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AMBON ISLAND. 1945-09-22. ONE OF THE MESS HUTS IN THE JAPANESE TAN TOEY POW CAMP WHICH HOUSED 8 ...
Photograph
AMBON ISLAND. 1945-09-22. ONE OF THE MESS HUTS IN THE JAPANESE TAN TOEY POW CAMP WHICH HOUSED 8 DIVISION PERSONNEL.118256
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Amor, Benjamin Charles 'Ben' (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Amor, Benjamin Charles (Ben)
Illustrated memoir titled "To Put The Record Straight: Ben Amor's Story of Escape in 1942, from the Japanese POWCamp at Ambon", describing service, captivity, escape experiences and post-escape life ...PR03110
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Cox, Everard John
Private Record
Maker: Cox, Everard John
Original diary kept by VX104228 Lieutenant (Lt) Everard John Cox. Lt Cox started his diary on 21 August 1945 when he was advised he would be sent to Morotai as part of D Coy, 1 Australian Reinforcemen...PR04959
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Elsum, Percy Henry Frederick (Sergeant, b.1902 - d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Elsum, Percy Henry Frederick Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX20324 Sergeant Percy Henry Frederick Elsum, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1962. Wallet 1 of 1 ...PR04002
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Ikeuchi, Masayiko (IJA Civilian Interpreter, b.1894 - d.1947)
Private Record
Maker: Ikeuchi, Masakiyo
Papers relating to Masakiyo [Masakiya] Ikeuchi, executed in September 1947 for war crimes against prisoners of war at Tan Toey Camp on Ambon Island in 1942. Ikeuchi had been a civilian 'non regular of...PR01049
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Murnane, Allan Thomas
Private Record
Maker: Murnane, Alan Thomas
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX43008 Private (Pte) Alan Thomas Murnane who served with 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion, which later became part of Gull Force. Comprises or...PR87/066
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Portrait of Private Peter Geoffrey Sheppard
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of VX50592 Private Peter Geoffrey Sheppard, 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second World War. The unit colour patch of the 2/21st Btn has been painted within a decorative shield in the to...AWM2019.200.1
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Rescued POWs broadcast to Australia
Art
Maker: Rafty, Tony
Surrounded by released POWs, ABC war correspondent Talbot Duckmanton holds the microphone while NX56669 Sgt Blain, 2/12th Field Coy, RAE, with Sgt Frank Martin and S/Sgt Joe James, sends a message to ...ART26826
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Sprod, Thomas Daniel (Able Seaman, b.1924 - d.2018)
Private Record
Maker: Sprod, Thomas Daniel (Dan)
Collection relating to the Second World War service of PA2705 Able Seaman Thomas Daniel Sprod, HMAS Glenelg, Royal Australian Navy, Netherlands East Indies, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Wallet consists of o...PR03966
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1939-45 Star : Lieutenant M H MacDowell, 2/21 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipients details.REL/02986.001
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Stevens, Clifford Davies (Petty Officer, b.1908 - d.1993)
Private Record
Maker: Stevens, Clifford Davies
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 18215 Petty Officer Clifford Davies Stevens, HMAS Ipswich and HMAS Junee, Royal Australian Navy, Australia, New Guinea, and Netherlands East Indi...PR03549
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Surgical knife: Sergeant Frederick Stanley Bates, 2/12th Field Ambulance
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Large knife with overall length of 14 inches (350mm). The hollow aluminium handle bears asmall impressed stamp near its juction with the blade showing a crown above a snake twined around a staff. The ...AWM2017.1363.2
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Tait, Edwin Robert Alexander (Private, b.1918 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Shaw, Percival James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX28084 Private Edwin Robert Alexander 'Bert' Tait, 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion, Ambon, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one three-page ...AWM2019.684.1
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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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Wilson, Clifton Morgan McKimm (Sergeant, b.1906 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Wilson, James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX7949 Sergeant Clifton Morgan McKimm Wilson, 2/11 Field Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of...PR03979
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Young, Arthur Wellesley (Captain, b.1912 - d.1998); Edmonds, Jack Roland (Lance Corporal, b.1914 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Menzies, Robert Gordon Young, Arthur Wellesley
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX26672 Captain Arthur Wellesley Young, 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1941; Collection relatin...PR04281