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Letters and postcards written by and to Hermann F. Hubbe and other items

Hubbe, Samuel Grau, 1914, Manuscript, PRG 1415/13

Letters and post cards written by Hermann Fritz Hubbe, (known as Fritz), son of Samuel Grau Hubbe and Edith Hubbe (nee Cook), while travelling to Europe during the First World War and in Egypt and Lemnos. Includes Field Service post cards with generic printed sentences. Also includes letters to H.F. Hubbe and a receipt for a 'sac suit' made for him by Williams Bros. & Co. Hermann Fritz Hubbe died in 1916.

Children and the war effort, 1914-1918

c. 1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/388

Possibly a school yard in Adelaide where children have brought collecting boxes to the central stand with contributions for the war effort during World War I.

War diary of A.S. Hutton

Hutton, Arthur Sydney, 1915, Manuscript, D 4975(L)

Copies of the diary of A.S. Hutton, signaller, No 10 H.Q. Staff, 3rd Light Horse Regiment AIF, May 12-Nov 30, 1915. Arthur describes his experiences in Egypt, the fighting around Quinn's Post, and the illnesses contracted by Hutton and his fellow soldiers in the field, including illnesses requiring transfer to Alexandrina, Lemnos etc. Two copies are available, as a facsimile of the original [which is held in the Australian War Memorial], and a handwritten copy of the original. Includes a typescript transcript.

Correspondence and other war records of Max Hubbe

Hubbe, Samuel Grau, 1914, Mixed material, PRG 1415/17

Personal war records of Max Hubbe including two photographs (PRG 1415/17/1), letters and postcards written and a diary written on notebook pages which was commenced in March of 1915, covering the period up to April 15, 1915. Also includes some letters written after his return to Australia.

War Memorial, Yongala

Piper, Andrew, 2016, Photograph, B 77052

View of the World War One and World War Two war memorials on Main Street at Yongala, South Australia.

War Memorial, Yongala

Piper, Andrew, 2016, Photograph, B 77050

View of the World War One and World War Two war memorials on Main Street at Yongala, South Australia.

War Memorial, Yongala

Piper, Andrew, 2016, Photograph, B 77049

View of the World War One and World War Two war memorials on Main Street at Yongala, South Australia.

[War Census card]

1915, Manuscript, PRG 980/16/1/34

War Census Cards, dated 11 September 1915, which have been completed by Llewellyn Jarman. They give his personal details as well as a 'Wealth and Income' statement.

Postcard of two soldiers

Massaoud, G, c. 1917, Photograph, B 74089

Studio portrait postcard featuring a photograph of two Australian soldiers during World War I. An imprint on the reverse bears the inscription 'G. Massaoud, Photographe Port Said'.

War memorial roll of honour for members of the Jewish Community in South Australia

1919, Photograph, PRG 280/1/15/5

A roll of honour for the members of the Jewish Community in South Australia who served their country during the World War of 1914-1918.

World War I badges

Michell, Lottie, 1915, Realia, PRG 903/1/1-208

A collection of badges from various war fund raising organisations in Adelaide, South Australia.

Concentration camp

Dubotzki, Paul, c. 1914, Photograph, B 12161

Concentration camp at Torrens Island. The Torrens Island Internment Camp was a World War I detention camp which held up to 400 men of German or Austro-Hungarian background between October 1914 and August 1915. The prisoners were interned in tents in very uncomfortable conditions. In 1915 a new commanding officer shifted the camp to another location on the island and conditions deteriorated. Guards were routinely offensive, violent and brutal but when an American internee was flogged he wrote to the US Consul and the conditions were brought into the open. The camp was quietly closed in 1915. The official records were destroyed

Postcard from Ross Smith to his mother, from Port Said

Smith, Ross Macpherson, Sir, 1914, Manuscript, PRG 18/17/1

Postcard from Ross to his mother, Jessie Smith, during his active service in World War I. Written at sea and posted from Port Said on 3 December 1914.

Coromandel Club

c. 1914, Photograph, B 32404

Coromandel Red Cross Club: World War I.

Badge sales, Macclesfield

c. 1914, Photograph, B 36806

Women selling badges during World War I l-r: Ida Dugmore, Bessie Duance, Vi Ross.

Internment Camp

c. 1914, Photograph, B 43398

Prisoner of War Camp - World War I, located near Monash.

'Win the War' rally

1914, Photograph, B 15336

Public meeting in front of the Government Offices, Victoria Square, at which the resolution to 'win the war' was adopted. Sir Richard Butler MP announced the declaration of war 5 August 1914 in front of the Government offices in Victoria Square

South Australian National War Memorial

c. 1950, Photograph, B 63139

WAR MEMORIAL: The war memorial monument on North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia.

War records of Private Thomas Andrew

Andrew, Thomas, 1914, Manuscript, D 8098(L)

Comprises: Private Thomas Andrew's attestation papers for enlistment in the 7th Light Horse Regiment of the Australian Imperial Force on 12th October 1914; postcard from Private Andrew to his brother Horace congratulating him on his marriage, written at Gallipoli on 1st June 1915; letter written by Private Andrew's brother Robert on their mother's behalf on 22nd December 1915, asking that the Officer in Charge at the Base Record Office in Melbourne forward any papers of consequence; and a paper from the AIF documenting correspondence sent to Private Andrew's family from 24th August 1915 to 31st August 1922.

[Letter from G.W.D. Breadon to the Minister for War, London regarding Lance de Mole's invention of a 'travelling caterpillar fort' or armoured tank]

1914, Manuscript, PRG 1319/1/1

A letter written on the 19th September 1914 by G.W.D. Breadon, Perth, W.A. to the Minister for War, London recommending that he consider the plans and specifications for a 'travelling caterpillar fort' (or armoured tank) devised by Mr. Lance de Mole (a South Australian), for use against the German forces.

Vessels, Port Pirie

Ball, A., c. 1914, Photograph, B 16579

Camouflaged vessels during World War 1.

Vessels, Port Pirie

Ball, A., c. 1914, Photograph, B 16580

Camouflaged vessel during World War 1.

Nurses

c. 1914, Photograph, B 37389

Nurses during World War 1.

Aussies National Game, Two up, Hurdcott Camp.

1914, Photograph, B 72281

Comprising a black and white image of men playing Two-up on camp grounds. The image has been inscribed 'Aussies National Game, Two up, Hurdcott Camp'. On the hill in the background there can be seen an outline of the word 'Australia' within a drawing outline of the Australian continent.