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An Australian flag being hoisted on board HMAS Deloraine berthed at the damaged Sandakan wharf.
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Maker: Unknown
An Australian flag being hoisted on board HMAS Deloraine berthed at the damaged Sandakan wharf.130152
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'At scene of mass burials of POWs, Japanese troops are opening graves'. 'One area in No. 1 ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'At scene of mass burials of POWs, Japanese troops are opening graves'. 'One area in No. 1 Compound of Sandakan POW camp was found to contain approximately 300 bodies believed to be of those men left ...120448
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'Australian troops entering No. 1 Compound to continue the search for relics of Australian and ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'Australian troops entering No. 1 Compound to continue the search for relics of Australian and British POWs.' 'Scenes at the POW Camp, Sandakan. POW Contact and Enquiry officers found the remains of a...120434
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'Australian troops searching the RAP ruins while Japanese on the left clear away long grass.' ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'Australian troops searching the RAP ruins while Japanese on the left clear away long grass.' 'Scenes at the POW Camp, Sandakan. POW Contact and Enquiry officers found the remains of an RAP in No. 1 C...120439
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Australia Service Medal : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL39516.006
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Australia Service Medal : Private N A E Short, 2/18 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL32659.005
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Australia Service Medal : Private S R Core, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal, impressed around rim with recipient's details.REL45255.004
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Australia Service Medal : Sapper F A Carley, 2/12 Field Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL33587.004
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Autographed and painted handkerchief made and sent by members of 8 Division in Malaya, 1941 to Miss Betty Guthrie
Heraldry
Maker: Nash, (Given names unknown)
Olive green cotton army issue handkerchief with drawings and autographs in indelible blue/purple ink. Down the centre of the handkerchief is an AIF soldier carrying a rifle, running through jungle. Be...REL29555
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Autographed good luck flag carried by a Japanese soldier at Sandakan, Borneo, in 1945
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with black ink characters. The name of the recipient soldier is not given on the flag. The characters translate as the traditional 'long-lasting good fortu...REL/03519
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Autographed good luck flag carried by 2nd Lieutenant Okamoto Kazuo : Sandakan, North Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese officer's autographed national flag bearing numerous signatures in black ink. Apart from the traditional wish for long-lasting good fortune in war and the name of the recipient of the flag, 2...REL/11479
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BERHALA ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO 1945-10-23. AN AUSTRALIAN INSPECTION PARTY ASHORE ON BERHALA ISLAND. ...
Photograph
Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
BERHALA ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO 1945-10-23. AN AUSTRALIAN INSPECTION PARTY ASHORE ON BERHALA ISLAND. QX21058 CAPTAIN R. K. MCLAREN MC, SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT (SRD) AND "Z" SPECIAL FORCE (CENT...121752
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Borneo. 1945-05-11. Aerial reconnaissance photograph interpreted as Sandakan airfield and ...
Photograph
Maker: Wonnacott, W A H
Borneo. 1945-05-11. Aerial reconnaissance photograph interpreted as Sandakan airfield and prisoner of war camp prior to being bombed on 31 May 1945.106502
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Borneo. 1945-05-31. Aerial reconnaissance photograph interpreted as Sandakan airfield and ...
Photograph
Maker: Wonnacott, W A H
Borneo. 1945-05-31. Aerial reconnaissance photograph interpreted as Sandakan airfield and prisoner of war camp after the bombing on 31 May 1945.106503
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BORNEO 1945. QX4648 MAJOR REX BLOW, DSO AND WINNER OF THE AMERICAN SILVER STAR. WHILST A PRISONER ...
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BORNEO 1945. QX4648 MAJOR REX BLOW, DSO AND WINNER OF THE AMERICAN SILVER STAR. WHILST A PRISONER OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE HE ESCAPED FROM BERHALA ISLAND IN SANDAKAN HARBOUR IN 1943 TO THE PHILIPPINES W...072918
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Brisbane, Qld. c.1941. Group portrait of five soldiers walking down a city street. Second from ...
