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Japanese Prisoners
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts three unidentified Japanese prisoners. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, Friend was selected for appointment as ...ART23251
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Japanese prisoners being searched
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Showing Japanese prisoners who have been concentrated in Balikpapan from outlying surrender areas, being searched on arrival in Balikpapan.ART23214
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Japanese prisoners being searched, Balikpapan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Japanese prisoners of war and their belongings being searched by Australian personnel on arrival at prison camp. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery ...ART22916
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Japanese prisoners getting medicine, Babiang
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Shows a group of unidentified Australian soldier providing medicine for unidentified Japanese prisoners, Babiang, New Guinea.ART26756
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Japanese prisoners of war
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
A group of Japanese prisoners of war are depicted in Wewak, carrying packs.ART29956
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Japanese prisoners returning from latrine, Babiang
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Japanese prisoners returning from the latrine in Babiang, New Guinea.ART26762
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Japanese sick
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Depicts three sketches of a sick Japanese man, at 17 Field Ambulande, Bougainville. Japanese sick were evacuated by hospital barge to 17th Australian Field Ambulance at Soraken Peninsular, North Boug...ART25235
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Japanese sighted by patrol
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
A patrol from 2/10th Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron, New Guinea.ART25744
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1. Japanese surrender at Wewak 2. Hospital ships bring home sick POW.
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (1 min 36 sec) 13 Sep 1945. Cape Wom Airstrip Wewak, New Guinea, veteran 6th Division in impressive ceremony at Japanese surrender. Lieutenant-General Adachi signs the surrender before Major Genera...F00821
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Japanese surrendering their guns
Art
Maker: Pugh, Clifton
Depicts six Japanese soldiers surrendering their guns, Muschu Island, New Guinea.ART90935
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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 War Criminal prints
Photograph
Nine identification photographs of Japanese war criminals connected to the Sandakan Prisoner of War camp. The images include a board with the prisoner’s full name, rank, Australian War Criminal (AWC) ...AWM2020.32.5
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Japanese war criminals' compound, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Japanese prisoners-of-war awaiting trial guarded by a native soldier.ART25256
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Japanese war trial courtroom
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
An officers' mess converted into a court room for the trials of Japanese accused of the murder and ill-treatment of Australians captured by them on the Island of Timor.ART26357
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1. Japs blasted back from airfield 2. Solomons, captured Jap aviators off to detention camp 3. War on the roof of New Guinea. (News From Home No. 26)
Film
Maker: News from Home
Extracts from News From Home No. 261. (2 min 36 sec) The battle for Wau, 25 pounder guns and Beaufighter aircraft in action (See also F01820 for Department of Information unedited footage). (58 sec) J...F00722
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Jarvis, Norman Eldridge (Warrant Officer, b.1920 - d.1949)
Private Record
Maker: Jarvis, Norman Eldridge
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 410413 Warrant Officer Norman Eldridge Jarvis, 61 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one printed memoir of ...PR04641
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Jeanes, Gordon Gilbert (Gunner, b.1915 - d.2001)
Private Record
Maker: Jeanes, Gordon Gilbert
Correspondence of VX34387 Gunner Gordon Gilbert Jeanes (4 Anti-Tank Regiment), chiefly relating to his time as a prisoner of war in No 1 POW Camp, Thailand; also letters and official documentation rel...PR01947
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Jeater, William David (Lieutenant Colonel)
Private Record
Maker: Jeater, William David Various
Collection relating to Lieutenant Colonel William David Jeater, 2/20 Battalion, Second World War. Collection comprises nominal rolls and letters written by Jeater while a prisoner of war at Changi fr...PR03463
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Jeater, William David (Lieutenant Colonel)
Private Record
Maker: Jeater, William David
Forty-four Christmas cards exchanged by prisoners of war in Changi between 1942-1945. The cards are illustrated with hand drawn pencil, watercolour and crayon sketches. Included in the collection is...3DRL/3589
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Jeffrey, Agnes Betty (Sister)
Private Record
Maker: Jeffrey, Agnes Betty
Papers of Sister Agnes Betty Jeffrey, an Australian Army Nurse with 8 Division AIF and a prisoner of war in Palembang camp, Sumatra 1942-1945. The papers comprise handwritten diaries, letters, scrapbo...PR01780
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Jim Crinion, Home Guard and Royal Artillery and POW, England and Changi, 1937-1947, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
Sound
Maker: Crinion, Jim
Jim Crinion interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937-1947" oral history project about his experiences as a young (English) person in the Second World War. The interview ...AWM2018.572.13
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Jim Wheeler, former member 15th Battalion, 4th Brigade AIF and as a POW 1914-18, interviewed by David Chalk.
