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Armstrong, George Eric (Trooper, b.1918 - d.1985)
Private Record
Maker: Armstrong, George Eric Bayliss, Frederick Owen Steinbeck, William John
Letters, personal papers, and photographs of Trooper George Eric Armstrong who served in 2/20 Battalion and was a Japanese Prisoner of War during the Second World War. Tpr Armstrong was also in posses...PR01924
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Arnold Fraser (Frazer) Caddy as a lance sergeant, 8th Division and POW, 1941-1946, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton.
Sound
Maker: Caddy, Arnold Fraser
VX60320 Lance Sergeant Arnold Fraser (Frazer) Caddy, 8th Division, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937–1947" oral history project. The interview touches on topics s...AWM2018.572.11
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Baggaley, Albert Edward (Private, b.1914 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Baggaley, Albert Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX18001 Private Albert Edward Baggaley, 2/26 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Singapore and Australia, 1940-1946....PR06388
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Barnett, Benjamin Arthur (Captain, b.1908 - d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Barnett, Benjamin Arthur
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX29818 Captain Benjamin Arthur Barnett, 8 Division Signals, Changi Prisoner of War Camp, Singapore, 1942-1946. This collection consists of tele...AWM2017.101.3
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Bell, Keith H
Private Record
Maker: Bell, Keith H
Collection in relation to Keith H Bell from Federated Malay State Volunteer Force and POW in Changi. Wallet 1 of 1 contains a typescript diary written by Keith Bell. The diary is divided into two sec...PR03179
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Blackford, George "Harry" (Lieutenant, b.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Ambrose, Noelene Blackford, G H S
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX51473 Lieutenant George Henry Stephen "Harry" Blackford, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF. Collection consists of two original handwritt...PR05833
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Brigadier Sir Frederick "Black Jack" Galleghan, DSO OBE ISO ED, recounts his military career [memoirs]
Sound
Maker: Galleghan, Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack' Galleghan, Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack'
Brigadier Sir Frederick "Black Jack" Galleghan recounts his military career: cadet at Cook's Hill High School, Newcastle; experiences in 1914-18 War in 34th Battalion; Military life between the two wo...S01329
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Brown, Raymond John Tressillain (Private, b.1919 - d.2006)
Private Record
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX29116 Private John Tressillian Brown, 2/30 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1990. Wallet 1 of 1 – C...PR06326
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Clarke, Jack Alfred Hopetoun (Sergeant, b.1912)
Private Record
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX43493 Sergeant Jack Alfred Hopetoun Clarke, 2/10 Australian General Hospital. Consists of a handwritten Christmas greeting card sent by women a...PR82/023
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Collection related to NX10979 Peter Sachs
Photograph
Album of 74 pages (including inside covers), compiled by NX10979 Gunner (Gnr) Peter Thomas Edgar Sachs, 2/15 Field Regiment. The album contains a mixture of photographs, sketches, newspaper and magazi...AWM2019.798.8
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Colonel A Derham
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Colonel Alfred Plumley Derham (VX13486), MC, ED, Assistant Director Medical Services. He had served in the First World War. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at Singapore, 19...ART26429
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Colonel Wilfred Kent-Hughes
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Colonel Wilfred Selwyn Kent-Hughes (VX26600), KBE, MVO, MC, MID, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General of the AIF 8th Division. Kent-Hughes served as a member of the 7 Infantry Battalion in the...ART26205
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Core, Sidney Russell (Private, b.1921 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Australian Red Cross Society Core, Sidney Russell Directorate of War Graves Services
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX48471 Private Sidney Russell Core, 2/18 Battalion, prisoner of war, 1941-1946. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection includes nine letters Core wrote to ...PR04472
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Corporal Geoffrey John Walter Bingham
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Corporal Geoffrey John Walter Bingham (NX51770), DCM, 8 Division signals. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at Singapore. Bingham was awarded his Distinguished Conduct Medal...ART26453
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Cowden, Albert Gordon (Lieutenant, b.1910-d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Cowden, Albert Gordon
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX58344 Lieutenant Albert Gordon Cowden, 2/18 Australian Infantry Battalion, Sandakan and Kuching, Borneo, c. 1942-1945. Collection consists of ...PR03772
