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AIF faces Japs in Malaya
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Contains scenes from official Department of Information films F01158 & F01159. AIF in Malaya, Brewster Buffalo Aircraft, burning and blowing up buildings. Commentary, Charles Lawrence Cinesound Review...F00830
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AIF in action in Malaya
Film
Contains scenes from official Department of Information film F01171. Commentary, Charles Lawrence Cinesound Review. Singapore, bomb damage, fire fighting, bren gun carrier, Indian troops in trucks, 25...F00831
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AMBON ISLAND. 1945-09-22. ONE OF THE MESS HUTS IN THE JAPANESE TAN TOEY POW CAMP WHICH HOUSED 8 ...
Photograph
AMBON ISLAND. 1945-09-22. ONE OF THE MESS HUTS IN THE JAPANESE TAN TOEY POW CAMP WHICH HOUSED 8 DIVISION PERSONNEL.118256
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Berryman, Ross (Driver, 8th Division Ammunition Sub Park, AIF, POW)
Private Record
Maker: Berryman, Ross
PHOTOCOPY OF DIARY CONTAINING NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF FELLOW POW'S AND ENTRIES COVERING JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1945. KEPT SECRETLY IN JAPANESE PRISON CAMPPR86/142
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Bills, Walter Russell (Driver, b.1915 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Bills, Walter Russell
Collection of typed transcripts of letters originally written by VX34071 Driver Walter R Bills of 1AASC Petrol Company, 8 Division, covering the period February 1941-February 1942. The letters, writte...PR03205
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Boreham, Godfrey James (Geoff) (Captain, 8 Division, Australian Army Service Corps b.1911 - d.1987)
Private Record
Maker: Boreham, Godfrey James
MATERIAL RELATES TO PERIOD SPENT IN CAPTIVITY AS A POW IN CHANGI GAOL, SINGAPORE. MOST IS MAINLY CONCERNED WITH RATIONS. INCLUDES CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARDS ON PAPER MADE IN CHANGIPR90/055
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Browne, Kevin James (Warrant Officer, b.1918 - d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Browne, Kevin James
Diaries describe experiences during the latter part of the campaign against the Japanese prior to the surrender, and imprisonment in Changi, where he was attached to the AIF pay office. Detailed daily...PR00531
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Brown, Robert RAE (Sapper, HQ Rae, 8th Div AIF and POW)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Robert
POW POSTCARDS - LITTLE INFORMATIONPR85/157
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Burrey, Edward William. (Staff, Sergeant, b.1920 - d.2004)
Private Record
Maker: Burrey, Edward William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX58148 Sergeant Edward William Burrey, 8 Australian Division, Malaya and Singapore, 1942-1945. Collection contains two diaries of Sergeant Edwa...PR00662
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Chalmers, Hector McDonald (Lieutenant, 8 Div AIF and POW - Japan)
Private Record
Maker: Chalmers, Hector McDonald
BOOK OF SHORT STORIES, WRITTEN BY LT CHALMERS WHILE IN CHANGI, BOUND IN CHANGI. JULY 1945PR84/252
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Colonel A Derham
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Colonel Alfred Plumley Derham (VX13486), MC, ED, Assistant Director Medical Services. He had served in the First World War. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at Singapore, 19...ART26429
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Colonel Wilfred Kent-Hughes
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Colonel Wilfred Selwyn Kent-Hughes (VX26600), KBE, MVO, MC, MID, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General of the AIF 8th Division. Kent-Hughes served as a member of the 7 Infantry Battalion in the...ART26205
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Corner, C C (Private, HQ 22nd Bde AIF, POW)
Private Record
Maker: Corner, C C
Cardboard shield bearing the emu and boomerang crest of the 8th Division, annotated with signatures of Headquarters 22 Infantry Brigade personnel. Accompanying note of explanation about the board and ...PR86/194
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Corporal Geoffrey John Walter Bingham
