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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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Glen Innes and District badge: Sandakan POW camp
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Maker: Unknown
Enamelled badge in red, white and blue with 'FROM GLEN INNES AND DISTRICT' and the town's coat of arms. The badge is damaged, with the pin missing and some of the enamel chipped away.REL/17257.058
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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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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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Large rosary crucifix: Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
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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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Pacific Star : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
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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
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Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL32659.002
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Pacific Star : Private S R Core, 2/18 Battalion
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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
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Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL33587.002
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Pocket watch : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
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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
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Presentation wallet , City of Hawthorn : Lieutenant L C Matthews, 8 Division Signals
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Maker: Unknown
Rectangluar fine black leather folding wallet with gilded brass slide clasp. The front is gold embossed centrally with the coat of arms of the City of Hawthorn and the following:'VX24597 Lieut. L.C. M...REL43190