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Abel, Gordon Rueben (Gunner, b.1923 - d.2007)
Manuscript
Maker: Abel, Gordon
Manuscript titled `Me We Us and Co: Rueben Gordon's War' describes experiences with L Special (or Heavy) Battery manning the fortress at Praed Point, New Britain. Mentions feelings about being sent as...MSS1623
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About our stay in the prison in Rabaul (during the war)
Manuscript
Maker: Gorfine, Phyllis Tiriman, Misiel
8 page manuscript. Contains photocopy of original Kuanua text and two page translation. Translated into English by Phyllis Gorfine, original text by Misiel Tiriman. Summarises the Second World War exp...MSS1968
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Aerial Reconnaissance Camera Control Box (Japan)
Technology
Japanese 2 x aerial camera control boxes. They are in fair condition although the metal shows signs of pitting and powerdering and the paint is peeling. They each measure 6" X 5" X 5". Relic shipped ...RELAWM24740
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1 album of 58 pages comprising 167 photographs relating to the service of 369 Arthur Thomas ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
1 album of 58 pages comprising 167 photographs relating to the service of 369 Arthur Thomas 'Garry' Jenkins who served with the AN&MEF in Rabaul, and later with the 20th Battalion. For selected phot...P10509
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Australian Military Forces, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
Depicts three Australian Military Force personnel in jungle wearing tin helmets and carrying rifles.ART28376.006
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Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF)
Private Record
ACCOUNT OF THE CANING OF GERMAN OFFICIALS IN RABAUL FOLLOWING AN ASSAULT ON REV COX OF THE METHODIST MISSION, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS RELATED TO COL WILLIAM HOLMES AND TWO POEMS SEN...PR84/304
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Australians at fruit market, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Australians at fruit market, Tahili, Rabaul, site of market close to several infantry battalions.ART26179
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Baby Nambu Pistol Holster : Japanese Military Forces
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Baby Nambu Pistol Holster. Brown leather with a top flap having a single securing strap that fits over a brass stud on the body. The reverse has a single belt loop and a D ring on either side for a sh...RELAWM29861.002
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Baker, Ernest William (Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant, b.1884 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Baker, Ernest William Dickson, Hercules Scott Highfield Jones, William Adolphus
Collection relating to the service of 1032 Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant Ernest William Baker, Australian Navy and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 20 Battalion, Rabaul, Gallipoli and Fr...1DRL/0083
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Bates, Albert (Warrant Officer, b.1905 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Bates, Albert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 14697 Warrant Officer Albert Bates DFM, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF), New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Australia, 1942. Collection consists of one typed...PR03185
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Bell, Hubert Henry (NX203171, Sergeant, 2/9th Commando Squadron, b. 1925)
Manuscript
Maker: Bell, H. H. (Harry)
Hubert Henry Bell's memoirs, "Wee Waa to Weewak, Recollections 1925-1946", in two volumes. Volume one is divided into two parts. In the first, Bell describes his family history and childhood. The seco...MSS1994
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Bensley, Robert Sidney (Civilian)
Private Record
Maker: Bensley, Robert Sidney
Collection relating to the air raid in Rabaul and civilian Robert Sidney Bensley's experiences of the air raid and events afterwards. Collection consists of two typed pages written by Bensley entitled...PR82/026
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Benson, James, (Reverend Father, b.1887 - d.1957)
Manuscript
Maker: Benson, James
Collection relating to Second World War experience of Reverend Father James Benson, Gona, Papua, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Wallet consists of a bound typescript manuscript, published as 'Prisoner's ...MSS0768
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Beresford, William E (Captain, b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Beresford, William E
Two letters written by Japanese prisoners of war in Rabaul to Captain Beresford. The letters were written after the cessation of hostilities, when Captain Beresford went to Rabaul with HQ 11 Division ...PR00678
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Bomb dumps, RAAF
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
This is a rough sketch of a bomb dump in Port Moresby during the Second World War.ART31016
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Bomber Crash, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
This is a semi-abstract composition combining exterior and interior views of a crashed aircraft in flames. This is a representation of a crash of a Lockheed Hudson on take-off for aerial reconnaissanc...ART28377.001
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Bomber Crash, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
