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Abel, Gordon Rueben (Gunner, b.1923 - d.2007)
Manuscript
Maker: Abel, Gordon
Manuscript titled `Me We Us and Co: Rueben Gordon's War' describes experiences with L Special (or Heavy) Battery manning the fortress at Praed Point, New Britain. Mentions feelings about being sent as...MSS1623
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About our stay in the prison in Rabaul (during the war)
Manuscript
Maker: Gorfine, Phyllis Tiriman, Misiel
8 page manuscript. Contains photocopy of original Kuanua text and two page translation. Translated into English by Phyllis Gorfine, original text by Misiel Tiriman. Summarises the Second World War exp...MSS1968
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Aerial Reconnaissance Camera Control Box (Japan)
Technology
Japanese 2 x aerial camera control boxes. They are in fair condition although the metal shows signs of pitting and powerdering and the paint is peeling. They each measure 6" X 5" X 5". Relic shipped ...RELAWM24740
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Australian Military Forces, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
Depicts three Australian Military Force personnel in jungle wearing tin helmets and carrying rifles.ART28376.006
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Australians at fruit market, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Australians at fruit market, Tahili, Rabaul, site of market close to several infantry battalions.ART26179
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Baby Nambu Pistol Holster : Japanese Military Forces
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Baby Nambu Pistol Holster. Brown leather with a top flap having a single securing strap that fits over a brass stud on the body. The reverse has a single belt loop and a D ring on either side for a sh...RELAWM29861.002
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Bates, Albert (Warrant Officer, b.1905 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Bates, Albert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 14697 Warrant Officer Albert Bates DFM, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF), New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Australia, 1942. Collection consists of one typed...PR03185
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Bell, Hubert Henry (NX203171, Sergeant, 2/9th Commando Squadron, b. 1925)
Manuscript
Maker: Bell, H. H. (Harry)
Hubert Henry Bell's memoirs, "Wee Waa to Weewak, Recollections 1925-1946", in two volumes. Volume one is divided into two parts. In the first, Bell describes his family history and childhood. The seco...MSS1994
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Bensley, Robert Sidney (Civilian)
Private Record
Maker: Bensley, Robert Sidney
Collection relating to the air raid in Rabaul and civilian Robert Sidney Bensley's experiences of the air raid and events afterwards. Collection consists of two typed pages written by Bensley entitled...PR82/026
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Benson, James, (Reverend Father, b.1887 - d.1957)
Manuscript
Maker: Benson, James
Collection relating to Second World War experience of Reverend Father James Benson, Gona, Papua, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Wallet consists of a bound typescript manuscript, published as 'Prisoner's ...MSS0768
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Bomb dumps, RAAF
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
This is a rough sketch of a bomb dump in Port Moresby during the Second World War.ART31016
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Bomber Crash, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
This is a semi-abstract composition combining exterior and interior views of a crashed aircraft in flames. This is a representation of a crash of a Lockheed Hudson on take-off for aerial reconnaissanc...ART28377.001
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Bomber Crash, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
This is a representation of crash of a Lockheed Hudson on take-off for aerial reconnaissance.ART28377.002
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Bridgman, Max
Manuscript
Maker: Bridgman, Max
MANUSCRIPT TITLED `RABAUL' DESCRIBES EXPERIENCES AS A SIGNALS OPERATOR WITH ADVANCED OPERATIONAL BASE (RABAUL) FROM JULY 1941 TO JANUARY 1942. DISCUSSES LIFE AND DUTIES PRIOR TO WAR WITH JAPAN, JAPANE...MSS1429
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Brown, Peter Handley (Captain, Aaoc AMF, POW)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Peter Handley
CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORT CONCERNING NEWS OF THE END OF HOSTILITIES, DINNER MENU PRESENTED BY THE JAPANESE AND A COPY OF A PERSONAL ACCOUNT DOCUMENTING LIFE AS A POW FROM THE TIME OF CAPTURE AT RABAUL...PR87/011
