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Letter regarding Poppy Day appeal.

RSL's Remembrance Day appeal

This is a proforma letter from the secretary of the Melbourne district of the Returned Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Imperial League of Australia (RSSILA).

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Poster advertising the work of the Sydney Industrial Blind Institution.

Vocational training for blind returned service personnel

Poster advertising the work of the Sydney Industrial Blind Institution.

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A brochure for the soldiers' memorial highway on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria.

Returned soldiers employed building the Great Ocean Road

Brochure for the soldiers' memorial highway on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria.

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A ward for the totally and permanently incapacitated in an Anzac hostel.

Anzac hostel ward for totally and permanently incapacitated soldiers

Black-and-white photograph of an Anzac hostel for totally and permanently incapacitated soldiers.

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A letter sent to Queensland Senator Matthew Reid, regarding the case of a returned soldier, Corporal Joseph Slack.

Treatment of returned soldier suffering shell shock

A letter sent to Queensland Senator Matthew Reid, regarding the case of a returned soldier, Corporal Joseph Slack.

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Examiner's report on the war pension claim of Albert Edmund Leane.

Examiner's report on rehabilitation of returned soldier

This is a document regarding Albert Edmund Leane, who was one of more than 1,000 Indigenous servicemen who served during World War I.

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Memorandum regarding Beerburrum soldier settlement.

Soldier settlement scheme - memorandum on status in Beerburrum, Queensland

This memorandum from the Prime Minister's Department dated 23 September 1926 concerns the Beerburrum soldier settlement scheme, in Queensland.

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Men working at a car repair class.

Vocational training for returned service personnel — car repair class

In 1918, the Repatriation Department was created to help returned veterans resettle in the community. Vocational training was one of the services provided.

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Widow Jeanie O'Kane's application for a war pension after the death of her daughter, Nurse Rosa O'Kane, from the Spanish flu.

War pension for mother of nurse

This is the application of widow Jeanie O'Kane for a war pension, after the death of her daughter, Nurse Rosa O'Kane, from the Spanish flu.