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Anzacs arrive in Greece
Film
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
In March 1941 the Australian 6th Division embarked in the Middle East for Greece. This film covers troops on board troopships waiting to disembark in Greece. Greek villages and sightseeing in Athens. ...F01074
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Anzacs leave for Greece
Film
Maker: Silk, George
HMAS Perth, takes Australian, British and Palestinian troops to Greek port.F01235
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Bardia - Tobruk (Anzac TV series)
Film
Maker: Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd
Bardia - Tobruk (Anzac TV series)F10034-01
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Berryman, Sir Frank Horton (Lieutenant General, b.1894 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Berryman, Frank Horton
Collection relating to the military career of VX20308 Lieutenant General Frank Horton Berryman, KCVO, CB, CBE, DSO, 7 Australian Division (formerly II Corps, Land Headquarters (LHQ), 2 Australian Divi...PR84/370
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Billeting at Barraca Cyrenaica
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Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Australian troops billeted with Italian settlers at Bardia, Cyrenaica. Private M Nichollis repairs Italian peasant girls sandal.F01067
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Blamey inspects 6th Division, Atherton
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Maker: Trerise, John William
The Commander in Chief, General Sir Thomas Blamey, reviews troops of the 6th Australian Division at a parade held on the Wondecla Show Grounds at Atherton Queensland. General Sir Thomas Blamey reviews...F01705
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Brass kitbag handle and lock : Warrant Officer 2 R S Holmes, Australian Army Canteen Service, 6 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Standard brass hinged D-ring handle with locating slot and lock hole. It employs a separate pin-hinged flat bar with a slot at one end, which hinges down and locates onto a flattened tongue at the oth...REL36744.002
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Bren gun carriers on manoeuvers
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Bren gun carriers manoeuvre over rough desert country.F01045
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Bridge on road East of Delphi
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
This picture gives some idea of the type of country through which the 6th Australian Division had to withdraw when it was decided to withdraw British forces from Greece in April 1941.ART24019
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Burns, Michael (Gunner, 6 Australian Division, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Burns, Michael
SOUVENIR CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO GNR BURNS ABOARD HMT OXFORD FOR "CROSSING THE LINE"PR83/133
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Camp life at Palestine
Film
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Palestine, general shots of troops in camp and on route march, camp area February 1940. Identified personnel are 2165414 (NX160) Major Hector McDonald Finnie AAMC, with portable dentist chair and dril...F01007
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Commando Fighting Knife Scabbard : Corporal T R Neeman, 6 Division Signals
Technology
Gregory Steel Fighting Knife Scabbard. Stitched brown leather scabbard with steel rivets and press fastener stud strap on the top belt loop as a retainer around the knife grip. It has broad arrow mark...REL27073.002
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Conference between 6 Australian Division and Japanese officers
Film
Maker: Eastman, David Tennant Gaery
At 1400 hours on 22nd August 1945, Staff Officers of HQ 6th Australian Division and ATIS Translator boarded a Motor Launch at Cape Wom to proceed to Kairiru Island to hold a conference with Captain No...F07240
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Conference held at Cape Wom with Japanese officers
Film
Maker: Eastman, David Tennant Gaery
Conference between Staff Officers, 6th Australian Division and Lieutenant General Adachi, Commander 18 Japanese Army, held in the Battle Room at HQ 6th Australian Division, to discuss arrangements for...F07244
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Darwin and Central Australia
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Maker: Munro, Kenneth John
Open plain somewhere between Victoria River, Downs Station and Darwin, a herd of cattle in the distance. Soldiers operating Well Drilling Plant. Tents being erected at Adelaide River for Army Hospit...F07027
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Demolitions, Piraeus, Greece
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Piraeus, the seaport for the city of Athens, was the port of disembarkation for troops of the 6th Australian Division when entering Greece in April 1941. The damage shown here was caused to German ins...ART24023
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[Departure of AIF troops from Melbourne]
Film
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Filmed by one of Australia's premier cinematographers, Damien Parer, this unedited film in two parts shows the departure of 6th Division troops from Melbourne beginning in 1939. note that audio is ext...F01001
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Derna action, 1941
Film
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
On 23 January 1941, members of the Australian 6th Division started their advance towards Derna. On 30 January, 1941, an Australian patrol entered Derna.F01064
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6 Division volunteers leaves Wewak for BCOF in Japan
