [no title] [Studio portrait of two unknown soldiers, probably taken in Belgium. (Donor Ref: SC01796)]
2/19/11 [no title] [Group photograph of some of the 2nd Light Horse who were transferred to Infantry: Roney (5th), Farley (6th) unknown, Cpl Cameron (7th), Cpl Smith (6th), Stanton (6th), Adams (6th), Doherty (6th). (Donor Ref: SC01363)]
2/19/12 [no title] [Photograph of an unknown soldier outside a bunker. (Donor Ref: SC01363)]
2/19/13 [no title] [Group portrait of several soldiers form different Allied nations, including: W.N. Clifford, 1st Wellington Battalion NZEF, A.A. Benton 5th Battalion BEF, Signaller Charles Alexander B Coy 8th A & S, Pte F.H. Carroll 1st Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery, Pte R.H. Gay A Coy 15th West Yorkshire, Paul M Hinds 107 US Infantry HQ Coy AEF. (Donor Ref: SC01251)]
2/19/14 [no title] [June 1917. Studio Portrait of Captain Alan Stewart Vowles DSO, 12th Battalion (discharged 12 Dec 1918) and Captain Eric Vowles MC Anzac Artillery (returned to Australia as a Major with AIF Headquarters, 28 Jan 1919]
2/19/15 [no title] [Easter 1915 Photograph, in the shape of Australia of two servicemen with family or friends in a cart]
2/19/16 Reading Room - Commercial Travellers' Club, Melbourne [Coloured photograph of the Reading Rooms. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/7194)]
2/19/17 [no title] [Photograph of the alter of a French Cathedral. (Donor Ref: SC01286)]
2/19/18 [no title] [Postcard with a piece of ribbon from a German Iron Cross 2nd Grade given to a friend or relative by 7537 Private F.W. McGowan 14th Battalion]
2/19/19 Goulburn High School Soldiers Home [Photograph of Soldiers Home. (Donor Ref: 419/078/025)]
2/19/20 Captain J. Stivey R.N.R. In command of Troopship A40 ("CERAMIC"), conveying Australian Divisional Ammunition Park and Divisional Supply Column to England [Photograph of Captain Stivey. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/2743)]
2/19/21 Lieut.-Col W.H. Tunbridge, C.B., Commanding Australian Divisional Ammunition Park [Photograph of Lieutenant Colonel Tunbridge. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/2743)]
2/19/22 [same as 2/19/21]
2/19/23 [no title] [Photograph of a mounted photographic display, including photographs of General Sir Harry George Chauvel, G.C.M.G., Colonel James Baillie M.V.O., V.D., Major David Fraser D.S.O., M.C., T.D. and an Emu plume, as worn by the Light Horse]
2/19/24 Mr H.G. Hawker [Photograph of Mr Hawker]
2/19/25 Mr H.G. Hawker's joyous arrival in London after his Atlantic flight [Close up photograph of Mr Hawker on horseback surrounded by a crowd]
2/19/26 London's welcome to Mr H.G. Hawker & Com. Grieve. 'Aussies to the fore' [Photograph of Mr Hawker and Commander Grieve surrounded by a crowd of well wishers, including a large number of Australian soldiers. With inset photographs of Hawker and Grieve]
2/19/27 Mr H.G. Hawker's joyous arrival in London after his Atlantic flight [Photograph of Mr Hawker on horseback surrounded by a crowd]
2/19/28 [no title] [Photograph of the train "Edward Henty". (Donor Ref: SC01296)]
2/19/29 Victorian Railways (Australia) 3 cylinder 4-8-4 type engine, H220 The largest locomotive in Australia [Photograph of train, with specifications on the back of the postcard. (Donor Ref: SC01296)]
2/19/30 "Spirit of Progress" Air-conditioned, stream-lined, all-steel train, in service between Melbourne and Albury [Photograph of train. (Donor Ref: SC01296)]
2/19/31 [no title] [Photograph of factory equipment]
2/19/32 [no title] [Photograph of factory equipment]
2/19/33 [no title] [Photograph of factory equipment]
2/19/34 [no title] [Photograph of factory equipment]
2/19/35 [no title] [Photograph of factory equipment]
2/19/36 [no title] [Photograph of unidentified worker in an armaments factory]
2/19/37 [no title] [Photograph of equipment in an armaments factory]
2/19/38 [no title] [Photograph of unidentified worker in an armaments factory]
2/19/39 [no title] [YMCA on active service postcard with a pencil drawing of a cat, holding a sign saying "Bonne Chance". (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6176)]
2/19/40 [no title] [YMCA on active service postcard with a pencil drawing of a cat, holding a sign saying "Bonne Chance". (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6176)]
2/19/41 [no title] [Photograph of a crowd of people]
2/19/42 [no title] [Photograph of people in a wagon, dressed as nurses and members of the Red Cross for Australia Day, with their wagon decorated as a "Red Cross Ambulance". 1915]
2/19/43 [no title] [Photograph of 59th Battalion Band playing for a funeral]
2/19/44 [no title] [Photograph of the 59th Battalion Band, along the side of the road playing whilst the hearse moves along the street]
2/19/45 [no title] [Photograph taken at Tarbet, Scotland of four Australian soldiers on leave. The photograph was taken by Peter Morgan , and one of the men "Arthur" (Surname unknown) is marked. This photograph was taken after Arthur had been wounded for the third time]
2/19/46 [no title] [Photograph of elderly men. The original photograph had been picked up at Bapaume on 28 April 1917 and converted into a postcard. (Donor Ref 3DRL/3270)]
2/19/47 [no title] [A posed photograph - A young woman "tells off" a young Australian soldier (possibly her brother) who salutes her, whilst a younger girl (a sister perhaps?) looks on]
2/19/48 [no title] [Photograph of six unidentified Australian soldiers sitting in or around a car]
2/19/49 [no title] [Photograph of an Australian soldier in his wagon September 1918 on the road at Warminster]
2/19/50 [no title] [Studio photograph of unidentified Australian soldier]
2/19/51 [no title] [Studio photograph of unidentified Australian soldier]
2/19/52 [no title] [Photograph of 2774 Private Robert Whitla 59th Battalion]
2/19/53 [no title] [ 1917 studio photograph of two unidentified Australian soldiers. One could be "Bert Roberts", unit unknown. One of the soldiers had served on Gallipoli]
2/19/54 [no title] [Studio photograph of unidentified Australian soldier]
2/19/55 [no title] [Studio photograph of 7279 Sergeant James Moncrieff Menzies 1st Battalion. (Donor Ref 3DRL/3952)]
2/19/56 [no title] [Studio photograph of unidentified Australian soldier. Rank, Sergeant. He served on Gallipoli]
2/19/57 [no title] [Studio photograph of unidentified Australian soldier. Possibly "B.N. Read"]
2/19/58 [no title] [Studio photograph of unidentified Australian soldier]
2/19/59 [no title] [Studio photograph of unidentified Australian soldier]
2/19/60 [Australia in France] [Hand drawn line illustration, two-sided. Features two illustrations: firstly, an Australian soldier and his female companion walking the Parisian streets, and on the reverse Australian soldiers in barbed wire at the Western Front]
2/19/61 [Rottnest Island, WA (Used as a Military Prison during the War)] [Colour image of visitors to the island. (Donor ref: RC08892)]
2/19/62 [Australia] [Map of Australia with statistical information (Donor ref: RC08923)]
2/19/63 [no title] [Studio portrait of Private Hughie Turner 41st Battalion (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/64 [no title] [Studio portrait of an Australian soldier identified as 'Jimmy Ignatius' of the 5th Division Artillery (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/65 [no title] [Group photograph of five Australian soldiers: Bill Turnbull, Nigger Burke, Harry Willie, George Box and Mick Wilson. A dog named 'Barney' is also in the photograph (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/66 [no title] [Studio portrait of Alex Whitecross, 41st Battalion (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/67 [no title] [Studio portrait of Alex Whitecross, 41st Battalion (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/68 [no title] [Studio portrait of Bill Whitecross, 41st Battalion (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/69 [no title] [Group photograph of three unidentified Australian soldiers (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/70 [no title] [Studio portrait of Willie Craig, 20th Army Service Corps (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/71 [no title] [Studio portrait of Jerry Riorden, 41st Battalion (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/72 [no title] [Studio portrait of Gunner D. Cohen, 29th Field Artillery Battery (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/73 [no title] [Studio portrait of George 'Charlie' Belford, 41st Battalion (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/74 [no title] [Group photograph of eleven Australian soldiers, members of the 41st Battalion Transport Unit (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/75 [no title] [Photograph of the 42nd Battalion band at Enoggera Camp (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/76 [no title] [Group photograph of eight unidentified Australian soldiers (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/77 [no title] [Photograph of James R Biggar (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/78 [no title] [Group photograph of four Australian soldiers of the 41st Battalion, one of whom is identified as Tom Baxter (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/79 [no title] [Studio portrait of Dave Stevenson (Donor Ref: 06/0230)]
2/19/80 20 Artistic Views of Cairo and its Environs Series No. 17 [Incomplete set of four postcards with images of Cairo and Egypt. (Donor Ref: 02/0677)]
2/19/81 [no title] [Photograph of soldiers marching (RC08714 Item 4)]
2/19/82 [no title] [Photograph of soldiers and train (RC08714 Item 2)]
2/19/83 [no title] [Photograph of unidentified soldier in costume (RC08714 Item 7)]

