Hugh Andrew Geraldton Campbell papers

Series 1: Photograph albums (1916-1919)

Series number
1
Series title
Photograph albums
Date
1916-1919
Scope and content

Album containing photographs and ephemera relating to Hugh Campbell, 11th Field Company Engineers, during his service overseas during the First World War.

It includes scenes of the voyage to England, a training camp at Salisbury Plains, and the Engineers Training Depot at Brightlingsea, Essex.

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Series 2: Loose photographs (1916-1919)

Series number
2
Series title
Loose photographs
Date
1916-1919
Scope and content

Loose photographs and postcards collated by or of Hugh Campbell.

The images include scenes on board HMAT Suevic, the training camp at Salisbury Plains, the Engineers Training Depot at Brightlingsea, Essex and individual portraits.

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Series 3: Aerial photographs (1918)

Series number
3
Series title
Aerial photographs
Date
1918
Scope and content

Seven aerial photographs collected by Hugh Campbell during his service with the 11th Australian Field Engineers, in France during World War I.

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Items in this series:

Photograph (1 March 1918)

Unit ID
30693/4
Item title
Photograph
Date
1 March 1918
Scope and content

Inscription:
8.L.Z.4 - 62d.15.21.27 - 1.4.18.12:30

Showing trench placements in heavily farmed landscape, France

Description
1 photograph
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Photograph (2 March 1918)

Unit ID
30693/5
Item title
Photograph
Date
2 March 1918
Scope and content

Inscription:
8.L.Z.11 - 62d.J.16.22.23 - 2.4.18.6

Showing cross roads, and craters in heavily farmed landscape, France

Description
1 photograph
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Photograph (11 March 1918)

Unit ID
30693/6
Item title
Photograph
Date
11 March 1918
Scope and content

Inscription:
8.AE.X.1 - 62d.J.7.13 - 11.4.18.4

Showing large town and surrounding farm land, dissected by possible railway line, France

Description
1 photograph
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Photograph (11 March 1918)

Unit ID
30693/7
Item title
Photograph
Date
11 March 1918
Scope and content

Inscription:
8AE.X.2 - 62d.J.1.2.7.8.14 - 11.4.18.4

Showing significant built environment of large town, dissected by possible railway line, France

Description
1 photograph
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Photograph (16 March 1918)

Unit ID
30693/3
Item title
Photograph
Date
16 March 1918
Scope and content

Inscription:
P.3.B.R.4 - 28 U.29d.C.5.6 - 16.3.18.5

Annotations include Lys River, France

Description
1 photograph
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Photograph (11 August 1918)

Unit ID
30693/8
Item title
Photograph
Date
11 August 1918
Scope and content

Inscription:
A3.AE.B.239 - 66d.A.16.b.c.d.22.b.23.a - 14.8.18.8 - F2.6

Showing landscape of extensive entrenchment and bomb craters, France

Description
1 photograph
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Photograph (14 August 1918)

Unit ID
30693/9
Item title
Photograph
Date
14 August 1918
Scope and content

Inscription:
A.3.AE.B.242 - 66o.A.15.b.d.16.a.c.21.b.22a - 14.8.18.8 - F2.6

Showing railway at top of image and heavily entrenched landscape, France

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Series 4: Campbell family photographs

Series number
4
Series title
Campbell family photographs
Description
1 album
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Items in this series:

Family portrait (1926)

Unit ID
30693/10
Item title
Family portrait
Date
1926
Scope and content

Features: William McCallum Park Campbell (1887-1942) standing (right), his mother Margaret McVean Campbell (nee Park, 1862-1943) holding her grandson Donald McCallum Campbell (1926-2011) and William McCallum Park (1836-1934) seated

Author / Creator
Regent Studios Ltd., Brisbane
Description
1 photograph
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Margaret Campbell and sons (1895)

Unit ID
30693/11
Item title
Margaret Campbell and sons
Date
1895
Scope and content

Mounted family portrait, featuring Margaret McVean Campbell (nee Park, 1862-1943) and her two sons.

Left: William McCallum Park Campbell (1887-1942)

Centre: Hugh Andrew Geraldton Campbell (1885-1974)

Author / Creator
Tosca [Studios], Queen Street, Brisbane
Description
1 photograph
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Margaret McVean Campbell (1940-1943)

Unit ID
30693/12
Item title
Margaret McVean Campbell
Date
1940-1943
Scope and content

Margaret McVean Campbell (nee Park, 1862-1943)

There are three copies of the image, two are mounted.

Author / Creator
Fegan [Studios], Brisbane
Description
1 photograph
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Hugh Campbell (1960-1969)

Unit ID
30693/13
Item title
Hugh Campbell
Date
1960-1969
Scope and content

Informal photograph of an elderly Hugh Andrew Geraldton Campbell (1885-1974) reading the newspaper.

Description
1 photograph
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Paper wallet (1940-1949)

Unit ID
30693/14
Item title
Paper wallet
Date
1940-1949
Scope and content

Paper wallet containing 5 informal photographs, possibly of Campbell family members and property near Boonah, Queensland. Includes a fuel ration ticket valid until 31 July 1949.

Author / Creator
Harringtons Developing & Printing Service
Description
1 wallet
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Past Grammar School Football Club (1908)

Unit ID
30693/174
Item title
Past Grammar School Football Club
Date
1908
Scope and content

Photographic postcard featuring members of the Past Grammar School Football Club, runners up in the Q.R.U. Senior Premiership, 1908.

  • Back row: J. Campbell, R.P. Short, M.V. Parker.
  • Third row: A. Wallace, W.S. Hurwood, C. Hicks, D.F. Story, W.A. Wight.
  • Second row: C.S. Graham, N.R. Murray, D. Gunn, F. Walsh, I. Brown, W.S. Dixon, T. Brundrith, W.P. Woods.
  • First row: G. Gross, T.C. Trodson, A.G. Corrie, R.H. Roe, F. Cleeve, W.G. Newell, J.J. Walsh.
  • In front: F. Nichol.
Description
1 postcard
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Hugh Campbell (1907)

Unit ID
30693/175
Item title
Hugh Campbell
Date
1907
Scope and content

Studio portrait of Hugh Campbell, approximately 21 years of age

Description
1 photograph
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Ada Blanche Campbell (undated)

Unit ID
30693/176
Item title
Ada Blanche Campbell
Date
undated
Scope and content

Ada Blanche Campbell (nee Caflish) pictured centre, with two of her siblings

Description
1 photograph
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Ada Blanche Campbell (undated)

Unit ID
30693/177
Item title
Ada Blanche Campbell
Date
undated
Scope and content

Ada Blanche Campbell pictured centre with young baby on her lap

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Ada and Hugh Campbell (undated)

Unit ID
30693/178
Item title
Ada and Hugh Campbell
Date
undated
Scope and content

Ada (Blanche) and Hugh Campbell with their pet dog

Description
1 photograph
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Campbell family group (undated)

Unit ID
30693/179
Item title
Campbell family group
Date
undated
Scope and content

Hugh Campbell standing, with Ada (Blanche) Campbell, left and Margaret Campbell, holding a young baby

Description
1 photograph
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Ada Campbell (undated)

Unit ID
30693/180
Item title
Ada Campbell
Date
undated
Scope and content

Ada (Blanch) Campbell

Description
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Ada and Hugh Campbell (undated)

Unit ID
30693/181
Item title
Ada and Hugh Campbell
Date
undated
Scope and content

Ada (Blanche) and Hugh Campbell pictured in the front yard of 'Rutherglen', Moffat Street, Caloundra

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Ada Campbell (undated)

Unit ID
30693/182
Item title
Ada Campbell
Date
undated
Scope and content

Ada (Blanche) Campbell holding her pet cat

Description
1 photograph
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Hugh and Ada Campbell (undated)

Unit ID
30693/183
Item title
Hugh and Ada Campbell
Date
undated
Scope and content

Hugh, Ada (Blanche) and another at the front door of their newly constructed home, Moffat Street, Caloundra.

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Campbell home, Caloundra (undated)

Unit ID
30693/184
Item title
Campbell home, Caloundra
Date
undated
Scope and content

Partially constructed Campbell family home, Moffat Street, Caloundra.

Description
1 photograph
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Hugh and Ada Campbell (undated)

Unit ID
30693/185
Item title
Hugh and Ada Campbell
Date
undated
Scope and content

Hugh, Ada and another posing in front of their newly constructed home, Moffat Street, Caloundra

Description
1 photograph
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Campbell home, Caloundra (undated)

Unit ID
30693/186
Item title
Campbell home, Caloundra
Date
undated
Scope and content

Distant view of partially constructed Campbell family home, Moffat Street, Caloundra

Description
1 photograph
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Series 5: Correspondence (Hugh Campbell) (1916-1964)

Series number
5
Series title
Correspondence (Hugh Campbell)
Date
1916-1964
Scope and content

Letters, postcards, greeting cards, invoices and receipts relating to Hugh Campbell, principally with regard to his service during the First World War.

Description
1 folder
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Postcard (25 November 1916)

Unit ID
30693/16
Item title
Postcard
Date
25 November 1916
Scope and content

Field service postcard from Hugh Campbell to his mother Margaret Campbell, Enoggera, Brisbane.

Description
1 postcard
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Postcard (4 February 1917)

Unit ID
30693/17
Item title
Postcard
Date
4 February 1917
Scope and content

Field service postcard from Hugh Campbell to his mother Margaret Campbell, Enoggera, Brisbane.

Description
1 postcard
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Postcard (1 April 1917)

Unit ID
30693/18
Item title
Postcard
Date
1 April 1917
Scope and content

Field service postcard from Hugh Campbell to his mother Margaret Campbell, Enoggera, Brisbane

Description
1 postcard
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Postcard (14 April 1917)

Unit ID
30693/19
Item title
Postcard
Date
14 April 1917
Scope and content

Field service postcard from Hugh Campbell to his mother Margaret Campbell, Enoggera, Brisbane

Description
1 postcard
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Postcard (16 April 1917)

Unit ID
30693/20
Item title
Postcard
Date
16 April 1917
Scope and content

Field service postcard from Hugh Campbell to his mother Margaret Campbell, Enoggera, Brisbane.

