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Returned Services League of Australia. South Australian Branch SRG 435 Series List ______ ___________________________________________________________________________ Returned Services League of Australia. South Australian Branch SRG 435 Series List _________________________________________________________________________ Photographs from the First World War 1 503 photographs (including 8 albums and 13 lantern slides). 1914-1920. Photographs from the First World War (1914-1918) donated by members of the South Australian RSL. Comprising photographs of training, camps and local cities and life in the Middle East, including Gallipoli, Light Horse regiments, troopships, military wedding, and portraits of soldiers. See special list for series 1 for details. Photographs from the Second World War 2 888 photographs. 1939-1948. Photographs from the Second World War (1939-1945) donated by members of the South Australian RSL. Comprising soldiers, camps, training and local cities and life during active service in the Middle East, India, and Europe, the occupation of Japan at the end of the war, and training and parades in Australia. See special list for series 2 for details. Photographs from the Cheer Up Hut 3 110 photographs, 1939-1945. Black and white photographs of the Cheer Up Hut in Adelaide, including buildings and hostel accommodations provided by the Cheer Up Society, meals, events and services offered at the Cheer Up Hut, volunteers preparing food, making beds, cleaning, taking part in sing-alongs with servicemen, group photographs of volunteers, servicemen participating in activities at the Cheer Up Hut and hostel, and a visit by Prime Minister Robert Menzies on 10 August 1941. Photographs from the Inter-War years 4 124 photographs, 1919-1939. Photographs from the inter-war years, 1919-1939, donated by members of the South Australian RSL, comprising Light Horse regiments training, in camps, marching in parades and group portraits, memorial service at the West Terrace Cemetery on Anzac Day 1929, group portraits of the Australian Field Artillery 50th Battery. See special list for series 4 for details. Photographs of RSL branches, activities and events 5 458 photographs, 1915-2005. Photographs from RSL branches, activities and events, some donated by members of the South Australian RSL, including Girl in a Million contest winners, RSL board members, Anzac Day marches, reunions, memorials, RSL conference delegations, sports teams, West Terrace cemetery, and some First and Second World War photographs. See special list for series 5 for details. RSL Headquarters photograph album 6 301 colour photographs. 1955-1998. Album of 303 colour photographs of RSL members and events, war memorials, Anzac Day marches and services, award presentations, and RSL buildings. Most have captions. SRG 435 RSL Series list Page 1 of 16 ___________________________________________________________________________ RSL display of Boer War photographs 7 21 photographs. 1900-2004. Copies of photographs relating to the Boer War including South Australian and New South Wales contingents, SA army nurses, South Australian Mounted Rifles, and South Australian Imperial Bushmen, and the 100th anniversary of the Boer War Memorial dedication re-enactment and service held in 2004. All photographs have been laminated and were used for a Boer War display by the RSL. Papers and photographs of Flight Lieutenant Neville Wheeldon Pemberton 8 1 photograph album (236 photographs), mixed materials. 1939-1946. Papers, photographs and items belonging to Flight Lieutenant Neville Wheeldon Pemberton, No. AU SX 417230, of Adelaide, with 358 Squadron, RAAF. See special list for series 8 for details. Papers and photographs of Warrant Officer Lewis Henry Griffiths 9 3 photographs, Boer War and WWI certificates. 1899-1960 Photographs and certificates of Lewis Henry Griffiths, relating to the Boer War and World War One. See special list for Series 9 for details. Papers and photographs of Gunner Ambrose George Webb 10 Album (231 photographs), WWII papers. 1916-2003 Photographs and papers relating to Ambrose George Webb’s service during the Second World War, and a World War One next of kin memorial plaque for Joseph William Webb. See special list for Series 10 for details. First World War memories of the Harris family 11 Frame of badges, postcards, medals, buttons and cards. 1916-1933. A collection of First World War pins, badges, medals, silk embroidered postcards, photograph and cards arranged in a picture frame painted gold, measuring 32.5 x 32.5 cm. Items relate to the war service of Lance-Corporal Leslie James Henry Harris, Service No. 77, 43rd Battalion, and in memory of his younger brother Lance-Corporal Horace Harris, Service No. 5352, 27th Battalion, who was killed in action in France on 20 September 1917. Sons of William Harris and May Ann (nee Walker). Album with World War II documents and photographs 12 5 black and white photographs, WW2 documents. ca.1920-1950. Unidentified photographs and documents relating to the Second World War including ration books, permits and identification cards. See special list for Series 12 for details. RSL pins 13 116 pins/badges. 