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
Members of 6th Australian Division who volunteered for service with the BCOF, Japan, left Wewak on 26 October 1945, in the troopship MV Manoora. Shows two soldiers carrying placard "Tokyo here we come...F07440
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Domokos
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
From this point where the main road crosses the summit of Domokos Pass. Units of the 6th Australian Division travelled on this road during the withdrawal to take up defensive positions in Brallos Pass...ART23996
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Early manoeuvres Western Desert
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Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
A training exercise for infantry in the Western Desert. Troops take up positions, repel aircraft (Gloster Gladiator) attacks and finally charge the enemy positions.F01234
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Eden visits AIF camp
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
The Right Honorable, (Robert) Anthony Eden PC, MC, JP accompanied by Brigadier A S Allen DSO, VD inspects members of the 2nd AIF in Palestine.F01009
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Elasson
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
This sketch shows two men walking along a path on the side of a hill, overlooking the Greek town of Elasson from the north during a storm. Elasson was on the line of withdrawal of the ANZAC Corps, whi...ART23977
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Enemy guns
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Tobruk defence system after its capture by Australian soldiers of the 6th Division. The guns pictured are Italian naval guns in a coastal battery in Tobruk, Libya.ART28475
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Evacuated troops from Greece in Alexandria
Film
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Australian and British troops disembarking at Alexandria after being evacuated from Greece. Troops relax in dock area before entraining.F01082
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Finding Japanese burial shrine
Film
Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
When troops began to burn a Japanese hut near the village of Kreer, during the 6th Division's advance on Wewak, the floor collapsed and they discovered that it was a shrine in which were several thous...F01630
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Front line at Salamaua
Film
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter Fox Movietone News
Movietone News newsreel version of Damien Parer's film of the fighting and supply around Salamaua. Air supply by Douglas C47 transport aircraft. Aerial strafing and bombardment of Salamaua airstrip by...F01621
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Funeral of Brigadier Andrews
Film
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Funeral of Brigadier B J Andrew VX13755 Deputy Adjutant General AIF HQ Middle East. Brigadier Andrew died on 28 April 1941.F01081
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General Blamey arrives in Tiberias
Film
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
General Sir Thomas Blamey with Brigadier S F Rowell, GSO 1 Australian Corps and Captain J Wilmoth ADC arrived at Tiberias by Imperial Airways Empire Flying Boat on 20 June 1940. General Blamey was met...F01039
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General Blamey, Major-General Wordsworth & 2/5 Aust. Inf. Bn, 6 Division disembarking at Aitape
Film
Maker: Kinna, Darrell
Major General (Maj Gen) Robert Harley Wordsworth CBE, British Army, leaving C-47 Dakota aircraft at Aitape and being greeted by General Staff Officer 1 (GSO 1) 6th Australian Division, Lieutenant Colo...F07179
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General Blamey reviews 6 Division at Wewak
Film
Maker: Eastman, David Tennant Gaery
On his arrival at Boram in the first Liberator aircraft to land on the airstrip since its completion, the Commander in Chief, AMF, General Sir Thomas A Blamey GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, was met by the Genera...F07386
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General Mackay's farewell to the 6th Division at Palestine
Film
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Major General Sir Iven Giffard Mackay inspecting the 6th Australian Division on 6 August 1941 in the Julis area prior to relinquishing his command of the division. After the inspection Major General M...F01103
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General O'Connor visits 6 Australian Division Headquarters
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
General Officer Commanding (GOC) XIII Corps, Lieutenant General Sir Richard O'Connor, accompanied by Brigadier Harding, called at 6 Australian Division HQ to farewell Major General I G Mackay and seni...F01068
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Gracie Fields concert at 6 Australian Division HQ Wewak
Film
Maker: Eastman, David Tennant Gaery
On arrival at Wewak airstrip from Madang, where she had given a concert the previous day, Miss Fields and her party were mobbed by diggers who had come down to the strip to catch a glimpse of them. Sh...F07241
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Greece
Film
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
General coverage of heavy military traffic on mountain roads during British retreat in Greece.F01085
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Greece - Crete (Anzac TV series)
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Maker: Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd
Greece - Crete (Anzac TV series)F10034-05
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GREECE, 1940-O4-21. 2/3RD CASUALTY CLEARANCE STATION. A GROUP OUTSIDE THE BRITISH HOSPITAL AT ...
