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Aerial view of Changi POW Camp, Singapore Island
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
The buildings were originally the barracks of the Gordon Highlanders, a regiment of the British Regular Army. The square and surrounding buildings were used by the Japanese to house all the Australian...ART28535.001
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AIF cemetery, Changi: front entrance
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Griffin shows the entrance path to the AIF cemetery, with gardens and trees on either side. The AIF rising sun symbol strung on two poles at the path entrance.ART26477
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AIF in action in Malaya
Film
Contains scenes from official Department of Information film F01171. Commentary, Charles Lawrence Cinesound Review. Singapore, bomb damage, fire fighting, bren gun carrier, Indian troops in trucks, 25...F00831
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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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Australian recovered prisoners of war interviewed by Pilot Officer Jock McPherson, RAAF Combat Broadcast Team, at Changi, Singapore following the surrender of Japan in 1945
Sound
Disc 1 Side 1: Pilot Officer Jock McPherson, as a member of the RAAF Combat Broadcast Team, records from a RAAF Catalina aircraft on its approach to Kelang airport, Singapore. The plane is met by four...S00015
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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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Bird, Walter Charles (Gunner, b.1912 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Bird, Walter Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX1874 Gunner Walter Charles Bird, 2/10 Field Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya and Japan, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 2 - Contains ...PR01417
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Blau, Osmar Julius (Captain, b.1913 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Blau, Osmar Julius
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX13712 Captain Osmar Julius Blau, 27 Brigade Field Workshop, 74 Light Aid Detachment, 22 Brigade, Australia, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collect...PR01047
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1 BN Officers Mess, Havelock Rd
Art
Maker: Brindley, John
Depicts a prisoner of war seated reading at a table inside the mess, also at the Working Party Camp, Havelock Rd. The intersection of River Valley Road and Havelock Road, Singapore, was the site of tw...ART28113
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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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Brown, Robert RAE (Sapper, HQ Rae, 8th Div AIF and POW)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Robert
POW POSTCARDS - LITTLE INFORMATIONPR85/157
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Chalker, Jack Bridger
Private Record
Maker: Brazil, Rob Chalker, Jack Commonwealth of Australia Kan, Willem C 'Wim' Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville
A collection of papers and sketches c 1942-1945 some of which are the work of Jack Bridger Chalker comprising: a typed copy of the Prisoner of War ( POW) working party list for Havelock Road Labour Ca...PR03008
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 1942. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE INCIDENT, ...
Photograph
CHANGI, SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 1942. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE INCIDENT, IN WHICH OVER 15,000 BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN POWS WERE CONFINED IN THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE AFTER R...P00077.019
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 1942. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE INCIDENT, ...
Photograph
CHANGI, SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 1942. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE INCIDENT, IN WHICH OVER 15,000 BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN POWS WERE CONFINED IN THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE AFTER R...P00077.018
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Chippendale, John William (b: 1919 - d: 2009)
Manuscript
Maker: Chippendale, John William
16 page typed memoir titled 'My time', written in 1997 by NX49101 Signalman (Sig) John William Chippendale, 8 Corps of Signals who was interned as a prisoner of war of the Japanese from 1942 until 194...MSS2114
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Clarke, Hugh Vincent (Bombardier, b.1919 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Clarke, Hugh Vincent
Collection of five items relating to QX17307 Hugh Vincent Clarke who served with 2/10 Field Regiment and was a prisoner of war during the Second World War. Wallet 1 of 1 - comprises typescript copi...3DRL/6919
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Cole, Lewis Stanley (Corporal, b.1915 - d.?)
