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AA (Happy) Hawkins
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of A A 'Happy' Hawkins, of 'Falor', Yarran Road, Oatley, New South. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. B...ART28403.039
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BRIDGE OVER THE KWAI RIVER, THAILAND, SEVERELY DAMAGED BY AERIAL BOMBING.
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BRIDGE OVER THE KWAI RIVER, THAILAND, SEVERELY DAMAGED BY AERIAL BOMBING.P00502.001
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Aluminium carrying case for Bell and Howell DR-70 camera and equipment : Australian War Correspondent Neil Davis
Technology
Timber carrying case clad in aluminium and fitted for camera equipment. The interior is lined with blue corduroy fabric. A central section is designed to fit a 16mm camera leaving a storage cavity on ...REL/16071
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AN AUSTRALIAN AERODROME DEFENCE INSTRUCTOR, AT UBON, THAILAND, FLT SGT NEVILLE SAMPSON OF ...
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AN AUSTRALIAN AERODROME DEFENCE INSTRUCTOR, AT UBON, THAILAND, FLT SGT NEVILLE SAMPSON OF BRISBANE, QLD, SHOWS THREE RTAF FRIENDS THE NEW SELF LOADING RIFLE WITH WHICH THE RAAF HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GRO...MAL/62/0063/21
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An incident on the Burma railway
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Reconstruction of a scene witnessed by Colonel Dillon of the British Army, of the bashing of two British and one Australian prisoners of war by Japanese on the Burma-Thailand railway. Griffin original...ART26525
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Anzac Day marching banner of 2/10 Australian Field Ambulance Association
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blue synthetic Anzac Day marching banner of 2/10 Australian Field Ambulance with white fringe along top and bottom edges. Guide ropes approximately 2 metres long extend from each of the top corners. T...REL29708
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A PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR ABOUT TO LEAVE NAKOM PATON CAMP TO SEARCH FOR SUSPECTED ...
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A PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR ABOUT TO LEAVE NAKOM PATON CAMP TO SEARCH FOR SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS IN THE AREA.118847
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A river barge transporting stores and sick prisoners of war (POWs) on the Menam Kwa Noi River, ...
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A river barge transporting stores and sick prisoners of war (POWs) on the Menam Kwa Noi River, Thailand.128451
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Arnold Ainsworth
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Arnold M Ainsworth, of 'Longcrags', 106 Tozer Street, West Kamsey (Kempsey?). The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thaila...ART28403.030
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As stated: Ray Parkin's hat
Art
Maker: Parkin, Ray
A worn and torn soldier's hat, with a smaller copy at the right. This print was included in a folio of drypoints that were made from the original drawings that Ray Parkin entrusted to Weary Dunlop whi...ART90933.028
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A surgical operation in progress in the operating theatre at the prisoner of war (POW) hospital ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A surgical operation in progress in the operating theatre at the prisoner of war (POW) hospital camp. Of the 896 operations which were performed here there was a mortality rate of 18. In January 1944,...157874
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Attap barges, Tamuan
Art
Maker: Parkin, Ray
Several prisoners of war, wearing only shorts and hats, loading attap onto two barges at Tamuan. This print was included in a folio of drypoints that were made from the original drawings that Ray Park...ART90933.026
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At the prisoner of war (POW) hospital camp at Nakom Paton, an improvised alcohol still had been ...
Photograph
Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
At the prisoner of war (POW) hospital camp at Nakom Paton, an improvised alcohol still had been operating for a year and produced two litres of alcohol a day from rice. The still was set up by Mr Chap...118848
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At the prisoner of war (POW) hospital camp at Nakom Paton, an improvised alcohol still had been ...
Photograph
Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
At the prisoner of war (POW) hospital camp at Nakom Paton, an improvised alcohol still had been operating for a year and produced two litres of alcohol a day from rice. The still was set up by Mr Chap...118849
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AUSTRALIAN BROTHERS-IN-LAW MET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY MONTHS AND FAR FROM HOME IN THAILAND ...