Photograph
GREECE, 1940-O4-21. 2/3RD CASUALTY CLEARANCE STATION. A GROUP OUTSIDE THE BRITISH HOSPITAL AT KHAFISSIA NEAR ATHENS. LEFT TO RIGHT, WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 2, BURRILL 2/4TH BATTALION, SISTER T. J. LLOYD...119040
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Greek cottages and church
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
On the road to Veria Pass. Recorded in the Official War History as "Veria Pass." Veria Pass was one of the early defensive positions taken up by the 6th Australian Division in the campaign in Greece, ...ART23967
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Hadlow, Martin
Manuscript
Maker: Hadlow, Martin
`A Sea of Tents' is a non-fiction work which gives an account of the social life of young Australian soldiers in the Middle East during World War Two. It covers life on board the troop convoys, experi...MSS1213
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HERBERTON, QLD. 1943-08-04. QX39606 PRIVATE (PTE) C. C. WOOLACOTT (LEFT) AND VX35063 PTE A. ...
Photograph
HERBERTON, QLD. 1943-08-04. QX39606 PRIVATE (PTE) C. C. WOOLACOTT (LEFT) AND VX35063 PTE A. GRAHAM OF HEADQUARTERS, 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, TIDYING THE GARDENS OF "A" AND "B" MESSES.O55441
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HERBERTON, QLD. 1943-08-13. VX34410 CORPORAL H. A. SMALE OF "C" COMPANY, 2/1ST HEADQUARTERS GUARD ...
Photograph
HERBERTON, QLD. 1943-08-13. VX34410 CORPORAL H. A. SMALE OF "C" COMPANY, 2/1ST HEADQUARTERS GUARD BATTALION, ATTACHED TO THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, CLEANING HIS RIFLE BEFORE GOING ON GUARD DUTY.O55468
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HERBERTON, QLD. 1943-08-09. VX9760 SERGEANT K. M. MORTON (LEFT) AND NX118073 PRIVATE J. A. BESTON ...
Photograph
HERBERTON, QLD. 1943-08-09. VX9760 SERGEANT K. M. MORTON (LEFT) AND NX118073 PRIVATE J. A. BESTON OF THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION POSTAL UNIT, SORTING MAIL PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTION TO UNITS.O55442
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Herrick, J (Lieutenant, 6th Division Signals, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Herrick, J
TYPESCRIPT OF MEMOIRS OF J HERRICK'S SERVICE BETWEEN 1939-1941 DESCRIBING TRAINING IN AUSTRALIA, VOYAGE TO BRITAIN AND SUBSEQUENT TRAINING, POSTING TO AND ACTION IN NORTH AFRICAPR86/299
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Hurst, Philip John (Private, b: 1918)
Manuscript
Maker: Hurst, Philip John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX5862 Private Philip John Hurst, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, 1995. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection consists of a bound typescript memoir titl...MSS1656
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Improvised identity disc : Private K P Hartshorne, 6th Division Australian Army Service Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised identity disc made from a George V Australian shilling coin in 1941-1942 in the Middle East for SX680 Private Kenneth Percival Hartshorne.REL49795
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In line of German advance in Brallos Pass, 1941
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
The Pass was the scene of a very determined delaying action fought by units of Anzac Corps, which included the 6th Australian Division, during the withdrawal of British forces in Greece to the evacuat...ART24011
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Inspection by HQ 6 Australian Division officers of Japanese hospital on Muschu Island
Film
Maker: Eastman, David Tennant Gaery
On 1 October 1945, Lieutenant General Yoshihara, Chief of the General Staff, 18 Japanese Army and Commander of the Japanese compound on Muschu was ordered to improve the hospital site, lay paths and g...F07376
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Interrogation of suspected war criminals
Film
Maker: Eastman, David Tennant Gaery
On 19 October 1945, at HQ 6 Australian Division, began the preliminary interrogation of suspected or accused Japanese war criminals. The first Japanese to be questioned is a Lieutenant Tazaki who is a...F07377
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Interview with Sandy Rayward (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Interview with Sandy Rayward who left Australia on the first convoy for the Middle East on 10 January 1940 on the Orford. Discusses his enlistment, the effects of the depression and hard times on the ...F04020
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Italian prisoners
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
An endless column of Italian prisoners taken by the 6th Australian Division in the Western Front in Libya, 1941.ART23430
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Italian prisoners, Libya
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Italian prisoners of war rest during their march en route to prisoner of war cages. The prisoners were captured by the 6th Australian Division at the fall of Tobruk.ART22880
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1. Japanese surrender at Wewak 2. Hospital ships bring home sick POW.
