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AWM54 1010/9/22 - [War Crimes and Trials - Investigation of Atrocities:] Australian Military Forces War Crimes trials, Japanese War Criminals at Rabaul, Morotai, Labuan, Wewak and Darwin to terms of imprisonment imposed at Rabaul New Guinea 25/2/1947. Nominal roll of Japanese in Rabaul Area under sentence February 1947. Nominal rolls Japanese Legal Staff - suspects held in custody - Personnel to be held as witnesses - Personnel awaiting repatriation
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2019.8.233
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Buoys on the beach
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Enormous buoys have washed up on a beach at Labuan. The buoys are almost twice the height of the soldier who walkd amongst them.ART23300
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Buoys, Victoria Town, Labuan
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a pile of mooring buoys resting on the edge of a lake, beside an old building in Labuan, Borneo during the Second World War.ART93836
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Campbell, Alan James (Signaller, b.? - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Campbell, Alan James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VNZ441420 Signaller Alan James Campbell, a New Zealander who served with Z Special Unit, Pacific Theatre and Australia, 1943-1945. Folder 1: On...AWM2016.811.1
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Captain John Searle
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting Captain John Edward Searle, NX21876, DCM, Liaison, 9th Australian Division Headquarters, formerly 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion.ART22440
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Chinese Temple
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Chinese temple used as billets for Australian soldiers, 4th Australian Bulk Petrol Company, but shared by an aged Chinese priest called 'Wong', who vigorously repelled all attempts to move him to othe...ART23233
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Church, Ivor Frederick, AO (Chaplain, b.1913 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Chruch, Ivor Frederick
Papers of Reverend Canon Ivor Frederick Church who served with the 7 Squadron RAAF during 1943-45 in Queensland and with the 82 Squadron in Borneo and Kuching Prisoner of War Camp in 1945. Items incl...PR01367
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Clock tower at Victoria Town, Labuan
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Drawing of the clock tower at Victoria Town, Labuan, which was one of the three surviving structures after the Japanese evacuated the town in 1945. Writing for the Australian Women's Weekly of his tra...ART29342
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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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Davis, Irvine Leslie (Leading Aircraftman, b.1924 - d.1977)
Private Record
Maker: Davis, Irvine Leslie
Collection relating to the Second World War and British Commonwealth Occupational Force (BCOF) service of 71625 Leading Aircraftman Irvine Leslie Davis, 7 Operational Training Unit, No. 8 Squadron, No...PR05481
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Doherty, Hugh Noel (Craftsman, b.1923 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Doherty, Hugh Noel
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX34705 (Q126283) Craftsman Hugh Noel Doherty, 2/2 Australian Infantry Troops Workshop, Second Australian Imperial Force, New Guinea, Australia a...PR04869
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Edwards, Silas (Flight Officer, b.1904 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Edwards, Silas Owen
Memoirs written by Flight Officer Edwards detailing his Second World War experiences with airfield construction units. Includes training, Horn Island, New Guinea, Noemfoor Island, Biak, Labuan and Aus...PR84/105
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Entertainment for the Troops Collection, Souvenirs 4
Published Collection
Maker: Various
The collection contains a diverse range of items such as invitations to afternoon teas, dances, dinners, parties and receptions, maps and guides to cities, accommodation and transport, and details of ...RC02398
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Goodman, Rupert Dr
Manuscript
Maker: Goodman, Rupert
No 4 copy of the original manuscript, unproofed and uncorrected, detailing the history of the development and work of the 2/4th Australian General Hospital at Tobruk, Redbank, Jerusalem, Colombo and L...MSS0893
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Gordon, Bernard P (Flight Lieutenant, Public Relations Officer, RAAF)
Private Record
Maker: Gordon, Bernard P
LETTER TO GEORGE RANDALL DESCRIBING THE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS IN THE CAMP AT LABUAN IN JULY 19453DRL/7417
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Haley, Roy John (Warrant Officer Class 2, b.1910 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Haley, Roy John Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service 31182 (VX81919) Warrant Officer Class 2 Roy John Haley, Z Special Unit, Borneo. The collection consists of a handwritten notebook containing a diary...AWM2017.866.1
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Head, Douglas Arthur (Corporal, b.1917 - d.2007)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Head, Douglas Arthur
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX25962 Corporal Douglas Arthur Head, 2/2 Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Middle East, Australia and New Guinea, 1940-1...PR03848
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HMAS Manoora (I) Anzac Day marching banner
