Guide to the Autographs and Autograph Books Collection
Collection Number: Souvenirs 10
Summary
Title: Autographs and Autograph Books Collection.
Date range of collection: 1905 - 1945
Scope and content note: Autographs and autograph books collected by individuals that include signatures of members of Australia's Defence Force.
Extent: 61items
Repository: Australian War Memorial
Location: Published Collections, Research Centre, Australian War Memorial
Related collections: Army Unit Souvenirs, Menus, Reunions, Sports Programs, Anzac Day Souvenirs
Administrative information
Processing history: Collection re-housed and re-numbered in 2005.
Provenance: Items in this collection have been collected from a variety of different sources and donors.
Accruals: The collection continues to be updated.
Access: Open. Some items are restricted. Please contact the curator of Published Collections for access. The collection is accessible in the Research Centre Reading Room on the lower ground floor of the Memorial during the Reading Room opening hours. The opening hours are Monday to Friday from 10 am to 5 pm and on Saturdays from 1pm to 5pm. The Reading Room is closed on Sundays and ACT public holidays. Researches can contact the Research Centre to plan a visit. To access the collection the user will need to register as a client and agree to the Reading Room’s conditions of use. To contact the Information Services department or to make an appointment to visit the Reading Room call 02 62434315 or send an email to info@awm.gov.au
Restrictions on use and reproduction: For copyright enquiries contact Senior Curator, Published and Digitised Collections.
Preferred citation: [title of item], Autographs and Autograph Books Collection, Australian War Memorial, Souvenirs 10.
Keywords:
- Autographs
- Victoria Cross
- Signatures
- Returned Soldiers
- Colour Patches
- Young Australia League
- Collecting
Historical background
Autographs and autograph collecting
The word 'autograph' literally means "written in one's own hand". The writing may be done with pen, pencil, chalk, paint, crayon or any other writing device. The product may be a signature, letter, document, manuscript, musical score, drawing or map, among other things. However, in modern language the term "autograph" usually refers to a person's signature, that is, a person's name written in their own hand.
The collection of autographs (or manuscripts) began with the advent of the first forms of writing, from cuneiforms to writings on papyrus and vellum. An early example of the plight of a collector is in the form of Pliny, a Roman nobleman, scientist and historian, who complained that letters of Julius Caesar were very scarce and difficult to obtain. However, it was with the invention of paper that literacy and penmanship skills became available to a larger proportion of the population, and with the increasing number of manuscripts becoming available the collection of documents by libraries, universities and individuals began in earnest.
It was at the great universities of the 12th and 13th centuries, however, that the modern form of autograph collecting took shape. Students took to creating alba amicorum or 'books of friends' in order to remember their time at university. These were small books in which the student, their friends and professors would include quotations, personal mottos, sentimental messages, illustrations and the date and name of the inscriber. As university education was only available to a small number of privileged people, the writers in these books were generally men of significance and great achievement.
However, as the ability to collect autographs is now available to a wider proportion of the population, the practice has spawned many organisations and businesses devoted entirely its advancement. The autographs in this collection are mainly those soldiers during World War One and Two. They provide an interesting example of the high regard in which these voluntary soldiers were held by the Australian population.
The Young Australia League
The Autograph Books series contains an autograph book that belonged to the Director of the Young Australia League, which was used during the League's world tour of 1924.
The Young Australia League was founded by John Joseph Simons of Perth, Western Australia who, as a young man, travelled extensively and became aware of a great gap in the knowledge and understanding of people in other states. He was convinced that young people should be encouraged to travel and get to know each other. As a result, he founded the Young Australian Football League in 1905 to foster ideals of tolerance and friendship and to promote sporting tours for young boys.
The venture proved so successful that in 1909 the league was expanded to include all youth, and so the Young Australia League (YAL) was formed. The creed of the Young Australia League is "Love Service & Tolerance" and with its ideal of education through travel, many successful reciprocal tours were arranged both in Australia and overseas.
Thumb O Graphs
The development of fingerprinting is largely associated with Dr. Henry Faulds (1 June 1843 - 1930), a Scottish scientist. While working as a missionary in Japan in 1878, Faulds discovered fingerprints on ancient pottery and soon after began extensive research - including many experiments to reveal permanence and uniqueness of fingerprints. Faulds first published a paper on the subject in the scientific journal Nature in 1880.
