The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Salt and Pepper cruet set. The shakers are made from .50 calibre Browning machine gun cartridge cases. The primers of the shells have been replaced with a screw closure and holes have been drilled into the tips. The shells are sitting in a base made of sheet metal with a layer of perspex over the top. Two circles have been cut in the perspex base to fit the bottom of the shells. An Airforce eagle has been impressed into the centre of the base. Between the two shells a handle has been screwed into the base. The two sides of the handle rise up to be joined by a horizontal strip of bakelite taken from the electrical system of a Bristol Beaufort aircraft. Another piece of perspex with holes for the shakers is joined to the handle a quarter of the way up.
Associated with 422085 Flight Lieutenant John William Shipman. Shipman served with 100 Squadron, RAAF, flying Bristol Beaufort aircraft, and died during flying battle over New Guinea on 13 March 1945.
Group of miniature medals for 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, British War Medal 1939-45 and Australia Service Medal. Unnamed as issued. Associated with 422085 Flight Lieutenant John William Shipman. Shi
Silver trophy cup mounted on fluted brown bakelite base. The cup has thin handles rising up and out from each side and a raised decorative edge encircling the cup close to the lip. The front is engrav
Hand-coloured studio portrait of 422085 Flight Lieutenant John William (Jack) Shipman, 100 Squadron RAAF. A Wireless Air Gunner of Summer Hill, NSW, he was killed on operations on 13 March 1945 over N
Portrait of 422085 Aircraftman (later Flight Lieutenant (Fl Lt)) John William (Jack) Shipman, Air Gunner 100 Squadron RAAF, of Perth, WA, and 422062 Francis Owen (Frank) Smith of Manilla, NSW. Smith,
Hand coloured detail of nose art from a Bristol Beaufort aircraft of 100 Squadron RAAF. The design depicts a sulphur-crested cockatoo wearing flying goggles and holding a camera above two shells movin
Group portrait of members of Survey Flight, 100 Squadron RAAF. Believed to be in this group are 403367 John Claude Nisbett; 421445 Donald Aubrey McSweeney; 409875 Roy Adolphe Seelenmeyer; 5194 Robert
Group portrait of officers of 8 Squadron RAAF July 1945 at Tadji Base, New Guinea Back Row (left to right): 63117 Flying Officer (FO) Richard Lennard Minifie; 405091 FO Stanley Roberts; 429089 FO Gi
Group portrait of Non Commissioned Officers (NCOs) of 100 Squadron, RAAF. Identified, left to right, back row: Sergeant (Sgt) Johnson; Black; Cox; Miller; Upton; Tothill; Hamling; Warrant Officer (WO)
Unidentified members, probably aircrew of 100 Squadron RAAF at Driniumor River, grouped around a skull in a helmet.
Informal portrait of Jack Shipman in flying gear. Posing in a suburban backyard, most likely taken on leave before joining his squadron. 422085 Flight Lieutenant John William (Jack) Shipman, Wireless
A North American B25 Mitchell bomber parked on the Tadji airstrip. The colourful bat nose art was used by aircraft of the 499th Bomber Squadron, United States Army Air Force, (USAAF), which was part o
A Liberator aircraft of the 20th Combat Mapping Squadron, 6th Photo Mapping Group, 5th USAAF. The F-7A with the nose art "Bourbon Boxcar", Serial # 42-73078 is parked on the Tadji airstrip. Bourbon
Metal photograph frame with decorative edging and the emblem of the Royal Australian Air Force attached to the centre of the top edge. The emblem consists of a winged wreath with the letters 'RAAF' su
Collection relating to the service of 422085 Flight Lieutenant John William Shipman, 100 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force, 1942-1945. Collection comprises letters to his father during 1945, postca
Silver trophy cup mounted on fluted brown bakelite base. The cup has thin handles rising up and out from each side and a raised decorative edge encircling the cup close to the lip. The front is engrav
Group of miniature medals for 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, British War Medal 1939-45 and Australia Service Medal. Unnamed as issued. Associated with 422085 Flight Lieutenant John William Shipman. Shi
Metal photograph frame with decorative edging and the emblem of the Royal Australian Air Force attached to the centre of the top edge. The emblem consists of a winged wreath with the letters 'RAAF' su
Collection relating to the service of 422085 Flight Lieutenant John William Shipman, 100 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force, 1942-1945. Collection comprises letters to his father during 1945, postca
Green metal tin containing elements for the manufacture of RAAF Perspex sweetheart brooches. The tin contains seven pieces of roughly cut square and rectangular Perspex; 20 oval pieces of Perspex with
Handmade aluminium cribbage board with four panels of punched out holes for the pegs, grouped in three sets of ten holes for each panel. The board is hand engraved with a thatched hut, palm trees and