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Corporal Geoffrey John Walter Bingham (NX51770), DCM, 8 Division signals. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at Singapore. Bingham was awarded his Distinguished Conduct Medal...ART26453
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Dale, F (Jimmy) (Signaller, 8th Div Sig)
Private Record
Maker: Dale, F
LETTER WRITTEN BY SIG DALE TO A WORKMATE COMMENTING ON THE EARLY OPPOSITION TO THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON MALAYAPR90/121
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Dandie, Alex
Private Record
Prisoner of war nominal roll book; typed copy of Dandie's diary; letters to Dandie's parents; renditions regarding broadcast from Radio Saigon; manuscript 'J Force'; censored envelope containing lette...PR01193
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1. Darwin - Singapore line 2. Consul-General for Japan speaks (Cinesound News No 489)
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Extracts from Cinesound News newsreel No 489 1. (1 min 58 sec) Documentary showing the problems facing Australia in her near north, beginning in Darwin, travelling through Batavia and the Netherlands ...F00520
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Davis, Cyril Bowen (Signalman, 8th Aust Div and POW, Nagasaki)
Private Record
Maker: Davis, Cyril Bowen (Dusty)
Two original one page letters and one envelope from NX72134 Signalman Cyril Bowen Davis to his family at home (no dates) whilst a prisoner of war of the Japanese; original black and white photograph t...3DRL/7926
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Davis, Cyril B (Private, 8th Aust Div Sigs and POW, Japan)
Private Record
Maker: Davis, Cyril Bowen (Dusty)
TELEGRAM THROUGH INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS RE PLACE OF DAVIS' INCARCERATION. THREE POW POSTCARDS TO WIFE.3DRL/2212
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Death railway
Film
Maker: Bilcock and Copping Melbourne Pty Ltd
Relates the story of the building by prisoners of the Japanese of the Burma-Siam Railway during the 1939-1945 war. Uses interviews with survivors, contemporary colour footage of the area and B&W archi...F10252
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8 Division AIF and RAAF march through Sydney
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
Movietone News coverage of the city march by units of the 8th Division 2nd AIF and RAAF prior to deployment Malaya.F03389
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Dorse, Gordon (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the service of NX46737 Corporal Gordon Dorse, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, Malaya, 1941. Collection includes letters to a friend Vera Cook, 194; photographs of Dorse in...PR03228
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Drexel, Horace Hayden (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Drexel, Horace Hayden
Papers from Hoten Camp Manchuria and Chosen POW Camp Korea, including POW letter cards, nominal roll, and illustrated hand-drawn card showing Australian and other British Prisoners of war.PR00188
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Dr Redmond Sheedy as a Sergeant, 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Second World War, interviewed by Dr John Mitchell
Sound
Maker: Sheedy, Redmond Stuart Parnell Mitchell, John
SX5435 Sergeant Redmond Stuart Parnell Sheedy, 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, relates his experiences as a prisoner of war (POW) in H Force. This is one of 21 interviews conducted by Dr John Mitchell, r...S01506
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Duncan, Ian Lovell (Captain, b.1915 - d.1994), AM
Private Record
Maker: Duncan, Ian Lovell
(1) Copy of medical record book dated 1 April 1943 to 24 January 1944, raised in Thailand. (2) Copy of documents from the back of the above book dated 1944/45. (3) Copy of Hospital Record Book III, da...PR86/276
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Ellerman, Lloyd (Corporal, 8th Div Signals, AIF b.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Ellerman, Lloyd William
PHOTOCOPIED TYPESCRIPT OF MEMOIRS COVERING ENLISTMENT AND TRAINING, ACTION IN MALAYA AND CAPTURE BY JAPANESE. INCARCERATION IN CHANGI AND KOBE WORKING IN COALMINES, LIBERATION AND REPATRIATIONPR86/369