The album for "Thumb O Graphs" kept by Lieutenant Colonel Garnet Ingamells Adcock is a rare example of the Victorian craze for collecting thumbprints. During the first decade of the twentieth century, albums were sold for the precise purpose of collecting the thumbprints of one's friends and family which were known as "Thumb O Graphs".
References:
- Benjamin, Mary A., Autographs : a key to collecting New York : R.R. Bowker Co., 1946
- The Young Australia League Inc. Website, http://members.iinet.net.au/~yal1/index.html, August 2005
- Thumb o graphs. We'll note you in our booke of memory. London: Dow & Lester, [ca. 1905]
- Early Fingerprint Pioneers, http://www.ridgesandfurrows.homestead.com/early_pioneers.html, August 2005
| Series number | Title of Series and Date |
|---|---|
| 1 | Autograph books, 1905-1945 |
| 2 | Autographed items, 1916-1945 |
| 3 | Munro Collection, 1915-1919 |
SERIES 1: Autograph books, 1905-1945
Description: This series contains books and albums that were used to collect autographs, often accompanied by drawings, addresses and quotes.
Young Australia League World Tour 1924
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/1 | An autograph book kept by Chas A. Brough (Director) during the Young Australia League World Tour of 1924. It contains both a farewell and a welcome home message from the Lord Mayor of Sydney, David Gilpin as well as other signatures, including: Baron Forster, Governor General of Australia, and his wife Rachel Charles Richmond Glover, Lord Mayor of Adelaide and his wife Elizabeth Governor of New South Wales, Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (as he then was) His Majesty, King George V Her Majesty, Queen Mary Emery, Préfet de la Somme Mayor of Leicester Mayor of Nottingham Lord Mayor of Sheffield Lord Mayor of Leeds Lord Mayor of Leeds Vice-Chairman, Imperial War Graves Commission Lord Mayor of Manchester Lord Mayor of Birmingham Mayor of Oxford Lord Mayor of Bristol Mayor of Cambridge Commander of HMAS Adelaide Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Acting Prime Minister, Province of Ontario Mayor and Mayoress of Suva (1 item) |
Album, received while at No. 8 Stanley Gardens, 1917
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/2 | This album is inscribed as being "Received while at No. 8 Stanley Gardens, a jolly, happy time. Paid with thanks. A.R. Francis, 2/Lt. 32nd Battalion, A.I.F." It includes autographs of members of the A.I.F. and other forces accompanied by poems, quotes, paintings and sketches. (1 item) |
Autograph book, Mr. and Mrs. E. Cornish, 1918
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/3 | This autograph book has a metal plate attached to the front engraved with the Rising Sun badge and "ANZAC Day 1918, Mr. and Mrs. E. Cornish". It is inscribed, "A small token of appreciation and esteem from those who spent a very pleasant afternoon at your home, Anzac Day 1918". Autographs are of members of the A.I.F. and the N.Z.E.F. (1 item) |
Book of Thumb O Graphs, 1905-1930
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/4 | This book belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Garnet Ingamells Adcock and contains signatures and thumbprints of his family and friends. It contains a bookplate inscribed, "The book of G.I. and A. Van C. Adcock". (1 item) |
Album, Dinner offered by Hugh D. McIntosh to recipients of the V.C., November 11, 1919
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/5 | A suede album titled "For Valour" and presented "With the compliments of The Hon. Hugh D. McIntosh, M.L.C.". It contains the menu for the dinner held at Hotel Australia on the 11 November 1919, a poem by Frank Morton "To these Brave" and the autographs of V.C. recipients who attended. (1 item) |
Album, Lieutenant Sydney C. McNulty, 9th Australian Machine Gun Company, 1918-1936
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/6 | An album entitled "Just Diggers" with autographs, accompanied by drawings of soldiers, nurses and other military themes. Also contains a newspaper cutting from the Telegraph, 18 March 1936, "Triumph when so near to disaster" about the 9th A.M.G.C. at Villers-Bretonneux. Complied by Lt. McNulty of the 9th Australian Machine Gun Company while recovering from wounds in hospital. (1 item) |
Autographs album, 1918
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/7 | An album entitled "Autographs" with autographs of members of the First A.I.F. Many are of men from the 49th Battalion, and most autographs are accompanied by a saying or poem. (1 item) |
Autographs album, 1939 - 1941
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/8 | An album entitled "Autographs" with autographs of members of the Australian forces in WWII. Many of the men were in the 27th General Hospital in 1940-41, and most autographs are accompanied by a saying or poem. (1 item) |
Autograph album, Mary Moats Marwick, 1913-1971