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Davis, Reginald Henry Saville (Squadron Leader; b.1912 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Davis, Reginald Henry Saville Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Squadron Leader Reginald Henry Saville Davis, No. 1 Squadron, RAAF. Collection consists of operational reports covering No. 1 Squadron's activity...PR82/058
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Dr John George Glyn White as a Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Sevices (DADMS), 8 Australian Division, Malaya and Singapore and prisoner of war of the Japanese 1941-45, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson
Sound
Maker: White, John George Glyn
Interview with Dr John George Glyn White relating to his experiences in the Second World War.S00353
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Drummond, Alexander Hatton
Manuscript
Maker: Drummond, Alexander Hatton Williams, Jo
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX52775 Private (Pte) Alexander Hatton Drummond, who served with 2/29 Australian Infantry Battalion and became a prisoner of war (POW) of the Jap...MSS1530
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Durian tree, Changi camp
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
This painting depicts an old tree near the Changi camp gardens under which many of the prisoner-gardeners ate their midday rice. The lush tropical forest of the Malay Peninsula fascinated Griffin. As...ART24468
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Dyer, Wally (Private, b.? - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Dyer, Wally
Letter to parents mentioning impending action against the Japanese in Malaya, home news, and the sinking of the HMAS Sydney. Private Dyer was later taken POW and died at Sandakan in 1945.PR00711
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Dyring, Alfred Edgar (Warrant Officer, b.1921 - d.2011)
Private Record
Maker: Dyring, Alfred Edgar
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 15577 Warrant Officer Alfred Edgar ‘Eddie’ Dyring, 2 Squadron and 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, 2003. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consi...PR05695
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Ellerman, Austin Yeats (Captain, b.1912)
Private Record
Maker: Ellerman, Austin Yeats
Platoon Commander's diary compiled by Lieutenant Austin Y Ellerman containing nominal roll for A Company, 2/29 Battalion and accounts of two separate patrols against the Japanese in Northern Johore in...PR02080
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Elliott, Jack William Weir (Captain, b.1907 - d.1999)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Elliott, Jack William Weir Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX4506 Captain Jack William Weir Elliott, Australian Army Postal Corps, Singapore and Australia, 1940-1950. Captain Elliott was in charge of esta...AWM2017.128.2
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Evans, Mervyn (Bill) (Sergeant, b.1916 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Evans, Mervyn
Letters (photocopies) written by QX14699 Sergeant Mervyn (Bill) Evans while serving with 2/26 Battalion to his sister Mrs. Blanche Hornibrook between 1941 and January 1942. Letters to August 1941 deta...PR00807
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Fennell, Geoffrey William Pagden (Major, b.1899 - d.1977)
Private Record
Maker: Fennell, Geoffrey William Pagden
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 4047 Major Geoffrey William Pagden Fennell, 5 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Malaya, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 2 - Consists of Volume 1 of transc...PR88/136
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Fraser, William Edward (Major, b.1903 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Pakpahan, Usia
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX34736 (N73122) Major William Edward Fraser, 2/18 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Borneo, [date unknown]. Wal...AWM2017.256.2
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Gaden, Edward William (Captain, b.1917 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Gaden, Edward William Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX12543 Captain Edward William Gaden, 2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, Singapore, Malaya, Thailand, Burma, India, 1940-1949. Wal...AWM2016.40.3
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Graham, Clifton Frank (Sapper : VX21266 : b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Davies, Bruce Forrest, John Boddy 'Jack' Graham, Clifton Frank Graham, Clifton Frank
Letters and postcards written by Sapper Clifton Frank Graham (VX21266) to his parents during the Second World War. The letters cover the period 1940 to 1943 and describe training in Australia; descrip...PR05440
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Green, Harry Raymond (Private, b.1919 - d.1998)
Private Record
Maker: Green, Harry Raymond
Notebook belonging to NX41959 Private Harry R Green of 2/30 Battalion during captivity as a Japanese prisoner of war, 1942-1945, in Malaya during the Second World War. The notebook contains numerous a...PR04024
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Grey tropical working dress : Sister D S Gardam, 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Grey cotton cesarine, open-necked, short sleeved tropical pattern working dress with plain brown wool crepe shoulder straps secured with press studs. The dress buttons down the front from neck to hem ...REL/13736.001
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Group portrait of Australian soldiers, possibly in Malaya. From left: NX20300 Gunner (Gnr) ...