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AUSTRALIAN BROTHERS-IN-LAW MET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY MONTHS AND FAR FROM HOME IN THAILAND THIS WEEK. THEY ARE SQUADRON LEADER BILL HUGHES OF COOGEE, NSW, A WELL KNOWN RAAF FIGHTER PILOT NOW WITH ...MAL/63/0050/55
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Australian flag made prisoners of war : Gunners W T Palmer and W E Dircks, 2/1 Heavy Battery
Heraldry
Maker: Dircks, William Edwin
Handmade blue cotton Australian ensign with a lightweight canvas hoist. The blue section is made from two pieces of fabric joined horizontally across the flag. The Federation Star and stars of the Sou...REL28444
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AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, ACT 1975-08-11. MR N.J. FLANAGAN, DIRECTOR, AUSTRALIAN WAR ...
Photograph
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, ACT 1975-08-11. MR N.J. FLANAGAN, DIRECTOR, AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL (3) WITH THE HON CHATICHAI CHOONHAVEN, FOREIGN MINISTER OF THAILAND (2) AND HIS WIFE (3) DURING T...043451
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AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, ACT 1975-08-11. MR NOEL J. FLANAGAN, DIRECTOR, AUSTRALIAN WAR ...
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AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, ACT 1975-08-11. MR NOEL J. FLANAGAN, DIRECTOR, AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL (3) WITH THE HON CHATICHAI CHOONHAVAN, FOREIGN MINISTER OF THAILAND (2), AND HIS WIFE DURING T...043454
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AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, ACT 1975-08-11. THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF THAILAND, THE HON ...
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AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, ACT 1975-08-11. THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF THAILAND, THE HON CHATICHAI CHOONHAVAN AND HIS WIFE LOOKING AT THE EXHIBITS DURING THEIR VISIT TO THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL...043453
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AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, ACT 1975-08-11. THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF THAILAND, THE HON ...
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AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, ACT 1975-08-11. THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF THAILAND, THE HON CHATICHAI CHOONHAVAN, SIGNING THE VISITOR'S BOOK DURING HIS VISIT TO THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL.043452
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Australia Service Medal : Lance Corporal H W F Elmhirst, 2/10 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34583.004
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Australia Service Medal : Private C J Smith, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL29744.004
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Australia Service Medal : Staff Sergeant S E Cameron, 2/19 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL30601.005
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Autographed pennant : International Polling Station Officers, Australian Electoral Commission, attached to UNTAC
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Triangular white nylon pennant printed on one side with a silver/grey bar. Under this in descending order is 'AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION' with each initial letter in red and the rest of the word ...REL25178
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AWM54 627/5/5 PART 17 - [Services Reconnaissance Department - Malaya and Singapore:] 11 August 1944, Conditions in Enemy Occupied Territories, Summary No 4 - I Sumatra; II Siam; III French Indo-China; IV Hong Kong, Canton and Macao and Kwangtung
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.390
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AWM54 1010/4/157 PART 2 - [War Crimes and Trials - Affidavits and Sworn Statements:] Miscellaneous statements and affidavits - Australian, American, Dutch and Japanese relating to trials of Lt Col Nagatomo and others, arising from ill treatment accorded Allied POWs in Burma and Thailand
Digitised Collection
AWM2018.8.422
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AWM54 1010/4/157 PART 1 - [War Crimes and Trials - Affidavits and Sworn Statements:] Miscellaneous Statements and affidavits, Australian, American, Dutch and Japanese relating to trials of Lt Col Nagatomo and others arising from ill-treatment accorded Allied POW's in Burma and Thailand
Digitised Collection
AWM2018.8.421
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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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BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-14. AUSTRALIAN SERVICE OFFICERS EX-PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS) OF THE ...
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BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-14. AUSTRALIAN SERVICE OFFICERS EX-PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS) OF THE JAPANESE, OUTSIDE THEIR QUARTERS AT THE ORIENTAL HOTEL WHERE THEY ARE QUARTERED WHILE AWAITING TRANSPORT BA...117351
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BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-14. CAPT R.H.Q. STABB, 4 AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TANK REGIMENT (1) AND MAJ ...