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (1 min 36 sec) 13 Sep 1945. Cape Wom Airstrip Wewak, New Guinea, veteran 6th Division in impressive ceremony at Japanese surrender. Lieutenant-General Adachi signs the surrender before Major Genera...F00821
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Leave in Cairo
Film
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Australian soldiers on leave in Cario inspect the Pyramids and ancient Egyptian statues. They see the city sights from a native horse-drawn Gharry.F01032
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Loading transport for 6th Division embarkation
Film
Maker: Kinna, Darrell
Soldiers on Cairns wharf, QLD, prepare jeeps and motor vehicles of the 6 Division for loading into ship. Shots of vehicles being hoisted onto ship.F07142
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Long, Gavin Merrick (General Editor - Australia in the War of 1939-45, War Correspondent b.1901 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Long, Gavin Merrick
Collection relating to Gavin Long, War Correspondent and General Editor of the 1939-1945 War Official History, 1937-1978. The collection consists of notebooks, diaries, correspondence and newscutting...PR88/072
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Lost leg at Tobruk fights in RAAF
Film
Newsreel item on Flying Officer Roberts Christian Dunstan, DSO, the one-legged rear gunner of Mount Eliza, Victoria, stepping from the Spirit of Progress on his arrival at Spencer Street railway stati...F02035
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Macrae, Donald (Sergeant, Intelligence Section, HQ 6 Aust Div and 2/6th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Macrae, Donald
ANSWER TO 2/6TH BN CIRCULAR, SENT OUT WHILE RESEARCHING HISTORYPR85/247
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Map satchel : Major General G A Vasey
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Khaki canvas map satchel and document case, with fold over flap secured by two press studs, and two internal heavy clear plastic inserts to protect the contents. These plastic sheets have been removed...REL41099.001
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Marchant, James Leslie, Captain
Private Record
Maker: Marchant, James Leslie
Practical manual of spoken English issued under the authority of the Head Interpreter Section, "Go" Force the Headquarters Eighth Army in Rabaul December 1945. The compilers were Hayashi Seitaro and t...PR91/083
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Matthews, Allan Ernest (Corporal, b.1920)
Manuscript
Maker: Matthews, Allan Ernest Matthews, Chris
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX5175 Corporal Allan Ernest Matthews, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, 1939-1945. Matthews was an original member of B Company, 2/7 Australi...MSS2290
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McArthur, HENRY W T (PRIVATE, 6 AUST DIV AMMUNITION COY)
Private Record
Maker: McArthur, Henry W T
DIARY COVERING SERVICE IN TOBRUK AND CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGEPR85/102
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McDonald, Albert James (Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: McDonald, Albert James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX5554 Lieutenant Albert James 'Meggsie' McDonald, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Middle East and Australia...PR04741
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Menzies tour, Middle East and Palestine
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank) Parer, Damien Peter Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
The Australian Prime Minister Mr Robert Gordon Menzies toured the Middle East and Palestine visiting Australian sailors, soldiers and airmen at Jerusalem (at the Australian Soldiers Club), Julis, Beit...F01065
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Milne, Edmund Osborn DSO, OBE, VD (Colonel, b.1886 - d.1963).