SERIES 20: Scenic Postcards

Description: Postcards of Australian scenery, towns and buildings, primarily tourist postcards collected during the First world War.

Number Title and description
2/20/1 The old Homestead, Lake Bunga [Photograph of a family outside their home. (Donor Ref. 419/048/083)]
2/20/2 Aerial View of Kiama [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 419/036/035)]
2/20/3 Hospital and Nurse's Home, Brisbane [Photograph]
2/20/4 Swan River and East Fremantle from North Fremantle, W.A. [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 419/119/017)]
2/20/5 The Town Hall and Sturt Street, Ballarat, Victoria [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 749/087/035)]
2/20/6 The Gib...Bowral [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 419/036/035)]
2/20/7 Kendall Avenue [Bathurst?] [Photograph]
2/20/8 Middleton Beach, Albany, W.A. [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 419/119/017)]
2/20/9 Dog Rock, Albany, W.A. [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 419/119/017)]
2/20/10 Panoram [sic] View of Military College Duntroon in course of erection [Photograph]
2/20/11 Canberra from Duntroon Observatory [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6043)]
2/20/12 Duntroon Federal City [Photograph]
2/20/13 Williamstown Pier [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 419/109/045)]
2/20/14 Thursday Island [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 701/042/007)]
2/20/15 Victoria Parade, Thursday Island [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 701/042/007)]
2/20/16 General Post Office, Sydney [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6176)]
2/20/17 St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6080)]
2/20/18 Pearl Bay, Middle Harbour, Sydney [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6915)]
2/20/19 The Breakers. Sydney [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6915)]
2/20/20 Lackey St. Summerhill [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 419/078/025)]
2/20/21 [Post Office Mackay] [Photograph]
2/20/22 Kangaroos Zoological Gardens. Lion & Bear House Zoological Gardens [Two photographs, one of Kangaroos, the other of a small crowd of people outside the Lion and Bear House. (Donor Ref. 419/109/045)]
2/20/23 Elephant & Train Zoological Gardens. Emus Zoological Gardens [Two photographs, one of an elephant being ridden on by tourists next to the rail lines at the Zoological Gardens, the other of two emus. (Donor Ref. 419/109/045)]
2/20/24 The Main Road, Franktson, Victoria [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 419/109/045)]
2/20/25 Hay Street, Perth [Photograph]
2/20/26 Butler's Vale Palm Island [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 419/116/021)]
2/20/27 The Dam, National Park, N.S.W. [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6915)]
2/20/28 MacPherson Range & Tweed River at Murwillumbah [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/7029)]
2/20/29 Central Perth, from Fire Brigade Tower [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 749/013/034)]
2/20/30 Barrack Street, Perth [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 749/013/034)]
2/20/31 Tea Rooms, King's Park, Perth [Photograph]
2/20/32 Ruins, Old Church Port Arthur, Tasmania [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 419/116/21)]
2/20/33 Entrance to Zoological Gardens, South Perth, W.A. [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 749/013/034)]
2/20/34 Wellington Street, looking West, Perth, W.A. [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 419/003/062)]
2/20/35 Governor's Residence, Perth [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 749/013/034)]
2/20/36 Watson's Bay, Sydney [Photograph]
2/20/37 Along the Back Beach, Queenscliff, Victoria [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 749/087/035)]
2/20/38 A Peep Through the Trees, Queenscliff [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 749/087/035)]
2/20/39 A View From the Pier, Queenscliff, Victoria [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 749/087/035)]
2/20/40 Circular Quay, Sydney [Photograph]
2/20/41 Yachting in Sydney Harbour [Photograph]
2/20/42 Graceburn Creek, Healesville, Vic. [Photograph]
2/20/43 Town Hall, Melbourne [Photograph]
2/20/44 Pig's Head Road, Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tas. [Photograph]
2/20/45 Sublime Point, Bulli, N.S.W. [Photograph]
2/20/46 Princess Royal Harbour, Albany, W.A. [Photograph]
2/20/47 Three Sisters [Blue Mountains] [Photograph]
2/20/48 An Australian Bullock Team [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 419/109/045]
2/20/49 A View From the Pier, Queenscliff, Victoria [Photograph. (Donor Ref. 749/087/035)]
2/20/50 Ruins after the fire Wee Waa, N.S.W.  [Photograph]
2/20/51 Returned Soldiers' Hostel (Palace Hotel) Broken Hill, N.S.W. [Photograph]

