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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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Dr Richard Lloyd Cahill as a captain 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Cahill, Richard Lloyd Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
Dr Richard Lloyd Cahill as a captain 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For fur...S02900
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Dr Roy Mills as a Captain, 2/10th Field Ambulance, Second World War, interviewed by Dr John Mitchell
Sound
Maker: Mills, Roy Mitchell, John
NX35139 Captain Roy Markham Mills, 2/10th Field Ambulance, relates his experiences as a medical officer (MO) and prisoner of war (POW) in F Force. This is one of 21 interviews conducted by Dr John Mit...S01526
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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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Dumping of Japanese ammunition in Blanche Bay, Rabaul
Film
Maker: Thain, Ernest Robertson
Japanese troops, under the direction of Australian forces, dump ammunition into Blanche Bay in accordance with the surrender terms. Film shows hand grenades, 4.5 shells, one hundred pound bombs and ....F07357
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Dun, Burnham Walker (Chief Officer, b.1905 - d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Dun, Burnham Walker
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Chief Officer Burnham Walker Dun, SS Nankin, Merchant Navy, Japan and Australia, 1943 -1947. Custom Box 1 of 1 – Consists of one Bible of Chief ...PR03829
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Duncan, James Maxwell (Corporal, b.1911-d.1941)
Private Record
Maker: Duncan, James Maxwell
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX47522 Corporal James Maxwell 'Max' Duncan, 2/23 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Libya, 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 – ...PR05433
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Durand, Arthur Acquinas
Manuscript
Maker: Durand, Arthur Acquinas
Thesis written by Arthur Durand, "Stalag lll an American Experience in a World War Two German prisoner of war camp". Durand compares the treatment by the Germans to prisoners of war of different natio...MSS0900
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Durian tree, Changi camp
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
This painting depicts an old tree near the Changi camp gardens under which many of the prisoner-gardeners ate their midday rice. The lush tropical forest of the Malay Peninsula fascinated Griffin. As...ART24468
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DURING A CEREMONIAL PARADE HELD ON SELARANG BARRACK SQUARE, CHANGI, TO CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA DAY, ...
Photograph
DURING A CEREMONIAL PARADE HELD ON SELARANG BARRACK SQUARE, CHANGI, TO CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA DAY, 1943. MEMBERS OF 27 INFANTRY BRIGADE PARADED UNDER THE COMMAND OF LT-COL C.H. KAPPE. THE SALUTE WAS TAKE...043914
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Dutch prisoner of war
Art
Maker: Unknown
Depicts a Dutch prisoner of war dressed in a Russian fur cap, long coat, pantaloons and clogs. The painting was originally donated to the War Memorial in December 1947 by Mr. Robert Emil Luks. R.E.Luk...ART92187
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Dyer, Wally (Private, b.? - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Dyer, Wally
Letter to parents mentioning impending action against the Japanese in Malaya, home news, and the sinking of the HMAS Sydney. Private Dyer was later taken POW and died at Sandakan in 1945.PR00711
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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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Dysentery
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Depicts four desperately emaciated servicemen; their protruding ribs and stick thin limbs are mirrored in the bamboo of the hut they rest in. The figure in the foreground has dark circles around his e...ART90849
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Eady, Wilton McPherson ED (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Eady, Wilton McPherson
Collection of papers relating to Lieutenant Colonel Wilton M Eady of 2/8 Field Company. Eady was captured in Crete in May 1941 and imprisoned in Oflag VII B in Germany. Includes notes on POW rations...PR01821
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Eady, Wilton McPherson ED (Lieutenant Colonel b:1916)
Manuscript
Maker: Eady, Wilton McPherson
Typescript memoir entitled "From soldier to kriegie: the war experiences of Wilton Eady" based on an interview by Betty Ellis, 1996. The memoir gives an account of Lieutenant Colonel Wilton Eady's Wor...MSS1655
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Eager, L F (Private, 3rd Laa Regt AIF, POW, Germany)
