The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. A BROKEN JAPANESE SWORD CAPTURED DURING AN ACTION AT MAROVA, NEW GEORGIA, BY MAJOR D.G. KENNEDY, DSO. MAJOR KENNEDY WAS AN OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY AMONG THE COASTWATCHERS IN THAT AREA DURING 1942-43. HIS EXPLOITS ARE DESCRIBED IN COMMANDER E.A. FELDT'S BOOK, "THE COASTWATCHERS" AND IN "AMONG THOSE PRESENT" AN OFFICIAL UNITED KINGDOM PRODUCTION. AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL ITEM NUMBER RELAWM30907.
Japanese Kai-gunto sword broken in three pieces. The hilt has the standard Japanese Navy guilded brass fittings of a fushi, kabuto-gane and cherry blossom menuki under the brown handle binding over bl
Japanese Kai-gunto sword broken in three pieces. The hilt has the standard Japanese Navy guilded brass fittings of a fushi, kabuto-gane and cherry blossom menuki under the brown handle binding over bl
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY. 1957-05-03. A JAPANESE SUB MACHINE GUN CAPTURED BY MAJOR D.G. KENNEDY, DSO, DURING A CLASH BETWEEN HIS 10 TON SCHOONER, "DADAVATA" AND A JAPANESE PATROL IN A WH
Pair of magazines for a Nambu Type 14 pistol. This pistol was apparently captured by Major Kennedy, a Coastwatcher in the Solomon Islands. He led a night attack on two barges full of Japanese troops
Brown leather holster for Nambu Type 14 pistol. A small pocket is located on the front of the holster, and on the back is a belt loop and two brass buckles. The top flap which would have originally cl
South Vietnam. 1969-02-17. Army Adjutant General, Major General C. E. Long of Canberra, ACT (left), talks with Lance Corporal Michael Jacob of Finley, NSW, a member of C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regimen
Steyr Solothurn S1-100 Sub-machine Gun. Machined steel receiver with a top opening cover marked SS within a circle and a left hand open port for the magazine. A safety slide and magazine latch are on