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Maker: Brisbane Telegraph
Brisbane, Qld. c.1941. Group portrait of five soldiers walking down a city street. Second from the left is QX14902 Lance Sergeant Lyall Victor Powell, 2/10th Field Regiment. He was a prisoner of war i...P01741.001
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL39516.005
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Private N A E Short, 2/18 Battalion, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL32659.004
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Private N W Jenyns, 8 Division, Australian Army Service Corps
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British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL32903.003
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British War Medal : Private S R Core, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal, impressed around rim with recipient's details.REL45255.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Sapper F A Carley, 2/12 Field Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL33587.003
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. IMPROVISED COOKING UTENSILS AND DRINKING MUG COLLECTED BY THE NO. 10 ...
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. IMPROVISED COOKING UTENSILS AND DRINKING MUG COLLECTED BY THE NO. 10 FIELD TEAM, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY SECTION AT THE SANDAKAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, BORNEO, AFTER THE ...069806
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. ONE OF THE FOUR MAPS DRAWN ON PALE GREEN FLIMSEY PAPER AND A LETTER ...
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. ONE OF THE FOUR MAPS DRAWN ON PALE GREEN FLIMSEY PAPER AND A LETTER WRITTEN IN PENCIL ON RULED PAPER. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE CONNECTED WITH THE ESCAPE OF EIGHT AUSTRALIANS FROM...069807
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Cigarette case : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Damaged metal cigarette case with a hinge on the left side. The top of the case has a number of small regimental badges attached with spaces marking where others were once attached. Those remaining in...REL/02029.003
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Collection relating to the service of NX34734 Reginald William James Newton
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of VX38675 Captain Harold Wardale-Greenwood BA BD, padre (chaplain) of 2/19th Battalion. He died as a prisoner of war at Sandakan, British North Borneo 1944-08-08, having chosen not to...P00102.014
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COLONEL HARRY JACKSON WITH BARIGAH, THE MAN WHOM HE REWARDED IN 1946 FOR RESCUING IN JULY 1945 ...
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Maker: Unknown
COLONEL HARRY JACKSON WITH BARIGAH, THE MAN WHOM HE REWARDED IN 1946 FOR RESCUING IN JULY 1945 NELSON SHORT, KEITH BOTTERILL AND MOXHAM, SURVIVORS OF THE PRISONER OF WAR SANDAKAN TO RANAU DEATH MARCH.P00495.005
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Colour Patch : 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion, Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion colour patch featuring a diamond divided horizontally with brown over green on a grey oval background.RELAWM28403.027
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Colour patch sweetheart brooch : Miss D J Harvey
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Sweetheart brooch featuring an enamelled unit colour patch for the Australian Base and Lines of Communication Units, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. This includes the 2/10 Ordnance Workshop. The colou...REL39881
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Enamelled mug : Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Army issue green enamelled mug, with a black enamelled handle and rim. There is black enamelled, stencilled lettering on one side '2/18 BN OFFS' MESS'.RELAWM28349
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Field pocket watch : Captain Lionel Colin Matthews, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Elgin National Watch Company
Defence issued nickel plated open faced field pocket watch in the Elgin National Watch Company pattern, although the movement lacks markings or serials. Features a black dial with gold numerals, leaf ...REL43145
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Folding fan : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden folding hand fan with 21 leaves. Each leaf is identically decorated with a series of pierced patterns, which differ from the endguard pattern. A small piece is broken from the top corner of one...REL39520
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George Cross: Captain Lionel Colin Matthews, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