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Brown, Tom A (Trooper)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Tom A
Three page letter written on Japanese paper by Trooper Tom A Brown to a friend, 'Tiger' (Arthur Ablett), describing service with the 2/4 Armoured Regiment in Rabaul during the Second World War; copy o...PR01863
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Caboose
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
This drawing features four different skethes, three of Papuan men, and a fourth of a dog.ART29299
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Callaghan, Eileen Mary (Sister)
Private Record
Maker: Callaghan, Eileen Mary
Collection relating to the service of Staff Nurse Eileen Mary Callaghan (NFX180289). The collection contains a recipe book compiled by Sister Callaghan and 14 letters and telegrams relating to Callagh...PR00668
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Camouflage inspection at No 1 Advanced Operational Base (AOB) airstrip at Vunakanau, Rabaul, looking south east
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
Camouflage inspection at No 1 Advanced Operational Base (AOB), Vunakanau, Rabaul, New Guinea, looking south east. This drawing is from a series of eighteen pencil and watercolour sketches of military ...ART91572
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Captain Stewart Nottage
Art
Maker: De Vries, J
Depicts a portrait of SX11407 Captain Stewart Gordon Nottage, Rabual Heavy Battalion. Captain Nottage was one of six officers transported to Japan aboard the Naruto Maru. The group was initially billl...ART29467
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Carrick, Alan Rea (Captain, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Carrick, Alan Rea
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX71121 Captain Alan Rea Carrick. Collection consists of one diary, dated 1943, with diary extract insert, dated 1945, relating to Carrick's time...PR86/196
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Clift, Leslie George, Staff Sergeant
Private Record
Maker: Clift, Leslie George
Papers collected by Clift relating to the Japanese occupation of Rabaul. Include 4 1943 issues of "Guinea Gold", the official programme of the 11 Australian Division Joputa Racing Club, October 1943. ...PR91/121
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Coin, 2-1/2 Gulden, Silver, Netherlands, Queen Wilhelmina I, 1937
Heraldry
Maker: Various
REL30802.011.001
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Coin, Penny, Bronze, Great Britain, Queen Victoria, 1887
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Australian Mint Royal Mint
REL30802.002.001
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Crocker, Willis (Lance Sergeant, 2/22nd Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Crocker, Willis
DIARY, WRITTEN ON A DAILY BASIS, RECOUNTING THE RETREAT FROM RABAUL BY FOOT, ESCAPE FROM NEW BRITAIN IN THE PINNACE "BLACK MARIA" AND EVENTUAL RETURN TO PORT MORESBY BY RAAF CATALINA. THE ACCOUNT WAS ...PR83/093
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Dore, Ashley Vance (Sergeant, b.1918 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Dore, Ashley Vance
Memoir of Sergeant A V Dore (VX42841) while serving with 2/22 Battalion in New Britain. Titled 'Escape from Rabaul', it covers the period from January to April 1942. 8 pages.PR01835
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Double Barrel Type 90 Signal Pistol : Imperial Japanese Navy
Technology
Maker: Kokura Arsenal
Double Barrel Type 90 Signal Pistol. Hinged frame with a release catch under the barrels and a large ring cocking hammer. The frame stamped P A T over No 93006 over 101355. The breech top is stamped w...RELAWM29880
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Dudley Frederick Field as a major, 2/22nd Battalion, interviewed by Hank Nelson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australian in the War of 1939-1945
Sound
Maker: Field, Dudley Frederick Nelson, Hank
2/22nd Battalion on Rabaul, evading invading Japanese, early schooling, family background, Tol Plantation massacre, evacuation to Australia, transfer to Army training duties, transfer back to army, pr...S01044
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Enid Edmeades Ratcliff as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett
Sound
Maker: Ratcliff, Enid Edmeades Bassett, Jan
Early life; nursing training; joining the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in 1940, sent to Gaza in Palestine with the 2/2nd Australian General Hospital; conditions in Gaza; ailments of patients...S01806
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Faceplate from diver's helmet
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Brass face plate for a diver's helmet with removable eye piece and separate adjustable air inlet valve. The bottom of the eyepiece is held in place with two wing nuts, with a further wing nut at the c...REL41330
