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Waltzing Matilda
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Italian ambulance captured near Tobruk in the first Libyan campaign and now used by No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. During the withdrawal it was driven by an Italian Prisoner-of-war who was...ART23529
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WA. Paybook photograph of WX2463 Private Mervyn Daniel Thomas, 2/11th Battalion, Australian ...
Photograph
WA. Paybook photograph of WX2463 Private Mervyn Daniel Thomas, 2/11th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Thomas, aged 25, died on 3 September 1943, as a Prisoner of War (POW), after being capture...P02466.288
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Warburg
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts the interior of a room at the POW camp at Warburg in Germany. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In late 1936 he joined the RAAF and was seconded to the RAF f...ART96079
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Warburg VIB
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a ploughed field and a number of farm buildings. A man in the lower right corner walks across the field with a dog. Oflag VIB was a POW camp in Dossel (part of Warburg), Germany, in use from 1...ART96093
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War criminal boob, Emery Point
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
A picture of the barb-wired compound in which Japanese war criminals awaiting trial for atrocities to Australian prisoners are housed. They were to be tried for war crimes committed on Timor.ART26356
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War Diary of Jarvis, Norman Eldridge and others of 61 (Lancaster) Squadron, RAF
Manuscript
Maker: Affleck, James
Manuscript relating to Second World War operations of 61 (Lancaster) Squadron, Royal Air Force, compiled by James Affleck. Wallet 1 of 1 - Manuscript entitled 'War diary: 410413 Warrant Officer Norm...MSS1981
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War graves party leaves Bangkok for Burma Thailand Railway
Film
Maker: McKechnie, Frank Nicholson, George Harvey
On 22 September 1945, a party of sixteen, thirteen of whom had been POWs of the Japanese, left Bangkok by Japanese truck for Nakom Paton where they transferred to two trains and set out for the start ...F07346
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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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War in South West Pacific 1. Uncle Sam strikes from Guadalcanal 2. Buna mission captured
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (2 min 30 sec) Solomon Islands, American strikes from Guadalcanal. Activity at Henderson Airfield. Phot. US Signal Corps, arranged by Frank Coffey, commentary by Jack Davey, Movietone News 2. (2 mi...F00826
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War in the Pacific
Film
Maker: SFU SFU
A SFU production made for the British Ministry of Information. A survey of the war in the Pacific from Pearl Harbour to the defeat of the Japanese in New Guinea by the Australians at Milne Bay and Bun...F01638
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Warland-Browne, James Bevan (Sergeant, b.1915 - d. 2011)
Private Record
Maker: Warland-Browne, James Bevan
Collection relating to the Second World War service of TX5126 Sergeant James Bevan Warland-Browne, 2/4 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Burma and Thailand, 1944-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection ...PR03221
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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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Warrell, Hamilton (Private, b.1892 - d.1959)
Private Record
Maker: Warrell, Hamilton
Retrospective account of war experiences written in 1923 and revised in 1940. Describes active service in France, particularly life in trenches, until wounded and taken prisoner at Mouquet Farm. Narra...PR00416
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Warren, Roy Henry Joseph (Private, b.1921 - d.1997) Warren
Private Record
Maker: Warren, Roy Henry Joseph
Collection of original and copied items of NX58640 Private Roy Henry Joseph Warren, of 2/18 Battalion, relating to his military service, medical history, captivity as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese...PR00832
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Warry, Richard Roy (Private, b.1913 - d.1997)
Private Record
Maker: Warry, Richard Roy
Improvised notebook (and typed transcript) kept by Richard Roy Warry while a Japanese prisoner of war. Collection items include a transcript of a report prepared at the request of the Imperial Japane...PR01012
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Warwick, William Charles (Corporal, b.1917 - d.2007)
Private Record
Maker: Controller of Posts, Singapore, Straits Settlements Warwick, William Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX25895 Corporal William Charles Warwick, 8 Divison Signals, Singapore, 29 August - c. 5 September 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection consists of ...PR04515
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Watching the boxing contest
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
A scene on board SS Duntroon during the voyage to Singapore taking 2 Australian Prisoner-of-War Reception Group to repatraite liberated Australian prisoners-of-war. The liberated prisoners are seen at...ART24402
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Watch yere backs!!