SERIES 21: Tom Cross Cartoons

Description: Postcards drawn by Tom Cross. Tom Cross was born in the village of Ruddington in Nottinghamshire in 1883. His family emigrated to Australia in 1891. Before the First World War, Tom worked in a studio and studied art at Ipswich, Queensland. Before the war, Tom drew witty cartoons, and he continued to do so through his training and military career. Many were reproduced as postcards and sent throughout the country.

Number Title and description
2/21/1 [no title] [Cartoon of locals, trying to sell items, with their selling slogans, e.g. "eggs a cook, eggs a bread", "lemon verra sweet verra nice", "watah-me-lon verra big verra sheap". (Donor Ref: SC00345) ]
2/21/2 [same as 2/21/1]
2/21/3 Troop Train Somewhere in Egypt [Crowded troop train, with locals attempting to sell items as the train goes past. (Donor Ref: SC00345)]
2/21/4 [same as 2/21/3]
2/21/5 Tel-el-Kebir [Cartoon of the streets of Tel-el-Kebir]
2/21/6 The soldier in the making [Series of cartoons of the training and daily life which goes into the training of a soldier]
2/21/7 That Acting Corporal again: (Acting Corporal) "I just brought these down to be vaccinated" [The Acting Corporal with some troops talking to a butcher]
2/21/8 The Morning Parade [Troops at morning parade being divided up to take part in various fatigues]
2/21/9 Camp Life: Sick Parade [Troops on sick parade. (Donor Ref: SC00345) ]
2/21/10 [same as 2/21/9]
2/21/11 [same as 2/21/9] [Troops on sick parade. (Donor Ref: SC00345) ]
2/21/12 Camp Life - Shaving by numbers. "Ay Say what face are you shavin?" [Comical look at the attempts by soldiers to shave in a very crowded environment. (Donor Ref: SC00345)]
2/21/13 Camp Life - The Wood Fatigue [Some soldiers on wood fatigue, looking very "fatigued" themselves. (Donor Ref: SC00829)]
2/21/14 [same as 2/21/13]
2/21/15 Defaulters [Cartoon of various defaulters - in detention sick parade, in defaulters parade, and in "the bird cage". (Donor Ref: SC00828)]
2/21/16 [same as 2/21/15]
2/21/17 What I dreamed of doing before going into camp and what I had to do after going into camp [One half of the postcard depicts the 'dream' - of soldiers valiantly charging enemy trenches. The other half depicts the reality of camp life - recruits cutting down trees and pitching tents]
2/21/18 Generals Private Mess: Privates General Mess [Cartoon depicting the differences between the officer's mess and other ranks. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6176)]
2/21/19 [same as 2/21/18] [Cartoon depicting the differences between the officer's mess and other ranks. (Donor Ref: SC00345)]
2/21/20 The canteen: The day before and the day after pay day [The day before - a couple of recruits linger around the canteen having a drink. The day after - commotion as everyone attempts to buy items from the canteen]
2/21/21 In the Bight. Parade -Shun [Depicts the attempts to parade on a Troopship, whilst there is a strong wind and rough seas. (Donor Ref: SC00345)]
2/21/22 [same as 2/21/21]
2/21/23 Mess Orderlies. Carry On [Mess Orderlies attempting to carry the rations on board a Troopship. (Donor Ref: 3DRL6176)]
2/21/24 Mess Orderlies Carry On [Mess orderlies attempting to carry rations down a flight of stairs - and losing the bulk of it in the process. (Donor Ref: 3DRL6176)]
2/21/25 Australia on Salisbury Plains The Final Touch Before Leaving for France [Australian soldiers in gas masks bayonetting sacks of straw in pouring rain. (Donor Ref: 3DRL6176)]
2/21/26 Apres la Guerre: Corporal Bill Bumpkin, late A.I.F. starts of again at his old occupation something like this. Move t' the right in fours fo'm fours, right, quick_____ as ya were; Blime ger up you b____ old b____s [After the war, Corporal Bumkin ordering his bullock team, as if they were soldiers. (Donor Ref: SC00345)]
2/21/27 [same as 2/21/26] [After the war, Corporal Bumkin ordering his bullock team, as if they were soldiers. (Donor Ref: 3DRL/6176)]

SERIES 22: Artillery and Tanks

Description: Postcards of artillery and tanks from the First World War. Many of the photographs are of captured German weapons.

