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British War Medal 1939-45 : Squadron Leader J C Holmes, 460 Squadron RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/14938.005
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Warrant Officer K J Dennis, 462 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/21118.005
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Brockhurst, Raymond Maxwell (Flying Officer)
Private Record
Maker: Brockhurst, Raymond Maxwell
Miscellaneous official and personal papers of Flying Officer (FO) Raymond Maxwell Brockhurst who served with the RAAF during the Second World War. Items in the collection include photographs of FO Bro...PR01670
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Brodie, Ian George (Flight Sergeant, b.1915 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Brodie, Ian George
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 401739 Flight Sergeant Ian George Brodie, 460 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1941-1943. Wallet 1 of 1 –...PR03346
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Brotchie, W J (Private, 2/6th Bn and POW, Germany)
Private Record
Maker: Brotchie, W J
BRIEF ACCOUNT OF POW EXPERIENCES IN POCKET DIARYPR85/204
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Brown, B C (Warrant Officer, 460 Sqn RAAF)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, B C
W/T LOG BOOKS GIVING FLIGHT DETAILS. TRAINING NOTES. PUBLISHED TRAINING NOTES. MISCELLANEOUS FORMS INCLUDING LEAVE PASSES, MESS TICKETS, RAILWAY TICKETS, RESERVATION CHITS, POST OFFICE SAVINGS BOOK AN...3DRL/7963
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Brown, George Russell (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, George Russell
Copies of four letters and postcards written by Private Brown to members of his family while serving in Malaya in 1941. Included in the correspondence is one letter from 1945 sent after Brown's rele...PR01663
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Browning M1910 Pistol
Technology
The Browning Model 1910 pistol is a single action, blowback operated semi automatic pistol. The recoil spring is located around the barrel. The trigger is of single action type and the gun is striker ...REL33226
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Brown leather flying jacket with blue velvet collar : Leutnant W G Herrmann, Jagdgeschwader 53, Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe winter issue (heated?) dark brown leather flying jacket. This single breasted jacket has five concealed blue-grey plastic buttons down the front opening. The wide blue velvet lapel collar ca...REL/18105.001
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Brown leather winter flying trousers : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of Luftwaffe brown leather and sheepskin flying trousers commonly known, together with the accompanying jacket, as a [English] 'Channel' suit. The trousers are lined with sheepskin and the rear o...REL30136
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Brown, Warren George MBE (Driver, b.1917 - d.1991).
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Warren George
Papers relate to Brown's imprisonment in Germany and Poland after his capture at Sparkia, Crete, in 1941. Includes MBE citation awarded for his repeated attempts to escape from various POW camps, and ...PR91/105
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Brunswick Cross for War Merit, Second Class : Leutnant K P R Ehrenberg, German Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brunswick Cross for War Merit, Second Class. Mounted as part of a post-July 1934 group and in the Prussian Parade mount style.REL34669.003
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Brunswick Cross for War Merit, Second Class : Leutnant K P R Ehrenberg, Schallmesstrupp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brunswick Cross for War Merit, Second Class. One of a group of three medals, mounted to give the Brunswick medal precedence. Mounted in the Prussian Parade style, using the combatant's version of the ...REL34667.001
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Bullock (Bert) J H
Private Record
Bert Bullock joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in September 1940 and transferred to the Middle East with 148 Squadron in 1942. He was shot down on 4 September 1942 over Tobruk and was kept ...PR91/193
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Burke, Maurice Francis (Lieutenant, b.1885 - d.1955)
Private Record
Maker: Burke, Maurice Francis
Papers of No. 79 Lieutenant (Lt) Maurice Francis Burke (29 Battalion), including prisoner of war identity card from a POW camp at Freiburg, hand drawn map on parchment of the area immediately north of...PR00741
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Burkhart, Sylvia Davis
Manuscript
Maker: Burkhart, Sylvia Davis
Thesis "World War Two in German drama : the individual versus war". Portion of text in German. PhD, University of Cincinnati, 1969.MSS0950
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Burma Star : Lieutenant G Gosse, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Burma Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL35097.003