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/9 | An autograph album belonging to Mary Marwick that was given to her by her younger sister, Harriet, in August 1912. Mary, also known as Pollie/Polly to her family, was an English VAD and served in France during 1918 as a ward orderly nursing Australian soldiers at 1st Australian Field Hospital. She was transferred in 1919 to the 1st Australian General Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire County, Western England. The album was compiled from 1913 to 1971 and contains autographs of Mary's siblings and friends as well as 16 autographs written by the Australian servicemen she nursed during 1918 and 1919. Some of these include their battalion and home address details. Accompanying the book is a photograph of Mary wearing her VAD uniform in France, 1918. (1 item) |
Autographs album, 1918
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/10 | Autograph books with sketches, poems and songs primarily written by members of the 5th Battalion AIF, but also some soldiers of other Australian and foreign units. The first page says "Collected in France for my dear friend Lil with very best wishes from Watson". (1 item) |
Autographs album, 1918
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/11 | An autograph book entitled "Album" with autographs, poems, sayings and drawings from members of the Australian forces in WW1. Many are from their time in Belgium, and some are from members of the AIF. (1 item) |
Autograph Book, George Cadd, First World War
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/12 | A small autograph book with a collection of pressed flowers from places around the world visited by George Cadd during his service in the First World War. There are samples from England, France and Egypt, and the book also includes ticket souvenirs and currency from his travels, all glued to pages in the book. (1 item) |
Autograph Book, Elizabeth Kemp, First World
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/13 | A small autograph book with a collection of autographs, sketches and verses written by members of the AIF to Sister Elizabeth S. Kemp, during her service as a nurse in the First World War with the Australian Army Nursing Service. (1 item) |
Autograph Book, Nurse Alice, 1910-1939
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/14 | A small autograph book with a collection of autographs, sketches and verses written by nursing colleagues including some from Yorketown Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia in 1915. (1 item) |
Autograph Book, Margaret 'Peggy' Keogh, 1930-1945
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/15 | Autograph book containing signatures, messages and verses, including by men from HMAS Sydney II and the American fleet in 1941, and a sailor from the British fleet in 1945. (1 item) |
Autograph Book, Leslie Walter Uhr, 1918-1920
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/16 | Autograph book containing signatures, messages and verses, including those from RAF staff at Hounslow Aerodrome, England. (1 item) |
Autograph Book, Chaplain Ernest John Miles, 1943
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/17 | Autograph book containing signatures from those on board H.M.A.H.S Wanganella. (1 item) |
Autograph Book, Staff Nurse Amy Bembrick, 1917-1918
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/18 | Autograph book containing signatures from staff and patients from 50th General Hospital, based in Salonica. It also includes illustrations by her future husband, Corporal Bill Gumbley. (1 item) |
Autograph Book, Senior Cadet William (Bill) Walster, 1911
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/19 | An autograph book with signatures collected by Senior Cadet William (Bill) Walster from the 1911 Coronation Contigent. It is prefaced with "To Madge. From Will. Xmas 1912". Each signature is numbered and some of these are annotated later with what happened to the person during the First World War. (1 item) |
Autograph Book, Private W. H. Rutledge, 1916
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/20 | An autograph book entitled "Album" with autographs, poems, sayings and drawings by family and friends of Private Rutledge. (1 item) |
Autograph Book, Aircraftwoman Doris fry,1942
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/21 | Autograph book containg autographs, poems, sayings and illustrations collected by Aircraftwoman Fry in 1942 at Laverton. |
Autograph Book, Alan Raymond Thomson 1939-1945
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/22 | Autograph book containg autographs collected by Alan Raymond Thompson. Mostly United States Servicemen.(PUB02085) |
Autograph Book, Arthur Joseph Wilesmith 1940-1941
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/23 | Autograph book containing autographs collected by Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion.The album contains poems and signatures from members of his family as well as soldiers Wilesmith encountered throughout his time in service overseas. |
Autograph Book, William Oxley 1941-1948
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/24 | Autograph book containing autographs collected by William Oxley (VX58820) 2/2 Australian Hospital Ship. The album contains signatures, sketches, photographs, newspaper cuttings and currency. (PUB02880) |