Photograph
Group portrait of Australian soldiers, possibly in Malaya. From left: NX20300 Gunner (Gnr) Douglas Charles Mackinnon (killed in action, 1 July 1945), NX163744 Gnr Thomas Sachs, Jack Clarke and "Dr Pi...AWM2019.798.8.14.6
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Hadden, T H (Private, 2/13th AGH, AIF, POW)
Private Record
Maker: Hadden, Thomas Horace
PAPERS RELATED TO POW ACTIVITIES IN CHANGI POW CAMP, INCLUDING CONSTITUTION AND MINUTES OF THE AGH CHANGI ROSTRUM CLUB, SOUVENIR PROGRAMS FROM VARIOUS CONCERT PARTY PERFORMANCES AT CHANGI, ONE OF WHIC...PR82/092
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Harper, Ernest (Staff Sergeant, b.1901 - d.1965)
Private Record
Maker: Harper, Ernest
The collection comprises principally letters from Staff Sergeant Ernest Harper (QX23961), 2/3 Ordnance Store Company, to his daughter Pamela while stationed in Malaya (1941-42) before the fall of Sing...PR00784
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Harris, H D (Private, 2/3rd Mt Reserve Co, and POW Malaya and Java)
Private Record
Maker: Harris, Hayman Douglas
Manuscript outlining experiences from time of enlistment in 1941 until liberation and demobilization in 1945. Titled "'G' STRINGS AND BANGKOK BOWLERS" it deals primarily with incarceration in POW camp...3DRL/3745
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Harvey, W G (Lieutenant Colonel, 197th Fld Ambul, RAMC)
Private Record
Maker: Harvey, W G
DIARY OF POW EXPERIENCES INCLUDING THE SINKING OF THE "EMPRESS OF ASIA", DIFFICULTY OF DAILY LIFE IN CAMP AROUND SINGAPORE, MOVEMENT TO THAILAND AND THE INCREASING DEATH AND SICKNESS RATES DUE TO WORK...PR84/309
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Heckendorf, Erwin Ernest (Sergeant, b.1906 - d.1991) and John Llewelyn (Pilot Officer, b.? - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Heckendorf, Erwin Ernest
Collection includes service records, transcripts of oral history tape recorded in 1983, prisoner of war diary and lettercards, telegrams and correspondence between Sergeant Heckendorf, his family and ...PR00686
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Herd, Allan Charles (Sergeant, b. 1917 - d.2012)
Private Record
Maker: Herd, Allan Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX25438 Sergeant Allan Charles Herd, 2/6 Field Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1982. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one typed...PR01765
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Hopson, Mark William (Corporal, b.1916 - d?)
