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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
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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
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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
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 1942. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE INCIDENT, ...
Photograph
CHANGI, SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 1942. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE INCIDENT, IN WHICH OVER 15,000 BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN POWS WERE CONFINED IN THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE AFTER R...P00077.019
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 1942. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE INCIDENT, ...
Photograph
CHANGI, SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 1942. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE INCIDENT, IN WHICH OVER 15,000 BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN POWS WERE CONFINED IN THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE AFTER R...P00077.018
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Collection of cigarette papers: Ron Pilkington, British Army
Heraldry
Collection of 29 colourful cigarette paper packets and papers of various brands. Two have manufacture dates of 1940 and 1941.AWM2019.404.1
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Collection relating to 'Peachey'
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection of 3 items relating to an unknown soldier who was born in Australia, enlisted with the British Army in 1911 as a band boy with the York and Lancaster Regimental Band, and served with the sa...PR04657
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Davies, Jim; Welch, Jim (POW Stalag 383, Germany)
Private Record
Maker: Davies, Jim Welch, Jim K
"Ersatz Ashes". Book of colour sketches and scores of the cricket series played between Australian, New Zealand and British prisoners of war at Stalag 383, Hohenfels, Germany in 1943. The book was com...3DRL/3566
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Day, Stephen Victor Burt (Lieutenant, b.1918 - d.2005)
Private Record
Maker: Day, Stephen Victor Burt
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 227042 Lieutenant Stephen Victor Burt Day, Headquarters South-West Pacific Area, British Army, Netherlands East Indies, Borneo and England, 1942-...PR03493
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Erskine, John C (Lieutenant, No. 3 Commando Bn, British Army)
Private Record
Maker: Erskine, John C
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant John C Erskine, No. 3 Commando Battalion, 1989. Wallet 1 of 1 - Wallet consists of a memoir titled "An Australian Soldier in the Brit...PR89/048
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Gaumont British News No. 37
Film
Maker: Gaumont British News
1. Title: 'Mr Menzies has a message for America.' At the end of his first wartime visit to Britain the Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies held a press conference to say that he would use ...F01464
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German Cruelty to British Prisoners
Art
Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Hudson & Son
Text based British poster. There is no image. The text is framed by a red and brown border, and the writing is also red or brown ink. The title runs from the upper left corner to to the upper right...ARTV03928
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Harvey, W G (Lieutenant Colonel, 197th Fld Ambul, RAMC)
Private Record
Maker: Harvey, W G
DIARY OF POW EXPERIENCES INCLUDING THE SINKING OF THE "EMPRESS OF ASIA", DIFFICULTY OF DAILY LIFE IN CAMP AROUND SINGAPORE, MOVEMENT TO THAILAND AND THE INCREASING DEATH AND SICKNESS RATES DUE TO WORK...PR84/309
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Hetherington, John Wesley (Warrant Officer, b.1888 - d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Hetherington, John Wesley
Collection relating to the service of 1003 Warrant Officer John Wesley Hetherington, 2 Battalion, AIF, At sea, Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos, Western Front, England, 1914-1919. Collection consists of 70 l...PR03795
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Hosier, William Joseph (Private, b.1914 - d.1995)
Private Record
Maker: Hosier, William Joseph
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Private William Joseph Hosier, Provost staff, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, British Army. Material relates to Private Hosier's ti...PR00703
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Japanese Army Officer's Sword and Scabbard
Technology
Japanese Army Officer's shin-gunto sword and scabbard. The hilt is a late Second World War type lacquered binding with blackened iron fushi kashira mountings, cherry blossom menuki and a plain oval di...REL30880
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Leslie, Harry (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Leslie, Harry
Photocopies of papers related to prisoner of war experiences of Harry Leslie, of the 5th Battalion Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Includes leaflets for public talks, draft copies of prepared...PR00516
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Mace, Samuel Robert (Driver, British Army)
Private Record
Maker: Mace, Samuel Robert Various
Collection relating to T/67909 Driver Samuel Robert Mace, POW (No. 3369), British Army. One notebook containing poems; loose papers from the British Red Cross Society re personal parcels sent; and no...PR04694
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Meade-Waldo-Van, Gabriel John (Captain, b.1914 - d.1985)
Private Record
Maker: Meade-Waldo-Van, Gabriel John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Captain Gabriel John Meade-Waldo-Van, British Army, prisoner of war, Manchuria, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of both handwritten and typed tra...3DRL/2905
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Outdoor portrait of British prisoner of war Alfred E Fearn of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Outdoor portrait of British prisoner of war Alfred E Fearn of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Signed on the verso with the inscribed address 28 College Place/ St Albans/ Herts/ England. Although he...P00429.003