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Philip Loffman, as a Lance Corporal, 2/28th Battalion and POW in Italy, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Loffman, Philip
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment in militia; transfer to AIF; army training at Northam Camp, WA; embarkation for Middle East; Middle East campaigns; battle for Ruin Ridge; capture by German a...S00557
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Pilot's badge : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pilots badge. Slightly convex. Obverse: A dull silver flying eagle, facing right, clutching a swastika in its claws and riveted onto a silver wash wreath of laurel (left) and oak (right) leaves. The r...REL/12017.026
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Pisani, Vincent (Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, British Army b.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Pisani, Vincent
SERVICE PAPERS RELATED TO HIS ARMY SERVICE, POW PERIOD AND DISCHARGEPR84/297
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Playfair, Alfred (Flight Lieutenant, b.1910 - d.1983)
Private Record
Maker: Playfair, Alfred
Papers of Flight Lieutenant Alfred Playfair documenting his time as a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III in Germany. Items in the collection include service documents, internment papers and an illust...PR03000
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[portrait of Frederick Jarman]
Art
Maker: McMillan, Alex
Frederick Morgan Jarman (420951) served with the Royal Australian Air Force, trained in Canada under the Empire Air Training Scheme and subsequently flew with 161 RAF Squadron. This Squadron flew out ...ART96908
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Port 'Wikingerschiff' bomb pylon : Messerschmitt Me 262-A2 Fighter Aircraft
Technology
Maker: Messerschmitt AG
Lozenge shaped aluminium bomb rack, painted light grey with electrical fittings. This type of bomb pylon was used to carry a single 250 kilogram aerial bomb.REL/08385.016
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Prestwich, Joseph E (POW Germany)
Private Record
Maker: Prestwich, Joseph E
COPY OF "MUNICH : CAPITAL OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT" SIGNED BY THOSE POWS TAKEN ON CRETE ON 1 JUNE 1941. TWO MENU CARDS FROM HMAHS WANGANELLA - ONE AUTOGRAPHED BY THE SHIPS'S OFFICERS - JAN 19443DRL/6271
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Pritchard, Neil W (Lance Bombardier, 2/3rd Field Regiment, AIF, POW b.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Pritchard, Neil W
TYPESCRIPT OF MEMOIRS OF N W PRITCHARD AND I SABEY RELATING EXPERIENCES AS POWS IN GERMANY DURING WWII. ALSO AN ACCOUNT OF PRITCHARD'S POST WAR EXPERIENCES AND MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCEPR86/003
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Put It There
Art
Maker: Strube, Sidney Her Majesty's Stationary Office The Admiralty H. Manly & Son
During the Second World War there was a strong push on the home front throughout Allied nations to stress the importance of factory workers, whether they worked on ships, munitions, or food. This Brit...ARTV02383
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Radke, David August (Wireless Operator, 460 Sqn RAAF b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Radke, David August
Memoirs of a prisoner of war forced march from Stalag 344, formerly Stalag VIIIB (Lamsdorf) to Zeigenhain IXA, a 783 km march January 1945-March 1945. Wireless Operator (W/O) Radke was eventually rele...PR86/181
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1. Rankland, C 2. Vincent, W J R 3. Willis, V (1. Warrant Officer, 190 Sqn, RAF 2. Flight Lieutenant, 190 Sqn, RAF 3. Flying Officer, 190 Sqn, RAF)
Private Record
NAVIGATOR'S OPERATIONAL LOG AND PLOTTING SHEETS USED IN DROPPING OF AIRBORNE TROOPS ACROSS THE RHINE RIVER (OPERATION VARSITY), N W OF GLADBECK (GERMANY) IN MARCH 1945PR90/059
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Read, James Frederick (Flight Lieutenant, b.1913 - d.1987)
Private Record
Maker: Read, James Frederick
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 413794 Flight Lieutenant James Frederick Read, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and United Kingdom, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of ...PR03654
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recto: Newsmap SouthWest Pacific Vol.3 - No.14...; verso: Inside Japan
Art
Maker: Information and Education Section USAFFE U S Government printing office
Newsmap SouthWest Pacific Vol.3 - No.14 published 6th April 1945. It features the headline 'Tenth Army Invades Okinawa, 325 Miles From Japan'. On the verso are images taken by an American tourist in J...ARTV02695
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recto: Newsmap SouthWest Pacific Vol.3 - No.09...; verso: Japanese infantry weapons
Art
Maker: Information and Education Section USAFFE U S Government printing office
Newsmap SouthWest Pacific Vol.3 - No.09 published 29 March 1945. It features the headlines 'Capture of Walled City Frees Manila' and 'YANKS DRIVE TOWARD COLOGNE' with an illustrated feature identifyin...ARTV02686
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Redman, Valmar (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Redman, Valmar Leslie
3 PAGE MEDICAL REPORT MADE BY GERMAN AUTHORITIES WHILE A POW AT STALAG 398, PUPPINGPR86/343
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Rees, Richard M E (Radio Officer, Merchant Navy and POW, Germany)
Private Record
Maker: Rees, Richard M E
LETTER TO REES FROM MANAGING DIRECTOR OF AMALGAMATED WIRELESS ASSOCIATION (AWA) THANKING REES FOR HIS BRAVE WARTIME SERVICE. WARTIME LOG CONTAINING CUTTINGS, PHOTOS, CHRISTMAS CARD, MENU AND MEMOIR OF...3DRL/3535