George Cross. Engraved reverse with recipient's details.OL00660.001
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Group portrait 2/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of members of the 2/3 Motor Ambulance Convoy (MAC) at their camp at Liverpool. Identified, left to right: back row: NX69187 Driver (Dvr) Albert Farnham Jones of Woollahra, NSW (later t...P05770.001
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Hand carved wooden owl : Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand carved wooded owl, with folded wings and open eyes, perched on a rectangular base. The pattern of feathers is finely carved and detailed.RELAWM28346
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Improvised dixie: Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised dixie made from standard issue brown enamelled steel Australian army water bottle. One side has been partially cut out so that the bottle forms a dixie with a base and four sides, with the ...RELAWM28351.001
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Improvised spoon: Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised lightweight stainless steel spoon, possibly made from an electric fan blade. The bowl of the spoon has been cut out and then beaten to form the bowl shape. It has been attached to a cut out...RELAWM28351.002
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Informal portrait of NX52439 Private (Pte) Claude Anthony Gilligan, 2/20 Battalion, of Coonamble, ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of NX52439 Private (Pte) Claude Anthony Gilligan, 2/20 Battalion, of Coonamble, NSW. He was a butcher prior to enlisting in June 1940. Pte Gilligan arrived with his unit in Singapor...P09076.001
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'In the foreground are pay books, wallets, and discs laid out to dry. Rear are Australian troops ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'In the foreground are pay books, wallets, and discs laid out to dry. Rear are Australian troops and Japanese clearing grass away.' 'Scenes at the POW Camp, Sandakan. POW Contact and Enquiry officers ...120443
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'Japanese troops digging in graves.' 'One area in No. 1 Compound of Sandakan POW camp was found ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'Japanese troops digging in graves.' 'One area in No. 1 Compound of Sandakan POW camp was found to contain approximately 300 bodies believed to be of those men left in the camp after the two death mar...120449
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'Japanese working party at lunch (foreground). The cleared space on hillside is site of mass ...
Photograph
Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'Japanese working party at lunch (foreground). The cleared space on hillside is site of mass graves of 300 bodies approximately (middle distnce) and in rear are demolished huts of No. 2 Compound.' 'On...120453
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'Join up photographs [panorama] of POW camp area, Sandakan, showing No.s 1 and 2 Compounds from ...
Photograph
Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'Join up photographs [panorama] of POW camp area, Sandakan, showing No.s 1 and 2 Compounds from Japanese guard tower.' 'One area in No. 1 Compound of Sandakan POW camp was found to contain approximate...120456
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'Join up photographs [panorama] of POW camp area, Sandakan, showing No.s 1 and 2 Compounds from ...
Photograph
Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'Join up photographs [panorama] of POW camp area, Sandakan, showing No.s 1 and 2 Compounds from Japanese guard tower.' 'One area in No. 1 Compound of Sandakan POW camp was found to contain approximate...120455
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'Join up photographs [panorama] of POW camp area, Sandakan, showing No.s 1 and 2 Compounds from ...
Photograph
Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'Join up photographs [panorama] of POW camp area, Sandakan, showing No.s 1 and 2 Compounds from Japanese guard tower.' 'One area in No. 1 Compound of Sandakan POW camp was found to contain approximate...120454
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-14. KUCHING FORCE. ABOARD HMAS KAPUNDA WHERE THE CREW HELD AN ...
Photograph
Maker: Rainsford, Keith Carr
KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-14. KUCHING FORCE. ABOARD HMAS KAPUNDA WHERE THE CREW HELD AN AFTERNOON TEA PARTY FOR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN WHO HAD BEEN INTERNED AT THE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP KUCHING. ...118701
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-12. KUCHING FORCE. A GROUP OF THREE INTERNEES. LIEUTENANT ...