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Fisher, Peter Wallace (Captain b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Fisher, Peter Wallace
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX145642 Captain Peter Wallace Fisher, who served as Second in Command, Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Military Landing Craft Section (AA/AAMLC) in Raba...PR89/040
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Flying Fortress
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
A Boeing B17 Flying Fortress is depicted getting refueled at 7 Mile Drome, New Guinea, in preparation for an air raid on Rabaul. A dummy gun is pictured to the right.ART29960
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Gairns, Leonard William (Flight Lieutenant, 7, 25 and 32 Squadron RAAF b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Gairns, Leonard William
DETAILED ENLISTMENT, DISCHARGE AND RECONSTRUCTION TRAINING SCHEME PAPERS, COPY OF FLYING LOGBOOKS, AIR NAVIGATION TRAINING NOTES AND COPY OF SPEECH RELATING HIS RAAF EXPERIENCES WITH RECONNAISSANCE DU...PR88/038
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Ghiggioli family
Private Record
Maker: Ghiggioli, Edward Arthur Ghiggioli, Ernest Keith Ghiggioli, Thomas Francis
Collection relating to the Second World War service of three brothers from the Ghiggioli family: NX36559 Lance Corporal Ernest Keith Ghiggioli, VX125638 Private Thomas Francis Ghiggioli, and VX109089 ...PR04738
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Glen Alvie Remembers
Manuscript
Maker: Glen Alvie Recreation Reserve Committee
'Glen Alvie Remembers', a manuscript based on research into 28 former students of Glen Alvie State School who served in the First World War and 31 men and 3 women who enlisted form Glen Alvie for Worl...MSS2004
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Government Stores, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
Depicts two government buildings holding supplies, Rabaul, New Guinea. In front of the buildings are tree trunks, palm trees, telegraph poles, barrels containing supplies, and a soldier standing senti...ART91579
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Graham, Frederick Archibald (Lieutenant; Captain 1 Army Ordnance Corps Training Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Graham, Frederick Archibald
Papers including correspondence books detailing troop movements and sports activities, nominal roll, diary written in Rabaul in 1914, typescript poems about Nauru and discharge and other army document...PR89/005
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Green, Francis N (Private, Attached United States Army Forces (USAf) Intelligence Unit)
Private Record
Maker: Green, Francis Nathaniel
REPORTS WITH GENERAL INFORMATION GATHERED BY GREEN ON THE GEOGRAPHY AND SITUATIONS ON RABAUL AND THE DUKE OF YORK ISLANDS AND PRINTED MAP OF PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA. MR GREEN WAS FORMERLY A PATROL OFFICE...PR86/231
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Greeting Card Collection
Published Collection
Maker: Various
The Greeting Card collection consists of both hand-drawn and commercially produced cards sent to and from Australian service personnel engaged in conflicts dating from the South African War (1899-1902...RC00370
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Groves, J J (Sapper, 12 Australian Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers d.1989)
Private Record
Maker: Groves, J J
DIARIES DESCRIBE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT. JAPANESE AND AMERICAN AIR RAIDS ALSO NOTED. PLACES INCLUDE QUEENSLAND, BUNA, WAU AND LAE IN NEW GUINEA AND...PR90/034
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Guadalcanal: America's first offensive (Crusade in the Pacific part 7)
Film
Maker: March of Time Television
United States March of Time television documentary using historic combat and newsreel footage. Covers the battle of Guadalcanal and the campaign in the Solomon Islands. Shows the amphibious landing at...F04959
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Herbert John (Jack) Holmfield as a lance bombardier, 2/22nd Battalion, interviewed by Hank Nelson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945
Sound
Maker: Holmfield, Herbert John (Jack) Nelson, Hank
TAPE 1: Early life; enlisting in army; preparations for departure to Rabaul with 2/22nd Battalion; daily activities in Rabaul before Japanese invasion; Japanese invasion; end of resistance by Australi...S01043
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Holmes, H W (Corporal, District Signals, New Guinea Force)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, H W
UNDATED CONCERT PROGRAMME. LETTERS DESCRIBE EFFECTS OF AIR RAIDS AND JAPANESE LANDINGS AT RABAUL. BRIEF LEAVE IN QUEENSLAND BEFORE POSTING TO NEW GUINEA, WHERE HE CONTRACTED MALARIA. GIRLS ARE AN IMPO...PR90/023