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Rees, Robert Maitland (Flight Lieutenant, b.1915 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Rees, Robert Maitland Royal Air Force Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 407339 Flight Lieutenant Robert Maitland Rees, 83 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1941-1943. Wallet 1 of...PR03704
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Replica 'Blower' : Allied Prisoners of War, Europe
Technology
Maker: Henry, Arthur John
Replica 'Blower' used by Allied Prisoners of War in Italy and Germany. The blower housing, air tunnel and outer fire box are manufactured from tin, including the vanes of the fan. The fan is operated ...REL/21527
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Robert Basil Gray (Bob) Murphy, as a Flight Lieutenant, Lancaster Navigator, Royal Australian Air Force, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Murphy, Robert Basil Gray
Discusses education; enlistment; training; embarkation; Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS); casualties; RAAF Canadian relations; No. 97 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF); aerial operations; stress; naviga...S00523
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Robert Chester-Master, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service as a Lancaster rear-gunner with 514 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command during the Second World War
Sound
Maker: Chester-Master, Robert Llewelyn, Kenneth
(O18009 (434592)) Chester-Master, Robert (Flying Officer)S01664
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Roberts, Albert Edward, DFC (Flying Officer, b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Roberts, Albert Edward
Typescript of notes by 423895 Flying Officer (Flg Off) Albert 'Robby' Roberts, DFC. The notes were originally written during July-November 1944, while Roberts served on missions with RAF 12 Squadron, ...PR03145
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Roberts, Peter Vernon (Warrant Officer, b.1924 - d.2013)
Private Record
Maker: Roberts, Peter Vernon Royal Air Force Royal Australian Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 437059 Warrant Officer Peter Vernon Roberts, 462 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Canada and England, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 –...PR03598
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Robinson, Charles Herbert (VX10669, Lance Corporal, 2/2 Field Ambulance)
Manuscript
Maker: Robinson, Charles Herbert
Typed memoirs by Charles Herbert Robinson of the 2/2 Field Ambulance. Spent time in the Middle East, Palestine, Cairo and Greece before being taken as POW. He was taken to Salonika, Maleme and then St...MSS1841
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Rocket flight
Film
Maker: Air Ministry
Air Ministry AI 2 (G) Report No 1836. Covers the history and development of rocket powered flight and German developments to 1945. Includes: early experiments with rocket propulsion (rocket powered ...F03580
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Rolling down to the working face: the tunnel, Stalag Luft III
Art
Maker: Comber, Albert
A prisoner on a trolley going through the tunnel to the working face at Stalag Luft III in Sagan Germany. Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) was a German prisoner of war camp in Sagan (Sagan b...ART34781.015
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Ross, James C (Squadron Leader, 103 Sqn RAF, Pathfinder Squadron)
Private Record
Maker: Ross, James C
COPIES OF LOG BOOK OF ROSS (1941-56)PR85/266
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Roy, Frank Colledge (Lance Corporal, 2/7th Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Roy, Frank Colledge
SERVICE PAPERS RELATED TO L/CLP ROY'S PERIOD OF CAPTIVITY IN STALAG XIIIC POW CAMP. INCLUDES A BRIEF DIARY, POEMS, LETTERS FROM HIS FAMILY, PHOTOGRAPHS AND VARIOUS POW CERTIFICATES, IN GERMAN, RECOVER...PR83/019
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Russia's fight is ours!
Art
Maker: LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, 1941 (LONDON : WM. BROWN & CO.)
British Second World War poster issued by the Department of Information in 1941. It is a reproduction of four separate Soviet War posters, each depicting Russia's strong determination to destroy Hitl...ARTV05117
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Rust, R W (Flight Sergeant, 467 Sqn RAAF)
Private Record
Maker: Rust, R W
DIARY COVERING 1944 AIR OPERATIONS WITH 467 SQN OVER FRANCE, GERMANY AND HOLLAND. INCLUDES CREW PHOTOS, NEWSCUTTINGS ON RAIDS AND TWO GERMAN LEAFLETS3DRL/7735
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Sagan (East)
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a forest of trees. The Stalag Luft III was a Luftwaffe-run POW camp in Sagan, Germany, for captured allied airmen. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In late ...ART96073
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Sagan [Germany]
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a clearing behind which is a forest of trees. The Stalag Luft III was a Luftwaffe-run POW camp in Sagan, Germany, for captured allied airmen. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmak...ART96074
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Sagan Germany
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts the entry gates to the POW camp at Sagan in Germany, with trees and buildings in the background. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In late 1936 he joined the...ART96058
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Save for the brave
Art
Maker: Brenner, A LONDON : NATIONAL SAVINGS COMMITTEE ; EDINBURG : SCOTTISH SAVINGS COMMITTEE, [N.D.] (LONDON : FOSH & National Savings Committee Scottish War Savings Committee Fosh & Cross Ltd.
