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Collection
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German ribbon bar with minature medals: O W A Rubitschung, German Imperial Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German ribbon bar containing in order from left to right - Iron Cross, Austrian-Hungarian Medal for Bravery with miniature medal (Tapferkeitsmedaille Third Class), Cross of Honour for the Great War 19...REL34246
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German whip : Lance Corporal F C Roy, 2/7 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small hand whip with wooden handle. The lash comprises six lengths of leather, each divided into four narrow strips, secured around the handle with a piece of leather and three nails.REL/08219
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German wirecutters used in an escape attempt from Holzminden Prisoner of War Camp : Private J R Cash, 19 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black painted steel wirecutters. The handles are partly encased in deteriorating black rubber. Part of the manufacturer's name '...TER' is visible beside the rubber.RELAWM01038
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Glen Innes and District badge: Sandakan POW camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Enamelled badge in red, white and blue with 'FROM GLEN INNES AND DISTRICT' and the town's coat of arms. The badge is damaged, with the pin missing and some of the enamel chipped away.REL/17257.058
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Gold ring set with a milk opal : Mark Flew
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Fine gold ring with milk opal held in place by gold shoulders and two claws.REL28921
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Gold watch from an Italian prisoner of war : Lieutenant J R Millett, 2/11 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Universal Geneve
Damaged 18 carat gold Universal Geneve double push button Compur chronograph with Muraman flex watch band. The glass is missing from the watch face and the band has detached from one end. The watch fa...REL38245
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Grave cross : Lance Corporal J Hill, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand made grave cross made from poured concrete, with 'AIF' cast on the lower limb of the cross. 'L. CPL. HILL J. 2/4 M.G. BN 11. 3. 43' is painted (now very faint) around an impressed brass strip be...REL/13335
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Green enamel mug : Lieutenant A L Walker, 2/1 Machine Gun Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Metal mug, enamelled in moss green, with a darker green lip. There is chipping to the handle, base and lip.REL41693
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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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Handcarved cameo pendant : Staff Sergeant C C Oliver, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cameo pendant handcarved from a beetlenut. The oval pendant depicts the profile of a young woman and has a loop at the top for suspension from a chain.REL33445
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Hand carved wooden owl : Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand carved wooded owl, with folded wings and open eyes, perched on a rectangular base. The pattern of feathers is finely carved and detailed.RELAWM28346
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Hand drawn canvas Monopoly game board : Fusilier Victor Talbot, Northumberland Fusiliers
Heraldry
Maker: Talbot, Victor
Hand drawn Monopoly game board on a piece of grey canvas cut from an army kitbag. The properties and prices around the edge, and other markings, are traditional. They have been drawn in lead pencil, i...REL/04616.001
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Handkerchief : Driver I J Warner, 170 Australian General Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Fukuda, Yoshiho
White handkerchief with ink drawings and Japanese text. In the top right hand corner of the handkerchief 'A GIFT FROM / THE AUSTRALIAN / COMFORTS FUND' is stamped in black ink, with the Star of David ...REL34572
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Hand knitted pullover : Sergeant D S Carseldine, 15 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Carseldine, Duncan Stewart
Hand knitted pullover, in 8 ply wool, in shades of olive green, khaki, dark grey, fawn and pink. The front of the body is knitted in vertical panels of green and khaki in rib, blackberry stitch, inter...REL/06367
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Hand knitted socks : Captain W E F Oram, 13 Australian General Hospital
Heraldry
Maker: Young, Wilma Elizabeth Forster
Pair of ankle socks hand knitted from cream and red cotton 'string'. Cream socks are knitted in stocking stitch with open work insteps. The top of each sock is knitted in cream ribbing surmounted by...REL/12522
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Hand knitted vest : Captain W E F Oram, 13 Australian General Hospital
Heraldry
Maker: Young, Wilma Elizabeth Forster
Woman's hand knitted, rust coloured sleeveless vest made from cotton 'string'. Body of vest is knitted in moss stitch while the neck and armhole edges, and basque, are ribbed.REL/12524
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Hand knitted woollen pullover : Company Quartermaster Sergeant A L Guppy, 14 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Guppy, Alfred Leslie
Handknitted pullover in cream 6 ply wool. Knitted in one continuous piece except where stitches have been picked up for chest piece, neck and sleeves. The basque and cuffs are ribbed, and the basque i...REL29715
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Hand knitted woollen pullover : Lance Corporal P A Burge, 14 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Burge, Percy Augustus
