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Aeroplane graveyard, Nadzab
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
The Nadzab area - scene of great air activity during the Ramu and Finisterres campaign, now presents a desolate sight. A large aeroplane dump stands as mute testimony to the wastage of war, while odd ...ART23725
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Air Commodore Percival (Nobby) Lings interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
Sound
Maker: Lings, Percival George Llewelyn, Kenneth
(O557) Lings, Nobby (Air Commodore)S01660
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Anderson, Frank Douglas (Lance Sergeant, b.1919 - d.1998)
Private Record
Maker: Anderson, Frank Douglas
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX151840 (V65884) Lance Sergeant Frank Douglas Anderson, 2 New Guinea Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, New Guinea...AWM2020.673.1
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Australia Service Medal : Leading Aircraftman E Lee, No. 22 Repair and Salvage Unit, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL38962.003
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Banks, William Gisbert (Leading Aircraftman, b.1912 - d.1994)
Private Record
Maker: Banks, William Gisbert Olds, Edward Arnold
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 133572 (N192226) Leading Aircraftman William Gisbert 'Bill' Banks, 4 Squadron and 104 Fighter Control Unit, Royal Australian Air Force, New Guine...PR03916
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Brigadier David Whitehead
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting NX376 Brigadier David Adie Whitehead, DSO and Bar, MC, MID, Commanding 26th Australian Brigade, 2/2 Australian Machine Gun Battalion, 2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion., Tarakan.ART27548
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Leading Aircraftman E Lee, No. 22 Repair and Salvage Unit, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL38962.002
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Burns, William L (Leading Aircraftman)
Private Record
Maker: Burns, William L
Diary describes formation of 78 Squadron, sea voyage north, establishment of camps, airstrip construction, Japanese air raids, raids on Japanese ships and bases, patrol and escort duties, moves to var...PR00023
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Colin Wellesley Lindeman, 75 Squadron RAAF, interviewed by Ed Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Lindeman, Colin Wellesley Stokes, Edward
Discussing pre-war employment; Air Force training; posting as reinforcement to 21 Squadron; Singapore; casualty rates; formation of 76 Squadron; comparison of Zeros and Kittyhawks in combat; posting t...S00548
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Coward, Ivan Fernley (Flight Lieutenant, b.1911 - d.1982)
Private Record
Maker: Coward, Ivan Fernley
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 416415 Flight Lieutenant Ivan Fernley Coward, 13 Squadron, 2 Squadron, Heavy Bomber Replacement Training Unit and 24 Squadron, Royal Australian A...PR05877
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Driver, Roy (War correspondent, b.1910 - d.1982)
Private Record
Maker: Driver, Roy
Collection relating to the Second World War experiences of Roy Driver, war correspondent, Korea, Borneo and New Guinea, 1943-1945. Collection consists of five typed documents including three accounts ...AWM2016.853.3
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Edwards, Clive Eric (Lieutenant, b.1917 - d.2005)
Private Record
Maker: Edwards, Clive Eric
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX3032 Lieutenant Clive Eric Edwards, 2/27 Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, New Guinea, and Indonesia,...PR04113
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Frank McLean MM as a corporal, 2/27 Battalion, interviewed by Rob Linn for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945
Sound
Maker: McLean, Frank Linn, Rob
Frank discusses early employment at Whyalla and for BHP; being in favour of going to war; embarkation; Syria and New Guinea; casualties; contact or lack thereof, with indigenous populations in the pla...S00905
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Gray, A.S. (Sergeant b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Gray, A S
Diary describes departure from Australia and active service in New Guinea as a wireless maintenance and salvage expert with a RAAF Army Co-Operation Squadron. Describes Japanese air raids, front line ...PR00433
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Hannah, Robert Lindsay (Flight Sergeant, b.1916 - d.2004)
Private Record
Maker: Hannah, Robert Lindsay
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 22868 Flight Sergeant Robert Lindsay Hannah, 78 Air Stores Park and 78 Wing Headquarters, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Australia, New Guine...PR03528
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Hirano, Masuto (Japanese POW)
Private Record
Maker: Hirano, Masuto
Letter of appreciation written at Nadzab after the cessation of hostilities by a Japanese POW, Masuto Hirano, who was captured on Bougainville, to Private K D Cooper, a guard on detachment from 2/22nd...PR00736
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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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Kelliher, V.C.
