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Autographed good luck flag carried by Japanese soldier Adachi in China and the South West Pacific Area
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with numerous signatures and patriotic slogans in black ink. The corners of the hoist are bound with triangular pieces of gold-painted leatherette that hav...REL/09161
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Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1945-03. This photograph taken from an RAAF Boomerang a few feet ...
Photograph
Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1945-03. This photograph taken from an RAAF Boomerang a few feet above the treetops shows Japanese in their trenches (circled) towards the end of the Solomons campaign.128812
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1948-11-18. EXTERIOR OF THE SILVER MOUNTED CIGAR AND CIGARETTE BOX, CAPTURED FROM ...
Photograph
Maker: Sutton, (given names unknown)
CANBERRA, ACT. 1948-11-18. EXTERIOR OF THE SILVER MOUNTED CIGAR AND CIGARETTE BOX, CAPTURED FROM THE JAPANESE, WHICH BEARS THE CREST OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. THIS BOX WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO THE OF...133758
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1948-11-18. INTERIOR OF THE SILVER MOUNTED CIGAR AND CIGARETTE BOX, CAPTURED FROM ...
Photograph
Maker: Sutton, (given names unknown)
CANBERRA, ACT. 1948-11-18. INTERIOR OF THE SILVER MOUNTED CIGAR AND CIGARETTE BOX, CAPTURED FROM THE JAPANESE, WHICH BEARS THE CREST OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. THIS BOX WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO THE OF...133759
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Captain George Renwick
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Captain George W Renwick, Brigade Major (Learner), 11th Australian Infantry Brigade. Appointed Staff to Brigadier J R Stevenson, DSO, to accept the surrender of Japanese forces on ...ART24315
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Captain Hota
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Captain Hota, of the 17th Japanese Army, a Japanese prisoner-of-war on board the transport "River Glenelg" en route from Nauru Island to Bougainville for internment.ART24246
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Embroidered silk purse : Driver I J Warner, 170 Australian General Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Embroidered silk purse. The outside of the purse is black silk, with a brown and tan cotton material lining. Both sides of the purse are cut from a single piece of material and sewn together. The mate...REL34570
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Handkerchief : Driver I J Warner, 170 Australian General Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Fukuda, Yoshiho
White handkerchief with ink drawings and Japanese text. In the top right hand corner of the handkerchief 'A GIFT FROM / THE AUSTRALIAN / COMFORTS FUND' is stamped in black ink, with the Star of David ...REL34572
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Identity disc: Japanese Imperial Army - Private M N Ritchie, 2/24 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Oval brass identity disc with Japanese characters impressed into surface, 'Arashi 8234 No 519'. A rectangular slot is cut into the top and bottom.REL33154
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Japanese Army Officer's Shin-gunto sword and scabbard
Technology
Maker: Kanezane, Asano
Japanese Shin-gunto Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass Shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornament) on each side of the handle under...REL37380.001
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Japanese leather signals lamp battery case : Private M N Ritchie, 24 Battalion
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather signals battery case fitted with a pair of belt suspension loops and an alternative set of three loops for a carrying strap. The exterior of the case is fitted with a variable voltage sw...REL33155
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Japanese soldier's autographed good luck flag captured in North Bougainville, 1945
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag covered with black ink characters. The name of the recipient soldier is not given on the flag and all the writing has been executed by a single calligraphe...RELAWM32151
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Japanese wrist compass : Private M N Ritchie, 24 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass-cased wrist compass fitted with a glass cover with an arrow decal. The interior compass face is fitted with a floating arrow, marked in gradations of 20 degrees and features the Japanese charact...REL33156
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Lieutenant General Masatane Kanda
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Lieutenant General Masatane Kanda during the Surrender Ceremony at Torokina, Commanding 17th Japanese Army, on Bougainville and Commander of all the adjacent islands, surrendered to...ART24247
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Linocut used by the Australian Mobile Printing Unit in Bougainville to print leaflets announcing the Japanese surrender
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Walker, Henry Walker, Henry Norman
Laminated wooden board with an irregularly shaped piece of red-brown linoleum attached to it by small steel nails. The linoleum has been carved to form a linocut. There are four large Japanese charact...RELAWM30413
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Pennant : Driver I J Warner, 170 Australian General Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Fukuda, Yoshiho
Pennant inscribed with ink drawings and Japanese text. The pennant is cut in a triangular shape from a larger piece of cotton material. Written on the material in black ink in Japanese is, 'TO MR WARN...REL34571
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SOUTHERN BOUGAINVILLE, NEW GUINEA. 1945. ARTILLERY OF JAPANESE 17TH ARMY GROUP ASSEMBLED AFTER ...
Photograph
SOUTHERN BOUGAINVILLE, NEW GUINEA. 1945. ARTILLERY OF JAPANESE 17TH ARMY GROUP ASSEMBLED AFTER THE SURRENDER. (PHOTOGRAPH REPRODUCED IN OFFICIAL HISTORY VOLUME: THE FINAL CAMPAIGNS, PAGE 236). (RNZAF ...128272
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Study for Japanese prisoner, Bougainville
Art
Maker: Herman, Sali
Depicts a sketch of an unidentified Japanese soldier sitting on the ground. The artist's humanity is well evident in Japanese prisoner, bougainville, a quick drawing made early one morning when a youn...ART28561
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Trench art mass gong : Chaplain William Fahy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Polished brass mass gong made from a Japanese mortar shell. A circular hole has been made in the middle of the top and two rounded brackets are soldered opposite each other on the inside. The outside ...RELAWM32269
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Wooden surrender block from Japanese Army officer's sword
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Small block of wood with Japanese characters which indicate that the sword was carried by Yoshinori Nonaka who served with the Japanese 6th Division HQ (South East). On the reverse is handwritten in i...REL37380.002