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Addison, Percy Romer (Private, b.1918 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Addison, Percy Romer Australian Military Forces
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX31849 Private Percy Romer Addison, 2/30 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya and Australia, 1941-1946. Wall...AWM2018.223.1
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'At scene of mass burials of POWs, Japanese troops are opening graves'. 'One area in No. 1 ...
Photograph
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 ...
Photograph
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.' ...
Photograph
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 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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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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Baccus, Arthur Albury (Private, b.1916-d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Baccus, Arthur Aubrey
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX32443 Private Arthur Albury Baccus, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, Borneo, 1943-1945. Collection consists of three postcards from Private...PR04740
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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 ...
Photograph
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 ...
Photograph
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 : 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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CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. IMPROVISED COOKING UTENSILS AND DRINKING MUG COLLECTED BY THE NO. 10 ...
Photograph
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 ...
Photograph
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