Michael Treloar: The Paul Lucas Collection of Australian Military History - Part III, 103021, Adelaide SA

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 30, 2021 - October 30, 2021
Page Size: 199 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
128

[Troopship SS 'City of Exeter'] Souvenir. 52nd Quota AIF Concert Party. At Sea. 21st August 1919. Programme.... SS 'City of Exeter'.

1919 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
129

[Unknown Australian Officer] A vintage portrait photograph of an unknown officer.

Sydney [1917]. AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
130 [Victoria Cross] STORKEY VC, Captain Percy Valentine

Smoke Concert. Tendered by Napier Borough Council and Citizens of Napier, to Capt. P.V. Storkey VC. Municipal Theatre, Napier. Thursday, January 30th, 1919 ....

Napier 1919 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
132

[Victorian Musicians' Union] Victorian Musicians' Union Honor Rolls. Unveiled by His Excellency the Governor, Earl of Stradbroke and the Countess of Stradbroke, Sunday 13th November 1921. Souvenir [cover title].

Melbourne 1921 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
133 WADE-FERRELL, T.F.

In All Things Faithful. A History and Album of the 30th Battalion and New South Wales Scottish Regiment, 1885-1985.

Sydney 1986/ 1985. AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 48.00
136 WRIGHT, Ken Mackenzie

A Land fit for Heroes. The Story of the Soldier Settlement of Red Cliffs after World War 1.

Mildura 1995 AUD 40.00 - 60.00 AUD 36.00
137

[YMCA] A First World War Australian YMCA faux leather notebook folder, printed with the motto 'Talk Clean, Live Clean, Fight Clean, Play the Game'.

AUD 40.00 - 60.00 AUD 36.00
138 YOUNG, 6606 Lance Sergeant George Ernest

Five vintage photographs of the military funeral of 6606 George Ernest Young, 7th Battalion AIF.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 120.00
139 [HMAS 'Cerberus'] BLACKLOCK, Pay Lieutenant C.H. (editor)

Spindrift. Journal of HMAS 'Cerberus'. Flinders Naval Depot, Victoria. Volume 4, Number 3, January 1929.

[Crib Point] 1929 AUD 40.00 - 60.00 AUD 36.00
140

[Broadmeadows Army Camp, Victoria] A photograph of a group of young men enjoying an al fresco meal at (we believe to be) Broadmeadows Army Camp during the First World War.

AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
141

[1st Australian Corps] Greetings from 1st Australian Corps, Palestine, to the Home Folks [cover title].

AUD 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
142 [1st Australian Line Construction Group] BEAN, Signalman A.T.

The Balcombe Button. Volume 1, Number 3. 1 Aust. Line Constr. GP. 16 August 1945. Special Victory Edition [cover title].

[Balcombe Army Camp 1945 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 48.00
143

[1st Australian Ordnance Field Park] An original photograph of '2 Corps Section. 1st Australian Ordnance Field Park'.

Alex[andria] [Egypt] [Second World War]. AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
144

[1st Australian Railway Survey Company] Section 3, 1st Australian Railway Survey Coy, RAE, AIF. Christmas 1942 [a dinner menu].

Beirut 1942 AUD 40.00 - 60.00 AUD 36.00
145

[1st NZ Mule Pack Company] NZ Mule & Donkey Turf Club (Incorporated). Spring Meeting. Sidi Bou Ali [Tunisia], Wednesday 12 May 1943.

1943 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
146

[2nd NZEF in Greece] Merry Christmas. Kala Christougenna. 1942.

1942 AUD 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
147

[3rd Australian Army Service Corps] A Second World War-vintage group photograph of members of 'B. Coy., 3rd AASC, Bendigo'.

Bendigo [early 1940s?]. AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 96.00
148 [4th Anti-Tank Regiment] FINKEMEYER, Gunner Colin E.

It Happened to Us. The Unique Experiences of 20 Members of the 4th Anti-Tank Regiment.

[Cheltenham] 1994 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 48.00
149

[5th Battalion, Victorian Scottish Regiment] A group photograph of over a hundred members of C Company, 5th Battalion, Victorian Scottish Regiment, in 1941.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 180.00
150

[6th Infantry Brigade] The Sixer. Official Organ of the Sixth Infantry Brigade and Attached Units. Volume 1, Number 5, Wednesday, 29th May 1940. Mt Martha Camp.

Mornington 1940 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 48.00
151

[8th Australian Movement Control Group] 8 Aust M C Gp (AIF). Serjeants [sic] Mess. Formal Dinner. 2 March 1945. New Guinea [cover title].

1945 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 48.00
152

[9th Railway Survey Company, New Zealand Engineers] 1942-1943. Seasonal Greetings from 9 Railway Survey Company, NZE [cover title].

AUD 40.00 - 60.00 AUD 36.00
153

[12 Squadron] No. 12 Squadron, Darwin. RAAF Sergeant's Mess, 23-2-40. Menu.

AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 60.00
154

[16th Small Ship Company, Royal Australian Engineers] ANDERSON, VX15748 Warrant Officer James

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
155 [18th NZ Army Troops Company] 18 NZ Army Troops Coy. 2 NZEF. Middle East, Xmas 1942 [cover title].

Small oblong octavo, comprising a card with the company's insignia embossed in gilt on the cover; the salutation is printed on a separate sheet of paper bound in with a piece of blue cord (the battalion's colour). The item has been removed from a scrapbo

AUD 40.00 - 60.00 AUD 36.00
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