This is a representation of crash of a Lockheed Hudson on take-off for aerial reconnaissance.ART28377.002
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Bridgman, Max
Manuscript
Maker: Bridgman, Max
MANUSCRIPT TITLED `RABAUL' DESCRIBES EXPERIENCES AS A SIGNALS OPERATOR WITH ADVANCED OPERATIONAL BASE (RABAUL) FROM JULY 1941 TO JANUARY 1942. DISCUSSES LIFE AND DUTIES PRIOR TO WAR WITH JAPAN, JAPANE...MSS1429
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Brown, Peter Handley (Captain, Aaoc AMF, POW)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Peter Handley
CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORT CONCERNING NEWS OF THE END OF HOSTILITIES, DINNER MENU PRESENTED BY THE JAPANESE AND A COPY OF A PERSONAL ACCOUNT DOCUMENTING LIFE AS A POW FROM THE TIME OF CAPTURE AT RABAUL...PR87/011
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Brown, Tom A (Trooper)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Tom A
Three page letter written on Japanese paper by Trooper Tom A Brown to a friend, 'Tiger' (Arthur Ablett), describing service with the 2/4 Armoured Regiment in Rabaul during the Second World War; copy o...PR01863
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Caboose
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
This drawing features four different skethes, three of Papuan men, and a fourth of a dog.ART29299
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Callaghan, Eileen Mary (Sister)
Private Record
Maker: Callaghan, Eileen Mary
Collection relating to the service of Staff Nurse Eileen Mary Callaghan (NFX180289). The collection contains a recipe book compiled by Sister Callaghan and 14 letters and telegrams relating to Callagh...PR00668
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Camouflage inspection at No 1 Advanced Operational Base (AOB) airstrip at Vunakanau, Rabaul, looking south east
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
Camouflage inspection at No 1 Advanced Operational Base (AOB), Vunakanau, Rabaul, New Guinea, looking south east. This drawing is from a series of eighteen pencil and watercolour sketches of military ...ART91572
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Capner, Frederick Charles (b.1888 - d.1970)
Private Record
Maker: Capner, Frederick Charles
Collection relating to the First World War service of Frederick Charles Capner, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) 1914-1915. Capner was recruited as police master to establish...AWM2016.797.1
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Captain Stewart Nottage
Art
Maker: De Vries, J
Depicts a portrait of SX11407 Captain Stewart Gordon Nottage, Rabual Heavy Battalion. Captain Nottage was one of six officers transported to Japan aboard the Naruto Maru. The group was initially billl...ART29467
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Carrick, Alan Rea (Captain, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Carrick, Alan Rea
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX71121 Captain Alan Rea Carrick. Collection consists of one diary, dated 1943, with diary extract insert, dated 1945, relating to Carrick's time...PR86/196
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Clift, Leslie George, Staff Sergeant
Private Record
Maker: Clift, Leslie George
Papers collected by Clift relating to the Japanese occupation of Rabaul. Include 4 1943 issues of "Guinea Gold", the official programme of the 11 Australian Division Joputa Racing Club, October 1943. ...PR91/121
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Coin, 2-1/2 Gulden, Silver, Netherlands, Queen Wilhelmina I, 1937
Heraldry
Maker: Various
REL30802.011.001
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Coin, Penny, Bronze, Great Britain, Queen Victoria, 1887
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Australian Mint Royal Mint
REL30802.002.001
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Colonel Basil Holmes (Rtd) as the son of Major General William Holmes CMG DSO VD, colonel Commander Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, German New Guinea 1914, interviewed by Mrs Basil Holmes
Sound
Maker: Holmes, Basil Holmes, Basil
Colonel Basil Holmes relates the story of his father, Major General William Holmes CMG DSO VD, as Colonel William Holmes, raising in August 1914 a military and naval expeditionary force for the occupa...S00036
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Cooper, Arthur Lionel Keith (Second Lieutenant, AN&MEF, Rabaul d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Cooper, Arthur Lionel Keith
COMMEMORATIVE SCROLL FORWARDED TO THE NEXT OF KIN, C1919. ALSO A FORM LETTER ISSUED FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO THE NEXT OF KINPR84/215
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Crocker, Willis (Lance Sergeant, 2/22nd Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Crocker, Willis
DIARY, WRITTEN ON A DAILY BASIS, RECOUNTING THE RETREAT FROM RABAUL BY FOOT, ESCAPE FROM NEW BRITAIN IN THE PINNACE "BLACK MARIA" AND EVENTUAL RETURN TO PORT MORESBY BY RAAF CATALINA. THE ACCOUNT WAS ...PR83/093
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Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean (Private, b.1891 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1166 Private Errol Cappie Nepean Devlin, 18 Battalion, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection consists of letters and postcards written by Devlin, home to h...1DRL/0241
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Dore, Ashley Vance (Sergeant, b.1918 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Dore, Ashley Vance