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Burrows, Marshall (Private, 4th Pnr Bn and POW, Germany b.1884 - d.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Burrows, Marshall
DESCRIBES VOYAGE AND CONDITIONS ON VOYAGE TO EGYPT. WRITES FROM FRANCE AND FROM CONVALESCENT CAMP IN ENGLAND. LITTLE DETAIL INCLUDED2DRL/0303
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Cairo, Egypt. c. 1944. A group portrait of repatriated Australian prisoners of war (POWs) from ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Cairo, Egypt. c. 1944. A group portrait of repatriated Australian prisoners of war (POWs) from Germany being entertained in the garden of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) grounds in Cair...MEA0942
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Cairo, Egypt. c. 1944. An informal group portrait of repatriated Australian prisoners of war ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Cairo, Egypt. c. 1944. An informal group portrait of repatriated Australian prisoners of war (POWs) from Germany who were entertained at a garden party in the grounds of the Young Women's Christian As...MEA0945
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Cairo, Egypt. c. 1944. Miss Mann of NSW, passes a cup of tea to a repatriated Australian prisoner ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Cairo, Egypt. c. 1944. Miss Mann of NSW, passes a cup of tea to a repatriated Australian prisoner of war (POW) from Germany. The POWs were entertained at a garden party in the grounds of the Young Wom...MEA0946
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Cairo, Egypt. c. 1944. Repatriated Australian Prisoners of war (POWs) from Germany were ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Cairo, Egypt. c. 1944. Repatriated Australian Prisoners of war (POWs) from Germany were entertained at a garden party in the grounds of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Cairo. Two of ...MEA0944
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Cairo, Egypt. 7 June 1944. Australian soldiers, former prisoners of war (POWs) repatriated from ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Cairo, Egypt. 7 June 1944. Australian soldiers, former prisoners of war (POWs) repatriated from Germany, and who are now awaiting their return to Australia were present with New Zealand troops at Maad...MEB0164
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Cairo, Egypt. 7 June 1944. Australian soldiers, former prisoners of war (POWs) repatriated from ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Cairo, Egypt. 7 June 1944. Australian soldiers, former prisoners of war (POWs) repatriated from Germany, and who are now awaiting their return to Australia were present with New Zealand troops at Maad...MEB0163
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Cairo, Egypt. 7 June 1944. Peter Fraser, New Zealand Prime Minister, while in the Middle East ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Cairo, Egypt. 7 June 1944. Peter Fraser, New Zealand Prime Minister, while in the Middle East visited NZ troops at their camp at Maadi. NZ and AIF repatriates from Germany, former prisoners of war (PO...MEB0161
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Cairo, Egypt. 7 June 1944. Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand, shakes hands with a NZ ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Cairo, Egypt. 7 June 1944. Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand, shakes hands with a NZ soldier during his visit to the NZ troops at the Maadi Sporting Club. Mr Fraser made a point of shaking h...MEB0162
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Calcar, Germany. 1945-02-22. Aerial view shows direct hits scored by rockets from a RAF Typhoon ...
Photograph
Calcar, Germany. 1945-02-22. Aerial view shows direct hits scored by rockets from a RAF Typhoon aircraft of 2nd Tactical Air Force in an attack on an enemy strong-point west of Calcar, a farmhouse occ...SUK13904
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Calcar, Germany. 1945-02. Bombs bursting on the targets during an attack by RAF Typhoon aircraft ...
Photograph
Calcar, Germany. 1945-02. Bombs bursting on the targets during an attack by RAF Typhoon aircraft of 2nd Tactical Air Force on the enemy stronghold of Calcar on 1945-02-21. Part of the area here has be...SUK13901
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Calcar, Germany. 1945-02-22. RAF rocket firing Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force ...
Photograph
Calcar, Germany. 1945-02-22. RAF rocket firing Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force attacked an enemy strongpoint west of Calcar, a farmhouse occupied by German troops. A RAF reconnaissan...SUK13903
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Calcar, Germany. 1945-02-22. Rockets from a RAF Typhoon aircraft of 2nd Tactical Air Force ...
Photograph
Calcar, Germany. 1945-02-22. Rockets from a RAF Typhoon aircraft of 2nd Tactical Air Force streaking towards enemy-occupied fortified houses south of Calcar during an attack. This is an extract from a...SUK13902
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Calcar, Germany. 1945-02-22. Smoke pouring from the burning farmhouse after direct hits by ...
