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Bomb Fragment (Darwin air raid)
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Piece of twisted shrapnel. Label adhered to surface reading 'feet from crater' 'RAAF'.REL/02064.002
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Bomb Fragment (Darwin air raid)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Piece of twisted shrapnel. Label adhered to surface reading '9 feet from crater' 'RAAF'.REL/02064.001
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1942-03. BRISBANE, QLD. THE RAN SLOOP HMAS SWAN IN DRY DOCK FOR REPAIR OF DAMAGE SUFFERED DURING ...
Photograph
1942-03. BRISBANE, QLD. THE RAN SLOOP HMAS SWAN IN DRY DOCK FOR REPAIR OF DAMAGE SUFFERED DURING THE FIRST JAPANESE AIR RAID ON DARWIN ON 1942-02-19. THIS STARBOARD VIEW LOOKING FORWARD SHOWS DAMAGE T...P01214.007
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Cole, William Gerard (Captain, b.1907 – d.1997)
Private Record
Maker: Cole, William Gerard
Collection relating to the Second World War service of XV98462 Captain William Gerard Cole, Headquarters Timor Force, Second Australian Imperial Force, Timor and Australia, 1946. Wallet 1 of 1 – Con...AWM2021.416.2
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c 1942-02. TIMOR SEA. THE UNITED STATES DESTROYER USS PEARY. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN FROM HMAS ...
Photograph
c 1942-02. TIMOR SEA. THE UNITED STATES DESTROYER USS PEARY. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN FROM HMAS SWAN BY A MEMBER OF THE CREW PROBABLY DURING THE ABORTIVE KOEPANG VOYAGE. USS PEARY WAS SUNK AND EIGHTY...P01214.008
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Desmond, Jack (Sergeant, b.1908 - d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Desmond, Jack
Collection relating to the Second World War service of A31295 Sergeant Jack Desmond, 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Netherlands East Indies and Borneo, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Cons...PR05776
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Elsum, Percy Henry Frederick (Sergeant, b.1902 - d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Elsum, Percy Henry Frederick Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX20324 Sergeant Percy Henry Frederick Elsum, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1962. Wallet 1 of 1 ...PR04002
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Fake Japanese naval war ensign : Sub Lieutenant M Hordern, Fairmile Launch HMAML 814, RANVR
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Simulated Japanese naval war ensign. The flag is made of sixteen strips of white cotton material sewn onto red cotton material. A cotton fabric backing was added post-war.REL23276
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First 'Zero' Japanese fighter brought down on Australian mainland
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The wreckage of an aircraft shot down over the mainland in Darwin on 19 February 1942. This aircraft is not actually a Zero as it is referred to by the artist but instead is a Aichi D3A carrier based...ART21687
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Funeral service, Darwin
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts the funeral service, with minister and a number of servicemen, of two mercantile marine seaman who were killed when the Japanese bombed a ship off the north coast of Australia in 1943. William...ART95013
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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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Interview with John Drennan (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr John Drennan was seven years old when the war broke out and describes his experiences while living near munitions plants and army camps in Adelaide. Mr Drennan remembers his school work which was ...F04099
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Interview with Ren De Garis (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Film Productions Pty Ltd Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Interview with 39467 Sergeant Renfrey Curgenven De Garis. Mr De Garis talks about a Dad's Army which was created in Millicent after the war broke out. It was intended for people waiting to be called u...F04104
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Mitsubishi G4M1 'Betty' bomber crew seat : Wing Commander R Cresswell DFC, 77 Squadron RAAF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
The seat is a box-shaped, aluminium structure painted in overall 'aotake' interior green. It has a short back rest and a padded top made from black rubberised material. Markings stamped onto the met...REL/02407
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Radio transceiver, 'Winnie The War Winner': Signaller Max Lyndon Loveless, 2nd Australian Independent Company
Technology
Maker: Loveless, Max Lyndon
Hand made transceiver set which was constructed from parts obtained from a commercial Portuguese wireless set, parts from a 101 and 109 Australian Wireless sets, and salvaged parts from the demolished...RELAWM20434
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Wright, Herbert Jordon (Lance Corporal, b.1908 – d. ?)
Private Record
Maker: Grant, Rita Various Wright, Herbert Jordon
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX27131 Lance Corporal Herbert Jordon Wright, North Australia Observation Unit, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, [date unknown]. W...AWM2020.916.5.1