The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MILILAT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-02. QX58476 SIGNALLER T.R. COBURN (1) AND QX54142 SIGNALLER E.J. MILLS (2) HEADQUARTERS, 5TH DIVISION, PROUDLY DISPLAY THEIR HOME-MADE BEER MUGS WHILE WAITING FOR THE ISSUE OF THE UNIT BEER SUPPLY. THESE MUGS ARE MADE FROM LARGE CUT DOWN SAKI BOTTLES WITH DURALIUM BANDS TO HOLD THE HANDLES.
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. HERE SOLDIERS ARE UNLOADING EMPTY BEER BOTTLES AT A FACTORY SALVAGED BY THE ARMY. TWO SHIFTS ARE WORKED, OUTPUT BEING 342,000 BOTTLES WEEKLY. BOTTLED BEER BROUGHT INTO THE AREA IS
From 1864, until their disbandment in 1883, Victorian volunteer military units would gather at Sunbury and at other Victorian venues (including the You Yangs and Hobsons Bay at Cheltenham) to conduct
Pair of 7X power naval signaller's binoculars, brass and aluminium construction, painted black with grip pattern. Leather neck strap attached. Knobs forward of porro prisms are for changing internal f
Captain A. W. Smith Officer in command of the 9th Australian Division Provost Company, entering Prisoner of War (POW) compound where Japanese POWs and collaborators are kept. The prisoners on parade f
Officer's wardroom copper water jug taken from HMAS Canberra at the time of her sinking on 9 August 1942. The jug tapers towards the top, and has a curved handle riveted on to the body. The inside of
The Ottoman minelayer Nusret laden with mines moving down the Dardanelles away from her usual home port of Nara (Nagara) ready to undertake a mine laying task, probably in 1915. The Gallipoli Peninsul