Photograph
Calcar, Germany. 1945-02-22. Smoke pouring from the burning farmhouse after direct hits by rockets from an RAF rocket firing Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force. The farmhouse was an ene...SUK13905
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Cameramen at war
Film
Maker: Glendenning, Raymond Lye, Leonard Charles Huia
A Ministry of Information film produced by the Realist Film Unit with acknowledgement to the Newsreel companies, the Services film units and the Trustees of the Imperial War Museum. The story of Briti...F01419
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Campbell, Ian Ross (Major General, 2/1st Bn, AIF b.1900)
Private Record
Maker: Campbell, Ian Ross
COPY OF DIARY DETAILING THE WITHDRAWAL TO RETIMO, SURRENDER OF THE UNIT TO GERMAN FORCES AND EVENTUAL TRANSPORTATION TO GERMANY. ALSO CONTAINS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT ENTITLED "LIFE OF I R CAMPBEL...PR82/186
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. A COMMEMORATIVE COPPER PLAQUE FROM THE NORTH TOWER OF THE MOHNE DAM. ...
Photograph
CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. A COMMEMORATIVE COPPER PLAQUE FROM THE NORTH TOWER OF THE MOHNE DAM. THIS WAS ONE OF THE DAMS BREACHED BY THE FAMOUS ROYAL AIR FORCE, "DAMBUSTERS" SQUADRON IN THEIR RAID ON ...069804
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Canvas pouch : Lance Corporal F C Roy, 2/7 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown canvas pouch fashioned from material from a German tent. The fabric is frayed at the opening and black stitching is exposed along the bottom and right side of the pouch. Written on the front of ...REL/08217
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Cap badge : Luftwaffe Other Ranks eagle
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe Other Ranks Cap Eagle. A flying eagle, facing right, clutching a swastika. Originally four pins at the rear but only one remaining.REL/12017.030
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Cap badge : Luftwaffe tropical forage cap roundel
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe tropical forage cap roundel. Embroidered red, white and black roundel on a white background.REL/12017.035
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Carre, Henri
Manuscript
Maker: Carre, Henri
"Mitraileuses and barbed wire". Narrative review of war, tactics, ordnance and arms.MSS0820
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Carroll, Gerald Thomas (Signaller, b.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Carroll, Gerald Thomas
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9880 Gerald Thomas Carroll, 2/7 Infantry Battalion, POW in Germany. Collection consists of a Wartime Log book kept while a POW at Stalag V111B...PR00400
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Carter, Otway V (Private, 29th Bn and POW, Germany)
Private Record
Maker: Carter, Otway V
DIARY RELATING TO SERVICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. LETTERS FROM TRAINING CAMP, WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE AND AFTER CAPTURE TO CARTER'S MOTHER. TELEGRAMS CONFIRMING POW STATUS3DRL/3602
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Carved wooden relief portrait : Staff Sergeant L B Laker, 2/2 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circle of oiled pine wood, though to have been cut from a biscuit or butter box, bearing a low relief carving of Staff Sergeant Lindon Laker's head in profile. The edge has been carved with a raised ...REL31744
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Celle, Germany. C. 1945-06. A ground view of tents and ambulance vehicles, part of No. 50 RAF ...
Photograph
Celle, Germany. C. 1945-06. A ground view of tents and ambulance vehicles, part of No. 50 RAF Mobile Field Hospital.UK3012
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Celle, Germany. C. 1945-06. An aerial view of No. 50 RAF Mobile Field Hospital. Among the trees ...
Photograph
Celle, Germany. C. 1945-06. An aerial view of No. 50 RAF Mobile Field Hospital. Among the trees in the background is the Officers' Mess and in the left background the hospital of the one time German a...UK3035
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Celle, Germany. C. 1945-03. Cannon strikes from a Tempest fighter aircraft of RAF 2nd Tactical ...
Photograph
Celle, Germany. C. 1945-03. Cannon strikes from a Tempest fighter aircraft of RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force on a large oil storage drum at Celle.SUK13964
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Celle, Germany. C. 1945-03. Cannon strikes from a Tempest fighter aircraft of RAF 2nd Tactical ...