Description
1 postcard
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Postcard (14 April 1917)

Unit ID
30693/21
Item title
Postcard
Date
14 April 1917
Scope and content

Field service postcard from Hugh Campbell to his mother Margaret Campbell, Enoggera, Brisbane.

Description
1 postcard
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Postcard (24 June 1917)

Unit ID
30693/22
Item title
Postcard
Date
24 June 1917
Scope and content

Three unsent German field service postcards (feldpostkarte), inscribed on rear by Hugh Campbell "Fritz Field Service PC captured June 7th 1917", forwarded to his mother Margaret Campbell, Enoggera, Brisbane.

Description
3 postcards
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Postcard (15 July 1917)

Unit ID
30693/23
Item title
Postcard
Date
15 July 1917
Scope and content

Field service postcard from Hugh Campbell to his mother Margaret Campbell, Enoggera, Brisbane.

Description
1 letter
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Letter (1918)

Unit ID
30693/15
Item title
Letter
Date
1918
Scope and content

Letter from Hugh Campbell, 11th Field Company Engineers, France to his mother Margaret Campbell, Enoggera. He writes of his experiences and wounding while working near Hill 60, Ypres.

Includes envelope, see item 25

Author / Creator
Hugh Andrew Geraldton Campbell, 1885-1974
Description
1 letter (4 pages, envelope)
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Letter (14 April 1918)

Unit ID
30693/30
Item title
Letter
Date
14 April 1918
Scope and content

Letter from the Records Office, Australian Imperial Force (AIF), London to Hugh Campbell, 11th Field Company Engineers, France, replying to his request for the address of Edward John Skinner, no. 36535, 11th Field Artillery Brigade.

Description
1 letter
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Postcard (18 May 1918)

Unit ID
30693/24
Item title
Postcard
Date
18 May 1918
Scope and content

Field service postcard from Hugh Campbell to his mother Margaret Campbell, Enoggera, Brisbane.

Author / Creator
Hugh Andrew Geraldton Campbell, 1885-1974
Description
1 postcard
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Greeting card (1916-1919)

Unit ID
30693/26
Item title
Greeting card
Date
1916-1919
Scope and content

Greeting card entitled 'True sympathy is sorrow's silver lining' sent by Hugh Campbell to his mother Margaret Campbell, wishing her happiness for Christmas and the New Year.

Description
1 greeting card
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Greeting card (1916-1919)

Unit ID
30693/27
Item title
Greeting card
Date
1916-1919
Scope and content

Greeting card entitled 'Remembrance' sent by Hugh Campbell, to his uncle Jack Campbell, wishing him 'god speed'.

Description
1 greeting card
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Memorial card (14 May 1918)

Unit ID
30693/28
Item title
Memorial card
Date
14 May 1918
Scope and content

Memorial card for Sergeant James McLean Stafford, 47th Infantry Battalion, who was killed in action, France, 5 April 1918.

Description
1 memorial card
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Memorial card (27 July 1964)

Unit ID
30693/29
Item title
Memorial card
Date
27 July 1964
Scope and content

Memorial card issued by Hugh Campbell after the death of his wife Ada Blanche Campbell (nee Caflisch), 27 July 1964, age 77.

Description
1 memorial card
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Military order (17 January 1919)

Unit ID
30693/31
Item title
Military order
Date
17 January 1919
Scope and content

Typed memorandum to Headquarters, Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverell, requesting 2nd Lieutenant Campbell to report to the embarkation officer, Southampton, to proceed overseas to return to his unit.

Description
1 memorandum
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Movement order (9 March 1919)

Unit ID
30693/32
Item title
Movement order
Date
9 March 1919
Scope and content

Movement order for 1 officer, 3rd Australian Division Engineers giving authority to travel to Australian Base Depot, Le Havre, France.

Description
1 memorandum
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Certificate of education (24 May 1916)

Unit ID
30693/33
Item title
Certificate of education
Date
24 May 1916
Scope and content

Certificate certifying that Sapper Hugh Campbell has passed an examination for the rank of Corporal.

Description
1 certificate
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Certificate of education (7 August 1919)

Unit ID
30693/34
Item title
Certificate of education
Date
7 August 1919
Scope and content

Certificate noting that Lieutenant Hugh Campbell has completed a course of Advanced Book-keeping.

Description
1 certificate
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Letter (7 December 1964)

Unit ID
30693/35
Item title
Letter
Date
7 December 1964
Scope and content

Letter from Supreme Court Justice Mostyn Hanger, to Hugh Campbell, congratulating him for carrying on the work of his late wife

Author / Creator
Mostyn Hanger, Sir, 1908-1980
Description
1 letter

Account (27 November 1918)

Unit ID
30693/36
Item title
Account
Date
27 November 1918
Scope and content

Invoice and receipt for puttees and gloves, ordered by cadet Hugh Campbell from military tailor Ernest Randall, Newark.

Description
1 invoice (& receipt)

Receipt (1 August 1929)

Unit ID
30693/37
Item title
Receipt
Date
1 August 1929
Scope and content

Receipt for professional services provided by Dr H. Stanley Waters, to Hugh Campbell, Enoggera.

Description
1 receipt

Account (9 January 1930)

Unit ID
30693/38
Item title
Account
Date
9 January 1930
Scope and content

Invoice and receipt for binding 'Contralto Songs' made out to Mr H Campbell from printers and binders Powells & Pughs Limited, Brisbane.

Description
1 invoice (& receipt)

Account (16 September 1942)

Unit ID
30693/39
Item title
Account
Date
16 September 1942
Scope and content

Invoice and receipt for accommodation at the Hotel Corones, Charleville, made out to Mrs Campbell.

Description
1 invoice (& receipt)
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Series 6: Ephemera (Hugh Campbell) (1914-1940)

Series number
6
Series title
Ephemera (Hugh Campbell)
Date
1914-1940
Scope and content

Savings bank books, newspaper clippings, poems, family history, military ephemera, souvenir menu and programs.

Description
1 folder
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Aircraft fragment and medal ribbon (April 1918)

Unit ID
30693/40
Item title
Aircraft fragment and medal ribbon
Date
April 1918
Scope and content

Unrelated envelope containing fragment of fuselage and medal ribbon, purported to have been taken from the aircraft of Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, known as the Red Baron, after it had been shot down on 21 April 1918 while flying over Morlancourt Ridge, near the Somme River, France.

Description
1 fragment (& ribbon)
Additional format
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Clipping (1915)

Unit ID
30693/41
Item title
Clipping
Date
1915
Scope and content

Newspaper clipping entitled 'The Kaiser's Prayer' published in 1915.

Description
1 newspaper clipping

Clipping (8 October 1915)

Unit ID
30693/42
Item title
Clipping
Date
8 October 1915
Scope and content

Newspaper clipping entitled 'The Charge of the Third Brigade' published in the Brisbane Courier. The article is a poem written by Corporal Ben Clark about the landing of Australian troops at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli.

Description
1 newspaper clipping

Clipping (18 January 1928)

Unit ID
30693/43
Item title
Clipping
Date
18 January 1928
Scope and content

Newspaper clipping entitled 'Death of German Airman' published in The Telegraph (Brisbane). It describes the story of an eye-witness, Hugh Campbell who saw the incident in April 1918.

Description
1 newspaper clipping

Clipping (1964)

Unit ID
30693/44
Item title
Clipping
Date
1964
Scope and content

Newspaper clipping entitled 'Who saw the Baron killed?' requesting eyewitness to the death of Baron von Richtoften in France in April 1918.

Description
1 newspaper clipping

Patriotic ribbon (28 July 1916)

Unit ID
30693/45
Item title
Patriotic ribbon
Date
28 July 1916
Scope and content

Fragments of a silk patriotic fundraising ribbon: Australia Day Anniversary, Adelaide, July 28th 1916.

Description
1 ribbon
Additional format
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Art work (1916)

Unit ID
30693/46
Item title
Art work
Date
1916
Scope and content

Small art work in water-colour, depicting the River Nile, a local sailing vessel and the Pyramids in the back ground.

Description
1 art work
Additional format
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Art work (1916)

Unit ID
30693/47
Item title
Art work
Date
1916
Scope and content

Small art work in water-colour, depicting women filling water vessels probably at the River Nile.

Description
1 art work
Additional format
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Art work (1916)

Unit ID
30693/48
Item title
Art work
Date
1916
Scope and content

Small art work in water-colour, depicting a palm grove on the banks of the River Nile with the Pyramids in the back ground.

Description
1 art work
Additional format
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Soldiers paybook (17 July 1916-28 January 1917)

Unit ID
30693/49
Item title
Soldiers paybook
Date
17 July 1916-28 January 1917
Scope and content

Corporal Hugh Campbell's pay book detailing monies payed to him whilst on active service from 17 July 1916 to January 1917.

Description
1 paybook

Soldiers paybook (31 July 1917-3 January 1919)

Unit ID
30693/50
Item title
Soldiers paybook
Date
31 July 1917-3 January 1919
Scope and content

Lieutenant Hugh Campbell's pay book detailing monies payed to him whilst on active service from 31 July 1916 to 9 January 1919

Description
1 paybook

Soldiers paybook (30 January 1919-26 September 1919)

Unit ID
30693/51
Item title
Soldiers paybook
Date
30 January 1919-26 September 1919
Scope and content

Lieutenant Hugh Campbell's pay book detailing monies payed to him whilst on active service from 30 January 1919 to 26 August 1919

Description
1 paybook

Savings book (1918-1919)

Unit ID
30693/52
Item title
Savings book
Date
1918-1919
Scope and content

Queensland Government Savings Bank, pass book in the name of Hugh Campbell and his brother William, opened on 24th April 1918

Description
1 bankbook

Postcard booklet (1914-1919)

Unit ID
30693/53
Item title
Postcard booklet
Date
1914-1919
Scope and content

Booklet of unused postcards 'Correspondance Militaire Carte Postal' featuring a sketch of allied flags mounted on a field artillery gun.

