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Abel, Gordon Rueben (Gunner, b.1923 - d.2007)
Manuscript
Maker: Abel, Gordon
Manuscript titled `Me We Us and Co: Rueben Gordon's War' describes experiences with L Special (or Heavy) Battery manning the fortress at Praed Point, New Britain. Mentions feelings about being sent as...MSS1623
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About our stay in the prison in Rabaul (during the war)
Manuscript
Maker: Gorfine, Phyllis Tiriman, Misiel
8 page manuscript. Contains photocopy of original Kuanua text and two page translation. Translated into English by Phyllis Gorfine, original text by Misiel Tiriman. Summarises the Second World War exp...MSS1968
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Aerial Reconnaissance Camera Control Box (Japan)
Technology
Japanese 2 x aerial camera control boxes. They are in fair condition although the metal shows signs of pitting and powerdering and the paint is peeling. They each measure 6" X 5" X 5". Relic shipped ...RELAWM24740
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1 album of 58 pages comprising 167 photographs relating to the service of 369 Arthur Thomas ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
1 album of 58 pages comprising 167 photographs relating to the service of 369 Arthur Thomas 'Garry' Jenkins who served with the AN&MEF in Rabaul, and later with the 20th Battalion. For selected phot...P10509
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Australian Military Forces, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
Depicts three Australian Military Force personnel in jungle wearing tin helmets and carrying rifles.ART28376.006
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Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF)
Private Record
ACCOUNT OF THE CANING OF GERMAN OFFICIALS IN RABAUL FOLLOWING AN ASSAULT ON REV COX OF THE METHODIST MISSION, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS RELATED TO COL WILLIAM HOLMES AND TWO POEMS SEN...PR84/304
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Australians at fruit market, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Australians at fruit market, Tahili, Rabaul, site of market close to several infantry battalions.ART26179
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Baby Nambu Pistol Holster : Japanese Military Forces
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Baby Nambu Pistol Holster. Brown leather with a top flap having a single securing strap that fits over a brass stud on the body. The reverse has a single belt loop and a D ring on either side for a sh...RELAWM29861.002
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Baker, Ernest William (Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant, b.1884 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Baker, Ernest William Dickson, Hercules Scott Highfield Jones, William Adolphus
Collection relating to the service of 1032 Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant Ernest William Baker, Australian Navy and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 20 Battalion, Rabaul, Gallipoli and Fr...1DRL/0083
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Bates, Albert (Warrant Officer, b.1905 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Bates, Albert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 14697 Warrant Officer Albert Bates DFM, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF), New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Australia, 1942. Collection consists of one typed...PR03185
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Bell, Hubert Henry (NX203171, Sergeant, 2/9th Commando Squadron, b. 1925)
Manuscript
Maker: Bell, H. H. (Harry)
Hubert Henry Bell's memoirs, "Wee Waa to Weewak, Recollections 1925-1946", in two volumes. Volume one is divided into two parts. In the first, Bell describes his family history and childhood. The seco...MSS1994
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Bensley, Robert Sidney (Civilian)
Private Record
Maker: Bensley, Robert Sidney
Collection relating to the air raid in Rabaul and civilian Robert Sidney Bensley's experiences of the air raid and events afterwards. Collection consists of two typed pages written by Bensley entitled...PR82/026
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Benson, James, (Reverend Father, b.1887 - d.1957)
Manuscript
Maker: Benson, James
Collection relating to Second World War experience of Reverend Father James Benson, Gona, Papua, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Wallet consists of a bound typescript manuscript, published as 'Prisoner's ...MSS0768
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Beresford, William E (Captain, b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Beresford, William E