Sound
Maker: Wheeler, Jim Chalk, David
Jim Wheeler interviewed about his service with the 15th Battalion, 4th Brigade AIF and as a POW in 1914-18.S01170
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Jobling, Yvonne
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War civilian and home front experience of Yvonne Jobling. Collection consists of five letters written to Jobling from the families of prisoners of war. On 17 ...PR04494
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John Alexander Gibson as a lieutenant 1st Australian Independent Company and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson
Sound
Maker: Gibson, John Alexander Nelson, Hank
John Alexander Gibson as a lieutenant 1st Australian Independent Company and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson . Discusses broadcasting for the Japanese under Kempei...S02886
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John Charles Van Nooten as a lieutenant 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: van Nooten, John Charles Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
John Charles Van Nooten as a lieutenant 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For ...S02994
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John Devenish as a member of 104 Light Aid Detachment, and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1942 - 1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim' Devenish, John 'Jack'
John Devenish as a member of 104 Light Aid Detachment, and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1942 - 1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information p...S02920
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John Francis (Jack) Dowd as a private, 8th Ammunition Submarine Park, 1941-1946, and Gladys Perrott, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton.
Sound
Maker: Dowd, John Francis (Jack) Perrott, Gladys
SX11660 Private (Pte) John Francis (Jack) Dowd and Gladys Perrott interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937-1947" oral history project. The interview covers topi...AWM2018.572.17
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John 'Jack' O'Brien as a sergeant of a transport unit and a prisoner of the Japanese, interviewed by Margaret Evans
Sound
Maker: O'Brien, John Evans, Margaret
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S02988
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John James Wherry as a Flying Officer, Royal Australian Air Force and Prisoner of War, 1942-1945, interviewed by Aaron Pegram
Sound
Maker: Wherry, John James Pegram, Aaron
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04774
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John James Wherry as a Flying Officer, Royal Australian Air Force and Prisoner of War,1942-1945, interviewed by Aaron Pegram
Sound
Maker: Wherry, John James Pegram, Aaron
John Wherry served with 90 Squadron RAF, 196 Squadron RAF and was a Prisoner of the Germans held at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further inform...S04852
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John Lovett May as a chaplain successively to 12th/50th Infantry Battalion, 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion, 2/22nd Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1942-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden.
Sound
Maker: May, John Lovett Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim' May, John Lovett
John Lovett May as a chaplain successively to 12th/50th Infantry Battalion, 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion, 2/22nd Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1942-1945, interv...S02892
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John Panaotie as a private 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans
Sound
Maker: Panaotie, John Evans, Margaret
John Panaotie as a private 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans A transcript of this recording may be available. For further inf...S02946
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Johnson, Henry Cecil (Corporal) MM
Private Record
Maker: Johnson, Henry Cecil (Harry)
Ephemera collected by Corporal Henry Cecil Johnson while a prisoner of war in Stalag XIIIC, Hammelburg Germany. Items include a hospital admissions slip, foreign currency, pay documents and a welcome...PR84/325
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Johnson, Kenneth Tebbet (Lieutenant, MBE ED, b.1920 - d.2007)
Private Record
Maker: Johnson, Kenneth Tebbet
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX259 Lieutenant Kenneth Tebbet Johnson, 2/11 Infantry Battalion. Collection consists of a 'wartime log', issued to Johnson, while he was a pris...PR90/103
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Johnston, Arthur (Signalman, b.1912)
Private Record
Maker: Johnston, Arthur
This collection of mixed papers is collated in manuscript. It describes experiences of joining 2nd AIF, training and other postings in north Australia. Much of material documents experiences as a POW ...PR90/017
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Johnstone, Alex R C (Corporal, b.1911 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Johnstone, Alexander Roland Campbell (Alex)
Diaries, notebooks, letters, telegrams, sketches, leaflets, cards and menus relating to NX20572 Corporal Alex R. C. Johnstone (2/15th Field Regiment, originally attached to the Audit Office, Command P...PR01044
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Johnstone, Charles Stewart (Acting Flight Lieutenant, b.1907)
Private Record
Maker: Johnstone, Charles Stewart Johnstone, Charles Stewart
Annotated typescript reminiscences of Acting Flight Lieutenant Charles Stewart Johnstone, RAF. Approximately 45 pages describing the capture of Singapore by the Japanese and his experiences as a Briti...PR89/141
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John William Cardwell Wyett as staff officer Headquarters AIF Malaya and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Wyett, John William Cardwell Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