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Maker: Horner, Arthur Wakefield
KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-12. KUCHING FORCE. A GROUP OF THREE INTERNEES. LIEUTENANT COLONEL ADAMS (CENTRE), COMMANDANT BRITISH NORTH BORNEO CONSTABULARY, WHO WAS HEAD OF THE MALE CIVILIAN INTE...118600
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-16. KUCHING FORCE. KUCHING CIVIL HOSPITAL, FORMERLY THE JAPANESE ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles Burke, Frank Albert Charles
KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-16. KUCHING FORCE. KUCHING CIVIL HOSPITAL, FORMERLY THE JAPANESE MILITARY HOSPITAL.LEFT TO RIGHT, VX39258 CAPTAIN IAN HEINTZ, 10TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (MELBOUR...120407
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-24. KUCHING FORCE. LEFT TO RIGHT VX102087 PRIVATE F. L. BOWEN ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-24. KUCHING FORCE. LEFT TO RIGHT VX102087 PRIVATE F. L. BOWEN AND NX73632 PRIVATE H. DOBBIN, BATTALION HEADQUARTERS 2/4TH AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION, AT THE GRAVE O...118550
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-24. KUCHING FORCE. THE PRISONER OF WAR CEMETERY. IN THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-24. KUCHING FORCE. THE PRISONER OF WAR CEMETERY. IN THE FOREGROUND IS THE MEMORIAL STONE. INSCRIPTION READS "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF ALLIED PRISONERS OF ...118551
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-18. THREE ENGLISH BOYS, WHO WITH THEIR PARENTS SPENT THREE AND A HALF ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-18. THREE ENGLISH BOYS, WHO WITH THEIR PARENTS SPENT THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN THE JAPANESE PRISON CAMP AT KUCHING, WERE KEENLY INTERESTED IN THE RAAF DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRAN...OG3562
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KUNDASAN WAR MEMORIAL, BORNEO. LEFT TO RIGHT: KEITH BOTTERILL, OWEN CAMPBELL, NELSON SHORT, HARRY ...
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Maker: Unknown
KUNDASAN WAR MEMORIAL, BORNEO. LEFT TO RIGHT: KEITH BOTTERILL, OWEN CAMPBELL, NELSON SHORT, HARRY JACKSON - THE FIRST THREE WERE SANDAKAN DEATH MARCH SURVIVORS.P00495.001
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LABUAN, BORNEO. 1946-01. CAPTAIN A. R. MOFFITT, HEADQUARTERS 9TH DIVISION, PROSECUTOR AT THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Horner, Arthur Wakefield
LABUAN, BORNEO. 1946-01. CAPTAIN A. R. MOFFITT, HEADQUARTERS 9TH DIVISION, PROSECUTOR AT THE TRIAL OF CAPTAIN SUSIMI HOSHIJIMA, JAPANESE COMMANDANT OF THE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP AT SANDAKAN, BORNEO, WHO...133912
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LABUAN, BORNEO. 1946-01. CAPTAIN SUSIMI HOSHIJIMA (CENTRE), JAPANESE COMMANDANT OF THE PRISONER ...
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Maker: Horner, Arthur Wakefield
LABUAN, BORNEO. 1946-01. CAPTAIN SUSIMI HOSHIJIMA (CENTRE), JAPANESE COMMANDANT OF THE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP AT SANDAKAN, BORNEO, WHO IS ON TRIAL AS A WAR CRIMINAL AT HEADQUARTERS 9TH DIVISION. HE IS T...133913
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LABUAN, BORNEO. 1946-01. IN THE CUSTODY OF A MILITARY POLICEMAN, CAPTAIN SUSIMI HOSHIJIMA, ...
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Maker: Horner, Arthur Wakefield
LABUAN, BORNEO. 1946-01. IN THE CUSTODY OF A MILITARY POLICEMAN, CAPTAIN SUSIMI HOSHIJIMA, JAPANESE COMMANDANT OF THE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP AT SANDAKAN, BORNEO, ABOUT TO ENTER THE WAR ROOM AT HEADQUART...133909
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LABUAN, BORNEO, 1945-09-10. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASAO BABA, COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE 37TH ARMY ...