Two letters written by Japanese prisoners of war in Rabaul to Captain Beresford. The letters were written after the cessation of hostilities, when Captain Beresford went to Rabaul with HQ 11 Division ...PR00678
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Bomb dumps, RAAF
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
This is a rough sketch of a bomb dump in Port Moresby during the Second World War.ART31016
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Bomber Crash, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
This is a semi-abstract composition combining exterior and interior views of a crashed aircraft in flames. This is a representation of a crash of a Lockheed Hudson on take-off for aerial reconnaissanc...ART28377.001
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Bomber Crash, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
This is a representation of crash of a Lockheed Hudson on take-off for aerial reconnaissance.ART28377.002
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Bridgman, Max
Manuscript
Maker: Bridgman, Max
MANUSCRIPT TITLED `RABAUL' DESCRIBES EXPERIENCES AS A SIGNALS OPERATOR WITH ADVANCED OPERATIONAL BASE (RABAUL) FROM JULY 1941 TO JANUARY 1942. DISCUSSES LIFE AND DUTIES PRIOR TO WAR WITH JAPAN, JAPANE...MSS1429
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Brown, Peter Handley (Captain, Aaoc AMF, POW)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Peter Handley
CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORT CONCERNING NEWS OF THE END OF HOSTILITIES, DINNER MENU PRESENTED BY THE JAPANESE AND A COPY OF A PERSONAL ACCOUNT DOCUMENTING LIFE AS A POW FROM THE TIME OF CAPTURE AT RABAUL...PR87/011
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Brown, Tom A (Trooper)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Tom A
Three page letter written on Japanese paper by Trooper Tom A Brown to a friend, 'Tiger' (Arthur Ablett), describing service with the 2/4 Armoured Regiment in Rabaul during the Second World War; copy o...PR01863
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Caboose
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
This drawing features four different skethes, three of Papuan men, and a fourth of a dog.ART29299
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Callaghan, Eileen Mary (Sister)
Private Record
Maker: Callaghan, Eileen Mary
Collection relating to the service of Staff Nurse Eileen Mary Callaghan (NFX180289). The collection contains a recipe book compiled by Sister Callaghan and 14 letters and telegrams relating to Callagh...PR00668
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Camouflage inspection at No 1 Advanced Operational Base (AOB) airstrip at Vunakanau, Rabaul, looking south east
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
Camouflage inspection at No 1 Advanced Operational Base (AOB), Vunakanau, Rabaul, New Guinea, looking south east. This drawing is from a series of eighteen pencil and watercolour sketches of military ...ART91572
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Capner, Frederick Charles (b.1888 - d.1970)
Private Record
Maker: Capner, Frederick Charles
Collection relating to the First World War service of Frederick Charles Capner, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) 1914-1915. Capner was recruited as police master to establish...AWM2016.797.1
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Captain Stewart Nottage
Art
Maker: De Vries, J
Depicts a portrait of SX11407 Captain Stewart Gordon Nottage, Rabual Heavy Battalion. Captain Nottage was one of six officers transported to Japan aboard the Naruto Maru. The group was initially billl...ART29467
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Carrick, Alan Rea (Captain, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Carrick, Alan Rea
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX71121 Captain Alan Rea Carrick. Collection consists of one diary, dated 1943, with diary extract insert, dated 1945, relating to Carrick's time...PR86/196
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Clift, Leslie George, Staff Sergeant
Private Record
Maker: Clift, Leslie George
Papers collected by Clift relating to the Japanese occupation of Rabaul. Include 4 1943 issues of "Guinea Gold", the official programme of the 11 Australian Division Joputa Racing Club, October 1943. ...PR91/121
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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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Colonel Basil Holmes (Rtd) as the son of Major General William Holmes CMG DSO VD, colonel Commander Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, German New Guinea 1914, interviewed by Mrs Basil Holmes
Sound
Maker: Holmes, Basil Holmes, Basil
Colonel Basil Holmes relates the story of his father, Major General William Holmes CMG DSO VD, as Colonel William Holmes, raising in August 1914 a military and naval expeditionary force for the occupa...S00036