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Elliott, Jack William Weir (Major, b.1907 - d.1999)
Private Record
Maker: Elliott, Jack William Weir
REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF CHANGI CEMETERY BY CAPT ELLIOTT WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSIGHT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE AREA. 14 PHOTOS OF CHANGI CEMETERY AND CAUSE OF DEATH3DRL/6209
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Evans, Leonard A (Lieutenant, AASC and POW)
Private Record
Maker: Evans, Leonard A
2 RECEIPTS. REPORT FROM MAY GLASGOW, OC 8 DIV AMN SUB PARK RE MOVEMENT OF SUPPLIES. REPORT RE DRAFT OF "F" FORCE REQUESTING OFFICERS FROM OWN BATTALION TO ACCOMPANY MEN3DRL/7740
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Evans, Leonard A (Lieutenant, 8th Aust Div Ammunition Sub Park and POW, Japan)
Private Record
Maker: Evans, Leonard A
AFFADAVIT OF EVANS PREPARED FOR USE BY WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATORS RE STEALING FROM PRISONERS' RATIONS BY JAPANESE GUARDS. COPY OF DIARY FOR PERIOD 1942-1945. REGULAR ENTRIES UP TO 1944 AND IRREGULAR AFT...3DRL/7918
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Everson, Cecil (Private, 8th Div Mobile Laundry, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Everson, Cecil
SKETCH MAP OF ROUTE TAKEN BY EVERSON AND HIS UNIT ESCAPING FROM SINGAPORE ACROSS SUMATRA IN 1942PR86/282
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Film flashes pictured by Movietone: 8th Division march in Sydney
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
Film flashes pictured by Movietone: 8th Division march in SydneyF03388
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Fisher, Frederick John Anderson (Warrant Officer 2)
Private Record
Maker: Fisher, Frederick John Anderson
ORIGINAL NOTEBOOK AND REPORT WRITTEN BY WO2 FISHER OUTLINING THE ESCAPE FROM SINGAPORE ON 15 FEB 1942 OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIT UNDER LT K R KING, THEIR PASSAGE TO SUMATRA, EVENTUAL DEPARTURE FOR CEYLON ...PR88/138
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Fox, Edward James (Signaller, 8th Div Signals, AIF b.1923)
Private Record
Maker: Fox, Edward James
NOTES TAKEN BY DONOR IN CHANGI POW CAMP RELATED TO THE SINKING OF THE "PRINCE OF WALES", SUNDRY ACCOUNTS AND A NEW TESTAMENT CARRIED THROUGHOUT CAPTIVITYPR84/343
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Galleghan, Frederick 'Black Jack' (Brigadier, b.1897 - d.1971)
Private Record
Maker: Galleghan, Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Brigadier Frederick Galleghan. Collection consist of photocopies of correspondence between Brigadier Frederick Galleghan and Major K J McGee reg...3DRL/3857
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Galleghan, Frederick Gallagher (Brigadier, DSO, OBE, ED, 8th Aust Div and POW, Changi)
Private Record
Maker: Galleghan, Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX70416 Brigadier F.G. Galleghan D.S.O. O.B.E. E.D., 8th Australian Division, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains one notebook inclu...3DRL/2191
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Galleghan, Sir Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack' (Brigadier, b.1897 - d.1971)
Private Record
Maker: Galleghan, Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Brigadier Sir Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack' Galleghan DSO, OBE, ED, 8th Australian Division and prisoner of war, Changi. Collection consists ...3DRL/2313
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1. Gray, David. 2. Morrow, William (1. Sergeant, 8th Div Sig, AIF. 2. 8th Div Sig, AIF)
Private Record
TYPESCRIPT COPY OF STATEMENTS DETAILING SIGNALS TRAINING IN MALAYA, BATTLE ACTION IN THE WITHDRAWAL TO SINGAPORE, COMMENTS ON LT GEN GORDON BENNETT, DEPARTURE WITH COL BROADBENT'S PARTY, LATER SINKING...PR88/101
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Hannah, Robert Buchanan
Private Record
Maker: Hannah, Robert Buchanan
Collection relating to VX37681 Sergeant (Sgt) Robert Buchanan Hannah who served with 2/22 Infantry Battalion, 8th Division, which formed part of Lark Force. Comprises one original handwritten letter a...PR04517
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Holman, Robert (Private, b.1919 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Holman, Robert
