Filters
Filters (3 applied)
Clear All-
type (10)
-
Conflict (25)
- South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War) (5)
- China, 1900-1901 (Boxer Uprising) (1)
- First World War, 1914-1918 (208)
- Second World War, 1939-1945 (1474)
- British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan) (6)
- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 (4)
- Korea, 1950-1953 (22)
- Vietnam, 1962-1975 (28)
- Indonesian Confrontation, 1962-1966 (1)
- Gulf War, 1990-1991 (3)
- Period 1910-1919 (9)
- Period 1920-1929 (2)
- Period 1930-1939 (4)
- Period 1940-1949 (81)
- Period 1950-1959 (8)
- Period 1960-1969 (6)
- Period 1970-1979 (7)
- Period 1980-1989 (12)
- Period 1990-1999 (11)
- Period 2000-2009 (2)
- Period 2010-2019 (1)
- Army organisation period 1948-1952 (1)
- Army organisation period 1953-1960 (1)
- Army organisation period 1961- (1)
- Korea, 1953-1957 (Post-Armistice service - ceasefire monitoring) (1)
-
related units (100)
- Royal Australian Air Force (57)
- 8 Australian Division (50)
- Hospitals (41)
- 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion (33)
- German Air Force (32)
- British Army (31)
- Imperial Japanese Army (31)
- 2/15th Field Regiment (22)
- 28th Australian Infantry Battalion (20)
- United States Army (20)
- 2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion (19)
- 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion (18)
- United States Air Force (17)
- 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion (15)
- 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion (15)
- German Army (15)
- 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion (13)
- 6 Australian Division (11)
- Australian Army Nursing Service (11)
- Royal Air Force (11)
- 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion (10)
- 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion (10)
- A Force (10)
- No. 622 Squadron (RAF) (10)
- 13th Australian Infantry Battalion (9)
- 14th Australian Infantry Battalion (9)
- 15th Australian Infantry Battalion (9)
- 2/10th Field Regiment (9)
- No. 1 Squadron (9)
- Turkish Army (9)
- 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion (8)
- 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion (8)
- 2/26th Australian Infantry Battalion (8)
- 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion (8)
- 2/5 Australian General Hospital (8)
- 2nd Australian Imperial Force (8)
- 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8)
- 8 Divisional Signals (8)
- 9 Australian Division (8)
- Gull Force (8)
- Medical, Dental and Nursing (8)
- 2/10 Field Ambulance (7)
- 2/10 Field Company (7)
- 2/6 Field Company (7)
- 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion (7)
- 8 Division (7)
- Australian Flying Corps (7)
- Divisional signals (7)
- Empire Air Training Scheme (7)
- Medical Units (7)
- No. 460 Squadron (7)
- No. 77 Squadron (7)
- 2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion (6)
- 2/2nd Field Regiment (6)
- 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company (6)
- 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion (6)
- 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion (6)
- 5th Australian Infantry Battalion (6)
- Australian Army Service Corps (6)
- Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces (6)
- Italian Army (6)
- Montevideo Maru (6)
- No. 3 Squadron (6)
- Royal Australian Navy (6)
- 1st Independent Company (5)
- 2/13 Australian General Hospital (5)
- 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion (5)
- 29th Australian Infantry Battalion (5)
- F Force (5)
- HMAS Perth (5)
- HMAS Perth (1939-1942) (5)
- Lark Force (5)
- New Zealand Army (5)
- No. 458 Squadron (5)
- Transport ships (5)
- United States Navy (5)
- 16th Australian Infantry Battalion (4)
- 1st Australian Division (4)
- 2/12 Field Ambulance (4)
- 2/12 Field Company (4)
- 2/12th Australian Infantry Battalion (4)
- 2/1st Field Regiment (4)
- 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station (4)
- 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion (4)
- 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion (4)
- 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion (4)
- 2/3rd Field Regiment (4)
- 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station (4)
- 2/4th Anti-Tank Regiment (4)
- 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion (4)
- 2/7 Field Ambulance (4)
- 8 Division Signals (4)
- French Army (4)
- Headquarters Units (4)
- Imperial Japanese Navy (4)
- Indian Army (4)
- Labour units (4)
- Medical (4)
- Royal Australian Army Service Corps (4)
- Royal Australian Engineers (4)
-
related places (100)
- Asia: Singapore, Changi (185)
- Europe: Germany (176)
- Asia: Singapore (138)
- Asia: Malaya (87)
- Asia: Burma (66)
- Asia: Thailand (66)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway (56)
- Europe: France (53)
- Africa: Egypt (51)
- Europe: Greece, Crete (42)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Nakom Paton (41)
- Asia: Japan (38)
- Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney (36)
