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Abbott, Francis Arthur (Sergeant, b.1893 - d.1918)

Private Record

Maker: Abbott, Francis Arthur
Collection relating to the First World War service of 3170 Sergeant Francis Arthur Abbott, 33rd Infantry Battalion, France. Wallet 1: Miscellaneous papers relating the Sgt Abbott collection. Some of...
AWM2016.26.1
Abbott, Francis Arthur (Sergeant, b.1893 - d.1918)

Private Record

Maker: Abbott, Francis Arthur
Collection relating to the First World War service of 3170 Sergeant Francis Arthur Abbott, serving with 33 Battalion in France, 1917-1918. Collection consists of four letters from Abbott to family me...
1DRL/0001
A conscription vote sign against a Union Jack flag. The sign reads "England expects every ...

Photograph
A conscription vote sign against a Union Jack flag. The sign reads "England expects every Australian to do his duty and stand by his country by voting yes". This image forms part of a collection of 43...
P10839.017
A GROUP OF NATIONAL SERVICEMEN OF 6 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2 RECRUIT TRAINING BATTALION, WHO WERE ...

Photograph

Maker: Creek, Robert Neil
A GROUP OF NATIONAL SERVICEMEN OF 6 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2 RECRUIT TRAINING BATTALION, WHO WERE ALL ACCOMMODATED IN HUT 24.
P01597.003
A large crowd of spectators in Collins Street during the Conscription Referendum campaign listen ...

Photograph

Maker: Unknown
A large crowd of spectators in Collins Street during the Conscription Referendum campaign listen to soldiers addressing the gathering from a dais.
J00336
Album belonging to George William Norfolk

Digitised Collection

Maker: Norfolk, George William Thurlow, Hugh Clopton Godfrey
Album relating to the First World War service of 1274 Lieutenant George William Norfolk, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company. This object was gifted to George William Norfol...
AWM2018.785.18
1. Allen, Ernest (Private, d.1918); 2. Allen, Josiah (Private, d.1917); 3. Allen, James Edward (Private, d.1917)

Private Record

Maker: Allen, Ernest
Collection relating to the First World War service of three Allen brothers: 2615 Private Ernest Allen, 49 Battalion; 2614 Private Josiah Allen, 49 Battalion, and 2616a James Edward Allen, 49 Battalion...
1DRL/0027
All the fine young men: My husband was 19 when the Liberal government passed the National Service Act

Art

Maker: Evans, Roslyn
This work illuminates how great events in history, such as war, affect the intimate and private parts of a family's history. It contains two sections: screen printed images on paper in the background,...
ART29767.005
America goes over

Film

Maker: United States Army Signal Corps
Introduction reads: 'Official film of the Corps of Signals taken under action and service conditions in France. Especially released by the War Department to the Eastman Kodak Company for the 2nd Amer...
F00169
"A MOTHER'S LAMENT"

Published Collection

Maker: Reinforcements Referendum Council
Black and white pro conscription Referendum leaflet containing a poem written by Fred P. Morris refering to a mothers guilt when she voted NO. Written in response to 'The Blood Vote', a poem used by t...
RC00318
AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY SERGEANT WHO HAS BEEN TWO YEARS ON ACTIVE SERVICE INSTRUCTS MEMBERS OF ...

Photograph

Maker: Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted)
AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY SERGEANT WHO HAS BEEN TWO YEARS ON ACTIVE SERVICE INSTRUCTS MEMBERS OF THE AWAS IN THE TECHNICALITIES OF SEARCHLIGHT PROJECTION. THE COMPARATIVE YOUTH OF THESE GIRLS IS NO LES...
013555
AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY SERGEANT WHO HAS BEEN TWO YEARS ON ACTIVE SERVICE INSTRUCTS MEMBERS OF ...

Photograph

Maker: Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted)
AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY SERGEANT WHO HAS BEEN TWO YEARS ON ACTIVE SERVICE INSTRUCTS MEMBERS OF THE AWAS IN THE TECHNICALITIES OF SEARCH LIGHT PROJECTION. THE COMPARATIVE YOUTH OF THESE GIRLS IS NO LE...
013554
AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY SERGEANT WHO HAS BEEN TWO YEARS ON ACTIVE SERVICE INSTRUCTS MEMBERS OF ...