Photograph
Celle, Germany. C. 1945-03. Cannon strikes from a Tempest fighter aircraft of RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force on a large oil storage drum at Celle.SUK13965
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CELLE, GERMANY, 1945-05-08. V.E. DAY; LANDING AT THE AIRPORT (125.1). (PHOTOGRAPHER: C. ISAAC; ...
Photograph
Maker: Isaac, Cyril Hampden
CELLE, GERMANY, 1945-05-08. V.E. DAY; LANDING AT THE AIRPORT (125.1). (PHOTOGRAPHER: C. ISAAC; DONOR: C. KROYER)P00687.397
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CELLE, GERMANY, 1945-05-08. V.E. DAY; LANDING AT THE AIRPORT (125.2). (PHOTOGRAPHER: C. ISAAC; ...
Photograph
Maker: Isaac, Cyril Hampden
CELLE, GERMANY, 1945-05-08. V.E. DAY; LANDING AT THE AIRPORT (125.2). (PHOTOGRAPHER: C. ISAAC; DONOR: C. KROYER)P00687.398
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Centenary Medal: Professor R W V Elliot
Heraldry
Maker: Balarinji Designs
The Centenerary with recipient's name. The obverse of the medal features a seven-peointed Commonwealth Star. At the centre of the Star is a pattern of circles, (an Aboriginal representation of the hea...REL34681.001
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Certificate for Cross of Honour for the Great War : Schlosser H Wolf, German Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Official certificate of issue for the German Cross of Honour (Frontline Troops) in the name of 'Schlosser (or Mechanic) Heinrich Wolf / in Russelsheim'. Issued at Gross-Gerau (near Mainz) on 5 August ...REL33629.002
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c.1919-10. Group portrait of some members of the AIF who served on special service as guards and ...
Photograph
c.1919-10. Group portrait of some members of the AIF who served on special service as guards and officials on SS Rio Negro when it returned repatriated German internees or prisoners of war (POWs) from...P01879.001
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Chambers, George Richard (Driver, POW, Germany)
Private Record
Maker: Chambers, George Richard
LETTER DETAILING CHAMBERS' LIBERATION FROM POW CAMP IN BERLIN, AND RECEPTION IN DENMARK.PR88/004
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Champ, John Wilton Knox 'Jack' (Lieutenant, b.1913 - d.1998)
Private Record
Maker: Hamilton-Baillie, John Robert Edward "Jock" Champ, John Wilton Knox 'Jack'
Collection related to the Second World War service of Lieutenant John 'Jack' Champ, 2/6th Infantry Battalion, and prisoner of war. Collection consists of a copy of a diary made in Oflag IVC, Colditz,...PR90/171
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Champ, John Wilton Knox 'Jack' (Lieutenant 2/6th Bn and POW, Germany, d.1998)
Private Record
Maker: Champ, John Wilton Knox 'Jack'
ACCOUNTS OF TIME SPENT AS A POW IN GERMANY. DETAILS CAPTURE IN GREECEPR85/203
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Chapman-Smith, Geoffrey C (Flying Officer, CGM, 156 (Pathfinder) Sqn, RAF b.1919 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Smith, Geoffrey Charles Chapman
FILE CONTAINING NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS RE SMITH'S INJURY AND THE AWARD OF THE CGM. LETTERS AND COPIES OF LETTERS AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE FOR POLISH MILITARY CROSS OF MERIT WHICH WA...PR86/229
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Charles, Eric (Sapper, 2/8th Fld Coy Eng, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Charles, Eric
POSTCARD AND CHRISTMAS CARD SENT BY SPR CHARLES TO HIS FAMILY FROM EBELSBACH DURING HIS POW DAYSPR84/300
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Cheney, Lillian (Civilian)
Private Record
Maker: Dudley, John Lancelot Potter, Walter Arthur Sanderson, Norman Russell
Collection of six letters received by Miss Lillian Cheney (and her mother) from three soldiers serving in France, Belgium and England. The collection consists of two letters (and one envelope) from 53...PR82/127
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Chess set and bag : Heinrich Sänger (Saenger), Point Cooke Prisoner of War Camp, California
Heraldry
Maker: Sanger, Heinrich
Handmade chess board and pieces with a canvas carry bag. The chess board is in the form of a wooden box with two hinges at the back to allow the lid to open 180 degrees to form a flat board. There are...REL31833
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Chlopcy jak brzytwy [Boys like razors]
Art
Maker: Toegel, Stanislaw Markiewicz, Antoni F W Dobereiner
