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(6) Whilst the Australian Government has generally claimed and distributed larger war trophies individual service people have usually collected smaller items known as wartime memorabilia. By searching the internet or examining the collection of a local RSL sub branch, identify four items of wartime memorabilia. Refer www.dva.gov.au > Media Centre > Publications > Memories and Memorabilia > Memorabilia Students may mention specific items such as diaries, badges, militaria etc. However they all fall into the following general categories. 1. Written and printed material including personal letters and diaries and official government documents. 2. Photographs. 3. Medals and ribbons. 4. Wartime souvenirs and mementoes. (7) In some cases, servicemen and women obtain possessions from the enemy which may have personal and/or cultural significance. What sort of items might these be and do you think they should be returned to their owners where possible? Refer www.dva.gov.au > Media Centre > Publications > Memories and Memorabilia > Memorabilia Personal items could include anything from cigarette boxes to samurai swords. Students’ answers should demonstrate that they understand the potential significance of such items. Good examples of items of both personal and cultural significance are Japanese personal flags, some of which found their way back to Australia. These flags carried messages from family and friends and were carried into battle by Japanese soldiers. Of course, it is not practical or possible to return all such items. In recent years, the Australian War Memorial in Canberra returned some of the personal effects of a Japanese mini-sub crewman killed in the attack on Sydney Harbour to his aging mother when she visited Australia. This process can work both ways. In late 1997, a watch worn by an Australian World War II pilot killed in France in August 1944 was returned to his only surviving relative, a sister. The engraving on the back indicated that his local town had originally presented the watch to the pilot. Returned to Australia, it has become an important link, reaching back across the years, for the family and the local community as well as actively promoting positive international relations between nations, which previously had been at war. Source: http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat/memories/page_08.htm (8) Comment on the significance of wartime memorabilia and the importance of keeping some items in local Returned and Services League (RSL) clubrooms and local museums. 29
Some items of wartime memorabilia, which are either rare or are of national importance, belong in the Australian War Memorial or other similar large museums. However, most wartime memorabilia has the greatest significance to the service person to whom it belonged. Often items, which are highly valued by the individual serviceman and women, are found in many wartime collections. What is unique about these items are the stories associated with them, such as the circumstances under which they were acquired and how they subsequently came to be returned to Australia. This information will enable future generations to interpret their significance. Those members of the community to whom the item belonged can best tell these stories. It is for this reason that wartime memorabilia should remain within the community to which the service person belonged as it forms an important part of that community’s history 30
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(6) Whilst the Australian Government has generally claimed and distributed<br />
larger war trophies individual service people have usually collected smaller<br />
items known as wartime memorabilia.<br />
By searching the internet or examining the collection <strong>of</strong> a local RSL sub<br />
branch, identify four items <strong>of</strong> wartime memorabilia. Refer<br />
www.dva.gov.au > Media Centre > Publications ><br />
Memories and Memorabilia > Memorabilia<br />
Students may mention specific items such as diaries, badges, militaria etc. However<br />
they all fall into the following general categories.<br />
1. Written and printed material including personal letters and diaries and <strong>of</strong>ficial<br />
government documents.<br />
2. Photographs.<br />
3. Medals and ribbons.<br />
4. Wartime souvenirs and mementoes.<br />
(7) In some cases, servicemen and women obtain possessions from the enemy<br />
which may have personal and/or cultural significance.<br />
What sort <strong>of</strong> items might these be and do you think they should be<br />
returned to their owners where possible? Refer<br />
www.dva.gov.au > Media Centre > Publications > Memories and Memorabilia ><br />
Memorabilia<br />
Personal items could include anything from<br />
cigarette boxes to samurai swords. Students’<br />
answers should demonstrate that they understand<br />
the potential significance <strong>of</strong> such items. Good<br />
examples <strong>of</strong> items <strong>of</strong> both personal and cultural<br />
significance are Japanese personal flags, some <strong>of</strong><br />
which found their way back to Australia. These<br />
flags carried messages from family and friends and<br />
were carried into battle by Japanese soldiers. Of<br />
course, it is not practical or possible to return all<br />
such items. In recent years, the Australian War Memorial in Canberra returned some<br />
<strong>of</strong> the personal effects <strong>of</strong> a Japanese mini-sub crewman killed in the attack on Sydney<br />
Harbour to his aging mother when she visited Australia. This process can work both<br />
ways. In late 1997, a watch worn by an Australian World War II pilot killed in France<br />
in August 1944 was returned to his only surviving relative, a sister. The engraving on<br />
the back indicated that his local town had originally presented the watch to the pilot.<br />
Returned to Australia, it has become an important link, reaching back across the<br />
years, for the family and the local community as well as actively promoting positive<br />
international relations between nations, which previously had been at war.<br />
Source: http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat/memories/page_08.htm<br />
(8) Comment on the significance <strong>of</strong> wartime memorabilia and the importance<br />
<strong>of</strong> keeping some items in local Returned and Services League (RSL)<br />
clubrooms and local museums.<br />
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