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LABUAN, BORNEO, 1945-09-10. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASAO BABA, COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE 37TH ARMY AND SUPREME COMMANDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN BORNEO, ARRIVES AT LABUAN TO SURRENDER THE FORCES UNDER HIS C...P01542.001
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LABUAN, BORNEO. 1946-01. MEMBERS OF THE COURT CONVENED FOR THE TRIAL OF CAPTAIN SUSIMI HOSHIJIMA, ...
Photograph
Maker: Horner, Arthur Wakefield
LABUAN, BORNEO. 1946-01. MEMBERS OF THE COURT CONVENED FOR THE TRIAL OF CAPTAIN SUSIMI HOSHIJIMA, JAPANESE COMMANDANT OF THE PRISONER OF WAR (POW) CAMP AT SANDAKAN. THE TRIAL WHICH TOOK PLACE AT HEADQ...133910
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LABUAN, BORNEO. 1946-01. SERGEANT J. MANN, INTERPRETER, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER ...
Photograph
Maker: Horner, Arthur Wakefield
LABUAN, BORNEO. 1946-01. SERGEANT J. MANN, INTERPRETER, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SECTION, TALKS WITH JAPANESE DEFENCE COUNSEL OUTSIDE THE COURT DURING THE TRIAL OF CAPTAIN SUSIMI HOSHIJIMA, J...133911
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-09-13. COLONEL (COL) OTSUKA, COMMANDER JAPANESE FORCES, ...
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-09-13. COLONEL (COL) OTSUKA, COMMANDER JAPANESE FORCES, SANDAKAN AREA, SURRENDERED TO COL C. J. CUMMINGS, 1ST AUSTRALIAN BEACH GROUP IN A SURRENDER CEREMONY AT HQ 9TH...116638
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-08. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN GCVO CB DSO, SUPREME ...
Photograph
Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-08. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN GCVO CB DSO, SUPREME COMMANDER SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND, SHAKING HANDS WITH WARRANT OFFICER 1 STICPEWICH, 8TH DIVISION ARMY S...122813
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-08. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN GCVO CB DSO, SUPREME ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-08. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN GCVO CB DSO, SUPREME COMMANDER SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND, SHAKING HANDS WITH PRIVATE L. STARCEVITCH VC. SECOND FROM THE RIGHT ...122814
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-03. THE FIRST SITTING OF A WAR CRIMES MILITARY COURT IN ...
Photograph
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-03. THE FIRST SITTING OF A WAR CRIMES MILITARY COURT IN BORNEO WAS HELD AT 9TH DIVISION HEADQUARTERS ON 1945-12-03 AND CONCERNED THE CASE OF SERGEANT MAJOR TSU...122774
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-03. THE FIRST SITTING OF A WAR CRIMES MILITARY COURT IN ...
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-03. THE FIRST SITTING OF A WAR CRIMES MILITARY COURT IN BORNEO WAS HELD AT 9TH DIVISION HEADQUARTERS ON 1945-12-03 AND CONCERNED THE CASE OF SERGEANT MAJOR TSU...122773
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-03. WARRANT OFFICER 1 STICPEWICH, 8TH DIVISION ARMY ...
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-03. WARRANT OFFICER 1 STICPEWICH, 8TH DIVISION ARMY SERVICE CORPS WHO WAS ONE OF THE PROSECUTION WITNESSES AT THE FIRST SITTING OF A WAR CRIMES MILITARY COURT ...122775
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LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. THREE OF SIX AUSTRALIANS BELIEVED TO BE THE SOLE REMAINING SURVIVORS OF ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. THREE OF SIX AUSTRALIANS BELIEVED TO BE THE SOLE REMAINING SURVIVORS OF 2,700 PRISONERS OF WAR, 1,900 OF WHOM ARE AUSTRALIANS, WHO TOOK PART IN THE INFAMOUS DEATH MARCH FROM SAND...OG3553
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LABUAN, SARAWAK. 1945-12-08. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, SUPREME COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA ...