Hand knitted pullover in shades of grey, green, brown and khaki wool, mixed, by knitting two strands together, to give a speckled effect. The basque and cuffs only are knitted in shades of brown. The ...REL/17568
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Hand knitted woollen pullover : Private J Gunn, 16 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Turtle neck pullover in shades of brown, khaki and dark blue 12 ply wool. The body of the pullover is knitted in alternate bands of rib and coiled rope cable. The sleeves are ribbed, with a single ban...REL33630
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Hand knitted woollen pullover: Private J P V Marrinon, 31 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand knitted pullover with a fall collar in shades of green, khaki, brown and ochre 12 ply wools blended to form a striped effect on the body only. The sleeves are brown with ochre cuffs and the colla...REL/02708
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Hand made cardigan : Methodist missionary Sister D E Wilson
Heraldry
Maker: Green, Mavis Fanny
Beige round neck cardigan with nine button holes but only six buttons. The top two buttons are close together and fasten the neck. The other four are evenly spaced down the front of the cardigan and t...REL/21740
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Handmade cigarette box : Private J McGowan, 2/9 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade aluminium cigarette box with a curved hinged lid. The lid is engraved with and image of Changi Gaol and a scroll bearing the words 'CHANGI J. McGOWAN GAOL'. The base of the case is engraved '...REL/17494
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Hand made cribbage board : D A Johnston, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade wooden cribbage board with stepped upper and lower edges. An aluminium plate, also stepped, has been attached to the wood with steel pins. After attachment to the wood the plate has been punc...REL/15925
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Hand made cricket ball : Changi Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand made cricket ball with solid centre. The ball has been wrapped with black cotton twine and secured with thick white cotton stitches.REL/19909.001
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Hand-made guitar : Australian Prisoner of War, Changi
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand-made wooden acoustic guitar. The sound board and back are timber with the sides made from old petrol tins into which names have been scatched. Legible inscriptions are, or appear to be, 'YARDBIRD...RELAWM37036
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Hand-made jumper : Sister E M Callaghan, Australian Army Nursing Service (Lark Force)
Heraldry
Maker: Callaghan, Eileen Mary
Hand knitted and dyed pullover in pale green. The body and sleeves are made of hand woven cotton-wool knitted in stocking-stitch interspersed with lines of cable pattern. The cuffs and basque are of f...REL24311
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Handmade magnetic escape compass : Private R Glanville, 2/7 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Glanville, Reginald Lawrence
Small magnetic escape compass contained in a round bakelite toothpaste container with part of the lid cut out to show the compass pointer, made from two luminous watch hands and two magnetised crewel ...REL/18423
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Hand made playing cards : Major B A Hunt, 2/13 Australian General Hospital
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Twenty three hand drawn playing cards made from the backs of Three Castles cigarette packets. The cards are finely marked in black ink, pencil and coloured pencil and comprise a Joker, four Jacks, fou...REL/04536.001
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Hand made playing cards : Private R Henderson, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Henderson, Robert G
Pack of 52 hand made playing cards made from the backs of 'Lancers' cigarette packets (manufactured by Douglas Rhodes & Co Ltd, London), with finely drawn traditional markings in black, red and yello...REL/06186
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Hand made razor : Private P T M Reed, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Reed, Percival Thomas Murray
Hand made folding cut throat razor. Steel blade, made from a ground down vehicle spring, folds on a steel pivot, into an aluminium handle made from wrecked aircraft parts. One side of the handle is en...REL/05724
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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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Hohner diatonic single row button accordion : Corporal H E McCleary, 6 Division Australian Army Service Corps Ammunition Company
Heraldry
Maker: Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG
Hohner plywood framed diatonic accordion featuring a 12 button (10 treble and two bass) brown Bakelite playing board to one side and four treble stop buttons with a sliding selector button located on ...REL43198
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Home-made POW shorts : Driver D S Shipston, 2/105 General Transport Company, Australain Army Service Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Shipston, Donald Saxon
Pair of shorts made from light-weight khaki cotton, probably material from a shirt. The shorts have a waistband and are fastened with a tab fitting on each hip which closes using a handmade celluloid ...REL/04071
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ID Bracelet : Flight Sergeant N Macdonald, 156 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German prisoner of war identity bracelet on a leather wristband with buckle clasp. The octagonal white metal bracelet is engraved with 'N. MACDONALD M R.A.A.F STALAG IVB' and has a single piece of mat...REL35134
