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Chess pieces : Gunner W A Bryant, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Bryant, William Arthur
Full set of handcrafted chess pieces.REL30130
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CHISHOLM, Graham
Private Record
Maker: Chisholm, Graham
"As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country" - Proverbs xxv 25; a document signed by POWs Changi in recognition of Mr Chisholm's work distributing news to them; accompanied b...3DRL/2390
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Chitty, Leslie Allan (Corporal, b.1912 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Chitty, Leslie Allan Chitty, Phillip Francis Commonwealth of Australia Porter, Frederick
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX48347 Corporal Leslie Allan ‘Peter’ Chitty, 2/2 Motor Ambulance Convoy, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya and Australia, 1942-1945. Wal...PR04681
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Christie, F W (Gunner, 2/4th Anti Tank Regiment, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Christie, F W
TYPESCRIPT OF DIARY KEPT BY GUNNER CHRISTIE APRIL 1941 TO OCTOBER 1945 RECORDING DAILY ROUTINES ESPECIALLY WHILE A PRISONER OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE AT VARIOUS CAMPS INCLUDING CHANGI AND NAKARMA, JAPANPR89/173
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Clarinet in case : Signalman H W Almond, 8 Division Signals, AIF Concert Party
Heraldry
Maker: Boosey & Hawkes Ltd
Clarinet in plastic with plated metal keys and mouthpiece cover. Each separate section of the clarinet (mouth piece, barrel joint, body and bell), is impressed with serial number 34651. The upper body...REL35412
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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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Classical concert, Changi
Art
Maker: Sprod, George Napier
Depicts a classical concert held in Changi, with a soloist violin and piano player on stage in front of an audience.ART29034
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Coconut grove theatre
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Theatre built by POWs at Changi. The theatre became a popular attraction in the camp, and the productions that were staged bacame more and more elaborate over the years the men were in captivity.ART25055
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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 Edward Holmes
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of British Lieutenant Colonel Edward Barclay Holmes, MC, commander of British and Australian troops, after the departure of General Percival from Changi in August 1942.ART26430
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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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Colour patch : Bombadier A E Lawrence, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Australian Army
Felt colour patch for 8th Division Artillery, consisting of a horizontally aligned elongated oval divided diagonally red over blue, within a grey border.REL49867
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Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire : Brigadier A S Blackburn
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Unnamed as issued.OL00271.003
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Commemorative handkerchief for members of C Company, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Standard army issue khaki cotton handkerchief with a 2cm hem on each sides. On the top right hand corner is a small 'x' with a dash. The same symbol is on the opposite corner but on the back. The bac...REL30186
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Commemorative Plaque and Roll of Honour : 'A' Company, 2/29th Battalion, for the Battle of Muar
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular aluminium plaque commemorating the names of soldiers from 'A' company 2/29 Battalion, killed at the battle of Muar in Malaya, 18-22 January 1942. The plaque is lightly coloured and highlig...REL28441
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Commission Appointed by the Authorities of Sime Read Internment Camp Hearing Document
Private Record
Maker: Commission Appointed by the Authorities of Sime Read Internment Camp
Collection relating to the commission appointed by the authorities of Sime Road Internment Camp, Singapore, 1943-1945. Collection consists of a typescript of findings made by a commission appointed ...PR00721
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Concert and Theatre Programs, Second World War, 1939-1945, Souvenirs 3
Published Collection
Maker: Various
The collection contains programs for plays, concerts, revues and cinemas. These events have been hosted for and by a wide variety of units and organisations.RC00691
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Concert party, Changi camp, 1942
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Four members of a concert party perform on a makeshift stage. Murray Griffin was an official war artist appointed in 1941 with 8th Division AIF in Malaya. He was prisoner of war at the fall of Singapo...ART24467
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Cooking rice on deep fry stove, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
To cope with the requirements of many thousands of men, three large deep-fry cooking stoves were constructed in Changi Goal. Here a round-the-clock staff turned the monotonous rice into more appetisin...ART26493
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Copy of a sketch of Changi Gaol Playhouse. The theatre was built by Prisoners of War (POWs) in ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Copy of a sketch of Changi Gaol Playhouse. The theatre was built by Prisoners of War (POWs) in Changi Gaol. Possibly George Napier Sprod.043932
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Coridas, Clement Douglas (Corporal, b.1909 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Coridas, Clement Douglas
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX46480 Corporal Clement Douglas Coridas, Singapore, 1942-1945. Collection consists of a notebook is crudely made from scrap paper, from the per...PR05986
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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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Corporal S.K. Elliman, 4th Australian Anti-Tank Regiment, outside his self constructed hut in the ...
