The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Wooden long iron golf club with brass head. Cotton tape has been wound around the top third of the wooden shaft of the club as a grip. Engraved on the reverse of the head of the golf club is MADE FROM BRONZE PROPELLERS FROM "VINDICTIVE" ZEEBRUGGE. Engraved beneath this is J. STONE & Co Ltd LONDON.
The bronze head of this golf club was cast from the bronze propellers of the HMS Vindictive. The golf club was owned by Stanley Bigg, 4 Machine Gun Company, who enlisted on 8 February 1916 and sailed from Brisbane as a Private on 1 May 1916 on HMAT Clan McGillivray. On 25 September 1917 he married Katie Wright at the Parish Church of St Anne in Willesde, Middlesex. Bigg was wounded in May 1918 with a gun shot wound to his right leg. After some time in hospital because of his wound, he was invalided to Australia on 1 August 1918. HMS Vindictive was used for a series of raids against the bases at Zeebrugge, Bruges, and Ostend in German-held Belgium. Vindictive was sunk during an operation at Ostend on 10-11 May 1918. Her hulk was broken up after the war.
Shrapnel damaged flamethrower cylinder. The red painted iron cylinder has a brass hose connection at the top. Extending from one side is a narrow tube with brass fittings and handwheel valve. On the o
Maritime barometer with engine-divided dial calibrated in inches of mercury with a range from 24 31, having stations at inches and 10th, divided to 1/50ths. The silvered face is marked ‘L.Casella. Mak
Circular colour patch for 4 Division Machine Gun Company and 24 Australian Machine Gun Company, AIF, showing a central white circle on a black background, below which are two crossed guns in yellow.
Framed rehabilitation embroidery featuring the Rising Sun general service badge design embroidered in longstitch and stemstitch using brown, blue, red, green and white thread on a cream cotton sateen
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Associated with the service of Private 284 David White, who was born on 8 July 1885 in Violet Town, Victoria. He was workin
Copper ring made from a coin, with white metal heart superimposed on the front face. There is corrosion on the bottom of the ring. The inside of the ring bears the date '1912' and other writing that i