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
A man's quiet reading time has been interrupted by a mate speeding along with a truck laden with sacks.ART90378.010
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Water carrier, Palembang
Art
Maker: Gunther, Pat
Depicts a women carrying a water bucket and a bunch of flowers, wearing shorts, shirt and a hat. These drawings were done while POW. The artist would sell her drawings in order to get money to buy foo...ART29428
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Water cart, Changi, May 1942
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
One of the water carts (a converted motor vehicle) used in Changi Prisoner of War Camp. They were filled with chlorinated water and had to be manhandled by the prisoners themselves. This was one of th...ART28535.003
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Waters, Douglas Haig
Private Record
Maker: Waters, Douglas Haig
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX8845 Private (Pte) Douglas Haig Waters, 2/6 Field Park Coy, who was prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese from 1942 until 1945. Comprises six o...PR06121
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Watson, Charles Matthew Tennent
Private Record
Maker: Watson, Charles Matthew Tennent
Papers of VX50109 Lance Corporal Charles Matthew Tennent (Chas) Watson (4th Australian Reserve Motor Transport Company), documenting mainly his service in Malaya before the fall of Singapore (1941-42)...PR00837
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Watson, Donald Linthorne (Flight Lieutenant, b.1922)
Private Record
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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Watson, William (Sergeant; b.1915 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Watson, William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of S/101508 Sergeant William Watson, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC), British Army, prisoner of war, Singapore, Changi, Thailand, 1942-1944. Wallet...PR05269
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Wavell, Sir Archibald (General, Commander in Chief, Middle East, b.1883 - d.1950)
Private Record
Maker: Wavell, Archibald
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Field Marshal Archibald Wavell, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, KStJ, PC, Middle East Command, 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 - Wallet consists of a note dated 5...EXDOC063
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Webb, Stuart Alan
Private Record
Maker: Webb, Stuart Alan
Collection relating to 2247 Sergeant (Sgt) Stuart Alan Webb, who served with 28 Battalion AIF and was a prisoner of war (POW) of the Germans in Friedrichsfeld POW camp. Comprises one letter written by...PR86/249
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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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Webster, Alexander John (Sapper, b. 1905 – d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Various Webster, Alexander John Webster, Peter
Collection relating to the Second World War service and prisoner of war experience of NX24108 Sapper Alexander John Webster, 2/6 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, Second Australian Infantry B...PR05884
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Welch, Alan Robert (Corporal, b.1910 - d.1980)
Private Record
Maker: Welch, Alan Robert
Papers relating to VX105265 Corporal Alan Robert Welch (2/2nd Australian Infantry Troops Workshops, and 1st Australian Recruit Training Battalion (Jungle Warfare) at Canungra, Queensland), comprising:...PR00728
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'Welcome Black Jack and the Greyhounds' banner: Mr Roy Chipps
Heraldry
Maker: Chipps, Roy
Linen-backed paper banner reading 'WELCOME BLACK JACK and THE GREYHOUNDS' and featuring coloured pencil drawings of a red ensign and the 2/30th Battalion colour patch. The 2/30th Battalion was command...AWM2019.132.1
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WESSEL, GERMANY, 1945-05. GERMAN POW CAMP ON WESSEL-VENLO ROAD (127.5). (PHOTOGRAPHER: C. ISAAC; ...
Photograph
Maker: Isaac, Cyril Hampden
WESSEL, GERMANY, 1945-05. GERMAN POW CAMP ON WESSEL-VENLO ROAD (127.5). (PHOTOGRAPHER: C. ISAAC; DONOR: C. KROYER)P00687.425
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WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1941-04-17. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS, GUARDING GERMAN PRISONERS, EXAMINED THE ...
Photograph
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1941-04-17. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS, GUARDING GERMAN PRISONERS, EXAMINED THE STEEL HELMET OF ONE OF HIS PRISONERS.041700
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WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1941-04-17. STUDY OF SOME OF THE GERMAN PRISONERS CAPTURED IN THE DESERT ...
