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Arthurson, A C (Corporal, 13th Australian General Hospital, "F" Force)
Manuscript
Maker: Arthurson, Alexander Cyril 'Lex'
MANUSCRIPT TITLED "THE STORY OF THE 13TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL" FOLLOWS UNIT FROM FORMATION IN AUSTRALIA IN 1941, POSTING TO SINGAPORE, CAPTIVITY IN CHANGI AND OTHER AREAS OF SINGAPORE, "F" FORC...MSS1377
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Australian and American Prisoners of War, Java.
Manuscript
Handwritten booklet of poems titled `Australian and American Prisoners of War -Java' containing poems of Allied soldiers (authors of some poems are not named), probably compiled in Batavia. Themes exp...MSS1562
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Bannister, T C
Manuscript
Maker: Bannister, Thomas Colin
Manuscript titled `An Inch of Bravery: 3 RAR in the Malayan Emergency 1957-1959'. Discusses training, voyage to Malaya, and counter-insurgency service as a component of 28 Commonwealth Brigade. Descri...MSS1448
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Barlow, Samuel Ambrose (Private)
Manuscript
Maker: Barlow, Samuel Ambrose
Manuscript describing enlistment, training, active service in Malaya, and subequent experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese at Changi and on the Burma-Thailand railway as a member of `H' Force. Disc...MSS1446
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Bishop , A B
Manuscript
Thesis "The interaction of ALP (Australian Labour Party) policy on Indonesia and on Australian Armed Forces in Malaya 1960-1963". Examines the development and change in Labour policy on Australian arm...MSS1087
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Booth, Ivan C (Major)
Manuscript
Maker: Booth, Ivan C
"A short history of the Field Survey Company Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces". Includes a list of officers, their postings and any casualties.MSS0850
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Budd, Frank (Sapper, b.1907 - d.1952)
Manuscript
Maker: Budd, Frank
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Sapper WX2537 Frank Budd, 2/6 Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers, Singapore, Mayala, 1941-1942. The collection comprises a single ma...MSS0649
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Cavanough, Mike (Driver)
Manuscript
Maker: Cavanough, Mike
Humorous autobiographical account titled "What some daddies did in the war", describing his enlistment in the second AIF, posting to Malaya, outbreak of war with Japan, the defence of Malaya and later...MSS1236
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Denning, Stanley Francis (Private)
Manuscript
Maker: Denning, Stanley Francis
Memoirs of service during Malayan campaign and as a prisoner of the Japanese, in particular as a member of "H" force at various locations including Hellfire Pass. Comments on food, work, treatment by ...MSS1542
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Dow, Maynard Weston
Manuscript
Maker: Dow, Maynard Weston
Thesis "Counterinsurgency and nation building : a comparative study of Post-World War Two Anti Guerilla Resettlement Programs in Malaya, the Philippines and South Vietnam". PhD, Syracuse University, 1...MSS0968
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Drummond, Alexander Hatton
Manuscript
Maker: Drummond, Alexander Hatton Williams, Jo
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX52775 Private (Pte) Alexander Hatton Drummond, who served with 2/29 Australian Infantry Battalion and became a prisoner of war (POW) of the Jap...MSS1530
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Guide International Service
Manuscript
Maker: Girl Guides Association of Australia
Collection of 17 articles (some photocopied) published in 'Guiding in Australia' (GIA), a magazine published by the Girl Guides Association of Australia between 1980-1994. The articles were published ...MSS1484
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Hackney, Ben Charles, Lieutenant,
Manuscript
Maker: Hackney, Ben Charles
Manuscript titled 'Dark evening'. Account of fighting by 2/19, 2/29 and 2/30 Battalions on Malayan Peninsula between Bakri and Parit Sulong; also convoy work and evacuation of wounded by 2/3 Reserve ...MSS0758
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Heffernan, Patrick George (Air Commodore, OBE, AFC, 8 Squadron, 4 Service Flying Trgn School RAAF, 27 Operational Trgn Unit RAF)
Manuscript
Maker: Heffernan, Patrick George
TWO AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TYPESCRIPTS. "DUNTROON DAYS" (WITH A FORWARD BY GENERAL SIR JOHN WILTON), CHARTS THE LIFE OF A STAFF CADET BETWEEN 1925 AND 1928 AT RMC DUNTROON. "PILOT'S PROGRESS" CONTINUES THE ...MSS1372
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Hopkins, Ronald Nicholas Lamond, Major General, b: 1897
Manuscript
Maker: Hopkins, Ronald Nicholas Lamond
Four separate volumes of corrected printer's proofs of "Australian Armour : a history of the Royal Australian Armour Corps, 1927-1972" published by the Australian War Memorial and Australian Governmen...MSS0787
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Japan Times and Advertiser
Manuscript
Transcript of "Japan Times and Advertiser" newspaper article "Brilliant 70 Day Drive of Imperial Forces down Malay Peninsula to Singapore Road" published 8 April 1942. Believed report prepared for Gen...MSS0769
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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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Kerr, W.D. (Group Captain)
Manuscript
Maker: Kerr, W D