Private Record
Maker: Hopson, Mark William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX26551 Corporal Maxwell W Hopson, 2/18th Battallion, AIF. Collection includes a diary maintained during Corporal Hopson's army service which de...PR82/013
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Hutchinson, Edward Foster 'Ted' (Driver)
Private Record
Maker: Hutchinson, Edward Foster 'Ted'
Letters, telegrams and POW postcards written by VX46415 Driver Edward Foster ('Ted') Hutchinson to his family while serving in Malaya (1941-1942) with 1 Company, Petrol Section, Australian Army Servic...PR01963
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Jacobs, James 'Jim' William, (Major), (b.1902 - d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Jacobs, James 'Jim' William
This collection comprises three booklets which belonged to VX40389 Major James W Jacobs. They were written during his internment as a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Thanbuyuzayat, Thailand and aft...PR03113
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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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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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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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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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Lieutenant Colonel Cranston McEachern
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Cranston McEachern (QX6176), Commanding 2/24th Anti-Tank Regiment, RAA at Muar River. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26444
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Lieutenant Colonel Ian O'Donnell
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Ian John O'Donnell (VX43938), OBE, Commanding 2/10 Field Company, RAE. Taken prisoner by the Japanese.ART26433
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Lieutenant Colonel John (Glyn) White
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel John George Glyn White (VX21434), OBE, Deputy Assistant Director Medical Services, Administrative Headquarters. Taken a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese.ART26438
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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Webster
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Marriott William Webster (TX2107), MC, ED, Commanding 2nd Australian Convalescent Depot, Australian Army Medical Service. Taken a prisoner-of-war by the...ART26439
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Lieutenant Colonel William Jeater
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel William David Jeater (NX34992), commanding officer of 2/20th Battalion. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese.ART26432
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Major Alexander Thompson
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Alexander Norman Thompson (NX34974), Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, AIF Headquarters, 8th Division. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26446
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Martin, William, (Chief Police Officer - Civilian, b.1902 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Martin, William Various
Collection relating to William Martin who served in the British police force in Malaya, Penang and Malacca, and was Chief Police Officer in Brunei when captured by the Japanese in 1941. Martin was he...PR03067
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McKay, L W (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: McKay, L W
Notebook maintained by L W McKay of 2/29 Battalion AIF while in Soengi Soengal and Kenjaaren POW camps, detailing No. 10 (POW) Party, including Nominal Roll and list of those presumed drowned in the S...PR82/101
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Morris, John Gilbert (Corporal, b.1923 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Morris, John Gilbert 'Tom'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX71456 Corporal John Gilbert 'Tom' Morris, Australia, 1982-83, 2000. Wallet 1 of 7 - contains memoirs titled, "A soldier's reflections forty ye...PR83/068
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Murchie, John Langford, (Private, b.1919 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Murchie, John Langford 'Jack'
Illustrated memoir, "Been There! Done That! My War Experiences", written by VX60772 Private John 'Jack' Langford Murchie, who served with 22 Brigade, 8 Division and became Prisoner of War after the fa...PR03155
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Nicholas, William Ewart (Sapper, b.1920-d.2012)
Private Record
Maker: Nicholas, William Ewart 'Bill'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX39294 Sapper William Ewart 'Bill' Nicholas, 2/12 Field Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, India and Singapore, 1941-1945. W...PR03815
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Noel Venning Harvey interviewed by Kelso High School students Luke Markwick and Joshua Potts about his experiences as a Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thailand Railway during the Second World War
Sound
Maker: Harvey, Noel Venning Markwick, Luke Potts, Joshua
Noel Venning Harvey interviewed by Kelso High School students Luke Markwick and Joshua Potts about his experiences as a Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thailand Railway during the Second World War ...S01724
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Not titled [POW carrying water]
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Pen and ink drawing of an emaciated POW carrying water. This work was drawn after the artist was repatriated to Australia after spending three and a half years in Changi POW camp. It was originally ...ART90663
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NX27998 Lance Bombardier Richard Arthur Howse. Lance Bombardier Howse became a prisoner of war ...
