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Autographed good luck flag : Sergeant N M Cohen, 8 Division HQ
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unknown Japanese soldier's autographed national flag, with a central inset red cotton disc. There are numerous slogans and signatures written on the flag in black ink characters. The top right corner ...REL45907
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Back from Thailand
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Figure studies of recently returned men from the Burma-Thailand railway, with emaciated limbs and bodies, showing their physical condition. Griffin documents the tropical skin diseases that ravaged ma...ART25103
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Brigadier Arthur Varley
Art
Brigadier Arthur Leslie Varley (NX35005), MC, commanding officer of 2/18 Battalion and later of 22nd Australian Infantry Brigade. Varley was interned in Changi until May 1942 when he was appointed to ...ART26425
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CHANGI POW CAMP, SINGAPORE, 1945-09. A GROUP OF RELEASED POWS OF THE 4TH ANTI-TANK REGIMENT, AIF, ...
Photograph
CHANGI POW CAMP, SINGAPORE, 1945-09. A GROUP OF RELEASED POWS OF THE 4TH ANTI-TANK REGIMENT, AIF, ON ONE OF THE TRUCKS THEY WERE FORCED TO PUSH AROUND THE CAMP. THESE MEN HAD WORKED ON THE THAILAND RA...156781
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Diary of Arthur William Hence, May - September 1942
Digitised Collection
Maker: Hence, Arthur William
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX70153 Captain Arthur William Hence, 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion, May - September 1942. This file contains a handwritten diary and a nomina...AWM2019.22.88
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Diary of Norman Scott, 1943-1944
Digitised Collection
Maker: Scott, Norman John
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX54124 Corporal Norman John Scott, 2/10 Field Ambulance. This diary has entries dated between 23 April 1943 and 20 May 1944, and contains details of ...AWM2019.22.133
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Diary of Robert Russell Walker, 1941-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Walker, Robert Russell
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX70509 Captain Robert Russell Walker, 2/26 Australian Infantry Battalion. In his diary, Walker records events that occurred December 1941 and Octob...AWM2019.22.196
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Engraved tobacco tin : Sergeant W O Wald, 8th Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small aluminium tobacco tin with separate lid. Engraved on the four sides of the lid is, 'BURMA MALAYA THAILAND SINGAPORE'. The sides of the tin are also engraved with, 'W WALD NX58914 8 [illegible] ...REL39900
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Memoir Notes of Hugh King Ashby
Digitised Collection
Maker: Ashby, Hugh King
Memoir notes relating to the Second World War experience of Hugh King Ashby, Straits Settlement Volunteer Force. In his notes, Ashby tells the story of how he became a prisoner of war of the Japanese...AWM2019.22.164
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Memoir of Austin Ellerman Yeats
Digitised Collection
Maker: Ellerman, Austin Yeats
Memoir relating to the Second World War service of VX50052 Captain Austin Yeats Ellerman, 2/29 Battalion, Australia, c 1955. The 29-page typescript, entitled 'Austin in the Army - Reminiscences', des...AWM2020.22.32
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Memoir of Hugh King Ashby
Digitised Collection
Maker: Ashby, Hugh King
Memoir relating to the Second World War experience of Hugh King Ashby, Straits Settlement Volunteer Force. In his memoir, titled “Notes by Hugh Ashby on his experiences as a POW, 1942-1945”, Ashby t...AWM2019.22.163
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Men of F and H Force on return to Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
A group of figure studies of emaciated men and their limbs and torsos. The figures are of men returned from the Burma-Thailand railway. This is one of a small collection of works on paper by Murray Gr...ART26514
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Pipe : H K Ashby, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
Heraldry
Maker: Ashby, Hugh King
Hand made pipe. The bowl is carved from Malayan hardwood and the stem is made from a length of hollowed out bamboo.REL31500
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Prisoner of War identification disc : Private J M McMahon, 8 Division Ammunition Sub Park
Heraldry
Maker: Japanese Armed Forces
Rectangular aluminium identification tag with folded over sleeve at top to incorporate a bent copper pin. Threaded onto the pin is a small (8 mm square) enamelled brass colour patch (diagonal brown ov...REL37856
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SYDNEY, NSW 1945-10-11. LEFT TO RIGHT: VX40585 PRIVATE F. HILL, 2/26TH BATTALION, AND VX33472 ...
Photograph
Maker: McQuillan, Ernest Mervyn
SYDNEY, NSW 1945-10-11. LEFT TO RIGHT: VX40585 PRIVATE F. HILL, 2/26TH BATTALION, AND VX33472 SAPPER N. HARRISS, 2/10TH FIELD REGIMENT, DISPLAY JAPANESE SWORDS ACQUIRED AFTER THEIR RELEASE FROM CHANGI...122105
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The Blondinis
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
This work refers to the famous tightrope walker, 'The Great Blondini' from the early 1900s, but with a darker twist. Griffin originally volunteered to go to the railway, thinking conditions might be b...ART25105
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Transcript of Diary of Norman Scott, 1943-1944
Digitised Collection
Maker: Scott, Norman John
Transcript of diary relating to the Second World War service of NX54124 Corporal Norman John Scott, 2/10 Field Ambulance. This diary has entries dated between 23 April 1943 and 20 May 1944, and contai...AWM2019.22.134
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Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection relating to the service of SX9929 Private William Schmitt, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion, 1942-1944
Digitised Collection
Maker: Francis, Dick Haniford, William John
Collection relating to the service of SX9929 Private (Pte) William Schmitt, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion, 1942-1944. Wallet 1 of 1 contains a document titled 'Execution of 4 POW by Japanese', and a lett...AWM2022.6.20
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Wallet 3 of 5 - Diaries of Michael Stephen Hubert, 1941-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Hubert, Michael Stephen
Collection relating to the Second World War service of S/5680096 Private Michael Stephen Hubert, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC), British Army. Wallet 3 of 5 - This wallet consists of Hubert's origin...AWM2020.22.227
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Wallet 1 of 3 - Diary of Edward William Burrey, August 1942 – February 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Burrey, Edward William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX58148 Sergeant Edward William Burrey, 8 Australian Division, Malaya and Singapore, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 3 - Collection contains the first of...AWM2019.7.9