World War II (1939-1945)

1st Cavalry Field Ambulance unit at Enoggera Army Barracks, Brisbane, 1938

1st Cavalry Field Ambulance, Sergeants Mess, Ipswich, 1939

7th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers (Reserves), Ipswich, c.1937

A RAAF band performing at a dance being held for servicemen and women of Amberley Airbase during the Second World War, Amberley, 1943

A dance being held for servicemen and women of the Amberley Airbase during the Second World War, Amberley, 1943

A servicewoman in a local bomb shelter, Ipswich, 1943

Alan Francis Schy, Ipswich, 1941-1944

Ammunition shells from the USS Esther Johnson, held at the Ipswich RSL Sub-branch, Ipswich, 2015

Australian Red Cross Society Certificate of Service awarded to Mrs V E Hancock, Ipswich 1945

Beginnings of poultry venture, on farm near Rosewood, Ipswich, 1940s

Blackstone Honour Roll held at the Ipswich RSL Sub-branch, Ipswich, 2015

Brian Kerwin, Ipswich, c.1941

Bridal party of George and Doreen Leishman (nee Stevenson) Brisbane, 1940

Bridal party of Leslie and Dorothy Ainslie (nee Beasley), Ipswich, 1943

Butter rationing card and confirming letter for child at Rosewood, Ipswich, 1950

Certificate for Special Services, War Loans and National Savings Campaigns, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 1944

Certificate showing membership of the Air Raid Wardens' Organisation of Queensland, Ipswich, 1945

Civil Defence Instructions sheet, Ipswich, 1942-1945

Clothing ration card, East Ipswich, 1947

Clothing ration card, One Mile, Ipswich, 1948

Col.(Colonel) Cameron, Modern Meat Mart, Brisbane Street receipt, Ipswich, 1943

Colin Beutel of Tarampa, Ipswich, c.1940

Des Molloy, Ipswich, serving in New Guinea during World War 11, 1943

A Very Hammy Christmas!

American Servicemen in Ipswich

An Ipswich Hero: Mavis Parkinson

Booval - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 3

Booval War Memorial & Surrounds - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 3

Bundamba - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 3

Bundamba War Memorial & Surrounds - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 3

Churchill - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 3

Education and apprenticeship in the 1930's and military service during WWII, 1930s, by George Wratten, c.2003

Industrial - Amberley - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 2

Industrial - Redbank - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 2

Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 2: Inventory of Heritage Items: Aboriginal and Industrial

Ipswich Remembers: military heritage of Ipswich from the 1860s to the 1990s, Ipswich, 1995

Ipswich in the 20th century: Section 4: 1939 - 1945, Ipswich, 2004

Ipswich: A Changing Landscape

Ipswich: Our Military Heritage

My motorcycle days of 1937 to 1946, by George Wratten, 2003

My work as a plumber at Camp Cable during WWII, 1943, by George Wratten, 2004

Not Just A Show: Marburg Show Society 1887-2012

Raceview - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 4

Rationing on the Ipswich Home Front 1939-1950

Redbank - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 4

Redbank Plains State School Sesquicentenary, 1874-2024

Barracks at World War II Army Camp, 30 Robert Smith Street (formerly Smith Street), Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

Bus Depot building, on site of World War 2 Army Depot, 64A River Road, Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

Bus Depot on site of World War 2 Army Depot, River Road, No 64, Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

Bus Depot on site of World War 2 Army Depot, River Road, No 64, Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

Bus Depot on site of World War 2 Army Depot, River Road, No 64, Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

Bus Depot on site of World War 2 Army Depot, River Road, No 64A, Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

Goodna War Memorial and Tree of Knowledge from Church Street, Goodna, Ipswich, 1991

Plaque at the United States Armed Forces Cemetery, Manson Park, 19 Cemetery Road, Raceview, Ipswich, 1991

RAAF Base, airfield World War II operations block, Amberley, 1991

River Road, Nos 35 and 53, Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

World War II Ablution blocks at former 2 Army Camp, 30 Robert Smith Street (formerly Smith Street), Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

World War II Ablution blocks, former Army Camp, 30 Robert Smith Street (formerly Smith Street), Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

World War II Ammunition magazine, 31 Robert Smith Street (formerly Smith Street), Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

World War II Miniature Rifle Range, grenade wall, 51 Monash Road, Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

World War II Miniature Rifle Range, grenade wall, 51 Monash Road, Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

World War II Miniature Rifle Range, grenade wall, 51 Monash Road, Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

World War II Miniature Rifle Range, grenade wall, 51 Monash Road, Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

World War II Miniature Rifle Range, grenade wall, 51 Monash Road, Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

World War II air-raid shelter, 42 The Terrace, North Ipswich, 1991

World War II, Army Depot building, River Road, No 50, Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

'All Services Hut', Memorial Park, Limestone Street, Ipswich, 1941-1942

American Military Cemetery Gates, Manson Park, Ipswich, 1946

Ernest Henry William Meyers, Ipswich, c.1950

Funeral procession of Sergeant McLaughlin and Leading Aircraftman Harvey, Brisbane Street, Ipswich, 1941

Funeral procession of Sergeant McLaughlin and Leading Aircraftman Harvey, Brisbane Street, Ipswich, 1941