Private Record
Maker: Eager, L F
Memoir written by Private L F Eager who served with the 2/3 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment before his capture at Crete. Eager documents his internment as a prisoner of war at Stalag VIIA, Mossburg Bavar...PR84/106
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[Eastern Front, Monte Cassino and Luftwaffe night raids on London, 1944] (Die Deutsche Wochenshau) = (The German newsreel)
Film
Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
German newsreel circa early 1944. Items covered: 1. Winter on the Eastern front, Stug III Assault gun, Panzer Grenadiers, PzKpfW VI Tiger tanks, Soviet POWs, land mine clearance, knocked out Soviet T-...F01995
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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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Edward John Date as a lance corporal Australian Army Service Corps 8th Australian Division and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Jane Fleming
Sound
Maker: Date, Edward John Fleming, Jane
Edward John Date as a lance corporal Australian Army Service Corps 8th Australian Division and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Jane Fleming A transcript of this recording may be...S02903
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Edwards, Marcus Bruce (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Edwards, Marcus Bruce
Papers of Lieutenant Marcus Bruce Edwards of 2/2 Field Regiment, documenting his capture at Crete in 1941 during the Second World War. Edwards kept diaries describing his transportation to Salonica ...PR88/066
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Edwin Harry Medlin, as a lieutenant with the 2/1st Fortress Company, Royal Australian Engineers, and a prisoner of war of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Medlin, Edwin Harry Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
Edwin Harry Medlin, as a lieutenant with the 2/1st Fortress Company, Royal Australian Engineers, and a prisoner of war of the Japanese, 1941-1945. Interviewed by Tim Bowden for the ABC radio program P...S02918
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Eichelberger presents money belt to natives
Film
Maker: Driver, Roy
Studies of Japanese Prisoners of War (POWs), a group of Eurasian women and children in European clothes. Lieutenant-General Eichelberger presents money belt to Saluver Librak.F01870
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Eileen Prothero widow of NX51485 Wallace Herbert Prothero, Private, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion and prisoner of the Japanese at Changi, 1941-1945, interviewed by Frank Hole.
Sound
Maker: Prothero, Eileen
Talks of survival with the help of Chinese family of Soh Kim Lee; POW of Japanese at Changi (low level background noise) A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information pleas...S04054
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El Alamein area, Mr Casey's visit to El Alamein, El Alamein Railway Station, 450 Squadron in the Western Desert
Film
Maker: Military History Section
Various scenes of battlefield with wrecked tanks and vehicles in desert country near the Hills of Jesus. Three soldiers examine captured Italian 20mm Breda gun. Valentine tank at Tank HQ. Men of the 2...F07016
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El Alamein, armoured cars, anti aircraft gunners, prisoners, hospital train
Film
Maker: Military History Section
El Alamein area, 1942. Armoured cars in desert country. Anti aircraft gun and crew. Men cooking meal over a petrol stove. Signals unit laying out telephone cable from utility. Group of soldiers run to...F07021
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El Alamein, captured enemy equipment
Film
Maker: Military History Section
El Alamein area, 1942. Captured enemy equipment. Enemy planes overhead. Wounded in ambulances. Burial service. Italian POWs. Italian war graves. Tanks moving up. Work carried out on Bren Carriers at a...F07018
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El Alamein, Dabaa wounded & field hospital
Film
Maker: Military History Section
Australian Army Band playing outdoors. Stretcher bearers and truck outside of Field Hospital tents. Tower, store sheds, platform and railway lines at Dabaa Station with four-wheel railway truck, railw...F07017
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Electrotherapy department
Art
Maker: Thompson, Bert
Depicts a caricature study of two Changi POWs undergoing rehabilitation therapy in the Electro Therapy department. One sits with his legs resting on a crate of tea, his arms outstretched in front of a...ART32377
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Elephant tusk wounds
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
A study of the rectal region with a large elephant tusk wound. Other wounds down the back of the left thigh are also pictured. Jack Chalker, serving in the Royal Artillery, was captured at the fall...ART90925