Manuscript
Maker: Cole, Lewis Stanley
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX30682 Corporal (Cpl) Lewis Stanley Cole. Collection consists of an 11 page typed memoir written by Cole in his later life. It describes his e...MSS2188
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Collection of cigarette papers: Ron Pilkington, British Army
Heraldry
Collection of 29 colourful cigarette paper packets and papers of various brands. Two have manufacture dates of 1940 and 1941.AWM2019.404.1
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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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1. Copelin, Thomas Francis (Frank) (Gunner, b.1914) 2. Copelin Harold Victor (Gunner, d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX9699 Gunner Thomas Francis (Frank) Copelin, 2/10 Australian Field Regiment, 1940-1946, and QX9698 Gunner Harold Victor Copelin, 2/10 Australian...PR91/036
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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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Cuthbert, Robert Henry (Captain, b.1917 - d.2006)
Private Record
Maker: Cuthbert, Robert Henry
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 133220 Captain Robert Henry Cuthbert, 196 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Singapore, Burma-Thai Railway, and the United Kingdom, 1942-...PR03307
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de Little, Alan Giblin (Lieutenant, b.1913 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces De Little, Alan Giblin Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of TX4314 Lieutenant Alan Giblin de Little, Audit Section Admin HQ, Malaya, 1941-45. Collection consists of service documents for Lieutenant de Litt...AWM2016.52.1
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Donaldson, Ivan John (Private, b.1915 - d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Donaldson, Ivan John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX39253 Private Ivan John Donaldson, 85 Light Aid Detachment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Malaya, and Korea, 1941-1945. Wallet ...PR04296
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Douglas, Neville Ford 'Bill' (Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.2004)
Private Record
Maker: Douglas, Neville Ford 'Bill'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX52477 Lieutenant Neville Ford 'Bill' Douglas, 2/19 Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force. Collection contains: diaries, four vo...PR03559
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Dr Donald Dowie as a Flight Lieutenant, 1 Squadron, Second World War, interviewed by Dr John Mitchell
Sound
Maker: Dowie, Donald Alexander Mitchell, John
649 Flight Lieutenant Donald Alexander (Don) Dowie, 1 Squadron, relates his experiences as a prisoner of war (POW) in H Force. This is one of 21 interviews conducted by Dr John Mitchell, relating expe...S01508
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Dr Redmond Sheedy as a Sergeant, 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Second World War, interviewed by Dr John Mitchell
Sound
Maker: Sheedy, Redmond Stuart Parnell Mitchell, John
SX5435 Sergeant Redmond Stuart Parnell Sheedy, 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, relates his experiences as a prisoner of war (POW) in H Force. This is one of 21 interviews conducted by Dr John Mitchell, r...S01506
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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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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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Edmonds, William Keith (Corporal, b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Edmonds, William Keith
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 27733 Corporal William Keith Edmonds, 1 Squadron RAAF. Collection consists of three original handwritten diaries covering 1941, 1943 and 1944, w...PR85/114
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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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Enright, Michael Francis (Civilian, b.1898 - d.1944)
Private Record
Maker: Enright, Michael Francis
Collection relating to the Second World War experience of Mr Michael Francis Enright, civilian prisoner of war, Netherlands East Indies, 1942-1944. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one diary of Mr Michael...AWM2019.436.1
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Feakes, George James (Civilian POW, b.1893 - d.1960)
Private Record
Maker: Feakes, George James Feakes, George James
Collection relating to the Second World War experience of George James Feakes, civilian POW, Singapore and Dutch East Indies, 1942-1946. Feakes was an Australian engineer based in Singapore, whose job...PR05245
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Felsch, Maurice Harold (NX47238, Lieutenant, 2/20 Battalion)
Private Record
Maker: Felsch, Maurice Harold
Photocopied handwritten and typed memoirs (67 pages total), titled "From Sydney Through Hell to Sydney Remembering 50 years 1945-1995", by NX47238 Lieutenant M H Felsch of 2/20 Battalion. Memoirs cove...PR01391
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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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Finley, Jack Kendall (Warrant Officer Class 2)
Private Record
Maker: Finley, Jack Kendall