Caricature of three new Polish Army soldiers 'stepping out' in their brand new uniforms. One of four humorous cartoons by Stainslaw Toegel (1905 - 1953) about the new Polish Army. The print has been m...ART96188
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Chomley, Mary Elizabeth (Australian Red Cross Society, b.1872 - d.1960)
Private Record
Maker: Chomley, Mary Elizabeth
Collection relating to Mary Elizabeth Chomley, Secretary of the Australian Red Cross Society Prisoner of War Department, First World War. Collection comprises of 48 wallets containing administrative ...1DRL/0615
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Chronometer
Technology
Maker: Franz Lidecke
Chronometer consisting of the instrument housed in a varnished timber case, fixed with brass fittings and hardware. This chronometer is believed to have been made before the outbreak of the war in Aug...RELAWM12532
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Cianfarano, Joseph M (Randall) (Gunner, Royal Artillery, British Army and POW, Italy and Germany d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Cianfarano, Joseph M
6 DIARIES COVERING SERVICE IN EGYPT AND NORTH AFRICA, IMPRISONMENT IN ITALY, ESCAPE, RECAPTURE AND IMPRISONMENT IN GERMANY. ALSO LIBERATION. DETAILED AND ILLUSTRATED. CORRESPONDENCE RE CIANFARANO'S CA...3DRL/7448
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Cigarette and Trade Card Collection
Published Collection
Maker: Various
The cigarette and trade card collection consists of series of cards which were issued by cigarette companies, or other companies such as confectionery firms, cereal manufacturers and clothes companies...RC00682
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Clark, George William Edward (Gunner, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Clark, George William Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX1058 Gunner George William Edward Clark, 1 Battery, 2/1 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, 1940-1988. The collection consists of five...PR01035
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7.7 cm Artillery Projectile
Technology
Fired 77 mm artillery projectile, complete with nose fuze. The steel projectile case is designed to hold explosive (now empty). The item (including fuze) is 290 mm long, the bottom 190 mm is painted y...REL30248
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8.8 cm Flak 18/36 gun : captured by 'A' Company, 2/24th Battalion, A.I.F.
Technology
German 8.8 cm Flak 18/36 Dual Purpose Gun. The Flak 36 features a semi-automatic breech which recocks the striker on ejection of the spent cartridge case. The weapon is carried on a cruciform mounting...REL/03359.001
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5 cm Pak 38 Anti Tank Gun
Technology
German Anti-tank gun. The gun has a barrel of monobloc construction with a double baffle muzzle brake. The barrel is a twenty groove, right hand twist type. The breech is of the horizontal sliding blo...RELAWM36890
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2.8 cm sPzB le Fl 41 Anti tank Gun
Technology
Antitank gun featuring the Gerlich tapered bore barrel. The barrel is of monobloc construction with interrupted flanges at the breech end to receive the breech ring which is locked in position by a s...RELAWM36883
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Coates, John Edward (Flying Officer, b.1912 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Coates, John Edward
Collection relating to the Second Word War service of 404956 Flying Officer John Edward Coates, 106 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1941-1942. Wallet 1 of 1 – ...PR04404
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Cockram, John Crothers (Flying Officer, b.1924 - d.2017)
Private Record
Maker: Cockram, John Crothers
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 419379 Flying Officer John Crothers Cockram, 466 Squadron, 462 Squadron, and 96 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada, United Kingdom, and...AWM2017.586.3
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Coevden (Coevorden), Netherlands. 1945-02-22. Aerial view shows the bombs clustered right on the ...
Photograph
Coevden (Coevorden), Netherlands. 1945-02-22. Aerial view shows the bombs clustered right on the target. An example of perfect bombing by a small formation of Mitchell medium bombers of 2nd Tactical A...SUK13882
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Cold-blooded murder!