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli (33)
- Oceania: Australia (31)
- Europe: Greece (29)
- Europe: United Kingdom, England (29)
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne (28)
- Africa: North Africa, Libya (26)
- Europe: Poland (26)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Java (25)
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk (21)
- Asia: Borneo, North Borneo, Sandakan (21)
- Europe: Italy (21)
- Middle East (19)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island (18)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Sumatra (18)
- Oceania: New Guinea1 (18)
- Approximate locations: At sea (17)
- Asia: Borneo (17)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Ambon, Pulau, Ambon (16)
- Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane (16)
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Bardia Area, Bardia (15)
- Asia: Borneo, Sarawak, Kuching (15)
- Asia: Korea (15)
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul (15)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Sumatra, Palembang (14)
- Asia: Thailand, Bangkok (14)
- Africa: Egypt, Alexandria (13)
- Africa: Egypt, Cairo (13)
- Asia: Borneo, Balikpapan (13)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Java, Batavia (13)
- Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine (13)
- Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Perth (13)
- Asia: Singapore, Changi, Selarang Barracks (12)
- Asia: Timor (12)
- Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin (12)
- Africa: North Africa (11)
- Asia: Malaysia, Labuan (11)
- Europe: Austria (11)
- Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London (11)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Chungkai (10)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Tamarkan (10)
- Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Adelaide (10)
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain (10)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Java, Bandoeng (9)
- Asia: Philippines, Luzon, Manila (9)
- Asia: Taiwan (9)
- Europe: United Kingdom (9)
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey (9)
- Asia: Borneo, North Borneo (8)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Bampong (8)
- Europe: Switzerland (8)
- Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, Jerusalem (8)
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak (8)
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Benghazi (7)
- Africa: North Africa, Western Desert (7)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Hintok (7)
- Asia: Burma, Rangoon (7)
- Asia: Malaya, Malacca (7)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies (7)
- Europe: Germany, Bavaria (7)
- North & Central America: Canada (7)
- Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Cowra (7)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Kanchanaburi (6)
- Asia: Burma, Mergui (6)
- Asia: Burma, Moulmein (6)
- Asia: Ceylon, Colombo (6)
- Asia: China, Manchuria (6)
- Asia: Japan, Kobe (6)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Ambon, Pulau, Ambon, Tantoei (6)
- Asia: Singapore, Kranji (6)
- Europe: France, Paris (6)
- Europe: Greece, Athens (6)
- Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, Gaza (6)
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine (6)
- Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Townsville (6)
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Officer (6)
- Oceania: New Zealand (6)
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville (6)
- Unlinked Place (6)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Wampo (5)
- Asia: India (5)
- Asia: Japan, Tokyo (5)
- Asia: Malaya, Negri Sembilan, Gemas (5)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Java, Surabaya (5)
- Europe: Belgium (5)
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Bullecourt (5)
- Europe: Germany, Hammelburg (5)
- Europe: Germany, Lubeck (5)
-
location (7)
- Main Bld: Hall of Valour: Main Hall: George Cross (1)
- Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 1 - Mediterranean: POW (1)
- Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 2: Japan POW (1)
- Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 3: Aust 43-44 (1)
- Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 4: Aftermath (1)
- Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 4: Borneo (1)
- Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 4: Victory Over Japan (1)
-
maker (100)
- Unknown (118)
- Department of Defence (82)
- Various (76)
- Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim' (61)
- Chalker, Jack (45)
- Grey-Smith, Guy (39)
- Wall, Donald (37)
- Campbell, Edward Stewart (34)
- Evans, Margaret (31)
- Griffin, Murray (31)
- Korsch, John Donald (27)
- Rowed, Reg (20)
- Hele, Ivor (19)
- Nelson, Hank (18)
- Peck, John Desmond (16)
- Commonwealth of Australia (14)
- Arnett, Peter (13)
- Baseheart, Richard (13)
- Maclear, Michael (13)
- Australian Military Forces (12)
- Mitchell, John (11)
- Abbott, Harold (10)
- Australian War Memorial (10)
- Friend, Donald (9)
- Walker, Ralph (9)