Photograph
BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-14. CAPT R.H.Q. STABB, 4 AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TANK REGIMENT (1) AND MAJ R.H. BARRACLOUGH, 2/10TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT (2) STUDYING A WALL CHART SHOWING THE PRISONER OF WAR (...117347
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Bangkok, Thailand. c. September 1945. Two former prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese, with an ...
Photograph
Bangkok, Thailand. c. September 1945. Two former prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese, with an English nurse after liberation. The severely emaciated malnourished condition of these men speaks for ...P00761.015
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BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-15. GUNNER J. BRIDGER-CHALKER, LIAISON MEDICAL HEADQUARTERS, CIVIL ...
Photograph
BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-15. GUNNER J. BRIDGER-CHALKER, LIAISON MEDICAL HEADQUARTERS, CIVIL INTERNEES CAMP IN THE THAI ROYAL COLLEGE EXECUTING ILLUSTRATIONS FOR MEDICAL HISTORY RECORDS117363
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BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-15. LIEUTENANT COLONEL E.E. DUNLOP, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/2ND CASUALTY ...
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BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-15. LIEUTENANT COLONEL E.E. DUNLOP, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/2ND CASUALTY CLEARING STATION CONFERRING WITH LIEUTENANT COLONEL A.E. COATES, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, NAKOM PATON PR...117361
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BANGKOK, THAILAND, 1945. (PROBABLY 30 SEPTEMBER) FORMER POW'S FROM SAIGON ON ARRIVAL AT BANGKOK ...
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BANGKOK, THAILAND, 1945. (PROBABLY 30 SEPTEMBER) FORMER POW'S FROM SAIGON ON ARRIVAL AT BANGKOK AFTER THEIR RELEASE. THE DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT (ARMY) CREW WAS: AUSTRALIAN PILOT, ENGLISH NAVIGAT...P00235.002
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Ban-Tam-Kam, Thailand. C. 1945-05. In a round trip of nearly 2,500 miles from bases in India, RAF ...
Photograph
Ban-Tam-Kam, Thailand. C. 1945-05. In a round trip of nearly 2,500 miles from bases in India, RAF Liberator aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command, smashed a 600 feet three span girder b...SUK14427
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Ban-Tam-Kam, Thailand. C. 1945-05. In a round trip of nearly 2,500 miles from bases in India, RAF ...
Photograph
Ban-Tam-Kam, Thailand. C. 1945-05. In a round trip of nearly 2,500 miles from bases in India, RAF Liberator aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command, smashed a 600 feet three span girder b...SUK14426
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Base Hospital Camp, Chungkai; verso: Huts and trees
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Hospital huts, with trees and hill in background. Verso: huts and trees.ART91824
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Basketball at Makasura
Art
Maker: Parkin, Ray
Seven male figures, wearing only shorts, playing basketball in an area with palm trees and a fence. One figure has thrown the ball towards the goal ring. This print is included in a folio of drypoints...ART90933.008
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Bell and Howell 70 DR 16mm cine camera: Neil Davis, Australian War Correspondent
Technology
Maker: Bell & Howell Dallmeyer P Angenieux Taylor, Taylor & Hobson Ltd
Bell and Howell 70 DR 16 mm vertical format camera with a steel body finished in a gray crackle paint. The front of the camera features a rotating circular lens turret plate with three screw mounted ...REL/16067
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BELL B-47G SIOUX HELICOPTER A1-562 OF NO 16 ARMY LIGHT AIRCRAFT SQUADRON BASED AT RAAF AMBERLEY, ...
Photograph
Maker: RAAF Photographer
BELL B-47G SIOUX HELICOPTER A1-562 OF NO 16 ARMY LIGHT AIRCRAFT SQUADRON BASED AT RAAF AMBERLEY, QLD LANDS IN A DUST DRY RICE PADDY FIELD AFTER CARRYING OUT SPOTTING DUTY FOR FORWARD AIR CONTROL UNITS...P00448.029
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Bill Papworth
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Bill Papworth, Australian prisoner of war. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 194...ART28403.007
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Bill Prenter
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Bill Prenter, of 24 Trafalgar Pde, New South Wales. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginni...ART28403.029
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Bill Shorney
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Bill Shorney. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 many prisoners had died and...ART28403.080
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Bob Hill
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Bob Hill. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 many prisoners had died and it ...ART28403.062
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Bob Parsons
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Bob Parsons. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 many prisoners had died and ...ART28403.078
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Brencassi (Brankassi), Thailand. c. September 1945. Servicemen enjoying the swimming hole at ...