Number Title and description
2/22/1 [no title] [Photograph of a tank in Palestine]
2/22/2 [no title] [Photograph of a tank taken in a snow storm at the Somme 24 December 1916 ]
2/22/3 [no title] [Photograph of Australian soldier standing next to a damaged tank]
2/22/4 A8 German Tank near Amiens [Tank captured by the 26th Battalion A.I.F. Image available on Photographic database. Negative no. P01835.080 . (Donor Ref 3DRL/6896)]
2/22/5 [no title] [German Gun presented by General Birdwood to Cobham, 16 October 1919
2/22/6 A2 German 15" Gun Captured By Australians [Photograph of gun. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6896)]
2/22/7 A3 Barrel of German 15" Gun Captured by Australians near Cappy [Photograph of two Australian soldiers with the gun]
2/22/8 A25 German 15in. Gun Captured by Australian near Cappy [Photograph of three Australian soldiers with the gun, and one soldier down the barrel. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6896)]
2/22/9 [no title] [Photograph of civilian men and women around a damaged gun] ]
2/22/10 A4 Back view of German 15" Gun Captured By Australians Near Cappy [Photograph of the rear of the 15 inch gun. (Donor Ref. 3DRL3270)]
2/22/11 [same as 2/22/10] [(Donor Ref. 3DRL/6896)]
2/22/12 A26 Back view of German 15" Gun Captured By Australians Near Cappy [Photograph of soldiers at the gun. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/6896)]
2/22/13 War Trophy Captured German Gun, "Baby Bertha" Sydney, 27-3-20 [The 28cm German railway gun known as the `Amiens gun' at a railway siding before it was moved to Canberra. The gun and the complete train were captured by AIF troops near Harbonnieres in France on 8 August 1918. The barrel of the gun is now in the collection of the Australian War Memorial. Image available on the Photographic Database at Negative no. P01887.003]
2/22/14 Captured German Gun Opp Sydney Railway Station 6.10.20 [The 28cm German railway gun known as the `Amiens gun' opposite Central Railway Station where it was displayed. City buildings in the background include W C Douglass Ltd. The gun and the complete train were captured by AIF troops near Harbonnieres in France on 8 August 1918. The barrel of the gun is now in the collection of the Australian War Memorial. Image available on Photographic Database at Negative no. P01887.004]
2/22/15 [no title] [Paris, France. 18 September 1918. A crowd views the 28cm German railway gun known as the `Amiens gun' on exhibition. The gun and the complete train were captured by AIF troops near Harbonnieres in France on 8 August 1918. Image available on Photographic Database at Negative no. P01887.002]
2/22/16 [no title] [A German 28cm railway gun with some of its crew. The complete train, including the gun and all the crew, were captured near Harbonnieres on 8 August 1918 by troops of the Australian 8th Infantry Brigade. The gun is commonly known as the `Amiens gun' and the barrel is now in the collection of the Australian War Memorial. Image available on Photographic Database at Negative no. P01887.001. (Donor Ref. 3DRL/3270)]
2/22/17 [no title] [German Naval Gun and crew captured by the 31st Battalion on 8 August 1918 near Harbonnieres]
2/22/18 [no title] [Photograph of Australian soldiers with a captured German Gun. Similar to 2/22/8. (RC08714 Item 5)]

SERIES 23: Herbert Garside Naval Postcard Collection

Description: Postcards collected by Herbert Garside, who served on board the H.M.A.S. Australia during the First World War. (Donor Ref. RC00967) The collection contains some photographs of the H.M.A.S. Australia, and other Australian vessels. However the bulk of the collection is made up of British vessels from the Royal Navy. The ships are organised alphabetically, by country.