Photograph
WESTERN DESERT, LIBYA. 1941-04-17. STUDY OF SOME OF THE GERMAN PRISONERS CAPTURED IN THE DESERT AWAITING TRANSPORT TO TAKE THEM TO A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP.041702
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West, Hugh MM (Private, b.1891)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Red Cross Society Victoria League
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2464 Private Hugh West MM, 51 Battalion. Collection consists of three letters of congratulations from the Australian Red Cross Society and the Vi...PR03237
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Weston, Alan Wentworth (Sergeant, b.1904 - d.1987)
Private Record
Maker: Weston, Alan Wentworth
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX57941 Sergeant Alan Wentworth Weston, 8th Division Signals, Borneo and Singapore, 1945. Collection consists of: 1 x series of hand-written n...PR01541
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West, Victor George Henry (Lance Corporal)
Manuscript
Maker: West, Victor George Henry
Manuscript written by Lance Corporal Victor George Henry West, including poetry and diary entries, as a prisoner of war at Stalag 383 Hohenfels, Bavaria and later in Crete and Germany.MSS0676
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We were ANZACs
Film
Maker: Porter, Brett Legg, Frank Hooper ATN Channel 7 The Shell Company Legg, Frank Hooper
Opens with the title "The Shell Company is proud to present this film record of a national TV Programme produced at the studios of ATN Channel 7 Sydney. Produced by Brett Porter. Written and presented...F10032
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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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Wheat district
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
Pencil sketch of an Australian homestead. A stockman leans on a verandah post, a dog sitting at his heels. Meanwhile a horse is tethered to a nearby fence. In the background are gumtrees, hills and...ART90378.002
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Wheat, John Harrison (Able Seaman, HMAS AE2, RAN d.1953)
Private Record
Maker: Wheat, John Harrison
A carbon copy typescript of diary kept by Able Seaman John Harrison Wheat while Prisoner of War (POW) in a Turkish POW camp. Describes construction of submarine AE2, vessel's subsequent history, voyag...3DRL/2965
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Wheatley, Basil Freeth (Warrant Officer, b.1911 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Wheatley, Basil Freeth
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 400851 Warrant Officer Basil Freeth Wheatley, No. 458 Squadron RAF, Germany, Australia, and Singapore, 1944 and 1967. Collection consists of a ...PR05478
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White, George Harold (Corporal, b.1914 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Various White, George Harold
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX27159 Corporal George H White, 2/30th Battalion. The collection comprises letters, telegrams and postcards exchanged between White and family...PR04003
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White, Sir Thomas Walter (Group Captain, b.1888 - d.1957)
Private Record
Maker: White, Thomas Walter
Collection relating to the First World War service of 250875 Captain (later Group Captain Sir) Thomas Walter White, DFC, Australian Flying Corps, prisoner of war, Greece, France, 1916-1918. Wallet 1 ...AWM2019.1279.1
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White, Thomas Walter (Captain, b.1888 - d.1957)
Private Record
Maker: White, Thomas Walter
Collection relating to the First World War service of Captain Thomas Walter White DFC, Mesopotamian Half Flight, Australian Flying Corps [AFC]. Collection consists of an original diary (in several par...2DRL/0766
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White, Thomas Walter (Captain, b.1888 - d.1957)
Private Record
Maker: White, Thomas Walter
Collection relating to the First World War service of Captain Thomas Walter White DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross), Mesopotamian Half Flight, Australian Flying Corps [AFC]. Collection consists of an a...PR84/149
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Whittle, Jack Sidney, MBE ED (Colonel, b.1918 - d.2001)
Private Record
Maker: Whittle, Jack Sidney
Collection relating to the Second World War of NX8691 Lieutenant Jack Sidney Whittle, 2/1st Infantry Battalion, prisoner of war in Germany. Collection consists of two notebooks containing handwritten...PR01868
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Wilkinson, Dudley Norman (Private, b.1910 - d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Wilkinson, Dudley Norman
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Private NX66840 Dudley Norman Wilkinson, band member with 2/30 Battalion. Collection consists of one small original handwritten diary kept by Wil...PR06197
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William 'Bill' Thomas Jinkins as a major 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1947, interviewed by Tim Bowden.
Sound
Maker: Jinkins, William Thomas Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
William Thomas Jinkins as a major 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1947, interviewed by Tim Bowden. A transcript of this recording may be available. For furth...S02899
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William Hurtle (Bill) Schmitt, 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion and Changi Prison, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
Sound
Maker: Schmitt, William Hurtle (Bill) Houghton, Alison Viney
SX9929 William (Bill) Hurtle Schmitt, 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion and Changi Prison, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937-1947" oral history project. The interview c...AWM2018.572.52
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William Reginald Buchanan (NX45079) as a Corporal, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Frank Hole.