Collection relating to NX40864 Warrant Officer Class 2 Jack Finely, 2/18 Infantry Battalion, Second World War. Collection comprises service documents, including two of Finlay's paybooks; three photo...PR03581
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First Australians leaving Singapore
Film
Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
Released Australian prisoners of war at Kallang airfield, Singapore waiting for aircraft to depart for Australia. Japanese soldiers pushing disabled transport through the streets of Singapore; other J...F01683
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Flynn, John James "Jack" (Warrant Officer Class 2, b.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Flynn, John
Collection relating to the service of Warrant Officer Class 2 John Flynn. The collection contains a self published memoir of Sergeant Flynn's POW experience which includes letters and telegrams and ...PR88/110
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Furniture (by POW)
Art
Maker: Brindley, John
Depicts seven groups of make-shift furniture acquired or made by prisoners of war at the River Road Camp: a plank chair, a rope swinging bed, a suspended slat bed, a cigarette lighter, a dressing tabl...ART28114
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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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Gaiety theatre
Art
Maker: Brindley, John
Depicts the interior at a camp theatre designed by the artist/donor as 'Camp Architect' at Changi, with a group of prisoners of war on the stage.ART28112
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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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Haist, Clifford (Private, b.1918 - d.1994)
Private Record
Maker: Haist, Clifford
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX30261 Private Clifford Haist, 2/12 Field Ambulance, Thailand and Singapore, c 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one postcard and one lett...PR03961
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Hall, Ronald Wilson (Sergeant, b.1911 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Hall, Ronald Wilson Various
Typescript carbon copy of 'Selerang Special Order of the Day No 3 Dated 4 September 1942', issued by Colonel E B Holmes, Commanding British and Australian Troops, Changi, relating to the signing of a ...PR02083
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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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Higham, Norman Patrick
Private Record
Maker: Higham, Norman Patrick
Account by Norman Patrick Higham, describing his experience of escaping from Singapore as one of a group of 50 soldiers, on 15 February 1942, during the surrender process. Other items in the collect...PR01231
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Holland, Herbert Sawford (Driver, b.1911-d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Holland, Herbert Sawford
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX69236 Driver Herbert Sawford Holland, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, Thailand and Australia, 1945. Wal...PR05821
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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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Huie, Shirley Fenton
Private Record
Maker: Huie, Shirley Fenton
Papers of Shirley Fenton Huie associated with the writing of two published histories: 'Ships Belles - the story of the WRANS' and 'The Forgotten Ones - women and children under Nippon'. Other items i...PR01873
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Improvised orthopaedic sandal : Private M A Bradford, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised orthopaedic sandal, for the left foot, with a 55 mm high heel. The sole and heel have been cut from a single piece of wood. A thick rubber 'horseshoe' is nailed around the bottom edge of th...REL38344
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Improvised smoking pipe: Private William Charles Barton, Armoured Car Regiment, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pipe bowl which appears to be of commercial manufacture of the billiard shape, but was made from native wood, with the stem fashioned from a very long length (270 mm) of copper pipe, probably from a w...REL/15886
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In hospital, Sime Rd
Art
Maker: Brindley, John
Depicts three prisoners of war resting on beds in the corner of a convalescent camp hospital, Sime Road, Singapore, after working on the Thailand-Burma Railway.ART28116
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Interior of ward 5, 2/14 A.G.H, Singapore
Art
Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23379
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Interior of ward at 2/14 A.G.H
Art
Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23377
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Johnston, Arthur (Signalman, b.1912)
Private Record
Maker: Johnston, Arthur
This collection of mixed papers is collated in manuscript. It describes experiences of joining 2nd AIF, training and other postings in north Australia. Much of material documents experiences as a POW ...PR90/017
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Johnstone, Charles Stewart (Acting Flight Lieutenant, b.1907)
Private Record
Maker: Johnstone, Charles Stewart Johnstone, Charles Stewart
Annotated typescript reminiscences of Acting Flight Lieutenant Charles Stewart Johnstone, RAF. Approximately 45 pages describing the capture of Singapore by the Japanese and his experiences as a Briti...PR89/141