Autograph Book, Eileen Fong 1941-1942
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/25 | Autograph book containing autographs collected by Eileen Fong. The album contains poems, sketches, watercolours and signatures of troops in Darwin in 1941 and 1942. Also contains an entry saying it "was in the possession of the late Ronald Forde who served in Darwin in WW2-AIF" (PUB02369). |
Autograph Book, Laurence Edward Green c.1941
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/26 | Autograph book containing autographs collected by Laurence Edward Green (VX28170) 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion (PUB02917). |
Autograph book, Sister Gertrude Skyring c.1917-1919
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/27 | Autograph book containing autographs collected by Sister Gertrude Skyring during her service with the Australian Army Nursing Service during the First World War. The album contains autographs from members of the AIF, verse, sketches, photographs and philatelic material. (PUB01504) |
Autograph book, 891 Sergeant George Cross, 1916
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/28 | Autograph book containing autographs collected by Sergeant George Cross of the 9th Light Horse Regiment on his journey home to Australia on the 'Runic' in 1919. (AWM2016.114.1) |
Autograph book, Lindley (Len) and Eileen Langsford c. 1942
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 1/1/29 | Autograph book containing autographs of recuperating soldiers billeted with families in Dulwich (Adelaide) prior to returning to their homes. Signatures were collected by Len and Eileen Langsford who owned and ran the local Dulwich newsagency and barber shop. [PUB04723] |
SERIES 2: Autographed items, 1916-1945 Description Items upon which autographs have been collected.
Autographs of Personnel on board HMAT Shropshire leaving England for Australia, 1.4.19
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/1 | A photograph of a scroll containing the autographs of personnel on board HMAT Shropshire leaving England for Australia on 1 April 1919. It includes the Ship's Officers, Imperial Officers, Ladies, Australian Officers, W.Os and Sergeants and men of other ranks divided into those from Queensland, from Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania, from New South Wales and from Victoria. (1 item) |
Welcome Home sign, 1945
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/2 | A "Welcome Home to Bertie Morris" sign dated 6th October 1945. Also signed by H.M. Lyndsay, Trudy Gay, Ada Wells, F. Wells, Harry Morris and Edna Heath, among others. (SC00681) (1 item) |
N.S.W. Members of the 7th Battalion
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/3 | Autographs collected at a 7th Battalion Association meeting in Sydney. There are 44 signatures, including that of Lt. Col. E.E. Herrod who was Commanding Officer of the Battalion in 1918. (1 item) |
Autographed letter to Mr. Langtree, 24th September 1917
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/4 | A letter sent to Mr. Langtree by the men of "B" Company, 4th Battalion, "being too lazy to write individually, wish to express in a simple manner their great pleasure on receiving a parcel of first class tobacco. Each of the signatures below and above is a symbol of gratitude to our lady barrackers at home, and we wish them all the very best of good luck". Contains roughly 55 signatures. (1 item) |
Autographed drawing of the HMAS Warramunga, 1945
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/5 | A drawing by Able Seaman Stuart Delaney of the HMAS Warramunga at Tokyo Bay, commemorating the formal surrender of the Japanese forces on 2 September 1945. The drawing is signed by Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Commander-in-Chief of the British Pacific Fleet, Commodore Collins, Commodore Commanding Australian Squadron, Commander Clark, Commanding Officer and the ship's company. (RC03356) (1 item) |
Eight pages of autographs
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/6 | Eight pages of autographs from servicemen collected by Mr Jim Pulsford in his uncle's autograph book. The last page contains signatures of American servicemen (1 item) |
Autograph of John Hurst Edmondson
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/7 | Autograph of John Hurst Edmondson, taken from textbook he used as a student at Hurlstone Agricultural High School. Donor used the text book during the Second World War, after Edmondson was awarded the Victoria Cross (1 item) |
Autographed envelope from luncheon at Charing Cross Hotel, 18 November 1914
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/8 | Souvenir envelope from luncheon at Charing Cross Hotel (Rue Nationale), Boulogne-Sur-Mer. It has been autographed by members of the Voluntary Chauffeurs of the Australian Voluntary Hospital Ambulances (1 item) |
Autographs of Personnel on board HMAT Berrima leaving Australia for overseas, 20.1.16
