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AWM54 1010/9/22 - [War Crimes and Trials - Investigation of Atrocities:] Australian Military Forces War Crimes trials, Japanese War Criminals at Rabaul, Morotai, Labuan, Wewak and Darwin to terms of imprisonment imposed at Rabaul New Guinea 25/2/1947. Nominal roll of Japanese in Rabaul Area under sentence February 1947. Nominal rolls Japanese Legal Staff - suspects held in custody - Personnel to be held as witnesses - Personnel awaiting repatriation
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2019.8.233
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Buoys on the beach
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Enormous buoys have washed up on a beach at Labuan. The buoys are almost twice the height of the soldier who walkd amongst them.ART23300
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Buoys, Victoria Town, Labuan
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a pile of mooring buoys resting on the edge of a lake, beside an old building in Labuan, Borneo during the Second World War.ART93836
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Campbell, Alan James (Signaller, b.? - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Campbell, Alan James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VNZ441420 Signaller Alan James Campbell, a New Zealander who served with Z Special Unit, Pacific Theatre and Australia, 1943-1945. Folder 1: On...AWM2016.811.1
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Captain John Searle
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting Captain John Edward Searle, NX21876, DCM, Liaison, 9th Australian Division Headquarters, formerly 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion.ART22440
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Chinese Temple
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Chinese temple used as billets for Australian soldiers, 4th Australian Bulk Petrol Company, but shared by an aged Chinese priest called 'Wong', who vigorously repelled all attempts to move him to othe...ART23233
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Church, Ivor Frederick, AO (Chaplain, b.1913 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Chruch, Ivor Frederick
Papers of Reverend Canon Ivor Frederick Church who served with the 7 Squadron RAAF during 1943-45 in Queensland and with the 82 Squadron in Borneo and Kuching Prisoner of War Camp in 1945. Items incl...PR01367
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Clock tower at Victoria Town, Labuan
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Drawing of the clock tower at Victoria Town, Labuan, which was one of the three surviving structures after the Japanese evacuated the town in 1945. Writing for the Australian Women's Weekly of his tra...ART29342
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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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Davis, Irvine Leslie (Leading Aircraftman, b.1924 - d.1977)
Private Record
Maker: Davis, Irvine Leslie
Collection relating to the Second World War and British Commonwealth Occupational Force (BCOF) service of 71625 Leading Aircraftman Irvine Leslie Davis, 7 Operational Training Unit, No. 8 Squadron, No...PR05481
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Doherty, Hugh Noel (Craftsman, b.1923 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Doherty, Hugh Noel
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX34705 (Q126283) Craftsman Hugh Noel Doherty, 2/2 Australian Infantry Troops Workshop, Second Australian Imperial Force, New Guinea, Australia a...PR04869
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Edwards, Silas (Flight Officer, b.1904 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Edwards, Silas Owen
Memoirs written by Flight Officer Edwards detailing his Second World War experiences with airfield construction units. Includes training, Horn Island, New Guinea, Noemfoor Island, Biak, Labuan and Aus...PR84/105
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Entertainment for the Troops Collection, Souvenirs 4
Published Collection
Maker: Various
The collection contains a diverse range of items such as invitations to afternoon teas, dances, dinners, parties and receptions, maps and guides to cities, accommodation and transport, and details of ...RC02398
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Goodman, Rupert Dr
Manuscript
Maker: Goodman, Rupert
No 4 copy of the original manuscript, unproofed and uncorrected, detailing the history of the development and work of the 2/4th Australian General Hospital at Tobruk, Redbank, Jerusalem, Colombo and L...MSS0893
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Gordon, Bernard P (Flight Lieutenant, Public Relations Officer, RAAF)
Private Record
Maker: Gordon, Bernard P
LETTER TO GEORGE RANDALL DESCRIBING THE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS IN THE CAMP AT LABUAN IN JULY 19453DRL/7417
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Haley, Roy John (Warrant Officer Class 2, b.1910 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Haley, Roy John Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service 31182 (VX81919) Warrant Officer Class 2 Roy John Haley, Z Special Unit, Borneo. The collection consists of a handwritten notebook containing a diary...AWM2017.866.1