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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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Elliott, Jack William Weir (Captain, b.1907 - d.1999)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Elliott, Jack William Weir Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX4506 Captain Jack William Weir Elliott, Australian Army Postal Corps, Singapore and Australia, 1940-1950. Captain Elliott was in charge of esta...AWM2017.128.2
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Ellis, James Bedford (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Ellis, James Bedford
POW letter cards to his family, briefly commenting on his health, lack of mail, arrangements for money to be sent to him, Red Cross food parcels, work in a coalmine. One letter has been censored by th...PR00448
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Ellison, Beaumont O (Captain, AASC and POW, Cycle Camp, Batavia)
Private Record
Maker: Ellison, Beaumont O
POW POSTCARD FROM ELLISON TO HIS AUNT. FROM POW CAMP, BATAVIA3DRL/6904
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Ellsworth, Norman Griffiths (Battery Sergeant Major, d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Ellsworth, Norman Griffiths
Collection relating to the First World War service of 843 Battery Sergeant Major Norman Griffiths Ellsworth, 102 Howitzer Battery (2 Field Artillery Brigade), Egypt, Gallipoli, France and Belgium, 191...1DRL/0266
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Elsum, Percy Henry Frederick (Sergeant, b.1902 - d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Elsum, Percy Henry Frederick Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX20324 Sergeant Percy Henry Frederick Elsum, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1962. Wallet 1 of 1 ...PR04002
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Elva Lawrence (nee Maguire) interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton about her experiences as a young person during the Second World War
Sound
Maker: Lawrence, Elva
Elva Lawrence (nee Maguire) interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937-1947" oral history project. The interview covers topics related to her experiences as a young person...AWM2018.572.41
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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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Epitomization of SNAFU, Otaki
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Wrecked oil refinery. Otaki is a repatriation area for returning Japanese POW. 2 New Zealand Expeditionary Force Cavalry Division are in control of the centre.ART26385
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Eric Albert Bailey as a warrant officer class 1, 22nd Australian Infantry Brigade Headquarters and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans
Sound
Maker: Bailey, Eric Albert Evans, Margaret
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03000
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Eric Donnelly as a member of 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Ros Bowden
Sound
Maker: Donnelly, Eric Bowden, Ros
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S01525
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21449 Eric Francis Davis as a Private, 2/15 Field Regiment and prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-45, interviewed by Don Wall
Sound
Maker: Davis, Eric Francis Wall, Donald
Stories about men in 'B' force at Kuching and Sandakan, Borneo; Curly Kent selling to the Japanese; Colonel Suga's sword; execution and burial of Captain L. Matthews; discrepencies between stories o...S04097
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Eric Martin Endacott as a signaller 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim' Endacott, Eric Martin
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S03034
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Ernest Edward 'Weary' Dunlop OBE as Commanding Officer 2/2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Dunlop, Ernest Edward 'Weary' Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim'
Ernest Edward 'Weary' Dunlop OBE as Commanding Officer 2/2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording m...S03033
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Ernest 'Frank' McGrath, as a Sergeant, discusses his experiences of being a prisoner of war, interviewed by an unknown student for thesis research.
Sound
Maker: McGrath, Ernest 'Frank' William Unknown
Frank McGrath served in the 2/19 Battalion and was a prisoner of the Japanese on the Burma Thai Railway. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sou...S04969
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Ernest James Brough MM, as a Sergeant, 2/32 Battalion, and Prisoner of War, Second World War interviewed by Janet Roberts Billett.