This British Savings Committee issued poster depicts the sinking fo the Australian hospital ship Centaur. 'Save for the brave' was a slogan used to encourage civilians to put money into the war saving...ARTV01506
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Saywell, Lawrence (Larry) Phillip (Private, b.1919 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Saywell, Lawrence Phillip
This collection consists primarily of letters written by Private Lawrence (Larry) Saywell to his mother Mrs Gertrude Saywell (Gert), his brothers George and Preston and to his aunt in England between ...PR00815
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1939 Second Award Bar to the 1914 Iron Cross First Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939 second award bar to the 1914 Iron Cross First Class. Obverse: A German Nazi eagle with out stretched wings clutching a swastika in a wreath and mounted on a frame bar dated '1939'. Reverse: Plain...RELAWM30348
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1939 Second Award Bar to the 1914 Iron Cross Second Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939 second award bar to the 1914 Iron Cross Second Class. Obverse: A German Nazi eagle with short out stretched wings clutching a swastika in a wreath with a frame bar at the base dated '1939'. Rever...RELAWM30349
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Series 6 – English and Italian newspaper clippings, 1937-1961
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.39
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Series 12 - Miscellaneous published magazines and books collected by Lieutenant John Desmond Peck, 1944-1991
Digitised Collection
Maker: Mussolini, Benito Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.45
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Series 1 - Personal Papers of Lieutenant John Desmond Peck, 1939-1988
Digitised Collection
Maker: Argus Newspaper Australian Army Australian Military Forces British War Office Daily Telegraph Mirror ISSUING BODY: EX-PRISONERS OF WAR AND RELATIVES' ASSN PUBLISHER ADDRESS: 1 ELIZABETH ST, MELBOURNE V Returned Services League Australia The Australian News Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.34
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Service dress shirt : Staff Sergeant H Schick, US Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Standard US Army drab wool dress shirt with a pair of patch pockets, shoulder straps and cream plastic buttons. A pair of cleaning or checker's tickets are attached to the lower front of the shirt. Ma...REL35457.001
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Sharp, Maurice A (Warrant Officer, DFM, 635 Sqn RAF)
Private Record
Maker: Sharp, Maurice A
COPY OF LOG BOOK OF SHARP AND COPY OF LETTER RE INVESTITURE WITH DFM (1943-45)PR85/180
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Shreeve, William C (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Shreeve, William C
FRAGMENT OF A LETTER WRITTEN TO HIS WIFE (?) FROM STALAG VIIIA POW CAMP BY PTE SHREEVEPR83/007
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Shute, Norman (Sergeant)
Manuscript
Maker: Shute, Norman
Manuscript details Shute's escape from a POW work camp at Mahr Trubau in 1945 with an American girl. Covers journey to Prague through retreating German and advancing Russian lines, linking with Americ...MSS0685
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Sillcock , Mr Ken
Manuscript
Poem written by Ken Sillcock which discusses the missions of 460 Squadron 1939-1945. Mentions `G' for George, `E2', operations over Cologne, the Ruhr and Merseburg.MSS1064
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Simpson, Ross McCulloch (Pilot Officer, b.1921 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Simpson, Ross McCulloch
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 415279 Pilot Officer Ross McCulloch Simpson, 90 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, at sea, and the United Kingdom, 1941-1943. Wall...PR03863
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Skelton, Donald (Corporal)
Private Record
Postcard (1944) written by Corporal Skelton whilst a prisoner of war in Germany during the Second World War.PR01664
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Sketchbook: 404589 Flight Lieutenant Arthur Reginald Britton Schrock, 460 Squadron
Art
Maker: Schrock, Arthur Reginald Britton
This sketchbook belonging to Flight Lieutenant Arthur Reginald Britton Schrock of 460 Squadron contains sketches from his time during the war. Sketchbook of 16 leaves, containing 9 pages of sketches i...AWM2019.157.3
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Smart, John Lewis (Private, b.1915 - d.1975)
Private Record
Maker: Smart, John Lewis
Collection relating to the Second World War of NX13187 Private John Lewis Smart, 2/1st Infantry Battalion, prisoner of war in Germany, 1943. Collection consists of a photograph album containing black...AWM2019.606.2
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Smart, Mervin John (Flight Sergeant, b.1922-d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Osmond, John James Smart, Mervin John Vial, Allan John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 416798 Flight Sergeant Mervin John 'Merv' Smart, 466 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1941-1943. Wallet 1...PR04982
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Smith, William (Private), 1918-1985, MM
Private Record
Maker: Smith, William
Scrapbook kept by Private William Smith, comprising of souvenirs, cartoons, drawings and messages from fellow prisoners of war at Stalag VIIIB, Teschen Poland. Smith served with the British Army befo...PR86/011