Photograph
NX27998 Lance Bombardier Richard Arthur Howse. Lance Bombardier Howse became a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese and was one of hundreds of Australian and British prisoners of war selected to move...AWM2019.798.8.13.1
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Parker, Phillip White (Lieutenant Colonel)
Private Record
Maker: Parker, Phillip White
Two original diaries (8 February 1942 to 17 April 1944) written by Lieutenant Colonel Phillip White Parker, relating to his Second World War service in Malaya with the 2/10th Baluchis, 11 Indian Divis...PR01993
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Prosser, Francis (Private, b.1907 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Prosser, Francis
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX37385 Private Francis Prosser, 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion, Malaya, Singapore, Australia, 1941-1946. Collection consists of: - One ...AWM2016.651.1
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recto: A Changi P.O.W building Feb to May 1942; verso: Tavoy drome, POW Camp
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
One of the well constructed reinforced concrete barrack building of the former Gordon Highlander Barracks, which were built in 1937. This area is now the Changi Prisoner of War Camp and used by the Ja...ART28535.002
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Robinson, Arthur Cyril (Staff Sgt b.1897 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Robinson, Arthur Cyril
Diary contains brief entries of Malayan campaign, but is mostly poetry relating to his experience as a prisoner of the Japanese. Themes include furphies, food, officers, fall of Singapore, Barrack Squ...PR00472
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Rodda, Norman (Corporal, b.1919 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Hunter, H
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX43526 Corporal Norman Rodda, Administrative Headquarters, Malaya, c.1944-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one card from Mrs H. Hunter [identi...PR03792
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Russell Melton McCure as a lieutenant, 4th Australian Anti Tank Regiment, Malaya and Singapore, 1940-1945, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson
Sound
Maker: McCure, Russell Melton
Russell Melton McCure as a lieutenant, 4th Australian Anti Tank Regiment, Malaya and Singapore, 1940-1945, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson A transcript of this recording may be available. For further i...S02981
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Saunders, Kenley Frederick (Chaplain)
Private Record
Collection relating to Chaplain Kenley Frederick Saunders who served with 2/18 Battalion and 10 AGH and was a prisoner of war in Malaya and Singapore. Collection consists of two notebooks, one contai...PR04890
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Sergeant J Russell
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Sergeant John Lewis Russell, QX1899, 2/26 Australian Infantry Battalion, 8th Australian Division. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore. Born in Mitchell...ART26449
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Silman, Leon (Private, b.1917-d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Silman, Leon
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX55757 Private Leon Silman, 2/9 Field Ambulance, Malaya, 1945. Collection consists of one letter from Private Silman to Miss Margot Kochen (lat...PR04863
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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.
Sound
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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Slater, John Colin (Sergeant, b.1913 - d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Slater, Anne Slater, John Colin
Collection relating to 7950 Sergeant John Slater, Armoured Car Company, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force, 1942-1949. It comprises correspondence written by Slater to his wife Anne, 1942-1945, in...PR03294
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Smith, Thomas Bruce (Private, b.1924 - d.1949)
Private Record
Maker: Smith, Thomas Bruce
Collection relating to the Second World War Service of NX58905 Private Thomas Bruce Smith, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, Malaya and Singapore, 1940-1945. Folder 1 contains one hand c...AWM2018.1161.2
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Stahle, Leon Rossister Dalgleish (Colonel, CBE, Dados 8th Div, AIF b.1892 - d.1987)
Private Record
Maker: Stahle, Leon Rossister Dalgleish
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX24581 Colonel Leon Rossister Dalgleish Stahle, 1942. Wallet 1 of 1 consists of various bound papers including an address by Stahle to members ...3DRL/7870
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Stewart, Bruce Pendleton (known as Roy MacNab) (Gunner)
Private Record
Maker: Stewart, Bruce Pendleton
Letters of NX05655 Gunner Bruce Pendleton Stewart (30th Battery, 2/15th Field Regiment) to his family and friends from Malaya, September-December 1941. The letters, with references to places censored ...PR01026
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Studio portrait of NX40934 Sergeant Arthur John Ryan 2/18 Battalion
Photograph
Studio portrait of NX40934 Sergeant (Sgt) Arthur John Ryan, 2/18 Battalion. Sgt Ryan enlisted on the 9 July 1940 at Gunnehdah, NSW. He was taken prisioner of war (POW) at Malaya while serving with 2...AWM2018.570.3
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Sutherland, James McDonald (Private, b.1917 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Sutherland, James McDonald
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX10338 Private James McDonald Sutherland, 2/3 Motor Ambulance Convoy, Australia, Thailand, Burma, Malaya, Singapore, 1941-1950. This diary was ...AWM2017.113.1
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Swimming pool area on ship. In foreground is NX6570 Gunner (Gnr) Alan David Ward (killed in ...
