The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the Petty Officer, Sydney Potter, Royal Navy. Potter served in China, 1900-1901 (Boxer Uprising). Collection consists of:
1. Newscutting photograph of a ship (unknown) taken off Taku Bar
2. Name card for Sir Frederick L Field, Admiral of the Fleet, inscribed by him on the back
3. Watercoloured Christmas card from the Taku Forts, 1900
4. Newscutting related to Sydney Potter and his military experience
5. Two paged handwritten letter entitled 'Boxer Rebellion Veterans, Memories of 1900'
6. Two paged handwritten text of radio talk given by Potter, 1955
7. Three paged handwritten account of 'Capture of the Phillipines Islands by the Americans' and 'Manilla, 1898. America - Spanish War'
8. Certificate of Service, Sydney Potter, RN
Typed transcripts of seven detailed letters written by 148 Petty Officer 1st Class Walter Underwood, Bandmaster with the Victorian Naval Contingent. Dating from 30 August to 10 December 1900, the lett
Collection relating to 71 Chief Petty Officer Henry Downes and his service on HMCS Protector with the South Australian Naval Brigade, 1885-1911 and the Royal Australian Navy, 1911-1924. Collection co
Collection relating to the Boxer Uprising and First World War service of Commander (later Rear Admiral Sir) Leighton Seymour Bracegirdle (formerly Midshipman, New South Wales Naval Contingent), 1 Roya
China Medal 1900 with the clasps 'TAKU FORTS' and 'RELIEF OF PEKIN'. The recipient's details are impressed on the edge. Obverse: The crowned and veiled head of Queen Victoria and the legend 'VICTORIA
Collection relating to the Boxer Uprising service of 52 Able Seaman Joseph Michael McCarthy, Victorian Naval Contingent, Tientsin, China, 1901. Wallet 1 of 2 - Contains two photocopies of a handwrit
Two original diaries (1941 - 1943) written by Petty Officer Wilfred Sydney Forster. Other items in the collection include a bound transcript of the diaries created by Jannette E Forster.