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Head, Douglas Arthur (Corporal, b.1917 - d.2007)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Head, Douglas Arthur
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX25962 Corporal Douglas Arthur Head, 2/2 Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Middle East, Australia and New Guinea, 1940-1...PR03848
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HMAS Manoora (I) Anzac Day marching banner
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Dark blue satin marching banner with applique scroll design and lettering, and a cotton gold fringing along lower edge. Across the top is 'AIF HMAS MANOORA RAAF' and beneath is the ship's badge with t...REL40082
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HMAS Westralia (I) Anzac Day marching banner
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bright yellow synthetic satin marching banner with black applique lettering. The top of the banner reads 'HMAS WESTRALIA' in black satin. In the centre of the banner is a machine sewn stencil of the s...REL40081
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Hopwood, S.J.(Jock) (Leading Aircraftman)
Private Record
Maker: Hopwood, S J
Letters of Leading Aircraftman (LAC) S.J. (Jock) Hopwood to his mother from September 1943 to November 1945. They cover two phases of his career: (i) when he was stationed in Australia and training as...PR00948
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Hospital site, Labuan
Art
Maker: Newton, Max
This work depicts the site of a hospital that was located on the edge of high cliffs at Labuan. Max (Thomas Maxwell) Newton enlisted with the AIF. He was seconded to the RAAF War History Section as an...ART26806
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James-Martin, Howard and Boxall, Alexander Raymond
Manuscript
Maker: Boxall, Alexander Raymond James-Martin, Howard James-Martin, Peter
Manuscript compiled by Peter James-Martin in 1993 titled 'RAAF Years 1941-1945: A personal recall', containing two separate memoirs of 416355 Warrant Officer (WO) Howard John Martin (also known as How...MSS1514
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Japanese Corpse
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a corpse of unidentified Japanese soldier in Cantonment Road, Labuan, North Borneo.ART23225
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Japanese corpses
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
The bodies of two Japanese who were of a party who, after eluding capture for ten days after the landing on Labuan, formed up under a Japanese Colonel and made a desperate march into the town with the...ART23272
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Japanese dead, Labuan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Unidentified Japanese corpses, Borneo campaign.ART22914
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Japanese flag from Labuan signed by 5 Airfield Construction Squadron : Leading Aircraftman Noel Campbell McAllister, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small white cotton Japanese flag, with central red rising sun. The sun has several tears, and the entire flag has been encapsulated in heavy plastic. The flag bears pseudo Japanese characters but the...AWM2019.895.1
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Japanese Instruments of Surrender
Private Record
Collection relating to the Instruments of Surrender signed in Tokyo and at other places in the Pacific Region by the Japanese commanders on the cessation of war. (1) British Borneo and Natoena Island...EXDOC095
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Japanese Prisoners
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts three unidentified Japanese prisoners. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, Friend was selected for appointment as ...ART23251
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Javanese [labourers] at work on the strip, Labuan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Javanese labourers working on airfield, supervised by unidentified Australians; campaignART23262
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Javanese slaves in the native compound, sick ward, Labuan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified Javanese labourers in the Native Compound Sick Ward, Labuan.ART22920
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John Timbang, rouseabout at the searchlights battery, Labuan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
2/3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment; John Timbang, Malay rouseabout with 2/3 AA Bty, formerly forced labourer for JapaneseART23259
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Keley, Mervyn James (Captain, b.1914 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Keley, Mervyn James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX9926 Captain Mervyn James Keley, 2/32 Australian Infantry Battalion, Borneo, 1945. Collection consists of a six-page handwritten letter with e...AWM2016.496.1
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Kuching Force. The first groups of recently released Australian prisoners of war (POWs) to be ...