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Hopper, Kenneth James (Lieutenant Commander, b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Hopper, Kenneth James
Item (1) photocopies of typed recollections of service on HMAS Marrawah and HMAS Sprightly. Also photocopy of midshipman's journal kept during service on HMAS Canberra 1937-1938. Item (2) journal cont...PR91/006
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Horsfall, Edward James (NX161421, Sapper, Ausrtalian Army, b. 1920)
Manuscript
Maker: Horsfall, Edward James
Spiral bound manuscript relating to the Second World War service of NX161421 Sapper Edward James Horsfall, Australian Army. Horsfall's memoirs detail his war experience with the 23rd Field Company, R...MSS1980
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Hutchinson-Smith, David Chadwick (Captain), 1911-1990
Manuscript
Maker: Hutchinson-Smith, David Chadwick
Black and white photocopy of a 285 page typed manuscript titled 'Guests of the Samurai, by D.C Hutchinson-Smith'. Written by NX70289 Captain David Chadwick Hutchinson-Smith, it covers the period from ...MSS1534
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Hutchinson-Smith, D C
Manuscript
Maker: Hutchinson-Smith, David Chadwick
Narrative account of captivity by the Japanese following the fall of Rabaul and imprisonment on New Britain, shipment to Japan and movement to Zentsuji POW camp. Details of camp life are recorded, inc...MSS1293
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Imamura, Hitoshi
Manuscript
"The tenor of my life". An account of the life of Imamura Hitoshi who was Japanese Army Group Commander at Rabaul Headquarters. His area of command included New Guinea and Bougainville. After the war ...MSS1089
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Jack Humphries Stevens, as a Private, 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Stevens, Jack Humphries
Discussing pre-war employment; call-up for 55th Battalion; army training at Greta Camp; tensions between AIF and Militia recruits; embarkation for Port Moresby; description of bombing of the Macdhui; ...S00580
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Jack Shepheard interviewed by John Roberts about his Second World War service aboard the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Corvettes, HMAS Geralton, HMAS Tamworth, HMAS Olive Cam and HMAS Kiama
Sound
Maker: Shepheard, Jack McKenzie
Jack Shepheard interviewed by John Roberts about his Second World War service aboard the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Corvettes, HMAS Geralton, HMAS Tamworth, HMAS Olive Cam and HMAS Kiama. A transcri...S01746
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Japanese airman in a bomber cockpit
Art
Maker: Santa, Yasushi
A Japanese bomber pilot in the cockpit of a Japanese bomber.ART92893
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Japanese Artillery Theodolite in Wooden Box
Technology
Maker: Hattori (seiko)
Japanese Theodolite in wooden box. The instrument consists of a telescope, elevation arc and mount. The telescope pivots on the mount and the angle of the telescope can be read off the elevation scale...RELAWM29755
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Japanese Instruments of Surrender
Private Record
Collection relating to the Instruments of Surrender signed in Tokyo and at other places in the Pacific Region by the Japanese commanders on the cessation of war. (1) British Borneo and Natoena Island...EXDOC095
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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 Telescopic Gun Sight
Technology
Maker: Nikko
Japanese telescopic gun sight. This instrument is a fixed focus type with a magnification 4 x and a field of view of 6 degree. There is a graduated sight bar which is adjustable by milled knob on top ...RELAWM29738
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Japanese Telescopic Gun Sight
Technology
Maker: Nikko
Japanese telescopic gun sight. This instrument is a fixed focus type with a magnification 4 x and a field of view of 6 degree. There is a graduated sight bar which is adjustable by milled knob on top ...RELAWM29739
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Japanese Telescopic Gun Sight
Technology
Maker: Nikko
Japanese telescopic gun sight. Model number unknown. This instrument is a fixed focus type with a magnification 4 x and a field of view of 6 degree. There is a graduated sight bar which is adjustable ...RELAWM29735
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Japanese Telescopic Gun Sight
Technology
Maker: Nikko
Japanese telescopic gun sight. Model number unknown. This instrument is a fixed focus type with a magnification 4 x and a field of view of 6 degree. There is a graduated sight bar which is adjustable...RELAWM29736