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Maker: Horner, Arthur Wakefield
LABUAN, SARAWAK. 1945-12-08. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, SUPREME COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND, MEETING SELECTED OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS BEFORE ADDRESSING A PARADE AT TIMBALAI AIRSTRIP, ON H...133937
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Large rosary crucifix: Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
One large metal crucifix with a short length of rusted metal chain with beads. It has the figure of Jesus upon it and would originally have been attached to a set of rosary beads.REL/02028.006
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MALABANG, LANAO DISTRICT, PHILIPPINES 1945. MEMBERS OF THE MINDANAO GUERILLA COMMAND ON THE EDGE ...
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MALABANG, LANAO DISTRICT, PHILIPPINES 1945. MEMBERS OF THE MINDANAO GUERILLA COMMAND ON THE EDGE OF THE MALABANG AIRFIELD. THE GROUP, ALSO KNOWN AS THE "10TH MILITARY DISTRICT" BY GHQ IN AUSTRALIA, OP...072919
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Melbourne, Vic. 1941-06-21. Studio portrait of the bridal party at the wedding of Sheila Gellert ...
Photograph
Maker: Artgraf Studio
Melbourne, Vic. 1941-06-21. Studio portrait of the bridal party at the wedding of Sheila Gellert and VX47839 Corporal (Cpl.) Stanley Robert (Bob) Gilchrist, 2/10th Field Park Ordnance. The marriage to...P02166.002
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Memoir relating to service of Hugh Rayson, 1942-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Rayson, Hugh
Handwritten memoir relating to the Second World War service of NX34706 Major Hugh Rayson MC, 2/10 Australian Field Ambulance. The memoir starts on 16 February 1942 with Rayson’s capture after the fal...AWM2019.22.135
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Milford Highway, Balikpapan, Borneo, c. 1945-08. Speaking through a Japanese interpreter ...
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Maker: Green, G F
Milford Highway, Balikpapan, Borneo, c. 1945-08. Speaking through a Japanese interpreter (foreground, left), Lieutenant Colonel N.L. Fleay (behind the interpreter), 2/7 Cavalry Commando Regiment, read...P02327.001
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MOROTAI, BORNEO 1945-10-18. PERSONNEL AND INSTALLATIONS AT 9 AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR RECEPTION ...
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Maker: Butt, Francis Walter
MOROTAI, BORNEO 1945-10-18. PERSONNEL AND INSTALLATIONS AT 9 AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR RECEPTION CAMP. QX9538 WO1 STICPEWICK, 8TH DIVISION, WHO RECENTLY ARRIVED AT THE CAMP, HAS A QUIET READ. AFTER B...119752
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Morotai, 1945-08. Sister Carmel Medwin, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), and a group of ...
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Morotai, 1945-08. Sister Carmel Medwin, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), and a group of patients outside one of the tent wards at the 2/5th Australian General Hospital (AGH). One of the patient...P02176.001
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Morse code key
Technology
Maker: Japan Wireless Communication Telephone Company
Japanese morse code key. This key is housed in a rectangular, olive green-painted aluminium box with the paddle extended at one end. The box has a removable lid, which is held in place by a standard s...REL35045
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North East Borneo Force. QX21058 Captain (Capt) Robert Kerr 'Jock' McLaren MC, formerly of 2/10 ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles Burke, Frank Albert Charles
North East Borneo Force. QX21058 Captain (Capt) Robert Kerr 'Jock' McLaren MC, formerly of 2/10 Field Workshops, now Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD), indicating to VX108088 Capt Leonard Gord...120420
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NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE, SANDAKAN. 1945-10-24. GENERAL VIEW OF POW CAMP AREA.