Photograph

Maker: Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted)
AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY SERGEANT WHO HAS BEEN TWO YEARS ON ACTIVE SERVICE INSTRUCTS MEMBERS OF THE AWAS IN THE TECHNICALITIES OF SEARCHLIGHT PROJECTION. THE COMPARATIVE YOUTH OF THESE GIRLS IS NO LES...
013556
Anti conscription badge : 'AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY VOTE NO'

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Small circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse.`VOTE NO' is printed in red in the middle of a white silhouette of Australia on a blue background. Curve...
REL28376.003
Anti-conscription badge : 'CONSCRIPTION / NCF / NO'

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Small circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. A silhouette of Australia is in white on a red background with `NO' in red lettering in the middle of i...
REL28376.001
Anti-conscription badge : 'FIGHT AS FREEMEN NOT AS CONSCRIPTS / VOTE NO'

Heraldry

Maker: A W Patrick T G R & Co, Melbourne
Small circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. `VOTE NO' is printed in white on a red bar across the middle of the badge and there is a red border aro...
REL28376.005
Anti-conscription rally. An unknown person wrote on the verso of the photograph: "This is a ...

Photograph

Maker: Unknown
Anti-conscription rally. An unknown person wrote on the verso of the photograph: "This is a picture taken by young Edwards on the Yarra Bank a week before Referendum day. These slackers are selling Dr...
P11677.001
Anti-war demo DPR/TV/841

Film

Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
On Sunday 19 May 1968 four hundred anti-conscription demonstrators massed outside the The Lodge blocking Adelaide Avenue. The demonstrators were mostly university students from over forty organisation...
F04194
Armitage, Harold Edwin Salisbury (known as Rollo) (Captain, b.1894 - d.1917)

Private Record

Maker: Armitage, Harold Edwin Salisbury
Collection relating to the First World War service of Captain Harold Edwin Salisbury Armitage, 10 Battalion and 50 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1917. Collection consists of three lett...
1DRL/0053
At Berlin, if Australia voted NO

Art

Maker: Low, David Hector Lamond & F J Thomas Unknown
First World War pro-conscription poster by cartoonist David Low, published by John Sands Ltd. Depicts a smiling Kaiser holding a Berlin newspaper; the front page emblazoned with the text 'Kolossal Gew...
ARTV10141
"AUSTRALIA, BE WARNED!"

Published Collection

Maker: Anti Conscription Campaign Committee
Black and white anti conscription leaflet. "AUSTRALIA, BE WARNED! 'CHINESE INVASION. ATTRACTED BY MUNITION WORK AND THE GIRLS' [...] Preserve the White Race VOTE NO"
RC00327
"AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY"

Published Collection
Black and white anti conscription leaflet. "AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY. Anti-Conscription Campaign Committee. 'VOTE NO MUM they'll take DAD next."
RC00336
AUSTRALIAN LIGHTHORSEMEN WAITING OUTSIDE THE POLLING BOOTH, IN CAMP AT PORT SAID, TO RECORD THEIR ...

Photograph

Maker: Smith, Francis Henry
AUSTRALIAN LIGHTHORSEMEN WAITING OUTSIDE THE POLLING BOOTH, IN CAMP AT PORT SAID, TO RECORD THEIR VOTE IN THE FIRST REFERENDUM ON THE CONSCRIPTION ISSUE. (DONATED BY MR. F.H. SMITH.)
J02870
Australian National Defence League, NSW Division

Private Record
Papers of the Australian National Defence League (N.S.W. Division) documenting the lobby group's organisation, membership, activities and influence from its creation in 1905 to its collapse in 1938. ...
2DRL/1098
"AUSTRALIAN NATIONALISTS. VOTE YES"

Published Collection
Black and white referendum leaflet of a child encouraging his mother to vote 'Yes'. "AUSTRALIAN NATIONALISTS. Married Men are EXEMPT if the Government Proposals are CARRIED, but if they are REJECTED, ...
RC00305
"Australia's fight!"