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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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Kenneth Harold Darwin as a driver, 2/2 Reserve Motor Transport Company, 1941-1946 interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
Sound
Maker: Darwin, Kenneth Harold
SX10941 Driver Kenneth Harold Darwin, 2/2 Reserve Motor Transport Company, interviewed by by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937-1947" oral history project. Topics discussed inclu...AWM2018.572.15
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Kettlewell, George Allan (Driver)
Private Record
Maker: Kettlewell, George Allan
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX54914 Driver George Allan Kettlewell, 105 General Transport Company. Collection consists of a diary describing experiences as a POW of the Jap...PR00565
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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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Lennon, John Leslie (Sergeant, b.1902 - d.1970)
Private Record
Maker: Lennon, John Leslie
Papers of NX32826 Sergeant John Leslie Lennon, General Base Depot, 8th Division AIF, relating to his service in the Second World War and especially the fall of Singapore and his time in Changi Prisone...PR00875
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Leslie, Harry (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Leslie, Harry
Photocopies of papers related to prisoner of war experiences of Harry Leslie, of the 5th Battalion Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Includes leaflets for public talks, draft copies of prepared...PR00516
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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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May, Douglas John (Private, b.1916 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: May, Douglas John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX30008 Private Douglas John May, 22 Infantry Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop, Singapore and Borneo, 1942. Collection consists of two prisoner o...PR05816
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McDonald, Percy John (Lieutenant, b.1890 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: McDonald, Percy John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of P459 Lieutenant Percy John McDonald, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit, New Guinea and Australia, 1941-1965. McDonald was an owner of a ...PR03131
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McDonough, Allan Vernon (Jock), (Flight Lieutenant, b.1914 - d.2005)
Manuscript
Maker: Johnson, Anne Johnson, Ross McDonough, Allan Vernon 'Jock'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 407008 Flight Lieutenant Allan Vernon 'Jock' McDonough, 9 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Collection consists of one manuscript titled "Ex...MSS1676
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McKissock, Archibald
Private Record
Maker: McKissock, Archibald
Original diary written during the last days of the Second World War by NX17891 Corporal (Cpl) Archibald (Archie) McKissock of 2/6 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, while awaiting release from...PR03069
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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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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-30. MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, ARRIVED ...
Photograph
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-30. MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, ARRIVED FROM SINGAPORE ABOARD THE HOSPITAL SHIP ORANJE. FROM PRINCESS PIER, PORT MELBOURNE, THEY WERE TRANSPOR...116866
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Merchant, Colin (Signalman)
Private Record
Maker: Merchant, Colin
Memoirs of Signalman Colin Merchant documenting his years as a POW of the Japanese after being captured in the fall of Singapore during the Second World War.PR01608
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Mergui landing stage, Burma
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
A force of 3000 men left Singapore. Some of the Australians and Allied prisoners of war, under the command o NX34999 Colonel G.E. Ramsey, ED., who left Singapore on the 15 May, 1942. This move was dec...ART28535.006
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Mervyn Brown as a Sergeant, 2/13th Australian General Hospital, Second World War, interviewed by Dr John Mitchell
Sound
Maker: Brown, Mervin F Mitchell, John
VX61477 Sergeant Mervyn Frederick Brown, 2/13th Australian General Hospital (AGH), relates his experiences as a prisoner of war (POW) in K Force. This is one of 21 interviews conducted by Dr John Mitc...S01505
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Mooney, Thomas Edward (Able Seaman, b.1902 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Mooney, Thomas Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 6513 Able Seaman Thomas Edward Mooney, Royal Australian Navy and prisoner of war. Collection consists of a six page typed account titled 'Experi...AWM2016.331.1
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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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Mudiman, Roy Clifford (Private, b.1920 - d.2004)
Private Record
Maker: Mudiman, Roy Clifford
