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Burma Railway (Our world)
Film
Maker: Australian Broadcasting Commission
"The Burma Railway" traces the events after the surrender in 1942 of the ill-fated 8th Division. It tells of their internment in Changi Prison, the construction of the Burma Railway in Thailand and th...F03402
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Burnett, Gordon Cade
Private Record
Maker: Burnett, Gordon Cade
Diary written by journalist Gordon Cade Burnett, compiled for the most part whilst a prisoner of war in Stanley Camp, Hong Kong between 1942 and 1945. These extensive records contain much personal dat...PR01892
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Burns, Jack Lusby (Lieutenant, b.1918 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX39159 Lieutenant Jack Lusby Burns, 1st Independent Company, Japan and Australia, 1943-1946. Collection consists of: Item 1: One small brown p...AWM2016.633.3
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Byrne, Leslie James Austin (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1896 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Byrne, Leslie James Austin
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX34829 Lieutenant Colonel Leslie James Austin Byrne. Collection consists of materials relating to Byrne's testimony relating to post-Second Wor...PR04581
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Cahir, Keith Joseph (Lance Corporal); Lushington, Reginald Francis Herbert (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Cahir, Keith Joseph Lushington, Reginald Francis Herbert
Collection relating to service of Lance Corporal Keith Cahir. Collection consists material relating to prisoner of war experience of Cahir, including postcard, a photograph, and paper currency. Also i...PR00185
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Campbell, Edward (Lieutenant, b.1917 - d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Campbell, Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX15145 (377317, 294862) Lieutenant Edward Campbell, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, at sea, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 –...PR03466
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Campbell, Keith William (Flying Officer, b.1923 - d.2019)
Private Record
Maker: Campbell, Keith William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 423220 Flying Officer Keith William Campbell, Royal Australian Air Force, 1944-1945, Germany. The collection consists of a small diary covering ...AWM2016.392.1
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Cane crusher, Kalunpe
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
Sketch of a crude sugar cane crusher made by the monks of a Buddist monastery a short way out of Kalunpe, Burma.ART28535.031
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Cap badge : Luftwaffe Other Ranks eagle
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe Other Ranks Cap Eagle. A flying eagle, facing right, clutching a swastika. Originally four pins at the rear but only one remaining.REL/12017.030
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Cap badge : Luftwaffe tropical forage cap roundel
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe tropical forage cap roundel. Embroidered red, white and black roundel on a white background.REL/12017.035
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Capron, Donald Ellis (Flight Lieutenant, b.1915-d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Capron, Donald Ellis
Collection relating to the Second World War Service of 402637 Flight Lieutenant Donald Ellis Capron, No. 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Burma and Australia, 1943-1945. Alongside 180 members ...PR05751
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Captain K G Mosher
Art
Maker: Britz, Jock Johnston, Don
Captain K G Mosher as 'Sgt Stout', Kutching POW Camp, Borneo.ART90587
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CAPTAIN P.J. GREVILLE, THE HIGHEST RANKING AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER TO BE TAKEN PRISONER BY THE ...
