The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A letter, presented with cushion cover, to Lieutenant (later Lieutenant-Colonel, MBE, OBE) Ernest Edward Gawthorn of the Royal Engineers on 24 October 1917. The presentation came at the end of Gawthorn's attachment to the headquarters of II ANZAC Corps. According to the letter the gift represented the 'freedom of Australia together with the Order of the Rising Sun and boomerang (with 5 stars)'. Lt Gawthorn contiuned to serve in France with the Royal Engineers and was the last British Officer to leave Germany at the end of the British Army Occupation, in December 1929.
Dark blue cotton sateen cushion cover edged with lace. The centre of the cover is embroidered with the rising sun badge in red, yellow and green thread. Below the badge, in a scroll, are the words 'AU
Dark blue cotton sateen cushion cover edged with lace. The centre of the cover is embroidered with the rising sun badge in red, yellow and green thread. Below the badge, in a scroll, are the words 'AU
Collection relating to Lieutenant L C Parish, OBE, Second World War. Collection comprises Parish's curriculum vitae and correspondence between Parish and the editor of Sapper, the magazine of Royal A
Collection relating to the First World War service of Captain Michael James Hillary DSO OBE, 1 Australian Wireless Squadron, Australian Engineers. Collection consists of: 1. Army commission appointi
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Charles Edward Elliott DSO, 1 Division Engineers, Egypt, Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Collection includes copies of reports made by Elliott as Co
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant William Reid Moore, 28 Battalion, AIF, France, 1916. Collection consists of a typewritten extract from a letter written by Moore in August 1916, to hi
Collection relating to the Second World War Service of NX70332 Captain Eric Hyman Goulston, 2/5 Australian General Hospital, Greece and Eritrea, 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 - Letter and photocopy of typed t