The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
"Official prize winners, Anzac sports, 1st Australian camp hospital". Seated is captain Albert Jacka VC, MC and Bar, the first Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First World War. The man standing is the Divisional boxing champion, Private David Alexander (Dave) Walker, AIF Headquarters. Walker enlisted as one of the Sportsmen’s Thousand, a battalion of sportsmen raised as a result of a recruiting campaign which encouraged sportsmen to join up. A stevedore of Port Melbourne, he was 30 when he enlisted in August 1917. He embarked with general reinforcements on HMAT Euripides and left Australia on 1 May 1918.
1914-15 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details. Albert 'Bert' Jacka was born on 10 January 1893 on his parents' dairy farm at Layard near Winchelsea, Victoria. He was one of seven children
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed edge with recipient's details. Albert 'Bert' Jacka was born on 10 January 1893 on his parents' dairy farm at Layard near Winchelsea, Victoria. He was one of seve
Silver Egyptian 5 Quirsh coin. The reverse has been smoothed off and impressed 'LT. A. JACKA 14.A.I. P.' A small hole has been drilled in top to allow it to be attached to a chain. The letters seem to
Luger P08 semi-automatic pistol. Frame marked ERFURT 1911 and the serial number. The grips are checkered wood and it is complete with a magazine. The backstrap has a 'T' section slide to take the deta
Luger P08 semi automatic pistol. Frame marked ERFURT 1911 and the serial number. The grips are checkered wood and it is complete with a magazine. The backstrap has a 'T' section slide to take the deta
Military Cross and bar (Geo V). Unnamed as issued. Albert ‘Bert’ Jacka was born on 10 January 1893 on his parents’ farm at Layard near Winchelsea, Victoria. He was one of seven children born to Nath
Victoria Cross ribbon bar with crimson silk ribbon and a brooch-pin back. This Victoria Cross ribbon bar was given as a gift to Miss Gwyneth Hope by Captain Albert Jacka VC MC and bar. Hope was a vo
Victoria Cross. Engraved reverse suspender with recipient's details, and reverse cross with date of action. Victoria Cross awarded to Captain Albert ‘Bert’ Jacka who was born on 10 January 1893 on h
Victory Medal. Impressed edge with recipient's details. Albert 'Bert' Jacka was born on 10 January 1893 on his parents' dairy farm at Layard near Winchelsea, Victoria. He was one of seven children b
An AIF recruiting lantern slide encouraging enlistment: "Some Athletic Heroes. Join Sportsmen's Unit to-night and help them". This slide is one of a series used in a 1917 recruiting campaign to encou
Australian First World War recruitment poster. Depicts Albert Jacka VC in front of the Union Jack flag. As the first Australian in the Great War to receive a VC, Jacka's image was used in numerous rec
Slide of Private Billy Longworth - Swimmer. William Longworth was a champion swimmer at State and National level, who had travelled to Stockholm to compete at the 1912 Olympic Games, but withdrew due
Representative of two common recruiting devices used in Australia, a well-known local soldier and a target number of men required for a specially named group. Both themes were combined, too, as in the
An AIF recruiting lantern slide for the Sportsmen's Unit, AIF. "Some sports now fighting. What about helping them. Major J J Massey and Sergt C G Macartney. Join the Sportsmen's Unit". Massey is actua
Canberra, ACT. 1912. Group portrait of prize winners of the first annual sports meeting at the Royal Military College Duntroon. Robert William Donald was the champion athlete for the year. (Original h