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Dark blue satin marching banner with applique scroll design and lettering, and a cotton gold fringing along lower edge. Across the top is 'AIF HMAS MANOORA RAAF' and beneath is the ship's badge with t...REL40082
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HMAS Westralia (I) Anzac Day marching banner
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bright yellow synthetic satin marching banner with black applique lettering. The top of the banner reads 'HMAS WESTRALIA' in black satin. In the centre of the banner is a machine sewn stencil of the s...REL40081
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Hopwood, S.J.(Jock) (Leading Aircraftman)
Private Record
Maker: Hopwood, S J
Letters of Leading Aircraftman (LAC) S.J. (Jock) Hopwood to his mother from September 1943 to November 1945. They cover two phases of his career: (i) when he was stationed in Australia and training as...PR00948
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Hospital site, Labuan
Art
Maker: Newton, Max
This work depicts the site of a hospital that was located on the edge of high cliffs at Labuan. Max (Thomas Maxwell) Newton enlisted with the AIF. He was seconded to the RAAF War History Section as an...ART26806
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James-Martin, Howard and Boxall, Alexander Raymond
Manuscript
Maker: Boxall, Alexander Raymond James-Martin, Howard James-Martin, Peter
Manuscript compiled by Peter James-Martin in 1993 titled 'RAAF Years 1941-1945: A personal recall', containing two separate memoirs of 416355 Warrant Officer (WO) Howard John Martin (also known as How...MSS1514
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Japanese Corpse
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a corpse of unidentified Japanese soldier in Cantonment Road, Labuan, North Borneo.ART23225
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Japanese corpses
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
The bodies of two Japanese who were of a party who, after eluding capture for ten days after the landing on Labuan, formed up under a Japanese Colonel and made a desperate march into the town with the...ART23272
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Japanese dead, Labuan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Unidentified Japanese corpses, Borneo campaign.ART22914
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Japanese flag from Labuan signed by 5 Airfield Construction Squadron : Leading Aircraftman Noel Campbell McAllister, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small white cotton Japanese flag, with central red rising sun. The sun has several tears, and the entire flag has been encapsulated in heavy plastic. The flag bears pseudo Japanese characters but the...AWM2019.895.1
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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 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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Javanese [labourers] at work on the strip, Labuan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Javanese labourers working on airfield, supervised by unidentified Australians; campaignART23262
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Javanese slaves in the native compound, sick ward, Labuan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified Javanese labourers in the Native Compound Sick Ward, Labuan.ART22920
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John Timbang, rouseabout at the searchlights battery, Labuan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
2/3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment; John Timbang, Malay rouseabout with 2/3 AA Bty, formerly forced labourer for JapaneseART23259
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Keley, Mervyn James (Captain, b.1914 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Keley, Mervyn James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX9926 Captain Mervyn James Keley, 2/32 Australian Infantry Battalion, Borneo, 1945. Collection consists of a six-page handwritten letter with e...AWM2016.496.1
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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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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 COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY, MALAYSIA, 1985-04-25. GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF OFFICIALS ATTENDING ...
Photograph
LABUAN COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY, MALAYSIA, 1985-04-25. GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF OFFICIALS ATTENDING ANZAC DAY CEREMONY. LEFT TO RIGHT: DAVID EVANS (AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER TO MALAYSIA); UNKNOWN; CHAI...P00572.001
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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, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-19. BRIGADIER W. J. W. WINDEYER DSO ED, ADMINISTRATIVE ...
Photograph
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-19. BRIGADIER W. J. W. WINDEYER DSO ED, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDER 9TH DIVISION, ADDRESSING A PARADE OF THE 2/3RD TANK ATTACK REGIMENT IN FRONT OF NO. 10 BATTERY...122695
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-29. 1800 INDIAN TROOPS COMPRISING GURKHA, MADRASI AND ...
Photograph
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-29. 1800 INDIAN TROOPS COMPRISING GURKHA, MADRASI AND PUNJABI UNITS ARRIVED AT CHICK PONTOON, VICTORIA HARBOUR, ON HMT HIGHLAND BRIGADE. A GROUP OF GURKHAS, TY...123604
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-05. SENIOR OFFICERS' DAY WITH THE "SOUTH CHINA SEAS ...