Photograph
Brencassi (Brankassi), Thailand. c. September 1945. Servicemen enjoying the swimming hole at Brencassi. They are possibly members of the War Graves Commission survey party or the Military History Sect...P00761.018
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Brencassi (Brankossi), Thailand. c. October 1945. Informal group portrait of Leading Aircraftman ...
Photograph
Maker: War Graves Commission Survey Party, 1945
Brencassi (Brankossi), Thailand. c. October 1945. Informal group portrait of Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Simpson, LAC R. McGregor and a Japanese train crew after a succesful fishing trip using Japanese ...P01910.016
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Bridge work, Burma-Thailand railway
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Prisoners building a bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway. Although Griffin volunteered to work on the Burma-Thailand railway, he gave up his spot for a fellow prisoner and remained in Changi. He crea...ART25107
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Lance Corporal H W F Elmhirst, 2/10 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34583.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Private C J Smith, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL29744.003
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British War Medal, 1939-45 : Staff Sergeant S E Cameron, 2/19 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal, 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL30601.004
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Building the railway 'bund' (embankment)
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Prisoners of war building the 'bund' (embankment) for the railway in the jungle at Kanyu in 1942, with rocks and earth, under supervision of Japanese engineers and Korean guards; possibly a Japanese e...ART91846
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Bullock carts
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Drawing on Japanese postcard. Two Thai/Burmese wooden bullock carts in Konyu, Thailand.ART91817
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Bullock carts
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Four detailed drawings of Thai/Burmese teak bullock carts, Konyu, Thailand.ART91818
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. October 1945. Steel rice trucks like these were used by the Japanese ...
Photograph
Burma-Thailand Railway. c. October 1945. Steel rice trucks like these were used by the Japanese to move prisoners of war (POWs) and Asian labourers from Singapore and Malaya to work on the constructio...128450
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Camp utensils, Tarsau hospital
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Camp utensils used in the Tarsau hospital on the Thai-Burma Railway. Many of the improvised utensils are constructed from bamboo and other salvaged materials.ART90847
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1975-08-11. MR N.J. FLANAGAN, DIRECTOR, AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL (2) WITH THE HON ...
Photograph
CANBERRA, ACT. 1975-08-11. MR N.J. FLANAGAN, DIRECTOR, AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL (2) WITH THE HON CHATICHAI CHOONHAVAN, FOREIGN MINISTER OF THAILAND (1) DURING HIS VISIT TO THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL. ...043455
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Captain Arthur Hence
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of NX70153 Captain Arthur William Hence (later MBE), 2/18 Bn 2 AIF. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. B...ART28403.020
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Captain Tim Godlee
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Captain Tim Godlee, medical practitioner, of Clairmont. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beg...ART28403.057
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Captain W M Drower
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Captain W M Drower. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 many prisoners had di...ART28403.050
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Carved chess set : Lance Corporal H Beitsch, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Beitsch, Hector
Complete carved chess set made of dark and light woods using a lathe and hand carving.REL30302
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Catholic Church, Chungkai; verso: Medical hut
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Rough bamboo church hut. Verso: Buildings and trees.ART91823
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Charlie Byford
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of C H 'Charlie' Byford, of Tavistock Street. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 194...ART28403.018
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Charlie Taiohara
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of 'Charlie' Taiohara, possibly a guard at prisoner of war camp. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By t...ART28403.040
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Chinese [labourer] from Malaya
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of a Chinese-born Malay labourer. The subject was one of many natives from Malaya whom the Japanese forced into labour gangs for shipment to territories under Japanese occupation.ART24409
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Chinese [labourer] from Muar Malay
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of a Chinese-born Malay labourer from the Muar River area. The subject has been pictured after his liberation from the Japanese who had pressed him, along with many of his compatriots, into ...ART24411
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Cholera tent, Hintok
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Hintok, - Railway, Far East; prisoners of war camp. Jack Chalker was serving in the Royal Artillery when he was captured at the fall of Singapore. In October 1942 he was in a party sent to Thailand t...ART90844
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Chronically ill patients whose health broke down in the Burma and Thailand jungle during the ...