John William Cardwell Wyett as staff officer Headquarters AIF Malaya and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For further ...S02902
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Jones, Charles Edward Francis (Private, b.1901 - d.1972)
Private Record
Maker: Jones, Charles Edward Francis 'Frank'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX51703 Private Charles Edward Francis 'Frank' Jones, 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Singapore,...PR02096
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Jones, Ernest (Private, b.1907)
Private Record
Maker: Jones, Ernest
Correspondence written by NX15529 Private Ernest Jones, 2/4 Battalion, to his sister between 1941-1943. The five letters relate to his internment as a German Prisoner of War in Stalag VIII A, after t...PR03183
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Jones, John Henry 'Jack' (Private, b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Jones, Dorothy Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX27787 Private John Henry 'Jack' Jones, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Singapore and Australia, 1945. Wa...PR05831
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Journey to the end of the night
Film
Recollections of Bill Neave, a veteran of the New Guinea campaign and a prisoner of the Japanese during the 1939-1945 war. Film was produced by Peter Tammer Productions with assistance from Film Victo...F03001
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"Just me: The personal diary of NX55756 Pte T L Johnson, 2/19th Bt, 8 Div AIF"
Manuscript
Maker: Johnson, Thomas Lloyd
Manuscript titled "Just me: The personal diary of NX55756 Pte T L Johnson, 2/19th Bt, 8 Div AIF". Covers the Second World War experiences of NX55756 Pte Thomas Lloyd Johnson from February 1941 when h...MSS2179
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Kalbfell, James Farquhar (Sergeant, b.1910 - d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Kalbfell, James Farquhar
Papers accumulated by James Farquhar Kalbfell (2/15th Regiment) while a POW on the Burma-Thailand railway, comprising: (i) a report titled 'Report of Conditions - Prisoners of War - Thailand May-Sept ...PR00984
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Kanchanaburi, Thailand. 5 February 1945. Aerial view seen from aircraft of No. 9 Squadron RAF and ...
Photograph
Kanchanaburi, Thailand. 5 February 1945. Aerial view seen from aircraft of No. 9 Squadron RAF and No. 436 Squadron RAF showing the main and by-pass railway bridges of the Burma-Thailand Railway.P02491.260
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Kantarek, Zygmund (Prisoner of War, b. 1926 - d. ?)
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War experiences of Polish prisoner of war [POW] Zygmund Kantarek, Dachau, Germany, 1943-1945. Collection consists of a certificate registering Kantarek's belong...AWM2016.62.6
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Keith Botterill as a private 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Botterill, Keith Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
Keith Botterill as a private 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For further inf...S02949
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Keith Horton Hooper as a member of 2/6 Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of war in Germany, 1939-1946, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
Sound
Maker: Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Keith Horton Hooper as a member of 2/6 Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of war in Germany, 1939-1946, interviewed by Bill Fogarty A transcript of this recording may be available. For furt...S02788
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Keith Leslie Stevens as a captain 8th Australian Division Signals and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans
Sound
Maker: Stevens, Keith Leslie Evans, Margaret
Keith Leslie Stevens as a captain 8th Australian Division Signals and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further...S03002
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Kelk, Maurice Joseph (Private, b.1913 - d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Kelk, Maurice Joseph Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX56162 Private Maurice Joseph Kelk, Second Australian Imperial Force, Germany and Australia, 1944-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of three items...PR03670
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Kelly, George Arthur (Sapper)
Private Record
Maker: Kelly, George Arthur
Papers of or relating to NX18011 Sapper George Arthur Kelly (2/6th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers), especially as a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Batavia (Java), 1942-45, comprising: (...PR00992
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Kelly, Leslie Timothy (Lieutenant, b.1906 - d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Kelly, Leslie Timothy
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX37811 Lieutenant Leslie Timothy Kelly, 2/29 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya, Borneo, Netherlands East I...PR05043
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Ken Brown as a private 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1942-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans
Sound
Maker: Brown, Ken Evans, Margaret
Ken Brown as a private 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1942-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans A transcript of this recording may be available. For further infor...S02959
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Kennedy, Michael Curran (Lieutenant, b.1918 - d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Kennedy, Michael Curran
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant Michael Curran Kennedy, 2/1st Infantry Battalion, Crete, 1941. Collection consists of a handwritten diary, kept in an exercise book, ...AWM2019.606.1