Published Collection

Maker: National Referendum Council
Black and white leaflet encouraging Australian's to "Vote Yes" for conscription. "Australia's fight! There are many who say that this is not Australia's fight, that all we are doing is to help the Uni...
RC00301
Barry, Phillip Mervyn (Private, b.1947)

Private Record

Maker: Barry, Phillip Mervyn
Collection relating to the Vietnam War service of 2788604 Private Phillip Mervyn Barry, 9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 1968-1969. The collection consists of four letters written to John Gri...
AWM2017.1125.1
Before you register for national service

Art

Maker: Unknown SYDNEY : COMMITTEE IN DEFIANCE OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACT, [N.D.]
A wounded Vietnamese child carried by an adult after the My Lai massacre. The accompanying text advertises the Draft Counselling Centre, Sydney, and solicits donations to the Committee. The poster was...
ARTV03041
Before you register for national service think

Art

Maker: Unknown SYDNEY : COMMITTEE IN DEFIANCE OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACT, [N.D.]
A wounded Vietnamese child carried by an adult after the My Lai massacre. The accompanying text advertises the Draft Counselling Centre, Sydney, and solicits donations to the Committee. The poster was...
ARTV03035
Before you register for national service think

Art

Maker: Unknown Committee in Defiance of the National Service Act Comment Publishing Company
A wounded Vietnamese child carried by an adult after the My Lai massacre. The accompanying text advertises the Draft Counselling Centre, Sydney, and solicits donations to the Committee. The poster was...
ARTV00867
Beryl Gant as the mother of Kenneth Gant D Coy 6 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'

Film

Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Gant, Beryl Swanborough, Greg
Mother of Kenneth Howard Gant (b.1945), sn 1730941, D Coy 6RAR. Killed in action 18 August 1966, battle of Long Tan. Scene 5, Take 1: Did not like conscription especially with so many regular soldie...
F10636
Beyond Federation: Australians forging their nation - the first twenty years, 1901-1921

Manuscript

Maker: Young, Catherine
75 Page manuscript. The manuscript examines a number of key events from the first 20 years after federation, except the First World War. Events and periods discussed include: The visit of the 'Great W...
MSS2070
Biddle, Frederick Leslie (Major, b.1885 - d.1917)

Private Record

Maker: Biddle, Frederick Leslie
Collection relating to the First World War service of Major Frederick Leslie Biddle DSO, 2 Field Artillery Brigade, Egypt, Gallipoli and France, 1914-1917. Collection consists of seventy-five letters...
1DRL/0119
Bill Lloyd-Jones interview for the documentary Crosses: Australia's war experience 1914-1918

Film

Maker: Lloyd-Jones, Bill
Interview with 4 Pioneer Battalion AIF veteran William (Bill) Lloyd-Jones for the documentary film 'Crosses: Australia's war experience 1914-1918'.
F08576
Birdwood, Lord William Riddell (Field Marshal, b.1865 - d.1951)

Private Record

Maker: Birdwood, William Riddell Various
Collection of papers relating to Field Marshal Lord William Riddell Birdwood, commander of the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. The papers consist of diaries, correspondence, draf...
3DRL/3376
Blake, Leslie Russell, MC (Captain, b.1890 - d.1918)

Private Record

Maker: Blake, Leslie Russell
Collection relating to service of Captain Leslie Russell Blake MC, 105 Howitzer Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, Egypt, France 1915-1918. Collection includes copies of letters sent to his brother...
1DRL/0128
6 Bn RAR [featuring 1st year National Servicemen] in operation; Phuoc Tuy Province. DPR/TV/415

Film
National servicemen posted to the 6th Battalion RAR and other units of the 1st Australian Task Force Vietnam are beginning their second year as soldiers. This film shows the battalion's first operati...
F10104
Boy II, The conscript