Art
Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Roberts & Leete
British First World War recruitment poster. The poster explains the atrocity in the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine. The Lusitania was a luxury ocean liner, and 1,198 of the 1,959 peopl...ARTV03931
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Collar badge : German Panzer Troops
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German Panzer troops collar badge. Darkened alloy skull and crossed bones. Two pins at the rear for attachment to the cloth collar patch.REL/12017.037
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Collection lent by Lt Col G F Murphy
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The remains of a German Siemens-Schuckert Werke 'R' aircraft at a German airfield on the outskirts of Cologne. The photograph shows the port side of the fuselage, looking forward to the wing root. T...C04502
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COLOGNE, GERMANY, 1945-05-12. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING BOMB DAMAGE INFLICTED ON THE CITY BY THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Mckenzie, L
COLOGNE, GERMANY, 1945-05-12. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING BOMB DAMAGE INFLICTED ON THE CITY BY THE RAF. IN THE CENTRE IS THE CATHEDRAL. (DONOR L. MCKENZIE)P01238.013
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COLOGNE, GERMANY. MARSHAL FOCH OF FRANCE (LEFT) AND GENERAL SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON ON A TERRACE AT ...
Photograph
COLOGNE, GERMANY. MARSHAL FOCH OF FRANCE (LEFT) AND GENERAL SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON ON A TERRACE AT SIR WILLIAM'S HOUSE IN COLOGNE.H09473
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COLOGNE, GERMANY. 1919-02-27. THE CONVOY OF NO. 4 SQUADRON, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS, IN LINE AND ...
Photograph
COLOGNE, GERMANY. 1919-02-27. THE CONVOY OF NO. 4 SQUADRON, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS, IN LINE AND READY TO DEPART FOR LE HAVRE AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO AUSTRALIA.P00826.090
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Commemorative badge: Hitler Youth 1936 Rally
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Copper plated, pressed ferrous metal badge. The obverse is a plain circular wreath with the text 'DEUTCHES JUGENDFELT 1936'. The badge consists of a stylised Nazi eagle with squared off wings and the ...REL29384
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Commemorative copper plaque from the north tower of the Mohne Dam, Germany
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German commemorative copper plaque from the north tower of the Mohne Dam. Weight 190 lbs. The plaque is painted black, and the lettering, in raised capitals, appears to be light blue in colour, but th...RELAWM34458
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Compressed fibre identity discs: Lieutenant J S Whittle, 2/1 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of pressed fibre identity discs threaded around a nine carat gold necklace. One of the discs is circular and the other, an elongated octagon, both have 4 mm mounting holes. The following details ...REL29376
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Compressed fibre identity discs: Private J H Buik, HQ Guard Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of pressed fibre identity discs threaded through a brown leather cord. One of the discs is brown and circular and the other is olive green and octagonal. Both have 4 mm mounting holes used to thr...REL31494
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[Conditions of treaty: Germany accepts League of Nations]
Art
Maker: Unknown Unknown
Poster in Urdu announding the conditions of the Versailles Treaty. This was presumably produced for inhabitants of the northern parts of India (now Pakistan). This poster is text-based only, and con...ARTV00598
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Condliffe, James Robert (Private, b.1918 - d.1959)
Private Record
Maker: Condliffe, James Robert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX41124 Private James Robert Condliffe, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Middle East, Greece, Germ...PR05633
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Connor, Alexander Murray (Corporal, b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Connor, Alexander Murray
Collection relating to Corporal Alexander Murray Connor, 2/15th Battalion and POW. Collection consists of a typescript of memoirs entitled 'Approved to wear five service chevrons', describing Connor'...PR86/103
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Connor, Alexander Murray (Corporal, b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Connor, Alexander Murray
Papers of Corporal Alexander Connor documenting his service with the 2/15 Battalion during the Second World War. Connor was captured in 1941 and interned as a prisoner of war in Camp 57, Italy. Item...PR86/345
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Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) : Warrant Officer K J Dennis, 462 Squadron RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) (Geo VI). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/21118.001
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Constable, Donald Frank (Flight Lieutenant, b.1919 - d.1944)