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE, SANDAKAN. 1945-10-24. GENERAL VIEW OF POW CAMP AREA.120433
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NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE, SANDAKAN. 1945-10-27. NO. 2 CEMETERY AT PW CAMP, SANDAKAN, IN CLEARED ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE, SANDAKAN. 1945-10-27. NO. 2 CEMETERY AT PW CAMP, SANDAKAN, IN CLEARED AREA ON HILLSIDE. 263 GRAVES HERE BUT MARKED GRAVES ARE BRITISH ONLY.120494
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NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE. SANDAKAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. QX63589 CAPTAIN R. A HOUGHTON, 23RD WAR ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE. SANDAKAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. QX63589 CAPTAIN R. A HOUGHTON, 23RD WAR GRAVES SERVICE UNIT EXPLAINS THE RESULTS OF THE MORNINGS DISINTERNMENTS TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. A. ENGL...120470
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NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE, SANDAKAN. 1945-10-27. QX63589 CAPTAIN R. A. HOUGHTON, 23RD AUSTRALIAN ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE, SANDAKAN. 1945-10-27. QX63589 CAPTAIN R. A. HOUGHTON, 23RD AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES SERVICE UNIT, INSPECTING THE GRAVES IN NO. 2 CEMETERY AT PW CAMP, SANDAKAN.120495
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NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE, SANDAKAN. 1945-10-23. SCENE AT THE POW CAMP WITH QX63589 CAPTAIN R. A. ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE, SANDAKAN. 1945-10-23. SCENE AT THE POW CAMP WITH QX63589 CAPTAIN R. A. HOUGHTON, 23RD AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES SERVICE UNIT, INSPECTING A BODY IN A GRAVE.120432
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'NX 100110 Captain G M Cocks and NX28207 Lieutenant E K Robertson, 3rd POW Contact and Enquiry ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'NX 100110 Captain G M Cocks and NX28207 Lieutenant E K Robertson, 3rd POW Contact and Enquiry Unit searching in the ruins of the RAP.' 'Scenes at the POW Camp, Sandakan. POW Contact and Enquiry offic...120436
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NX100110 Captain G M Cocks, 2nd Australian POW Contact and Enquiry Unit, reading Japanese and ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
NX100110 Captain G M Cocks, 2nd Australian POW Contact and Enquiry Unit, reading Japanese and English sign on POW camp, Sandakan. Sign reads: "Smoking Allowed Here."' 'One area in No. 1 Compound of Sa...120458
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'NX174662 Gunner G Dooley, 12 Battery, 2/3 Australian Tank Attack Regiment, reading Australian ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'NX174662 Gunner G Dooley, 12 Battery, 2/3 Australian Tank Attack Regiment, reading Australian identiity discs.' 'One area in No. 1 Compound of Sandakan POW camp was found to contain approximately 300...120450
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'NX28207 Lieutenant E K Robertson, 3rd Australian POW Contact and Enquiry Unit and troops examine ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'NX28207 Lieutenant E K Robertson, 3rd Australian POW Contact and Enquiry Unit and troops examine the relics found after a careful search in the area. Many names and numbers were discovered on equipme...120447
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'NX28207 Lieutenant E K Robertson, 3rd Australian POW Contact and Enquiry Unit, handles a rotted ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'NX28207 Lieutenant E K Robertson, 3rd Australian POW Contact and Enquiry Unit, handles a rotted boook, showing names and dates of deaths, found in the area.' 'Scenes at the POW Camp, Sandakan. POW Co...120444
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'NX28207 Lieutenant E K Robertson, 3rd Australian POW Contact and Enquiry Unit, opens a Red Cross ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'NX28207 Lieutenant E K Robertson, 3rd Australian POW Contact and Enquiry Unit, opens a Red Cross haversack containing surgical instruments.' 'Scenes at the POW Camp, Sandakan. POW Contact and Enquiry...120446
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NX28207 Lieutenant E K Robertson, 3rd POW Contact and Enquiry Unit, aided by Japanese, clears ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
NX28207 Lieutenant E K Robertson, 3rd POW Contact and Enquiry Unit, aided by Japanese, clears vines from the RAP.' 'Scenes at the POW Camp, Sandakan. POW Contact and Enquiry officers found the remains...120441
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'NX28207 Lieutenant E K Robertson, 3rd POW Contact and Enquiry Unit, examining and identity disc ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'NX28207 Lieutenant E K Robertson, 3rd POW Contact and Enquiry Unit, examining and identity disc found by him.' 'Scenes at the POW Camp, Sandakan. POW Contact and Enquiry officers found the remains of...120437
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OWEN CAMPBELL, SURVIVOR OF THE BORNEO DEATH MARCHES, POINTS OUT THE BOILER HOUSE AREA AT THE SITE ...