Art

Maker: Counihan, Noel
The Vietnam War was Australia's longest war commitment, and lasted from 1962 to 1972. In 1964 the National Service Scheme was introduced. This was a form of conscription that was performed by drawing ...
ART93178
Bradshaw, Thomas Edney (Private, b.? - d.1918)

Private Record

Maker: Bradshaw, Thomas Edney
Collection relating to service of 7454 Private Thomas Edney Bradshaw, 4 Battalion, France, 1917-1918. Collection includes letters written to family in Australia.
1DRL/0144
Brennan, Edward (Private, b.? - d.1918)

Private Record

Maker: Brennan, Edward
Collection relating to service of 7129 Private Edward Brennan, 17 Battalion, England, 1918. Collection includes letters written home to family in Ireland.
1DRL/0149
Bridge, Henry (Private, b.? - d.1918)

Private Record

Maker: Bridge, Henry
Collection relating to service of 504 Private Henry Bridge, 2 Machine Gun Battalion, France, 1916-1918. Collection includes letters written home to family in England from training camp in Australia a...
1DRL/0151
BRIGADIER-GENERAL ROYSTON, C.M.G., D.S.O., COMMANDING THE 3RD. A.L.H. BRIGADE, ADDRESSING THE ...

Photograph
BRIGADIER-GENERAL ROYSTON, C.M.G., D.S.O., COMMANDING THE 3RD. A.L.H. BRIGADE, ADDRESSING THE 10TH A.L.H. REGIMENT ON THE CONSCRIPTION ISSUE, JUST PRIOR TO THE POLL BEING OPENED AT HOD EL WILLEGHA, SI...
J02970
Bristowe, Daryl Wayne (Private, b. 1949)

Private Record

Maker: Bristowe, Daryl Wayne Various
Collection relating to the Vietnam War service of Daryl Wayne Bristowe, Vietnam and Australia, 1970 - 1971. Bristowe served in Vietnam with 1 Australian Reinforcement Unit from 15 July to 9 August 197...
PR04229
Burgess, Eric (Gunner, b.1896 - d.1917)

Private Record

Maker: Burgess, Eric
Collection relating to service of 1674 Gunner (Gnr) Eric Burgess, 53 Battery Australian Field Artillery, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1917. Collection includes copies of letters sent home to family in ...
1DRL/0162
Burvett, Alfred Sydney (Sergeant, b.? - d.1916)

Private Record

Maker: Burvett, Alfred Sydney
Collection relating to service of 157 Sergeant Alfred Sydney Burvett, 24 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli, and France, 1914-1916. Collection includes letters written home to family in Australia.
1DRL/0169
Cabena, William Bruce (Private, b.? - d.?)

Private Record

Maker: Cabena, William Bruce
Collection relating to the First World War service of 599 Private William Bruce Cabena, 21 Battalion, 1916. Collection includes typescript copy of letter describing voyage to France via South Africa,...
1DRL/0175
Caldwell, David Wallis (b.1892 - d.1917)

Private Record
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2nd Lieutenant David Wallis Caldwell, 27 Battalion, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1917. Collection consists of 37 letters written home to his mother...
1DRL/0176
Called up...

Art

Maker: Lindsay, Norman
This illustration by Norman Lindsay was published in the 'Bulletin' on Wednesday July 5th 1944. It was captioned ‘CALLED UP; Miss Liberty, you are in a non-essential occupation. You are directed to r...
AWM2022.449.1
Cameron, Alexander Douglas (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1918)

Private Record

Maker: Cameron, Alexander Douglas
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Alexander Douglas Cameron, 36 Battalion, England and France, 1916-1918. Collection includes letters sent to family in Hillgrove, New South Wales. Copies ...
1DRL/0183
Cameron, Arthur Archibald (Lieutenant, b.1877 - d.1917)

Private Record

Maker: Cameron, Arthur Archibald
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Arthur Archibald Cameron, 9 Infantry Battalion, England and France, 1916-1917. Collection includes copies of letters written home to Cameron's wife in Que...
1DRL/0182
Campbell, Lawrence Clifford (Private, b.1890 - d.1939)

Private Record

Maker: Campbell, Lawrence Clifford
Collection relating to the First World War service of 5062 Private Lawrence Clifford Campbell, 10 Battalion, England, France, 1916-1918. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of eight letters Campbell wrote to hi...
PR04635
C.1952. A NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINEE PREPARES TO STOW HIS GEAR BELOW IN A RAN VESSEL. (NAVAL ...