Recollections of service with RAAF 1939-1967, principally as a navigator, including training, active service in New Guinea, in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency, and the 1956 Suez Crisis while on...MSS1485
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Manivannan
Manuscript
Thesis titled `Resistance in World War Two: the case of Malaya'. Discusses the background to resistance, Allied strategy in Malaya, clandestine operations and other resistance groups, role of Malay an...MSS1438
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McMaster, Elliot
Manuscript
Maker: McMaster, Elliot
Recollection titled 'My War Experiences, Friendships, and Three And A Half Years As A POW'. Describes active service during Malayan campaign, experiences in Changi and on Burma-Thai railway, liberatio...MSS1522
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McNaughton, Jack W (Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment, British Army)
Manuscript
Maker: McNaughton, Jack W
Series of poems written by McNaughton while a prisoner of the Japanese in Changi Gaol and at Keigo and Tokyo in Japan. Describes prison life. Poems were given to an Australian serviceman with the 1 Au...MSS0744
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Morrison, Mark, Civilian Solicitor
Manuscript
Maker: Morrison, Mark
Report written by a former solicitor in Malaya, Mr Mark Morrison, conveying his opinions on the failure of the civil and military authorities to come to terms with the defence of the Malay Peninsula, ...MSS1392
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1.Penfold,AW. 2.Bayliss,WC. 3.Crispin,KE
Manuscript
Maker: Bayliss, W C Crisp, K E Penfold, A W
Incomplete draft manuscript containing parts one and two of "Galleghan's Greyhounds" a unit history for the 2/30th Infantry Battalion. Covers the formation of the unit at Tamworth, posting to Malaya, ...MSS0921
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Porter, F. Hal (Flight Lieutenant)
Manuscript
Maker: Porter, Frederick Harold (Hal)
`Adventures in Radar: a story of radar and the experiences of some of its personnel'. This manuscript is an account of the development of RAAF radar systems and their early use. The major part of the ...MSS1229
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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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Reid, Mac (Private, b: 1922 d: 1993)
Manuscript
Maker: Reid, Mac
Pte Reid's account of a road-block ambush during WW2, in which he was involved as a member of the ambushed group, which comprised Reid's 2/19 Battalion, "the remnants of the Indian Brigade" and the 2/...MSS1629
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Simpson , Norman B (Sergeant, b:1924)
Manuscript
Maker: Simpson, Nellie
Memoir of Norman Simpson's enlistment and service in New Guinea, Korea, Sabah, Malaysia and South Vietnam. He served with 2/28 Infantry Battalion and the Royal Australian Regiment (2nd and 3rd Battali...MSS1161
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Slater, Anne
Manuscript
Maker: Slater, Anne
Account of experiences of a civilian evacuee from Malaya to Australia via Java in January 1942, particularly an incident at Sourabaya aerodrome. Her husband enlisted with the Federated Malay States Vo...MSS1281
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SMITH , Lindsay
Manuscript
Thesis "Australian Malayan relations 1947 - 1957". Examines Australia's reactions to events in Malaya; Malaya's impact on Australia and Australia's impact on Malaya. NB Malaya does not include Singapo...MSS1005
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Straits Chinese support for the Malayan Aeroplane Fund (1915-18) & China's Aeroplane Purchasing Campaign (1936-41)
Manuscript
Maker: Hall, Margaret
Research paper on the Malayan Aeroplane Fund in World War I and China's Aeroplane Purchasing Campaign in World War II.MSS1868
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Thompson, Claude Goodwin (Flight Sergeant, b.1913 - d.?)
Manuscript
Maker: Thompson, Claude Goodwin
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 403783 Sergeant Claude Goodwin Thompson, Royal New Zealand Air Force [RNZAF], Dutch East Indies, 1941-1945. The collection consists of a typescri...MSS1214
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Thompson, Claude Goodwin (Flight Sergeant, b.1913 - d.?)
Manuscript
Maker: Thompson, Claude Goodwin
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 403783 Sergeant Claude Goodwin Thompson, Royal New Zealand Air Force [RNZAF], Dutch East Indies, 1941-1945. The collection consists of a typescri...MSS2206
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Thomson, Judy
Manuscript
Maker: Thomson, Judy
Autobiographical manuscript titled `Pity she's not a boy'. Discusses childhood during the war of 1939-1945 in Melbourne, and later experiences as the wife of an army officer and politician. Covers mil...MSS1399
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Unknown
Manuscript
FRAGMENT OF A POEM, POSSIBLY WRITTEN BY AN AUSTRALIAN POW IN CHANGI. TITLED "THE CAUSEWAY JOB", THE POEM DESCRIBES THE BUILDING OF A CAUSEWAY BY POWS AND THE DEFENCE OF SINGAPORE. WRITTEN ON NAVAL MES...MSS1329
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WICKS , Peter
Manuscript
Thesis "Australia's relations with Malaysia 1957-1965". A study of Australian policies and attitudes towards Malaysia, the extent of cooperation and conflict with Malaysia and the place of the relatio...MSS1004
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Young, Bill (Private, b.1925)
Manuscript
Maker: Young, Bill
Manuscript written by Private Bill Young 'Return to a dark age' describing his experiences as prisoner of war of the Japanese during the Second World War. Young writes about his enlistment, training,...MSS1364