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Kenneth George Mosher as a captain 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans
Sound
Maker: Mosher, Kenneth George Evans, Margaret
Kenneth George Mosher as a captain 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans A transcript of this recording may be available. For f...S03003
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Kenneth George Parkyns, as leading aircraftsman, and a prisoner of the Japanese, interviewed by Margaret Evans
Sound
Maker: Parkyns, Kenneth George Evans, Margaret
Kenneth George Parkyns, as leading aircraftsman, No 20 Squadron RAAF, and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans. On 21 January 1942, Leading Aircraftsman Parkyns was cap...S02998
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Kenneth Harold Darwin as a driver, 2/2 Reserve Motor Transport Company, 1941-1946 interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
Sound
Maker: Darwin, Kenneth Harold
SX10941 Driver Kenneth Harold Darwin, 2/2 Reserve Motor Transport Company, interviewed by by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937-1947" oral history project. Topics discussed inclu...AWM2018.572.15
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Kerr, Stuart C (Private, 2/7th Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Kerr, Stuart C
Letters written by Private Stuart C Kerr who served with the 2/7 Battalion during the Second World War. Kerr became a prisoner of war at Stalag XVIIIA camp Wolfsberg, Austria in 1941. He describes da...PR84/321
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Keshan, Malcolm William (Sergeant, b. 1919 - d.2014)
Private Record
Maker: Keshan, Dorothy Ann
Collection relation to the Second World War service of NX11067 Sergeant Malcolm "Mac" William Keshan, 2/4th Infantry Battalion, Germany, Libya, and Australia, 1940-1945. Collection consists of lette...PR06082
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Kesteven, Kenneth Leighton (Lieutenant, b.1915 - d:c.1999)
Private Record
Maker: British Red Cross Society, London Kesteven, Kenneth Leighton
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX4012 Lieutenant Kenneth Leighton Kesteven, 2/4 Battalion. Collection consists of three POW letters/postcards written by Kesteven to Miss Mary ...PR04326
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Kettlewell, George Allan (Driver)
Private Record
Maker: Kettlewell, George Allan
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX54914 Driver George Allan Kettlewell, 105 General Transport Company. Collection consists of a diary describing experiences as a POW of the Jap...PR00565
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Kidd, John Alexander (Sergeant, b.1887 - d.1980)
Private Record
Maker: Kidd, John Alexander
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1657 Sergeant John Alexander Kidd, 15th Battalion, Quinn's Post, Gallipoli, c.1969. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection consists of a single typescript ac...3DRL/3554
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55 Kilo Camp, Burma
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Depicts a painting of the "55 Kilo Camp Burma Thailand Railway, at the end of the lean to is the operating "theatre. Jack Chalker was serving in the Royal Artillery when he was captured at the fall of...ART29421
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Kinder, Henry James Elly (Stoker Petty Officer, b.1891 - d.1964)
Private Record
Maker: Kinder, Henry James Elly
Collection relating to the First World War service of 7244 Stoker Petty Officer Henry James Elly Kinder, HMAS AE2, Australia, Ottoman Turkey, 1914-15. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of one typescript memoi...PR01466
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Kingsford-Smith, Peter (Flight Lieutenant, b.1915 - d.1993)
Private Record
Maker: Kingsford-Smith, Peter
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 402241 Flight Lieutenant Peter Kingsford-Smith DFC, No. 138 Squadron, prisoner of war, Germany, 1943-1945. Custom box 1 of 1 - Comprises an albu...PR03211
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Kirkwood, Donald Charles (Flight Sergeant)
Private Record
Maker: Kirkwood, Donald Charles Various
Collection relating to Flight Sergeant Donald Kirkwood, 30 Squadron Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF), 1943-1946. It comprises copies of his diary and logbook, May-December 1943 and copies of official...PR03382
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Kirkwood, Thomas Peter (Private, b.1912 - d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX1973 Private Thomas Peter Kirkwood, Australian Army Service Corps, Second Australian Imperial Force, Germany, c 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Con...PR05211
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Kitchin Kerr, George Ernest (Corporal, b.1892 - d.1965)
Private Record
Photocopy of a typescript transcript of diaries kept by Corporal George Kitchin Kerr, `C' Company, 14th Battalion, while a prisoner of war (POW) of the Turkish Army during the First World War. The tra...PR00953
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Knitted woollen blanket : Lieutenant P E Mangan, Australian Army Nursing Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
The woollen blanket comprises five vertical panels ranging from 280 to 330 mm wide, made of of knitted squares of various sizes and colours, sewn together to form the completed blanket. The central re...REL48051.002
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Knitted woollen blanket : Lieutenant P E Mangan, Australian Army Nursing Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
The woollen blanket comprises nine columns ranging from 145 to 190mm of knitted rectangles of various sizes and colours sewn together to form the completed blanket. It is bordered by 30mm navy blue kn...REL48051.001
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Kodak Jiffy Six 20 Series II camera: Private G N Harding, 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion
Technology
Maker: Kodak Ltd.