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Japanese Telescopic Gun Sight
Technology
Maker: Nikko
Japanese telescopic gun sight. This instrument is a fixed focus type with a magnification 4 x and a field of view of 6 degree. There is a graduated sight bar which is adjustable by milled knob on top ...RELAWM29737
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Katayama, Hideo (Lieutenant (IJA), b.? - d.1947)
Manuscript
Maker: Katayama, Hideo
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant Hideo Katayama, Imperial Japanese Army, Japan, Netherlands East Indies, and Pacific Islands, 1946. Katayama was a devout Christian J...MSS0743
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Krell, Walter A (Lieutenant-Colonel)
Manuscript
Maker: Krell, Walter A
Manuscripts titled `Incendiary Bombs to Rabaul', `Rabaul Airfield', and `Lae Raid with Jerry Flanigan', describing attacks by the USAAF launched from Australian bases. Include a report of a crash at I...MSS1461
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Lamprell, Victor Frank (Corporal, b.1908 - d.1985)
Private Record
Maker: Lamprell, Victor Frank Lamprell, Victor Frank
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX118695 (V41511) Corporal Victor Frank Lamprell 1st Australian Entertainment Unit. [item 1] Three exercise books containing the handwritten memo...PR01399
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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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Lyons, Leslie James (Gunner, b.1910 - d. 1942)
Private Record
Maker: Lyons, Leslie James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX60128 Gunner Leslie James Lyons, 17 Anti Tank Battery, Rabaul, prisoner of war, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Comprises an original letter writt...PR00008
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Machine gun Armoured Shield (Japan)
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese infantry shield consisting of an armoured steel plate 11 3/4" x 12", with two points on the base for digging in the ground, with a recess at top right for a rifle or light machine gun. On the...RELAWM29881
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Marchant, James Leslie, Captain
Private Record
Maker: Marchant, James Leslie
Practical manual of spoken English issued under the authority of the Head Interpreter Section, "Go" Force the Headquarters Eighth Army in Rabaul December 1945. The compilers were Hayashi Seitaro and t...PR91/083
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Matuhi Volcano, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
At the end of Laksunai airstrip is Matuhi volcanoe. In the foreground is a wrecked Japanese aircraft and a small group of men.ART25264
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McAulay, Lex (Historian, b.1939)
Private Record
Maker: McAulay, Alexander Hugh
RESEARCH PAPERS INCLUDING CORRESPONDENCE WITH JAPANESE AND AMERICAN EXSERVICEMEN AND COPIES OF RECORDS IN AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN REPOSITORIES ASSEMBLED FOR HIS BOOK "INTO THE DRAGON'S JAWS: THE FIFTH...PR87/165
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McLellan, Jean; McLellan, John Francis
Private Record
Maker: McLellan, Jean McLellan, John Francis McLellan, John Francis (Frank)
Collection relating to Jean McLellan, a civilian nurse interned as a prisoner of war by the Japanese, 1942-1945. Collection includes a diary written by Jean McLellan, a letter written by her brother ...PR03247
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McNicoll, Walter Ramsay (6th & 7th Battalion, AIF, 10th Brigade, AIF, Mhr, Admin New Guinea b.1877 - d.1947)
Private Record
Maker: McNicoll, Walter Ramsay
COPIES OF PAPERS, MOSTLY LETTERS TO FAMILY ESPECIALLY SON RONALD. INCLUDES MCNICOLLS' PERIOD IN NEW GUINEA AND HIS SON'S OWN MILITARY SERVICE (W2)PRMF0054
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McPherson (nee Keast), Daisy Cardin (Tootie) as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1940-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett
Sound
Maker: Keast, Daisy Cardin Bassett, Jan
Early life; commenced civilian nursing training in 1932; enlisted late 1940 and posted to Ingleburn camp hospital; 18 April 1941 left Sydney on the Hollandia for Rabaul, New Britain and attached to 2/...S01824
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37 mm Type 94 Anti Tank Gun
Technology
The gun has a semi-automatic, horizontal sliding breech block. The gun is mounted on a split trail carriage with wooden wheels fitted with steel rims. The recuperator is of the hydrospring type and is...RELAWM36945
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20 mm Type 97 Anti-tank Rifle
Technology
A selective full or semi automatic gas operated anti-tank weapon. The receiver is marked with the Seki arsenal symbol; date16.2 (February 1941); and the serial number. It is an all metal contruction ...RELAWM36158