Sound
Maker: Brough, Ernest James Billett, Janet Roberts
Ernest Brough served at Tobruk, where he was wounded, and El Alamein, where he was captured and made a prisoner of war. In March 1944 Brough and two other prisoners succeeded in escaping from the camp...S04488
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Erskine, John C (Lieutenant, No. 3 Commando Bn, British Army)
Private Record
Maker: Erskine, John C
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant John C Erskine, No. 3 Commando Battalion, 1989. Wallet 1 of 1 - Wallet consists of a memoir titled "An Australian Soldier in the Brit...PR89/048
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Evacuation of first Australian POW by sea from Singapore
Film
Maker: Nicholson, George Harvey
Scenes on Singapore wharf as the first Australian prisoner of war (POW) from Changi and other Singapore POW Camps arrive to embark on HMAS Manunda, a Hospital Ship, to be taken to Australia. Approxima...F07322
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Evans, Mervyn (Bill) (Sergeant, b.1916 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Evans, Mervyn
Letters (photocopies) written by QX14699 Sergeant Mervyn (Bill) Evans while serving with 2/26 Battalion to his sister Mrs. Blanche Hornibrook between 1941 and January 1942. Letters to August 1941 deta...PR00807
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Ewers, Walter George (Private, b.1905)
Private Record
Maker: Ewers, Walter George
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX16950 Private Walter George Ewers, 2/5 Australian General Hospital. Collection consists of a notebook (with 'Stalag XXA' embossed on the cover)...PR82/035
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Examining Italian prisoners, Libya 1941
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts several Australian soldiers with rifles examining Italian prisoners in Libya, North Africa in 1941.ART28481
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Exhibition of Ju Ken Jitsu by Japanese prisoners of war
Film
Maker: Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg)
At Timbali Surrender Camp, Labuan, Japanese prisoners gave a demonstration of bayonet fighting. The contestants are dressed in thickly padded suits, head piece with wire mesh front and thick gloves. W...F07408
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Exposition de tableaux de maitres modernes [Exhibition of paintings by modern masters]
Art
Maker: Poulbot, Francisque PARIS : GALERIE GEORGES BERNHEIM, 1916 (PARIS : DEVAMBEZ) Devambez Imprimerie
Depticted behind a barbed wire fence of a German prison camp, a French soldier sketches as he watches the German guards supervising other prisoners unloading packages, presumably of clothing. This po...ARTV07349
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Ex POWs waiting for transport
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
A group of ex POWs are waiting for Transport in Changi, Singapore. Changi was the main prisoner-of-war camp in Singapore where some 14,972 Australians captured at the fall of Singapore were imprison...ART22924
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Ex-prisoners of war (POW) of the Japanese inside a hut at the rear of Changi jail. The men are ...
Photograph
Ex-prisoners of war (POW) of the Japanese inside a hut at the rear of Changi jail. The men are from C Company, 2/29 Battalion.117110
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Ex prisoners-of-war waiting to leave Changi
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
Australian troops who had been prisoners-of-war in the hands of the Japanese for three and a half years are shown patiently waiting for transport to take them from Changi prison camp, where they had b...ART24404
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[Extracts from German newsreels: Home front and Arnhem] (Die Deutsche Wochenschau 41/42 1944 Wpr) = (The German newsreel 41/42 1944 Wpr)
Film
Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
German newsreel c September 1944. German language commentary. Items covered: 1. Hitler Youth members of the Landienst (land army) learn agriculture and animal husbandry as part of a 10 year project fo...F01964
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[Extracts from Japanese newsreels covering occupied Netherlands East Indies, Solomons campaign, Burma and occupied Singapore] (Dai Toa Nyusu No. 2 = Greater East Asia News No. 2)
Film
Maker: Nippon Eigasha
Dai Toa Nyusu (Greater East Asia News) produced by Nippon Eigasha (Japanese Film Company) for screening in Japanese occupied Netherlands East Indies. Topics covered are; 1. Japanese Aichi Navy Type 0 ...F06922
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Falkingham, Norman James (Private, b.1909 - d.1972)
Private Record
Maker: Falkingham, Norman James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX7611 Private Norman James Falkingham, 2/6 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Middle East and Germany, ...PR05202
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Fall of Bardia 1940
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
The advance of the 2nd AIF from Salum to Bardia with shots of infantry advancing and Australian and British Artillery Bombardment. Italian soldiers surrendering, abandoned Italian equipment and enemy ...F01060
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Fall of Buna Mission
Film
Maker: Carty, William Montague
Allied troops in occupation of Buna after its capture. Generals Blamey and Eichelberger inspect captured Japanese equipment. Australians attack Japanese sniper in pill box. Shots of Korean prisoner...F01811
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Fall of Corregidor in Manila Bay 7th May (Nippon News 102)
Film
Maker: Nippon Eigasha Nippon News