Number Title and description
2/23/1 H.M.A.S. "Australia" [Photograph]
2/23/2 H.M.A.S. Australia [Photograph]
2/23/3 H.M.A.S. "Australia" [Photograph]
2/23/4 H.M.A.S. "Australia" in a gale [Black and White Painting]
2/23/5 Pay Day H.M.A.S. Australia [Photograph of sailors getting paid]
2/23/6 [no title] [Photograph of crew of H.M.A.S. Australia marching along the deck]
2/23/7 [no title] [Photograph of the crew of H.M.A.S. Australia clearing up snow from the deck (probably taken at or around Scapa Flow)]
2/23/8 [no title] [Photograph of deck of H.M.A.S. Australia covered with snow (probably taken at or around Scapa Flow)]
2/23/9 [no title] [Photograph of crew clearing snow off the deck of H.M.A.S. Australia (probably taken at or around Scapa Flow)]
2/23/10 [no title] [Photograph of bow of ship, probably the H.M.A.S. Australia]
2/23/11 [no title] [Photograph of deck of ship, covered in snow, showing one of the guns, probably on board the H.M.A.S. Australia]
2/23/12 The North Sea Track Chart of H.M.A.S. Australia. 28th January 1915 - 2nd November 1918 [Black and White postcard based on a coloured chart. Each of the H.M.A.S. Australia's voyages for each year was shown in a different colour. However, because this postcard is black and white it loses that information and each voyage is shown in black]
2/23/13 H.M. Australian Ship "Melbourne" [Photograph]
2/23/14 H.M.A.S. Sydney [Photograph]
2/23/15 "Well Done Australia" H.M.A.S. "Sydney" which ended the career of the Elusive & Notorious German Cruiser "Emden" [Photograph]
2/23/16 [same as 2/23/15]
2/23/17 [no title] [Photograph of H.M.A.S. Tasmania - Torpedo Boat Destroyer c1921]
2/23/18 Australian Submarine "AE1" Foundered Sept 14th 1914 [Photograph]
2/23/19 The Great Naval Raid on German Destroyer and Submarine "Nests" Zeebrugge and Ostend April 23rd 1918 [Postcard features photographs of people and ships involved with the operations]
2/23/20 Ships of the Fleet [Postcard features photographs ships of the Royal Navy]
2/23/21 Roll of Honour. Ships That Have Paid the Toll in the Great War 1914-15 [Postcard features photographs ships of the Royal Navy that had been sunk through 1914 and 1915]
2/23/22 The Falkland Islands Battle [Postcard features photographs of people and both British and German ships involved with the battle]
2/23/23 H.M.S. "Highflyer" sinking the German Armed Liner "Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" off the mouth of the River Oro, West Africa, August 26th 1914 [Black and White postcard. Painting of battle scene]
2/23/24 The British Fleet in Kiel Harbour June 1914 - one month prior to the war [Photograph]
2/23/25 The "Paravane". Invented During the War for Destroying Hun Mines. The Photograph Shews How the "Paravane" is Launched Over the Ships Side by Means of a Small Crane [Photograph ]
2/23/26 A British Destroyer at Full Speed [Photograph ]
2/23/27 Allied Warships Bombarding the Belgian Coast in the Possession of the Germans [Black and White postcard. Painting of bombardment]
2/23/28 A Close View of Submarines of the "K" Class Fitted with Disappearing [Photograph]
2/23/29 A British Destroyer at Sea [Photograph]
2/23/30 A "Blockader" Rammed: the sinking of a German Pirate Submarine by a British Destroyer [Black and White postcard. Painting of ramming]
2/23/31 Future Naval Warfare [Artist's rendition of the possibilities of future Naval warfare - including funnel-less ships and increased use of airships, along with aeroplanes towed high in the air by ships]
2/23/32 A British Destroyer at Sea [Photograph]
2/23/33 The Great British Naval Victory in the North Sea. The First Battle Between Dreadnoughts Jan. 24th 1915 [Black and White postcard. Painting of battle]
2/23/34 The "British Navy" Up to Date [Photograph of a ship, submarine, air boat and two aeroplanes]
2/23/35 The Latest in British War Ships: The "Hydroplane" [Photograph]
2/23/36 "Temeraire" [and] "Cantebury". The Surrender of the Black Sea Fleet to the Allied Fleet at Sebastapol, Russia Dec. 1918 [Photograph]
2/23/37 A Super Dreadnought Making a Smoke Screen [Photograph]
2/23/38 The Falkland Islands Battle. Vice-Admiral Sir F.D. Sturdee's Squadron Avenges the "Good Hope" & "Monmouth" [Black and White postcard. Painting of battle]
2/23/39 Port Said - Plane of The Suez Canal [Postcard showing plan of Suez Canal, with images of the surrounding countryside and images of local people]