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Cooper, Arthur Lionel Keith (Second Lieutenant, AN&MEF, Rabaul d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Cooper, Arthur Lionel Keith
COMMEMORATIVE SCROLL FORWARDED TO THE NEXT OF KIN, C1919. ALSO A FORM LETTER ISSUED FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO THE NEXT OF KINPR84/215
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Crocker, Willis (Lance Sergeant, 2/22nd Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Crocker, Willis
DIARY, WRITTEN ON A DAILY BASIS, RECOUNTING THE RETREAT FROM RABAUL BY FOOT, ESCAPE FROM NEW BRITAIN IN THE PINNACE "BLACK MARIA" AND EVENTUAL RETURN TO PORT MORESBY BY RAAF CATALINA. THE ACCOUNT WAS ...PR83/093
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Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean (Private, b.1891 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1166 Private Errol Cappie Nepean Devlin, 18 Battalion, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection consists of letters and postcards written by Devlin, home to h...1DRL/0241
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Dore, Ashley Vance (Sergeant, b.1918 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Dore, Ashley Vance
Memoir of Sergeant A V Dore (VX42841) while serving with 2/22 Battalion in New Britain. Titled 'Escape from Rabaul', it covers the period from January to April 1942. 8 pages.PR01835
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Double Barrel Type 90 Signal Pistol : Imperial Japanese Navy
Technology
Maker: Kokura Arsenal
Double Barrel Type 90 Signal Pistol. Hinged frame with a release catch under the barrels and a large ring cocking hammer. The frame stamped P A T over No 93006 over 101355. The breech top is stamped w...RELAWM29880
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Dudley Frederick Field as a major, 2/22nd Battalion, interviewed by Hank Nelson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australian in the War of 1939-1945
Sound
Maker: Field, Dudley Frederick Nelson, Hank
2/22nd Battalion on Rabaul, evading invading Japanese, early schooling, family background, Tol Plantation massacre, evacuation to Australia, transfer to Army training duties, transfer back to army, pr...S01044
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Enid Edmeades Ratcliff as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett
Sound
Maker: Ratcliff, Enid Edmeades Bassett, Jan
Early life; nursing training; joining the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in 1940, sent to Gaza in Palestine with the 2/2nd Australian General Hospital; conditions in Gaza; ailments of patients...S01806
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Faceplate from diver's helmet
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Brass face plate for a diver's helmet with removable eye piece and separate adjustable air inlet valve. The bottom of the eyepiece is held in place with two wing nuts, with a further wing nut at the c...REL41330
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Feathston, William (Staff Sergeant d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Feathston, William
Postcards sent home from Rabaul while serving with Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), prior to enlisting in 7 Battalion in 1916.3DRL/3512
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File 1: Army
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file includes programs and other related material pertaining to performances organised by members of the British Army during the First World War. These items were created on the Western Front, in...PUBS002/004/003/001
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File 1: London theatres A-D
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains programs and tickets for performances at London theatres between 1914 and 1920. These items relate to performances held during the First World War and also during the period when tr...PUBS002/002/001/001
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File 1: Performances on land by soldiers and concert parties
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains programs for performances on land by soldiers and concert parties during journeys aboard troopships. These events were held at venues in places stopped at along the route to the fin...PUBS002/001/002/001
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File 2: Royal Air Force
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains programs for performances organised by members of the Royal Air Force and the Royal Flying Corps Cadet Wing. These were for concerts and other productions held during the First Worl...PUBS002/004/003/002
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File 3: Royal Navy