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75 mm Type 41 Field gun (Japan)
Technology
75mm Field gun with hydrospring recoil mechanism. Cradle is mounted on a carriage with iron rimmed wooden spoked wheels. The trail is constructed from two parallel tubular steel trails which clamp to ...RELAWM36886
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70 mm Type 92 Howitzer (Japan)
Technology
Japanese battalion gun Model 92 70 mm Howitzer mounted on a carriage fitted with wooden wheels with steel rims. The gun is provided with a split trail, which when closed forms the towing unit. The tra...RELAWM36874
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Nambu Type 14 Pistol
Technology
Maker: Nagoya Army Ordnance Factory
Nambu Type 14 semi automatic pistol. Machined blued steel frame and top slide with a three ring knurled cocking knob at the rear. It has a safety lever on the left side and a large trigger guard. The ...RELAWM29579.001
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New Guinea Women's Club
Private Record
Memorial book containing the names of civilian residents who lost their lives in New Guinea, 1941-1945. The book was kept at the New Britain Women's Club, Rabaul.3DRL/6199
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Nicholas, Frank R W (Captain, British Commonwealth Occupation Force Security Intelligence Bureau Section)
Private Record
Maker: Nicholas, Frank Reginald Wyatt
COLLECTION OF PAPERS BEING POEMS AND STORIES, SKETCH MAP AND NOTES, TWO BCOF WARRANTS AND PHOTOCOPIED TRANSCRIPTS OF RABAUL DIARY OF JAPANESE OFFICER, CAPTAIN TETSUO AND POSTWAR CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN...PR86/278
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Note, Dollar, United States of America, 1935
Heraldry
Maker: Various
Q82680208B, series 1935 A.REL30802.012.001
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Nottage, Stewart Gordon, ED (Captain, b.1905 - d.1974)
Private Record
Maker: Nottage, A M Nottage, Stewart Gordon Red Cross
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX11407 Captain Stewart Gordon Nottage, L Heavy Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, Rabaul, Japan, Australia and England, 1930-75. Collection i...PR83/189
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(NX123323) Campbell, Albert Andrew 'Khaki' (Private)
Sound
Maker: Campbell, Albert Andrew 'Khaki' Raxworthy, Richard Edwin
Albert Andrew 'Khaki' Campbell as a private 9th Australian Field Ambulance, 1942-1945, interviewed by Richard Raxworthy via telephone.S01606
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Oldroyd-Harris, Joyce Dorothy
Private Record
Maker: Oldroyd-Harris, Joyce Dorothy
Collection relating to Australian civilian nurse Joyce Oldroyd-Harris who was interned by the Japanese whilst working as Matron of the hospital in Rabaul, prior to its capture by the Japanese in Janua...PR87/228
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Olney, J N (Private, 2/22nd Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Olney, J N
ACCOUNT OF EXPERIENCES WHILE ESCAPING FROM RABAUL JAN - MAY 1942. INCLUDES A BRIEF RECORD OF THE JAPANESE INVASION OF RABAUL. ORIGINAL AND TYPESCRIPT COPY3DRL/0957
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Palmer, Edward Charles (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1909 - d.1982) and Cook, William "Billy" (Private, b.1908 - d.1960s)
Private Record
Maker: Cook, William Palmer, Edward Charles
PAPERS MAINLY RELATE TO THE 2/10 FIELD AMBULANCE, IN PARTICULAR PALMER AND COOK'S DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF INVASION OF RABAUL, TOL MASSACRE AND EVENTUAL ESCAPE FROM NEW BRITAIN. ALSO INCLUDES BRIEF ACCOUN...PR90/053
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Plane Crash, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
Representation of crash of Lockheed Hudson aircraft on take-off for aerial reconnaissance, with three figures in the body of the aircraft.ART28377.003
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Quarters camp, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
View from inside quarters, looking out, gas mask and respirator hanging on wall to the right of picture.ART28376.005
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Rabaul
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
Landscape view of the shoreline of an inlet, mountains in background, with a small sail boat on the water. The boat appears to have been just launched from the logs and track on the beach.ART28376.001
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Rabaul
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
Shows a waterfront view of jetty and buildings in centre of picture with a mountain range in the background.ART28376.003
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-01-17. A JAPANESE FARRIER WORKING IN THE BLACKSMITH'S SHOP AT THE ...