- Ashton, Richard (8)
- Nixon, Rae Norman (8)
- Lambert, George (7)
- Rafty, Tony (7)
- Aspinall, George (6)
- Aubrey-Crowe, George (6)
- Brindley, John (6)
- Bush, Charles (6)
- Australian Army (5)
- Australian Red Cross Society (5)
- Billett, Janet Roberts (5)
- Fox Movietone News (5)
- Houghton, Alison Viney (5)
- Look Television Productions Pty Ltd (5)
- Australian Broadcasting Commission (4)
- Binder, Tibor (4)
- Brack, John (4)
- Buckmaster, Ernest (4)
- Flett, James (4)
- Hodgkinson, Frank (4)
- Moore, Alan (4)
- Richards, Charles Rowland Bromley 'Rowley' (4)
- Samson-Bouret, Elizabeth (4)
- Thompson, Robert (4)
- Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd (3)
- Botterill, Keith (3)
- British War Office (3)
- Bullwinkel, Vivian (3)
- Bunbury, Bill (3)
- Clarke, Hugh Vincent (3)
- G H Osang (3)
- Greidenborg, Victor (3)
- Greig, Allister (3)
- Hole, Frank (3)
- Jeffrey, Agnes Betty (3)
- McInnes, Geoffrey (3)
- Pegram, Aaron (3)
- Preston, Lenny (3)
- Siebert, George Alexander Guthrie (3)
- Sprod, George Napier (3)
- Spurgeon, Clarence Haddon (3)
- Syer, Ada Corbitt (3)
- Watson, Douglas (3)
- White, Thomas Walter (3)
- Woodley, Frederick E (3)
- Young, Wilma Elizabeth Forster (3)
- Argus Newspaper (2)
- Australian Military Forces Records Office (2)
- Bancroft, Arthur (2)
- Banks, Gillian (2)
- Bassett, Jan (2)
- Batros, George (2)
- Bennett, Bronwyn (2)
- Braithwaite, James Richard (2)
- Cadell, John Hepburn (2)
- Campbell, Owen Colin (2)
- Chalk, David (2)
- Chinn, David Alexander (2)
- Chisholm, Graham (2)
- Cinesound (2)
- Clarke Studio (2)
- Comber, Albert (2)
- Connor, Alexander Murray (2)
- Daily Telegraph Mirror (2)
- Department of Veteran's Affairs (2)
- Department of Veterans' Affairs, Victorian State Office (2)
- Department of the Army (2)
- Devambez Imprimerie (2)
- Dickson, Kevin Alexander (2)
- Directorate of War Graves Services (2)
- Drummond, Alexander Hatton (2)
- Dunlop, Ernest Edward 'Weary' (2)
- Eady, Wilton McPherson (2)
- Ewart, Archibald Clyde Menzies (2)
- Fairskye, Merilyn (2)
Show More
Show More
Show More
Show More
Collection
1734 Results
-
Abdul again
Art
This is the original poster 'Abdul again', for an Australian show produced in 1942 at the non labour prisoner of war camp, Fort 15, Stalag 20A. Created with a strong graphic design, including decorat...ART29544
-
A brief sketch of the fate of 3000 Indian as PsOW in New Guinea 16 May 43 - 30 Sep 45 (Wewak - New Guinea, 4 Nov 45)
Manuscript
Maker: Ayers, Tasman Frederick
11 page manuscript authored by Tasman Frederick Ayers (VX59823). Includes additional 2 page addendum 'We are reborn at Angoram on 30 Sep 1945' (26 November 1945) authored by Jemadar Chint Singh of the...MSS2042
-
A captured Japanese naval civilian, Balikpapan
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketched portrait of a captured Japanese naval civilian in Balikpapan, Borneo. The soldier's name, as translated from the Japanese characters written in cursive on the front of this work, is Yataroo I...ART22445
-
Account of the 2/30 Battalion AIF, Malaya, early 1942
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the experience of members of 2/30 Australian Infantry Battalion in Malaya in early 1942, comprising a black and white photocopy of a seven page typed manuscript. The name of the...PR01918
-
A3, Cell 23, Changi POW camp
Art
Maker: Cochran, Richard
Depicts a drawing of A3 cell 23, Changi POW camp. Cpl Richard John Cochran, NX57309, 2/12th Field Coy, Royal Australian Engineers, 27th Brigade-8th Division, was a POW in Malaya during the Second Worl...ART28907
-
A ceremonial parade was held on Selarang Barrack Square, Changi, to celebrate Australia Day, ...
Photograph
A ceremonial parade was held on Selarang Barrack Square, Changi, to celebrate Australia Day, 1943. Members of 27 Infantry Brigade paraded under the command of Lieutenant Colonel C. H. Kappe. The salut...043922
-
A ceremonial parade was held on Selarang Barrack Square, Changi, to celebrate Australia Day, ...
Photograph
A ceremonial parade was held on Selarang Barrack Square, Changi, to celebrate Australia Day, 1943. Members of 27 Infantry Brigade paraded under the command of Lieutenant Colonel C. H. Kappe. The salut...043924
-
A ceremonial parade was held on Selarang Barrack Square, Changi, to celebrate Australia Day, ...
Photograph
A ceremonial parade was held on Selarang Barrack Square, Changi, to celebrate Australia Day, 1943. Members of 27 Infantry Brigade paraded under the command of Lieutenant Colonel C. H. Kappe. The salut...043915
-
A CEREMONIAL PARADE WAS HELD ON SELARANG BARRACK SQUARE, CHANGI, TO CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA DAY, ...
Photograph
A CEREMONIAL PARADE WAS HELD ON SELARANG BARRACK SQUARE, CHANGI, TO CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA DAY, 1943. MEMBERS OF 27 INFANTRY BRIGADE PARADED UNDER THE COMMAND OF LT-COL C.H. KAPPE. THE SALUTE WAS TAKEN B...043912
-
A CEREMONIAL PARADE WAS HELD ON SELARANG BARRACK SQUARE, CHANGI, TO CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA DAY, ...