Photograph
CAPTAIN P.J. GREVILLE, THE HIGHEST RANKING AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER TO BE TAKEN PRISONER BY THE COMMUNISTS IN KOREA, AFTER HIS RELEASE IN AUGUST 1953.044765
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Captain Tukutchi
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of Captain Tukutchi, Japanese prisoner of war.ART29848
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Captured Viet Cong and weapons DPR/TV/858
Film
Maker: Crothers, Richard William
Continuation of coverage of the aftermath of the North Vietnamese attack on the Australian Fire Support Base Balmoral. See also F04204 3 RAR action in Vietnam DPR/TV/853 & 855.F04206
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Captured wounded Japanese
Art
Maker: Flett, James
Captured wounded Japanese soldier. On the jetty of the Residency , BruneiART25481
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Carrathool Pub, Riverina
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
Pencil sketch of the Carrathool Pub. It is positioned on a corner, and a truck is parked nearby on the street. On the other side of the street is a row of telegraph poles and a man is riding a horse.ART90378.003
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Carrick, Alan Rea (Captain, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Carrick, Alan Rea
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX71121 Captain Alan Rea Carrick. Collection consists of one diary, dated 1943, with diary extract insert, dated 1945, relating to Carrick's time...PR86/196
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Carroll, Gerald Thomas (Signaller, b.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Carroll, Gerald Thomas
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9880 Gerald Thomas Carroll, 2/7 Infantry Battalion, POW in Germany. Collection consists of a Wartime Log book kept while a POW at Stalag V111B...PR00400
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[cartoon drawing of Cpl. Komoto]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a cartoon drawing of of the Japanese Corporal Komoto's face, with notes about his capture in Borneo. On the verso are 3 cartoon drawings of Corporal Komoto's face. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-...ART96633
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Catalina taking officers and supplies to Kuching POW camp
Film
Maker: Rainsford, Keith Carr
On 7 September 1945, a Catalina aircraft, loaded with medical supplies and carrying three officers left Labuan Airstrip for Kuching POW Camp. The officers were VX40155 Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Walker...F07315
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Cavalcade of victory
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
For some months British Allied Forces and the Axis Army, lay locked in stalemate in the desert of Quatara and El Alamein. Rommel's thrust to conquer Egypt had failed, but he was massing for another d...F01825
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Cecil Edward Allingham (NX45859) as a Private, 2/20 Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Don Wall
Sound
Maker: Allingham, Cecil Edward Wall, Donald
Crossing of Kranji River and later operations; diary kept; stories of men in 2/20 Battalion and names of those at POW camp, letters home; censorship of letters; conditions at Changi in 1942-43; story ...S04067
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Cedrick Charles Wilson as a gunner 2/10th Australian Field Regiment and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Wilson, Cedrick Charles Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
Cedrick Charles Wilson as a gunner 2/10th Australian Field Regiment and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For further i...S03028
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Cell door : Changi Gaol
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blue painted metal reinforced timber door and frame with brass handles, locks and steel fittings. On the very top edge of the exterior side of the door is a 40 mm (height) x 60 mm (width) rectangular ...REL33237
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[Cemetery]
Art
Maker: Banks, Gillian
Koo-wee-rup; woman digging grave in makeshift cemetery while others carry coffin for burial. This work illustrates the fact that the women POWs often had to bury their own dead.ART28536.004
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Chadd, Colin (Private, b.1916 - d.c1980)
Private Record
Maker: Chadd, Colin
Seventeen letters and postcards written by Private Colin Chad to family and friends while a prisoner of war in Stalag XIIIC, Hammelburg Germany, 1941-44.PR85/034
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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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Chalk, Ernest Tasman (Lance Corporal, 15th Bn, AIF d.1964)
Private Record
Maker: Chalk, Ernest Tasman
Collection relating to Lance Corporal Ernest T Chalk, 15 Battalion. Collection consists of correspondence with his mother related to the first Anzac Day celebrations and memoirs of his POW experience...PR85/428
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Chaney, Robert Charles
Private Record
Maker: Chaney, Robert Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX30417 Signalman (Sig) Robert Charles Chaney who served with 8 Division Signals. Comprises a small notebook kept by Sig Chaney whilst a prisoner...PR05299
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Changi
Art
Maker: Greig, Allister
This drawing shows the view from the corridor looking through the doorway of cell 12 at the Changi Internment Camp, Singapore. There is a single bed and a squat latrine. Allister Greig was a South Au...ART93927
