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  1. Ammunition parachute used by 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force at Vaire Wood : 13 Battalion AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps

    Small brown-dyed cotton parachute made from eleven panels, each joined by a vertical rib. At the base of each rib is a brass eyelet to which is tied a length of twisted hemp twine; there are twelve le...

    RELAWM11629

  2.

    AWM27 354/184 - [Special Orders and Complimentary Communications:] Anzac and Australian Corps - Commonwealth congratulations on operations at Hamel and Vaire Woods (Jul 1918)

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Monash, John

    This file contains: Special Order by Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash conveying congratulatory messages from Field Marshal Commander-in-Chief, British Armies in France, and General Officer Commandi...

    AWM2018.19.64

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    AWM27 354/170 - [Special Orders and Complimentary Communications:] 9th Australian Infantry Brigade - Operations at Hamel and Vaire Woods - Congratulations by Commonwealth of Australia (Jul 1918)

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Department of Defence

    This file contains: Cable from the Defence Department, Melbourne, forwarded by Captain J.G. [John Grieve] Paterson, 9th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 12 July 1918.

    AWM2018.19.61

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    General Service torpedo siren whistle: Sergeant Henry Kagan Kahan, 28 Battalion AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Cast nickle-plated brass siren whistle of torpedo shape, consisting of a domed tube, the domed end pierced with four equal triangular cut-outs. A cast mouthpiece is soldered to the other end. Mounted ...

    REL/11459

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    German 257rd Reserve Infantry Regiment shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    German soldier's shoulder strap for the 257th Reserve Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '257'. With the strap is a handwritten note in indelible ...

    RELAWM15098.024

  6.

    German 419th Infantry Regiment shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    German soldier's shoulder strap for the 419th Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '419'. With the strap is a handwritten note in indelible pencil o...

    RELAWM15098.025

  7.

    German 15th Infantry Regiment shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Shoulder strap for the 15th Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '15'. With the strap is a handwritten note in indelible pencil on the back of a p...

    RELAWM15098.002

  8.

    German 13th Infantry Regiment (1st Westfalisches) shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Shoulder strap for the 13th Reserve Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '13'. With the strap is a handwritten note in indellible pencil on the back...

    RELAWM15098.018

  9.

    German 55th Infantry Regiment (6th Westfalisches) shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Shoulder strap for the 55th Infantry Regiment. Field grey wool strap with white piping and red chain stitched number '55'. With the strap is a handwritten note in indelible pencil on the back of a pie...

    RELAWM15098.013

  10.

    German 13th MinenWerfer [Trench Mortar] Company shoulder strap : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Shoulder strap for the 13th Minenwerfer [Trench Mortar] Company. Made from black wool strap with red piping and red chain stitched letters 'MW' over '13'. With the strap is a handwritten note, in in...

    RELAWM15098.005

  11.

    Next of kin plaque : Private P MacGregor, 20 Battalion, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Royal Arsenal Woolwich

    Bronze next of kin plaque, showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. ...

    REL27919

  12.

    Next of Kin plaque : Private William Bertie Barker, 20 Battalion, AIF

    Heraldry

    Bronze next of kin plaque, showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. ...

    REL/08971

  13.

    Papers relating to Joseph John Talbot Hobbs, June-July 1918

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Hobbs, Joseph John Talbot Monash, John Peck, John Henry Ralph, Edgar Maurice Tivey, Edwin

    Papers relating to the First World War service of Major-General Joseph John Talbot Hobbs, 5th Australian Division, 7 June - 31 July 1918. This collection primarily contains official records written a...

    AWM2018.19.99

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    Personal Files Book 19, 23 June - 7 July 1918

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Monash, John

    File of papers relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, Australian Corps. This file, originally part of Book 19, covers 23 June 1918 to 7 July 1918 and includes d...

    RCDIG0000633

  15.

    The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (5713) Sergeant James “Jimmy” Victor Lihou DCM and Bar MM, 13th Battalion, AIF, First World War.

    Film

    Maker: Australian War Memorial

    The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth...

    AWM2017.1.132