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Maker: Jackson, Henry Walter Samuel
OWEN CAMPBELL, SURVIVOR OF THE BORNEO DEATH MARCHES, POINTS OUT THE BOILER HOUSE AREA AT THE SITE OF FORMER SANDAKAN MILE 8 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, STARTING POINT OF THE 1945 POW DEATH MARCHES.P00495.002
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Pacific Star : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL39516.004
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Pacific Star : Private N A E Short, 2/18 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL32659.002
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Pacific Star : Private N W Jenyns, 8 Division, Australian Army Service Corps
Heraldry
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL32903.002
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Pacific Star : Private S R Core, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star, impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL45255.002
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Pacific Star : Sapper F A Carley, 2/12 Field Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL33587.002
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Paybook photograph of NX21509 Victor Johnston.
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Paybook photograph of NX21509 Victor Johnston.P02468.783
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Plaque from Sandakan Prisoner of War Cemetery : Sapper S C Goldfinch 2/6 Field Park Company
Heraldry
Maker: Goldfinch, Sydney Charles
Small aluminium plaque engraved on the obverse 'TO THE MEMORY OF BRITISH & AUSTRALIAIN (SIC) FALLEN IN MALAYA'. The reverse is roughly engraved '...ONER OF WAR CAMP SINGAPORE FEB 1942 ...X 7054 S.C. O...REL/18001
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Pocket watch : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Fire damaged man's pocket watch with white enameled face. The watch is missing its glass cover and is marked on the reverse 'Swiss Made'. The other maker's details are illegible.REL/02028.007
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Portrait of Betty Cecily Tang, resident of the Sandakan area. During the visit of HMAS Deloraine ...
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Maker: Unknown
Portrait of Betty Cecily Tang, resident of the Sandakan area. During the visit of HMAS Deloraine to Sandakan at the end of the war, crew members supplied villagers with food from the ship. PM5689 Lieu...P11204.002
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Portrait of Private R J Mitchell, 8 Australian Divisional Ammunition Sub Park, AASC
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of SX9673 Private (Pte) Ronald James Mitchell, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park, Australian Army Service Corps. Pte Mitchell was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in ...P05848.001
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PORTRAIT OF SX10450 PRIVATE ROSS FERGUSON BUSHELL OF THE 8TH DIVISION SALVAGE COMPANY. BUSHELL ...
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Maker: Unknown
PORTRAIT OF SX10450 PRIVATE ROSS FERGUSON BUSHELL OF THE 8TH DIVISION SALVAGE COMPANY. BUSHELL DIED OF ILLNESS ON 1945-06-07, WHILE A POW OF THE JAPANESE, AT SANDAKAN, BORNEO.P00824.003
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Portrait of VX27573 Private (Pte) Thomas John O'Rourke of No. 1 Company, Australian Army Service ...
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Maker: Unknown
Portrait of VX27573 Private (Pte) Thomas John O'Rourke of No. 1 Company, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC). Pte O'Rourke was a Japanese prisoner of war in the prison camp at Sandakan in Borneo. In ...P02813.001
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Portrait of VX54364 Signalman Douglas H. Stirling (who served under the name of Donald Matson), 8 ...
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Maker: Unknown
Portrait of VX54364 Signalman Douglas H. Stirling (who served under the name of Donald Matson), 8 Division Signals, Australian Corps of Signals. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) h...P02197.001