Private Record
Maker: Constable, Donald Frank Mace, H A Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 409383 Flight Lieutenant Donald Frank Constable, 78 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1941-1956. Wallet 1 ...PR04055
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Construction in progress
Art
Maker: Comber, Albert
Three men constructing a monument in the British section of the cemetery at the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) in Sagan (Sagan bei Breslau), Germany (now part o...ART34781.025
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Cooke, Austin V (Private, POW, Germany)
Private Record
Maker: Cooke, Austin Vaughan
PERSONNEL INFORMATION SHEET FOR USE BY GERMAN POW AUTHORITIES. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS OF COOKE3DRL/7688
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Correspondence from Keith McKeddie Doig to Lewis Maffra Grant, and a letter from P. Sevray, 1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Doig, Keith McKeddie
Correspondence relating to the First World War service of Major Keith McKeddie Doig, 60th Infantry Battalion, 25 February - 16 November 1918. In this collection of letters and postcards written by D...AWM2018.19.8
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[Country landscape with houses and cows near Oflag VIB, Germany]
Art
Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a number of buildings with red roofs, behind a green fenced paddock containing cows. OFLAG VIB was a POW camp in Dossel, Germany, in use from 1940-45. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter,...ART96061
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Coutts, Ralph Alexander
Manuscript
Maker: Coutts, Ralph Alexander
Manuscript titled `Bloody but unbowed'. Memoirs of POW experience from time of his capture near Benghazi with the British 50th Division, internment at Tarhuna camp, movement to Camp 65 Apulia, Italy a...MSS1264
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c.1920. Port broadside view of the vessel SS Friedrichsruhe. Members of the AIF on special ...
Photograph
c.1920. Port broadside view of the vessel SS Friedrichsruhe. Members of the AIF on special service as guards and officials returned to Australia on this ship after accompanying repatriated German inte...P01879.003
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1942-44 C. RAAF 460 Squadron. Lancaster Bomber,"G For George" W4783. Map of bombing operations ...
Photograph
1942-44 C. RAAF 460 Squadron. Lancaster Bomber,"G For George" W4783. Map of bombing operations over Germany. [Key reads: G for George Lancaster W4783. No. 460 Squadron RAAF. Operations over Germany, 1...044857
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Crew of 'Whoa Bessie' a Lancaster Bomber of No 463 Squadron RAAF of Bomber Command, return from a ...
Photograph
Crew of 'Whoa Bessie' a Lancaster Bomber of No 463 Squadron RAAF of Bomber Command, return from a raid over Germany. Members of this crew, comprising six Australians and an Englishman, also took part ...UK1213
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Crocheted blanket : Lance Corporal A V Cooke, Stalag 8B
Heraldry
Maker: Cooke, Austin Vaughan
Narrow woollen blanket or rug, crocheted in scallops of three stitches, in shades of grey, green, khaki, brown and blue. Each end is bordered with a series of ten bands or stripes in the colours, from...REL/05036
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Crocheted peaked cap : Bombardier H H Armstrong, 2/3rd Field Regiment, RAA
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Crocheted green and brown woollen peaked cap with integrated fold-down flap to protect the ears and neck. To secure the flap in the upright position, small pieces of wire are sewn into the crown and f...REL44952
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Cross of Honour for the Great War 1914-1918 (Combatants) : Private L Marx, Imperial German Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cross of Honour for the Great War 1914-1918 (Combatants). The medal is a cross with upwards facing crossed swords in the angles. On the obverse of the cross has the dates '1914 / 1918' in the middle a...REL/02709.003
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Cross of Honour for the Great War, Front Line Fighter : Leutnant K P R Ehrenberg, German Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cross of Honour for the Great War, Front Line Fighter. Included as part of a group remounted after this award was instituted in July 1934. Mounted in the Prussian Parade mount style. The iron medal ha...REL34669.004
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Cross of Honour for the Great War (Frontline Troops) : Schlosser H Wolf, German Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cross of Honour for the Great War, unnamed as issued. The medal, made of bronzed iron, is a cross patee with the dates '1914 1918' in the centre, surrounded by an oak wreath, with swords saltirewise i...REL33629.001
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Cross of Honour of the German Mother [Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter] - First Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nazi German Mother's Honour Cross, First Class in gold. A cross pattee concave with the lower arm elongated and rays between the arms. Obverse: in the centre a gold disc incorporating a black swastika...RELAWM30387