Photograph
A CEREMONIAL PARADE WAS HELD ON SELARANG BARRACK SQUARE, CHANGI, TO CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA DAY, 1943. MEMBERS OF 27 INFANTRY BRIGADE PARADED UNDER THE COMMAND OF LT-COL C.H. KAPPE. THE SALUTE WAS TAKEN B...043913
-
A ceremonial parade was held on Selarang Barrack Square, Changi, to celebrate Australia Day, ...
Photograph
A ceremonial parade was held on Selarang Barrack Square, Changi, to celebrate Australia Day, 1943. Members of 27 Infantry Brigade paraded under the command of Lieutenant Colonel C. H. Kappe. The salut...043920
-
A Changi night patrol
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
Cartoon sketch of an Australian prisoner of war sitting up on his sleeping mat, trying to scare away several bugs that have crept up on him during the night.ART90378.001
-
A11060 Corporal Kevin Patrick Melican, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1951-1952, interviewed by Bill Bunbury, about his service with the RAAF during the Korean War.
Sound
Maker: Melican, Kevin Patrick
Collection of oral history interviews on the Korean War recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National 'Hindsight' for the program 'Korea 1950-1953, The Forgotten War'. A tr...S01916
-
Activities of Australian Women's Army Service in Lae New Guinea.
Film
Maker: Wood, Frederick Sydney
Some 400 girls of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) arrived in Lae in May 1945. Their job was to release men for service in operational areas. Scenes show girls at work as typists, clerks, dr...F07411
-
[Activities of the 16 Battalion AIF New Britain]
Film
[Activities of the 16 Battalion AIF New Britain]F04772
-
Ada Corbitt (Mickey) Syer as a captain, Australian Army Nursing Service and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans
Sound
Maker: Syer, Ada Corbitt Evans, Margaret
2/10th Australian General Hospital, was one of four reinforcement nurses when she embarked in 1941; went as the nation and fighting soldiers needed them, no familial reason not to go, and it was a way...S02914
-
Addison, Percy Romer (Private, b.1918 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Addison, Percy Romer Australian Military Forces
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX31849 Private Percy Romer Addison, 2/30 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya and Australia, 1941-1946. Wall...AWM2018.223.1
-
Administering Japanese prisoner
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
An Australian serviceman administering medical aid to a Japanese prisoner of war.ART90279
-
Admiral Samejima and party going to Sarnauso Island as PW's
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Vice-Admiral Baron Tomoshige Samejima, Commander-in-chief, Japanese Navy, Northern Solomons, travelling on one of the remaining remnants of Japanese sea power from Kahili to Sarnauso Island in the Fau...ART25244
-
Aerial view of Changi POW Camp, Singapore Island
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
The buildings were originally the barracks of the Gordon Highlanders, a regiment of the British Regular Army. The square and surrounding buildings were used by the Japanese to house all the Australian...ART28535.001
-
Aerodrome POW Camp, Tavoy
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
An attap thatched palm hut at the Aerodrome Prisoner of War Camp. The kitchens can be seen on the right detached from the main building. This was one of a number of Japanese prisoner of war camps in t...ART28535.025
-
A fine day at last
Art
Maker: Brindley, John
Depicts a prisoner of the war relaxing on a chair in the garden between two rows of huts.ART28111
-
A folio of drypoints from drawings made in captivity 1942-1945: embossed olive-green faux leather volume containing 35 pages of prints and one watercolour of figures, landscapes and vessels
Art
Maker: Parkin, Ray
A folio of drypoints from drawings made in captivity 1942-1945 on the Burma-Thailand railway. The cover is embossed olive green paper (faux leather), stitched with green paper and lined with green sho...ART90933
-
After Japanese surrender
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
Captured Japanese prisoners of war are shown arriving at Wewak for internment after marching under Australian guard for 20 miles.ART29927
-
Aftermath
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicting the destruction of the 100-metre huts at Changi Prisoner-of-War Camp which for three long years housed Australian and Allied troops captured by the Japanese. The huts took very little destro...ART24405
-
'After the war', Bougainville bomb scared ruins, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Situated near the site of the old town at Rabaul are the remains of Japanese installations. Japanese parties can be seen cleaning up the mess, New Britain.ART23724
-
Agnes Betty Jeffrey as a nursing sister 2/10th Australian General Hospital and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans
Sound
Maker: Jeffrey, Agnes Betty Evans, Margaret
Agnes Betty Jeffrey as a nursing sister 2/10th Australian General Hospital and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans. A transcript of this recording may be available. Fo...S02908
-
Agnew, Ivo Cumberland Fraser (Lieutenant, b.1893 - d.1969)
Private Record
Maker: Agnew, Ivo Cumberland Fraser
Collection of personal records of/relating to Lieutenant Ivo Cumberland Fraser Agnew, who served as a Gunner with 17th Tasmanian Battery in France, in First World War, before transferring to No.2 Squa...PR01229
-
A hewn slab of granite marks the memorial to members of 2/22 Battalion, in Queen Elizabeth II ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A hewn slab of granite marks the memorial to members of 2/22 Battalion, in Queen Elizabeth II Park. The memorial was unveiled on 16 September 1993; an inscription on marble reads '2/22nd Batt Associat...P04302.002
-
AIF cemetery, Changi, early days