Photograph
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-05. SENIOR OFFICERS' DAY WITH THE "SOUTH CHINA SEAS FLYING SQUADRON", A SAILING CLUB FORMED BY MEMBERS OF UNITS CAMPED ON THE BEACH NEAR 9TH DIVISION HEADQUART...122785
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-10-08. THE CAMP OF 2/72ND LIGHT AID DETACHMENT ATTACHED TO ...
Photograph
Maker: Rainsford, Keith Carr
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-10-08. THE CAMP OF 2/72ND LIGHT AID DETACHMENT ATTACHED TO THE 2/24TH FIELD PARK COMPANY.119898
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LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1946-02-11. RESTING ON A TRAILER PILED WITH KITBAGS, THESE MEMBERS OF THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1946-02-11. RESTING ON A TRAILER PILED WITH KITBAGS, THESE MEMBERS OF THE RAAF COMPONENT OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (BCOF) TOOK IT EASY WHILE WAITING TO EMBARK ...OG3776
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LAC 'Curly' Bentley
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
A seated portrait of Leading Aircraftsman 'Curly' Bentley of the Royal Australian Air Force, possibly from the No 62 Works Supply Unit.ART23303
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LCM at Labuan
Art
Maker: Newton, Max
The work depicts an LCM boat carrying a GMC (General Motors Corporation) CCKW U.S. Army cargo truck. LCM is an abbreviation for Landing Craft, Mechanised. This design of boat was used extensively in t...ART26964
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Liberator Bomber attacks on Balikpapan
Art
Maker: Jones, Vernon
Liberator Bomber attacks on Balikpapan. On 1 May, 1945 began the invasion by Australian forces of the oil-rich territory of Borneo, which had been in Japanese hands since 1942. The series of operation...ART27578
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Lieutenant Donald Friend
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Donald Friend, official war artist, seated and writing up his diary, during the Second World War.ART93863
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Lieutenant General Baba Masao
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Lieutenant General Baba Masao (Baba is his surname), General Commanding 37th Japanese Army, surrendered his sword to Major General G F Wooten CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire), DSO, a...ART22984
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Major-General Wootten's quarters
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
9th Australian Infantry Division; campaign; house used as headquarters by Major- General G F Wootton, CBE, DSO, General Commanding 9th Australian DivisionART23252
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Major Stanley "Tex" Morton, Salvation Army Philanthropic Welfare worker, interviewed by Gail Winkworth for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Discussing pre-war Salvation Army activities; rejection by Salvation Army of combined churches war effort; appointment to work on Red Shield activities; inter-denominational relations; posting to Army...S00575
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Making camp, Labuan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified soldiers unloading trucks to establish camp.ART23226
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Making the Strip
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Unidentified personnel from the No 62 Works Supply Unit of the Royal Australian Air force are using earthmoving equipment, such as tractors, to build an airfield.ART23302
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Malay boy in the native compound
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a portrait of unidentified Malay refugee, used as slaves, Labuan, North Borneo.ART23307
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Malay child
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a young Malay child observed at Labuan in Borneo in a crouched pose. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, and was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, Frie...ART23304
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Malays in native compound
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
These Malays were amongst those shipped to Borneo from Java by the Japanese as slaves. They were shown in a compound in which they were congregated after deliverance from the Japanese.ART23249
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Malay type : John Timbang
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
2/3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment; John Timbang, Malay rouseabout with 2/3 AA Bty, formerly forced labourer for JapaneseART23316
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Man in cape
Art
Maker: Freedman, Harold
Depicts a soldier standing wearing a cape. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the RAAF Historical War Records Section and he worked...ART26785
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Marshall, Hugh Ernest (Warrant Officer, b.1925)
Private Record
Maker: Marshall, Hugh Ernest
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 40880 Warrant Officer Hugh Ernest Marshall, Numbers 20 and 42 Squadrons (RAAF), Australia, New Guinea, Malaya, and Borneo, 1943-1946. Wallet 1 ...PR04129
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Mutten, George (O36907, Flight Lieutenant, RAAF)
Manuscript
Maker: D'Angri, Norm D'Angri, Val
64 page manuscript titled "George E. Mutten: Revelations: 1899 to 1996". The manuscript examines the life of the Reverend Canon George E. Mutten. The manuscript is divided by theme under the headings:...MSS2044
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MV Manunda Association
