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		<title>Love that body, what&#8217;s the ARN?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Research Centre receives regular telephone calls and emails from military vehicle enthusiasts – restorers and collectors - from all over Australia.  Occasionally they make it into the Research Centre at the Memorial, like the proud Jeep owner I met this week. 
Most collectors initially want to know their vehicle’s Army Registration Number (ARN), in order [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/09/19/love-that-body-whats-the-arn/</link>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t see the tree for the wood&#8230; part II : The Baumbeobachter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 

Since first blogging about the Memorial's German observation post camouflage tree  (called a "Baumbeobachter" by the Germans, literally meaning "tree observer") I have had a chance to take some photographs of parts of the tree I thought I would share, especially as some features may not be visible once the tree is fully assembled and on display.

When [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/09/18/cant-see-the-tree-for-the-wood-part-ii-the-baumbeobachte/</link>
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		<title>Making a Silk Postcard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Embroidered silk postcards were first made in 1900 with popularity peaking during the First World War. Cards were generally embroidered on strips of silk mesh by French women. They were then cut and mounted on postcards. 

Since the completion of a project to get the silk postcard images (all 700+) onto the database, I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/09/03/making-a-silk-postcard/</link>
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		<title>To my dear father</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

The above silk postcard could well be considered a forerunner of greeting cards now available for Father's Day. The simple greeting conveys appropriate sentiments for Father's Day today, although it was sent home from the trenches of France and Belgium during the First World War.

Embroidered silk postcards reached the peak of their popularity during the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/09/01/to-my-dear-father/</link>
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		<title>Going out for a spell&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What does a twenty-three year old wag of a soldier say in his defence, when facing yet another court martial for going AWOL during the First World War? 

If you're Private Albert Stipek, the words come easily: "I met some friends and went away with them. I had no idea the Battalion was going to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/08/21/going-out-for-a-spell/</link>
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