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AERIAL STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE BRITISH TRANSPORT RMS ORONTES WHICH TRANSPORTED RAAF PERSONNEL ...
Photograph
AERIAL STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE BRITISH TRANSPORT RMS ORONTES WHICH TRANSPORTED RAAF PERSONNEL TO MALAYA IN 1940-07. IN 1947 SHE REPATRIATED THE SURVIVORS OF THE GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER KORMORAN FRO...303744/01
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AIF AND BRITISH POW, SELARANG BARRACKS, CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1942-09-02. TROOPS ARRIVING IN ...
Photograph
Maker: Aspinall, George
AIF AND BRITISH POW, SELARANG BARRACKS, CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1942-09-02. TROOPS ARRIVING IN SELARANG BARRACK SQUARE. THIS PORTION OF AREA OCCUPIED BY BRITISH TROOPS. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN SECRETLY BY GEORGE ...132937
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Aluminium plaque : Private W C Davis, 2/18 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Davis, Walter Charles
An aluminium plaque cut in the shape of Australia. Engraved onto the plaque are the maker's details ‘N.X. 40190 PTE. DAVIS W. C. COY. 2/18 BN. CHANGI 15-2-42.', and the names of his relatives, ‘UNCLE ...REL33300
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Armstrong, George Eric (Trooper, b.1918 - d.1985)
Private Record
Maker: Armstrong, George Eric Bayliss, Frederick Owen Steinbeck, William John
Letters, personal papers, and photographs of Trooper George Eric Armstrong who served in 2/20 Battalion and was a Japanese Prisoner of War during the Second World War. Tpr Armstrong was also in posses...PR01924
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AT SEA, EN ROUTE TO SINGAPORE. 1945-09-03. MEMBERS OF 2 AUSTRALIAN POW RECEPTION GROUP TRAVELLED ...
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AT SEA, EN ROUTE TO SINGAPORE. 1945-09-03. MEMBERS OF 2 AUSTRALIAN POW RECEPTION GROUP TRAVELLED TO SINGAPORE ABOARD THE MV DUNTROON TO ESTABLISH RECEPTION CAMPS FOR AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR RELEAS...114687
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AT SEA, EN ROUTE TO SINGAPORE. 1945-09-03. MEMBERS OF 2 AUSTRALIAN POW RECEPTION GROUP TRAVELLED ...
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AT SEA, EN ROUTE TO SINGAPORE. 1945-09-03. MEMBERS OF 2 AUSTRALIAN POW RECEPTION GROUP TRAVELLED TO SINGAPORE ABOARD THE MV DUNTROON TO ESTABLISH RECEPTION CAMPS FOR AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR RELEAS...114685
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AT SEA. 1945-10-12. PERSONNEL OF THE ARMY UNITS WHO WERE IN TIMOR BEFORE GOING TO MALAYA WHERE ...
Photograph
AT SEA. 1945-10-12. PERSONNEL OF THE ARMY UNITS WHO WERE IN TIMOR BEFORE GOING TO MALAYA WHERE THEY BECAME POWS OF THE JAPANESE, ABOARD THE BRITISH TROOPSHIP MV HIGHLAND BRIGADE DURING THEIR JOURNEY B...117870
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Australia Service Medal : Gunner A W Glover, 4 Anti-Tank Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL32411.004
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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 : Sergeant R P Spain, 2/4 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around the edge with recipient's details.REL31720.004
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Australia Service Medal : Signalman R C Ingram, 8 Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL33291.005
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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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Baggaley, Albert Edward (Private, b.1914 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Baggaley, Albert Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX18001 Private Albert Edward Baggaley, 2/26 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Singapore and Australia, 1940-1946....PR06388
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Barnett, Benjamin Arthur (Captain, b.1908 - d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Barnett, Benjamin Arthur
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX29818 Captain Benjamin Arthur Barnett, 8 Division Signals, Changi Prisoner of War Camp, Singapore, 1942-1946. This collection consists of tele...AWM2017.101.3
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Battle casualties, Malaya
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Convalescent Depot for rehabilitation of men (all amputees) playing deck golf. It was located in part of barracks formerly occupied by Gordon Highlanders. The workshop run by the prisoners were able t...ART25088
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Bell, Keith H
Private Record
Maker: Bell, Keith H
Collection in relation to Keith H Bell from Federated Malay State Volunteer Force and POW in Changi. Wallet 1 of 1 contains a typescript diary written by Keith Bell. The diary is divided into two sec...PR03179