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Graves with wooden crosses in a jungle clearing, AIF cemetery, Changi, Singapore, in the early days. From a small space cut out of the jungle, the cemetery was gradually extended and laid out with gre...ART24494
-
AIF cemetery, Changi: front entrance
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Griffin shows the entrance path to the AIF cemetery, with gardens and trees on either side. The AIF rising sun symbol strung on two poles at the path entrance.ART26477
-
AIF cemetery, Changi: interior
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
In this cemetery are buried all the AIF prisoners-of-war of the Japanese who died in captivity in Changi Goal, Selerang. When this was drawn there was a great difference between the first start of the...ART26478
-
AIF ex-POWs on leave in Princes Street, Edinburgh
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
Australians recently liberated from prisoner of war camps in Germany are seen enjoying civilization again after their repatriation to Great Britain en route to Australia. They are pictured taken in t...ART25725
-
AIF in action in Malaya
Film
Contains scenes from official Department of Information film F01171. Commentary, Charles Lawrence Cinesound Review. Singapore, bomb damage, fire fighting, bren gun carrier, Indian troops in trucks, 25...F00831
-
Ainsworth, C W D (Private b.1921 - d.1963)
Private Record
Maker: Ainsworth, Colin William Danks
Medical records of Private Ainsworth while a Prisoner of War at Hintok and Konyu. Written on scraps of paper. Two of the records are signed by "Weary" Dunlop.PR00773
-
Air Commodore Clarence Haddon Spurgeon OBE DFC (Rtd) as a pilot No 8 Squadron RAAF and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden and Dr Hank Nelson
Sound
Maker: Spurgeon, Clarence Haddon Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim' Nelson, Hank
Air Commodore Clarence Haddon Spurgeon OBE DFC (Rtd) as a pilot No 8 Squadron RAAF and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden and Dr Hank Nelson A transcript of this recordi...S02932
-
A Japanese sergeant
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
Depicts a portrait of a Japanese Sergeant of the Imperial Japanese Army.ART28535.023
-
Alan Carew interviewed by Dawn Peel for her oral history project on Colac, Victoria during the War of 1939-1945
Sound
Alan Carew describes his experiences as a child when Italian Prisoners of War worked on his family's farm and neighbouring farms in the Colac district of Victoria, 1941-1945.S00637
-
A large, roughly cut rock with a bronze plaque embedded, marks the 1942-1945 memorial to members ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A large, roughly cut rock with a bronze plaque embedded, marks the 1942-1945 memorial to members of 2/22 Battalion. The memorial was unveiled on 16 September 1993. The battalion was sent to garrison R...P04302.001
-
Albert (Bert) Jones as a member of the 2/21 Battalion, which later became Gull Force (with some input from Russell Lavery, also of the 2/21.)
Sound
Maker: Jones, Albert George Billett, Janet Roberts
Bert Jones as a member of the 2/21 Battalion, which later became Gull Force (with some input from Russell Lavery, also of the 2/21.) Bert talks about his three years as a POW in Ambon, describing stea...S04322
-
Albert Ray Irvine as a member of 214 Squadron, No 100 (Bomber Support) Group, 1943-1944, and a prisoner of war in Germany, 1944-1945, interviewed by John Fincher.
Sound
Maker: Irvine, Albert Ray Fincher, John Farram
Background, family and employment before joining the RAAF; he had initially applied to the AIF but was not accepted on medical grounds. In 1942 he went to Calgary, Canada, to be part of the Empire Air...S02854
-
Albert Ray Irvine recounts his experiences as a flying officer, wireless air gunner, 214 Squadron, No 100 (Bomber Support) Group and a prisoner of war, 1942-1945, in an oral memoir.
Sound
Maker: Irvine, Albert Ray Irvine, Albert Ray
Irvine discusses his training in Australia, Canada and Waddington in England before posting to 214 Squadron flying Stirlings and then B-17s specially equipped with radar jamming devices to protect the...S02855
-
Album of Photographs relating to WX4057 Robert Thaddeus Roger, 2/7 Field Ambulance
Photograph
Album of 36 pages containing 98 black and white photographs relating to the service of WX4057 Private (Pte) Robert Thaddeus Roger, 2/7 Field Ambulance. Pte Roger, of Maylands, WA, was a prisoner of wa...P02070
-
Alexander Bartos as a Hungarian prisoner of war, camp Flossenberg and Dora Mittlewerk, Germany, Second World War, interviewed by Eleni Holloway
Sound
Maker: Bartos, Alexander Emery Holloway, Eleni
From early 1945 Alex worked on the V2 rocket production line as a forced labourer in the Dora Mittlewerk underground facility.S05425
-
Alexander Douglas (Doug) Crawford, as a Captain, 2/1st Anti-Tank Regiment and POW in Germany, interviewed by David McRobbie for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Crawford, Alexander Douglas (Doug)
Discussing enlistment in CMF and later AIF; 2/5th Field Regiment; conversion of 2/5th Field Regiment to 2/1st Anti-Tank Regiment; embarkation for England and deploying to Greece; capture by German for...S00579
-
Alexander Hatton Drummond as a private 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Drummond, Alexander Hatton Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
Alexander Hatton Drummond as a private 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For f...S02962
-
Alexander Norman Thompson as a staff officer Headquarters 8th Australian Division and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans
Sound
Maker: Thompson, Alexander Norman Evans, Margaret
Alexander Norman Thompson as a staff officer Headquarters 8th Australian Division and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans A transcript of this recording may be availa...S02931
-
Alex Campbell, former member of 15th Battalion, 4 Brigade Bullecourt and a POW, interviewed by David Chalk.
