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Barbed wire and bamboo
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Maker: Unknown Australian War Memorial Unknown
Australian War Memorial advertising poster for the exhibition 'Barbed Wire and Bamboo' of 1976. The central image is of a stuffed toy kangaroo with a joey behind three horizontal lines of barbed wire....ARTV05244
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Brigadier Philip Jamieson Greville CBE (Rtd) as the captain Officer Commanding Assault Pioneer Platoon 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Greville, Phillip Jamieson Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Greville speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; the role of the Assault Pioneer Platoon in Korea during his period of command; the circumstances of his capture and his t...S02289
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David William Manning as an Able Seaman, HMAS Perth 1941-1942 and as a Prisoner of War 1942-1945, interviewed by Aaron Pegram.
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Maker: Manning, David William Pegram, Aaron Australian War Memorial Black, Wade
David Manning discusses early life and enlistment, and describes his experience aboard Perth under Japanese naval attack; getting into lifeboats; being picked up and taken eventually to Singapore; att...S04571
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Jack Bridger Chalker as a member of the Royal Artillery, and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Simon Forrester
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Maker: Chalker, Jack Forrester, Simon Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
During the Second World War Chalker saw service with the Royal Field Artillery. He was captured at the fall of Singapore and sent to Thailand to work on construction of the Burma-Thailand railway. Cha...S02790
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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
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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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Mary Fitzhardinge interviewed by Peter Burness about her family's participation in the Second World War
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Maker: Fitzhardinge, Mary Burness, Peter J Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Mrs Fitzhardinge's interview includes discussion of: Her early life; the enlistment of her husband and two brothers in the Army; seeing husband Jim off from Sydney Harbour as he was bound for the Midd...S01602
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Max van Gelder as a civilian internee of the Japanese, Netherlands East Indies, 1942-1945, interviewed by Nick Fletcher
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Maker: Gelder, Max van Fletcher, Nick Australian War Memorial Miller, Julius
Max van Gelder as a civilian internee of the Japanese, Netherlands East Indies, 1942-1945, interviewed by Nick Fletcher A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please...S03719
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Ronald David Guthrie as a warrant officer pilot No 77 (Fighter) Squadron RAAF and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Wing Commander Ken Llewelyn (RAAF Res)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Guthrie speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; his posting as a warrant officer in No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF and its operational role in Korea; the circumstances of hi...S02288
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Sir Adrian Herbert Curlewis CVO CBE as a captain General Staff Officer Grade 3 Headquarters 8th Division, Malaya and Singapore, and a prisoner of the Japanese in the Second World War, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson.
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Maker: Curlewis, Adrian Herbert Nelson, Hank Australian War Memorial
Sir Adrian Curlewis speaks of his experiences in Malaya and Singapore and as a prisoner of the Japanese during the Second World War. Sir Adrian was a barrister-at-law before he enlisted. As President...S00035
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Thomas Henry John Hollis as a rifleman 1 Platoon A Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) and a prisoner of war, Korea 1950-1953, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
Hollis speaks of his family background and Second World War service; his Occupation Force duty in Japan followed by discharge and service with the NSW Police; enlistment for Korea (K) Force and traini...S02298