Illustrated memoir compiled by NX44861 Private Robert Holman, documenting his experience as a Japanese prisoner of war on the Burma Thailand Railway and later at the coal mines in Omuta, Japan.PR04040
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Informal outdoor portrait of NX34723 Brigadier Cecil Arthur Callaghan, 8th Division, AIF.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of NX34723 Brigadier Cecil Arthur Callaghan, 8th Division, AIF.AWM2021.37.6
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Jacups, Howard (Lieutenant, b: 1919 d: 1996)
Manuscript
Maker: Jacups, Howard
A handwritten account by Lieutenant Howard Jacups AAMC entitled "Escape from Singapore, Singapore to Sydney, 43 days". The manuscript describes Jacups' escape from Singapore in February 1942 aboard th...MSS1633
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Jessup, Harry Ernest (Captain, b.1912 - d.1977)
Private Record
Maker: Jessup, Harry Ernest
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Captain Harry Ernest Jessup, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 2 (custom box) - contains Diary covering period from capitulation at Singapore, February 194...PR00683
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Jones, Charles Edward Francis (Private, b.1901 - d.1972)
Private Record
Maker: Jones, Charles Edward Francis 'Frank'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX51703 Private Charles Edward Francis 'Frank' Jones, 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Singapore,...PR02096
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Kappe, Charles Henry (Lieutenant Colonel) OBE, 1900 -1967
Manuscript
Maker: Kappe, Charles Henry
Collection relating to the Second World Service of Lieutenant Colonel VX48789 Charles Henry Kappe, 8th Division, 1942-1945, Singapore. The collection consists of Kappe's manuscript of 'The Malayan Ca...MSS1393
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Kappe, C H, OBE (Brigadier, b.1900 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Kappe, Charles Henry
ROLL OF HONOUR FOR F FORCE PERSONNEL - INCLUDING CAUSE OF DEATH, DATE, PERSONAL EFFECTS. RECORD OF ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN DEATHS AT NO 1 CAMP "KAMI SANKURAI", CHOLERA PATIENTS, AWL. COPIES OF REPRESEN...3DRL/2695
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Keegan, Major Francis (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Keegan, Major Francis
Assorted papers of Private Major Francis Keegan including diary entries, letters and poems and documents. Keegan was a driver with 8 Division Transport and went in to Japanese captivity after the fal...PR01658
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Kenny, Kevin (Private 8th Div Ammunition Sub Park, AIF, POW b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Kenny, Kevin
PHOTOCOPY OF MEMOIRS/DIARY TITLED "HOW I WON THE WAR WITH THREE ACES AND A PAIR OF TWOS", DETAILING HIS YEARS AS A POW IN CHANGI CAMPPR86/007
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Kent-Hughes, Sir Wilfrid (Colonel)
Private Record
Administrative papers relating to appointments and promotions of AIF while prisoners of the Japanese. Includes nominal rolls, correspondence, routine orders, appeals.PR00017
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Kerr, John 'Jack' Joseph (Warrant Officer 1, b.1904 - d.1982)
Private Record
Maker: Kerr, John 'Jack' Joseph
Mixed collection of files containing AIF routine orders, nominal rolls pay book and two diaries documenting internment in Changi POW campPR86/191
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-13. KUCHING FORCE. NX34225 LIEUTENANT C. R. BAYLISS (LINDFIELD ...
Photograph
KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-13. KUCHING FORCE. NX34225 LIEUTENANT C. R. BAYLISS (LINDFIELD NSW), 2/19TH BATTALION, 8TH DIVISION AIF BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP WANGANELLA B...118497
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-12. MAJ-GEN G.F. WOOTTEN, GOC, 9 DIVISION, SPEAKING TO COOKS AS THEY ...
Photograph
KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-12. MAJ-GEN G.F. WOOTTEN, GOC, 9 DIVISION, SPEAKING TO COOKS AS THEY PREPARE LUNCH IN THE 8 DIVISION OFFICERS MESS IN THE KUCHING POW & INTERNMENT CAMP.118408
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LABUAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-10-03. 8TH DIVISION EX PRISONERS OF WAR AND LONG SERVICE TROOPS ...