Photograph
Corporal S.K. Elliman, 4th Australian Anti-Tank Regiment, outside his self constructed hut in the prisoner of war camp. He made up a transmitter/receiving set from scraps from an aircraft dump and sec...042308
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Correspondence relating to service of Alexander Roland Campbell Johnstone
Digitised Collection
Maker: Johnstone, Alexander Roland Campbell (Alex)
Correspondence relating to the Second World War service of NX20572 Corporal Alexander Roland Campbell Johnstone, 2/15th Field Regiment and Audit Office, Command Pay Staff of the AIF in Malaya. This ...AWM2019.22.194
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Cox, Stanley Thomas Timmins (Corporal , b. 1901 - d.1958)
Private Record
Maker: Cox, Stanley Thomas Timmins
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX35600 Corporal Stanley Thomas Timmins Cox, Changi, 1942-1944. Wallet 1 of 1 - consists of Cox's original diary, and one photocopy and two type...3DRL/6057
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Cribbage board from Changi : Sergeant Robert Charles Shelton, 2/9 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Shelton, R C
Handmade rectangular wooden cribbage board topped with a perforated alloy plate. The plate is engraved with the Australian coat of arms in the centre, in which the shield and crown elements have been ...REL25173.001
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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 : 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 each end of the board that swivels to reveal a storage space for the scoring pegs. The top plate is ...REL/09121
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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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Crosley, William T. (Civilian internee, b.1897)
Private Record
Maker: Crosley, William T.
Collection relating to the internment of civilian William T. Crosley, in Singapore during the Second World War, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a 26-page hand written letter, dated 10 October ...AWM2022.50.1
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Cunningham, H (Padre)
Private Record
Maker: Cunningham, H
BIBLE USED BY PADRE CUNNINGHAM DURING HIS IMPRISONMENT AT CHANGI POW CAMP AND LATER WORK ON THE BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY. ANNOTATEDPR83/239
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Cuthbe, Mr and Mrs K V (Civilians, Changi Civil Internment Camp)
Private Record
Maker: Cuthbe, Augusta Mary Cuthbe, Kenneth Vincent
SCRAPBOOK ALBUM COVERING PERIOD OF INTERNMENT IN THE CHANGI CIVIL CAMP, INCLUDING SKETCHES OF CAMP IDENTITIES, REGULATIONS, DETAILS OF INTERNMENT, VARIOUS POEMS AND PRINTED WORKS CIRCULATING IN THE CA...PR83/023
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Cuthbert, Robert Henry (Captain, b.1917 - d.2006)
Private Record
Maker: Cuthbert, Robert Henry
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 133220 Captain Robert Henry Cuthbert, 196 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Singapore, Burma-Thai Railway, and the United Kingdom, 1942-...PR03307
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Cut throat razor : Sergeant S Bryant-Smith, 2/29 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: T R Cadman & Sons, Sheffield
Folding cut throat type razor with black bakelite handle. Razor is stored in a handmade webbing pouch with button closure, and a remnant cardboard sleeve. Black bakelite handle is stamped in gold on o...REL25220
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Cutting boot repair nails, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
'A recital of all the inventions and improvisations would become wearisome; it is hoped that the pictures will show something of the range of activities'. Griffin later turned to depicting the inventi...ART26456
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Cutting firewood for Changi camp
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men of the AIF Forestry unit cutting wood. This work party was established in the very early days of the men's captivity, as wood for fuel for cooking and wood for structures of the camp were required...ART24476
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Cutting up rubber logs for firewood, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Three men from the 2 Australian Imperial Force cutting rubber tree logs with an axe for firewood. Providing firewood for the camp was one of the main activities for the prisoners, as without wood ther...ART26487
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DARLING HARBOUR, NSW. 1945-09-28. THE RADIO SET MADE FROM PARTS SCROUNGED FROM JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ...