Extract from Nippon News newsreel covering the United States surrender at Corregidor, Manila Bay, Philippines. Japanese Navy and Army officers moving away from camera along mountain track. Officers st...F06814
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F3239 Arthur Bancroft as Able Seaman, HMAS Perth and prisoner of the Japanese 1941-1945, interviewed by Donald Wall
Sound
Maker: Bancroft, Arthur Wall, Donald
Sinking of Rakuyo Maru, rescue aboard USS Queenfish and aftermath of war. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04052
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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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[Federated Malay States Volunteer Force] / William Charles Barton
Film
Maker: Barton, William Charles
Federated Malay States Volunteer Force (FMSVF). Private William Charles Barton served with "D" Company Armoured Car Section Ipoh Division 1 December 1941 to 14 April 1946. He was taken as a prisoner o...F03495
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Feez, Cecil Molle "Bill" (Lieutenant, b.1897 - d.1962)
Private Record
Maker: Feez, Cecil Molle Various
Collection relating to Cecil Molle (Bill) Feez who served as a Lieutenant with 3rd Field Artillery Brigade during the First World War before transferring to the Australian Flying Corps. Feez also ser...PR00857
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Fell, Alfred James (Lieutenant, MC, b.1890 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Fell, Alfred James
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Alfred James Fell MC, 34 Battalion. Collection consists of an autograph book; a war record book containing personal and service detail...3DRL/6608
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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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Ferenc Torr
Art
Maker: Binder, Tibor
German Army Hungarian soldier in army barracks, Gross-Born Army Barracks, Germany. Red stripe on sleeve indicates that they were eligible for officer school. Subject is Hungarian officer cadet. Note: ...ART27847
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Field, Albert Edward (Sergeant)
Private Record
Maker: Field, Albert Edward Field, Albert Edward
Collection of diaries kept by Sergeant Field (NX25417) while serving with 2/6 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. Field was in the Middle East from November 1940 to February 1942. In February...3DRL/2251
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Fighting in Flanders
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank) Wilkins, George Hubert
This film deals with the participation of the Australian troops in the third battle of Ypres during the autumn of 1917. Scenes include Australians preparing for the attack; being reviewed by Sir Doug...F00056
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[Figure and head studies]
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Figure studies of a man sitting and male heads. The page has a German Army stamp of approval. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In late 1936 he joined the RAAF and w...ART96098
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[Figures around a table]
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Sketch of men sitting around a table. The page has a German Army stamp of approval. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In late 1936 he joined the RAAF and was seconde...ART96107
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Figures behind wire
Art
Maker: Winzer, Charles
Depicts a young man standing behind wire fence with a group of men behind him. Lieutenant Charles Winzer was a POW at Ruhleben (racecourse) Berlin 1914-18 period. In September 1914, about forty Britis...ART19343
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[Figure studies]
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Figure studies of sitting men. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In late 1936 he joined the RAAF and was seconded to the RAF for 5 years, arriving in Britain shortly...ART96097
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File 1: Fundraising concerts for soldiers
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains concert and theatre programs for benefit concerts held in London. The concerts were held in aid of the British Committee of the French Red Cross as well as Australian wounded and di...PUBS002/005/002/001
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File 1: Germany
Published Collection
Maker: Various
This file contains concert programs made by prisoners of war in Germany. The concerts were held between 1916 and 1918. The majority of programs were hand-drawn by French-Belgian prisoners at Steinhors...PUBS002/007/001/001
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Filkins, Colin Joseph (Driver, b.1917 - d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Filkins, Colin Joseph
Papers of NX27250 Driver Colin Joseph Filkins (2/10th Field Ambulance) relating to his captivity as a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese. They include: (i) POW lettercards to his family, two letter...PR01064
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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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First Lieutenant Genzo Watanabe
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts a portrait, in right profile, of First Lieutenant Genzo Watanabe, a Japanese staff officer at the prisoner of war compound in Ranau, Borneo during the Second World War.ART22987
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First POW Camp, Mergui, Burma
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