Description
1 booklet

Paybook receipt (8 August 1919)

Unit ID
30693/54
Item title
Paybook receipt
Date
8 August 1919
Scope and content

Paybook receipt issued to Hugh Campbell on board SS Themistocles on his return voyage to Australia

Description
1 receipt

Folder of postcards (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/55
Item title
Folder of postcards
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

Book of unused postcards entitled '20 Nice Artistic Views from Cairo' produced by the Cairo Postcard Trust, Cairo.

Description
1 booklet

Prevention of "Trench Feet" and Frostbite (8 November 1916)

Unit ID
30693/56
Item title
Prevention of "Trench Feet" and Frostbite
Date
8 November 1916
Scope and content

Notecard entitled 'Prevention of "Trench Feet" and Frostbite' issued to Australian soldiers during the First World War.

Description
1 card

Ration book (18 December 1918)

Unit ID
30693/57
Item title
Ration book
Date
18 December 1918
Scope and content

Leave or Duty Ration book, for soldier or sailor, issued to cadet Hugh Campbell for use whilst on leave 18.12.1918 to 3.1.1919 in England. Several of the coupons have been removed.

Description
1 booklet

Ration book (3 January 1919)

Unit ID
30693/58
Item title
Ration book
Date
3 January 1919
Scope and content

Leave or Duty Ration book, for soldier or sailor, issued to 2nd Lieutenant Hugh Campbell for use whilst on leave 3.1.1919 to 6.1.1919 in England. Many of the coupons have been removed.

Description
1 booklet
Additional format
Digital copy available

Anniversary souvenir (25 March 1909)

Unit ID
30693/59
Item title
Anniversary souvenir
Date
25 March 1909
Scope and content

Silver (25th) Anniversary Report of the inauguration and progress of the Loyal Prince George Lodge, no.28, Queensland Branch. Multi-paged booklet, showing images of the founding members and detailing the branch activities since its inauguration in 1892.

Description
1 booklet
Additional format
Digital copy available

Toast list (13 July 1918)

Unit ID
30693/60
Item title
Toast list
Date
13 July 1918
Scope and content

Illustrated toast list for attendees at the 'Presentation of Certificates to our returned soldiers and Unveiling of Honour Board', held at the Council chambers for the Shire of Enoggera.

Description
1 menu
Additional format
Digital copy available

Menu (25 December 1918)

Unit ID
30693/61
Item title
Menu
Date
25 December 1918
Scope and content

Illustrated menu and toast list for the third annual Christmas Dinner, 1918 for 11th Field Company Engineers, No. 3 Section.

Description
1 menu
Additional format
Digital copy available

Receipt (4 October 1918)

Unit ID
30693/62
Item title
Receipt
Date
4 October 1918
Scope and content

Receipt for life insurance premium, payable for Hugh Campbell.

Description
1 receipt

Demobilisation card (16 April 1919)

Unit ID
30693/63
Item title
Demobilisation card
Date
16 April 1919
Scope and content

Demobilisation movement card for Hugh Campbell, 11th Field Company Engineers, giving notice to proceed to England for repatriation to Australia

Description
1 card
Additional format
Digital copy available

London leave (1914-1919)

Unit ID
30693/64
Item title
London leave
Date
1914-1919
Scope and content

Brochure provided for Australian soldiers whilst on leave in London. It details accommodation, entertainment and includes a map of London. There are two copies.

Description
1 brochure (folded)
Additional format
Digital copy available

Leaflet (November 1916)

Unit ID
30693/65
Item title
Leaflet
Date
November 1916
Scope and content

Leaflet entitled 'A message to the men of the Third Australian Division' from Major General John Monash, calling upon their courage and perseverance as they are about to embark for service in France.

Description
1 leaflet
Additional format
Digital copy available

Order of service (20 May 1910)

Unit ID
30693/66
Item title
Order of service
Date
20 May 1910
Scope and content

Order of service, Citizens Memorial Service for his late Majesty King Edward VII held in the Exhibition Showgrounds, Brisbane.

Description
1 pamphlet

Sports program (12 August 1916)

Unit ID
30693/67
Item title
Sports program
Date
12 August 1916
Scope and content

Program of events held during the Brightlingsea Naval & Military Sports, Bayard Recreation Ground, Brightlingsea, Essex.

Description
1 program
Additional format
Digital copy available

Menu (25 December 1917)

Unit ID
30693/68
Item title
Menu
Date
25 December 1917
Scope and content

Illustrated menu and toast list for Christmas Dinner, 1917 for 11th Field Company Engineers.

Description
1 menu
Additional format
Digital copy available

Program (26 June 1919)

Unit ID
30693/69
Item title
Program
Date
26 June 1919
Scope and content

Program for concert party held by members of the 3rd Australian Division, on board HMAT Themistocles enroute to Australia.

Description
1 program
Additional format
Digital copy available

Study notes (4 April 1918)

Unit ID
30693/70
Item title
Study notes
Date
4 April 1918
Scope and content

Study notes for cadets attending the Royal Engineer Officer Cadet Battalion school, held at Kelham Hall, Newark in April 1918.

Description
1 booklet
Additional format
Digital copy available

The Kaiser's despair (1914)

Unit ID
30693/71
Item title
The Kaiser's despair
Date
1914
Scope and content

Propaganda leaflet published in the guise the Last Will and Testament of the Kaiser, the German Emperor in 1914.

Description
1 leaflet
Additional format
Digital copy available

Newspaper clipping (1916)

Unit ID
30693/72
Item title
Newspaper clipping
Date
1916
Scope and content

Newspaper clipping entitled "Wounded soldiers entertained at Brightlingsea". A seaside town in Essex that hosted many allied soldiers during the First World War.

Description
1 clipping

Newspaper clipping (August 1916)

Unit ID
30693/73
Item title
Newspaper clipping
Date
August 1916
Scope and content

Newspaper clipping entitled "Naval & Military Sports at Brightlingsea", where Australian soldiers and sailors competed for the prize of a silver cup. It was won by the 11th Australian Field Company Engineers.

Description
1 clippping

Newspaper clipping (7 September 1916)

Unit ID
30693/74
Item title
Newspaper clipping
Date
7 September 1916
Scope and content

Newspaper clipping entitled "Everybody happy at Brightlingsea". It describes the military concert organised by Corporal McGrath, 11th Field Company Engineers, held in Forester's Hall, Brightlingsea, Essex.

Description
1 clipping

Poem (22 September 1914)

Unit ID
30693/75
Item title
Poem
Date
22 September 1914
Scope and content

A typescript poem entitled "The Bargees of the Baltic and the Butchers of the Belgians" by Tom Bowling.

Description
1 poem
Additional format
Digital copy available

Leaflet (7 July 1918)

Unit ID
30693/76
Item title
Leaflet
Date
7 July 1918
Scope and content

Leaflet detailing the French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau's visit to the 4th Australian Division's operations at Hamel on 7 July 1918 and his speech to the troops. He refers to the successful Hamel operation as 'not such a very great battle' - although it had cost 1,062 Australian casualties with 800 killed. 

Description
1 leaflet
Additional format
Digital copy available

In Flanders fields (1915)

Unit ID
30693/77
Item title
In Flanders fields
Date
1915
Scope and content

Hand written copy of poem entitled 'In Flanders Fields' which was originally written by Canadian Lieutenant Colonel John McRae in May 1915.

Description
1 poem

Canvas tag (1919)

Unit ID
30693/78
Item title
Canvas tag
Date
1919
Scope and content

Canvas tag printed on one side "Australian War Museums", repurposed on reverse with "Lt. H. Campbell, 39 Quota, Themistocles".

Description
1 tag
Additional format
Digital copy available

Score card (29-30 May 1919)

Unit ID
30693/79
Item title
Score card
Date
29-30 May 1919
Scope and content

Score card for 3 day cricket match between M.C.C. (Marylebone Cricket Club) and Yorkshire, held at Lord's ground, St Johns Wood, London, in May 1919.

Description
1 scorecard

The way of a butcher bird (1940)

Unit ID
30693/80
Item title
The way of a butcher bird
Date
1940
Scope and content

Leaflet issued by the Department of Information describing the history of the Prussian armies and the rise to power of Adolf Hitler.

Description
1 leaflet
Additional format
Digital copy available

Family history notes (undated)

Unit ID
30693/81
Item title
Family history notes
Date
undated
Scope and content

Campbell family history notes apparently gathered from articles published in The Queensland Times on 8 and 15 August 1914.

Description
1 folder

Membership card (13 November 1912)

Unit ID
30693/187
Item title
Membership card
Date
13 November 1912
Scope and content

Membership card #107443 for The Overseas Club, made out to Hugh Campbell. The club was a patrotic league formed in Australia in 1911.

Description
1 card
Additional format
Digital copy available

Bankbook (1930-1931)

Unit ID
30693/188
Item title
Bankbook
Date
1930-1931
Scope and content

Bank passbook in the name of Hugh Campbell, for an account at the Queensland National Bank, Brisbane detailing transactions from 3 January 1930 to 20 January 1931.

Description
1 bankbook

Bankbook (1908-1913)

Unit ID
30693/189
Item title
Bankbook
Date
1908-1913
Scope and content

Bank passbook in the name of Hugh Campbell, for an account at the Queensland Government Savings Bank, Brisbane, detailing transactions from January 1908 to August 1913.

Description
1 bankbook

Program (28 July 1906)

Unit ID
30693/190
Item title
Program
Date
28 July 1906
Scope and content

Official program for a football match between Queensland Football Team and Richmond River at Lismore Oval, NSW. The card is annotated with individual scores.

Description
1 program
Additional format
Digital copy available

Blotter book (undated)

Unit ID
30693/191
Item title
Blotter book
Date
undated
Scope and content

Book of blotters 'The Popular Plus Blotter Book' marked 'with the compliments of The Commonwealth Oil Refineries Ltd.'