Memoir of Sergeant A V Dore (VX42841) while serving with 2/22 Battalion in New Britain. Titled 'Escape from Rabaul', it covers the period from January to April 1942. 8 pages.PR01835
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Double Barrel Type 90 Signal Pistol : Imperial Japanese Navy
Technology
Maker: Kokura Arsenal
Double Barrel Type 90 Signal Pistol. Hinged frame with a release catch under the barrels and a large ring cocking hammer. The frame stamped P A T over No 93006 over 101355. The breech top is stamped w...RELAWM29880
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Faceplate from diver's helmet
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Brass face plate for a diver's helmet with removable eye piece and separate adjustable air inlet valve. The bottom of the eyepiece is held in place with two wing nuts, with a further wing nut at the c...REL41330
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Feathston, William (Staff Sergeant d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Feathston, William
Postcards sent home from Rabaul while serving with Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), prior to enlisting in 7 Battalion in 1916.3DRL/3512
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File 1: Army
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file includes programs and other related material pertaining to performances organised by members of the British Army during the First World War. These items were created on the Western Front, in...PUBS002/004/003/001
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File 1: London theatres A-D
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains programs and tickets for performances at London theatres between 1914 and 1920. These items relate to performances held during the First World War and also during the period when tr...PUBS002/002/001/001
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File 1: Performances on land by soldiers and concert parties
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains programs for performances on land by soldiers and concert parties during journeys aboard troopships. These events were held at venues in places stopped at along the route to the fin...PUBS002/001/002/001
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File 2: Royal Air Force
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains programs for performances organised by members of the Royal Air Force and the Royal Flying Corps Cadet Wing. These were for concerts and other productions held during the First Worl...PUBS002/004/003/002
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File 3: Royal Navy
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file includes items pertaining to performances organised and contributed to by members of the Royal Navy during the First World War. Included in this file is a program related to a joint concert...PUBS002/004/003/003
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File 1: Troopships A-C
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains programs and other souvenirs related to entertainment aboard troopships during the First World War. Some of these performances relate to performances held whilst troops were returni...PUBS002/001/001/001
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File 2: Troopships D-N
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains programs and other souvenirs related to entertainment aboard troopships during the First World War. Some of these performances relate to performances held whilst troops were returni...PUBS002/001/001/002
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File 3: Troopships O-P
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains programs and other souvenirs related to entertainment aboard troopships during the First World War. Some of these performances relate to performances held whilst troops were returni...PUBS002/001/001/003
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File 4: Troopships Q-Z
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains programs and other souvenirs related to entertainment aboard troopships during the First World War. Some of these performances relate to performances held whilst troops were returni...PUBS002/001/001/004
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Fisher, Peter Wallace (Captain b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Fisher, Peter Wallace
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX145642 Captain Peter Wallace Fisher, who served as Second in Command, Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Military Landing Craft Section (AA/AAMLC) in Raba...PR89/040
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Flying Fortress
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
A Boeing B17 Flying Fortress is depicted getting refueled at 7 Mile Drome, New Guinea, in preparation for an air raid on Rabaul. A dummy gun is pictured to the right.ART29960
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Gairns, Leonard William (Flight Lieutenant, 7, 25 and 32 Squadron RAAF b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Gairns, Leonard William
DETAILED ENLISTMENT, DISCHARGE AND RECONSTRUCTION TRAINING SCHEME PAPERS, COPY OF FLYING LOGBOOKS, AIR NAVIGATION TRAINING NOTES AND COPY OF SPEECH RELATING HIS RAAF EXPERIENCES WITH RECONNAISSANCE DU...PR88/038
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Gedling, Stanley Alfred (Leading Signalman, b.1894 - d.1969)
Private Record
Maker: Gedling, Stanley Alfred Various
Papers of Leading Signalman Stanley Alfred Gedling created during his service with the Royal Australian Navy during the First World War. Gedling kept a diary covering the period 1913-1918 while on th...PR02076