1952-2006. A collection of 351 RSL badges dating from 1941 to 2006, including nine life member badges, 30 service member badges, 15 SA Affiliate badges, 36 SA Associate badges, and 12 Long Service badges. Memorial Scroll 14 Scroll on mount. ca.1922 World War I memorial scroll for Private John Robert Wilson, No. 1928, 12th Battalion. The scroll bears the Royal Coat of Arms and a message paying tribute to those soldiers who gave up their lives in the War. SRG 435 RSL Series list Page 2 of 16 ___________________________________________________________________________ Plaques and granite from monuments 15 3 objects. 1918-1970. Granite from the Eight Division Memorial in Bathurst, on a wooden base with a plaque; a metal plaque featuring the RSL shield logo, presented to the Port Pirie Air Gunnery School; and a small granite chip with an envelope, from the plinth of the Nelson monument, Trafalgar Square. Dog tags of Robert John Fischer 16 2 metal discs on string. ca.1940 Dog tags on string, one octagonal and one circular, belonging to ‘No. 416330, R. J. Fischer, RAAF, C of E’, on reverse ‘OIV’. Miscellaneous war medals, ribbons and badges 17 45 items. ca.1919-2007. Various war medals, badges and ribbons and other items donated to the RSL by members, including medals and commemorative badges relating to World War One, World War Two, and the Vietnam War, RSL badges, and epaulettes and silver buttons from the uniform of Sister Gwendoline Dinah Henderson. See special list for Series 17 for details. World War I era fundraising button badges 18 25 badges. 1917-1919. ca.1943, 1965. Comprising 23 tin button badges relating to World War I (1917-1919), two Meningie Hotel badges dating from World War II (ca.1943), and a bronze Australian Army Reserve lapel badge (ca.1965). See special list for Series 18 for details. Fundraising badges 19 155 badges. ca.1916-1940. Collection of badges predominantly from the World War I, but also includes some from inter-war years and World War II. Included are badges created for occasions such as Australia Day, Violet Day, Army Nurses Day, and French Day, and for charity groups including the Red Cross, the Cheer-Up Society, the R.S.A. Building Fund (Returned Soldiers' Association), the Wattle Day League, Soldiers' Home, Children's Patriotic League, Nursing Society, and the Y.M.C.A., as well as official peace badges marking the end of the war and various miscellaneous badges including a Christian Endeavour convention, fundraising carnivals and memorial gardens. Also includes some button badges from the inter-war years, 1919-1938, and from WWII, and other metal badges from WW1 and WW2. See special list for Series 19 for details. RSL appeal badges 20 22 badges. ca.1918-2006. Collection of fundraising badges created by the RSL for the ANZAC Day appeal, Remembrance Day appeal (Poppy Day), and War Veterans Home Appeal, along with an RSL membership badge, Long Tan memorial cross badge, and Australia Day Adelaide 1918 badges. See special list for Series 20 for details. SRG 435 RSL Series list Page 3 of 16 ___________________________________________________________________________ Hand-carved Red Cross Christmas box 21 Wooden box, 11.5 x 21.5 x 8.3 cm. 1917. Hand-carved wooden box from the Australian Red Cross, decorated with the Australian and British flags, and AIF rising sun emblem, sent by the Australian Red Cross as a Christmas greeting presented to No. 3796A George W. Banks, Medical Corps, on the Western Front in 1917. Donated to the RSL by George Banks’ nephew. War medals of Gordon John Smith 22 9 war medals, ca.1945-1975. WW2 service medals belonging to SX4427 Private Gordon John Smith, with ribbons, attached to a bar: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, and the Australia Service Medal 1939-1945. The Australian Service Medal 1945-1975, in case, with silver Clasp ‘SW Pacific’, and a miniature version of the medal, ribbon and clasp. Also comprising a small golden coloured medallion presented to Pte. G.J. Smith by the residents of Hawker and district for services rendered during the Second World War. RSL miscellaneous audio cassette recordings 23 8 audio cassette tapes, ca.1990-1997. Miscellaneous recordings including reading of ‘The Anzacs’ poem, radio interviews with WW1 veterans, meeting minutes, and music recording of the song ‘Honour my death’ by Peter Hodge. Do an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on SRG 435/23 for details. Poppy and Anzac Day Appeals 24 Badges, flyers, ca. 1965-2013. RSL Poppy Day (Remembrance Day) Appeal memorabilia including flyers, a collection tin and cardboard tray, and various poppy day badges made of metal and plastic, as well as different styles of synthetic poppy flower badges. Also comprising RSL Anzac Day Appeal memorabilia including flyers and donation cards, cardboard tray, badges, and a yellow wrist band. See special list for Series 24 for details.
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