Description
1 booklet

Menu (1916-1918)

Unit ID
30693/192
Item title
Menu
Date
1916-1918
Scope and content

Souvenir menu for the Henley Jetty Pavilion, Henley Beach, South Australia.

Description
1 menu

Poster (1920-1925)

Unit ID
30693/193
Item title
Poster
Date
1920-1925
Scope and content

Souvenir poster drawn by Sergeant F.G. Goss of the Australian Imperial Force and printed by J Graham Litho of London. The poster details the regimental colours of the Australian Divisions and Battalions, theatres of war Australians fought in, and the decorations that were awarded.

Description
1 poster (colour)
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OMCABINET Cabinet 4C/39-B4
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Series 7: Realia (1914-1940)

Series number
7
Series title
Realia
Date
1914-1940
Scope and content

Flags, wallet, badges etc. kept by Hugh Campbell following his service during the First World War.

Description
1 folder
Locate
OMOSBOX Box 20398 O/S
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Items in this series:

Handkerchief (1916-1919)

Unit ID
30693/82
Item title
Handkerchief
Date
1916-1919
Scope and content

White silk chiffon handkerchief with a folded cerise chiffon border. Embroidered in one corner are a spray of flowers, in the other are the words 'Souvenir of Egypt' together with a Union Jack, the French and Italian flags, and a red shield decorated with a crescent and three stars.

Description
1 handkerchief (silk)
Additional format
Digital copy available

Union Jack flag (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30693/83
Item title
Union Jack flag
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

Small Union Jack flag with ribbon ties; in the centre of the flag is the religious motif of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Description
1 flag
Additional format
Digital copy available

Australian Red Ensign flag (Undated)

Unit ID
30693/84
Item title
Australian Red Ensign flag
Date
Undated
Scope and content

Large Australian red ensign flag, with a white canvas hoist. A length of sisal rope is threaded through the hoist with metal fittings attached at either ends. The brick red body of the flag has been cut to allow the Union Jack and white stars of the Australian flag to be inserted using overcast stitching.

Description
1 flag
1800 x 900 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available

Wallet (1918)

Unit ID
30693/85
Item title
Wallet
Date
1918
Scope and content

Black leather wallet with envelope-style flap opening. The flap is printed in large green letters with 'The Aussie Wallet', below this, smaller lettering reads 'XMAS WISHES FROM AUSTRALIAN Y.M.C.A. 1918'. It most likely originally contained a yellow cardboard ration book and a red gift diary for 1919, published by the Australian Comforts Fund, also held in this collection.

Description
1 wallet
Additional format
Digital copy available

Feeding cup (Undated)

Unit ID
30693/86
Item title
Feeding cup
Date
Undated
Scope and content

Plain white china feeding cup, with handle and long pouring spout at right angles to each other. The cover has a Red Cross logo painted on it. The rim and mouth of the spout is decorated with a narrow gold border. This cup is believed to have been in the possession of Mrs Margaret Campbell, who assisted the Australian Red Cross Society during World War 1.

Description
1 cup
Additional format
Digital copy available

Female relative badge (1940)

Unit ID
30693/87
Item title
Female relative badge
Date
1940
Scope and content

Female Relative Badge with bar bearing a single star. The badge shows a map of Australia within two wreaths surmounted by a king's crown. Between the wreaths are the words 'TO THE WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA'. The reverse bears an impressed serial number 'N28179'. It is further marked 'ISSUED BY THE CWLTH GOVT G & E RODD 1940'. 

Description
1 badge
Additional format
Digital copy available

Female relative badge (1915-1919)

Unit ID
30693/88
Item title
Female relative badge
Date
1915-1919
Scope and content

A blue enamelled oval badge with the voided letters 'AIF'. The oval contains the words 'ISSUED BY DEPT OF DEFENCE TO WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA'. An enamelled scroll beneath this contains the words 'FOR DUTY DONE'. The badge is surmounted with a King's Crown and has a pin fastening on the back. The reverse is stamped with the maker's details and the number '136558'.

The Female Relative's Badge was issued to the wife and/or mother, or to the nearest female relative of, soldiers, nurses and masseurs who had left Australia for active service abroad during the First World War. This badge would have been associated with Mrs Margaret Campbell, whose son Hugh served with the 11th Field Company Engineers 1916-1919.

Description
1 badge
Additional format
Digital copy available

Name stamp (undated)

Unit ID
30693/243
Item title
Name stamp
Date
undated
Scope and content

Metal name stamp embossed with H. Campbell

Description
1 stamp
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Enamel brooch (undated)

Unit ID
30693/244
Item title
Enamel brooch
Date
undated
Scope and content

Small elliptical shaped enamel brooch with chain. 

Description
1 brooch
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Compass set (undated)

Unit ID
30693/194
Item title
Compass set
Date
undated
Scope and content

A drafting compass set, in its original box. Used for inscribing circles or arcs, also known as 'bow sets' the box contains 7 items of interchangeable parts.

Description
1 set
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Commemorative medals (1897-1901)

Unit ID
30693/195
Item title
Commemorative medals
Date
1897-1901
Scope and content

Three gold medals joined at the top with a metal ring. One is stamped 1897 Australia's Diamond Jubilee Celebration, two are stamped 1901 and commemorate the Federation of Australia, they were issued by the State of Queensland.

Description
1 set (medals)
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Military medal (1919)

Unit ID
30693/196
Item title
Military medal
Date
1919
Scope and content

The Victory Medal that was awarded to Lieutenant H. Campbell, A.I.F. One side is inscribed 'The Great War for Civilisation 1914-1919', the reverse depicts the winged figure of Victory. It is accompanied by the original ribbon of a 'two rainbow' design. The medal is impressed around the edge with Hugh Campbell's name.

Description
1 medal (with ribbon)
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

British War Medal (1920)

Unit ID
30693/197
Item title
British War Medal
Date
1920
Scope and content

The British War Medal that was awarded to Lieutenant H. Campbell, A.I.F. It was instituted by King George V in 1919 to mark the end of World War I and record the service given. The reverse side has an image of St George on horseback trampling underfoot the eagle shield of the Central Powers, and a skull and cross-bones, the emblems of death. The obverse shows an effigy of George V. It is impressed around the edge with Hugh Campbell's name. The medal is accompanied by the original ribbon of blue black, white and orange stripes.

Description
1 medal (with ribbon)
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Ribbon bar (undated)

Unit ID
30693/198
Item title
Ribbon bar
Date
undated
Scope and content

Ribbon medal bar belonging to Hugh Campbell who served in the First World War. Ribbon bars are used for displaying the awards for an individual when not wearing medals. 

Description
1 bar
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Aircraft fragment (24 September 1916)

Unit ID
30693/199
Item title
Aircraft fragment
Date
24 September 1916
Scope and content

Souvenired fragment of Zeppelin L33 that crash landed at New Hall Farm, Little Wigborough, in Essex on 24 September 1916. The German crew of L33 survived and became prisoners of war. The item is an 'L' shaped piece of aluminium alloy riveted together. Attached is a cardboard label which describes the dimensions of the Zepplin as: length 450 feet, breadth 50 feet, height 80 feet.

Description
1 fragment
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Bullet cartridge (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/200
Item title
Bullet cartridge
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

Spent cartridge souvenired by Hugh Campbell. Attached is a cardboard label which reads "This cartridge case is the … cartridge used by the firing party at the casualty death of […] of the 11th Coy [other words illegible].

Description
1 cartridge (with label)
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Bullets (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/201
Item title
Bullets
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

Three souvenired bullet tips, collected by Hugh Campbell from the field during the First World War.

Description
3 bullets
Additional format
Digital copies available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Artillery shell guard (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/202
Item title
Artillery shell guard
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

Copper device designed to fit on the base of a 18 pounder shell during storage and transit to protect the primer from accidental detonation. The device is stamped 18PR BSC and an S within a square and has a webbing strap as a handle. The 18 Pounder was the main field gun of British and Commonwealth Forces during the First World War.

Description
1 guard
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Artillery shell caps (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/203
Item title
Artillery shell caps
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

Brass nose caps from artillery shells used during the First World War, souvenired by Hugh Campbell in the field.

Description
6 caps (brass)
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Shrapnel ring (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/204
Item title
Shrapnel ring
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

Metal shrapnel ring, souvenired by Hugh Campbell in the field during the First World War.

Description
1 ring
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Brass box (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/205
Item title
Brass box
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

Brass heart-shaped box lined with blue velvet. Commonly known as 'trench art' items were made by soldiers, prisoners of war or civilians, from debris and by-products of warfare, usually associated with the First World War.

Description
1 box
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Belt (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/206
Item title
Belt
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

German soldier's leather belt with brass buckle which is inscribed with the words 'Furchtlos Und Trew' (Fearless and Loyal), souvenired by Hugh Campbell during the First World War.

Description
1 belt (leather)
Additional format
Digital copy available
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Folding cup (1912)

Unit ID
30693/207
Item title
Folding cup
Date
1912
Scope and content

Tin folding cup with cover & fold out handle, patented & dated Oct. 8, 1912. It measures  2.5" bottom diameter & 2.25" top diameter X 2.75" tall when opened. The item has 4 concentric ring sections that open out on each other to form the cup.

The bottom of cup is stamped "Patented Hero Trade Mark Oct. 8, 1912, and the cover is embossed with a German 'Iron' cross.

Description
1 cup
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Bracelet (1916)

Unit ID
30693/208
Item title
Bracelet
Date
1916
Scope and content

Silver coloured identification bracelet, oval shaped identity disc attached to a link chain bracelet with quick release hook. Impressed into the disc is the details of the wearer 'Cpl. H.CAMPBELL PRES. 9505 11TH FLD. COY. ENG.'

Description
1 bracelet
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Identity disc (1916)

Unit ID
30693/209
Item title
Identity disc
Date
1916
Scope and content

Silver coloured identity disc which has been engraved on the front with the details of the wearer '9505 Cpl Hugh Campbell 11 F coy Engrs AIF Pres'.