Grave marker of 2nd Lt. Jack W. Oliver, USAF (United States Armed Forces) Military Cemetery, now Manson Park, Cemetery Road, Ipswich, c.1945

Grave markers at the USAF Military Cemetery , 19 Cemetery Road, Raceview, Ipswich, 1942-1947

Grave markers at the USAF Military Cemetery , 19 Cemetery Road, Raceview, Ipswich, 1942-1947

Grave markers at the USAF Military Cemetery , 19 Cemetery Road, Raceview, Ipswich, 1942-1947

Grave markers at the USAF Military Cemetery , 19 Cemetery Road, Raceview, Ipswich, 1942-1947

Grave markers at the USAF Military Cemetery , 19 Cemetery Road, Raceview, Ipswich, 1942-1947

Grave of Raymond Alexander Humphrey, Ipswich General Cemetery, Ipswich, 1955

Hand grenades stacked at Scotts' Foundry in Wharf Street, Ipswich, 1940 - 1944

Interior of Scotts Foundry, Wharf Street, Ipswich, 1940 - 1944

Interior of Scotts Foundry, Wharf Street, Ipswich, 1940s

USAF Military Cemetery, 19 Cemetery Road, Raceview, Ipswich, 1942-1947

USAF Military Cemetery, 19 Cemetery Road, Raceview, Ipswich, 1942-1947

Air Raid Shelters under construction, East Street, Ipswich, c.1941

Air raid shelter under construction, corner of Limestone and Ellenborough Streets, Ipswich, 1941

Air raid shelters along Limestone Street, from the Gordon Street intersection, Ipswich, c,1941

American War Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Raceview, Anzac Day 1971

American War Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Raceview, Anzac Day 1971

Eva Rose & Betty Newman, Land Army, Mundubbera, 1943

Hospital Hut, Redbank Army Camp, Redbank, 1986

Kipping and O'Dea's Tobacconist, Ipswich

Land Army at work 1943

Mavis Parkinson

Mavis Parkinson's grave, Sangara, New Guinea

Munitions factory, Rocklea

Spotter's post on top of the Ipswich Grammar School tower, Woodend, 1940s

100 Years of the RAAF - Celebrating our Air Force - Chasing Our Past At Home

145 Year History of Education at Redbank State School - Jennifer Hogue

Denmark Hill - Rob Edwardson

Grain and Feed Connection - Don Risson

Telling Their Stories - Chasing Our Past At Home

The Nicest Church in New South Wales - Alice Knudsen

There's A War On - Frances Clark

Bomber pilot during World War II, from Ipswich, an oral history with Col (Tom) Cutler, 1995

Ipswich during the Great Depression and World War II, an oral history with Doris Timperley, Ipswich, 1994

Memories of Blackstone and Brynhyfryd, Ipswich, an oral history with Jessie Edwards, 1995 (Transcript)

Memories of Rosewood with Pearl Bloxsidge, Rosewood, 2013 [transcript]

Memories of growing up in Ipswich, an oral history with Thomas Shapcott, 1995

Album from Australian soldier of time spent on Borneo and Middle East, titled ˜My travels in the AIF, Overseas, 1941 - 1946

Goodna War Memorial images, intersection of Queen and Church Streets, Goodna, Ipswich, 1991

Postcard album from Australian soldier, of time spent travelling in Australia during World War 2, titled "My travels in the A.I.F. within Australia", 1941-1946

Redbank Railway Station images, corner Brisbane Terrace and Weedman Street, Redbank, Ipswich, 1991

Series of images of a bulldozer at the old army depot precinct, River Road,Redbank, Ipswich, 1954

Serviceman who was part of The Rats of Tobruk in World War II, Ipswich, November 1977

Thought to be a serviceman from World War II, Ipswich, November 1977

Thought to be a serviceman from World War II, Ipswich, November 1977

Thought to be a serviceman from World War II, Ipswich, November 1977

Thought to be a serviceman from World War II, Ipswich, November 1977

Bomber pilot during World War II, from Ipswich, an oral history with Col (Tom) Cutler, 1995 (audio)

Ipswich during the Great Depression and World War II, an oral history with Doris Timperley, Ipswich, 1994 (audio)

Memories of Rosewood with Pearl Bloxsidge, Rosewood, 2013 [audio]

Memories of growing up in Ipswich, an oral history with Thomas Shapcott, 1995 (audio)

Events

Italian Prisoners of War

Military

James Thomas Langan

Mavis Doreen Parkinson (1915-1942)

Australian Army

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

Amberley

Manson Park

Tea & Butter Ration Cards for members of the Mundt family, of Siemons Street, One Mile Estate, Ipswich, 1949

Travelling in Uniform on Leave pass, June 1946

Colouring Ipswich - War: Nurse Margaret Dobbie

Colouring Ipswich - War: RAAF Servicewoman, 1943

Ipswich Heritage Trail No 07 & 08: Ipswich Cemetery and Ipswich Monuments

Ipswich Heritage Trail No 09: Eastern Suburbs

Locality Plan, Redbank Army Camp, Redbank, 1940s

Ipswich Show

On the Homefront (1940s-1953)