Private Record
Maker: Milne, Edmund Osborn
1940 diary of Milne whilst in the position of 6 Division Assistant Adjutant and Quarter-Master General to 2nd AIF Overseas Base. The diary describes his embarkation December 1939 as part of the 2nd AI...PR00061
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Mt Olympus
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Seen from the main road between Servia and the Aliakmon River. A sight familiar to troops of the 6th Australian Division fighting with the ANZAC Corps in Greece in 1941.ART23969
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2nd AIF entraining, Showground Station Flemington
Film
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
A draft of recruits for the 6th Australian Division entraining at the Showground Railway Station, Flemington, for Puckapunyal Camp near Seymour, Victoria.F01117
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Neeman, Thomas Richard "Tom" (Corporal, b.1917 - d.2006)
Private Record
Maker: Neeman, Thomas Richard
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX4539 Signalman (later Corporal) Thomas Richard "Tom" Neeman, initially Headquarters Company 2/6 Infantry Battalion, later K Section Signals 17 ...PR01034
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1. New East West Road 2. WAAAF learn unarmed defence 3. Penny a plane campaign launched 4. The fighting sixth marches again. (Cinesound News No. 566)
Film
1. (3 min 54 sec) A new defence road linking the Eastern Seaboard with Darwin under construction 2. (58 sec) WAAAF learn the art of self defence. 3. (1 min 17 sec) Sydney, NSW. Alderman Crick opens th...F00592
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Newsreel extracts: 1. Cruisers USS Salt Lake City and USS Northampton surprise visit to Brisbane. 2. Australian anti-aircraft gunners 3. National Security Exhibition reveals the work of Fascists. 4. Anzacs abroad (Movietone) 5. Another Anzac letter from Syria.
Film
Newsreel extracts: 1. Cruisers USS Salt Lake City and USS Northampton surprise visit to Brisbane. 2. Australian anti-aircraft gunners 3. National Security Exhibition reveals the work of Fascists. 4. A...F03519
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N.Z. positions on the Thermopylae-Brallos Pass
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Drawing of the New Zealand positions on the Thermopylae-Pass, as seen from the direction of the German advance. New Zealand troops, forming with the 6th Australian Division, the ANZAC Corps, fought de...ART23998
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O'Brien, James Phillip (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: O'Brien, James Phillip
Seven diaries kept by O'Brien during his military service. Daily entries record training, military routines, leave, activities and movements. From Redbank, (Qld) 1939; Palestine, Egypt, Bardia, Bengha...PR91/132
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On line of German advance in Brallos Pass, 1941
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of Brallos Pass. During the withdrawal of British forces from Greece in 1941, units of the 6th Australian Division fought rearguard actions through this Pass, considerably delaying the enemy a...ART24010
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Paige, Eric (aka Raphael Finkelstein, b:1898 d:1982)
Manuscript
Maker: Paige, Eric
Copy of handwritten memoir by Eric Paige (NO.EX.VX2555) (formerly known as Raphael Finkelstein) with 2/2 Field Ambulance describing his time spent at the camp at Puckapunyal where he formed a concert ...MSS1642
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Plummer, Horace Sydney "Syd" (Colonel, b.1915 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Plummer, Horace Sydney "Syd"
Collection relating to the war service of VX109 Colonel Horace Sydney Plummer, CMF, 2/1 Australian Machine Gun Battalion, and HQ S Command, Australia, United Kingdom Greece, New Guinea, 1929-1965. Co...AWM2016.609.1
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'Pop', a veteran to two wars (Private Lance Rosser)
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of SX7048 Private Lancelot Frederick Rosser 'Pop', 6th Australian Division, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, North African campaign. When the artist was instructed by Blamey to select someone ...ART22874
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Race meeting at Barbara Camp
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Captain Eugene Gorman KC, The Commissioner for the Australian Comforts Fund and a prominent racing man in Australia, organised a race meeting in Palestine at Barbara Camp which took place just before ...F01042
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Rae, 6th Aust Div
Private Record
Maker: Rae
OPERATION ORDER FOR RAE 6 AUST DIV FOR 27 APRIL 1945PR88/156
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Robertson, Sir Horace Clement Hugh 'Red Robbie' (Lieutenant General, b.1894 - d.1960)
Private Record
Maker: Robertson, Horace Clement Hugh
Collection relating to the Second World War service and post-war career of VX20321 Lieutenant General Sir Horace Robertson, KBE, CBE, DSO, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (formerly 10 Light Hors...PR87/167
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Salisbury Plains (AIF in England)
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Maker: Unknown
Part of the 6th Australian Division, AIF in England, at Salisbury Plain. Shows Australians marching in single file along a village path, watched by locals who hand pears to the troops. Convoy of motor...F01088
