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
-
(WX862) Alfred James Passfield, as a Private 2/11th Battalion and prisoner of war (POW) Germany, interviewed by Brian Wall for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Passfield, Alfred James Wall, Brian
Discusses enlistment; 2/11 Battalion; Libyan campaign; action on Crete; capture by Germans on Crete; German and allied doctors working together; food and conditions on Salonica, including fighting ove...S00528
-
WX11105 / W102 Ada Corbitt (Mickey) Syer, as a Captain, Australian Army Nursing Service and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
Sound
Maker: Syer, Ada Corbitt Wall, Donald
Talks of escape from Singapore and bombing of ship Vyner Brooke, surviving in ocean and landing on beach at Banka Island, POW of Japanese; hears about the Bullwinkel party from British burial detail....S04057
-
Wyett, John William Cardwell (Major, b.1908 - d.2004)
Private Record
Maker: Wyett, John William Cardwell
Collection relating to the Second World War service of TX2155 Major John William Cardwell Wyett, Headquarters Malaya, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya, 1942. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one d...PR03652
-
XVIB Looking South
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts an agricultural landscape with trees without leaves, possibly as seen from Oflag XVIB, the POW camp at Dossel in Germany. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. I...ART96066
-
Yanco, NSW. 1944-01-31. Italian prisoners of war (POWs) overhauling a Massey Harris "Sunshine" ...
Photograph
Maker: McInnes, Geoffrey
Yanco, NSW. 1944-01-31. Italian prisoners of war (POWs) overhauling a Massey Harris "Sunshine" header in preparation for harvesting a crop of wheat on the farm at No. 15 POW Camp.063886
-
Ye Burma
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
One of the dirty dilapidated huts as temporary accommodation for Australian and Allied prisoners of war, captured at Singapore, during their move from Tavoy to work in the Japanese railway project. Ap...ART28535.028
-
Ye're see Les, its this way - I told my girl I'd be home even if I had to walk
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
One Australian soldier is pushing a wheel barrow, while the other sits in it, holding a suitcase and swag.ART90390
-
YMCA
Private Record
Maker: Hanger, Ivor Roylan McNeilly, George Houston
Collection relating to I R Hanger and George Houston McNeilly and their work with the YMCA in Changi POW camp. Collection consists of various reports: 2nd Report of Work of YMCA with the AIF in Malay...3DRL/1836
-
You need to be tough in Changi
Art
Maker: Thompson, Bert
"Caricature of one of our surgeon[sic]. The patient has neuritic beri-beri and thus has no feeling of pain. The orderley[sic] has paralysis of the eyes due to diphtheria; he cannot open and cannot clo...ART32369
-
Young, Arthur Wellesley (Captain, b.1912 - d.1998); Edmonds, Jack Roland (Lance Corporal, b.1914 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Menzies, Robert Gordon Young, Arthur Wellesley
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX26672 Captain Arthur Wellesley Young, 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1941; Collection relatin...PR04281
-
Young, Bernard Leone (Sapper, b.1914 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Young, Bernard Leone
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX13417 Sapper Bernard Leone Young, 2/11 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, Indonesia and Australia, 1940-1945. Folder 1 contains: one ...AWM2017.21.1
-
Young, Keith Douglas (Major, b.1916 – d.1997)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Ferris, John H Young, Keith Douglas
Collection relating to the Second World War, Korean War and Vietnam War service of Major Keith Douglas Young, United States Air Force, United States of America, 1970-1997. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists o...AWM2021.36.4
-
Young, Robert (Gunner, b.1905 - d.1969)
Private Record
Maker: Young, Robert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX15102 Gunner Robert Young, 2/1 Anti-Tank Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Egypt and Germany, 1941-1943. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of...PR05070
-
You P.O.W's are lucky blighters going home
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
A former prisoner of war is at the docks heading towards a transport vessel, when he passes a recently arrived Australian soldier, who says to him "you POWS are lucky blighters going home". The forme...ART90389