Kodak Jiffy Six 20 (taking size 620 film) Series II folding camera with a folding leatherette bellows accompanied by two retracting levers per side; a Twindar (Periscopic), 105mm f/8 filter slip-on le...REL47106
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Koreans' Repatriation Centre, Senzaki, Japan
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
The 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) were in charge of the Repatriation Centre at Senzaki where Koreans were deported to Korea.ART26712
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Korsch, John Donald (Lance Corporal, b.1914 - d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
Transcript of diary describing active service, including the ambush at Gemas, the fighting retreat to Singapore, and capitulation. Leaves Changi as a member of A Force and works at several camps on th...PR00078
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Kuching Force. The first groups of recently released Australian prisoners of war (POWs) to be ...
Photograph
Maker: Horner, Arthur Wakefield
Kuching Force. The first groups of recently released Australian prisoners of war (POWs) to be repatriated to Australia via Labuan. A group of 8 Division officers wait to leave Lintang Barracks. Back r...118604
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-12. MAJ-GEN G.F. WOOTTEN, GOC, 9 DIVISION, SPEAKING TO COOKS AS THEY ...
Photograph
KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-12. MAJ-GEN G.F. WOOTTEN, GOC, 9 DIVISION, SPEAKING TO COOKS AS THEY PREPARE LUNCH IN THE 8 DIVISION OFFICERS MESS IN THE KUCHING POW & INTERNMENT CAMP.118408
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Labuan, Borneo. 16 September 1945. Front view of the body of Japanese Lieutenant Colonel Suga, ...
Photograph
Maker: Wright, H R
Labuan, Borneo. 16 September 1945. Front view of the body of Japanese Lieutenant Colonel Suga, formerly Commandant of Prisoner of War Compounds at Kuching and Sandakan. He was apprehended as a war cri...030263/03
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LABUAN, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 1945-10-24. THE BODY OF COLONEL AIKYO, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Donaldson, Robert Eric
LABUAN, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 1945-10-24. THE BODY OF COLONEL AIKYO, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE MIRI GARRISON, WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE DURING THE NIGHT OF 23 OCTOBER 1945, AT LABUAN PRISONER OF WA...118693
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LABUAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-10-03. 8TH DIVISION EX PRISONERS OF WAR AND LONG SERVICE TROOPS ...
Photograph
Maker: Rainsford, Ross John
LABUAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-10-03. 8TH DIVISION EX PRISONERS OF WAR AND LONG SERVICE TROOPS EMBARKING AT LABUAN EN ROUTE TO MOROTAI FOR ON MOVEMENT TO AUSTRALIA. 8TH DIVISION EX PRISONERS OF WAR GROUP...118827
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Labuan Island. 23 June 1945. Private Ganda Singh (1) and Pte Derl Singh (2) preparing food. They ...
Photograph
Labuan Island. 23 June 1945. Private Ganda Singh (1) and Pte Derl Singh (2) preparing food. They are members of 17 Field Company, Indian Army, who have been prisoners of war of the Japanese since the ...109921
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Lammest, Oswald Robert
Private Record
Maker: Lammest, Oswald Robert
Diary kept by Oswald Robert Lammest while he was a POW in Changi prison and on the Burmese Thai Railway in the Second World War.PR01353
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LAMSDORF. A GROUP OF UNIDENTIFIED PRISONERS OF WAR (POWs) AT STALAG VIIIb.