Sound
Maker: Campbell, Alex William (Alec) Chalk, David
Alex Campbell interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 15th Battalion, 4 Brigade Bullecourt and as a POW in WW1.S01172
-
Alfred George Michell as a craftsman 2/10th Australian Base Workshop and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Michell, Alfred George Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
Alfred George Michell as a craftsman 2/10th Australian Base Workshop and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For further ...S02955
-
Allan Munro as an aircraftsman, Royal Air Force and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1942-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans
Sound
Maker: Evans, Margaret Munro, Allan Angus
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S02965
-
Allen, Frederick James (Private, b.? - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Allen, Frederick James
Collection relating to the service of 4728 Private Frederick James Allen, 53 Battalion, France and Germany, 1916-1918. Collection consists of a letter dated 20 September 1918, written from Holland by...1DRL/0028
-
Allied victory
Film
Maker: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc
An Encyclopaedia Britannica educational film covering the history of the Second World War commencing with the entry of the United States in December 1941. Introduction on camera by Louis L. Snyder, Ph...F03324
-
All the fine young men: My stepfather, Frank, was in the same unit as Eric
Art
Maker: Evans, Roslyn
This work illuminates how great events in history, such as war, affect the intimate and private parts of a family's history. It contains two sections: screen printed images on paper in the background,...ART29767.003
-
Altar at Changi
Art
Maker: Spain, Rod
An altar at the Changi prisoner of war camp. The artist was a prisoner of war from 1942 through to 1945.ART92162
-
[Alten-Grabow prisoner of war camp]
Art
Maker: Greidenborg, Victor
Depicts a number of buildings, prisoners and a fenced area at Alten-Grabow prisoner of war camp, Germany, during the First World War. The painting was originally donated to the War Memorial in Decembe...ART92193
-
AMBON ISLAND. 1945-09-22. ONE OF THE MESS HUTS IN THE JAPANESE TAN TOEY POW CAMP WHICH HOUSED 8 ...
Photograph
AMBON ISLAND. 1945-09-22. ONE OF THE MESS HUTS IN THE JAPANESE TAN TOEY POW CAMP WHICH HOUSED 8 DIVISION PERSONNEL.118256
-
[Ambulance wagon]
Art
Maker: Lambert, George
This drawing of an ambulance of sand wagon is from behind, showing the beds stacked inside the vehicle.ART11393.036
-
Ambush of a Japanese tanker in Timor
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Reconstruction by the artist of an incident during the sojourn of Timor of the 2/2nd and 2/4th Australian Independent Companies who carried on guerilla war in the hills of Portuguese Timor and at a cr...ART26343
-
America goes over
Film
Maker: United States Army Signal Corps
Introduction reads: 'Official film of the Corps of Signals taken under action and service conditions in France. Especially released by the War Department to the Eastman Kodak Company for the 2nd Amer...F00169
-
Amor, Benjamin Charles 'Ben' (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Amor, Benjamin Charles (Ben)
Illustrated memoir titled "To Put The Record Straight: Ben Amor's Story of Escape in 1942, from the Japanese POWCamp at Ambon", describing service, captivity, escape experiences and post-escape life ...PR03110
-
An Australian flag flies outside the 'A' Sub Depot, No 2 Australian Command Depot, Monte Video ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
An Australian flag flies outside the 'A' Sub Depot, No 2 Australian Command Depot, Monte Video Camp. From the collection of 2247 Sergeant (Sgt) Stuart Alan Webb, 28th Battalion. Sgt Webb embarked with...P11941.016
-
An Australian Intelligence Officer searching prisoners captured by the 13th Battalion at Stormy ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
An Australian Intelligence Officer searching prisoners captured by the 13th Battalion at Stormy Trench, near Bazentin, in France. The German he is examining is wearing a Red Cross armband.E00181
-
Anderson, William (Private, d.1953)
Private Record
Maker: Anderson, William
Telegrams sent to Anderson's mother from Minister for the Army informing her that he has been posted missing, and later that he is a POW at Stalag 8B in Germany. Private Anderson was captured on Crete...PR91/096
-
[Animals and carts]
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Sketches of animals and carts. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In late 1936 he joined the RAAF and was seconded to the RAF for 5 years, arriving in Britain shortly...ART96109
-
Anonymous Australian soldier
Private Record
Diary purportedly kept by an Australian soldier during the Second World War at Naoetsu prisoner of war camp, Japan. The diary was issued by the Japanese to highlight the quantity and quality of ration...PR90/065