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service and legacy of the hospital ship MV Manunda, Merchant Navy, Australia, Japan, Egypt, Borneo, and the Solomon Islands, 1940-c.2001. Collection consist...PR05365
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Nature Morte
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
This work depicts the remains of a party of Japanese who crossed in canoes from the mainland of Borneo to the island of Labuan and hid in the swamps of Garankak. After carrying on commando tactics for...ART22182
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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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Petherick, Elizabeth Elfrida (VX133169, Lieutenant, 2/4 AGH)
Manuscript
Maker: Petherick, Elizabeth Elfrida Wright, Penelope Jean (Penny)
23 page typescript manuscript relating to the Second World War service of VX133169 Lieutenant Elizabeth Elfrida Petherick (nee Retallack) 2/4 AGH Australian Army Nursing Service. Notes from an intervi...MSS2046
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Pioneer patrol passing through a native village at Tanjongg, Rancharancha, Labuan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Depict a group of unidentified Australian Pioneer Unit on patrol in native village, Labuan. The Australian Pioneer Unit was part of the 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion. In 1942, Donald Friend enli...ART23237
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Pracy, Clarence William (Sergeant, b.1914 - d.)
Private Record
Maker: Pracy, Clarence William
Photocopies of material relating to the Second World War service of NX176849 Clarence Pracy William, Special Investigation Branch (Maritime Group), Australia and Borneo, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 contains ...PR00340
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Properjohn, Norman John (Flight Lieutenant, AFC, b.1915 - d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Properjohn, Norman John
Collection of papers relating to Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Norman John Properjohn. Papers focus on his career as a RAAF pilot with the 25 and 36 Squadrons during the Second World War and consist of ...PR00100
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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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Pumping out bomb crater
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Pumping out a bomb crater. In the early days of the job, when water was a rarity and there was none to spare, the deep green pools in the craters were used as laundries and swimming baths, so that eve...ART22896
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Pumping out bomb crater, Labuan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Pumping out a bomb crater. In the early days of the job, when water was a rarity and there was none to spare, the deep green pools in the craters were used as laundries and swimming baths, so that eve...ART22897
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Radar tower, Labuan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Royal Australian Air Force, No 4 Works Supply Wing; campaign; Radar towerART23255
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Rayson, Hugh (Major, b.1891 - d.1961)
Private Record
Maker: Rayson, Hugh
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX34706 Major Hugh Rayson, 2/10 Field Ambulance, Singapore, Malaya, and Australia, 1942-1945. Collection consists of one original memoir in two...PR00720
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Ruins
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts some of the devastation wrought in Labuan during the Borneo campaign.ART22919
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Short, Murray Geoffrey (Flying Officer, b.1923 - d.1946)
Private Record
Maker: Short, Murray Geoffrey
Letters written to his family from various RAAF training and staging depots en route to Labuan and later BCOF actifivities at Iwakuni, Japan. F/O Short was later killed in a flying accident off the Ja...PR86/166
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Sightseers in a Chinese Shrine
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
rest and recreation, temple; unidentified Australians in a Chinese shrineART23315
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Sikh Ralasingh, Indian army
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
This is a portrait of a man from the Indian army, whose title Sikh Sih Ralasingh is written in cursive writing in the lower right corner of the work. A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism.ART22441
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Simmons, Lyndsay Ross Brown
Private Record
Maker: Gibbons, Archibald
Collection related to the Second World War service of VX134363 Sergeant (Sgt) Lyndsay Ross Brown Simmons who served with 2/32 Australian Infantry Battalion. Comprises a handwritten order entitled 'Ins...PR04876
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Sinking a well by night
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Personnel of 62 Works Wing of the Royal Australian Air Force sinking a well by night at Labuan in North Borneo.ART23312
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Soldiers and natives with outrigger
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Labels: ' Soldiers and natives with outrigger 1945 by Donald Friend (22886) ' etched on label along bottom front of frame; ' AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL '; ' 11 JUNE 1948 ' stamped on back of frame; ' CAS...ART22886
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76 Squadron's Camp
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