Photograph
Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Chronically ill patients whose health broke down in the Burma and Thailand jungle during the construction of the railway. Most of the men have been patients in Ward 19 of Nakom Paton Hospital for over...118858
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Chumphon, Thailand. C. 1945-02. The transhipment area at Chumphon after some of the RAF Liberator ...
Photograph
Chumphon, Thailand. C. 1945-02. The transhipment area at Chumphon after some of the RAF Liberator aircraft and US Army Air Force B-24 aircraft of the Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command had dropp...SUK13866
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CHUNGKAI, BURMA - THAILAND RAILWAY. THE CAST OF THE ENTERTAINMENT "WONDER BAR" (A PLAY ON THE ...
Photograph
CHUNGKAI, BURMA - THAILAND RAILWAY. THE CAST OF THE ENTERTAINMENT "WONDER BAR" (A PLAY ON THE GERMAN WORD WUNDERBAR) ON THE STAGE AT A CAMP THEATRE. ALL MATERIALS, INCLUDING THE COLOURING MATERIALS FO...122543
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Chungkai (Kao Poon), Thailand. c. October 1945. Lieutenant G. H. Schroder, Netherlands East ...
Photograph
Chungkai (Kao Poon), Thailand. c. October 1945. Lieutenant G. H. Schroder, Netherlands East Indies Army, a ex-prisoner of war (POW) member of a War Graves Commission survey party, standing in a bund, ...P00761.019
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Civilian Police Officers, members of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) during a ...
Photograph
Maker: Corbett, Wayne
Civilian Police Officers, members of the United Nations Mission East Timor (UNAMET) during a United Nations briefing at the Police Headquarters in Gleno. These officers are from a number of countries ...P03393.018
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Cliff Cosh
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Cliff Cosh (or Cash), Australian prisoner of war. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning...ART28403.053
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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
Songkurai, Thailand. 1943. Building the Songkurai bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway which was built for the Japanese by prisoner of war (POW) labour. Songkurai is approximately 494 kilometres north...P00406.007
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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
Takanun, Thailand. c. 1943. Prisoners of war (POWs) manhandling sleepers on the Burma-Thailand railway. Takanun is approximately 218 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 196 ...P00406.018
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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
Burma-Thailand Railway. c. 1943. Prisoners of war (POWs) and native labourers building a bridge either at Songkurai in Thailand or Ronsi in Burma. (Donor A. Seary)P00406.022
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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
Prisoner of war (POW) labourers building a railway bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway, built for the Japanese by POW labour. Konkoita is approximately 263 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known...P00406.002
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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
Prisoner of war (POW) labourers building a railway bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway, built for the Japanese by POW labour. Konkoita is approximately 263 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known...P00406.003
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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
Thailand. c. 1942. Prisoners of war (POWs) in Japanese POW camp. (Donor A. Seary)P00406.012
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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
Nakom Paton, Thailand. c. 1944. Prisoners of war (POWs) outside the POW hospital. Nakom Paton lies between Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk) and Bangkok on the main Singapore-Bangkok railway line...P00406.005
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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
Takanun, Thailand. c. 1943. Petrol storage at Takanun on the Burma-Thailand railway. Takanun is approximately 218 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 196 kilometres south of...P00406.019
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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
Takanun, Thailand. c. 1943. Prisoner of war (POW) driving dog spikes in newly laid track along the Burma-Thailand railway. Takanun is approximately 218 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as N...P00406.020
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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
The first train (Engine number C5631, on display at Yushukan Museum Tokyo) to pass Konkoita on the newly constructed Burma-Thailand railway, built for the Japanese by prisoner of war (POW) labour. Kon...P00406.004
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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
