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Alcock, Geoffrey Trevor (Warrant Officer, b.1924 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Alcock, Geoffrey Trevor
Collection relating to the Second World War service of A4426 Warrant Officer Geoffrey Trevor Alcock, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, United Kingdom and Malaya, 1943-1952. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consi...AWM2017.17.1
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An informal portrait of 414286 Flying Officer (FO) Donald John Wilson, No 130 Squadron, RAAF, ...
Photograph
An informal portrait of 414286 Flying Officer (FO) Donald John Wilson, No 130 Squadron, RAAF, sitting in the cockpit of his Spitfire. FO Wilson, from Charleville, Qld, was killed in a flying battle ov...UK2021
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Bancroft, Bruce Douglas (Flying Officer b.1916 – d.2000); Bomber Command Association
Private Record
Maker: Bomber Command Association Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 421635 Flying Officer Bruce Douglas Bancroft, 158 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, 1941-1946. This collection also relates the post-war acti...PR04246
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Bradley, Thomas Bolger DFC (Flying Officer, b.1909 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Bradley, Thomas Bolger
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 413338 Flying Officer Thomas Bolger Bradley DFC, 75 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 ...PR03675
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Carmichael, John Damian
Private Record
Maker: Carmichael, John Damian
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 414991 Flight Sergeant John Damian Carmichael, a pilot of 453 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF. On 21 February 1944, Carmichael's plane was shot down ove...PR04441
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Clothes brush : Flying Officer T T Hall, 175 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Art Deco Clothes brush. The initials TTH are engraved onto a raised metal plaque. Makers mark 'BRISTLE & FIBRE / MADE IN THE USA' is stamped on one side.AWM2018.658.3.10
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Cockram, John Crothers (Flying Officer, b.1924 - d.2017)
Private Record
Maker: Cockram, John Crothers
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 419379 Flying Officer John Crothers Cockram, 466 Squadron, 462 Squadron, and 96 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada, United Kingdom, and...AWM2017.586.3
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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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Davis, Reginald H S (Wing Commander, No. 1 Sqn RAAF, POW b.1912 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Davis, Reginald Henry Saville
ORIGINAL DIARY AND NOTES KEPT BY DAVIS DURING INTERNMENT IN BATAVIA AND JAVA; POEM ENTITLED "DUTCH COURAGE" AND COPIES OF 1 SQN MOVEMENTS JUNE - JULY 1941 AT SEMBAWANG-KHOTA BHARUPR86/082
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Den Helder, Holland. 1944-09-25. Rockets from a Beaufighter aircraft of No. 455 Squadron RAAF ...
Photograph
Den Helder, Holland. 1944-09-25. Rockets from a Beaufighter aircraft of No. 455 Squadron RAAF speeding towards an escort vessel which the enemy thought safe in the heavily defended Den Helder roadstea...SUK13315
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Detonator storage box
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Wooden rectangular detonator storage box. The sides and base of the box have been affixed with the use of copper nails. The lid has two screw holes on both longer edges and one each along the smaller ...REL45376
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Drijber, Oscar (Flight Lieutenant)
Manuscript
Maker: Drijber, Oscar
Manuscript titled `As I saw it', describing experiences in Dutch forces during the Second World War. Covers imprisonment in German POW camps in Europe, escape to Switzerland, training in Australia wit...MSS1412
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Drijber, Oscar Louis (Lieutenant, NEI Forces and RAAF b: c. 1915)
Private Record
Maker: Drijber, Oscar Louis
MATERIAL RELATING TO DRIJBER'S COMPLETION OF THE RAAF AIR OBSERVERS COURSE IN AUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIAN MEMORABILIA AND FOUR PAGES OF NOTES WRITTEN IN DUTCH IN A JAPANESE DIARYPR84/103
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Eddison, Frank Leslie Herbert (Tom) (Squadron Leader, DFC, 214 Sqn, RAF d.1941)
Private Record
Maker: Eddison, Frank Leslie Herbert
Letters written by Eddison while with the Mounted Police in Palestine and then with the Royal Air Force (RAF) training pilots in England; also letter and newspaper cuttings relating to his death in a ...PR89/088
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Elliott, Allan George (Flying Officer, b.1920 - d.1985)
Private Record
Maker: Elliott, Allan George Royal Australian Air Force
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 434306 Flying Officer Allan George Elliott, 550 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, 1943-1946. Walle...PR04368
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First Aid Outfit for Air Crew: Flying Officer T T Hall, 175 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Air Ministry
Olive drab rubberized cotton air crew first aid pouch. Printed on both sides with black ink is a list of contents including Ampoules Syringe (Morphia) for severe pain, Anti-Burn Mittens for hand burns...AWM2018.658.3.14
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Flotation bladder: Flying Officer Frederick Stephen William Dyer, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: B F Goodrich
US Army khaki rubberised fabric flotation bladder. The bladder was inserted into clothing and inflated for assistance in crossing rivers and streams. A rubber tube extends from the top right corner fo...REL45372
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Fountain pen: Pilot Officer T T Hall, 175 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Fountain pen: faux marble finish with screw top lid. The nib is ink-stained and marked with the maker's stamp.AWM2018.658.3.17
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Greene, Phillip McGill (Flying Officer, b.1912 - d.2005) and Greene, Nancy Marion
