The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Souvenir program for a concert held during the First World War. This program is for a concert by the No 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps Concert Party, Amateur Frolic Company, on Saturday 29 June 1918. The concert featured the Australian Flying Corps Orchestra, vocal performances and the musical farce 'Fortune Hunting'. The program includes the cast of this play which is set ten years after the war and is illustrated with aeroplanes, gumnuts and a photograph insert of the performers.
Brown leather flying helmet with cream chamois leather lining and a buckle chinstrap. The helmet has leather flaps at each ear, each with a 25 mm reinforced hole over the wearer's ear. There is a leat
Metal and wooden lithographic plate contained in a padded white canvas bag. The metal plate is mounted on a 20 mm thick piece of plywood and fastened in various places with 29 small screws. The plywoo
Aircraft message streamer with hemp message pouch on one end. The pouch is fastened shut with two brass press studs and double stitched around two of the edges. There are two cotton streamers fastened
Aircraft message streamer with linen message pouch on one end. The pouch is fastened shut with a single black celluloid button and is double stitched around the open edges. There are two streamers fas
Pair of Mk 1 leather flying goggles fitted with triplex glass and celluloid lens that are coloured yellow with age. The inside of the goggles are lined with cream chamois leather though little remains
Trench art laminated wood and brass pen and ink desk set in the shape of a shield. The base of the desk set is fashioned from a piece of wooden aircraft propeller, with the original maker's details st
Trench art fob watch holder made from a wooden propeller. The hexagonal shaped holder has a small opening at the top designed to allow access to the watch winding device. The holder rests on a thin sq
Trench art photograph frame fashioned from the tip of a wooden propeller. The original shape of the tip has not been altered. It is composed of five panels of wood that have been joined together and r
Rounded tip of a laminated wooden propeller carved with a representation of an Australian Flying Corps (AFC) observer's wing with an AFC colour patch within the 'O'. The triangular colour patch is su
Trench art brass vase fashioned from a 75 mm German shell case, with a separate circular laminated wooden stand. The base of the vase is unaltered and takes the form of the original shell case. The sh
Trench art brass vase made from a 75 mm German shell case, with a separate circular laminated wooden stand. The base of the vase is unaltered and takes the form of the original shell base. The shell h
Souvenir program for a concert held during the First World War. This program is for a performance by 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps in 'B' Flights Hangar on 10 August 1918. The concert featured i
Souvenir program for a concert held during the First World War. This program is for a concert by No 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps Concert Party, the Amateur Frolic Company, at 8.00pm on 25 Decemb
Souvenir program for a concert held during the First World War. This program is for a concert by the Flying Kangaroos of Australian Flying Corps Leighterton on Wednesday 6 November 1918. The concert f
Souvenir program for a concert held during the First World War. This program is for a concert by No 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps Concert Party at 7.30pm on Wednesday 22 January 1919. The concert
Souvenir program for a concert held during the First World War. This program is for a concert by the 5th Australian Divisional Concert Party, the Kookaburras, on 13 November 1918. The program featured
Souvenir program for a concert held during the First World War. This program is for a concert by the 7 Australian Infantry Brigade Concert Party and Orchestra. The concert was held 'in the field' on a