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/9 | A postcard containing the autographs of personnel on board HMAT Berrima, in 1916. They were collected by Harold William Parle, MC, who was part of the company on the ship. In his message on the reverse, Harold states that 'The autographs on the other side are of the men in my Company, needless to say they are only a few of the many'. (RC08269) (1 item) |
Autograph of Lance Corporal Bede Kenny VC
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/10 | A page from an autograph book containing the autograph of Victoria Cross recipient Lance Corporal Bede Kenny. It reads 'Bede Kenny V.C. 2nd Batt. A.I.F. "Hermies" 1917'. Bede Kenny received his VC for conspicuous gallantry in the attack on Hermies, France, in 1917. (RC08283) (1 item) |
Autographed pack of cards, 1945
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/11 | Pack of Universal Aristocrat Playing Cards, autographed at the time of the liberation of Japanese POW camps. Relates to the service of TX4928 Driver Stanley James Garth, 8 Division Australian Army Supply Corps. (Donor ref: RC08525) (1 item) |
Autograph of Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/12 | Newspaper article titled "For Valor", signed by Captain Charles Upham, New Zealand VC and bar winner. 1957. (PUB00052) (1 item) |
Autographed pamphlet: "Our Glorious 96 Victoria Cross Recipients"
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/13 | Pamphlet: "Our Glorious 96 Victoria Cross Recipients" signed by Lieutenant Arthur Roden Cutler, VC, Private Edward Kenna, VC and Warrant Officer II Keith Payne, VC. (PUB00052) (1 item) |
Autographed propaganda leaflet: "Daddy! Come home quickly Mummy and I are very lonely without you"
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/14 | Propaganda leaflet with signatures on the reverse from, among others, members of the 4th Anti Tank and 2/19 Battalion who were prisoners of war in Thailand (RC04532) |
Autographed Newspaper Clipping: "Walgett Hospitality"
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/15 | Newspaper clipping autographed by members of unit mentioned in article. (PUB01712) |
Autographed Poppy
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/16 | Poppy autographed by G. Howell VC. Letter providing background to item included. (2 Items)(PUB01714, PUB01713) |
Autographed paper: Shipmates of Mine
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/17 | Collection of Officer's signatures from the troopship Berrima relating to the service of Edwin Haskins Burne 817. Page is taken from 'Round the Map', troopship serial for 'Berrima'. (PUB01620) |
Autographed program: Australian Overseas Base, Alexandria: Social Evening in the Sergeants Mess, Monday November 1st 1915
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/18 | Collection of signatures on programme for Social evening on the anniversary of the first Australian contingent's departure. (PUB01765) |
Autographed postcard: P & O Branch Service Postcard
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/19 | Heavily autographed postcard (PUB01973) |
Autographed paper: The Armament Section Boys 453 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/20 | Page with R.A.A.F. Station, Bankstown, letterhead, autographed by the Armament Section Boys, 453 Squadron R.A.A.F. June 1941. (PUB01092) |
Autographed serial: Transport News
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/21 | Autographed cover of troopship serial titled 'Transport News', made upon troopship Queen Elizabeth en route to the Middle East. Includes message to mother from L/Cpl Bruce Walker NX14205. Autographed by forty soldiers from the 1st Australian Corps Signals AIF. Issue date 24 July 1941. (PUB02821) |
Autographed program: Victory Day 1945
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/22 | Autographed souvenir from Haileybury College School House Dinner, held Victory Day 1945. Autographed by those students and staff present, with a list of those present on the back page. Cover autographed by Tony Jackson, who was a student at Haileybury College. (PUB03209) |
Autographed drawing of HMAS Warramunga
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/23 | Reproduction of a drawing by Able Seaman Stuart Delaney of the HMAS Warramunga at Tokyo Bay, commemorating the formal surrender of the Japanese forces on 2 September 1945. Covered in contact adhesive. Includes reproduced signatures of Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Commander-in-Chief of the British Pacific Fleet, Commodore Collins, Commodore Commanding Australian Squadron, Commander Clark, Commanding Officer and the ship's company. (PUB03213) |
Autographed card: Survivors of the "Scharnhorst" 26th December 1943
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2/1/24 | Photographic print of an autographed card of the 'Survivors of the "Scharnhorst" 26th Dec 1943'. (PUB00945) |
SERIES 3: Munro Collection,1915-1919 Description These eight autograph books contain signatures and details of war injuries of 196 ANZAC veterans. The autographs were collected by Robert Keith Munro as a 16 year-old schoolboy, and are illustrated by battalion colours which he painted underneath the signatures. Munro later enlisted in the Army during the Second World War at the age of 43.