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Blackford, George "Harry" (Lieutenant, b.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Ambrose, Noelene Blackford, G H S
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX51473 Lieutenant George Henry Stephen "Harry" Blackford, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF. Collection consists of two original handwritt...PR05833
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Brigadier Arthur Varley
Art
Brigadier Arthur Leslie Varley (NX35005), MC, commanding officer of 2/18 Battalion and later of 22nd Australian Infantry Brigade. Varley was interned in Changi until May 1942 when he was appointed to ...ART26425
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Brigadier Duncan Maxwell
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
A portrait of Brigadier Duncan Struan Maxwell (NX12610) of the 27th Australian Infantry Brigade.ART26422
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Brigadier Harold Taylor
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Commander of 22nd Australian Infantry Brigade, Brigadier Harold Burfield Taylor, MC, VD (NX34724). Taylor had served in the First World War. When he was imprisoned in Changi, Taylor established and gu...ART26428
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Brigadier Sir Frederick "Black Jack" Galleghan, DSO OBE ISO ED, recounts his military career [memoirs]
Sound
Maker: Galleghan, Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack' Galleghan, Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack'
Brigadier Sir Frederick "Black Jack" Galleghan recounts his military career: cadet at Cook's Hill High School, Newcastle; experiences in 1914-18 War in 34th Battalion; Military life between the two wo...S01329
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BRISBANE, QLD. 1945-09. DAVIS FAMILY REUNION ON THE DAY AFTER WING COMMANDER REGINALD HENRY ...
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BRISBANE, QLD. 1945-09. DAVIS FAMILY REUNION ON THE DAY AFTER WING COMMANDER REGINALD HENRY SAVILLE DAVIS RETURNED HOME. DAVIS WAS CO OF NO. 1 SQUADRON RAAF IN MALAYA, WAS TAKEN PRISONER AND SENT TO A...P00688.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Gunner A W Glover, 4 Anti-Tank Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL32411.003
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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 : Private G A G Siebert, 2/18 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45, impressed on edge with recipient's details.REL38873.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Sergeant R P Spain, 2/4 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around the edge with recipient's details.REL31720.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Signalman R C Ingram, 8 Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed on edge with recipient's details.REL33291.004
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Brown, Raymond John Tressillain (Private, b.1919 - d.2006)
Private Record
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX29116 Private John Tressillian Brown, 2/30 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1990. Wallet 1 of 1 – C...PR06326
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1947-07. CANBERRA, ACT. LIEUTENANT B.G.D. TONGS AFTER RECEIVING FROM THE GOVERNOR GENERAL THE ...
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1947-07. CANBERRA, ACT. LIEUTENANT B.G.D. TONGS AFTER RECEIVING FROM THE GOVERNOR GENERAL THE AWARD OF A MILITARY MEDAL. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE JOAN AND HIS BROTHER REG. LIEUTENANT TONGS RECEI...134820
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Cartwright, William (Private, b.1918 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Cartwright, William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX35722 Private William Cartwright, 2/19 Battalion, prisoner of war in Malaya and Japan. Collection consists of an original diary assembled from...PR04365
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Carved wooden walking stick : J Dafter AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Carved wooden walking stick featuring a pattern of raised leaves and flowers on a twisting vine. The head is an irregularly shaped knob like a seed pod, with many small knotholes in it and several car...REL29108
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Case with crucifix and medallions : Sergeant R P Spain, 2/4 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small leatherette covered black case containing an aluminium crucifix and eight aluminium religious medallions. The case is lined with a white cotton fabric that has been button hole stitched in place...REL31719
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1942-09-04. AIF AND BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR AT SELARANG BARRACKS. IN ...