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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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Charles Bruce McKechnie as a bombardier 2/10th Australian Field Regiment and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim' McKechnie, Charles Bruce
Charles Bruce McKechnie as a bombardier 2/10th Australian Field Regiment and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For furt...S03026
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Charles 'Chilla' Goodchap discusses serving with Paul Doneley on HMAS Perth and as a Prisoner of the Japanese in Burma, in an interview with Shelley Allen (nee Doneley) and Lyndal Barker (nee Doneley)
Sound
Maker: Allen, Shelley Goodchap, Charles Arthur
Charles 'Chilla' Goodchap discusses serving with Paul Doneley on HMAS Perth and as a Prisoner of the Japanese in Burma, in an interview with Shelley Allen (nee Doneley) and Lyndal Barker (nee DoneleyS05246
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Charles Edward Almond as a gunner 2/4th Australian Anti Tank Regiment and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Hank Nelson
Sound
Maker: Almond, Charles Edward Nelson, Hank
Charles Edward Almond as a gunner 2/4th Australian Anti Tank Regiment and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Hank Nelson A transcript of this recording may be available. For furthe...S03031
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Charles, Eric (Sapper, 2/8th Fld Coy Eng, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Charles, Eric
POSTCARD AND CHRISTMAS CARD SENT BY SPR CHARLES TO HIS FAMILY FROM EBELSBACH DURING HIS POW DAYSPR84/300
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Chee Yuen Chung
Art
Maker: Rafty, Tony
A 19 year old Chinese taken by the Japanese from Rabaul, eventually, to Hansa Bay. When the 4th Australian Infantry Battalion arrived and picked up the Chinese, Chee Yuen Chung was able to give much v...ART25195
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Cheney, Lillian (Civilian)
Private Record
Maker: Dudley, John Lancelot Potter, Walter Arthur Sanderson, Norman Russell
Collection of six letters received by Miss Lillian Cheney (and her mother) from three soldiers serving in France, Belgium and England. The collection consists of two letters (and one envelope) from 53...PR82/127
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Chenhall, Drene Walton (Sapper, b.1919 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Chenhall, Drene Walton
Collection relating to VX129400 Sapper (Spr) Drene Walton Chenhall, Fortress Engineers Rabaul, Royal Australian Engineers. Comprises one original handwritten letter and accompanying envelope, written ...PR03657
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CHINA. BOXER REBELLION. EXECUTION OF PRISONERS. (DONATED BY MRS P. HANCOCK).
Photograph
CHINA. BOXER REBELLION. EXECUTION OF PRISONERS. (DONATED BY MRS P. HANCOCK).A04935
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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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CHISHOLM, Graham
Private Record
Maker: Chisholm, Graham
"As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country" - Proverbs xxv 25; a document signed by POWs Changi in recognition of Mr Chisholm's work distributing news to them; accompanied b...3DRL/2390
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Chitty, George Noel (L/Cpl, b.1908 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Lowe, Leslie Joseph
Three page handwritten letter by NX55681 Staff Sergeant Leslie Joseph Lowe, dated 26 January 1946. The letter was written after Lowe's release as a prisoner of war and return to Australia. It is add...PR05351
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Chitty, Leslie Allan (Corporal, b.1912 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Chitty, Leslie Allan Chitty, Phillip Francis Commonwealth of Australia Porter, Frederick
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX48347 Corporal Leslie Allan ‘Peter’ Chitty, 2/2 Motor Ambulance Convoy, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya and Australia, 1942-1945. Wal...PR04681
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Chomley, Mary Elizabeth (Australian Red Cross Society, b.1872 - d.1960)
Private Record
Maker: Chomley, Mary Elizabeth
Collection relating to Mary Elizabeth Chomley, Secretary of the Australian Red Cross Society Prisoner of War Department, First World War. Collection comprises of 48 wallets containing administrative ...1DRL/0615
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Chris H Neilsen as a member 8th Division Signals attached 2/10th Artillery interviewed by Margaret Evans
Sound
Maker: Neilson, Chris Evans, Margaret
Chris H Neilsen as a member 8th Division Signals attached 2/10th Artillery and a prisoner of the Japanese, [dates], interviewed by Margaret Evans A transcript of this recording may be available. For ...S02924
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Chris H Neilsen as a member 8th Division Signals attached 2/10th Artillery, interviewed by Margaret Evans
Sound
Maker: Neilson, Chris Evans, Margaret
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S02925
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Chronic tropical ulcer
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Depicts a study of a foot with a chronic tropical ulcer. Jack Chalker, serving in the Royal Artillery, was captured at the fall of Singapore. In October 1942 he was in a party sent to Thailand to co...ART90901
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Chungkai, operating theatre
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
The operating theatre at Chungkai prisoner of war camp hospital during the building of the Burma-Thailand Railway. Jack Chalker was serving in the Royal Artillery when he was captured at the fall of ...ART90842
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Chungkai, Thailand. Feb 1944. Drawings executed by prisoner of war (POW) artists to illustrate ...