Photograph

Maker: Naval Public Relations Section
C.1952. A NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINEE PREPARES TO STOW HIS GEAR BELOW IN A RAN VESSEL. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
304930
"Can Australia Find the Men?"

Published Collection
Black and white pro-conscription leaflet. "Can Australia Find the Men? The I.W.W., the GERMANS, and the other ANTIS say 'NO' THE FACTS SAY 'YES'! 1. The Commonwealth Statistician says that there are 4...
RC00303
Captain (Capt) Neil Weekes, MC, of Blacktown, NSW, with wife Lyn and parents John and Edna Weekes ...

Photograph

Maker: Murphy, C A
Captain (Capt) Neil Weekes, MC, of Blacktown, NSW, with wife Lyn and parents John and Edna Weekes of Mackay, Qld, share a toast at Government House after Capt Weekes had received the Military Cross (M...
MUR/71/0580/EC
Cardboard badge. 'VOTE YES EVERY TIME FOR THIS' / 'VOTE NO FOR THIS'

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Double sided cardboard badge in the shape of the map of Australia (excluding Tasmania). 'VOTE YES EVERY TIME FOR THIS' [showing an Australian soldier in front of the Union Jack]/ 'VOTE NO FOR THIS' [s...
REL/09080.001
C.1950. NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINEES BEING INSPECTED BY THE FIRST NAVAL MEMBER AND CHIEF OF NAVAL ...

Photograph

Maker: Naval Public Relations Section
C.1950. NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINEES BEING INSPECTED BY THE FIRST NAVAL MEMBER AND CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF, VICE ADMIRAL SIR JOHN COLLINS KBE CB RAN.(NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
304928
Collection of material relating to Stephen Charles Allen and Robert Beattie Allen, 1916-1944

Digitised Collection

Maker: Various
Letters and documents relating to the First World War service of 3002 Private Stephen Charles Allen and 3003 Private Robert Beattie Allen, 13th Infantry Battalion. The collection contains personal cor...
RCDIG0000929
Collett, Ernest Oswald (Bombardier, b.? - d.1917)

Private Record

Maker: Collett, Ernest Oswald
Collection relating to service of 19618 Bombardier Ernest Oswald Collett, 29 Battery, 8 Australian Field Artillery Brigade, England and France, 1916-1917. Collection contains some of the letters writ...
1DRL/0205
Committee in defiance of National Service Act

Art

Maker: Unknown Committee in Defiance of the National Service Act
Text poster with lists of supporters of draft resisters, declarations against conscription and advertising rallies throughout Australia. A stylised Moratorium symbol appears on the lower right of the ...
ARTV00880
Committee in Defiance of the National Service Act

Art

Maker: Unknown SYDNEY : COMMITTEE IN DEFIANCE OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACT, [N.D.]
A text poster with lists of supporters of draft resisters, declarations against conscription and advertising rallies throughout Australia. A stylised Moratorium symbol appears on the lower right of th...
ARTV03044
Commonwealth of Australia proclamation

Art

Maker: Unknown Commonwealth Government of Australia Mullett, Albert J
Poster announcing the introduction of compuslory service in the Citizen Forces in Australia. This particular War Service Regulation preceded the defeat of the October 1916 conscription referendum by a...
ARTV05973
Commonwealth of Australia proclamation

Art

Maker: Unknown Commonwealth Government of Australia A. J. Cumming, Government Printer
Proclamation announcing the activation of legislation which would allow the government to conscript men to the Citizen Forces. Although the legality of the proclamation was challenged, large numbers ...
ARTV09009
Commonwealth of Australia War Services Regulations 1916

Art

Maker: Unknown Government of Australia Mullett, Albert J
Proclamation announcing a scheme in which eligible men would attend a mandatory training camp, and thus be part of the Citizen Forces. Although the legality of the proclamation was challenged, large ...
ARTV05970
Commonwealth of Australia War Services Regulations 1916

Art

Maker: Unknown Commonwealth of Australia Mullett, Albert J
Proclamation announcing a scheme in which eligible men would attend a mandatory training camp, and thus be part of the Citizen Forces. Although the legality of the proclamation was challenged, large ...
ARTV05971
Conscription. Do you prefer compulsory service?