Private Record
Maker: Greene, Nancy Marion Greene, Phillip McGill
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 418405 Flying Officer Phillip McGill Greene, RAAF, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, 1941-1951, and his wife Nancy Marion Greene (nee Rapsy...PR03585
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Group Captain Hughie Edwards
Art
Maker: Kennington, Eric Henri
Portrait of Group Captain Hugh Idwal 'Hughie' Edwards, VC, DSO and Bar, DFC, OBE, from 139 Squadron RAF. This work was included in the "Exhibtion of British War Pictures", which toured Australian sta...ART29380
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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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Hall, Thomas Taylor DFC (Flight Lieutenant, b.1921)
Private Record
Maker: Hall, Thomas Taylor
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 409993 Flight Lieutenant Thomas Taylor Hall DFC, 175 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, United Kingdom, France, Belgium and the Net...AWM2018.658.4
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Heliograph : Flying Officer T T Hall, 175 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Square heliograph mirror complete with handheld foresight. The heliograph is made from highly polished aluminium with the foresight attached by a short string. The heliograph is divided into four equa...AWM2018.658.3.9
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Henry, James (Warrant Officer I, b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Henry, James
Photocopies relating to training, final mission, capture, treatment, forced marches, post war reunions. Summary account of experiences in Stalag VIII B, later 344 Lamsdorf in Ober Silesia. Observer's ...PR91/022
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HOLLAND, 1945-02. MARTIN B-26 MARAUDER AIRCRAFT OF THE USAAF. (PHOTOGRAPHER: C. ISAAC; DONOR: C. ...
Photograph
Maker: Isaac, Cyril Hampden
HOLLAND, 1945-02. MARTIN B-26 MARAUDER AIRCRAFT OF THE USAAF. (PHOTOGRAPHER: C. ISAAC; DONOR: C. KROYER)P00687.273
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Holland will rise again...
Art
Maker: [S.L : S.N., N.D.]
Post-World War II poster picturing the the destruction of a Dutch city after a bombing with the message "Holland will rise again."ARTV05876
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1.5 inch Flare Pistol Cartridge
Technology
Maker: Unknown
An expended 1.5 inch calibre pyrotechnic cartridge developed for a wide range of signal applications. The cartridge produces a single star, or combinations of them, in the standard colours of red, gre...REL45377
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Instrument of surrender of all German Armed Forces in Holland
Private Record
Instrument of surrender of all German armed Forces in Holland, in North West Germany, including all Islands and in Denmark. Signed by Field Marshal Montgomery and five Generals of the German High Comm...3DRL/6544
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Jeater, William David (Lieutenant Colonel)
Private Record
Maker: Jeater, William David
Forty-four Christmas cards exchanged by prisoners of war in Changi between 1942-1945. The cards are illustrated with hand drawn pencil, watercolour and crayon sketches. Included in the collection is...3DRL/3589
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Join the Red Cross
Art
Maker: Unknown Australian Red Cross Society Unknown
Australian Red Cross Society poster composed of the Red Cross flag flying in front of the national flags of the United States, Great Britain, Australia, and Soviet Union (among others), set against th...ARTV01084
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Kelso, Norman (Flying Officer, No. 582 Sqn Pathfinder Force, RAF)
Private Record
Maker: Kelso, Norman
LETTER PUBLISHED IN THE DUTCH NEWSPAPER, "DE MAASBODE" FROM KELSO, DESCRIBING HIS INVOLVEMENT IN OPERATION MANNA IN HOLLAND IN 19453DRL/7641
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Keys, Norman (Construction Engineer)
Private Record
Maker: Keys, Norman
LETTER WRITTEN FROM NORTH WEST AUSTRALIA IN APRIL 1942. GIVES A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF JAPANESE AERIAL ATTACK ON BROOME, THE RESCUE OF STRANDED DUTCH EVACUEES, AND AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION. PLACES MENTIO...PR90/030
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[K9 Submarine alongside Garden Island berth]
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
Dutch Submarine K IX (K9) berthed alongside Garden Island, Royal Navy. K IX was built for the Royal Netherlands Navy to an Electric Boat Co (USA) design and allotted for service in the Netherlands Eas...ART29873
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Lindner, Augustus Herbert Frederick (Gus) (Flying Officer, b.1923 - d.2013)
Private Record
Maker: Lindner, Augustus Herbert Frederick
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 423793 Flying Officer Augustus Herbert Frederick 'Gus' Lindner, 88 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and Fr...AWM2017.627.1
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McVicker-Smith, Bruce (Rifleman, b.1924)
Private Record
Maker: McVicker-Smith, Bruce
Diary describing service of an Australian with the 1st (Motor) Battalion, Rifle Brigrade, during the allied offensive in Western Europe from August 1944 to September 1945. Comments on vehicles, suppli...PR00573
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Mens' civilian shirt: Pilot Officer Frederick Stephen William Dyer, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cream coloured long sleeved placket fronted shirt. The shirt neck was manufactured to be used with removable collars. No collar is present. The material is printed with blue and brown dotted lines. Th...REL45367
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MI9 Escape map: Pilot Officer Frederick Stephen William Dyer, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Waddington PLC
Double sided detailed escape map of scale 1:2,000,000. Printed on one side is a map of the lower portion of France and the top portion of Spain. The opposite side shows the remainder of France, the En...REL45369
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Nijmegen, Germany. C. 1944-10. Six RAF Spitfire pilots of 2nd Tactical Air Force had a share in ...