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file includes items pertaining to performances organised and contributed to by members of the Royal Navy during the First World War. Included in this file is a program related to a joint concert...PUBS002/004/003/003
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File 1: Troopships A-C
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains programs and other souvenirs related to entertainment aboard troopships during the First World War. Some of these performances relate to performances held whilst troops were returni...PUBS002/001/001/001
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File 2: Troopships D-N
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains programs and other souvenirs related to entertainment aboard troopships during the First World War. Some of these performances relate to performances held whilst troops were returni...PUBS002/001/001/002
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File 3: Troopships O-P
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains programs and other souvenirs related to entertainment aboard troopships during the First World War. Some of these performances relate to performances held whilst troops were returni...PUBS002/001/001/003
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File 4: Troopships Q-Z
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains programs and other souvenirs related to entertainment aboard troopships during the First World War. Some of these performances relate to performances held whilst troops were returni...PUBS002/001/001/004
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Fisher, Peter Wallace (Captain b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Fisher, Peter Wallace
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX145642 Captain Peter Wallace Fisher, who served as Second in Command, Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Military Landing Craft Section (AA/AAMLC) in Raba...PR89/040
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Flying Fortress
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
A Boeing B17 Flying Fortress is depicted getting refueled at 7 Mile Drome, New Guinea, in preparation for an air raid on Rabaul. A dummy gun is pictured to the right.ART29960
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Gairns, Leonard William (Flight Lieutenant, 7, 25 and 32 Squadron RAAF b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Gairns, Leonard William
DETAILED ENLISTMENT, DISCHARGE AND RECONSTRUCTION TRAINING SCHEME PAPERS, COPY OF FLYING LOGBOOKS, AIR NAVIGATION TRAINING NOTES AND COPY OF SPEECH RELATING HIS RAAF EXPERIENCES WITH RECONNAISSANCE DU...PR88/038
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Gedling, Stanley Alfred (Leading Signalman, b.1894 - d.1969)
Private Record
Maker: Gedling, Stanley Alfred Various
Papers of Leading Signalman Stanley Alfred Gedling created during his service with the Royal Australian Navy during the First World War. Gedling kept a diary covering the period 1913-1918 while on th...PR02076
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Gerber, John George Joseph (Chief Petty Officer, b.1909 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Gerber, John George Joseph
Papers of Chief Petty Officer John Gerber relating to his service with HMAS Adelaide in the Solomon Islands in 1927. The collection consists of a notebook containing a record of messages between HMAS...PR01800
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Ghiggioli family
Private Record
Maker: Ghiggioli, Edward Arthur Ghiggioli, Ernest Keith Ghiggioli, Thomas Francis
Collection relating to the Second World War service of three brothers from the Ghiggioli family: NX36559 Lance Corporal Ernest Keith Ghiggioli, VX125638 Private Thomas Francis Ghiggioli, and VX109089 ...PR04738
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Glen Alvie Remembers
Manuscript
Maker: Glen Alvie Recreation Reserve Committee
'Glen Alvie Remembers', a manuscript based on research into 28 former students of Glen Alvie State School who served in the First World War and 31 men and 3 women who enlisted form Glen Alvie for Worl...MSS2004
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Government Stores, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
Depicts two government buildings holding supplies, Rabaul, New Guinea. In front of the buildings are tree trunks, palm trees, telegraph poles, barrels containing supplies, and a soldier standing senti...ART91579
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Graham, Frederick Archibald (Lieutenant; Captain 1 Army Ordnance Corps Training Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Graham, Frederick Archibald
Papers including correspondence books detailing troop movements and sports activities, nominal roll, diary written in Rabaul in 1914, typescript poems about Nauru and discharge and other army document...PR89/005
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Green, Francis N (Private, Attached United States Army Forces (USAf) Intelligence Unit)
