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AA (Happy) Hawkins
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of A A 'Happy' Hawkins, of 'Falor', Yarran Road, Oatley, New South. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. B...ART28403.039
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BRIDGE OVER THE KWAI RIVER, THAILAND, SEVERELY DAMAGED BY AERIAL BOMBING.
Photograph
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BRIDGE OVER THE KWAI RIVER, THAILAND, SEVERELY DAMAGED BY AERIAL BOMBING.P00502.001
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Aerial view of Changi POW Camp, Singapore Island
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
The buildings were originally the barracks of the Gordon Highlanders, a regiment of the British Regular Army. The square and surrounding buildings were used by the Japanese to house all the Australian...ART28535.001
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A folio of drypoints from drawings made in captivity 1942-1945: embossed olive-green faux leather volume containing 35 pages of prints and one watercolour of figures, landscapes and vessels
Art
Maker: Parkin, Ray
A folio of drypoints from drawings made in captivity 1942-1945 on the Burma-Thailand railway. The cover is embossed olive green paper (faux leather), stitched with green paper and lined with green sho...ART90933
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An incident on the Burma railway
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Reconstruction of a scene witnessed by Colonel Dillon of the British Army, of the bashing of two British and one Australian prisoners of war by Japanese on the Burma-Thailand railway. Griffin original...ART26525
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A PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR ABOUT TO LEAVE NAKOM PATON CAMP TO SEARCH FOR SUSPECTED ...
Photograph
A PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR ABOUT TO LEAVE NAKOM PATON CAMP TO SEARCH FOR SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS IN THE AREA.118847
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A river barge transporting stores and sick prisoners of war (POWs) on the Menam Kwa Noi River, ...
Photograph
A river barge transporting stores and sick prisoners of war (POWs) on the Menam Kwa Noi River, Thailand.128451
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Arnold Ainsworth
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Arnold M Ainsworth, of 'Longcrags', 106 Tozer Street, West Kamsey (Kempsey?). The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thaila...ART28403.030
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A surgical operation in progress in the operating theatre at the prisoner of war (POW) hospital ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A surgical operation in progress in the operating theatre at the prisoner of war (POW) hospital camp. Of the 896 operations which were performed here there was a mortality rate of 18. In January 1944,...157874
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At the prisoner of war (POW) hospital camp at Nakom Paton, an improvised alcohol still had been ...
Photograph
Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
At the prisoner of war (POW) hospital camp at Nakom Paton, an improvised alcohol still had been operating for a year and produced two litres of alcohol a day from rice. The still was set up by Mr Chap...118848
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At the prisoner of war (POW) hospital camp at Nakom Paton, an improvised alcohol still had been ...
Photograph
Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
At the prisoner of war (POW) hospital camp at Nakom Paton, an improvised alcohol still had been operating for a year and produced two litres of alcohol a day from rice. The still was set up by Mr Chap...118849
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Australia Service Medal : Lance Corporal H W F Elmhirst, 2/10 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34583.004
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Australia Service Medal : Private C J Smith, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL29744.004
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AWM54 1010/4/157 PART 2 - [War Crimes and Trials - Affidavits and Sworn Statements:] Miscellaneous statements and affidavits - Australian, American, Dutch and Japanese relating to trials of Lt Col Nagatomo and others, arising from ill treatment accorded Allied POWs in Burma and Thailand
Digitised Collection
AWM2018.8.422
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AWM54 1010/4/157 PART 1 - [War Crimes and Trials - Affidavits and Sworn Statements:] Miscellaneous Statements and affidavits, Australian, American, Dutch and Japanese relating to trials of Lt Col Nagatomo and others arising from ill-treatment accorded Allied POW's in Burma and Thailand
Digitised Collection
AWM2018.8.421
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Back from Thailand
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Figure studies of recently returned men from the Burma-Thailand railway, with emaciated limbs and bodies, showing their physical condition. Griffin documents the tropical skin diseases that ravaged ma...ART25103
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BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-14. AUSTRALIAN SERVICE OFFICERS EX-PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS) OF THE ...
Photograph
BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-14. AUSTRALIAN SERVICE OFFICERS EX-PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS) OF THE JAPANESE, OUTSIDE THEIR QUARTERS AT THE ORIENTAL HOTEL WHERE THEY ARE QUARTERED WHILE AWAITING TRANSPORT BA...117351
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BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-14. CAPT R.H.Q. STABB, 4 AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TANK REGIMENT (1) AND MAJ ...
Photograph
BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-14. CAPT R.H.Q. STABB, 4 AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TANK REGIMENT (1) AND MAJ R.H. BARRACLOUGH, 2/10TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT (2) STUDYING A WALL CHART SHOWING THE PRISONER OF WAR (...117347
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Bangkok, Thailand. c. September 1945. Two former prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese, with an ...
Photograph
Bangkok, Thailand. c. September 1945. Two former prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese, with an English nurse after liberation. The severely emaciated malnourished condition of these men speaks for ...P00761.015
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BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-15. LIEUTENANT COLONEL E.E. DUNLOP, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/2ND CASUALTY ...
Photograph
BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1945-09-15. LIEUTENANT COLONEL E.E. DUNLOP, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/2ND CASUALTY CLEARING STATION CONFERRING WITH LIEUTENANT COLONEL A.E. COATES, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, NAKOM PATON PR...117361
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BANGKOK, THAILAND, 1945. (PROBABLY 30 SEPTEMBER) FORMER POW'S FROM SAIGON ON ARRIVAL AT BANGKOK ...