2/23/40 ....by" in a Terrific Gale in the Atlantic April 1916 During the Great War [Black and White postcard. Painting of ship]
2/23/41 H.M.S. "ACASTA" [Photograph]
2/23/42 H.M.S. "AGINCOURT" [Photograph]
2/23/43 H.M.S. "AJAX" [Photograph]
2/23/44 H.M.S. "ALARM" [Photograph]
2/23/45 The Saucy "ARETHUSA" H.M.S. "Arethusa" Distinguished herself in the Helogoland Bight Augst 1914. Also in the Great British Naval Victory in the North Sea Jan. 24th 1915 [Photograph]
2/23/46 H.M.S. ARGUS [Photograph]
2/23/47 H.M.S. "ARUN" Going Full Speed [Photograph]
2/23/48 H.M.S. AURORA [Photograph]
2/23/49 H.M.S. "BACCHANTE" [Photograph]
2/23/50 H.M.S. BARHAM in Battle Rig [Photograph]
2/23/51 H.M.S. BELLEROPHON [Photograph]
2/23/52 H.M.S. "BELLEROPHON" [Photograph]
2/23/53 H.M.S. BELLONA [Photograph]
2/23/54 H.M.S. BIRKENHEAD [Photograph]
2/23/55 [same as 2/23/54]
2/23/56 H.M.S. BIRMINGHAM [Photograph]
2/23/57 H.M.S. "Black Prince" Sunk in the Great Naval Victory off Jutland, May 31st, 1916 [Photograph]
2/23/58 H.M.S. "BLANCHE" [Photograph]
2/23/59 H.M.S. BLONDE Light Cruiser, 3,350 tons [Photograph]
2/23/60 H.M.S. "BOADICEA" [Photograph]
2/23/61 H.M.S. BONBON [Photograph]
2/23/62 H.M.S. "BROKE' [Photograph]
2/23/63 H.M.S. "Caledon" [Photograph]
2/23/64 H.M.S. "CALLIOPE" [Photograph]
2/23/65 H.M.S. "CALYPSO" [Photograph]
2/23/66 H.M.S. "CAMBRIAN" [Photograph]
2/23/67 H.M.S. CANADA [Photograph]
2/23/68 H.M.S. "CANOPUS" [Photograph]
2/23/69 H.M.S. "CARADOC" [Photograph]
2/23/70 H.M.S. "CARDIFF" [Photograph]
2/23/71 H.M.S. "CARDIFF" in a Gale [Photograph]
2/23/72 H.M.S. "CARLISLE" [Photograph]
2/23/73 H.M.S. "CARYSFORT" [Photograph]
2/23/74 H.M.S. "CASSANDRA" [Photograph]
2/23/75 H.M.S. "CENTAUR" [Photograph]
2/23/76 H.M.S. CENTURION Battleship 23,000 tons [Photograph]
2/23/77 H.M.S. CENTURION [Photograph]
2/23/78 H.M.S. "CHAMPION" [Photograph]
2/23/79 H.M.S. CHATHAM [Photograph]
2/23/80 [same as 2/23/80] [Photograph]
2/23/81 [same as 2/23/80]
2/23/82 [same as 2/23/80]
2/23/83 H.M.S. "CLEOPATRA" [Photograph]
2/23/84 H.M.S. CLEOPATRA [Photograph]
2/23/85 [same as 2/23/84]
2/23/86 H.M.S. COLLINGWOOD [Photograph]
2/23/87 H.M.S. "COLOSSUS" [Photograph]
2/23/88 H.M.S. "COMUS" [Photograph]
2/23/89 H.M.S. "CONCORD" [Photograph]
2/23/90 H.M.S. CONQUEROR [Photograph]
2/23/91 [same as 2/23/90]
2/23/92 H.M.S. "CONSTANCE" of the Fighting 4th Light Cruiser Squadron [Photograph]
2/23/93 H.M.S. "CORDELIA" [Photograph]
2/23/94 H.M.S. COSSACK [Photograph]
2/23/95 [same as 2/23/94]
2/23/96 H.M.S. COVENTRY [Photograph]
2/23/97 H.M.S. "CRESCENT" [Photograph]
2/23/98 H.M.S. CURACOA [Photograph]
2/23/99 H.M.S. "CURLEW" [Photograph]
2/23/100 H.M.S. CURLEW [Photograph]
2/23/101 H.M.S. "DANAE" [Photograph]
2/23/102 The soldier in the making H.M.S. "DAUNTLESS" [Photograph]
2/23/103 H.M.S. "DRAGON" [Photograph]
2/23/104 H.M.S. "DREADNOUGHT" [Photograph]
2/23/105 H.M.S. "DUBLIN" [Photograph]
2/23/106 H.M.S. "EMPEROR OF INDIA" [Photograph]
2/23/107 H.M.S. "EREBUS" [Photograph]
2/23/108 H.M.S. "ERIN" [Photograph]
2/23/109 H.M.S. "FEARLESS" [Photograph]
2/23/110 H.M.S. FURIOUS [Photograph]
2/23/111 [same as 2/23/110]
2/23/112 [H.M.S. FURIOUS] [Photograph]
2/23/113 H.M.S. "GABRIEL" [Photograph]
2/23/114 H.M.S. "GLASGOW" [Photograph]
2/23/115 H.M.S. GLORIOUS [Photograph]
2/23/116 [same as 2/23/115]
2/23/117 H.M.S. "GORGON" (Monitor) in a Gale [Black and White postcard. Painting of ship in the gale]
2/23/118 H.M.S. "HERCULES" [Photograph]
2/23/119 H.M.S. "HUMBER" [Photograph]
2/23/120 H.M.S. "INDEFATIGABLE" [Photograph]
2/23/121 [same as 2/23/120]
2/23/122 H.M.S. "INDOMITABLE" on Active Service [Photograph]
2/23/123 H.M.S. "INFLEXIBLE" [Photograph]
2/23/124 H.M.S. "INVINCIBLE" [Photograph]
2/23/125 H.M.S. "INVINCIBLE" in Action [Black and White postcard. Painting of ship]
2/23/126 H.M.S. IRON DUKE [Photograph]
2/23/127 H.M.S. IRON DUKE [Photograph]
2/23/128 H.M.S. "KING GEORGE V" [Photograph]
2/23/129 H.M.S. "KING ORRY" [Photograph]
2/23/130 H.M.S. "LAERTES" [Photograph]
2/23/131 H.M.S. "LEVIATHAN" [Photograph]
2/23/132 H.M.S. "LION" [Photograph]
2/23/133 H.M.S. "LIVERPOOL" [Photograph]
2/23/134 H.M.S. "LLEWELLYN" [Photograph]
2/23/135 H.M.S. "LOCHINVAR" [Photograph]
2/23/136 H.M.S. "LORD CLIVE" [Photograph]
2/23/137 H.M.S. "LORD RAGLAN" (Monitor) [Photograph]
2/23/138 H.M.S. "LUCIFER" [Photograph]
2/23/139 H.M.S. "MALAYA" firing a Broadside (15 inch guns) [Photograph]