Photograph
Maker: Aspinall, George
CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1942-09-04. AIF AND BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR AT SELARANG BARRACKS. IN FOREGROUND ARE MAKE-SHIFT SHELTERS CONSTRUCTED BY COOKS ALONGSIDE A WATER TRUCK. TROOPS IN LEFT BACKGROUND ARE ...106530
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1942-09-04. AIF AND BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR AT SELARANG BARRACKS. THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Aspinall, George
CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1942-09-04. AIF AND BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR AT SELARANG BARRACKS. THE PHOTOGRAPH, A GENERAL VIEW OF THE WESTERN END OF BARRACK SQUARE, WAS SECRETLY TAKEN BY AN AUSTRALIAN PRISONER ...106531
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Changi trailer party carrying logs
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
This party of prisoners-of-war in Japanese hands in Changi POW Camp, are seen carting coconut tree logs into camp for firewood. The logs have been cut just outside the camp by troops of the Australian...ART26488
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Chaplain Matthew Jones
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Matthew Kenneth Jones (NX70156), Senior Chaplain Church of England, 8th Division. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore, 1942. Drawn in Changi POW Camp.ART26427
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Christmas parcel : Private J M Filcock, 2/9 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular tin (empty) wrapped in calico and addressed in black ink: 'A. SOLDIERS PARCEL/ MISS MARGARET FILCOCK/ 14 JAMES STREET/ BALLARAT/ VICTORIA/ AUSTRALIA/ FROM/ PTE J FILCOCK/ 2/9 FIELD AMB/ A....REL/13591
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C.1942-01. JAPANESE SOLDIERS IN THE BUKIT TIMAH AREA, ABOUT SIX MILES FROM SINGAPORE, PRIOR TO ...
Photograph
C.1942-01. JAPANESE SOLDIERS IN THE BUKIT TIMAH AREA, ABOUT SIX MILES FROM SINGAPORE, PRIOR TO THE CAPITULATION OF THE BRITISH FORCES IN MALAYA. PHOTOGRAPH REPRODUCED IN A JAPANESE PROPAGANDA MAGAZINE...134904
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Clarke, Jack Alfred Hopetoun (Sergeant, b.1912)
Private Record
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX43493 Sergeant Jack Alfred Hopetoun Clarke, 2/10 Australian General Hospital. Consists of a handwritten Christmas greeting card sent by women a...PR82/023
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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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Colonel A Derham
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Colonel Alfred Plumley Derham (VX13486), MC, ED, Assistant Director Medical Services. He had served in the First World War. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at Singapore, 19...ART26429
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Colonel E B Holmes, commander of British and Australian POWs, Malaya (1) with Lieutenant Colonel ...
Photograph
Colonel E B Holmes, commander of British and Australian POWs, Malaya (1) with Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Gallagher Galleghan, DSO, ED, Commanding Officer, 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion and co...117117
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Colonel James Thyer
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Colonel James Hervey Thyer (VX12755), member of General Bennett's staff and GOC1. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at Singapore.ART26431
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Colonel Wilfred Kent-Hughes
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Colonel Wilfred Selwyn Kent-Hughes (VX26600), KBE, MVO, MC, MID, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General of the AIF 8th Division. Kent-Hughes served as a member of the 7 Infantry Battalion in the...ART26205
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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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Core, Sidney Russell (Private, b.1921 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Australian Red Cross Society Core, Sidney Russell Directorate of War Graves Services
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX48471 Private Sidney Russell Core, 2/18 Battalion, prisoner of war, 1941-1946. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection includes nine letters Core wrote to ...PR04472
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Corporal Geoffrey John Walter Bingham
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Corporal Geoffrey John Walter Bingham (NX51770), DCM, 8 Division signals. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at Singapore. Bingham was awarded his Distinguished Conduct Medal...ART26453
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Cowden, Albert Gordon (Lieutenant, b.1910-d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Cowden, Albert Gordon
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX58344 Lieutenant Albert Gordon Cowden, 2/18 Australian Infantry Battalion, Sandakan and Kuching, Borneo, c. 1942-1945. Collection consists of ...PR03772
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Cribbage Board : Private M R Cox, 2/26 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Cox, Malcolm Richard
Hand engraved aluminium cribbage board mounted on wood. There is a small aluminium plate screwed to the end of each board, which swivels to reveal the peg storage. THe top plate is punched with standa...REL/09122
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Cribbage Board : Signalman W J McPherson, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade aluminium cribbage board with four panels of punched out holes for the pegs, grouped in three sets of ten holes for each panel. The board is hand engraved with a thatched hut, palm trees and...REL29050
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Crucifix : Sergeant R P Spain, 2/4 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Metal crucifix with a figure of Christ. The figure was originally soldered to the crucifix by the hands and mid section but has broken off at some point and is now affixed by two lengths of fine threa...REL31717
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Crucifix : Sergeant R P Spain, 2/4 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden crucifix, with lead figure of Christ, attached to a knotted piece of cotton string. The figure of Christ has been attached to the crucifix by three small nails on the hands and feet. The string...REL31718
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ...
Photograph
DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ARRIVED IN DARWIN FROM MALAYA VIA RAAF CATALINAS. SHOWN, BOARDING ARMY TRUCKS FOR THE JOURNEY TO A SPEC...115307
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ...