Photograph
Maker: Rainsford, Ross John
LABUAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-10-03. 8TH DIVISION EX PRISONERS OF WAR AND LONG SERVICE TROOPS EMBARKING AT LABUAN EN ROUTE TO MOROTAI FOR ON MOVEMENT TO AUSTRALIA. 8TH DIVISION EX PRISONERS OF WAR GROUP...118827
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Lee, Ivan (Sapper, d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Lee, Ivan
Letters written from Malaya in 1941, commenting on Singapore, possibility of war with Japan, monotonous duties. Sapper Lee later died while a prisoner of the Japanese.PR00290
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Lennon, John Leslie (Sergeant, b.1902 - d.1970)
Private Record
Maker: Lennon, John Leslie
Papers of NX32826 Sergeant John Leslie Lennon, General Base Depot, 8th Division AIF, relating to his service in the Second World War and especially the fall of Singapore and his time in Changi Prisone...PR00875
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Lieutenant Colonel Cranston McEachern
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Cranston McEachern (QX6176), Commanding 2/24th Anti-Tank Regiment, RAA at Muar River. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26444
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Lieutenant Colonel Ian O'Donnell
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Ian John O'Donnell (VX43938), OBE, Commanding 2/10 Field Company, RAE. Taken prisoner by the Japanese.ART26433
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Lieutenant Colonel John (Glyn) White
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel John George Glyn White (VX21434), OBE, Deputy Assistant Director Medical Services, Administrative Headquarters. Taken a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese.ART26438
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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Webster
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Marriott William Webster (TX2107), MC, ED, Commanding 2nd Australian Convalescent Depot, Australian Army Medical Service. Taken a prisoner-of-war by the...ART26439
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Lieutenant Colonel William Jeater
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel William David Jeater (NX34992), commanding officer of 2/20th Battalion. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese.ART26432
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MacDougal, David Campbell (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1918 - d.2018)
Private Record
Maker: MacDougal, David Campbell
FILE CONTAINING LETTERS, CABLEGRAMS AND REPORTS WITH SEPARATE LETTER AND EXTRACT FROM DIARY RELATING TO NO 204 MISSION CONTINGENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CADRE IN CHINA DURING 1942PR86/259
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MacLelland, W (Corporal, 2/10th Workshops, 8 Aust Div and POW, Malaya)
Private Record
Maker: MacLelland, W
"WELCOME HOME" CARDS, LIST OF ENTERTAINMENTS AND FACILITIES AVAILABLE IN DARWIN, INVITATION, ARTICLE ON THE ARRIVAL OF POW'S IN DARWIN FROM THE "ARGUS" 1948. INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY THE IJA TO PRISONER...3DRL/4090
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Major Alexander Thompson
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Alexander Norman Thompson (NX34974), Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, AIF Headquarters, 8th Division. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26446
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Malaya 8th Division story (Anzac TV Series)
Film
Maker: Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd
Malaya 8th Division story (Anzac TV Series)F10034-19
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McEachern, Thelma (Nee Bell) (Nurse, 10th AGH)
Private Record
Maker: McEachern, Thelma
MCEACHERN SAILED ON QUEEN MARY WITH 8 DIV TO SINGAPORE. SHE DESCRIBES CONDITIONS, ILLNESSES, EQUIPMENT AT THE HOSPITAL IN MALACCA, THE RETREAT TO SINGAPORE AND HER EVACUATION TO BATAVIA ON THE WOOSOOE...PR90/050
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McNeilly, George Houston (Honorary Colonel, MID, YMCA b.1903 - d.1987)
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the service of Honorary Colonel McNeilly during his period in Changi prisoner of war camp as a Young Men's Christian Association representative to the 8th Division AIF. Collect...PR87/113
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McNeilly, George Houston (Honorary Colonel, YMCA, Attached 8th Div, AIF b.1903 - d.1987)
Private Record
Maker: McNeilly, George Houston
Collection relating to George Houston McNeilly, YMCA, POW in Changi. Collection consists of a typescript memoir titled "Changi Diary", written by McNeilly. It covers topics such as: music, celebrity...PR85/337
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-30. MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, ARRIVED ...
Photograph
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-30. MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, ARRIVED FROM SINGAPORE ABOARD THE HOSPITAL SHIP ORANJE. FROM PRINCESS PIER, PORT MELBOURNE, THEY WERE TRANSPOR...116866
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“67 ½ mile peg, Mersing road”
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Unidentified Australian Medical Officers tending wounded by the roadside. A recess in the jungle which had been built for the purpose.ART24469
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Model of 8th Division Memorial at Bathurst, NSW
Art
Maker: Flak, John H E
This sculpture is a model of the 8th Division Memorial at Bathurst in New South Wales which commemorates the AIF Malaya and the 8th Australian Division. It consists of a granite base and 'blade' risin...ART32871
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Muar River survivors rejoin AIF
Film
Singapore, gallant survivors of Muar River "Lost Battalions" rejoin the AIF and enjoy hot showers at mobile unit.F00809
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Murchie, John Langford, (Private, b.1919 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Murchie, John Langford 'Jack'
Illustrated memoir, "Been There! Done That! My War Experiences", written by VX60772 Private John 'Jack' Langford Murchie, who served with 22 Brigade, 8 Division and became Prisoner of War after the fa...PR03155
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Murphy, Thomas F (Private, b.1925)
Private Record
Maker: Murphy, Thomas F
COPY OF DIARY WITH TYPESCRIPT VERSION ATTACHED RELATED TO WORK EXPERIENCES AT FUKUOKA POW CAMP. DUTIES INCLUDED WORKING IN THE MINES AND ROAD WORK. PTE T MURPHY WAS UNDERAGE ON HIS ENLISTMENT (AGED 16...PR87/029
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Mutton, Robert (Sergeant)
Manuscript
Maker: Mutton, Robert
Reminiscences regarding the 8th Division, includes contributions from a variety of authors. Mentions fall of Singapore, Japanese brutality including events at Alexandra Military Hospital and Massacre ...MSS1583
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Nixon, Rae Norman (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Nixon, Rae Norman
Material collected by Lieutenant Rae Norman Nixon relating to his time as a prisoner of war in Burma and Thailand, Second World War. Photocopies of sketches drawn by Nixon from 1942-1945, including 'K...PR00412.004
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NSW Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX65469 Private Colin Stewart Johnston, 8th ...