The building shown is of reinforced concrete construction; a four window room in the building was used to house 100 prisoners of war. This camp was considered one of the worst Japanese POW camps. Alth...ART28535.007
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Fitzhardinge, James Henchman Clubbe (Sergeant, b.1918 - d.2011)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Army
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX68775 Sergeant James Henchman Clubbe Fitzhardinge, 2/15 Field Regiment, prisoner of war, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of three document...PR06069
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Fleming, William Irving (Chaplain, b.1898 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Chaplain William Irving Fleming, 2/18 Battalion, prisoner of war, Burma, 1942. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a small card attached to string, whic...PR04149
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Flett, Irving Russell (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Flett, Irving Russell
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Irving Russell Flett, 23 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes photostat copies of Flett's letters to his family in Brigh...1DRL/0295
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Flowers, William Alfred (Private, b.1919 - d.2012)
Private Record
Maker: Flowers, William Alfred
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX27026 Private Willaim Alfred Flowers, 2/9 Field Ambulance, Changi, 1943. Wallet 1 of 1 - contains an account written by Flowers about his im...PR03316
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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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F.M.I. Sisters of Vunapope
Art
Maker: Hilli, Lisa
'At the risk of their own lives, the Daughters of Mary Immaculate ( Filae Maria Immaculata - F.M.I.) Sisters dedicated themselves to providing locally grown produce to Australian, European and Unserde...AWM2019.141.1
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Fohmsbee, Herbert C (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Fohmsbee, Herbert C
Identity card issued to Private Herbert C Fohmsbee of the 2/1 Battalion in 1945, as an ex prisoner of war at Stalag XIB, Fallingbostel, Lower Saxony GermanyPR85/408
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Folkard, Stanley Barden (Driver, d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Folkard, Stanley Barden
Photocopies of papers of and relating to NX67404 Driver S.B. (Stan) Folkard (AASC, 8 Division) from his enlistment in 1940 through his captivity at Singapore and service as a prisoner of war to his de...PR00896
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Foot - French R.M. tropical ulcer contraction
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Watercolour sketch of a foot with a tropical ulcer contraction. Jack Chalker, serving in the Royal Artillery, was captured at the fall of Singapore. In October 1942 he was in a party sent to Thailan...ART90897
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For all the smell we aren't so dead
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
A man is walking along playing what looks like a clarinet. Jumping off the ground at his feet are some fish, while in the background are some hot water boilers.ART90378.013
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Forbes, James William Kennedy (Jim) (Sergeant, b.1919 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Forbes, James William Kennedy (Jim)
Collection relating to 2/19 Battalion compiled by NX52562 Sergeant James William Kennedy Forbes, 2/19 Battalion, POW in Thailand. Collections consists of a nominal roll for A Force and Ramsay Force ha...PR03305
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Fordyce, Horace Spencer Wills (Flight Lieutenant, b.1914 - d.2008)
Private Record
Maker: Fordyce, Horace Spencer Wills (Bill)
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 400396 Flight Lieutenant Horace Spencer Wills 'Bill' Fordyce, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Germany, 1944. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists...AWM2019.782.2
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For Weary
Art
Maker: Parkin, Ray
This page contains a book dedication to "Weary" Dunlop, for a folio of drypoints and one watercolour from drawings made in captivity 1942-1945 on the Burma-Thailand railway. Dunlop was an eminent surg...ART90933.034
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Foster, James Herbert (Private, b.1922 - d.2016)
Private Record
Maker: Foster, James Herbert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX63764 Private James Herbert Foster, 2/29 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and Singapore, 1942-1945. ...PR05601
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Four types of Japanese
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
Sketches of four privates of the Imperial Japanese Army. These sketches were done to illustrate the different types that make up the Japanese Forces.ART28535.024
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Fox, Robert Eldon (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to SX5313 Private Robert Eldon Fox, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion, 1943-1945. Collection consists of an album containing illustrations of the different types of artificial legs Fox mad...PR03287
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Foxwell, William Stephen George MM (Lieutenant, b.1904 - d.1947)
Private Record
Maker: Foxwell, William Stephen George
Four original handwritten diaries and a 1996 typescript transcript of the diaries entitled 'The Second World War diaries of Lieutenant W.S.G. Foxwell M.M. (VX5489) 2/7th Battalion: April 14, 1940 to S...PR00798