The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Papers of the Australian National Defence League (N.S.W. Division) documenting the lobby group's organisation, membership, activities and influence from its creation in 1905 to its collapse in 1938. Includes three registers of subscriptions paid by members; five volumes of minutes of meetings held; a letter-book of outward correspondence; five folders of loose (mostly inwards) correspondence, and two folders of miscellaneous papers including undated correspondence and legal documents.
Formed in 1905, the Australian National Defence League (N.S.W. Division) was wound up in 1938.
Selected records of the Council, which represents over 20 national ex-service organisations, especially with regard to welfare and repatriation matters. The records include: correspondence, especially
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX11177 Major Bruce Atlee Hunt MBE, 13 Australian General Hospital, Singapore, Malaya, Thailand and Australia, 1938-1951. The collection contain
Collection relating to the Second World War experience of Mrs Melicent Jane “Jean” Ellis OBE, Central Netting Depot, Sydney, 1942-1944. Collection consists of two folders containing material relating
Collection relating to the South African (Boer War) service of Lieutenant (later Commander) Joseph Arthur Hamilton Beresford, Royal Navy and Queensland Marine Defence Force, and Hugh Fiddes, Mayor of
Collection relating to the career and military service of Major General Sir John Gellibrand KCB, DSO & Bar, 1890-1944. The collection, consisting of 78 wallets and 1 oversized item, comprises diaries
Series number AWM123 Series title "Special Collection II" Defence Committee records Series contents range 30 Oct 1923 – 4 Feb 1960 Extent 18.5 m Access conditions Subject to the Australian Archi