The opening ceremony for the completed Burma-Thailand railway, built for the Japanese by prisoner of war (POW) labour. On 16 October 1943 the railway line was completed, with the Burma and Thailand se...P00406.001
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Colonel Charles Anderson
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of NX12595 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson, VC, MC, Commanding 2/19 Btn, 2AIF; defence of Malaya and, Muar River, 'A' Force Railway (also First World War in German East Afri...ART28403.087
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Colonel Edward (Weary) Dunlop
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Colonel (Ernest) Edward 'Weary' Dunlop, OBE, MS Melb, FRCS, FRACS. Perhaps Australia's most well known veteran of the Second World War, Edward Dunlop became well-known for his medical work with Austra...ART26999
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Colonel Thomas Hamilton
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of NX70505 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas, MB ChM, FRACS, FACS, Commanding 2/4 CCS; defence of Malaya and, 'A' Force Railway, (also First World War 30 Btn AIF). The artist, Jim Collins, was a memb...ART28403.085
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Colour patches : Private S E Cameron, 2/19 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Diamond shaped colour patch for 2/19 Battalion divided horizontally brown over green with oval grey background.REL30596
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Colour patches : Staff Sergeant S E Cameron, 2/19 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Four horizontally aligned oval colour patches for 2/19 Battalion, AIF. Divided horizontally purple over green on grey backing.REL30602
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Compressed fibre identity discs: Australian Army - Staff Sergeant S E Cameron, 2/19 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Two khaki green fibre, octagonal identity discs stamped on one side with 'S E CAMERON NX52530' and 'A2' on the reverse.REL30593
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Compressed fibre identity discs with crucifix : Corporal A K Boyden, 2/12 Field Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of compressed fibre identity discs with attached rose gold crucifix, on length of thin twine. One red coloured circular disc is impressed on the obverse with 'AKBOYDEN CE NX32792' and 'A2' on the...REL31625
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CONCRETE REVETMENTS SHELTERING SABRE JET FIGHTERS OF NO. 79 SQUADRON RAAF AT UBON, THAILAND.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
CONCRETE REVETMENTS SHELTERING SABRE JET FIGHTERS OF NO. 79 SQUADRON RAAF AT UBON, THAILAND.MAL/66/0068/02
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Construction of a bridge over the Mae Khlong River
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Men working on the bridge construction, with trees and background hills. At one point on the Burma-Thailand Railway a substantial bridge had to be built where the Mae Khlong and Khwae Noi rivers met. ...ART91847
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Cookhouse, Konyu River Camp; verso: Konyu graveyard looking up river
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Bamboo cookhouse, with trees in background. The view is from the river's edge and shows the cookhouse on the left. Verso: Trees, river, graveyard crosses, hills in background.ART91816
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Cross and Rosary Beads : Driver H D Harris, 2/3 Motor Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A Catholic rosary of the standard design, consisting of five decades, or sets of ten wooden beads, for the recitation of the Hail Mary (Ave Maria), separated by a single wood and brass bead for the re...REL33345
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Crucifix : Sapper F Brydges, 2/6 Field Company, RAE
Heraldry
Maker: Brydges, Frank
Small ivory crucifix attached to a paper label by a short length of green cotton thread. Written in black ink on the label obverse is, "Carved by Frank Brydes [sic] when a POW in 1943 on the Burma-Si...REL34285
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Darwin, NT. 1945-09-21. NX57549 Private (Pte) W. Bagley, with a friend, Pte Warner of the ...
Photograph
Maker: Department of Air
Darwin, NT. 1945-09-21. NX57549 Private (Pte) W. Bagley, with a friend, Pte Warner of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS), at the wharf after the arrival of the hospital ship Oranje. Pte Bagley...NWA0977
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Darwin, NT. 1945-09-21. SX8288 Private (Pte) R. A. Olds of Hilton, SA, talking with Voluntary Aid ...
Photograph
Maker: Department of Air
Darwin, NT. 1945-09-21. SX8288 Private (Pte) R. A. Olds of Hilton, SA, talking with Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Anderson of Unley, SA, on board the hospital ship Oranje in Darwin Harbour. Pte Olds,...NWA0975
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D C Howie
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of D C 'Doug' Howie, of Renmark. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 many prison...ART28403.011