Art

Maker: Unknown Unknown Unknown
Australian First World War poster concerned with the issue of conscription. As voluntary enrolments into the AIF fell after the initial enthusiasm of 1914, the conscription suggestion gained prominenc...
ARTV00028
Conscription Referendum, 1917

Digitised Collection

Maker: Various
This folder contains copies of two telegrams exchanged between Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood and the Australian Minister of Defence, George Foster Pearce, in November 1917. These telegrams discu...
RCDIG0000067
Conscript study; verso: Lower half of a portrait in left profile

Art

Maker: Cornish, Richard
Face study of an Australian conscript for the Vietnam War. The conscript, wearing what appears to be a crown of thorns, has an agonised expression on his face, with mouth wide open as if screaming.
ART29750
Copies of letters written by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood to Lord Clive Wigram, 1915-1919

Digitised Collection

Maker: Various
This file contains copies of 22 letters written by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood to Lord Clive Wigram between 3 December 1915 and 8 August 1919. These letters are largely written to Wigram in hi...
RCDIG0000080
Corporal (Cpl) Colin Price of Kogarah Bay, NSW, has just returned from Rest and Recreation leave ...

Photograph

Maker: Ward, Peter Anthony
Corporal (Cpl) Colin Price of Kogarah Bay, NSW, has just returned from Rest and Recreation leave in Australia, during which time he was married to Sue Butt of Blakehurst, NSW. Cpl Price, a National Se...
WAR/70/0545/VN
Correspondence between Sir George Foster Pearce and Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1915 – 1919

Digitised Collection

Maker: Pearce, George Foster
This folder contains 29 letters addressed to Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood from Sir George Foster Pearce between 11 September 1915 and 23 January 1919. During this time, Pearce was the Minister ...
RCDIG0000048
Correspondence from Sir Ronald and Lady Helen Munro Ferguson to Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1917-1919

Digitised Collection

Maker: Munro Ferguson, Helen Munro Ferguson, Ronald Craufurd
This file contains 36 letters, including attachments, from Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson to Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood between 10 May 1917 and 10 June 1919. Some of the topics discussed ...
RCDIG0000038
Correspondence relating to Charles Herbert Taylor, 1916-1918

Digitised Collection

Maker: Taylor, Charles Herbert Various
Correspondence relating to the First World War service of 908 Private Charles Herbert Taylor, 34th Battalion. This file predominantly contains correspondence from Taylor to his family back in Australi...
AWM2016.30.47
Correspondence with Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch, 1916 -1918

Digitised Collection

Maker: Murdoch, Keith Arthur
This folder contains 21 letters written by Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch to Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood between 23 October 1916 and 10 June 1918. Also included is a telegram sent by Murdoch to The ...
RCDIG0000035
Cox, Sir Herbert Vaughan (General, b.1860 - d.1923)

Private Record

Maker: Cox, Herbert Vaughan
Collection relating to service of General Sir Herbert Vaughan Cox, GCB KCMG CSI, 49 Indian Infantry Brigade and 4 Division Australian Imperial Force, Egypt, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collectio...
1DRL/0221
Diary for Frederick Harold Tubb, 1916-1917

Digitised Collection

Maker: Tubb, Frederick Harold
Diary relating to the First World War service of Major Frederick Harold Tubb VC, 7th Battalion. The diary was written by Frederick Tubb between 1 July 1916 and 1 January 1917. In the diary, Tubb des...
RCDIG0000285
Diary for Frederick Harold Tubb, 1917