-
Anonymous (Prisoner of War, Hainan Island)
Private Record
Maker: Anonymous Unknown
Collection relating to an anonymous Australian prisoner of war at Hainan Island, 1943-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one notebook of an anonymous prisoner of war, used between 1943-1945. This note...PR04954
-
Anonymous (Prisoner of War, Hainan Island)
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to an anonymous Australian prisoner of war at Hainan Island, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of documents relating to the Australian and Dutch prisoner of war cemetery on Hain...PR04956
-
Another batch of Jerrys
Art
Maker: Kearton, William Frederick
Depicts a mounted Australian officer with his bayonet rifle stowed on his back, leading a groupe of German soldiers, or 'Jerrys', along a road lined with bomb damaged trees. Standing on the side of th...ART02656.004
-
Anthony, Hugh Cresswell (Captain, b.1890 - d.1922)
Private Record
Maker: Anthony, Hugh Cresswell
Collection relating to service of Captain Hugh Cresswell Anthony, 7 Battalion, France, 1916. Collection includes transcript of account of Anthony's capture and imprisonment, August 1916 at Pozieres, ...1DRL/0046
-
Anzac antics
Art
This is the original poster 'Anzac Antics' for an Australian show produced in 1942. Fort 15, Stalag 20A was a Non Labour (Nicht Arbeit) camp. As the artist later recalled, "Apart from the incessant ba...ART29545
-
Appproximately 15,400 troops, British and Australian, were moved into Selarang Barrack Square, ...
Photograph
Appproximately 15,400 troops, British and Australian, were moved into Selarang Barrack Square, Changi, as a reprisal for refusing to sign a Non escape or Parole Declaration. This movement was known as...043926
-
Appproximately 15,400 troops, British and Australian, were moved into Selarang Barrack Square, ...
Photograph
Appproximately 15,400 troops, British and Australian, were moved into Selarang Barrack Square, Changi, as a reprisal for refusing to sign a Non escape or Parole Declaration. This movement was known as...043927
-
Appproximately 15,400 troops, British and Australian, were moved into Selarang Barrack Square, ...
Photograph
Appproximately 15,400 troops, British and Australian, were moved into Selarang Barrack Square, Changi, as a reprisal for refusing to sign a Non escape or Parole Declaration. This movement was known as...043925
-
Appproximately 15,400 troops, British and Australian, were moved into Selarang Barrack Square, ...
Photograph
Appproximately 15,400 troops, British and Australian, were moved into Selarang Barrack Square, Changi, as a reprisal for refusing to sign a Non escape or Parole Declaration. This movement was known as...043930
-
1. Armoured division on parade 2. Newsbriefs: Lady Gowrie in Sydney - General Macarthur and PM in Melbourne. (Cinesound News No. 556)
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Extracts from Cinesound newsreel No. 556. 1. (1 min 46 sec) American tanks demonstrate before a big parade which is inspected by Generals Blamey and Robertson 2. (35 sec) Sydney, NSW. Lady Gowrie tac...F00582
-
Armstrong, George Eric (Trooper, b.1918 - d.1985)
Private Record
Maker: Armstrong, George Eric Bayliss, Frederick Owen Steinbeck, William John
Letters, personal papers, and photographs of Trooper George Eric Armstrong who served in 2/20 Battalion and was a Japanese Prisoner of War during the Second World War. Tpr Armstrong was also in posses...PR01924
-
Armstrong, Herbert Huie (Bombardier, b.1918 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Armstrong, Herbert Huie
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Bombardier NX3112 Bombardier Herbert Huie Armstrong, 2/3rd Field Regiment, Australia and Germany, 1942-1945. Collection consists of: Folder 1:...AWM2017.1030.1
-
Armstrong, Thomas Drewett (Gunner, b.1914 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Armstrong, Helen Australian Military Forces
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX11840 Gunner Thomas Drewett Armstrong, 2/2 Field Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and the Middle East, 1940-1945. Wallet ...PR05868
-
Arnold Fraser (Frazer) Caddy as a lance sergeant, 8th Division and POW, 1941-1946, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton.
Sound
Maker: Caddy, Arnold Fraser
VX60320 Lance Sergeant Arnold Fraser (Frazer) Caddy, 8th Division, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937–1947" oral history project. The interview touches on topics s...AWM2018.572.11
-
Arpad Maleter
Art
Maker: Binder, Tibor
Depicts portrait of Hungarian soldier, Arpad Maleter, sitting, side profile smoking a pipe, arms crossed, in Gross-Born Army Barracks, Germany. Tibor Binder served in the Hungarian Army Artillery, was...ART27827
-
Art & handicrafts exhibition and composition...