Sound
Maker: Buchanan, William Reginald
Talks of of Fukuika (Number 2B) POW camp known as "Nagasaki"; locals hiding arms in coffins, eating food left on graves, Captain 'Yate's dates', travel from Kobi to Fukuoka coal mines 11 May, sound an...S04068
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Williams, Albert `Bill' (Sergeant)
Manuscript
Maker: Williams, Albert `Bill'
Manuscript written by Sergeant Albert Williams, "What was it like to be a POW dad?", describing his Second World War service in the Middle East and capture by the Germans in Tobruk. Williams was held...MSS1594
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Williams, Alfred Richard (Sergeant, b.1921 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Williams, Alfred Richard
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX25475 Sergeant Alfred Richard Williams, 2/4 Australian Field Regiment, Indonesia, 1946. Collection consists of one letter dated 1 February 19...AWM2016.794.3
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Williams, Ronald George (Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.1977)
Private Record
Maker: Hay, Emma Williams, Ronald George
Copy of a story written by Lieutenant Williams' granddaughter, Emma Hay, relating his experiences of service in the Second World War. Williams served with 2/40 Battalion and became a POW of the Japan...PR01764
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Williams, Ronald George (Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.1977)
Private Record
Maker: Williams, Ronald George
Collection relating to the Second World War service of TX2146 Lieutenant Ronald George Williams, 2/40 Battalion. Collection consists of a small black diary containing mainly names and addresses and s...PR05561
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Williams, Thomas James (Corporal, b.1906 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Red Cross Society Williams, Thomas James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX42674 Corporal Thomas James Williams, 2/29 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya and Australia, 1941-1945. W...PR05057
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Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (Oram) as a nursing sister 2/13th Australian General Hospital and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans
Sound
Maker: Young, Wilma Elizabeth Forster Evans, Margaret Young, Wilma Elizabeth Forster
Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (Oram) as a nursing sister 2/13th Australian General Hospital and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans A transcript of this recording may...S02947
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Wilson, Arthur William (Private); Wilson, Cornelius W; Rathie, Archibald A (Lance Corporal); Rathie, James (Private); Robertson, Alick (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Rathie, Archibald Anderson Rathie, James Robertson, Alick Wilson, Arthur William
Collection compiled by farmer Cornelius Wilson during the First World War. It comprises correspondence written to him by family friends and farm workers on the Wilson's property. Correspondents includ...PR03321
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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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Wilson, Walter (Private, b.1883 - d.1953)
Private Record
Maker: Wilson, Walter
Collection relating to the First World War service of 6356 Private Walter Wilson, 15 Battalion, AIF, Germany, 1917. Collection consists of one letter (with envelope), written by Private Wilson from a...1DRL/0605
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"Wine canteen Friedrichsfeld". Allied prisoners sit at tables and one at the service window with ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
"Wine canteen Friedrichsfeld". Allied prisoners sit at tables and one at the service window with bottles [of wine]. From the collection of 2247 Sergeant (Sgt) Stuart Alan Webb, 28th Battalion. Sgt Web...P11941.010
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With the Australian forces in Palestine
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Opens with title 'with the Australian Forces in Palestine'. The advance on Magdhaba, December 1916, and the return with Turkish prisoners, the capture of Beersheba and the entry of the Camel Corps. T...F00042
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With the Australians in France [Australian forces in France 1916]
Film
Maker: Malins, Geoffrey McDowell, John Benjamin Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
Shows scenes of many branches of the Australian Army in France including artillery action (12 inch howitzers and 18 pounders) and men working, training and relaxing behind the lines. General Birdwood...F00050
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With the Western Forces in Markham Valley
Film
Maker: Driver, Roy
Troops push onto Lae; general scenes of Lae. Airstrip and wreckage, in the township. Identified personnel; Private William of Bathurst, Brother Hall Red Shield officer.F01860
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[Women's camp at Loeboek, Linggau]
Art
Maker: Paula, Sister
This work was formerly titled [Hospital, women's camp]. It is a prisoner of war drawing by a captured Australian Nurse during WWII, who was kept at a Camp in Loeboek Linggau, Sumatra in Indonesia.ART28536.001
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Wooden house cigarette dispenser and ashtray on base : Staff Sergeant A Bolton, 18 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Imperial Japanese Army soldier
Handmade varnished desktop cigarette dispenser consisting of a rectangular wooden base mounted on four short feet. The base is inlaid with geometric patterns in contrasting wood. Mounted at one end of...REL43155
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Woodgate, W H L (Signalman)
Private Record
Maker: Woodgate, Henry Wilfred Leo
Diaries of Signalman W H L Woodgate spanning November 1941 to October 1945. Entries describe the boat trip to Singapore (with extended stopover in Darwin), shelling by the Japanese and experiences a...PR00606
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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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Wood, William John (Captain, b.1905 - d.?)