2/23/140 H.M.S. "MALAYA" [Photograph]
2/23/141 H.M.S. "MARLBOROUGH" in a Terrific Gale [Black and White postcard. Painting of the ship]
2/23/142 H.M.S. "MARTIAL" [Photograph]
2/23/143 H.M.S. "MONARCH" [Photograph]
2/23/144 H.M.S. "MUSKETEER" (Q15) and Destroyers Escorting H.M.S. "ORION" [Photograph]
2/23/145 H.M.S. "NEPTUNE" [Photograph]
2/23/146 H.M.S. "NEW ZEALAND" [Photograph]
2/23/147 H.M.S. "NUBIAN" [Photograph]
2/23/148 H.M.S. "OAK" [Photograph]
2/23/149 H.M.S. "ORACLE" [Photograph]
2/23/150 H.M.S. "ORION" [Photograph]
2/23/151 H.M.S. "PATRICIAN" [Photograph]
2/23/152 H.M.S. "PEGASUS" [Photograph]
2/23/153 H.M.S. "PENELOPE" [Photograph]
2/23/154 H.M.S. PENELOPE [Photograph]
2/23/155 H.M.S. "PORPOISE" [Photograph]
2/23/156 H.M.S. PRINCESS ROYAL [Photograph]
2/23/157 H.M.S. "P40" [Photograph]
2/23/158 H.M.S. QUEEN ELIZABETH [Photograph]
2/23/159 H.M.S. "QUEEN ELIZABETH" in a Gale [Black and White postcard. Painting of the ship]
2/23/160 H.M.S. "QUEEN MARY" Sunk in the Great British Naval Victory off Jutland May 31st 1916 [Photograph]
2/23/161 H.M.S. RAMILLIES [Photograph]
2/23/162 H.M.S. RATTLESNAKE [Photograph]
2/23/163 H.M.S. "READY" [Photograph]
2/23/164 H.M.S. RENOWN [Photograph]
2/23/165 H.M.S. "RENOWN" Steaming at Full Speed [Photograph]
2/23/166 H.M.S. REPULSE [Photograph]
2/23/167 H.M.S. RESOLUTION [Photograph]
2/23/168 H.M.S. "REVENGE" [Photograph]
2/23/169 H.M.S. "RIVAL" [Photograph]
2/23/170 [same as 2/23/169] [Photograph]
2/23/171 H.M.S. "RONIDA" [Photograph]
2/23/172 H.M.S. "ROYAL OAK" and 1st Battle Squadron at Sea [Photograph]
2/23/173 H.M.S. "ROYAL SOVEREIGN" in a Gale [Black and White postcard. Painting of the ship]
2/23/174 H.M.S. "RUBY" [Photograph]
2/23/175 H.M.S. "ST VINCENT" [Photograph]
2/23/176 H.M.S. "SCORPION" [Photograph]
2/23/177 H.M.S. "SHAKESPEARE" [Photograph]
2/23/178 H.M.S. "SOUTHAMPTON" [Photograph]
2/23/179 H.M.S. SUPERB [Photograph]
2/23/180 [same as 2/23/179]
2/23/181 H.M.S. "SUTLEJ" [Photograph]
2/23/182 H.M.S. "SWIFT" [Photograph]
2/23/183 H.M.S. "TERRIBLE" [Photograph]
2/23/184 H.M.S. "THUNDERER" [Photograph]
2/23/185 H.M.S. "THUNDERER" [Photograph]
2/23/186 H.M.S. "TIGER [and] H.M.S. "REPULSE" [Photograph]
2/23/187 H.M.S. "TIGER" [Photograph]
2/23/188 H.M.S. "TIGRESS" [Photograph]
2/23/189 H.M.S. "TIPPERARY" (Steaming at Full Speed) "It's a Long Way " Sunk in The Great Naval Victory off Jutland, May 31st, 1916 [Photograph]
2/23/190 H.M.S. "TRISTRAM" [Photograph]
2/23/191 H.M.S. "ULYSSES" [Photograph]
2/23/192 H.M.S. UNDAUNTED [Photograph]
2/23/193 H.M.S. "VALIANT" [Photograph]
2/23/194 "H.M.S. "VINDEX" [Photograph]
2/23/195 The Old "VINDICTIVE" OF Zeebruge Fame. (The New) H.M.S. "VINDICTIVE" (Camouflaged) [Photograph]
2/23/196 "H.M.S. "WARRIOR" [Photograph]
2/23/197 "H.M.S. "WARSPITE" [Photograph]
2/23/198 "H.M.S. "WOOLSTON" [Photograph]
2/23/199 [no title] [Photograph of submarine C.37]
2/23/200 Submarine D3 in Portland Harbour [Photograph]
2/23/201 H.M. Submarine J.1 [Photograph]
2/23/202 H.M. Submarine "L.1" [Photograph]
2/23/203 H.M. Submarine "L5" Photographed from the air [Photograph]
2/23/204 H.M. Submarine M.1 [Photograph]
2/23/205 H.M. Monitor No. 28 [Photograph]
2/23/206 U.S.A.T. "NARRAGANSETT" Ashore on Bembridge Ledge, I.O.W. [Photograph]
2/23/207 [no title] [Photograph of unidentified German warship]
2/23/208 [no title] [Photograph of unidentified German warship]
2/23/209 [no title] [Photograph of unidentified German warship]
2/23/210 [no title] [Photograph of group of unidentified German warships]
2/23/211 [no title] [Photograph of unidentified German warship, Kaiser Class]
2/23/212 [no title] [Photograph of unidentified German warships]
2/23/213 [no title] [Photograph of unidentified German warship]
2/23/214 [no title] [Photograph of unidentified German warship]
2/23/215 [no title] [Photograph of unidentified German warship]
2/23/216 [no title] [Photograph of unidentified German warship - possibly the Hindenburg]
2/23/217 [no title] [Photograph of German warship, Helgoland]
2/23/218 [no title] [Photograph of German warships - "Nassau", "Westfalen", "Rheinland" and "Posen"]
2/23/219 Sister ship... Kaisern... [Photograph of German warship]
2/23/220 S.M.S. Ostfriesland. Flagship of 1st Battle Sqn [Photograph of German warship]
2/23/221 - 2/23/232 [no title] [Unidentified photographs of British and / or Australian ships]