Photograph
LAMSDORF. A GROUP OF UNIDENTIFIED PRISONERS OF WAR (POWs) AT STALAG VIIIb.P00130.001
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[Lancaster Bomber]
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a Lancaster Bomber. The page has a German Army stamp of approval. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In late 1936 he joined the RAAF and was seconded to the R...ART96100
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Lance Aldworth Gibson as a lieutenant 2/3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson
Sound
Maker: Gibson, Lance Aldworth Nelson, Hank
Lance Aldworth Gibson as a lieutenant 2/3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson A transcript of this recording may be available. ...S02887
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Landing Japanese on Fauro Island
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Approximately 18,000 Japanese from the Buin area were transported over 60 kilometers by sea to the Fauro Group. Australian barges carred the main body and this picture shows the scene on one of the be...ART25245
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[Landscape with river and bridge near POW camp, Germany]
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a landscape in Germany with trees, a river, and brick bridge near a prisoner-of-war camp. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In late 1936 he joined the RAAF a...ART96059
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[Landscape with road and trees at Schubin, Poland]
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a landscape with a winding road and horse and cart. Oflag XXIB was a POW camp in Schubin, Poland, that operated between 1940-43. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and cerami...ART96111
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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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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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Lathe, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
2 Australian Imperial Force; lathe made from salvaged materials, set in heavy wooden bedART26523
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Lattin, Patrick Joseph (Private, b.1915 - d.1993)
Private Record
Maker: Lattin, Patrick Joseph
Collection relating to the Second World War service of TX50 Private Patrick Joseph Lattin, 2/12 Battalion. Collection consists of a diary kept in a notebook (and copy) written by Lattin while a priso...PR00042
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Laundry Changi prison
Art
Maker: Jackson, C Jackson, C
Prisoners of war wash their clothes in the laundry at Changi Prison. The men stand naked as they scrub clothes in troughs and buckets, while around them other clothes have been hung out to dry.ART93928
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Laurence Goss Bray as a private, 2/10th Ordinance Workshops and POW, 1941-1946, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
Sound
Maker: Bray, Laurence Goss
SX13486 Private Laurence Goss Bray, 2/10th Ordnance Workshops, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937–1947" oral history project. The interview covers topics related t...AWM2018.572.8
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Lawrence, Lindsay Palmer (Gunner, b.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Lawrence, Lindsay Palmer
Letters to his family describing training, sea voyage, training and leave in the U.K., active service in North Africa including the taking of Tobruk. Lawrence was later taken prisoner on Crete, and le...PR00225
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Lawrence, Walter John (Petty Officer, Merchant Marine, POW d.1952)
Private Record
Maker: Lawrence, Walter John
POW LOGBOOK MAINTAINED BY P O LAWRENCE DURING HIS IMPRISONMENT AT MARLAG AND MILAG NORTH CAMP, GERMANY. LOGBOOK CONTAINS CARTOONS, POEMS, MAPS OF THE CAMP AND VARIOUS SOUVENIR ITEMS. P O LAWRENCE WAS ...PR88/041
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Laws, William Allan (Warrant Officer Class 2, b.1914 - d.1989)
Private Record
Maker: Laws, William Allan Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX4533 Warrant Officer Class 2 William Allan Laws, 2/6 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Middle East and Germany, ...PR03745
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Laybourne-Smith, Gordon (Major, MC MID, 2/3rd Field Regiment, AIF, POW b.1908)
Private Record
Maker: Laybourne-Smith, Gordon
LETTERS AND LETTERCARDS WRITTEN HOME TO HIS WIFE FOLLOWING HIS CAPTURE AT SPAKIA, CRETE JUNE 1941. THE LETTERS ARE GENERAL IN NATURE AND REFLECT THE RESTRICTIONS PLACED UPON THE ACTIVITIES AND WRITING...PR88/196
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Leacy, John Kavanagh (Private, b.1912 - d.1991)
Private Record
Maker: Leacy, John Kavanagh Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX7764 Private John Kavanagh Leacy, 2/1 Australian Infantry Battalion, Germany, 1941-1945. Collection consists of 4 documents. - 1 x Certified...AWM2017.536.1
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Le Cong Giau is a science student...
Art
Maker: Unknown LONDON : INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION FOR DISARMAMENT AND PEACE, 1973
A text poster reproducing a document signed by students imprisoned in Chi Hoa Prison, Saigon, first issued in 'The Times' newspaper, 27 March 1973. The document describes the torture and interogation ...ARTV03131
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Leehy, Anthony Maurice (Sergeant, b.1912 - d.1980)
Private Record
Maker: Leehy, A M
Collection related to the Second World War service of NX65520 Sergeant Anthony Maurice Leehy, 8th Division Signals, prisoner of war, 1942-1945. Leehy was a married, 28-year-old clerk from Sydney when...AWM2019.357.3
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LeFaucheur, Sophia (Dutch Civilian, POW)
Private Record
Maker: LeFaucheur, Sophia
Diaries, letters and documents relating to Sophia LeFaucheur (nee van AS) and her experience as a Dutch civilian Prisoner of War (POW) in the Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia). Sophia (or 'Fiep'...PR06224