The camp of No.76 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Labuan.ART23253
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[Study for Victoria, Labuan Island]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Industrial scene depicting the location of the main town of Victoria on Labuan Island, with buildings in background, and drums (or sea mines) in foreground. Labuan is a territory off the coast of Born...ART96248
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Suicide by hanging (Colonel Aikyo)
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts the corpse of Colonel Aikyo, Commander of Japanese Forces in the north, a suspected war criminal, who committed suicide by hanging in camp.ART22999
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Sunday church service at 1st TAF, Labuan
Art
Maker: Newton, Max
Depicts a large tent set up to function as a church with benches and an altar at the front with crosses. A priest stands at the front of the church tent delivering a sermon. Max (Thomas Maxwell) Newto...ART26807
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Tachikawa Ki-54c 'Hickory' fuselage : 10th Independent Air Brigade, Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
Technology
All-metal fuselage remains of a Tachikawa Ki-54c 'Hickory' light transport, training and general purpose aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. The wings, engines and left hand side crew e...REL29084
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Tent Life
Art
Maker: Freedman, Harold
Depicts an unidentified man sitting in lighted tent. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the RAAF Historical War Records Section and...ART26778
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The bell tower
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
A partially destroyed bell tower stands surrounded by rubble from nearby buildlings that have been demolished by bombs.ART22442
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The clock tower
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
A sketch of the damaged caused by bombardment of Labuan, before the 24th Australian Infantry Battalion landed on 10 June 1945. The Clock Tower remains standing amongst the rubble, and Australian sold...ART23230
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The clock tower, Labuan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts the clock tower in Labuan, Borneo. Donald Friend was in Labuan, an archipelago off the coat of Borneo, in June 1945. Of the town of Labuan he wrote in his Diary on 10 June 1945; 'On the starbo...ART23248
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The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (19805) Sergeant Donald Kelway Storrie, No. 20 Squadron, RAAF, Second World War.
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth...AWM2020.1.1.20
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The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (VX45168) Trooper Gordon Ernest Beard, 2/11 Cavalry Commando Squadron, Second World War.
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Maker: Australian War Memorial
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth...AWM2020.1.1.223
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The town after the bombardment
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Portion of Labuan after the bombardment preceeding the landing on Labuan.ART23295
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Timperley, Lewis C (Major)
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Maker: Timperley, Lewis Clayton
AWRS BIOGRAPHICAL FILE. NARRATIVE OF "C" SQN'S WORK SEPT 1918 AT EL KUNEITRA, SYRIA. PERSONAL NARRATIVES COVERING OPERATIONS FROM LUDD TO DAMASCUS. POEM - "I'VE HAD IT". CONCERT PROGRAMME - GRACIE FIE...3DRL/6294
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Tippetts, Douglas James Caddy (Flying Officer, 113 Air Sea Rescue Flight, RAAF b.1921)
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Maker: Tippetts, Douglas James
OPERATIONS ORDERS FOR NO 81 (FIGHTER) WING FLYING TO IWAKUNI AND INCLUDING DETAILS OF AIR SEA RESCUE UNITS ACCOMPANYING THE SQUADRONS ENROUTE FROM LABUAN TO IWAKUNI (JAPAN)PR89/078
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Victoria Town
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Maker: Newton, Max
A street is depicted in Victoria Town, Labuan after bombardment. A building, damaged from the air raids, can be seen on the left with a large portion blown off from the blasts. Max (Thomas Maxwell) Ne...ART93364
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Victoria Town, Labuan, Borneo. 1945-06. Australian infantry pass a dead Japanese lying beside a ...
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Victoria Town, Labuan, Borneo. 1945-06. Australian infantry pass a dead Japanese lying beside a gate he had tried to defend.018633
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Victoria Town, Labuan, Borneo. 1945-06. Australian troops help a jeep out of difficulties.
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Victoria Town, Labuan, Borneo. 1945-06. Australian troops help a jeep out of difficulties.018630
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Watson, Donald Linthorne (Flight Lieutenant, b.1922)
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Maker: Watson, Donald Linthorne
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 415369 Flight Lieutenant Donald Linthorne Watson, Nos. 11 and 33 Squadrons, and 112 Air Sea Rescue Flight, Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands...PR03236
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Woods, Stanley Stuart (Captain, b.1894 - d.1982)
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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