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Australia in Wartime and Peacekeeping Operations since 1946 - Memorial Box 2

Australia in Wartime and Peacekeeping Operations since 1946

Memorial Box 2

This Memorial Box includes real and replica items relating to Australian experiences in wartime and peacekeeping since the end of the Second World War. Through objects, images, and online resources, students can explore Australia’s involvement in places such as Korea, Vietnam, East Timor, Bougainville, and Afghanistan.
Memorial box

Objects in the box

Dog boots

Dog boots

Uckers

Uckers board

Ball

Lottery ball

Brassard

Brassard

Toy camel

Toy camel

Wristband

Invictus wristband

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Case studies

Howard

Colonel Keith Howard

Ross Shackleton and family

Lieutenant Ross Shackleton

Soldiers

Sergeant Penelope “Poppy” Searle

Ben

Captain Benjamin Farinazzo

Espie

Colonel Nell Espie

Noack

Private Errol Noack

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View and download images and artworks for this box:

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Stop the War! Withdraw all troops now Vietnam Moratorium Campaign

Vietnam Moratorium Campaign

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Four Australian soldiers at Christmas dinner, Suai, East Timor

Wendy Sharpe
 

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Warrant Officer Ron Guthrie, No. 77 Squadron RAAF

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Lieutenant Nell Espie provides care in Korea, 1953

Phillip Oliver Hobson

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Warrant Officer Class 2 Ray Simpson in Vietnam, 1969

Brian Edwin L’Estrange

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Australian peacekeepers with local people in Rwanda, 1994

Geoffrey Fox

 

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Australian peace monitors in Bougainville, 2000

Poppy Wenham

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Last updated: 12 April 2021

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