[Pres=Presbyterian]

The reverse is engraved with his next of kin 'Mrs M MacVan Campbell Enoggera Brisbane Q'

Description
1 disc
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Shoulder titles (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/210
Item title
Shoulder titles
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

One pair of brass 'Australia' shoulder titles worn by Lieutenant Hugh Campbell during the First World War.

Description
1 pair
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Military badge (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/211
Item title
Military badge
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

Corps of Engineers badge worn by Hugh Campbell during the First World War.

Description
1 badge
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Collar pin (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/212
Item title
Collar pin
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

Brass military badge in the form of a flaming grenade, with pin for attachment.

Description
1 badge
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Shrapnel (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/213
Item title
Shrapnel
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

Scored metal lengths of shrapnel, 125 mm long x 20 mm wide, souvenired by Hugh Campbell during the First World War.

Description
2 pieces
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Shrapnel fragments (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/214
Item title
Shrapnel fragments
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

Fragments of metal, presumably shrapnel, souvenired by Hugh Campbell during the First World War.

Description
fragments
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Military badges (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/215
Item title
Military badges
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

'Rising Sun' badges with a scroll inscribed with the words ‘Australian Commonwealth Military Forces’ which were worn by Hugh Campbell during the First World War.

Description
4 badges
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Officers pips, metal (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/216
Item title
Officers pips, metal
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

Metal officers pips, which would have been worn by Hugh Campbell as Lieutenant, during the First World War.

Description
6 badges (metal)
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Officers pips, cloth (1914-918)

Unit ID
30693/217
Item title
Officers pips, cloth
Date
1914-918
Scope and content

Cloth officers pips, which would have been worn by Hugh Campbell, during the First World War.

Description
4 badges (cloth)
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

RSSAILA badge (undated)

Unit ID
30693/218
Item title
RSSAILA badge
Date
undated
Scope and content

Returned Sailor's Soldier's Airmen's Imperial League (RSSAILA) / Returned & Services League of Australia (RSL) membership badge, no.Q53981 which belonged to Hugh Campbell.

Description
1 badge
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Australia Day badge (1916)

Unit ID
30693/219
Item title
Australia Day badge
Date
1916
Scope and content

Patriotic badge for Australia Day 1916 featuring the Australian red ensign flag and a kangaroo.

Description
1 badge
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Pin (undated)

Unit ID
30693/220
Item title
Pin
Date
undated
Scope and content

Patriotic pin featuring the Australian red ensign flag.

Description
1 pin
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

RSL badge (undated)

Unit ID
30693/221
Item title
RSL badge
Date
undated
Scope and content

Returned Services League, Services Member badge.

Description
1 badge
Additional format
Digital copy available
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Key (undated)

Unit ID
30693/222
Item title
Key
Date
undated
Scope and content

Small metal key, 40 mm attached to leather tag. Provenance unknown.

Description
1 key
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S

Padlock (undated)

Unit ID
30693/223
Item title
Padlock
Date
undated
Scope and content

Yale padlock with key, attached with leather strap.

Description
1 padlock (with key)
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OMOSBOX Box 20991 O/S
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Series 8: Diaries (Hugh Campbell) (1916-1919)

Series number
8
Series title
Diaries (Hugh Campbell)
Date
1916-1919
Scope and content

Diaries and notebooks kept by Hugh Campbell, 11th Field Company Engineers, during his service in the First World War.

Description
7 notebooks
Locate
OMBOX Box 20396
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Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright

Items in this series:

Notebook (1916-1919)

Unit ID
30693/89
Item title
Notebook
Date
1916-1919
Scope and content

Brown leather notebook and pencil used by Hugh Campbell, 11th Field Company Engineers to record training notes.

Included in the front pocket are: five South Australian railway tickets; receipt for a room dated 1917; and a newspaper clipping describing "Troops on the March" published in the Adelaide Advertiser, 6 May 1916.

Author / Creator
Campbell, Hugh Andrew Geraldton, 1885-1974
Description
1 notebook
Additional format
Digital copy available

Notebook (1916-1919)

Unit ID
30693/90
Item title
Notebook
Date
1916-1919
Scope and content

This notebook of quarter-inch graph paper, was used by Hugh Campbell, 11th Field Company Engineers, to record movements of soldiers in Sections 3 & 4 of his Company. It contains several loose pages as well as several sheets of carbon paper.

Author / Creator
Campbell, Hugh Andrew Geraldton, 1885-1974
Description
1 notebook

Notebook (1916-1919)

Unit ID
30693/91
Item title
Notebook
Date
1916-1919
Scope and content

Notebook belonging to Hugh Campbell, 11th Field Company Engineers, containing an assortment of papers, cuttings and receipts etc relating to his service in the First World War.

They include a booklet on Gas Defence; an unused leave pass W.3105; application for railway pass, Codford; a sketch of his accommodation, France; and newspaper clippings, one of which refers to the death of his younger brother William McCallum Park Campbell in 1942.

Author / Creator
Campbell, Hugh Andrew Geraldton, 1885-1974
Description
1 notebook
Additional format
Digital copy available

Diary (31 May 1916-2 November 1916)

Unit ID
30693/92
Item title
Diary
Date
31 May 1916-2 November 1916
Scope and content

Diary of Hugh Campbell, 11th Field Company Engineers relating details of his journey from Mitcham Camp, Port Adelaide to Devonport, England on the troopship SS Suevic, in 1916.

Author / Creator
Campbell, Hugh Andrew Geraldton, 1885-1974
Description
1 diary
Additional format
Digital copy available

Gas School notes (20 August 1917)

Unit ID
30693/93
Item title
Gas School notes
Date
20 August 1917
Scope and content

Handwritten notes kept by Hugh Campbell, 11th Field Company Engineers while attending 'Gas School' in 1917.

Author / Creator
Campbell, Hugh Andrew Geraldton, 1885-1974
Description
1 notebook
Additional format
Digital copy available

Gas School sketches (20 August 1917)

Unit ID
30693/94
Item title
Gas School sketches
Date
20 August 1917
Scope and content

Handwritten notes and sketches by Hugh Campbell, 11th Field Company Engineers, while attending 'Gas School' in 1917.

Author / Creator
Campbell, Hugh Andrew Geraldton, 1885-1974
Description
1 notebook
Additional format
Digital copy available

Diary (1919)

Unit ID
30693/95
Item title
Diary
Date
1919
Scope and content

Diary kept by Hugh Campbell, 11th Field Company Engineers, whilst serving overseas in 1919. Issued by the Australian Comforts Fund as a gift to soldiers.

Author / Creator
Campbell, Hugh Andrew Geraldton, 1885-1974
Description
1 diary
Additional format
Digital copy available
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Series 9: Published material (Hugh Campbell)

Series number
9
Series title
Published material (Hugh Campbell)
Scope and content

Items retained by Hugh Campbell chiefly relating to his service during the First World War with the 11th Field Company Engineers.

They included published works, trench blueprints, a cardboard model of a simple steam engine and newspaper clippings.

Description
1 folder
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Items in this series:

Engineering formulae (1916)

Unit ID
30693/96
Item title
Engineering formulae
Date
1916
Scope and content

'Pocket book of engineering formulae & memoranda for civil, mechanical and electrical engineers' by Sir Guildford L. Molesworth and Henry Bridges Molesworth, 27th edition; with an Electrical Supplement by Walter H. Molesworth, published E.& F.N. Spon, London, 1916.

Description
1 pocket book

Blueprints (1916)

Unit ID
30693/97
Item title
Blueprints
Date
1916
Scope and content

Ring binder of numbered blueprints, kept by Hugh Campbell while attending the School of Military Engineers, Brightlingsea, Essex in 1916.

Description
1 ring binder
Additional format
Digital copy available

Despatch (1918)

Unit ID
30693/98
Item title
Despatch
Date
1918
Scope and content

Despatch from Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, K.T., G.C.B., G.C.V.O., Commanding-in-Chief, British Armies in France : covering the period from 8th December 1917 to 30th April 1918

Description
1 despatch

There'll always be an England (1942)

Unit ID
30693/99
Item title
There'll always be an England
Date
1942
Scope and content

'There'll always be an England : address' /​ by A.E. Heath, 9th June 1942

Description
1 item

Soldier songs from Anzac (1916)

Unit ID
30693/100
Item title
Soldier songs from Anzac
Date
1916
Scope and content

Soldier songs from Anzac : written in the firing line /​ by Tom Skeyhill ; with introduction by J.W. McCay

Description
1 booklet

Unarmed action! (1942)

Unit ID
30693/101
Item title
Unarmed action!
Date
1942
Scope and content

'Unarmed action : a training handbook for the forces' / by Mickey Wood

Description
1 book (63 p.)

Cardboard model (1903)

Unit ID
30693/102
Item title
Cardboard model
Date
1903
Scope and content

Model no. 1 Complete simple steam engine fitted with 'D' slide valve.

Also present in the cardboard box are - a label on how to use the models and two leaflets advertising the publication of other models.

Cardboard working model for engineering students. Model No.1

Description
1 model
Additional format
Digital copy available

Newspaper clippings (1916-1919)

Unit ID
30693/103
Item title
Newspaper clippings
Date
1916-1919
Scope and content

Newspaper clippings kept by Hugh Campbell, 11th Field Company Engineers. 1. 'The Old Way' a poem by Ronald A Hopwood, The Times, 16.9.1916; 2. 'Diary of the war' The Times 4.8.1917; 3. 'Seven months of fighting in France' The Times, 1.9.1918; 4. 'Seven months of fighting in France. Ypres and Passchendaele', The Times, 10.1.1918; 5. 'Peace Souvenir', Brisbane Courier 18.7.1919.

Description
5 clippings

Working models for engineering students (1901)

Unit ID
30693/224
Item title
Working models for engineering students
Date
1901
Scope and content

Working models for engineering students; engine slide valves, series no.1 & no.2. Published by the authors Thomas Jones and T. Gilbert Jones. It consists of a box of 8 cardboard models and booklet of notes. Included are two leaflets advertising publication of other models.