Photograph
Chungkai, Thailand. Feb 1944. Drawings executed by prisoner of war (POW) artists to illustrate improvised medical instruments and aids used in the POW camps in Thailand. Illustrated is a bed pan. (Art...101053
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Civilian internees and dockyards, Singapore
Film
Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
General shots of civilian internees wandering around after release from Japanese internment camps. A few shots of released Australian POW. Allister Greig of Western Australia, artist, displays some of...F01438
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Clarence William Thornton as a sergeant 2/4th Australian Anti Tank Regiment and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson
Sound
Maker: Thornton, Clarence William Nelson, Hank
Clarence William Thornton as a sergeant 2/4th Australian Anti Tank Regiment and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson A transcript of this recording may be available. F...S02884
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Clark, David Herbert
Manuscript
Maker: Clark, David Herbert Lawton, Cherie
Manuscript titled 'Dave's way: A POW Memoir' compiled by Cherie Lawton in 2014 from taped cassettes containing the oral memoirs of the wartime experience of VX64170 Driver David Herbert Clark. Driver ...MSS2280
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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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Clarke, Hugh Vincent (Bombardier, b.1919 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Clarke, Hugh Vincent
Collection relating to Hugh Vincent Clarke, author, formerly QX17307 Bombardier, 2/10 Field Regiment, Prisoner of War, No. 4 Camp Thailand, 1941-1945. This collection contains literary manuscripts,...PR85/196
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Clarke, Jack Alfred Hopetoun (Sergeant, b.1912)
Private Record
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX43493 Sergeant Jack Alfred Hopetoun Clarke, 2/10 Australian General Hospital. Consists of a handwritten Christmas greeting card sent by women a...PR82/023
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Clarke, John 'Jock' Edward Rea (Major, b.1916 - d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Clarke, John 'Jock' Edward Rea
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX6245 Major John 'Jock' Edward Rea Clarke OBE, Australian Army Dental Corps, Libya, Egypt and Netherlands East Indies, 1940-1942. Collection co...AWM2017.301.1
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Clark, George William Edward (Gunner, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Clark, George William Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX1058 Gunner George William Edward Clark, 1 Battery, 2/1 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, 1940-1988. The collection consists of five...PR01035
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Classical concert, Changi
Art
Maker: Sprod, George Napier
Depicts a classical concert held in Changi, with a soloist violin and piano player on stage in front of an audience.ART29034
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Claxton, Theodore (Private, b.1893 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Claxton, Theodore
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1238 Private Theodore Claxton, 32nd Battalion, prisoner of war, 1917. The collection consists of a letter Claxton wrote from the Friedrichsfeld p...PR04417
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Clifford (Cliff) Kirkpatrick as soldier of WW2 and former POW [memoirs and recorded messages]
Sound
Maker: Kirkpatrick, Clifford (Cliff)
In track one, Kirkpatric (SERN (NX8856) describes his experiences enlisting, being transferred to Palestine and then his experiences as a POW in Germany. Other tracks are personal messages directed t...S04344
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Clifford Munro Moss as a gunner 2/4th Australian Anti Tank Regiment and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson
Sound
Maker: Moss, Clifford Munro Nelson, Hank
Clifford Munro Moss as a gunner 2/4th Australian Anti Tank Regiment and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson A transcript of this recording may be available. For furth...S02882
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Coconut palms
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
Coconut palms growing near a house on the outskirts of the town.ART28535.016
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Cody, Leslie (Staff Sergeant, b.1918 - d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Cody, Leslie
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Staff Sergeant Leslie Cody, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion, prisoner of war, 1940-1946. Wallet 1 of 1 - Original nominal roll of prisoners of war in ...PR91/001
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Colclough, Edward Joseph (Warrant Officer, b.1920 - d.1982)
Private Record
Maker: Colclough, Edward Joseph
