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Ypres: Le Nieuwerek avant et après le bombardement
Adressed to Miss W. Lester, "Byrne", Railway Road, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia. Message on card reads "O.A.S. France 29/11/17 Dear Win, You will think I send you nothing but ruins but they are the only cards worth sending about here. Yours Stan"
Ypres after two years of war
Tourists who knew Ypres and its Rue de Lille in the days of peace can best appreciate the awfulness of its fate in the war
Ypres (Belgigue): un obus de 420 a crevé la rue et fait apparaitre une dérivation du canal
Message on card reads "France 1/7/16 Dear Winnie, Have not had a mail for a long time the boys are becoming restless about it, we are inclined to thnk it has been sunk. I expect to hear from Clyde soon as he should be near England now; he will have…
York Minster
Rotary photo, E.C.
Yanks at Herschbach, U.S. Army of occupation on the Rhine
One would never think, to judge from the smiling faces of these men in this little German village, that but a few weeks before they were at death grips with the Germans in the Argonne. Yet such was their nature—if to fight, they fought like devils…
Xmas 1918: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion Christmas card
Souvenir Christmas card with a poem and engraving tied with red and blue ribbon. On the cover is written Gallipoli, Flanders, Egypt, France. The card is addressed To Winnie, From Charl.
WWI postcard album: image 161 of 178
Message on card reads "July 26th. 1923 Age 8."
WWI postcard album: image 145 of 178
Message on card reads "This card shows the effect of a bomb from a Gotha. Jan 1919. Love from James"
Wrecked submarine at Bruges, Belgium, a German submarine base
Here, reduced to scrap iron, lies what is left of one of the Kaiser's sea pirates. Who shall tell how many ships she sunk ; how many human beings she sent to the bottom of the sea! The bones of 50,000 men, women and children lie bleaching on the…
With the diggers 1914 - 1918
Rare copy from the Richard Travers Collection. Includes nominal roll.
With all kind thoughts from Sutton Veny
Photo. & pub. by R. Wilkinson & Co. Trowbridge
Will they never come?
Printed by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer
Where the peace treaty was signed, Palace of Versailles, France
This marvelous palace is one of the sights of Europe. Tourists who visit France inevitably go to Versailles, where the gay court of Louis XIV disported itself in prodigal magnificence in bygone days. Versailles is a city of considerable importance,…
Wesleyan chrurch, Cheetham Hill
Message on card reads "This is the place we go to."
Welcome home to returned soldiers who have enlisted from Richmond : tendered by His Worship the mayor, Cr. H. R. Palling, J. P. , and citizens of Richmond in the Town Hall on Thursday August 15th 1918
Program of concert, with songs and variety performances, and menu
We'll laugh until the lights shine again
Six cartoons about World War I, with a poem, "Mirth," folded to form an envelope. The cartoons are signed "Mick."
Watching "the Crimson Chorus of the guns" playing to the enemy
Artillery played a most important part in all the major operations of the western front. As the war continued this branch of the army grew steadily in strength, efficiency and importance. Both sides possessed terrific weapons but on the whole the…
Warminster
Warminster. Is a place of great antiquity, and at the Norman Conquest belonged to the Crown, the tenant holding it on the condition that one night's lodging be supplied to the King and his suite, whenever he wished. Charles II visited Longleat in…
Warminster
Warminster. Is a place of great antiquity, and at the Norman Conquest belonged to the Crown, the tenant holding it on the condition that one night's lodging be supplied to the King and his suite, whenever he wished. Charles II visited Longleat in…
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"But for the strength of the Empire's Navy, enemy aeroplanes would be over Melbourne [?]"
Victory march through London, 3rd May, 1919: Colonial Artillery passing Victoria Memorial
Photo by Central News
Victory march of the Honourable Artillery Company, May 20th 1919
Photo by Daily Mirror
Victory Day celebration, July 14, 1919 - Arch of Triumph, France
On this great day Paris was almost delirious with joy and pride. The terrible war which had strained the resources and taxed the spirit of France almost to the limit had ended in glorious victory ; the dreaded enemy beyond the Rhine whose threats and…
Valentine's Day February 14th, 1916 / Australian Red Cross Society, Sydney, N.S.W
Single-leaf flier calling for produce and various articles to be donated to the Red Cross for sending to "sick and wounded soldiers at home and abroad", as "Valentine gifts". "Supplement to N.S.W. Red Cross Record, January 12th 1916."