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Australian MK II steel helmet with bullet hole : Private J H Smith, 2/28 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Mk II steel helmet, complete with sprung cotton tape chinstrap, brass buckle, and rubber impregnated cotton liner. 'Size 7' is painted in white on the inside of the liner. The liner is miss...REL/14373.001
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Autographed and embroidered nurse's veil : Sister J M Loutit, Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nurse's white cotton veil embroidered with many coloured signatures of Medical Air Evacuation Transport Unit (MAETU) nurses, pilots and AIF personnel. The key seems to indicate that nurse's signatures...REL25741
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Chinese banner presented by Beaufort Public School, North Borneo : Lieutenant E A Bacon, 24 Infantry Brigade
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangle of white calico bordered with a orange cotton fringe consisting of small separate triangular pieces. Printed at the top of the banner in black capital lettering is the following: 'The Aust...RELAWM20254
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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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Devastation, Balikpapan
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts the devastion and condition of a section of an oil refinery at Balikpapan, South East Borneo, showing oil tanks burnt out after the bombardment preceding the landing by 7th Australian Division...ART22997
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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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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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Reither, Herman 'Algie' (Private, b.1906 - d.1945) - New Testament
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
New Testament given to Algie by his mother before he went to war. The inscription she wrote in the front has since been lost. This New Testament along with a letter was carried by Algie both during t...AWM2016.621.1.1
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Rosary beads : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Incomplete set of rosary beads made from hardened white-grey seeds joined by a fine metal chain. The crucifix and a small part of the chain has been broken off.REL/02028.005
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Smoker's pipe : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Smoker's pipe made from bamboo. The bowl has two rough decorative lines around the top rim and is lined with clay. The stem has been bound with an aluminium band and the mouthpiece is made from a type...REL/02029.002
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Tarakan, Borneo
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray Jones, Vernon
This diorama depicts the landing at Tarakan, a small island off the east coast of Borneo, which was undertaken by the 26th Brigade Group, a component of the 9th Australian Division, on 1 May 1945. Th...ART41048
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Toy racing car : Lieutenant W A Cartwright, 2/2 Infantry Troops Workshop, AEME
Heraldry
Maker: Cartwright, William Albert
Open cockpit toy racing car made from salvaged aluminium. The upper body of the car has been formed from one piece of aircraft-grade aluminium or duralium and is copper rivetted to a pair of aluminium...REL36622
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Truck 1/4 Ton 4x4 GS, jeep : Australian Army Military History Section
Technology
Truck 1/4 ton 4x4 general service Jeep. This 'Borneo jeep' is painted green with the Australian Army registration number, 161881 stencilled on the bonnet sides. It has the serial number 222713. The...RELAWM31402.001
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Type 99 Machine Gun : Group Captain A G Grant, RAAF Technical Air Intelligence Unit.
Technology
The Type 99 light machine gun is an automatic gas operated weapon. The gas system utilises a long stroke piston located below the barrel. A manual gas regulator with five settings is attached to the b...RELAWM31939
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White ensign presented to Captain C B W Radford, Salvation Army, by Royal Australian Navy Commando Beach Group B
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White ensign originally flown by Second Beach Group, Royal Australian Navy Commando 'B' at Tarakan in May 1945. The lower left canton is inscribed 'TO CAPPY from R.A.N. COMMANDO 'B' In APPRECIATION'. ...REL/14315