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX52458 Private Roy Clifford Mudiman, 2/20th Infantry Battalion, Malaya, Australia, Singapore, Burma and Thailand, 1941-1945. Collection consis...PR03377
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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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Musicka, Harold Wood (Warrant Officer, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Musicka, Harold Wood
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 2041 Warrant Officer Harold Wood Musicka, No. 1 Squadron RAAF, Malaya, Singapore, Java, 1940-1945. Collection consists of one typed manuscript e...AWM2019.1210.1
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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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Noble, John James Boyall (Private, b.1907 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Noble, John James Boyall
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX9236 Private (Pte) John James Boyall Noble who served with the Australian Army Service Corps, 8th Division Ammunition Sub Park. Pte Noble died ...PR05001
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Not titled [POW scenes: a) Burial scene b) Native building c) Natives outside shop]
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Three pen and ink drawings depicting scenes from Changi POW camp during the Second World War. The first depicts a number of Australian soldiers burying a fellow serviceman. The second is an example of...ART28729
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Not titled [Seven heads of various types]
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
sketches of heads, with variety of hats and caps (top l-r: slouch hat, air force forage cap, 2nd row l-r: slouch hat, army officer's cap, middle: army officer's cap, bottom l-r: slouch hat, naval offi...ART28404.007
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Pedvin, Leslie John (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Pedvin, Leslie John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX67681 Corporal Leslie Pedvin, 2/12 Field Company,1941-1945. Collection consists of seven diaries kept by Cpl Pedvin documenting his service in ...PR03406
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Penglase, Ronald Clyde (Lieutenant Commander, b.1920 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Penglase, Ronald Clyde
Collection relating to the Second World War service of PA1510 Lieutenant Commander Ronald Clyde Penglase, HMAS Westralia and HMAS Assault, Australia, Pacific Ocean and Timor Sea regions, 1941-1946. C...PR00449
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Plummer, Horace Sydney "Syd" (Colonel, b.1915 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Plummer, Horace Sydney "Syd"
Collection relating to the war service of VX109 Colonel Horace Sydney Plummer, CMF, 2/1 Australian Machine Gun Battalion, and HQ S Command, Australia, United Kingdom Greece, New Guinea, 1929-1965. Co...AWM2016.609.1
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Pond, Samuel Austin Frank (Lieutenant Colonel, 2/29th Bn AIF and POW Changi)
Private Record
Maker: Pond, Samuel Austin Frank Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lt Col Samuel Austin Frank Pond, officer commanding 2/29 Battalion. The collection consists a 1942-1945 diary kept as a prisoner of war in Chang...PR87/136
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Potter, Harold Henry John (Private, b.1905-d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Potter, Harold Henry John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX44634 Private Harold Henry John Potter, 2/29 Australian Infantry Battalion, Morotai, Netherlands East Indies, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists o...PR03641
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POW just returned from Burma
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts an emaciated man, recently returned from Burma-Thailand railway, resting in a hospital bed and showing his physical condition. This is one of a small collection of works on paper by Murray Gri...ART26524
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Price, Charles Laurie (Staff Sergeant, b.1913 - d.1957)
Private Record
Maker: Price, Charles Laurie
Collection relating to NX55503 Staff Sergeant Charles Price, 2/10 Australian General Hospital, 1942-1945. It comprises papers documenting his experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war in Changi. It in...PR03336
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Prisoner of War identity cloth : Corporal D F Graham, 8 Australian Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small piece of cloth stamped with Prisoner of War details. Two chevrons are stamped on the top left hand side in dark blue ink, denoting the rank of Corporal. The Japanese character for 'prisoner' is ...REL46206
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Private P Smith
Art
Maker: Rafty, Tony
Portrait depicting Private P Smith, 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion, survivor of Rokyu Maru, Japanese transport taking prisoners-of-war to Japan.ART25851
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Private Thomas James Guyer talks about his experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese during the Second World War, 1942-1945
Sound
Maker: Guyer, Thomas James
Address to the Masonic Lodge, Junee, NSW about his experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese in Singapore and the Burma Thailand Railway 1942-1944 and later Japan 1944-1945S04240