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 402314 Warrant Officer Joseph Colclough, 458 Squadron (RAF), Germany, 1944. At Stalag IVB, a clay wicket was made in the transit compound upon w...PR05477
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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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Colin Fleming Brien as a private 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Brien, Colin Fleming Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
Colin Fleming Brien as a private 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For further...S02951
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Collar badge : German Panzer Troops
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German Panzer troops collar badge. Darkened alloy skull and crossed bones. Two pins at the rear for attachment to the cloth collar patch.REL/12017.037
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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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Collection of 40 images taken by a Japanese surveyor and exchanged in Thailand post war with QX15191 Arthur Francis Seary
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Japanese photographer
Kanchanaburi, Thailand. c. 1943. (Also called Kanburi by POWs). The entrance to the headquarters of the Japanese 5th railway regiment of the Southern Army Railway Corps, responsible for overseeing con...P00406.040
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Collection of photographs reacted to NX10979 Peter Sachs
Photograph
Collection of images related to NX10979 Gunner (Gnr) Peter Thomas Edgar Sachs, 2/15 Field Regiment. They cover a range of subjects including travel, camps, recreation and memorials. Some group portra...AWM2019.798.7
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Collection of photographs related to NX163744 Thomas Sachs
Photograph
Collection of images related to NX163744 Gunner (Gnr) Thomas Sachs, 2/1 Field Regiment. The images cover a range of subjects including military actions in Wewak in 1945, artillery use, group photograp...AWM2019.798.5
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Collection related to Anne Smith
Photograph
Portrait of NX3098 Pte Frank Macaulay. Images related to correspondence to and from (returned mail from temporarily missing servicemen) Anne Smith to 20 penfriends, most of them strangers (she did ul...AWM2021.142.10
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Collection related to NX30680 Alfred Lewis
Photograph
Five members of the 2/5th Australian General Hospital in camp crouching around a wooden sign reading '"Wouldn't it" haunt'. Identified, left to right: Corporal Bill Coleman; Private Bill Heslop; NX306...AWM2021.554.1
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Collection related to NX10979 Peter Sachs
Photograph
Album of 74 pages (including inside covers), compiled by NX10979 Gunner (Gnr) Peter Thomas Edgar Sachs, 2/15 Field Regiment. The album contains a mixture of photographs, sketches, newspaper and magazi...AWM2019.798.8
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Collection related to the service of Captain William Stones
Photograph
Album containing 98 images relating to the service of Captain William Stones, 13th Battalion. Many relate to his experience as a prisoner of war and is believed to have been complied after he was repa...P10160
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Collection related to the service of 415285 Peter Angus Thomson RAAF, No. 622 Squadron RAF
Photograph
Two Russians about to be shot after digging their graveAWM2021.206.3
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Collection related to the service of 415285 Peter Angus Thomson RAAF, No. 622 Squadron RAF
Photograph
U.S. CompoundAWM2021.206.2
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Collection related to the service of 415285 Peter Angus Thomson RAAF, No. 622 Squadron RAF
Photograph
Swilly fatigue and blankets being de-loused on wire.AWM2021.206.5
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Collection related to the service of 415285 Peter Angus Thomson RAAF, No. 622 Squadron RAF
Photograph
U.S tours in U.S compoundAWM2021.206.4
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Collection related to the service of 415285 Peter Angus Thomson RAAF, No. 622 Squadron RAF
Photograph
Flea pitsAWM2021.206.7
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Collection related to the service of 415285 Peter Angus Thomson RAAF, No. 622 Squadron RAF
Photograph
GIs plus blowerAWM2021.206.6
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Collection related to the service of 415285 Peter Angus Thomson RAAF, No. 622 Squadron RAF
Photograph
Russian troops plus camp follower (accordion) playerAWM2021.206.8
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Collection related to the service of 415285 Peter Angus Thomson RAAF, No. 622 Squadron RAF
Photograph