Photograph
DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ARRIVED IN DARWIN FROM MALAYA VIA RAAF CATALINAS. SHOWN, A GROUP OF THE MEN ABOARD THE LAUNCH ON THEIR ...115303
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ...
Photograph
DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ARRIVED IN DARWIN FROM MALAYA VIA RAAF CATALINAS. SHOWN, PRIVATE D. BLACKIE THE LUCKIEST MEMBER OF THE ...115310
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ...
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ARRIVED IN DARWIN FROM MALAYA VIA RAAF CATALINAS. SHOWN, CAPTAIN B. H. SOLOMON ABOARD THE LAUNCH ON HIS...115304
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ...
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ARRIVED IN DARWIN FROM MALAYA VIA RAAF CATALINAS. SHOWN, PRIVATE A. E. WAGNER STANDING ON THE MOTOR LAU...115302
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ...
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ARRIVED IN DARWIN FROM MALAYA VIA RAAF CATALINAS. SHOWN, SERGEANT R. PETERSON, BOARDING AN ARMY TRUCK F...115309
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ...
Photograph
DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ARRIVED IN DARWIN FROM MALAYA VIA RAAF CATALINAS. SHOWN, A GROUP OF THE MEN CARRYING THEIR KITBAGS TO W...115306
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ...
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ARRIVED IN DARWIN FROM MALAYA VIA RAAF CATALINAS. SHOWN, PRIVATE R. A. FRANCIS STEPPING FROM THE CATALI...115301
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ...
Photograph
DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-14. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, ARRIVED IN DARWIN FROM MALAYA VIA RAAF CATALINAS. SHOWN, ABLE SEAMAN A. ELLIOTT (1) AND TELEGRAPHIST W....115311
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Davis, Reginald Henry Saville (Squadron Leader; b.1912 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Davis, Reginald Henry Saville Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Squadron Leader Reginald Henry Saville Davis, No. 1 Squadron, RAAF. Collection consists of operational reports covering No. 1 Squadron's activity...PR82/058
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Defence Medal : Private G A G Siebert, 2/18 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Unknown
Defence Medal, impressed on edge with recipient's details.REL38873.002
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Defence Medal : Signalman R C Ingram, 8 Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed on edge with recipient's details.REL33291.003
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Dentures : Staff Sergeant Arthur Robinson, 8 Division, Changi
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown vulcanite partial denture with seven artificial teeth embedded. The span of the arch is 65mm. Two metal clasps protrude from the base to secure the denture to the natural teeth. There are four m...REL/01962
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Diary of Robert Russell Walker, 1941-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Walker, Robert Russell
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX70509 Captain Robert Russell Walker, 2/26 Australian Infantry Battalion. In his diary, Walker records events that occurred December 1941 and Octob...AWM2019.22.196
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Drummond, Alexander Hatton
Manuscript
Maker: Drummond, Alexander Hatton Williams, Jo
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX52775 Private (Pte) Alexander Hatton Drummond, who served with 2/29 Australian Infantry Battalion and became a prisoner of war (POW) of the Jap...MSS1530
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Durian tree, Changi camp
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
This painting depicts an old tree near the Changi camp gardens under which many of the prisoner-gardeners ate their midday rice. The lush tropical forest of the Malay Peninsula fascinated Griffin. As...ART24468
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Dyer, Wally (Private, b.? - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Dyer, Wally
Letter to parents mentioning impending action against the Japanese in Malaya, home news, and the sinking of the HMAS Sydney. Private Dyer was later taken POW and died at Sandakan in 1945.PR00711
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Dyring, Alfred Edgar (Warrant Officer, b.1921 - d.2011)
Private Record
Maker: Dyring, Alfred Edgar
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 15577 Warrant Officer Alfred Edgar ‘Eddie’ Dyring, 2 Squadron and 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, 2003. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consi...PR05695
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Ellerman, Austin Yeats (Captain, b.1912)
Private Record
Maker: Ellerman, Austin Yeats
Platoon Commander's diary compiled by Lieutenant Austin Y Ellerman containing nominal roll for A Company, 2/29 Battalion and accounts of two separate patrols against the Japanese in Northern Johore in...PR02080
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Elliott, Jack William Weir (Captain, b.1907 - d.1999)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Elliott, Jack William Weir Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX4506 Captain Jack William Weir Elliott, Australian Army Postal Corps, Singapore and Australia, 1940-1950. Captain Elliott was in charge of esta...AWM2017.128.2
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Embroidered map of Australia : Corporal E G P Sullivan, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Sullivan, Edward Gordon Patrick (Pat)