Digitised Collection

Maker: Tubb, Frederick Harold
Diary relating to the First World War service of Major Frederick Harold Tubb VC, 7th Battalion. The diary was written by Frederick Tubb between 1 January and 13 July 1917. In the diary, Tubb recount...
RCDIG0000286
Diary of Charles Herbert Taylor, 1918

Digitised Collection

Maker: Taylor, Charles Herbert
Diary relating to the First World War service of 908 Private Charles Herbert Taylor, 34th Battalion. The entries within the diary span the period 1 January to 31 December 1918, in which Taylor records...
AWM2016.30.46
Diary of Charles Herbert Taylor, 1918

Digitised Collection

Maker: Taylor, Charles Herbert
Diary relating to the First World War service of 908 Private Charles Herbert Taylor, 34th Battalion. The entries within the diary span the period 1 January to 31 December 1918, in which Taylor records...
AWM2016.30.45
Diary of Samuel Hedley Hemming Hawkins, 1917-1918

Digitised Collection

Maker: Hawkins, Samuel Hedley Hemming
Diary relating to the First World War service of 292 (later 4076) Corporal Samuel Hedley Hemming Hawkins, 4th Pioneer Battalion. Diary covers period from July 1917 to February 1918.
RCDIG0000481
Diary transcript of Reginald Harriman Heywood, 1917-1918

Digitised Collection

Maker: Heywood, Reginald Harriman
Transcript of diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Reginald Harriman Heywood, Australian Army Veterinary Corps (AAVC). Entries cover the period 4 August 1917 to 17 July 1918 in whi...
RCDIG0001208
Don't register

Art

Maker: Unknown Committee in Defiance of the National Service Act
Poster with text including statements against the National Service Act and urging draftees not to register. The poster was produced by the Committee in Defiance of the National Service Act. It was for...
ARTV03054
Doomed in advance

Art

Maker: Beattie, Ray
From Beattie's 'Definition of peace' series (1976) this work relates to the artist's feelings as he was waiting for the telephone call that would tell him when he had to leave for Vietnam. The title r...
ART90130
Eades, Alfred Bailey (Lieutenant, b.1895 - d.1918)

Private Record

Maker: Eades, Alfred Bailey
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Alfred Bailey Eades, 45 Battery, 12 Army Field Artillery, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1917. Collection includes letters sent home to family in Melbourne.
1DRL/0249
Earle, Arthur Percy (Lieutenant)

Private Record

Maker: Earle, Arthur Percy
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Arthur Percy Earle, 6 Machine Gun Company, Egypt, Gallipoli, France and Belgium, 1916. Collection includes letters written home to family in Australia. L...
1DRL/0252
Ellsworth, Norman Griffiths (Battery Sergeant Major, d.1917)

Private Record

Maker: Ellsworth, Norman Griffiths
Collection relating to the First World War service of 843 Battery Sergeant Major Norman Griffiths Ellsworth, 102 Howitzer Battery (2 Field Artillery Brigade), Egypt, Gallipoli, France and Belgium, 191...
1DRL/0266
Evatt, Raymond Scott (Lieutenant, MC, 20th Bn b.1896 - d.1917)

Private Record

Maker: Evatt, Raymond Scott
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Raymond Scott Evatt MC, 20 Battalion. Collection consists of an extensive collection of letters and postcards (187 x original, 38 x tr...
2DRL/0160
Extracts of letters relating to Henry Stanley Davis, 1916-1917

Digitised Collection

Maker: Australian War Memorial Davis, Henry Stanley Robertson, James Campbell
Typescript extracts of letters relating to the First World War service of Captain Henry Stanley Davis, 46th Battalion. These extracts were made by the Australian War Memorial in 1932-1933 and the orig...
RCDIG0001160
Fall in!

