The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
"The Blue Emu". Memoir of Charles Catt's service in the 460 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) with particular emphasis on RAAF ground crew or Blue Emus (the bird which did not fly) during the 1939-1945 war. Includes some family history background including particulars of military service for his gradfather and father.
Memoir of the experiences of No 942 Lance Corporal (later Lieutenant) Harold Edwin Rydon of the 9 Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade, AIF. Based on Rydon's personal war time diary. Includes some brief fa
Book of poems and particulars (including newspaper clippings) relating to the First World War service of Major Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 60th Battalion. This collection was compiled by McCrae’s father i
Manuscript titled "The history of the Scientific Instruments and Optical Panel, initially Optical Munitions Panel, July 1940 - December 1946". Written in 1948 by J.S. Rogers (former secretary of the p
Royal Australian Air Force blue peaked officer's cap. The cap has a woven black mohair hat band and patent leather black chin strap secured by plain black buttons. An embroidered officer's RAAF badge
Pair of aluminium identity discs impressed with the details of their wearer. The discs are of different shapes, one circular, the other octagonal, both stamped: 'FIRKINS P C 441386 RAAF C E'. On the r
Family history and autobiographical material on Jackson. Covers his training at Royal Military College Duntroon, service in the 1939-1945 war. The latter included service with the Sydney University Re