Private Record
Maker: Green, Francis Nathaniel
REPORTS WITH GENERAL INFORMATION GATHERED BY GREEN ON THE GEOGRAPHY AND SITUATIONS ON RABAUL AND THE DUKE OF YORK ISLANDS AND PRINTED MAP OF PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA. MR GREEN WAS FORMERLY A PATROL OFFICE...PR86/231
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Greeting Card Collection
Published Collection
Maker: Various
The Greeting Card collection consists of both hand-drawn and commercially produced cards sent to and from Australian service personnel engaged in conflicts dating from the South African War (1899-1902...RC00370
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Groves, J J (Sapper, 12 Australian Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers d.1989)
Private Record
Maker: Groves, J J
DIARIES DESCRIBE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT. JAPANESE AND AMERICAN AIR RAIDS ALSO NOTED. PLACES INCLUDE QUEENSLAND, BUNA, WAU AND LAE IN NEW GUINEA AND...PR90/034
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Guadalcanal: America's first offensive (Crusade in the Pacific part 7)
Film
Maker: March of Time Television
United States March of Time television documentary using historic combat and newsreel footage. Covers the battle of Guadalcanal and the campaign in the Solomon Islands. Shows the amphibious landing at...F04959
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Hardinge, Charles William (Lieutenant Telegraphist, AN&MEF b.1878 - d.1930)
Private Record
Maker: Hardinge, Charles William
SOLDIER'S PAYBOOK ISSUED TO LT TELEGRAPHIST HARDINGE DURING HIS SERVICE IN RABAUL. LT HARDINGE JOINED THE Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) AS A CIVILIAN AND REMAINED IN GERMA...PR88/055
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Herbert John (Jack) Holmfield as a lance bombardier, 2/22nd Battalion, interviewed by Hank Nelson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945
Sound
Maker: Holmfield, Herbert John (Jack) Nelson, Hank
TAPE 1: Early life; enlisting in army; preparations for departure to Rabaul with 2/22nd Battalion; daily activities in Rabaul before Japanese invasion; Japanese invasion; end of resistance by Australi...S01043
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Heritage, Keith (Captain, MC, AN&MEF, 19th Bn, b.1882 - d.1916), MC
Private Record
Maker: Heritage, Keith
Collection relating to the service of Captain Keith Heritage, MC, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 19 Battalion, Rabaul and France. Collection consists of photostat copi...1DRL/0347
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Holmes, Basil
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, Basil
LETTER FROM HOLMES TO A FRIEND, MENTIONS SENDING THE GERMAN ADMINISTRATOR TO SYDNEY, A NOTE EXPLAINING THE LETTERS RETURN TO HOLMES MANY YEARS LATER, AND A LIST OF MILITARY OFFICERS APPOINTED TO THE F...PR84/182
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Holmes, H W (Corporal, District Signals, New Guinea Force)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, H W
UNDATED CONCERT PROGRAMME. LETTERS DESCRIBE EFFECTS OF AIR RAIDS AND JAPANESE LANDINGS AT RABAUL. BRIEF LEAVE IN QUEENSLAND BEFORE POSTING TO NEW GUINEA, WHERE HE CONTRACTED MALARIA. GIRLS ARE AN IMPO...PR90/023
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Holmes, William, CMG, DSO (Major General, b.1862 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, William
LETTERS WRITTEN BY MAJ GEN HOLMES TO HIS GRANDMOTHER WHEN MILITARY ADMINISTRATOR AT RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, BRIEFLY IN PALESTINE AND LATER FRANCEPR83/096
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Holmes, William, CMG, DSO, VD (Colonel, b.1862 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, William
Collection relating to service of Colonel William Holmes, CMG, DSO, VD. Collection includes a letter written to Holmes by Dr Lederer arranging the details of the surrender of German New Guinea, 12 Se...EXDOC002
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Holmes, William (Colonel)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, William
Collection relating to First World War service of Colonel William Holmes, CMG, DSO, VD, Commander Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force. Collection consists of a letter written in German ...EXDOC003
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Holmes, William (Major General, CMG, DSO, Commander AN&MEF, b.? - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, William
LETTERS AND TYPESCRIPTS IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM COL TRAVERS FOR INFORMATION RELATING TO MAJ GEN HOLMES DECISION TO FLOG GERMAN PRISONERS. CONTAINS A DESCRIPTION OF THE FLOGGING IN RABAUL, 1914PR84/202
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Hopper, Kenneth James (Lieutenant Commander, b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Hopper, Kenneth James