Art
Maker: Browning, George Julian
Depicting QX20656 Private Richard Kelliher, VC, throwing grenades in the action that gained him the Victoria Cross at Nadzab, New Guinea. A sketch for a painting drawn from an account by Captain Whita...ART25999
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Kenneth Hope Gill relates his experiences as an air liaision officer during the Second World War
Sound
Maker: Gill, Kenneth Hope Gill, Kenneth Hope
Kenneth Hope Gill relates his experiences as an air liaision officer during the Second World War, including : early life; joining 37 (militia) Battalion as a private, training, promoted to Lance Serg...S02095
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Lightnings on Nadzab Airstrip
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
A Lockheed P-38 Lightning, a United States aircraft, on the Nadzap Airstrip in New Guinea.ART25734
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Nadzab aerodrome; verso [Landscape]
Art
Maker: Marwood, Gordon
The aerodrome at Nazdab, New Guinea. The work depicts a Liberator bomber and various hangars and buildings, a mountain range is visible in the background. Verso: a pencil and watercolour drawing of a...ART92420
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Nixon, Robert Peter Fletcher (Private, b.1923 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Nixon, Robert Peter Fletcher
Memoir written by NX91319 Private Nixon about his service with 2/25 Battalion during the Second World War. Nixon writes about his enlistment in Sydney in 1942 and his training in Dubbo, New South Wale...PR01763
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Pacific Star : Leading Aircraftman E Lee, No. 22 Repair and Salvage Unit, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Unnamed as issued.REL38962.001
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Paratroops land in New Guinea
Film
American paratroops of the 503rd Parachute Regiment and Australian artillery and men of the 2/4 Field Regiment land on Nadzab airstrip. For some of the Australians it was their first jump by parachute...F01613
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Pearce (Captain, AAMC)
Private Record
DRAWINGS OF SOLDIERS AT WORK. LETTERS FROM JAPANESE SOLDIERS TO CAPT PEARCE, THANKING HIM FOR HIS KINDNESS (1946)3DRL/6399
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Robinson, John Victor James (Major, b.1910 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Robinson, John Victor James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX70985 Archdeacon Major John Victor James Robinson, 4th Australian Division (HQ), Australia, Syria, Egypt, New Guinea, 1927-1946. Volume one (w...PR84/216
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Slouch hat, Damien Parer: Major Theodore P. Wagner, Fifth Air Force, USAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Army khaki fur felt slouch hat, crushed and mishapen, but relatively intact. The felt is in good condition. It is missing the pugaree.REL/18202
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Smyth, E [Lieutenant, Far Eastern Liaison Organisation (Felo), RANVR]
Private Record
Maker: Smyth, E
LOGBOOK CONTAINING COPIES OF REPORTS FORWARDED TO PORT MORESBY FROM FELO PATROLS CARRIED OUT IN THE RAMU DISTRICT, NADZAB, BENA BENA AND JOSEPHSTAAL AREAPR82/077
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Sparrow, Allan Francis (NX44575, Private, 2/33rd Battalion)
Manuscript
Maker: Sparrow, Allan Francis Various
Manuscript entitled "Allan Francis Sparrow: A Memoire". Semi-biographical work on the authors life. Recounts experiences of the author's service during the Second World War in New Guinea along the Kok...MSS1919
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"24th Battalion (AIF), souvenir record".
Sound
Maker: 24th Battalion Band Crest Record Company
Side 1: 1. "Moray Firth" (march); 2. "Regimental March History" (narration); 3. "Wild Colonial Boy" (march). Side 2: 1. "Eulogy" (narration); 2. "Moray Firth" (march-repeat) 3. Epilogue (narration).S00107
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The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (440787) Flight Sergeant Brendan Michael Heslin, No. 21 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Second World War.
Film
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...AWM2021.1.1.355
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The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (122680) Leading Aircraftman Colin Shortland Molony, 15 Wireless Telegraphy Station Nadzab, RAAF, Second World War.
Film
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...AWM2020.1.1.331
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The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (QX1585) Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Jack Richard Reinke, 2/23rd Battalion, AIF, Second World War.
Film
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...AWM2018.1.1.250
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The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (QX33344) Private Lawrence Valentine Nelson Symons, 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion, Second World War.
Film
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...AWM2021.1.1.211
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View from Nadzab
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Landscape at Nadzab, New Guinea, with mountain and clouds in background.ART25760