Description
8 models (booklet of notes)
Additional format
Digital copy available
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Series 10: Maps (Hugh Campbell)

Series number
10
Series title
Maps (Hugh Campbell)
Scope and content

Maps collected by Hugh Campbell, 11th Field Company Engineers while serving overseas in the First World War.

Description
1 folder
Locate
OMOSBOX Box 20311 O/S A3
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright

Items in this series:

Pocket map of Paris (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/104
Item title
Pocket map of Paris
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

Colour map produced by the 'Daily Mail' during the First World War, showing the railway routes, major attractions and the location of the British Army & navy Leave Club.

Description
1 map
300 x 250 mm

Transport guide (undated)

Unit ID
30693/105
Item title
Transport guide
Date
undated
Scope and content

Tramways de paris. Couleurs-Guide. Colour guide to the railways and bus routes of Paris. It includes a letter/number scale on the reverse. Printed by Vaugirard, Paris.

Description
1 guide
495 x 290 mm

Map, Vaire Wood (24 July 1918)

Unit ID
30693/106
Item title
Map, Vaire Wood
Date
24 July 1918
Scope and content

Coloured map 1:20,000 showing trenches marked in red through Vaire Wood, near Hamel, France. Parts of 62 [degrees] NE & 62 [degrees] S.E. the map was prepared by the Corps Topo Section, with trenches corrected to 24.7.1918.

Description
1 map (scale 1:20,000)
330 x 390 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available

Map, Gapaard (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/107
Item title
Map, Gapaard
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

Coated textile map, showing hand-drawn defence and communication trenches, possibly an air-observers map, of Gapaard north west of Messines, France.

Description
1 map
410 x 225 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available

Map, Aubigny (1914-1918)

Unit ID
30693/108
Item title
Map, Aubigny
Date
1914-1918
Scope and content

Map to scale 1:20,000 featuring Aubigny, Corbie, Le Neuville, Bonnay, Somme River. Marked secret. Annotated with red ink.

Description
1 map ( scale 1:20,000)
330 x 200 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available
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Series 11: Certificates (Hugh Campbell) (1912-1922)

Series number
11
Series title
Certificates (Hugh Campbell)
Date
1912-1922
Scope and content

Certificates & memoranda relating to Hugh Campbell.

Description
1 folder
Locate
OMOSBOX Box 20311 O/S A3
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Items in this series:

Certificate for Special Constables (1912)

Unit ID
30693/109
Item title
Certificate for Special Constables
Date
1912
Scope and content

Mounted illuminated certificate given to Hugh Campbell recognising his service as Special Constable for the City of Brisbane during the 1912 strike.

Description
1 certificate
Additional format
Digital copy available

Commission (11 April 1919)

Unit ID
30693/110
Item title
Commission
Date
11 April 1919
Scope and content

Mounted paper certificate confirming the commission of Hugh Campbell as Second Lieutenant, Defence Force of the Commonwealth, 3 January 1919. The certificate is authorized by King George V.

Description
1 certificate
Additional format
Digital copy available

Commission (14 June 1922)

Unit ID
30693/111
Item title
Commission
Date
14 June 1922
Scope and content

Mounted paper certificate confirming the commission of Hugh Campbell as Second Lieutenant, Defence Force of the Commonwealth, 14 June 1922. The certificate is authorized by the Governor-General, Henry William, Baron Forster.

[Hugh Campbell was in fact commissioned as a Lieutenant in April 1919].

Description
1 certificate
Additional format
Digital copy available

Proclamation (12 November 1918)

Unit ID
30693/173
Item title
Proclamation
Date
12 November 1918
Scope and content

Queensland Government Gazette. Extraordinary, VCX1 No.191 Notification that Germany has signed the Armistice with the Allies, and that the war has ended.

Description
1 proclamation
Additional format
Digital copy available

Certificate for service (1919)

Unit ID
30693/112
Item title
Certificate for service
Date
1919
Scope and content

Certificate awarded to Mrs Margaret Campbell by the Australian Red Cross Society (B.R.C.S.) in recognition of five years service during "the Great War 1914 1919."

The upper half of the certificate depicts a red cross within a circle, on either side of which a young woman in a Red Cross pinafore is seated, engaged in knitting and needlework, and above which stands an Australian soldier holding a rifle with fixed bayonet. Signature at lower left of image: "Lik". The certificate is signed "Helen Munro Furguson".

Description
1 certificate
Additional format
Digital copy available
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Series 12: Photographs, postcards (Ada Campbell) (1912-1945)

Series number
12
Series title
Photographs, postcards (Ada Campbell)
Date
1912-1945
Scope and content

Photographs & postcards relating to Ada Blanche Campbell (nee Caflisch)

Description
1 folder
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732
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Items in this series:

Photograph (1935-1945)

Unit ID
30693/113
Item title
Photograph
Date
1935-1945
Scope and content

Colourised studio portrait of the "Landon Trio" Vaughan, Mary and Bernice, c1935-1945

Description
1 photograph (colourised)

Postcard (1914-1919)

Unit ID
30693/114
Item title
Postcard
Date
1914-1919
Scope and content

Group pictured in front of fund raising stall, two are dressed in Red Cross uniforms.

Description
1 postcard

Postcard (1 June 1917)

Unit ID
30693/115
Item title
Postcard
Date
1 June 1917
Scope and content

Portrait of Ethel Inez Caflisch, inscribed on rear "With love from Ethel 1:6:1917"

Author / Creator
Caflish, Ethel Inez
Description
1 postcard

Postcard (1912)

Unit ID
30693/116
Item title
Postcard
Date
1912
Scope and content

Studio portrait, probably of two Caflisch sisters, taken in Brisbane, 1912

Description
1 postcard
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Series 13: Correspondence (Ada Campbell) (1913-1944)

Series number
13
Series title
Correspondence (Ada Campbell)
Date
1913-1944
Scope and content

Correspondence kept by Ada Blanch Caflisch, later Campbell who was a teacher of music and singing in Brisbane, Queensland.

Description
1 folder
Locate
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Items in this series:

Envelope (undated)

Unit ID
30693/117
Item title
Envelope
Date
undated
Scope and content

Used lettergram envelope addressed to Miss Blanche Caflish, Colton Street, Highgate Hill

Description
1 envelope

Letter (21 October 1958)

Unit ID
30693/118
Item title
Letter
Date
21 October 1958
Scope and content

Letter to Ada Campbell, Enoggera from Deputy Director-General of Education, confirming her appointment of Teacher of Singing at the Queensland Conservatorium.

Description
1 letter

Letter (22 November 1961)

Unit ID
30693/119
Item title
Letter
Date
22 November 1961
Scope and content

Letter to Ada Campbell, Enoggera from Director-General of Education & chairman, Queensland Conservatorium, confirming her resignation as Teacher of Singing at the Queensland Conservatorium. The envelope is included.

Description
1 letter (+ envelope)

Letter (18 February 1965)

Unit ID
30693/120
Item title
Letter
Date
18 February 1965
Scope and content

Handwritten notes regarding Ada Blanche Campbell's estate. The envelope is included.

Description
1 letter (+ envelope)

Draft will (17 March 1944)

Unit ID
30693/121
Item title
Draft will
Date
17 March 1944
Scope and content

Draft, annotated, Last Will & Testament of Ada Blanche Campbell.

Author / Creator
Campbell, Ada Blanche
Description
1 will (draft)

The art of singing (undated)

Unit ID
30693/122
Item title
The art of singing
Date
undated
Scope and content

A typed extract from "The art of singing" by Arthur Cranmer, entitled 'Breathing'.

Author / Creator
Cranmer, Arthur
Description
1 extract

Greeting card (December 1915)

Unit ID
30693/123
Item title
Greeting card
Date
December 1915
Scope and content

Greeting card "with best of good wishes for Christmas and the coming year" from A.L. Caflisch, Lismore, N.S.W.

Description
1 card

Booklet (December 1913)

Unit ID
30693/124
Item title
Booklet
Date
December 1913
Scope and content

Greeting card/booklet entitled "Daily Guidance" sent to to Blanche, from Elane, Xmas 1913.

Description
1 booklet

Invitation (undated)

Unit ID
30693/125
Item title
Invitation
Date
undated
Scope and content

Invitation from Ada Campbell to attend a 'kitchen tea' for Gwen Campbell, 4 September [19--]

Description
1 invitation

Booklet

Unit ID
30693/126
Item title
Booklet
Scope and content

Booklet entitled "The pleasures of music" presented to Ada Campbell from Joni ? Ferguson.

Description
1 booklet

Greeting card (15 September 1961)

Unit ID
30693/127
Item title
Greeting card
Date
15 September 1961
Scope and content

Greeting card from Brenda Cordes, London to Ada Campbell. The card includes sprig of dried heather. The envelope is included.

Author / Creator
Cordes, Brenda
Description
1 card (+ envelope)
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Series 14: Ephemera (Ada Campbell)

Series number
14
Series title
Ephemera (Ada Campbell)
Scope and content

Certificates & memorabilia relating to Ada Blanche Campbell (nee Caflish).

Description
1 folder
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732; Box 20396
Access restrictions
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Items in this series:

Certificate of marriage (25 February 1920)

Unit ID
30693/128
Item title
Certificate of marriage
Date
25 February 1920
Scope and content

Certificate of Marriage issued to Hugh Campbell and Ada Caflisch, South Brisbane.

Description
1 certificate
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Certificate of examination (1902)

Unit ID
30693/129
Item title
Certificate of examination
Date
1902
Scope and content

Certificate of examinations in music, details of marks awarded to Ada B. Caflisch. A partial envelope is included.

Description
1 certificate
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Certificate of examination (1908)

Unit ID
30693/130
Item title
Certificate of examination
Date
1908
Scope and content

Certificate of examinations in music, details of marks awarded to Blanche Caflisch.

Description
1 certificate
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Certificate of examination (1908)

Unit ID
30693/131
Item title
Certificate of examination
Date
1908
Scope and content

Certificate of examinations in music, details of marks awarded to Ada Campbell.