Item (1) photocopies of typed recollections of service on HMAS Marrawah and HMAS Sprightly. Also photocopy of midshipman's journal kept during service on HMAS Canberra 1937-1938. Item (2) journal cont...PR91/006
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Horsfall, Edward James (NX161421, Sapper, Ausrtalian Army, b. 1920)
Manuscript
Maker: Horsfall, Edward James
Spiral bound manuscript relating to the Second World War service of NX161421 Sapper Edward James Horsfall, Australian Army. Horsfall's memoirs detail his war experience with the 23rd Field Company, R...MSS1980
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Hutchinson-Smith, David Chadwick (Captain), 1911-1990
Manuscript
Maker: Hutchinson-Smith, David Chadwick
Black and white photocopy of a 285 page typed manuscript titled 'Guests of the Samurai, by D.C Hutchinson-Smith'. Written by NX70289 Captain David Chadwick Hutchinson-Smith, it covers the period from ...MSS1534
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Hutchinson-Smith, D C
Manuscript
Maker: Hutchinson-Smith, David Chadwick
Narrative account of captivity by the Japanese following the fall of Rabaul and imprisonment on New Britain, shipment to Japan and movement to Zentsuji POW camp. Details of camp life are recorded, inc...MSS1293
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Imamura, Hitoshi
Manuscript
"The tenor of my life". An account of the life of Imamura Hitoshi who was Japanese Army Group Commander at Rabaul Headquarters. His area of command included New Guinea and Bougainville. After the war ...MSS1089
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Jack Humphries Stevens, as a Private, 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Stevens, Jack Humphries
Discussing pre-war employment; call-up for 55th Battalion; army training at Greta Camp; tensions between AIF and Militia recruits; embarkation for Port Moresby; description of bombing of the Macdhui; ...S00580
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Jack Shepheard interviewed by John Roberts about his Second World War service aboard the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Corvettes, HMAS Geralton, HMAS Tamworth, HMAS Olive Cam and HMAS Kiama
Sound
Maker: Shepheard, Jack McKenzie
Jack Shepheard interviewed by John Roberts about his Second World War service aboard the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Corvettes, HMAS Geralton, HMAS Tamworth, HMAS Olive Cam and HMAS Kiama. A transcri...S01746
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Japanese airman in a bomber cockpit
Art
Maker: Santa, Yasushi
A Japanese bomber pilot in the cockpit of a Japanese bomber.ART92893
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Japanese Artillery Theodolite in Wooden Box
Technology
Maker: Hattori (seiko)
Japanese Theodolite in wooden box. The instrument consists of a telescope, elevation arc and mount. The telescope pivots on the mount and the angle of the telescope can be read off the elevation scale...RELAWM29755
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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 tanks, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Enemy tanks surrendered and now in 2/4th Australian Armoured Regiment area. Japanese tank crews look after maintenance and repairs; Australian Armoured personnel amuse themselves by driving the tanks ...ART25252
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Japanese Telescopic Gun Sight
Technology
Maker: Nikko
Japanese telescopic gun sight. This instrument is a fixed focus type with a magnification 4 x and a field of view of 6 degree. There is a graduated sight bar which is adjustable by milled knob on top ...RELAWM29738
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Japanese Telescopic Gun Sight
Technology
Maker: Nikko
Japanese telescopic gun sight. This instrument is a fixed focus type with a magnification 4 x and a field of view of 6 degree. There is a graduated sight bar which is adjustable by milled knob on top ...RELAWM29739
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Japanese Telescopic Gun Sight
Technology
Maker: Nikko
Japanese telescopic gun sight. Model number unknown. This instrument is a fixed focus type with a magnification 4 x and a field of view of 6 degree. There is a graduated sight bar which is adjustable ...RELAWM29735
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Japanese Telescopic Gun Sight
Technology
Maker: Nikko
Japanese telescopic gun sight. Model number unknown. This instrument is a fixed focus type with a magnification 4 x and a field of view of 6 degree. There is a graduated sight bar which is adjustable...RELAWM29736
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Japanese Telescopic Gun Sight
Technology
Maker: Nikko