Art
Maker: Ansell
Brightly coloured poster in watercolour and gouache promoting an 'Art and Handicraft exhibition & competition' held in July 1943. The image takes up the whole with the title integrated as a notice pin...ART94123
-
Arthur Bancroft as able seaman HMAS Perth and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Bancroft, Arthur Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
Arthur Bancroft as able seaman HMAS Perth and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact ...S02950
-
Arthur Frederick Gigger as a signalman, 8 Corps of Signals and POW, 1940-1946, Second World War, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
Sound
Maker: Gigger, Arthur Frederick
SX7678 Signalman (Sig) Arthur Frederick Gigger, 8 Corps of Signals, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937–1947" oral history project. The interview covers Sig Gigger'...AWM2018.572.21
-
Arthur Frederick Shephard as a sergeant 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Shephard, Arthur Frederick Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
Arthur Frederick Shephard as a sergeant 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For ...S03019
-
Arthur Ronald Brown as Commanding Officer 2/4th Australian Anti Tank Regiment and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1942-1945, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson and Gavan Daws
Sound
Maker: Brown, Arthur Ronald Daws, Gavan Nelson, Hank
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S02881
-
A Sagan Goon Box South Side [Germany]
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a Goon Box at a POW camp in Germany, backing onto a forest of trees. Goon Boxes were sentry boxes on stilts, stationed at regular intervals around POW camps in Germany during the Second World ...ART96062
-
Ashby, Hugh King (Civilian scientist)
Private Record
Maker: Ashby, Hugh King
Collection relating to Hugh Ashby during the Second World War. Collection includes a memoir written by Ashby documenting his capture by the Japanese in Singapore after he joined the Straits Settlment...PR03218
-
As off to work we go
Art
Maker: Kingsley, A
POW cartoon of men going off to work. The name G.F.Hamilton which can be seen on the back of the cart is the name of the man who donated the work.ART28359
-
A stringed charpoy our Malayan bed April 1942
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
A comfortable bed with the addition of a blanket, used by the prisoners extensively in Malaya before the fall of Singapore. Given the required material they could be quickly assembled.ART28535.004
-
A Turkish prisoner (Bash Shawish, Ghezireh)
Art
Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a portrait of a Turkish prisoner wearing a hat with tassel, long moustache and Turkish shirt. Turkish prisoners in Egypt, lived under perhaps the best conditions of any prisoners during the Fi...ART02800
-
Aug 8: Find the Turk
Art
Maker: Bean, C E W Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
An illustration demonstrating soldier humour. The central figure is a Turkish prisoner, who is being escorted by two Australian soldiers that have taken on a similar appearance to the Turks. August 8 ...ART00022.005
-
Auld, Patrick Howard (Captain, b.1894 - d.1972)
Private Record
Maker: Auld, Patrick Howard Auld, Stuart Auld, Stuart Anthony (Tony) English, Thomas Wolmer
Collection relating to the First World War service of Captain Patrick Howard Auld MC, 4th Field Ambulance and 50th Battalion. This is a large and comprehensive collection of diary extracts and letter...2DRL/0072
-
2/2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station
Manuscript
Maker: Carne, John Formby
Collection relating to the 2/2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 1993-1994. Wallet 1 of 1 - Wallet consists of the manuscript titled "2/2 Australian C.C.S. A Brief history and personal anecdotes ...MSS1505
-
Australian doctors inspecting Japanese sick reports
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts Australian Medical Officers inspecting Japanese medical records, Dutch Timor.ART26148
-
Australian M.O inspecting tropical ulcers at Japanese Marine Hospital
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts a scene of Australian Medical Officer inspecting tropical ulcers at the Japanese Marine Hospital, Timor.ART26147
-
Australian Postcard Collection 1914-1918
Published Collection
Maker: Various
Postcards printed in or about Australia or Australians. The collection covers themes such as patriotism, camp life, humanitarian organisations, fund raising events in Australia, humour and cartoons, A...RC00686
-
Australian recovered prisoners of war interviewed by Pilot Officer Jock McPherson, RAAF Combat Broadcast Team, at Changi, Singapore following the surrender of Japan in 1945
Sound
Disc 1 Side 1: Pilot Officer Jock McPherson, as a member of the RAAF Combat Broadcast Team, records from a RAAF Catalina aircraft on its approach to Kelang airport, Singapore. The plane is met by four...S00015
-
Australian Red Cross Society (ARCS)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Red Cross Society
This collection of Australian Red Cross Society (ARCS) files consists of three main subseries: general correspondence and administration files; records of the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing ...1DRL/0428
-
Australians advance in New Guinea
Film
Ioribaiwa Ridge, New Guinea, Australians advance and take first Japanese prisoners. Hauling 25 pounder guns on Kokoda Track, C-47 Dakota aircraft drop supplies, Corporal John Bromwich, Davis Cup tenni...F00820
-
Australian troops behind desks manage the leave, furlough, duty passes, warrants and special ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Australian troops behind desks manage the leave, furlough, duty passes, warrants and special leave, possibly at 'A' Sub Depot, No 2 Australian Command Depot, Monte Video Camp. From the collection of 2...P11941.017