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

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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
211

[Prisoners of War] P.O.W. The Monthly Newsletter of the Australian Prisoners of War Relatives Association. Number 37, 15 February 1945 to Number 41, 15 June 1945.

 Sydney 1945 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
212

[Psychological Warfare] Ol Boi Bilog Maprik Nau Ples Klostu.

 [Australia 1943-1945 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
213

[Psychological Warfare] Ol Man Bilog Nukini. Harim Tok Bilog Guvman ...

 [Australia 1943-1945 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 48.00
214 [RAAF 36 (Transport) Squadron] RANDALL, Alan W.

There and Back. Reminiscences, Episodes, Anecdotes and Wartime Exploits of the Famous RAAF 36 (Transport) Squadron.

 Melbourne 1985 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 48.00
215

[RAAF Station, Tocumwal] Menu. Officers and Airmens Mess. RAAF Station, Tocumwal. Christmas Day 1943.

 AUD 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
218

[Rabaul Regatta] Rabaul Regatta to be held on Simpson Harbour, Rabaul on 5th May 1946 [cover title].

 [Rabaul] 1946 AUD 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
219

[Returned Servicemen] APM [Australian Paper Mills] Engineering Design Department. Luncheon to Staff returned from the Services tendered by Mr G. Feinaigle, Phair's Hotel, Wednesday 20th Feb. 1946 [cover title].

 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
220

[Royal Australian Engineers Forestry Company] An original panoramic group photograph of the 'Royal Australian Engineers Forestry Company'.

 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
221

[Sheepskins for Russia] Souvenir Lucky Programme. Attractive Prize. Sheepskins for Russian Sick and Wounded Patriotic Fund ... Ballet. Ice Carnival. Allies on Parade. St Moritz, St Kilda [cover title].

 St Kilda 1942 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 72.00
222

[Singleton, NSW] Returned from Active Service. 'When a man's job is done he returns to his country and his house - and his hat is hung on the wall' [cover title]. Greetings from your home-folk in Singleton ...

 Singleton [circa 1946]. AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 60.00
228 TRIGELLIS-SMITH, Syd

Purple Devils. A History of the 2/6th Australian Commando Squadron, formerly the 2/6th Australian Independent Company, 1942-1946.

 Loftus 2008 (facsimile)/ 1992. AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 96.00
229

[USA War Bonds] 'Match 'Em - Bond for Bomb. Strike at the seat of trouble. Buy War Bonds' [the slogan on a match-book cover].

 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 96.00
230

[USAT 'Sea Barb'] Radio Room. USAT 'Sea Barb' Daily News Sheet. Saturday, 14 April 1945, and Tuesday, 17 April 1945.

 [At Sea] 1945 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
231

[Victorian Government Peace Dinner] A menu for the Peace Dinner held at Parliament House, Melbourne, 21 August 1945.

 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
232

[Victory Dinner, Darwin] Victory Dinner. Saturday, 1 Sep 45, 1830 Hrs. HQ NT Force (AIF) Sergeants' Mess, Larrakeyah Barracks, Darwin.

 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
233

[Victory in Europe] City of Melbourne ... No. 3. Notice Paper for Special Meeting of City Council, to be held on Monday, 10th September, 1945 ... to celebrate the Victory of the Allied Nations in the Greatest World War in History, 1939-1945 [cover title].

 Melbourne 1945 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
234

[Victory in Europe] A Service of Thanksgiving for Victory, for use, as desired, in Units of Northern Territory Force ... on the Occasion of the Victory in Europe, 1945 ...

 [Darwin] 1945 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
235 WHITE, Unk

Diggers.

 Sydney 1943 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
236

[Youth Parade 'V' Pageant] Queensland Patriotic and Australian Comforts Fund. Liberty Week's Souvenir of the Youth Parade 'V' Pageant. To be held in City Hall, Brisbane, on Thursday Evening, November 20th, 1941, at 7.45 ... [cover title].

 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 48.00
237 ROWELL, Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney Fairbairn

A selection of photographs of Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney Fairbairn Rowell (1894-1975).

 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
238

['Stand-To'] Eleven issues of 'Stand-To. Journal of the Australian Capital Territory Branch, Returned Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia', from Volume 1, Number 4, April 1950 to Volume 5, Number 6, November-December 1956.

 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 84.00
239 COULTHARD-CLARK, Chris

The RAAF in Vietnam. The Australian Army in the Vietnam War, 1962-1975.

 St Leonards 1995 AUD 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
240

[Psychological Warfare] 'Safe Conduct Pass. This certificate guarantees good treatment'. A Korean War psychological warfare leaflet in the form of a banknote, with the text in Chinese and English.

 AUD 40.00 - 60.00 AUD 36.00
241 [Vietnam] HOWE, Flight Lieutenant R.W. (editor)

1969. 2 Squadron Vietnam [cover title].

 Penang 1970 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 156.00
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