The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Small brown cotton postal bag with a white cotton address label sewn into the base. Handwritten on the label is 'NX147385 / CAPT. D.K. MARLIN / DIRECTORATE OF WATER / TRANSPORT. (SMALL CRAFT) L.H.Q. / 1 BENT STREET / SYDNEY'. An Australian 1d postage stamp has been adhered to the stamp square in the lower right corner. A faded cancellation mark on the back of the label indicates that the bag was mailed in Sydney on 22 December 1943.
This bag contained a jigsaw puzzle sent to NX147385 Captain Donald Keith Marlin on 22 December 1943 (see REL27809.001). Marlin was born in Sydney, NSW in October 1907 and enlisted in the army at the outbreak of war. On 9 July 1941 he was appointed as a Lieutenant in the Australian Army Service Corps and in April 1942 moved to the Australian Army Ordnance Corps. In January 1943 he joined the Royal Australian Engineers with the Transportation Section, Water Transport, based in Sydney. On 24 December 1943 he was promoted to Captain and from September 1944 to September 1945 he served as Deputy Assistant Director, Director of Water Transport "Q" Branch, Land Headquarters. From November 1944 until September 1945 he was temporarily promoted to the rank of Major. He was discharged on 25 February 1947.
Small sweetheart cardboard jigsaw puzzle. In the centre is a white panel printed with 'For You / AS YOU SOLVE THIS JIGSAW PUZZLE / YOU'LL EXPERIENCE LOTS OF FUN, / AND YOU REALLY MUST NOT WORRY / WHEN
Rectangular landscape format 170 piece jigsaw puzzle entitled 'United States of America President F D Roosevelt - United for Victory - Prime Minister John Curtin - Commonwealth of Australia' featurin
Waterproof cylindrical bag with reinforced seams. There is cotton tape at the top used for sealing the bag. The makers label has been stamped in black ink on the inside and reads ' B.M.C / 1962 / AF
Brown lightweight canvas kitbag, with eight aluminium eyelets around the opening and an internal flap. The flap was used to secure the contents when the bag was drawn shut. The drawstring is missing f
Framed 120 piece jigsaw puzzle entitled 'BIG GUNS ROAR - THE BATTLE OF THE SEAS'. Reproduction of a painted image in landscape format which depicts a British warship firing its guns at an enemy warshi
Rectangular, green, waterproof, open-top, general purpose bag. Inside the inner flap is a maker's stamp, 'VICTORIA RUBBER EDINBURGH 1955'. Two cotton ties are attached for securing the bag when rolled