Art

Maker: Lindsay, Norman Government of Australia W E Smith Ltd
Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) was a painter, draughtsman, illustrator, cartoonist, printmaker, writer and sculptor. He joined the Sydney 'Bulletin' magazine as a staff artist, 1901-09, 1910-23 and 1932-5...
ARTV05487
Federal Elections AIF: Correspondence with Keith Arthur Murdoch and Frederick William Young, Agent General for South Australia

Digitised Collection

Maker: Birdwood, William Riddell Murdoch, Keith Arthur
This file contains ten letters and telegrams exchanged between Birdwood, Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch, Frederick William Young and Brigadier General Sir Robert Murray McCheyne Anderson. The subject of the...
RCDIG0000122
Fight for peace

Art

Maker: Unknown Draft Resisters Union
Geoff Mullen in mock army uniform at the steps outside Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney. The accompanying text urges support for Mullen and repeal of conscription. The poster was issued by the Draft ...
ARTV00878
Fischer, Frank Reinhardt (Lieutenant, b.1888 - d.1918)

Private Record

Maker: Fischer, Frank Reinhardt
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Frank Reinhardt Fischer, 6 Battalion, France, 1917-1919. Collection consists of letters written home to family in Australia, including...
1DRL/0288
Flett, Irving Russell (Lieutenant)

Private Record

Maker: Flett, Irving Russell
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Irving Russell Flett, 23 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes photostat copies of Flett's letters to his family in Brigh...
1DRL/0295
FOUR NATIONAL SERVICEMEN OF 6 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2 RECRUIT TRAINING BATTALION, IN THEIR BARRACKS ...

Photograph

Maker: Unknown
FOUR NATIONAL SERVICEMEN OF 6 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2 RECRUIT TRAINING BATTALION, IN THEIR BARRACKS HOLDING F1 SUB MACHINE GUNS. LEFT TO RIGHT. PRIVATE (PTE) A. TRESIZE; PTE J. INGLIS; PTE ROBERT CREEK ...
P01597.004
Four out of five of these men chose their careers

Art

Maker: Unknown SYDNEY : VIETNAM MORATORIUM CAMPAIGN, [N.D.] (SYDNEY : COMMENT PUBLISHING COMPANY)
Cartoons of five young men, dressed in clothes associated with their careers; a doctor in a white coat with a stethescope in his pocket, a lawyer wearing a cloak and wig, a mechanic and a businessman ...
ARTV03582
Four out of five of these men chose their careers

Art

Maker: Unknown Vietnam Moratorium Campaign Comment Publishing Company
The Vietnam Moratorium Campaigns were a result of a conference held in Canberra in November 1969 to plan a series of protests based on the American Moratorium model. There were three Moratorium campai...
ARTV00866
Frances Newell interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'

Film

Maker: Newell, Frances The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Swanborough, Greg
Scene 38 Take 1. Background as a student in 1966 at Melbourne University; family background strong belief in human life and responsibility; when Australia began committing troops to Vietnam she though...
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Frank Amy as an employee of QANTAS involved with transporting troops to Vietnam

Sound
Joined Qantas 1956 as an Engineer; started flying in 1963, still flying in 1991; first trip to Vietnam late 1966 early 1967 with Ron "Torchy" Uren and Neville Harang; Flights to Vietnam with Australia...
S01096
Free Zarb

Art

Maker: Unknown
Text poster advertising a public protest at Sydney Town Hall and a poster parade in Martin Place, Sydney, against the gaoling of John Zarb. On 14 October 1969, John Francis Zarb, a 21 year old postal ...
ARTV03070
"FROM THE MEN WHO KNOW."

Published Collection

Maker: Returned Soldiers Association
Black and white referendum leaflet. "FROM THE MEN WHO KNOW. An appeal to the Women of New South Wales By The Returned Soldiers Association. COMRADES: You have proved your title to be regarded as our c...
RC00304
Front - "BY VOTING 'YES' AUSTRALIA WILL RUB OUT THIS BLOT" Reverse - "WOMEN WILL YOU PLAY YOUR PART? VOTE 'YES' ON 20th DECEMBER"

Published Collection
Black and white pro conscription Referendum leaflet targeting the female vote. An appeal by the council of Women and authorised by Atta McInerny, Vice-President Council of Women of Victoria.
RC00319