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Identity card : Sister J K Greer, 2/10 Australian General Hospital
Heraldry
Maker: British Red Cross Society, London
British Red Cross identity certificate for Army, Navy and Airforce personnel. Printed in red and filled in in typescript '14 Dec. 41 NX70937 S/Nurse GREER Jean Keers 10 AUST.GEN.HOSPITAL.'. Signed by ...REL/11816.008
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Identity disc: Australian Army - Private M A Buttel, 13 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular aluminium identity disc stamped 'M.A. BUTTEL / B / 1030 / 13 A I / J' and has a 4 mm suspension loop at the top.REL31725
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Identity disc : Lance Corporal F C Roy, 2/7 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German prisoner of war identity disc. The rectangular white metal disc is perforated horizontally across the centre and both halves are impressed with 'Kr.Gef.Lager XIII C 09586'. A leather strap is t...REL/08218
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Identity disc : Lieutenant A Y Ellerman, 2/29 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small rectangular aluminium identity disc with a 4 mm mounting hole. The disc is marked in black along the top with Japanese characters which translate as 'AUSTRALIAN OFFICER'. Impressed beneath these...REL31566
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Identity discs : Sergeant P H F Elsum, 2/21 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of aluminium identity discs attached to a copper chain with a gilded metal pig charm suspended from one of the discs. The discs are stamped with two 4 mm mounting holes in each. One of the discs ...REL31222
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Improvised cigarette papers: POW, Lintang Barracks
Heraldry
Maker: Various
Approximately ten, 60 mm long pieces of dried palm frond cut to length and designed to be a substitute for cigarette papers. Originally these would have been about 30 - 40 mm wide.REL/00414
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Improvised dixie: Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised dixie made from standard issue brown enamelled steel Australian army water bottle. One side has been partially cut out so that the bottle forms a dixie with a base and four sides, with the ...RELAWM28351.001
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Improvised Melbourne Cup : Lieutenant W E Peck, Lintang Prisoner of War Barracks, Kuching, Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised trophy cup made from an empty bully beef tin that has had the label and lid removed. This is mounted on a wooden stem which slots into an octagonal wooden base with a roughly shaped top edg...RELAWM24544
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Improvised orthopaedic sandal : Private M A Bradford, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised orthopaedic sandal, for the left foot, with a 55 mm high heel. The sole and heel have been cut from a single piece of wood. A thick rubber 'horseshoe' is nailed around the bottom edge of th...REL38344
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Improvised POW smoking pipe: Lance Corporal Victor Stuart McComb, 22nd Infantry Brigade
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Smoking pipe, a variation on the apple shape, apparently turned from the leg of a teak billiard table. The neck is straight and the joint between bowl and shank is covered by an aluminium band. The bo...REL/00408
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Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe: Lintang Barracks, Kuching, Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised smoking pipe with an octagonal bowl and an octagonal shank. This is likely made from wood local to Borneo. The mouthpiece appears to be fashioned from a piano key or similar; it has yellowe...REL/01992
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Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe, Lintang Barracks, Kuching, Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe, the bowl crudely shaped like an elongated hexagon. The shank has split and there is what appears to be a repair along the split line. The stem is a length of bamboo...REL/01990
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Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe, Lintang Barracks, Kuching, Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised wooden pipe with a vaguely octagonal shape bowl. The shank is reinforced with a wrapping of cotton drill fabric overlaid with what appears to be latex (this was very common at this camp as ...REL/01989
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Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe: Private Peter Albert Hocking, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Hocking, Peter Albert
Bowl and shank only of a hand made smoking pipe, fashioned from teak, with the missing stem made out of water buffalo horn. The bowl shape bears a resemblance to a pot style of pipe. The shank has a t...REL/01787
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Improvised pullover : Bombardier L G Burnett, 2/10 Field Regiment
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Maker: Burnett, Lionel Granville
Improvised pullover with long sleeves and a fold down collar. The sleeves are made from the cut off legs of a pair of British army issue 'long johns', the upper body from an Australian Comforts Fund s...REL33118
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Improvised smoking pipe: Private William Charles Barton, Armoured Car Regiment, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pipe bowl which appears to be of commercial manufacture of the billiard shape, but was made from native wood, with the stem fashioned from a very long length (270 mm) of copper pipe, probably from a w...REL/15886