SERIES 24: Florence 'Poppy' Garrard's 'Love and War' Postcard Collection

Description: Postcards designed from paintings by Poppy Garrard, during the First World War. (Donor Ref. RC05520) The collection contains six numbered colour images which depict key events in the story of two sweethearts parted by the war.

Number Title and description
2/24/1 No. 1 The Parting The two sweethearts say goodbye. [colour illustration]
2/24/2 No. 2 Ready for the Front He leads his horse by the reins. [colour illustration]
2/24/3 No. 3 Waiting for News She waits by the window knitting. [colour illustration]
2/24/4 No. 4 Life in Camp He patrols with a rifle slung on his shoulder. [colour illustration]
2/24/5 No. 5 The Welcome Letter She finds a letter in the post box. [colour illustration]
2/24/6 No. 6 The Return The sweethearts are reunited. She holds his hat in her hand as he sits on a chair. [colour illustration]

SERIES 25: Private James Bennett Postcard Collection

Description: Postcards collected by James Bennett (Private, 2595, 4th Light Horse Regiment) during the First World War. The collection contains 62 postcards which depict various scenes in Egypt, Ireland and Australia, and several images of soldiers and other persons. Some of the postcards have written messages. (Donor Ref 3DRL/6611)

Number Title and description
2/25/1 Cairo - The Kasr-el-Nil Bridge open [Photograph of bridge over the River Nile, with boats.]
2/25/2 Egypt - Watering the gamous on the banks of the Nile [Photograph of a man with an animal drinking at the Nile.]
2/25/3 Egypt - Landscape [Photograph of a Nile scene.]
2/25/4 Le Caire - Ascension de la Grande Pyramide [Photograph of people climbing the Great Pyramid, Cairo.]
2/25/5 Le Caire - Vue Panoramique [Photograph of Cairo and pyramids.]
2/25/6 Le Caire - Pyramide et Sphinx [Photograph of the Pyramids and Sphinx at Giza.]
2/25/7 Greetings from Egypt - Ferryman on the Nile [Photograph of a man and boat on the Nile, and greeting message.]
2/25/8 [no title] [Photograph of the Australian War Memorial with a view toward the Brindabella Ranges.]
2/25/9 Greetings from Egypt - The Nile - A market [Postcard with a message of greeting and photographs of the Nile and a market.]
2/25/10 Loving Greetings from Egypt - My Dear Wife - A street in Cairo [Postcard with a message of greeting and a photograph of a Cairo street.]
2/25/11 [no title] [Photograph of the grave of David Hearfield (6642, 14th Battalion)]
2/25/12 A greeting from Egypt - To someone dear at home [Postcard with a message of greeting with various Egyptian motifs.]
2/25/13 Greetings to all at home - With love [Postcard with a message of greeting and photographs]
2/25/14 With love to my Dear Wife [Postcard with a message of greeting and photographs]
2/25/15 Greetings from Egypt [Christmas and New Year greeting card from Egypt, with photograph]
2/25/16 Greetings from Egypt [Christmas and New Year greeting card from Egypt, with photograph]
2/25/17 Greetings from Egypt [Christmas and New Year greeting card from Egypt, with photograph]
2/25/18 [no title] [Studio photograph of two unknown women.]
2/25/19 [no title] [Studio photograph of an unknown child.]
2/25/20 Le Caire - Beufe dans le Nil [Photograph of a cow in the River Nile, with the Pyramids in the background.]
2/25/21 Shipquay Place, Londonderry [Photograph of Shipquay Place, Londonderry, with traffic.]
2/25/22 The Diamond, Londonderry [Photograph of the Diamond Junction, Londonderry]
2/25/23 Shipquay Street, Londonderry [Photograph of Shipquay Street, Londonderry]
2/25/24 Souvenir of Palestine - Flowers from Jaffa [Postcard of pressed flowers from Palestine.]
2/25/25 Souvenir of Palestine - Flowers from Jaffa [Postcard of pressed flowers from Palestine.]
2/25/26 Queenstown, Tasmania [Aerial aspect drawing of Queenstown, Tasmania]
2/25/27 Mt. Lyell Mine, Open-cut Benches, Tasmania [Drawing of the Mt. Lyell Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania]
2/25/28 Mt. Lyell Company's Haulage Line, Tasmania [Drawing of the Mt. Lyell Mine haulage line, Queestown, Tasmania]
2/25/29 Scene on King River, from Mt. Lyell Railway, Tasmania [Drawing of King River from the Mt. Lyell Railway.]
2/25/30 Mt. Lyell Smelters, Queenstown, Tasmania [Drawing of the Mt. Lyell smelters, Queenstown, Tasmania.]
2/25/31 King River Bridge, Mt. Lyell Railway, Teepookana, Tasmania [Drawing of a scene around the King River Bridge.]
2/25/32 Mt. Lyell Company's Wharves, Regatta Point, Tasmania [Drawing of Mt. Lyell Company Wharves.]
2/25/33 View on King River, Mt. Lyell Railway, Tasmania [Drawing of a scene on the King River, Tasmania.]
2/25/34 Entrance to Macquarie Harbor, Tasmania [Drawing of Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania]
2/25/35 King River Gorge, Mt. Lyell Railway, Tasmania [Drawing of the King River Gorge, Tasmania.]
2/25/36 View on Abt Section, Mt. Lyell Railway, Tasmania [Drawing of a section of the Mt. Lyell Railway, Tasmania.]
2/25/37 King River at Dubbilbarril, Mt. Lyell Railway, Tasmania [Drawing of a section of the Mt. Lyell Railway, Tasmania]
2/25/38 [no title] [Studio photograph of an unknown man.]
2/25/39 [no title] [Photograph of an unknown woman.]
2/25/40 [no title] [Photograph of an unknown girl.]
2/25/41 [no title] [Studio photograph of an unknown woman, wearing several fox furs.]
2/25/42 [no title] [Photograph of a cat at play.]
2/25/43 [no title] [Studio photograph of an unknown girl.]
2/25/44 [no title] [Photograph of three unknown Australian soldiers.]
2/25/45 [no title] [Studio photograph of an unknown woman.]
2/25/46 Arab cemetery and two pyramids, Cairo [Photograph of Pyramids and cemetery, Cairo.]
2/25/47 Kasr el Nil Bridge, Cairo [Photograph of bridge, Cairo.]
2/25/48 Pyramid of Cheops, Sphinx & Temple of Granite, Cairo [Photograph of monuments on the Giza Plateau.]
2/25/49 Bulak Bridge, Cairo [Photograph of bridge, Cairo.]
2/25/50 The Sphinx and pyramid of Cheops, Cairo [Photograph of the Sphinx and Pyramids, Cairo.]
2/25/51 Pyramids and Sphinx, Cairo [Photograph of pyramids and sphinx, Cairo.]
2/25/52 [no title] [Photograph of two unknown people.]
2/25/53 [no title] [Photograph of two unknown people.]
2/25/54 [no title] [Studio photograph of two unknown Australian soldiers.]
2/25/55 [no title] [Photograph of an unknown woman.]
2/25/56 [no title] [Photograph of three unknown Australian soldiers.]
2/25/57 Xmas - With very hearty greetings [Postcard with Christmas motif and photograph of a garden scene.]
2/25/58 Orientale [Photograph of an unknown woman in gypsy costume.]
2/25/59 Dog on tucker box, Pioneers' Monument, Gundagai [Composite photograph of the Dog on the Tucker Box, Gundagai.]
2/25/60 The Bobbin Inn, Kuring-gai Chase, NSW [Photograph of the Bobbin Inn]
2/25/61 Le Caire - Tombeaux des Kalifs [Photograph of the tombs of the Caliphs, Cairo.]
2/25/62 Greetings from Egypt - Good luck [Postcard with message of greeting and photographs of Egypt.]

Last updated: 2 March 2020

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