Embroidered Commonwealth Bank cotton cash bag. One side is printed with the bank's details. The other is heavily embroidered with mercerised cotton embroidery thread in shades of red, pink, mauve, gre...REL/03670
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Engraved mess tins : Captain C G Corke, Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces
Heraldry
Maker: Corke, Clive George E & Co
Pair of aluminium rectangular interlocking mess tins with the steel handles on each removed. The manufacturer's details 'E & Co 1939' and broad arrow is stamped into the handle socket on each tin. Abo...REL33728.001
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Engraved mug : Lance Corporal J C Hood, HQ Guard Battalion, 7th Division
Heraldry
Maker: James Dixon & Sons
Silver-plated trophy mug with handle and formally engraved, SELANGOR GOLF CLUB MONTHLY MEDAL 1936 C H P'. Below this, punch engraved by hand is a Rising Sun badge and on the sides of the mug is,'16-11...REL34585
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Engraved tobacco tin : Private D J Anderson, 2/29 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Campny, William John
Small aluminum tobacco tin with hinged lid. The lid has been engraved with the rays of an Imperial Japanese flag superimposed with a Returned from Active Service badge. Engraved in one corner are the ...REL33283
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Engraved tobacco tin : Sergeant W O Wald, 8th Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small aluminium tobacco tin with separate lid. Engraved on the four sides of the lid is, 'BURMA MALAYA THAILAND SINGAPORE'. The sides of the tin are also engraved with, 'W WALD NX58914 8 [illegible] ...REL39900
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Evans, Mervyn (Bill) (Sergeant, b.1916 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Evans, Mervyn
Letters (photocopies) written by QX14699 Sergeant Mervyn (Bill) Evans while serving with 2/26 Battalion to his sister Mrs. Blanche Hornibrook between 1941 and January 1942. Letters to August 1941 deta...PR00807
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Fennell, Geoffrey William Pagden (Major, b.1899 - d.1977)
Private Record
Maker: Fennell, Geoffrey William Pagden
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 4047 Major Geoffrey William Pagden Fennell, 5 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Malaya, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 2 - Consists of Volume 1 of transc...PR88/136
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Fountain Pen : Corporal A K Boyden, 2/12 Field Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Mabie Todd & Co Ltd
Black bakelite fountain pen and removable lid, with incised wave pattern around casing. The pen is a self-filler type with a sprung section on the inner side of the body. The 'Swan' brand nib is bent ...REL31627
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Fraser, William Edward (Major, b.1903 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Pakpahan, Usia
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX34736 (N73122) Major William Edward Fraser, 2/18 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Borneo, [date unknown]. Wal...AWM2017.256.2
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Gaden, Edward William (Captain, b.1917 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Gaden, Edward William Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX12543 Captain Edward William Gaden, 2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, Singapore, Malaya, Thailand, Burma, India, 1940-1949. Wal...AWM2016.40.3
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GEMAS, NEGRI SEMBILAN, MALAYA, 1945-09-25. INDIAN AND AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONER OF WAR OF THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Reddaway, Bruce Albert
GEMAS, NEGRI SEMBILAN, MALAYA, 1945-09-25. INDIAN AND AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONER OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE DEMONSTRATING THE METHOD WHICH THE ENEMY USED TO TRANSPORT THEM TO POINTS ALONG THE BURMA-THAILAND R...117496
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Gian Singh (Indian Army)
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of Gian Singh, taken prisoner by the Japanese at Singapore, a member of the Indian Army, was transported to New Guinea to work for the Japanese. A few of these soldiers were re-capt...ART21629
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Graham, Clifton Frank (Sapper : VX21266 : b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Davies, Bruce Forrest, John Boddy 'Jack' Graham, Clifton Frank Graham, Clifton Frank
Letters and postcards written by Sapper Clifton Frank Graham (VX21266) to his parents during the Second World War. The letters cover the period 1940 to 1943 and describe training in Australia; descrip...PR05440
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Green, Harry Raymond (Private, b.1919 - d.1998)
Private Record
Maker: Green, Harry Raymond
Notebook belonging to NX41959 Private Harry R Green of 2/30 Battalion during captivity as a Japanese prisoner of war, 1942-1945, in Malaya during the Second World War. The notebook contains numerous a...PR04024
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Grey tropical working dress : Sister D S Gardam, 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Grey cotton cesarine, open-necked, short sleeved tropical pattern working dress with plain brown wool crepe shoulder straps secured with press studs. The dress buttons down the front from neck to hem ...REL/13736.001
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Group portrait of Australian soldiers, possibly in Malaya. From left: NX20300 Gunner (Gnr) ...