Photograph
Maker: McQuillan, Ernest Mervyn
DARLING HARBOUR, NSW. 1945-09-28. THE RADIO SET MADE FROM PARTS SCROUNGED FROM JAPANESE AIRCRAFT AT CHANGI AIR STRIP. IT WAS CONSTRUCTED BY VX29825 SAPPER P. J. MATHEWS, 2/10TH FIELD COMPANY, AND WAS ...122022
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DARLING HARBOUR, SYDNEY, NSW 1945-09-28. AT GREAT RISK AIF PERSONNEL STOLE EQUIPMENT FROM ...
Photograph
Maker: McQuillan, Ernest Mervyn
DARLING HARBOUR, SYDNEY, NSW 1945-09-28. AT GREAT RISK AIF PERSONNEL STOLE EQUIPMENT FROM JAPANESE PLANES ON CHANGI AIRSTRIP AND CONSTRUCTED A RADIO RECEIVING SET WHICH THEY HID IN A STOOL AND USED TO...122021
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Darwin, NT. 1945-09. Newly repatriated NX10922 Private E. Wetherburn of Roseville, NSW, looks at ...
Photograph
Darwin, NT. 1945-09. Newly repatriated NX10922 Private E. Wetherburn of Roseville, NSW, looks at Darwin from the blister of a RAAF Consolidated Catalina aircraft on arrival at Darwin from Singapore. H...NWA1031
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Darwin, NT. 1945-09-21. NX57549 Private (Pte) W. Bagley, with a friend, Pte Warner of the ...
Photograph
Maker: Department of Air
Darwin, NT. 1945-09-21. NX57549 Private (Pte) W. Bagley, with a friend, Pte Warner of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS), at the wharf after the arrival of the hospital ship Oranje. Pte Bagley...NWA0977
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Darwin, NT. 1945-09-21. SX8288 Private (Pte) R. A. Olds of Hilton, SA, talking with Voluntary Aid ...
Photograph
Maker: Department of Air
Darwin, NT. 1945-09-21. SX8288 Private (Pte) R. A. Olds of Hilton, SA, talking with Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Anderson of Unley, SA, on board the hospital ship Oranje in Darwin Harbour. Pte Olds,...NWA0975
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Davis, Walter Charles (Private, b.1908 - d.1945))
Private Record
Maker: Davis, Walter Charles
Collection relating to NX40190 Private Walter Davis, 2/18 Battalion, 1941-1945. It comprises a message written by Davis and thrown overboard from the Queen Mary when it left Sydney for Singapore in Fe...PR03448
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Day, Stephen Victor Burt (Lieutenant, b.1918 - d.2005)
Private Record
Maker: Day, Stephen Victor Burt
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 227042 Lieutenant Stephen Victor Burt Day, Headquarters South-West Pacific Area, British Army, Netherlands East Indies, Borneo and England, 1942-...PR03493
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D3, Bo.36, Changi Prison
Art
Maker: Greig, Allister
Allister Greig was a South Australian-born commercial artist who served in the first AIF and was a civilian internee in Singapore from 1942 to 1945. He was an amateur magician and was caught by prison...ART26749
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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 : Private R H J Warren, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL25359.003
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de Little, Alan Giblin (Lieutenant, b.1913 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces De Little, Alan Giblin Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of TX4314 Lieutenant Alan Giblin de Little, Audit Section Admin HQ, Malaya, 1941-45. Collection consists of service documents for Lieutenant de Litt...AWM2016.52.1
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Denning, Stanley Francis (Private)
Manuscript
Maker: Denning, Stanley Francis
Memoirs of service during Malayan campaign and as a prisoner of the Japanese, in particular as a member of "H" force at various locations including Hellfire Pass. Comments on food, work, treatment by ...MSS1542