Description
1 certificate
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Certificate of examination (1926)

Unit ID
30693/132
Item title
Certificate of examination
Date
1926
Scope and content

Licentiate examinated certificate awarded to Ada B. Campbell.

Description
1 certificate
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Certificate of examination (9 September 1901)

Unit ID
30693/133
Item title
Certificate of examination
Date
9 September 1901
Scope and content

Record of attendance and marks awarded to Ada Blanche Caflish for examination in Pianoforte Playing, at Temperance Hall, Edward Street, Brisbane.

Description
1 certificate
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Certificate of examination (7 June 1902)

Unit ID
30693/134
Item title
Certificate of examination
Date
7 June 1902
Scope and content

Record of attendance and marks awarded to Blanche Caflish in examination on Musical Knowledge, at Boys Central School, Edward Street, Brisbane.

Description
1 certificate
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Certificate of examination (19 August 1903)

Unit ID
30693/135
Item title
Certificate of examination
Date
19 August 1903
Scope and content

Record of attendance and marks awarded to Ada Blanche Caflish for examination in Pianoforte Playing, at Brisbane Technical College.

Description
1 certificate
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Certificate of examination (24 August 1908)

Unit ID
30693/136
Item title
Certificate of examination
Date
24 August 1908
Scope and content

Record of attendance and marks awarded to Ada Blanche Caflisch for examination in Musical Knowledge, at Brisbane Technical College.

Description
1 certificate
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Certificate of examination (1 December 1906)

Unit ID
30693/137
Item title
Certificate of examination
Date
1 December 1906
Scope and content

Record of attendance and marks awarded to Ada Blanche Caflisch for examination in Pianoforte Playing, at Brisbane Technical College.

Description
1 certificate
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Dance cards (undated)

Unit ID
30693/138
Item title
Dance cards
Date
undated
Scope and content

Three printed dance cards, two annotated.

Description
3 cards
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Ticket

Unit ID
30693/139
Item title
Ticket
Scope and content

Ticket issued to Ada B. Caflisch to attend the distribution of prizes and certificates, Brisbane Technical College.

Description
1 ticket
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Newspaper advertisement (undated)

Unit ID
30693/140
Item title
Newspaper advertisement
Date
undated
Scope and content

Unsourced newspaper clipping advertising the classes being held by Dorothy Brockway and Miss Caflisch.

Description
1 clipping
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Certificate of appointment (24 April 1917)

Unit ID
30693/141
Item title
Certificate of appointment
Date
24 April 1917
Scope and content

Certificate appointing Ada Caflsich as a Poll Clerk at 'Gospel Hall', Boundary Street, West End.

Description
1 certificate
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Choir register (1936)

Unit ID
30693/168
Item title
Choir register
Date
1936
Scope and content

Journal containing a register of members of the Metropolitan Choral Society, established 20 May 1936, entries continue until 1940.

Description
1 register
Locate
OMBOX Box 20396
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Series 15: Programs (Ada Campbell) (1915-1957)

Series number
15
Series title
Programs (Ada Campbell)
Date
1915-1957
Scope and content

Programs pertaining to events attended by Ada Blanche Campbell (nee Caflish).

Description
1 folder
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732; Box 20396
Access restrictions
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Items in this series:

Program (12 October 1907)

Unit ID
30693/142
Item title
Program
Date
12 October 1907
Scope and content

Program advertising 13th Recital by students of W.A. Caflisch, at his Academy of Music, Queen Street, Brisbane, featuring Laura Sisley.

Description
1 program
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Program (1 June 1916)

Unit ID
30693/143
Item title
Program
Date
1 June 1916
Scope and content

Program advertising a performance by the English Pierrots, Perth, W.A.

Description
1 program
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Program (1915)

Unit ID
30693/144
Item title
Program
Date
1915
Scope and content

Program advertising dance classes, held by Blanche Caflisch, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane.

Description
1 program
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Program (1925)

Unit ID
30693/145
Item title
Program
Date
1925
Scope and content

Program for the performance of compositions for two voices and two pianos, featuring Beatrice Pugh, Blanche Campbell, Archie Day and Jack Ellis, directed by Fred Holmer, held at Albert Hall, Brisbane.

Description
1 program
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Program (21 September 1930)

Unit ID
30693/146
Item title
Program
Date
21 September 1930
Scope and content

Program advertising an Organ Recital and Sacred Concert, held at the West End Methodist Church, Vulture Street, South Brisbane.

Artists include: R.J. Archibald, Ada Campbell, Beatrice Pugh, R.L. Wishart & Eric Bailey.

Description
1 program
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Program (16 April 1929)

Unit ID
30693/147
Item title
Program
Date
16 April 1929
Scope and content

Program advertising the First Subscription Concert season 1929 at the Town Hall, Ipswich, with Ada Campbell, R.E. Hancock, Beatrice Pugh, Dorothy Lamb, Marie Lethbridge & E. Hallewell.

Author / Creator
Blackstone-Ipswich Cambrian Choir
Description
1 program
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Playlist (17 July 1930)

Unit ID
30693/148
Item title
Playlist
Date
17 July 1930
Scope and content

Playlist of items broadcast, includes performing artist, composer and publisher.

Brisbane Apollo Club
Description
1 list
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Program (16 March 1932)

Unit ID
30693/149
Item title
Program
Date
16 March 1932
Scope and content

Program for the First Subscription Concert season 1932 at the Town Hall, Ipswich, with Beatrice Pugh, Blanche Campbell and Eric Hayne.

Author / Creator
Blackstone-Ipswich Cambrian Choir
Description
1 program
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Program (16 March 1932)

Unit ID
30693/150
Item title
Program
Date
16 March 1932
Scope and content

Program for the First Subscription Concert season 1932 at the Town Hall, Ipswich, with Beatrice Pugh, Blanche Campbell and Eric Hayne.

Description
1 program
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Presentation card (16 June 1934)

Unit ID
30693/151
Item title
Presentation card
Date
16 June 1934
Scope and content

Presentation card to Blanche Campbell featuring the image of Leonard Francis, conductor Blackstone-Ipswich Cambrian Choir.

Description
1 card
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Program (18 October 1935)

Unit ID
30693/152
Item title
Program
Date
18 October 1935
Scope and content

Program for a recital by students of Leonard Francis and Blanche Campbell, held at Albert Hall, Brisbane. There are two copies of this item.

Description
2 programs
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Program (24 November 1937)

Unit ID
30693/153
Item title
Program
Date
24 November 1937
Scope and content

Program for Initial Concert by Metropolitan Choral Society, Leonard Francis conductor, with Jean McLaren, Ray Jones & Ted Hallewell.

Description
1 program
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Invitation (16 August 1940)

Unit ID
30693/154
Item title
Invitation
Date
16 August 1940
Scope and content

Invitation for Hugh & Ada Campbell to attend the First Annual Ball, of the Musical Association of Queensland, held at 'The Trocadero' Queen Street, Brisbane.

Description
1 invitation
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Program (15 February 1957)

Unit ID
30693/155
Item title
Program
Date
15 February 1957
Scope and content

Program for Song and Piano Recital, by Jan Delpratt, Judith Heck, James Christiansen & Josephine Gilbert, held in Brisbane and Warwick

Description
1 program
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Program (24 November 1949)

Unit ID
30693/156
Item title
Program
Date
24 November 1949
Scope and content

Program for Vocal Recital by students of Blanche Campbell, assisted by Maud Eichstadt and Elva, John & Barry Wiley, held Brisbane City Hall.

Description
1 program
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732

Program (9 November 1928)

Unit ID
30693/157
Item title
Program
Date
9 November 1928
Scope and content

Children's Concert program, held at Enoggera Memorial School of Arts.

Description
1 program
Locate
OMBOX Box 20396

Program (4 November 1927)

Unit ID
30693/225
Item title
Program
Date
4 November 1927
Scope and content

Children's Concert program, held at Enoggera Memorial School of Arts.

Description
1 program
Locate
OMOSBOX Box 20311 O/S A3
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Series 16: Clippings (Ada Campbell)

Series number
16
Series title
Clippings (Ada Campbell)
Scope and content

Newspaper clippings relating to Ada Blanche Campbell (nee Caflish) 

Description
1 folder
Locate
OMBOX Box 20732
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Conditions of use
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Items in this series:

Newspaper clipping (30 August 1933)

Unit ID
30693/158
Item title
Newspaper clipping
Date
30 August 1933
Scope and content

Newspaper clipping from Northern Star, Lismore, N.S.W. regarding disputed adjudication of City of Sydney Eisteddfod, 1933.

Description
1 clipping

Newspaper clipping (6 April 1931)

Unit ID
30693/159
Item title
Newspaper clipping
Date
6 April 1931
Scope and content

Newspaper clipping from The Telegraph, regarding challenge to result of Grand Choral Contest, Brisbane Eisteddfod, 1930.

Description
1 clipping

Newspaper clipping (23 October 1930)

Unit ID
30693/160
Item title
Newspaper clipping
Date
23 October 1930
Scope and content

Playlist for items broadcast by radio station 4QG, Thursday 23 October 1930. 

Description
1 clipping

Newspaper clipping (3 November 1930)

Unit ID
30693/161
Item title
Newspaper clipping
Date
3 November 1930
Scope and content

Playlist for items broadcast by radio station 4QG, Monday 3 November 1930. 

Description
1 clipping

Newspaper clippings (March 1930)

Unit ID
30693/162
Item title
Newspaper clippings
Date
March 1930
Scope and content

Loose pages of scrapbook which hold newspaper clippings relating to the "Art of Singing" by Dame Nellie Melba.

Description
1 clipping

Newspaper clipping (1955)

Unit ID
30693/163
Item title
Newspaper clipping
Date
1955
Scope and content

Newspaper clipping advising Janet Delpratt awarded University of Queensland Music Scholarship for 1955.

Description
1 clipping

Newspaper clipping (1964)

Unit ID
30693/164
Item title
Newspaper clipping
Date
1964
Scope and content

Notice regarding the estate of the late Ada Blanche Campbell, Courier Mail, Brisbane.