Returned Soldiers Roll of Honour, 6 December 1915-12 January 1916
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 3/1/1 | Signaller J. Finch Private Williams Private Madigan Private Alexander Private Mills Private Sheldrake Gunner Braughton Private Sizer Private Allan G. Smith Private David W. James Private J. M. Frigerio Private Sandford Sergeant A. Waterston 722 Corporal Kerr 485 Private J. Cairns 2765 Driver J. Lynch 2103 Private T. Hacey? Private H. Thornton Millard, C Company, 14th Battalion, 4th Brigade 5611 Driver Campbell J. McKenzie Private A. Lelts?, 21st Battalion 1335 Private Mitchell Sergeant J. F. Anderson 764 Sergeant Warren (1 item, 25 names) |
Returned Soldiers Roll of Honour, 1 January 1916-3 March 1916
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 3/1/2 | Sergeant Albert Powell 1329 Bugler Crawford 794 Sapper H.E. Hambly Signaller H.L. ? ?Hozard, 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade 930 Private James 1406 Private E. Rowe Corporal W. Manning Private James M. Coall Private Houston A.W. Adams Lieutenant G. J. Dyett Private Murphy 567 V.A.H. Clark 941 Private R.W. McKee Corporal J.H. Jones Trooper Hugh G. Glen 945 Private B.L. Pain 867 Private John Fulton Private C.J. Stranghair 959 Corporal J.J. Shannahan 3322 T.P. Meagher Private George ?Day, 8th Battalion. 6th Brigade (1 item, 24 names) |
Returned Soldiers Roll of Honour, 11 March 1916-3 April 1916
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 3/1/3 | 1312 Corporal G. Duncan Sergeant Norman Ernest Tomkins 500 Private Wishart 1838 Private Hopley 1577 Private W.H. Martin 1682 Private G.A.C. Crouch 1520 Cameron 773 Private A. Bolitho 851 Private F.H. Caldwell 134 Sergeant S.D. Hewitt 464 Sergeant C.S. Murphy 1239 Donald Daley 475 Trooper P. Pinder 1253 Private R.C. Rayner 38 Private A. Brownsell 808 Sergeant J.P. McLoughlin Lieutenant W. Bolton Lieutenant W.J. Symons V.C. 1415 Sergeant O'Neill 98 Private E.V. Finster (1 item, 20 names) |
Returned Soldiers Roll of Honour, 4 April 1916-30 June 1916
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 3/1/4 | 492 Sergeant C.G. Stewart 124 Sergeant A.A. Gillies 1733 Private W.H. Ingham Sergeant L.E. Grant 911 Sergeant C.H. Hatt Trooper A.F. Durham 1039 Private J.R. Rolls 1822 Private R.R. Underwood Private McInnes 762 Corporal F. Gee 2898 Private G.C. Welstead 1401 Corporal N.S. Bisset 1442 Private G. Shaw 718 Trooper C.T. Gaywood 2129 Private C.E. Critchley Captain Abbott 1936 Corporal S.G. Deering 379 Trooper R.J. Hedey 1977 Private E.G. Light (1 item, 19 names) |
Returned Soldiers Roll of Honour, 30 June 1916-5 August 1916
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 3/1/5 | 1588 Private J.H. Holmes Private R.R. O'Donahoo 925 Private J.H. Heuston 798 Private A.R. Knight 1152 Private M.J. Ledwidge 1500 Private T.H. Pollard 399 Sergeant V.M. Dee Sergeant J.W. Offord 281 Private F.R. Smith 1090 Private R.A. Gillett 3543 Private J. Jinks 1738 Sergeant Major Fair 1159 Private A.F. Morrison 515 Private W. Shippard 1503 J.H. Mackay 1434 Trooper H. Olsson 1650 Private Henry H. Wills 316 C.J. Curnow 77 Private G. Jenkins 153 Private J. E. Paynter (1 item, 18 names) |