Photograph
NSW Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX65469 Private Colin Stewart Johnston, 8th Division Supply Column, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW)...P02467.106
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Orr, Lindsay Faulkner (Lieutenant, 8th Division, AASC b.1913)
Private Record
Maker: Orr, Lindsay Faulkner
TYPESCRIPT OF DIARY 1942-1945 KEPT WHILE A POW IN CHANGI CAMP DESCRIBING IN SOME DETAIL DAILY ROUTINES AND ACTIVITIESPR89/077
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Pair of shorts : Driver M H Store, 2/3 Reserve Motor Company 8th Division AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Store, Mark Hill
Pair of hand made faded blue-grey cotton shorts. The exterior surfaces of the fabric is significantly faded with several parts of the internal facing giving an indication of the original dark blue-gr...REL45061
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Pigram, John Ian (Driver)
Private Record
Maker: Pigram, John Ian
Correspondence between QX11425 Driver John Ian Pigram (2 Company, Australian Army Service Corps) and his family during Pigram's service with the 8th Division Petrol Section in 1941-1942 and subsequent...PR01867
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Power, F W G (8th Div, 2/12th Fld Coy (?))
Manuscript
Maker: Power, F W G
AUTOGBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF EXPERIENCES AS POW IN MALAYA, BURMA AND JAPAN. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY. DESCRIBES CONDITIONS AT CHANGI, TARSO, HINTOK, KWAI NOI RIVER, YAMINI AND NIIHAMA CAMPS IN JAPAN. ...MSS1323
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Repatriation of 8th Division POW (Fox Movietone News Vol. 16 No. 42)
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
Hospital ship Oranje arrives at Darwin from Singapore with ex-POWs of the 8th Division. They are welcomed home by men and women serving at Darwin.F00384
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Rice grinding, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts two unidentified men using improvised rice grinder. An old native stone mill made to work more easliy with a lever, Changi, Singapore, 1943.ART26522
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Robinson, Arthur C (Staff Sergeant, 8th Aust Div and POW, Changi)
Private Record
Maker: Robinson, Arthur Cyril
PHOTOGRAPHS OF SKETCHES OF CHANGI - 1944-1945. PAYBOOK - CONTAINS PHOTOS OF ROBINSON, LEAVE PASS, MEDICAL RECORD AND DETAILS OF VACCINATION INCLUDING DETAILS WHILE A POW3DRL/8033
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Robinson, Arthur Cyril (Staff Sergeant, b.1897 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Robinson, Arthur Cyril
Telegram, book of poems, and diary recording experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese February 1942-February 1943. Detailed daily entries discussing surrender, food, amenities, work at Bukit Timah ca...PR00479
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Robinson, Arthur Cyril (Staff Sgt b.1897 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Robinson, Arthur Cyril
Diary contains brief entries of Malayan campaign, but is mostly poetry relating to his experience as a prisoner of the Japanese. Themes include furphies, food, officers, fall of Singapore, Barrack Squ...PR00472
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Sandakan survivors ex NBN Television production Sandakan the untold story. Interviews with Mick Lofty Hodges, Keith Botterill and Nelson Short.