Japanese telescopic gun sight. This instrument is a fixed focus type with a magnification 4 x and a field of view of 6 degree. There is a graduated sight bar which is adjustable by milled knob on top ...RELAWM29737
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Johnston, George Jameson (Major General, b.1869 - d.1949) CB, CBE, VD
Private Record
Maker: Johnston, George Jameson
Collection of papers relating to Major General George Jameson Johnston's military career, consisting of commissioning warrants, letters of appreciation and certificates. Included are documents delegat...3DRL/1419
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Katayama, Hideo (Lieutenant (IJA), b.? - d.1947)
Manuscript
Maker: Katayama, Hideo
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant Hideo Katayama, Imperial Japanese Army, Japan, Netherlands East Indies, and Pacific Islands, 1946. Katayama was a devout Christian J...MSS0743
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Kilgour, William (Private); Dunlop, Alex
Private Record
Maker: Dunlop, Alex Kilgour, William
Thirteen letters written by 112 Private William Kilgour to his mother and sister in Australia and various parts of New Guinea while training and later serving with C Company, 3rd Battalion, Naval & M...PR01860
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Krell, Walter A (Lieutenant-Colonel)
Manuscript
Maker: Krell, Walter A
Manuscripts titled `Incendiary Bombs to Rabaul', `Rabaul Airfield', and `Lae Raid with Jerry Flanigan', describing attacks by the USAAF launched from Australian bases. Include a report of a crash at I...MSS1461
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Lamprell, Victor Frank (Corporal, b.1908 - d.1985)
Private Record
Maker: Lamprell, Victor Frank Lamprell, Victor Frank
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX118695 (V41511) Corporal Victor Frank Lamprell 1st Australian Entertainment Unit. [item 1] Three exercise books containing the handwritten memo...PR01399
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Lane, Cyril Herbert Dodson, (Major, b.1888 - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Lane, Cyril Herbert Dodson
Collection relating to the service of Major Cyril Herbert Dodson Lane, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 18 Battalion, AIF, New Britain, Egypt, Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Coll...1DRL/0406
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Lane, William John (Able Seaman, b.1894)
Private Record
Maker: Lane, William John
Detailed diary written on a regular basis, accounting for the voyage to German New Guinea, opposed landing at Rabaul and eventual garrison duties at Herbertshohe. Also includes various personal servic...PR89/126
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Larkin, William Henry (Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.2001)
Private Record
Maker: Larkin, William Henry
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX129332 Lieutenant William Henry Larkin. Collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, a memoir, papers, souvenirs and ephemera relating to...PR03444
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Lyons, Leslie James (Gunner, b.1910 - d. 1942)
Private Record
Maker: Lyons, Leslie James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX60128 Gunner Leslie James Lyons, 17 Anti Tank Battery, Rabaul, prisoner of war, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Comprises an original letter writt...PR00008
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Machine gun Armoured Shield (Japan)
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese infantry shield consisting of an armoured steel plate 11 3/4" x 12", with two points on the base for digging in the ground, with a recess at top right for a rifle or light machine gun. On the...RELAWM29881
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Major General William Holmes
Art
Maker: Carter, Norman
Portrait of Major General William Holmes, CMG, DSO, VD, commanded the 4th Division AIF and 5th Infantry Brigade, formerly also the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF). William H...ART00195
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Major General William Holmes
Art
Maker: Carter, Norman
Unfinished portrait of Major General William Holmes, CMG, DSO, VD, commanded the 4th Division AIF and 5th Infantry Brigade, formerly also the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF)...ART93097
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Manning, Guy Owen (Captain, b.1881 - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Manning, Guy Owen
PHOTOCOPIES OF LETTERS TO HIS WIFE RELATING TO MANNING'S SERVICE WITH THE AN&MEF. HE SERVED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT OF NATIVE POLICE, RABAUL, AND AS DISTRICT OFFICER AND O C GARRISON IN NEW IR...PR87/126
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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