Group portrait of No. 28 Course pilots, No. 26 Operational Training Unit. Identified, left to right, back row: Berry; Hayle; Thomson; Ayers; Cutler. Second row: Burrows; Lunn; Ford; Butler; May; Clift...AWM2021.206.9
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Collection related to the service of 415285 Peter Angus Thomson RAAF, No. 622 Squadron RAF
Photograph
German prisoners in our cooler captured by Russians.AWM2021.206.1
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Collection related to William Claude Ney
Photograph
Studio portrait of NX38425 Private (Pte) William Claude Ney. Pte Ney of Gollan, NSW, enlisted on 11 July 1941. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in no...P12201.001
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Collection relating to Changi POW
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of an unknown soldier referred to as 'George'. Collection consists of one original handwritten letter written by 'George', an Australian soldier, wh...PR04122
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Collection relating to 400396 Flight Lieutenant Horace Spencer Wills Fordyce, RAAF
Photograph
Studio portrait of 400396 Flight Lieutenant Horace Spencer Wills Fordyce. A salesman and clerk from Black Rock, Victoria, Fordyce enlisted in the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Company, Royal Australi...AWM2017.130.17
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Collection relating to NX45378 Bombardier James Richard Braithwaite, 2/15 Field Regiment
Photograph
Collection of photographs relating to the service of NX45378 Bombardier James Richard Braithwaite, 2/15 Field Regiment. Bombardier Braithwaite was one of only six survivors from 1100 prisoners who wer...AWM2016.612.2
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Collection relating to NX45378 Bombardier James Richard Braithwaite, 2/15 Field Regiment
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Major H W S Jackson, right, with one of the men from Sapi village who had assisted in the rescue of Bombardier James Richard Braithwaite, who escaped during the Sandakan death march in 1945. In 1946 t...AWM2016.612.2.3
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Collection relating to NX53306 George Hill Mackisack
Photograph
Informal portrait of officers of 2/4 Anti Tank Regiment "in a Chinese temple on the edge of a graveyard". Identified from left to right: TX6001 Captain Bruce Alfred 'Shorty' Waddle; VX39037 Lieutenant...AWM2022.250.4
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Collection relating to NX53306 George Hill Mackisack
Photograph
"Malaya 1941 Me" Informal portrait of NX53306 Lieutenenant George Hill Mackisack. Mackisack enlisted on 24 June 1940 and was part of the 8th Division. He was later taken prisoner of war and survived ...AWM2022.250.3
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Collection relating to NX53306 George Hill Mackisack
Photograph
'Did someone say a little toothy?' Informal portrait of NX53306 Lieutenenant George Hill Mackisack. Mackisack enlisted on 24 June 1940 and was part of the 8th Division. He was later taken prisoner of ...AWM2022.250.2
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Collection relating to 'Peachey'
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection of 3 items relating to an unknown soldier who was born in Australia, enlisted with the British Army in 1911 as a band boy with the York and Lancaster Regimental Band, and served with the sa...PR04657
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Collins, George Spencer (Sergeant, b.1901 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Collins, George Spencer
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX10457 Sergeant George Spencer Collins, A Force, whilst a prisoner of war under the Japanese. Collection consists of an original handwritten di...PR04133
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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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Colonel Kenneth Tebbet Johnson MBE ED (Rtd) as a member of C Company 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of war, Europe 1941-1945, interviewed by Brad Manera
Sound
Maker: Johnson, Kenneth Tebbet Manera, Brad
Johnson speaks of his service background and experience in North Africa, Greece and Crete in the Second World War; his capture and treatment as a prisoner of war in Greece and in Germany; his repatria...S02646
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Colonel Wilfred Kent-Hughes
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Colonel Wilfred Selwyn Kent-Hughes (VX26600), KBE, MVO, MC, MID, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General of the AIF 8th Division. Kent-Hughes served as a member of the 7 Infantry Battalion in the...ART26205
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Colour patch : Bombadier A E Lawrence, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Australian Army
Felt colour patch for 8th Division Artillery, consisting of a horizontally aligned elongated oval divided diagonally red over blue, within a grey border.REL49867