Returned Soldiers Roll of Honour, August 1916-December 1916
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 3/1/6 | 700 Sergeant J. O'Connell 640 Trooper O.S. Sharpe 946 Trooper J.W. Lockey 2570 Private Milton Bolitho Sergeant Leslie R. Marks Private Harling, 21st Battalion 773 Private H. Beggs 261 Private W.E. Douglas 2465 Driver J. Lynch 810 Sergeant J.R. Bryan Major R. Fowler, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance 540 Trooper M.F. Ryan 716 Trooper E.M. Cummins Lieutenant Colonel R.M. McVea 3160 Private E.G. Haywood 844 Private C.V. O'Heare 2865 Sergeant J.E. Bell 1837 Private B.J. Herrington 3828 Private H.V. Glen Corporal C.V. Cummings, NZ Expeditionary Force (1 item, 20 names) |
Returned Soldiers Roll of Honour, January 1917-June 1917
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 3/1/7 | 1862 Bandmaster J.S. Williams 1059 Trooper H.H. Houston 1013 Private L. Mueller 1750 Private W.P. Toohey 3290 Sapper T.H. Field 373 Corporal L. Aspinall 9422 Gunner C.D. Holland 944 J.W. Sproule 2800 Corporal J. Thorburn 1024 W.A. Melville 1338 M.J. Kain C. Hussey, 13th Battalion 349 Private R. Arnold 1002 Corporal R.M. Reid 528 Trooper W. Gosper 829 Corporal W. Bailey 2287 Henry W. Pearce Withers 1289 Trooper A. Errington 383 Sergeant Holland 1016 Corporal George E. Wright Private Fred Nichols 243 Sergeant J.H. Calthorpe 125 A. Grant C.P. Mayall, R.A.N. 355 Frederick R. Lowe J. Chapman, 1st Battalion Transport 90 H.L. Boots 538 E.W. Cobcroft 2584 Sapper Hughie Orr 4076 Private Alf Brown 4196 Private Guthrie 21 Trooper W.W. Daniel Sergeant Amos J. Choral?, 4th Pioneers Lieutenant F.J. Turner Sergeant R. Boyd Sergeant Stanley Lowe, 1st Australian Remount 1914 Signaller Neil M. Bennetts 1397 Driver R.H. Green 826 Private W.A. Walsh 3544 Dr. R. McDonald Lieutenant K.G. Emonson M.C. (1 item, 40 names) |
Returned Soldiers Roll of Honour, June 1917-April 1919
| File | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 3/1/8 | 203 Private E.J. Aldridge J.H. Johnston Corporal A. McGorm M.M. 2713 Private J.W. Nias Sergeant D.H. Campigli DCM Sapper C. Beecham Corporal L. Labeska Private W.B. Jackson Major C. Morley 4515 Sergeant F. Watson 4622 Private H. Watts 463 Gunner N.W. Bassett Private J.H.H. Barton 2442 Private E. Sandy 5246 Sergeant C. Chambers Major Fred T.H. Goucher Company Sergeant Major L.J. Knight 1st Battalion The Welch Regiment B.E.F. Signatures from the visit of the French Mission to Bendigo, 28th October 1918 W.J. Fitzpatrick M.M. 3678 Gunner G. Douglas Corporal J. Delaney 68697 Private M.E. Simes 490 Driver W.H. Watson 4453 Private E.J. Burtonclay 2088 Private L.J. Buckley 161 Sergeant N.S. Trevena 367 G. Daniel At the back of the book there is a list of the outlines of the colours of the 5th Division of the A.I.F. (1 item, 30 names) |