Photograph
Nijmegen, Germany. C. 1944-10. Six RAF Spitfire pilots of 2nd Tactical Air Force had a share in shooting down the first German jet propelled aircraft over Nijmegen on the afternoon of 1944-10-05. The ...SUK13184
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Operation Manna (RAAF)
Private Record
LETTER DESCRIBING THE RAAF INVOLVEMENT IN THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS TO COMMEMORATE OPERATION MANNA (1945)PR85/159
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Osborn, Richard B, DSO, DFC (Squadron Leader, b: 1919)
Manuscript
Maker: Osborn, Richard B
Manuscript titled `The Last Landing of C Charlie 23 Janury 1943', describing being shot down and crash landing near Warns in Friesland; and subsequent experiences in hospital and as a POW. Includes su...MSS1482
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Oxenham, D G (Wing Commander, RAAF)
Private Record
Maker: Oxenham, D G
TYPESCRIPT OF SPEECH BY GEN VENDRIG, SUMMARY OF AIRCRAFT RECOVERED BY RNLAF SINCE 1960, EXTRACTS FROM BOMBER COMMAND DIARIES, GERMAN HIGH COMMAND BOMBING RAID REPORT, COLLECTION OF NEWS CUTTINGS ON "O...PR86/381
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Pewter tankard : Pilot Officer Frederick Stephen William Dyer, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Crown & Rose Pewter
Pewter tankard bearing the inscription, 'To Pilot Officer F S W Dyer from the British Parachute Company Limited Cardiff. To commemorate your emergency descent with an E E - B P Parachute'. The maker's...REL45378
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Schenderling, John (II-8 Artillery Regiment, Royal Netherlands Army)
Private Record
Maker: Schenderling, John
AWARD CERTIFICATE FOR NETHERLANDS WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL AND CERTIFICATE FOR II-8 ARTILLERY REGIMENT MEDALLIONPR86/179
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Shaving soap stick : Flying Officer T T Hall, 175 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Shaving soap stick. Hard shaving soap cylinder wrapped in paper. The paper is diagonal blue and white lines with a rectangular block of text 'Kitchens Velvet Shaving Stick'.AWM2018.658.3.13
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Shrapnel: Pilot Officer T T Hall, 175 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Irregular shaped piece of threaded steel shrapnel.AWM2018.658.3.20
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Submarine alongside Garden Island berth
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
HMAS K9 was a Dutch submarine which was used by the Royal Australian Navy for training purposes during World War II. K IX (K9) was built for the Royal Netherlands Navy and allocated for service in t...ART29966
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Submarine K9
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
HMAS K9 was a Dutch submarine which was used by the Royal Australian Navy for training purposes during the Second World War. K9 was built for the Royal Netherlands Navy and allocated for service in t...ART29897
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Sykes, Stephen Joseph (Flight Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.1957)
Private Record
Maker: Sykes, Kathleen A Sykes, Stephen Joseph
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 422751 Flight Lieutenant Stephen Joseph Sykes, 455 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, 1942-1957. Walle...PR03959
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Talcum powder : Flying Officer T T Hall, 175 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Talcum powder in a metal container. The tin has a paper label with the words 'A Gift From ACF Australian Comforts Fund' and instructions on how to apply; 'Simpsons talcum powder should be used freely ...AWM2018.658.3.11