Film
Maker: NBN Television
Includes interviews with Don Wall, Mick "Lofty" Hodges (ex Z Special Unit), Keith Botterill, Sandakan survivior and Nelson Short, Sandakan survivor. There is also a brief interview with former Prime M...F04636
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Sergeant J Russell
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Sergeant John Lewis Russell, QX1899, 2/26 Australian Infantry Battalion, 8th Australian Division. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore. Born in Mitchell...ART26449
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1. Singapore stands to arms. Aussies honour Anzac Day 2. Palestine railroad rhythm. (Cinesound News No. 498)
Film
1. (2 min 54 sec) Troops on leave in Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Malaya. General Gordon Bennett lays a wreath at Anzac Day ceremony. 2. (2 min 24 sec) Arabs help to lay rail lines to song and rhythm.F00527
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Singleton, G Harold (Driver, 8 Div Ammunition Coy, AASC and POW, Thailand d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Singleton, George Harold
PUBLICATION "THE STATE OF JOHORE - MALAYA" INSCRIBED BY MEMBERS OF THE AMMUNITION SECTION AND SENT TO SINGLETON'S MOTHER FOR CHRISTMAS 19413DRL/6324
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Smith, Charles James (Private, b.1915 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Smith, Charles James
Collection relating to NX2573 Private (Pte) Charles James Smith who served with 2/30 Infantry Battalion, HQ Company, Transport Platoon, before the fall of Singapore in 1942 when he became a prisoner o...PR01984
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Smith, David Francis (Warrant Officer Class 2, d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Smith, David Francis
A collection of papers, mainly letters, relating to Smith's war service. The collection includes 30 letters written by Smith to his wife Rene, dating from 1940 to early 1942. The letters detail being ...PR00460
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Sons of the Anzacs 1939-1945
Film
Maker: Dreyfus, George Bagnall, Frank N Howes, Oliver F Bowden, Barry
Remake of the film F00188 produced by the Australian Commonwealth Film Unit for the Australian War Memorial. A history of Australia in the Second World War, covering the principal campaigns and utili...F00190
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Stahle, Leon Rossister Dalgleish (Colonel, CBE, Dados 8th Div, AIF b.1892 - d.1987)
Private Record
Maker: Stahle, Leon Rossister Dalgleish
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX24581 Colonel Leon Rossister Dalgleish Stahle, 1942. Wallet 1 of 1 consists of various bound papers including an address by Stahle to members ...3DRL/7870
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Stahle, Leon Rossiter Dalgleish (Lieutenant Colonel, Aaoc, 8 Division, AIF b.1892 - d.1987)
Private Record
Maker: Stahle, Leon Rossister Dalgleish
VARIOUS PAPERS ACCUMULATED WHILE AT HEADQUARTERS IN MALAYA AND WHILE A POW IN CHANGI. THEY INCLUDE DIARIES, REPORTS, ADDRESSES TO THE TROOPS, TYPESCRIPT OF CHANGI NEWSPAPER FOR 1942, ESSAY BY HELEN BE...PR89/059
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Stearne, C Max (Warrant Officer 2, 8th Div Salvage Coy AIF, POW)
Private Record
Maker: Stearne, C Max
COLLECTION OF PAPERS WITH LEAVE PASS, JAPANESE MESSAGE CARD, EXECUTION ORDER, MEDICAL RECORDS, LEAFLETS AND DEATH NOTICE OF PTE KELLY. HAND DRAWN MAP OF BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY. NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS OF R...PR86/189
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Studio portrait of VX62592 Private (Pte) Francis James Pring of Ballarat, Victoria (right) and ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of VX62592 Private (Pte) Francis James Pring of Ballarat, Victoria (right) and unknown Navy serviceman. Pte Pring enlisted at Royal Park, Victoria on 27 August 1941 and served with Det...P10709.001
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8th Aust Division (Australian Army)
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection of manuscript material originally written and collected by Australian servicemen, with the idea of being used in a book publication after the war. The stories cover the period 1942 to 1945 ...3DRL/0369
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8th Division Signals Association : compiled in Changi Gaol.
Private Record
Photocopy of record compiled at Changi Gaol of unit personnel taken prisoner by the Japanese. Lists deaths and casualties, service on Burma Railway and other places (arranged alphabetically by surname...PR00417
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They march again (News From Home. No. 35)
Film
Maker: Cinesound News from Home
Anzac Day ceremonies and crowds, commentary by Squadron Leader George Randall, DFC and BAR.F00730
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Thompson, Alexander Norman MBE (Major b.1906 - d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Thompson, Alexander Norman
Diaries and cards kept by Thompson, who as DAQMG acted as quartermaster to the AIF in Changi. Records in detail all stores issued and produced in Changi, including food, medicine, clothing and footwea...PR00016