Photograph
Group portrait of Australian soldiers, possibly in Malaya. From left: NX20300 Gunner (Gnr) Douglas Charles Mackinnon (killed in action, 1 July 1945), NX163744 Gnr Thomas Sachs, Jack Clarke and "Dr Pi...AWM2019.798.8.14.6
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Group portrait of members of the Darwin Garrison cricket team outside their Headquarters building ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of members of the Darwin Garrison cricket team outside their Headquarters building in the former Vestey's Meatworks. Back row, far left is Lance Sergeant David Francis (Frank) Smith, RA...P02024.018
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Group portrait of members (one officer and six other ranks) of the Darwin Detachment with members ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of members (one officer and six other ranks) of the Darwin Detachment with members (one officer and eleven other ranks) of the 9 Heavy Battery RAA who were garrisoning Green Hill Fort a...P02024.011
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Group portrait of the Darwin Detachment cricket team outside their Headquarters building. This ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of the Darwin Detachment cricket team outside their Headquarters building. This team played its first game in the local competition on 8 October 1932. Most of these men remained in Darw...P02024.020
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Hadden, T H (Private, 2/13th AGH, AIF, POW)
Private Record
Maker: Hadden, Thomas Horace
PAPERS RELATED TO POW ACTIVITIES IN CHANGI POW CAMP, INCLUDING CONSTITUTION AND MINUTES OF THE AGH CHANGI ROSTRUM CLUB, SOUVENIR PROGRAMS FROM VARIOUS CONCERT PARTY PERFORMANCES AT CHANGI, ONE OF WHIC...PR82/092
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Harper, Ernest (Staff Sergeant, b.1901 - d.1965)
Private Record
Maker: Harper, Ernest
The collection comprises principally letters from Staff Sergeant Ernest Harper (QX23961), 2/3 Ordnance Store Company, to his daughter Pamela while stationed in Malaya (1941-42) before the fall of Sing...PR00784
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Harris, H D (Private, 2/3rd Mt Reserve Co, and POW Malaya and Java)
Private Record
Maker: Harris, Hayman Douglas
Manuscript outlining experiences from time of enlistment in 1941 until liberation and demobilization in 1945. Titled "'G' STRINGS AND BANGKOK BOWLERS" it deals primarily with incarceration in POW camp...3DRL/3745
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Harvey, W G (Lieutenant Colonel, 197th Fld Ambul, RAMC)
Private Record
Maker: Harvey, W G
DIARY OF POW EXPERIENCES INCLUDING THE SINKING OF THE "EMPRESS OF ASIA", DIFFICULTY OF DAILY LIFE IN CAMP AROUND SINGAPORE, MOVEMENT TO THAILAND AND THE INCREASING DEATH AND SICKNESS RATES DUE TO WORK...PR84/309
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Heckendorf, Erwin Ernest (Sergeant, b.1906 - d.1991) and John Llewelyn (Pilot Officer, b.? - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Heckendorf, Erwin Ernest
Collection includes service records, transcripts of oral history tape recorded in 1983, prisoner of war diary and lettercards, telegrams and correspondence between Sergeant Heckendorf, his family and ...PR00686
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Herd, Allan Charles (Sergeant, b. 1917 - d.2012)
Private Record
Maker: Herd, Allan Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX25438 Sergeant Allan Charles Herd, 2/6 Field Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1982. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one typed...PR01765
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Hopson, Mark William (Corporal, b.1916 - d?)
Private Record
Maker: Hopson, Mark William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX26551 Corporal Maxwell W Hopson, 2/18th Battallion, AIF. Collection includes a diary maintained during Corporal Hopson's army service which de...PR82/013
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Hutchinson, Edward Foster 'Ted' (Driver)
Private Record
Maker: Hutchinson, Edward Foster 'Ted'
Letters, telegrams and POW postcards written by VX46415 Driver Edward Foster ('Ted') Hutchinson to his family while serving in Malaya (1941-1942) with 1 Company, Petrol Section, Australian Army Servic...PR01963
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Jacobs, James 'Jim' William, (Major), (b.1902 - d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Jacobs, James 'Jim' William
This collection comprises three booklets which belonged to VX40389 Major James W Jacobs. They were written during his internment as a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Thanbuyuzayat, Thailand and aft...PR03113