Private Record
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Captain William J Wood, RASC, British Army. Collection consists of "A wartime log" kept by Captain Wood, whilst a prisoner of war in Oflaf IX A/...PR05137
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Woolmer, Eric (Warrant Officer)
Private Record
Maker: Woolmer, Eric
Typescript memoirs (39 pages) of Warrant Officer Eric Woolmer, No. 463 Squadron RAAF. They relate to his service as a wireless operator with the squadron, flying Avro Lancaster aircraft, and then as a...PR00918
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Working men, Konyu River Camp
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Prisoners of war at Konyu River Camp, Burma-Thailand Railway. This sketch is one of several known reproductions. The original, which is much smaller, is in the possession of the artist and was publis...ART90853
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Working party returns to compound; [Isolation]
Art
Maker: Brack, John
Two sketches, the first a group of men walking along the road toward the camp with farm houses in the distance. The second sketch depicts a man seated in a dark cell with open walls with a guard stand...ART96399
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Worsfold, Donald Frank (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the service of NX4218 Private Donald Frank Worsfold, 2/3 Battalion, Second World War. Collection comprises service documents, postcards, a photo album, with headings, captions,...PR03453
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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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Wright, James Harold 'Lefty' (Private, b.1916 - d.2002)
Manuscript
Maker: Thow, Max Wright, James Harold 'Lefty'
Collection consists of two typewritten manuscripts: 'A Four Year Hiccup' by Max Thow combined with 'The Lantern of Hope' by Jim Wright; and 'The Lantern of Hope' [Book One] by James Wright. The firs...MSS1586
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WX11105 Ada Corbitt 'Mickey' Syer as a Captain, Australian Army Nursing Service and NX59288 Leslie William Joseph Bond as a Private, all 2/20 Battalion, both prisoners of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
Sound
Maker: Bond, Leslie William Joseph Syer, Ada Corbitt Wall, Donald
[interview possibly continues from S04057] Syer talks about Vivian Bullwinkel hiding from the Japanese and finding wounded Englishman, Kingsley from ship HMS Prince of Wales; wound septic and soldier ...S04098
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(WX862) Alfred James Passfield, as a Private 2/11th Battalion and prisoner of war (POW) Germany, interviewed by Brian Wall for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Passfield, Alfred James Wall, Brian
Discusses enlistment; 2/11 Battalion; Libyan campaign; action on Crete; capture by Germans on Crete; German and allied doctors working together; food and conditions on Salonica, including fighting ove...S00528
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WX11105 / W102 Ada Corbitt (Mickey) Syer, as a Captain, Australian Army Nursing Service and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
Sound
Maker: Syer, Ada Corbitt Wall, Donald
Talks of escape from Singapore and bombing of ship Vyner Brooke, surviving in ocean and landing on beach at Banka Island, POW of Japanese; hears about the Bullwinkel party from British burial detail....S04057
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Wyett, John William Cardwell (Major, b.1908 - d.2004)
Private Record
Maker: Wyett, John William Cardwell
Collection relating to the Second World War service of TX2155 Major John William Cardwell Wyett, Headquarters Malaya, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya, 1942. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one d...PR03652
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XVIB Looking South
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts an agricultural landscape with trees without leaves, possibly as seen from Oflag XVIB, the POW camp at Dossel in Germany. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. I...ART96066
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Yanco, NSW. 1944-01-31. Italian prisoners of war (POWs) overhauling a Massey Harris "Sunshine" ...
Photograph
Maker: McInnes, Geoffrey
Yanco, NSW. 1944-01-31. Italian prisoners of war (POWs) overhauling a Massey Harris "Sunshine" header in preparation for harvesting a crop of wheat on the farm at No. 15 POW Camp.063886
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Ye Burma
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
One of the dirty dilapidated huts as temporary accommodation for Australian and Allied prisoners of war, captured at Singapore, during their move from Tavoy to work in the Japanese railway project. Ap...ART28535.028
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Ye're see Les, its this way - I told my girl I'd be home even if I had to walk
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
One Australian soldier is pushing a wheel barrow, while the other sits in it, holding a suitcase and swag.ART90390
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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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You need to be tough in Changi
Art
Maker: Thompson, Bert
"Caricature of one of our surgeon[sic]. The patient has neuritic beri-beri and thus has no feeling of pain. The orderley[sic] has paralysis of the eyes due to diphtheria; he cannot open and cannot clo...ART32369
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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
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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
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Young, Keith Douglas (Major, b.1916 – d.1997)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Ferris, John H Young, Keith Douglas
Collection relating to the Second World War, Korean War and Vietnam War service of Major Keith Douglas Young, United States Air Force, United States of America, 1970-1997. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists o...AWM2021.36.4
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Young, Robert (Gunner, b.1905 - d.1969)
Private Record
Maker: Young, Robert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX15102 Gunner Robert Young, 2/1 Anti-Tank Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Egypt and Germany, 1941-1943. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of...PR05070
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You P.O.W's are lucky blighters going home
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
A former prisoner of war is at the docks heading towards a transport vessel, when he passes a recently arrived Australian soldier, who says to him "you POWS are lucky blighters going home". The forme...ART90389