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Saywell, Lawrence (Larry) Phillip (Private, b.1919 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Saywell, Lawrence Phillip
This collection consists primarily of letters written by Private Lawrence (Larry) Saywell to his mother Mrs Gertrude Saywell (Gert), his brothers George and Preston and to his aunt in England between ...PR00815
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Shaw, Edwin A (Sergeant, HQ AIF Reception Grp (Uk) and HQ 6th Aust Div)
Private Record
Maker: Shaw, Edwin A
BOOK CONTAINING DIARY ENTRIES FOR 18 - 29 DEC 1944. ALSO SONGS AND POEMS 1942-45. LETTER REGARDING THE POETRY. TYPESCRIPT POEMS. LETTER RE A POEM PUBLISHED IN "SOLDIERING ON". MID CERTIFICATE. DISCHAR...3DRL/6499
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1. Ship wrecked on NSW coast 2. General Blamey reviews famous 6th Division 3. Gary Cooper arrives in Australia. (News From Home No. 64)
Film
Extracts from News From Home newsreel compile No. 64. (1 min 15 sec) A nine thousand ton ship is wrecked on the coast of Australia, the AIF are called out to do all they can to rescue the seamen, and ...F00757
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Sligo, Charles (6th Division, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Sligo, Charles
MEMOIRS OF C SLIGO'S EXPERIENCE AS POW. BEGINS WITH EVACUATION OF GREECE, CRETE CAMPAIGN AND CAPTIVITY IN GERMAN PRISON CAMPS UNTIL REPATRIATEDPR86/100
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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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1st advance in Western Desert
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Australian soldiers advance through heavy sand and storm. Scenes of Italian POW's and captured equipment.F01233
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Study for Australian troops disembarking at Alexandria
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
A study depicting an Australian soldier from the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, 6th Australian Division disembarking at Alexandria.ART21927
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Study for Australian troops disembarking at Alexandria
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a figure study, unidentified soldier, recumbent, for disembarkation from Greece.ART21919
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Study for Australian troops disembarking at Alexandria
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
figure study; unidentified soldier, recliningART21918
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Study for Australian troops disembarking at Alexandria
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a figure study for 'Disembarkation from Greece.ART21920
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Study for Australian troops disembarking at Alexandria
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Figure study for 'Disembarkation from Greece.ART21926
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Surf carnival with Blamey
Film
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
On Sunday 14 July 1940 the 2nd AIF held a beach carnival at Gaza Beach. The programme consisted of ten events which catered for over 300 swimmers and entertainment for 400 men. Lieutenant General Sir ...F01030
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Temple of Athene Minerva, Delphi
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Ruins of an ancient temple in the line of withdrawal of British forces from Greece in April 1941 in which the 6th Australian Division took part.ART24015
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6th Australian Division Education Section
Film
Maker: Kinna, Darrell
Brief coverage of "living off the land" demonstration. Army corporal holding two live snakes. Rock Python coiled on ground at his feet. With snake coiled around his soldiers, corporal picks up two sna...F07049
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6th Division march through Sydney and Melbourne
Film
Maker: Military History Section
Return of the 6th Division to Australia. The 2/1st Field Regiment AIF took part in Sydney march. Identified: Governor General Lord Gowrie VC GCMG CG DSO PC; Sir Thomas A Blamey GBE KCB CMG DSO ED; th...F07032
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6th Division troops arrive at Aitape
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Maker: Kinna, Darrell
Aitape Harbour, showing ships at anchor. Troops embarking onto Landing Craft, Mechanised (LCM) barges. Motor trucks reversing off barges and onto beach. DUKWs loaded with stores moving down beach. Tro...F07178
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Tobruk action 1941
Film
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
The Tobruk area in which the British Forces had imprisoned a garrison of 25,000 troops was protected by two formidable rings of defence, an outer perimeter of stone fortifications protected by mines, ...F01063
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top image: Church between Thermopylae and Lamia-Brallos Pass road, Greece; bottom image: Indian engineers repairing bridge at the foot of Brallos Pass
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
top image: Pencil sketch of a church and some trees. In this area the 6th Australian Division fought rearguard against invading German forces and delaying action during the British forces withdrawal ...ART24004
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Trainees, 2nd AIF, Melbourne Showground
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Maker: Department of Information
Trainees working, exercising, washing, relaxing, playing cards at Melbourne Showground.F01112