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General Sir Thomas Blamey
Art
Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts Sir Thomas Blamey, who was a friend of the donor's grandfather, Jack Alston Wallace. Hence the inscription on the front "Yes! Jack what can I do to help?' Harold Herbert was also friends wit...ART29753
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(Harold Herbert with portrait of Sir Thomas Blamey)
Art
Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts the artist, Harold Herbert (made recognisable as such by the drawing and painting implements stuck in his hat) looking at a portrait he has drawn of Sir Thomas Blamey. The General was a frien...ART29754
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Letters from George Edwin Patey to his family, 1914
Digitised Collection
Maker: Patey, George Edwin
Letters relating to the First World War service of Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey, Royal Australian Navy. In a series of letters home to his family Patey describes the offensive campaign against Germa...RCDIG0000951
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Holmes, William, CMG, DSO, VD (Colonel, b.1862 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, William
Collection relating to service of Colonel William Holmes, CMG, DSO, VD. Collection includes a letter written to Holmes by Dr Lederer arranging the details of the surrender of German New Guinea, 12 Se...EXDOC002
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Patey, Sir George Edwin, KCMG, KCVO (Rear Admiral, b.1859 - d.1935)
Private Record
Maker: Patey, George Edwin
Collection relating to Rear Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey, KCMG, KCVO, First World War. Collection comprises letters written in German and English to the German Governor, New Britain. The letters d...EXDOC001
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Capner, Frederick Charles (b.1888 - d.1970)
Private Record
Maker: Capner, Frederick Charles
Collection relating to the First World War service of Frederick Charles Capner, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) 1914-1915. Capner was recruited as police master to establish...AWM2016.797.1
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Volume X – The Australians at Rabaul. The Capture and Administration of the German Possessions in the Southern Pacific (10th edition, 1941)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Mackenzie, Seaforth Simpson
This volume describes the first Australian fighting in the First World War. In September 1914, while the Australian Imperial Force was still being formed, the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian ...RCDIG1069949
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Pine Cone from Lone Pine : Second Lieutenant S G Savige, 24 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small pine cone.REL/00519.001
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Donkey's hoof from Gallipoli : Trooper T V Roberts, Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small donkey's front hoof shod with a solid iron plate, typical of horse and donkey shoes used in the Middle East. The shoe is attached with two pairs of nails on either side of the toe. Three of the ...REL/00422
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Major General William Holmes
Art
Maker: Carter, Norman
Portrait of Major General William Holmes, CMG, DSO, VD, commanded the 4th Division AIF and 5th Infantry Brigade, formerly also the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF). William H...ART00195
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Major General William Holmes
Art
Maker: Carter, Norman
Unfinished portrait of Major General William Holmes, CMG, DSO, VD, commanded the 4th Division AIF and 5th Infantry Brigade, formerly also the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF)...ART93097
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Display box for pine cone from Lone Pine : Second Lieutenant S G Savige, 24 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A lockable polished wooden case with a glass top. A small metal plaque on the lid is engraved, 'CONE FROM LONE PINE PICKED UP BY 2ND LIEUT. S. G. SAVIGE ON DEPARTING WITH LAST PARTY 20.12.15'. A padde...REL/00519.002
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Bridge Bell : HMS Queen Elizabeth
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Unknown
Small bronze bridge bell with a plain tapering waist, narrow single bead line and a concave sound rim. A separately cast suspender is attached to the head, which, internally, forms the suspender for t...REL37701
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British War Medal 1914-20: Staff Sergeant Frank Carr (Cahir), 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, AIF
Heraldry
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.AWM2019.1097.1.4
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1914-15 Star: Private Frank Carr (Cahir), 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, AIF
Heraldry
1914-15 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.AWM2019.1097.1.3
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Bury my 'patu' from the 'Anzac Centenary Print Portfolio'
Art
Maker: Graham, Brett
In the Australian War Memorial’s First World War Galleries, Brett Graham encountered a knot of Turkish barbed wire from Johnston’s Jolly (Kirmezi Sirt) on Gallipoli. Cut to pieces by rifle, machinegun...ART96846.010
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Victory Medal: Staff Sergeant Frank Carr (Cahir), 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, AIF
Heraldry
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.AWM2019.1097.1.5
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Major General Sir Neville Howse VC
Art
Maker: Quinn, James Peter
Official war artist James Quinn was instructed to paint the portrait of Major General Sir Neville Howse VC, as part of an ongoing series of portraits that acknowledged senior military leaders in the A...ART03351
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Background of a tradition
Film
Maker: Carnemolla, John McKeon, B Wasley, Les Wendon, Ron Wood, Frederick Sydney Golsby, Kevin Low, David Eagles, Moneta Killan, Frank
A Movietone production on the 50 year history of the Royal Australian Navy. Shows the launch of the battle cruiser HMAS Australia at Clyde. The arrival of the destroyers Warrago, Parramatta and Yarra...F10067
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Native Axe : Private E C N Devlin, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Native axe. The axe's haft has a rough wooden handle cut from a branch and the head has a crescent shaped blade which tapers up to the eye, above which is a small, square shaped butt which could be us...RELAWM08190.001