Photograph
Maker: Horner, Arthur Wakefield
Kuching Force. The first groups of recently released Australian prisoners of war (POWs) to be repatriated to Australia via Labuan. A group of 8 Division officers wait to leave Lintang Barracks. Back r...118604
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LABUAN, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 1945-10-24. THE BODY OF COLONEL AIKYO, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Donaldson, Robert Eric
LABUAN, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 1945-10-24. THE BODY OF COLONEL AIKYO, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE MIRI GARRISON, WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE DURING THE NIGHT OF 23 OCTOBER 1945, AT LABUAN PRISONER OF WA...118693
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LABUAN COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY, MALAYSIA, 1985-04-25. GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF OFFICIALS ATTENDING ...
Photograph
LABUAN COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY, MALAYSIA, 1985-04-25. GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF OFFICIALS ATTENDING ANZAC DAY CEREMONY. LEFT TO RIGHT: DAVID EVANS (AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER TO MALAYSIA); UNKNOWN; CHAI...P00572.001
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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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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-19. BRIGADIER W. J. W. WINDEYER DSO ED, ADMINISTRATIVE ...
Photograph
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-19. BRIGADIER W. J. W. WINDEYER DSO ED, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDER 9TH DIVISION, ADDRESSING A PARADE OF THE 2/3RD TANK ATTACK REGIMENT IN FRONT OF NO. 10 BATTERY...122695
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-29. 1800 INDIAN TROOPS COMPRISING GURKHA, MADRASI AND ...
Photograph
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-29. 1800 INDIAN TROOPS COMPRISING GURKHA, MADRASI AND PUNJABI UNITS ARRIVED AT CHICK PONTOON, VICTORIA HARBOUR, ON HMT HIGHLAND BRIGADE. A GROUP OF GURKHAS, TY...123604
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-05. SENIOR OFFICERS' DAY WITH THE "SOUTH CHINA SEAS ...
Photograph
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-05. SENIOR OFFICERS' DAY WITH THE "SOUTH CHINA SEAS FLYING SQUADRON", A SAILING CLUB FORMED BY MEMBERS OF UNITS CAMPED ON THE BEACH NEAR 9TH DIVISION HEADQUART...122785
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-10-08. THE CAMP OF 2/72ND LIGHT AID DETACHMENT ATTACHED TO ...
Photograph
Maker: Rainsford, Keith Carr
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-10-08. THE CAMP OF 2/72ND LIGHT AID DETACHMENT ATTACHED TO THE 2/24TH FIELD PARK COMPANY.119898
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LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1946-02-11. RESTING ON A TRAILER PILED WITH KITBAGS, THESE MEMBERS OF THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1946-02-11. RESTING ON A TRAILER PILED WITH KITBAGS, THESE MEMBERS OF THE RAAF COMPONENT OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (BCOF) TOOK IT EASY WHILE WAITING TO EMBARK ...OG3776
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LAC 'Curly' Bentley
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
A seated portrait of Leading Aircraftsman 'Curly' Bentley of the Royal Australian Air Force, possibly from the No 62 Works Supply Unit.ART23303
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LCM at Labuan
Art
Maker: Newton, Max
The work depicts an LCM boat carrying a GMC (General Motors Corporation) CCKW U.S. Army cargo truck. LCM is an abbreviation for Landing Craft, Mechanised. This design of boat was used extensively in t...ART26964
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Liberator Bomber attacks on Balikpapan
Art
Maker: Jones, Vernon
Liberator Bomber attacks on Balikpapan. On 1 May, 1945 began the invasion by Australian forces of the oil-rich territory of Borneo, which had been in Japanese hands since 1942. The series of operation...ART27578
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Lieutenant Donald Friend
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Donald Friend, official war artist, seated and writing up his diary, during the Second World War.ART93863
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Lieutenant General Baba Masao
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Lieutenant General Baba Masao (Baba is his surname), General Commanding 37th Japanese Army, surrendered his sword to Major General G F Wooten CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire), DSO, a...ART22984