Photograph
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-01-17. A JAPANESE FARRIER WORKING IN THE BLACKSMITH'S SHOP AT THE RABAUL RACE CLUB STABLES.099706
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-01-05. CORPORAL R. STANLEY, AUSTRALIAN MOVEMENT CONTROL, AND HIS BRIDE ...
Photograph
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-01-05. CORPORAL R. STANLEY, AUSTRALIAN MOVEMENT CONTROL, AND HIS BRIDE FORMERLY PRIVATE BARBARA JAMES AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE, OUTSIDE THE SACRED HEART CHAPEL...099636
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-25. THE OFFICE- CUM- SLEEPING QUARTERS USED BY MEMBERS OF 5 MILITARY ...
Photograph
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-25. THE OFFICE- CUM- SLEEPING QUARTERS USED BY MEMBERS OF 5 MILITARY HISTORY FIELD TEAM. THIS HAS BEEN THEIR QUARTERS FOR SOME WEEKS, AND WILL BE UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT ...097157
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Robb, Ronald Parker (Gunner, d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Robb, Ronald Parker
Letters, photographs and service papers of NX191433 [NP5404] Gunner Ronald Parker Robb, who served with the 9th and 412th Heavy Batteries at Darwin during the Second World War. A certificate records h...PR01219
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Roberts, Albert Allen (Major, MC, Intelligence Section, RAAF, ANGAU and AIB, AIF b.1904 - d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Roberts, Albert Allen
Logbooks related to patrol duties in the Aitape district (1925-1927), notebooks detailing the evacuation of Rabaul and return to New Britain for coast watching duties, notes on Australian Intelligence...PR84/368
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Roberts, Samuel Livingstone (Gunner, b.1918 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Roberts, Samuel Livingstone
Letter from NX69464 Gunner Samuel Livingstone Roberts (1 Commando Company), a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese in Rabaul (New Britain), to his mother, and telegram from the Minister for the Army ...PR01001
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Sawing wood
Art
Maker: Santa, Yasushi
Three indigenous men sawing wood in Rabaul, New Britain.ART92894
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Searle, Jack C (Stoker)
Private Record
Maker: Searle, Jack C
All at sea in the Senior Service: the light-hearted memoirs of an ex-stoker' is the story of Stoker Searle's war service with the RAN. The memoirs detail his enlistment and training, his family's reac...PR00464
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Selby, David Mayer (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1906 - d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Goodman, Christopher Ernest Selby, David Mayer
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant David Selby, 2/22 Battalion, New Britain. Collection consists of a short handwritten note by Captain Goodman to Major Owen referring ...PR00109
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Shena Campbell Bewglass as a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1941-1946, interviewed by Jan Bassett
Sound
Maker: Bewglass, Sheena Campbell Bassett, Jan
Early life; civilian nursing training; enlisted in Hobart in November 1941; posted to Katherine in Northern Territory; en route to Katherine stopped overnight in Townsville on the night of the first b...S01808
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Sherriff, William George (Sergeant, b.1927 - d.2009)
Manuscript
Maker: Sherriff, William George
Recollections of experiences as a photographer with War Graves and War Crimes Units post-Second World War, and with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in Japan. Includes photocopies of u...MSS1564