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Australian commandos attacking Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour, September 1943
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
Dennis Adams was commissioned to depict Operation Jaywick, a bold raid by members of Special Operations Australia from Z Special Unit. Fifteen men under the command of a British officer, Major Ivan L...ART27649
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Barrie, John Keith MM (Sergeant, b.1914 - d.2005)
Manuscript
Maker: Barrie, John Keith
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX19782 Sergeant John Keith Barrie, MM. Collection consists of an autobiographical account of service behind Japanese lines in 1945 in Semut ope...MSS1532
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Bosworth, George (Lieutenant, Z Special Unit, AIF d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Bosworth, George
LETTER FORWARDED TO MRS BOSWORTH BY LT COL ZOCK, OC Z SPECIAL UNIT DETAILING THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND IN THE RESCUE OF THE SULTAN OF TERNATE. A BRIEF MESSAGE FROM THE SULTAN IS ALSO ENCLOSEDPR83/195
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Campbell, Alan James (Signaller, b.? - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Campbell, Alan James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VNZ441420 Signaller Alan James Campbell, a New Zealander who served with Z Special Unit, Pacific Theatre and Australia, 1943-1945. Folder 1: On...AWM2016.811.1
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Chaffey, William (Bill) A. (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Chaffey, William Adolphus
Original messages and letters dated August-September 1945 from Lieutenant William (Bill) A. Chaffey, a member of Semut IV (Z Special Force), at Sebauh (Borneo) to Lieutenant Ron Baker at Tatau concern...PR00890
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Chalmers, Cresswell Herbert (Lieutenant, b.1922 - d.2009)
Private Record
Maker: Chalmers, Cresswell Herbert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX44333 Lieutenant Cresswell Herbert Chalmers, Z Special Unit, Borneo. Collection consists of a handwritten notebook kept by Chalmers during his...AWM2018.171.1
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Collection of negatives related to NX9629 John Sachs
Photograph
Four paper envelopes containing 65 negatives, which had been stored in a photo album compiled by NX9629 Lieutenant (Lt) John Fritz Sachs MM, Z Special Unit. Some of the negatives appear to match the p...AWM2019.798.15.2
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Collection of photographs related to NX163744 Thomas Sachs
Photograph
Collection of family images related to NX163744 Gunner (Gnr) Thomas Sachs, 2/1 Field Regiment. The images are mostly uncaptioned, but are probably NX9629 Lieutenant John Fritz Sachs MM, NX10979 Gnr Pe...AWM2019.798.4
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Collection related to NX10979 Peter Sachs
Photograph
Album of 74 pages (including inside covers), compiled by NX10979 Gunner (Gnr) Peter Thomas Edgar Sachs, 2/15 Field Regiment. The album contains a mixture of photographs, sketches, newspaper and magazi...AWM2019.798.8
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Collection relating to 2453 / VX81160 Captain Harold John Murray MC DCM
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to 2453 / VX81160 Captain Harold John Murray MC DCM and his service in the First World War and the Second World War. A timber yard order man, from Leichhardt, NSW, Harold John Mur...P12703
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Collins, Jack Edward (Lance Sergeant, b.1922)
Private Record
Maker: Collins, Jack Edward
Collection related to the Second World War service of VX71712 Lance Sergeant John Collins, Z Special Unit. Collection consists of a card with warship identification silhouettes; a booklet titled 'A B...PR89/151
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Collins, Merv A L (Sergeant, Z Special Unit, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Collins, Mervyn
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX105364 (V225027) Sergeant Mervyn Aubrey Lascelles "Merv" Collins, "Z" Special Unit, Fraser Island, 1944. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains o...PR87/148
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Cusack, Roderick Douglas Clive (Warrant Officer (Class I), b.1921)
Private Record
Maker: Cusack, Roderick Douglas Clive
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX35742 (Q302617) Warrant Officer (Class I) Roderick Douglas Clive Cusack, Z Special Force, Australia, Borneo and Indonesia, 1940-1946. W/O Cusac...AWM2016.476.3
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Glen Alvie Remembers
Manuscript
Maker: Glen Alvie Recreation Reserve Committee
'Glen Alvie Remembers', a manuscript based on research into 28 former students of Glen Alvie State School who served in the First World War and 31 men and 3 women who enlisted form Glen Alvie for Worl...MSS2004
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Griffiths-Marsh, Roland
Manuscript
Maker: Griffiths-Marsh, Roland
Excerpts from "At the edge of the sword" Marsh's autobiography. One section deals with his boyhood, the other his war time experiences following 1944 transfer from the 2/8 Infantry Battalion to "Z" Sp...MSS1024
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Griffiths-Marsh, Roland (Corporal, b.1923 - d.2012)
Private Record
Maker: Griffiths-Marsh, Maayken
Collection relating to VX16310 Corporal (Cpl) Roland Griffiths-Marsh MM, who enlisted as a 16 year old using the alias George Mobray Griffiths, the name of his older brother. He initially served with ...PR85/036
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Griffiths-Marsh, Roland MM (Private 2/8th Bn, Z Special Unit, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Griffiths-Marsh, Roland
MANUAL PREPARED FOR THE TRAINING OF PARACHUTE TROOPS WITHIN AUSTRALIA. THIS COURSE WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE DONOR PRIOR TO POSTING TO SPECIAL OPERATIONS - Z SPECIAL UNITPR88/069
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Grinham, Les (Corporal, Z Special Unit, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Grinham, Leslie Arthur
PHOTOCOPIES OF NEWS CUTTINGS, LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS RELATING TO ACTIVITIES OF "Z" SPECIAL UNITPR86/227
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Haley, Roy John (Warrant Officer Class 2, b.1910 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Haley, Roy John Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service 31182 (VX81919) Warrant Officer Class 2 Roy John Haley, Z Special Unit, Borneo. The collection consists of a handwritten notebook containing a diary...AWM2017.866.1
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Hallam, Kelvin Walter
Private Record
Maker: Hallam, Kelvin Walter
Collection relating to TX16283 Sergeant (Sgt) Kelvin Walter Hallam, who served with Z Special Unit in Borneo during the Second World War. Comprises two original letters handwritten by Sgt Hallam to Mr...PR84/247