Photograph
Swimming pool area on ship. In foreground is NX6570 Gunner (Gnr) Alan David Ward (killed in action 1 October 1943) and NX34279 Gnr George Napier Sprod. This image is from an album which is part of a ...AWM2019.798.8.7.4
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Thompson, Claude Goodwin (Flight Sergeant, b.1913 - d.?)
Manuscript
Maker: Thompson, Claude Goodwin
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 403783 Sergeant Claude Goodwin Thompson, Royal New Zealand Air Force [RNZAF], Dutch East Indies, 1941-1945. The collection consists of a typescri...MSS1214
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Thompson, Claude Goodwin (Flight Sergeant, b.1913 - d.?)
Manuscript
Maker: Thompson, Claude Goodwin
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 403783 Sergeant Claude Goodwin Thompson, Royal New Zealand Air Force [RNZAF], Dutch East Indies, 1941-1945. The collection consists of a typescri...MSS2206
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(TX5126) Warland-Browne, James Bevan (Staff Sergeant)
Sound
Maker: Warland-Browne, James Bevan
James Bevan Warland-Brown as a staff sergeant pharmacist, 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station, in Singapore, Malaya, Burma and Thailand, 1941-1945, including the period as a prisoner of war of the Japanese,...S04365
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Waring, Hugh Douglas (Lieutenant, b.1917 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Waring, Hugh Douglas
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX65585 Lieutenant Hugh Douglas Waring, 2/3 Ordnance Company, prisoner of war, Malaya, Borneo, 1941-1952. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of four folde...PR04493
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Warrant Officer 1 Arthur Purdon
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Warrant Officer Class 1 Arthur Henry Mason Purdon DCM (NX67447), Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant, 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese a...ART26445
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Webb, William P (Private, 3 Motor Transport Coy, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Webb, William Purnell
WEBB'S MEMOIR OF HIS WWII EXPERIENCES WITH 3 MOTOR TRANSPORT COY IN MALAYA UNTIL THEY SURRENDERED TO THE JAPANESE. THE MEMOIR THEN TELLS OF HIS TIME AS A POW IN THE NEI, BURMA AND JAPANPR87/183
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Wharton, Willoby Vincent (Driver, b.1918 - d.2009)
Private Record
Maker: Wharton, Willoby Vincent
Collection relating to the Second World War service and POW experience of NX33055 Driver Willoby Vincent Wharton, H.Q. Coy 2/20 Battalion, A.I.F., 1939-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 contains: A diary kept by W...PR84/303
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Woodley, Frederick E (Corporal, 2/10 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers b.1905 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Woodley, Frederick E
Five POW cards sent by Woodley whilst a prisoner in Changi gaol and later camps in Borneo. Addressed to 'Matey', a nickname for shipwrights in Portsmouth where Woodley and his wife came from. Telegra...PR90/175
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Woods, Stanley Stuart (Captain, b.1894 - d.1982)
Private Record
Maker: Matthews, Lionel Colin Woods, Stanley Stuart
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX63973 Captain Stanley Stuart Woods, 2/10 Australian Ordnance Field Park, Second Australian Imperial Force, Singapore, Borneo and Australia, 194...PR04819
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Woven cellophane belt: Driver Mark Hill Store, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, 8th Division
Heraldry
Maker: Store, Mark Hill
Woven belt made from folded sections of clear cellophane originally used to wrap packets of cigarettes. Cut out paper numerals and letters have been inserted into individual sections of the cellophane...REL45060
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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
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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