Description

Newspaper clipping (1964)

Unit ID
30693/165
Item title
Newspaper clipping
Date
1964
Scope and content

Funeral notice for Ada Blanche Campbell, to be held at Mt Thompson Crematorium.

Description
1 clipping

Newspaper clipping (29 July 1967)

Unit ID
30693/166
Item title
Newspaper clipping
Date
29 July 1967
Scope and content

Item entitled "Teacher's funeral" describes arrangements for the funeral of Ada Blanche Campbell, "State's leading singing teacher".

Description
1 clipping

Newspaper clipping (1976)

Unit ID
30693/167
Item title
Newspaper clipping
Date
1976
Scope and content

Item entitled "A look at Ipswich's history" describes the Campbell family as the first free settlers of Ipswich.

Description
1 clipping
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Series 17: Published material (Ada Campbell)

Series number
17
Series title
Published material (Ada Campbell)
Description
1 folder
Locate
OMBOX Box 20396
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Items in this series:

Map of of Ipswich (undated)

Unit ID
30693/169
Item title
Map of of Ipswich
Date
undated
Scope and content

Map with index to streets, City of Ipswich, published by RACQ, undated.

Description
1 map

List of members (7 August 1931)

Unit ID
30693/170
Item title
List of members
Date
7 August 1931
Scope and content

List of members and their addresses, 3rd Conference of Music Teachers of Queensland, 1931.

Description
1 list

Register of teachers (1948)

Unit ID
30693/171
Item title
Register of teachers
Date
1948
Scope and content

Register of Qualified Teachers of Music, in Queensland, includes several loose inserts, new members.

Description
1 register

Program (28 July 1949)

Unit ID
30693/172
Item title
Program
Date
28 July 1949
Scope and content

Souvenir program of the first City of Brisbane, Eisteddfod held between 29 July and 6 August 1949.

Description
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Series 18: Photographs (Donald Campbell) (1943-1946)

Series number
18
Series title
Photographs (Donald Campbell)
Date
1943-1946
Scope and content

Photographs relating to the service of Donald Campbell with the Royal Australian Navy on board HMAS Parkes, during the Second World War.

Donald McCallum Campbell (1926-2011)

Description
1 folder
Locate
OMBOX Box 13220
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access

Items in this series:

Donald McCallum Campbell (1943)

Unit ID
30693/226
Item title
Donald McCallum Campbell
Date
1943
Scope and content

Studio portrait of Ordinary Seaman Donald McCallum Campbell.

Description
1 photograph
Additional format
Digital copy available

F.N.D. Regatta Winners (November 1943)

Unit ID
30693/227
Item title
F.N.D. Regatta Winners
Date
November 1943
Scope and content

F.N.D. Regatta Winners, 87 Class taken at the naval base HMAS Cerberus, Victoria. There are sixteen signatures on the mount: Leiton Paul Ducat, C. Tanner, M. Patrick, K.M. Jones, T.H. Golan, M.L. Byrne, W. Harris, A.A. Smith, Alexander Harold Rohrlach, R.J. Somerville, [?] Holman, E.R. Pritchard, A.R. Hay, Raymond George Chitty, W.R. Jones, L.R. Scott.

Description
1 photograph
Additional format
Digital copy available

Patriotic parade (1943-1946)

Unit ID
30693/228
Item title
Patriotic parade
Date
1943-1946
Scope and content

Patriotic parade showing large contingent of naval personnel.

Description
1 photograph
Additional format
Digital copy available

Naval recruits (1943-1946)

Unit ID
30693/229
Item title
Naval recruits
Date
1943-1946
Scope and content

Informal portrait of five naval recruits.

Description
1 photograph
Additional format
Digital copy available

Portrait of Private Harold James Ferson (1941)

Unit ID
30693/230
Item title
Portrait of Private Harold James Ferson
Date
1941
Scope and content

Portrait of Private Harold James Ferson QX18088.

Ferson enlisted in the second AIF, 7 May 1941, age 21. Assigned to the 2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion he served in the Middle East, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Indonesia and North Borneo. He was discharged in April 1946.

Description
1 photograph
Additional format
Digital copy available

Photographs (1941)

Unit ID
30693/231
Item title
Photographs
Date
1941
Scope and content

Images taken by Able Seaman Donald Campbell while serving on HMAS Parkes.

Launched in October 1943, Parkes was one of sixty minesweepers build during World War II. It was commissioned in May 1944, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Norris O. Vidgen and escorted convoys between Thursday Island and Darwin. Later the ship visited Dutch New Guinea and Timor. It was decommissioned in 1945 at Fremantle.

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Series 19: Certificates (Donald Campbell) (1943-1946)

Series number
19
Series title
Certificates (Donald Campbell)
Date
1943-1946
Scope and content

Certificates relating to the service of Donald Campbell in the Royal Australian Navy.

Description
1 folder
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OMBOX Box 13220
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Certificate of Service (1943-1946)

Unit ID
30693/232
Item title
Certificate of Service
Date
1943-1946
Scope and content

Certificate of Service for Donald McCallum Campbell in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve during the Second World War.

Description
1 certificate

Record of qualification (1943-1944)

Unit ID
30693/233
Item title
Record of qualification
Date
1943-1944
Scope and content

Record of examinations and qualifications for Donald Campbell during his service with the Royal Australian Naval Reserve.

Description
1 certificate
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Series 20: Published material (Donald Campbell) (1942-1943)

Series number
20
Series title
Published material (Donald Campbell)
Date
1942-1943
Scope and content

Newspaper clipping, handbook and booklet collected by Donald Campbell RAN.

Description
1 folder
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OMBOX Box 13220
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Conditions of use
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Newspaper clipping (14 November 1942)

Unit ID
30693/234
Item title
Newspaper clipping
Date
14 November 1942
Scope and content

Newspaper article entitled 'Fuzzy wuzzy angels of Kokoda Track' regarding the special comforts being sent to New Guinea in their aid.

Description
1 clipping

Handbook for practical seamanship (1944)

Unit ID
30693/235
Item title
Handbook for practical seamanship
Date
1944
Scope and content

Handbook for practical seamanship, entitled '1,000 questions & answers in practical seamanship' published in 1944 and authored by John Mclean, Chief Petty Officer, D.S.M., M.S.M.

Description
1 handbook

Victoria Cross recipients (1942)

Unit ID
30693/236
Item title
Victoria Cross recipients
Date
1942
Scope and content

Booklet published in England in 1942 giving biographical details for recipients of the Victoria Cross, up until the end of April 1942.

Description
1 booklet
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Series 21: Narratives (Donald Campbell) (2006)

Series number
21
Series title
Narratives (Donald Campbell)
Date
2006
Scope and content

Narratives authored by Leiton Ducat relating to service in the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War.

Description
1 folder
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OMBOX Box 13220
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Before I forget (2006)

Unit ID
30693/237
Item title
Before I forget
Date
2006
Scope and content

Reminiscences entitled 'Before I forget'  by Leiton Ducat a long-term friend of Donald Campbell. They enlisted together in the Australian Navy on their 17th birthdays and served on HMAS Parkes during the Second World War.

Author / Creator
Ducat, Leiton
Description
1 narrative (1 page)

As I remember it (2006)

Unit ID
30693/238
Item title
As I remember it
Date
2006
Scope and content

Reminiscences by Leiton Ducat of his service on the minesweeper HMAS Parkes during the Second World War. entitled 'As I remember it, H.M.A.S. Parkes, J361'.

Author / Creator
Ductat, Leiton
Description
1 narrative (6 pages)
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Series 22: Medals (Donald Campbell)

Series number
22
Series title
Medals (Donald Campbell)
Scope and content

Service medals issued to Donald Campbell, RAN following his service with the Australian Armed Forces during the Second World War.

Description
1 folder
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OMBOX Box 20396
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Conditions of use
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Items in this series:

War Medal (1939-1945)

Unit ID
30693/239
Item title
War Medal
Date
1939-1945
Scope and content

War medal awarded to Donald Campbell following his service in the Armed Forces of the British Commonwealth during the Second World War.

The medal is made of cupro-nickel, with the crowned effigy of King George VI on the obverse. The reverse has a lion standing on a fallen dragon. The top of the reverse shows the dates 1939 and 1945.

The medal is impressed around the edge with Donald Campbell's name. There is no accompanying ribbon.

Description
1 military medal
Additional format
Digital copy available

Australian Service Medal (1939-1945)

Unit ID
30693/240
Item title
Australian Service Medal
Date
1939-1945
Scope and content

This medal was issued to Donald Campbell, in recognition of his membership of the Australian Armed Forces during the Second World War.

Made of nickel silver, with the crowned effigy of King George VI on the obverse, the reverse has the Australian coat of arms, surrounded by the words ‘THE AUSTRALIA SERVICE MEDAL 1939-1945.

The medal is impressed around the edge with Donald Campbell's name.

The medal is accompanied by a ribbon with colours of red, white and blue which represent the colours of the Union Flag.

Description
1 military medal (with ribbon)
Additional format
Digital copy available

Pacific Star Medal (1941-1945)

Unit ID
30693/241
Item title
Pacific Star Medal
Date
1941-1945
Scope and content

The Pacific Star medal awarded to Donald Campbell in recognition of his service in the Pacific Theatre of Operations between 8 December 1941 and 2 September 1945 during the Second World War.

There is no accompanying ribbon.

Description
1 military medal
Additional format
Digital copy available

1939-1945 Star Medal (1939-1945)

Unit ID
30693/242
Item title
1939-1945 Star Medal
Date
1939-1945
Scope and content

The 1939-1945 Star medal awarded to Donald Campbell following his service during the Second World War. The six–pointed star is yellow copper zinc alloy. The obverse has a central design of the Royal and Imperial cypher, surmounted by a crown. The cypher is surrounded by a circlet containing the words ‘The 1939-45 Star’.

There is no accompanying ribbon.

Description
1 military medal
Additional format
Digital copy available
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