Dictionary of Sydney
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  2. Australian War Memorial

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Australian War Memorial

Collection
'God bless dear Daddy who is fighting the Hun and send him Help' 1918 as Collection
'Vote No Mum, they'll take Dad next' 1916 as Collection
1st Battalion officers Captain George Mcguire, Major Swannell and Lieutenant Shout at their camp outside Cairo, March 1915 as Collection
A group of Italian prisoners of war behind the perimeter fence of the main compound at the Liverpool prisoner of war and internment camp November 21, 1945 as Collection
Burial at sea from HMAS Sydney 1914 as Collection
Captain Harry Leslie Howden RAN c1922 as Collection
Damaged funnels of the SMS Emden 1914 as Collection
Felix the Cat toy which was mascot of the Gun Plot Room on the HMAS Brisbane as Collection
French souvenir handkerchief sent to Mrs Marion McLeod by her husband Private Stewart Jamieseon McLeod 1916 as Collection
Group portrait of No 6 Officer Cadet Battalion in front of Trinity College, Oxford, England January 1918 as Collection
Gun turrets of HMAS Sydney II showing blistered paint on the barrels after the battle of Cape Sparda, Crete 19 July 1940 as Collection
Interior of one of the hospital wards at the German internment camp, Holsworthy c1916 as Collection
Internees of the Liverpool prisoner of war and internment camp working in the camp vegetable garden in front of the camp headquarters building 10 February 1944 as Collection
It is nice in the surf, but what about the men in the trenches? Go and help 1915 as Collection
Italian prisoners of war at Strathfield Station after arrival from country prisoner of war camps on the way to the internment camp at Moorebank November 17 1945 as Collection
Italian survivors of the Bartolomeo Colleoni on the deck of HMAS Sydney II, Crete 19 July 1940 as Collection
Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Thomas Frederick Wong See, the first Australian of Chinese extraction to serve in the RAAF, 1940 as Collection
Lieutenant G J Grieve, Special Service Officer, attached to the 2nd Black Watch Royal Highlanders, New South Wales. Lt Grieve was killed at Paardeberg Drift on 18 February 1900. as Collection
Lieutenant Herbert Edwin Williams (left) and Captain George McGuire, both of the 1st Battalion, Egypt December 1914-March 1915 as Collection
Light Weight Air Warning (LW/AW) radar, Dover Heights c1942 as Collection
Lily White Association Commemorative medalet, 1917 New South Wales General Strike as Collection
Mrs Florence Violet McKenzie, the founder of the Women's Emergency Signallers Corps (WESC), c1939 as Collection
Next of kin plaque: Private J A Newcomb, 18 Battalion, AIF c1920 as Collection
Noreen Dudgeon of Rose Bay instructs US Naval personnel in visual signalling, Sydney c1943 as Collection
Private John Alexander Newcomb c1915 as Collection
Rayner Hoff in his studio at the National Art School with work created for the Anzac War Memorial c1934 as Collection
Shore defence radar equipment, Dover Heights c1940 as Collection
The Marrickville 'Winged Victory' World War I memorial, c1919 as Collection
The first prototype of the Light Weight Air Warning radar (LW/AW) being assembled, Dover Heights 1942 as Collection
The light cruiser HMAS Sydney shortly after commissioning, Portsmouth, 1913 as Collection
The war memorial at Steyne Park, Double Bay c1919 as Collection
Three members of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps, l-r Violet McKenzie, Pat McInnes, Esme Kura Murrell c1940 as Collection
Two women operate a detoluator machine at the Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Villawood c1944 as Collection
WWI Memorial School of Arts, Liverpool c1940 as Collection
Women wait to welcome home returned soldiers at the Anzac Buffet in Hyde Park June 1919 as Collection