Military Museum Auction

[leemac]

Upcoming auction of Hassett's Military Museum at Uralla.

Seems to have a wide variety of all things military.

http://gdlauctions.com.au/

[Donny B.]

Some interesting items but I guess you have to be there. So many items are very poorly described. What do you get and how do you arrive at a bid if you wanted a "quantity of badges" in a bag.

Was this a private museum?

I Man

[slick_mick]

It used to be quite a good museum - visited there a few years ago but it's been closed in recent years.

Mick

[Donny B.]

It looks as though they had a bit of reasonable gear there. A pity the auctioneer has not descibed it better.

I would be a bit disappointed if it was a private museum. The auction blurb indicates that many of the items were sourced from families in the New England area. I imagine that much of it would have been donated by well meaning people so as to establish an attraction in their area. Who gets the quid now that it is all being flogged off?

I Man

[slick_mick]

There is one item there that is quite sad.

The uniform belonging to the late Kerry Slaven (1st Armoured Regiment) - a good mate of mine was his crew commander and (Tp Leader) and went he went on leave Kerry was acting crew commander (South Vietnam - circa 1968/69 from memory) in a Centurion Tank. He was in the turret manning his .30 cal machine gun during a contact with Viet Cong when it got hit by an RPG!

He survived but suffered terrible wounds which ultimately caused his kidneys to shutdown. He died in 1988 when he refused dialysis - a terrible way to go but from what I heard he was a top bloke and a credit to the Royal Australian Armoured Corps.

One of many interesting items in that museum. Might be tempted to drive there from Sydney and have a bid.

Mick

[Donny B.]

Originally Posted by slick_mick

Might be tempted to drive there from Sydney and have a bid.

Mick

Good on you! I would be tempted to do the same if I was a bit closer.

If you do drive up I hope you get it.

Donny B.