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Flag of the 2/40th Battalion, 8th Division, which was carried and concealed by TX3838 Band ...
Photograph
Maker: Davis
Flag of the 2/40th Battalion, 8th Division, which was carried and concealed by TX3838 Band Sergeant Major Robert William Martin of Tasmania whilst a prisoner-of-war in Japanese hands through Timor, Ja...130014
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Hand made shorts : Sergeant Reginald Noel Farquhar, 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Farquhar, Reginald Noel
Pair of handmade khaki cotton shorts, with two metal fly buttons. A pair of improvised hooks and eyes close the waist band. The shorts are cut in a similar style to standard army issue garments.REL/03007
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Murray, James (Captain, 2/40th Bn, AIF b: c. 1907 d.1977)
Private Record
Maker: Murray, James
EARLY LETTERS RELATING TO MURRAYS SCHOOLING. LETTERS WRITTEN BY MURRAY TO HIS PARENTS, FROM ENLISTMENT IN 1940 UNTIL HE BECAME A POW IN TIMOR, IN 1942. LETTERS WRITTEN BY MURRAY'S PARENTS IN TASMANIA ...PR87/194
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Sandilands, Cliveden Edward
Manuscript
Maker: Sandilands, Cliveden Edward
"Burnt rice and bamboo". Memoir of prisoner of war (POW) life based on notes made by Mr Cliveden Edward Sandilands who was a POW of the Japanese in Timor, Java, Singapore and Sumatra. He describes his...MSS1039
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Scott, James Henry 'Jim' (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to VX37236 James Henry 'Jim' Scott, 2/40 Battalion, 1940-1964. The collection primarily documents his experience as a Japanese Prisoner of War in South East Asia and Japan. It cont...PR04023