Photograph
BANGKOK, THAILAND, 1945. (PROBABLY 30 SEPTEMBER) FORMER POW'S FROM SAIGON ON ARRIVAL AT BANGKOK AFTER THEIR RELEASE. THE DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT (ARMY) CREW WAS: AUSTRALIAN PILOT, ENGLISH NAVIGAT...P00235.002
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Basketball at Makasura
Art
Maker: Parkin, Ray
Seven male figures, wearing only shorts, playing basketball in an area with palm trees and a fence. One figure has thrown the ball towards the goal ring. This print is included in a folio of drypoints...ART90933.008
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Berry, Alexander Osborn (Sergeant, b.1910 - d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Berry, Alexander Osborn
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX4183 Sergeant Alexander Osborn Berry, 2/10 Field Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya and Thailand, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – C...PR05160
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Bill Prenter
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Bill Prenter, of 24 Trafalgar Pde, New South Wales. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginni...ART28403.029
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Bill Shorney
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Bill Shorney. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 many prisoners had died and...ART28403.080
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Bob Hill
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Bob Hill. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 many prisoners had died and it ...ART28403.062
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Bob Parsons
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Bob Parsons. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 many prisoners had died and ...ART28403.078
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Bridge work, Burma-Thailand railway
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Prisoners building a bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway. Although Griffin volunteered to work on the Burma-Thailand railway, he gave up his spot for a fellow prisoner and remained in Changi. He crea...ART25107
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Lance Corporal H W F Elmhirst, 2/10 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34583.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Private C J Smith, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL29744.003
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. October 1945. Steel rice trucks like these were used by the Japanese ...
Photograph
Burma-Thailand Railway. c. October 1945. Steel rice trucks like these were used by the Japanese to move prisoners of war (POWs) and Asian labourers from Singapore and Malaya to work on the constructio...128450
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Capron, Donald Ellis (Flight Lieutenant, b.1915-d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Capron, Donald Ellis
Collection relating to the Second World War Service of 402637 Flight Lieutenant Donald Ellis Capron, No. 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Burma and Australia, 1943-1945. Alongside 180 members ...PR05751
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Captain Arthur Hence
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of NX70153 Captain Arthur William Hence (later MBE), 2/18 Bn 2 AIF. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. B...ART28403.020
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Captain Tim Godlee
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Captain Tim Godlee, medical practitioner, of Clairmont. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beg...ART28403.057
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Captain W M Drower
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Captain W M Drower. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 many prisoners had di...ART28403.050
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Carved chess set : Lance Corporal H Beitsch, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Beitsch, Hector
Complete carved chess set made of dark and light woods using a lathe and hand carving.REL30302
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Chalker, Jack Bridger
Private Record
Maker: Brazil, Rob Chalker, Jack Commonwealth of Australia Kan, Willem C 'Wim' Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville
A collection of papers and sketches c 1942-1945 some of which are the work of Jack Bridger Chalker comprising: a typed copy of the Prisoner of War ( POW) working party list for Havelock Road Labour Ca...PR03008
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Charlie Byford
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of C H 'Charlie' Byford, of Tavistock Street. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 194...ART28403.018
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Chippendale, John William (b: 1919 - d: 2009)
Manuscript
Maker: Chippendale, John William
16 page typed memoir titled 'My time', written in 1997 by NX49101 Signalman (Sig) John William Chippendale, 8 Corps of Signals who was interned as a prisoner of war of the Japanese from 1942 until 194...MSS2114
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Chronically ill patients whose health broke down in the Burma and Thailand jungle during the ...
Photograph
Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Chronically ill patients whose health broke down in the Burma and Thailand jungle during the construction of the railway. Most of the men have been patients in Ward 19 of Nakom Paton Hospital for over...118858
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CHUNGKAI, BURMA - THAILAND RAILWAY. THE CAST OF THE ENTERTAINMENT "WONDER BAR" (A PLAY ON THE ...
Photograph
CHUNGKAI, BURMA - THAILAND RAILWAY. THE CAST OF THE ENTERTAINMENT "WONDER BAR" (A PLAY ON THE GERMAN WORD WUNDERBAR) ON THE STAGE AT A CAMP THEATRE. ALL MATERIALS, INCLUDING THE COLOURING MATERIALS FO...122543
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Chungkai (Kao Poon), Thailand. c. October 1945. Lieutenant G. H. Schroder, Netherlands East ...
Photograph
Chungkai (Kao Poon), Thailand. c. October 1945. Lieutenant G. H. Schroder, Netherlands East Indies Army, a ex-prisoner of war (POW) member of a War Graves Commission survey party, standing in a bund, ...P00761.019
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Clarke, Hugh Vincent (Bombardier, b.1919 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Clarke, Hugh Vincent
Collection of five items relating to QX17307 Hugh Vincent Clarke who served with 2/10 Field Regiment and was a prisoner of war during the Second World War. Wallet 1 of 1 - comprises typescript copi...3DRL/6919
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Clarke, Hugh Vincent (Bombardier, b.1919 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Clarke, Hugh Vincent
Collection relating to Hugh Vincent Clarke, author, formerly QX17307 Bombardier, 2/10 Field Regiment, Prisoner of War, No. 4 Camp Thailand, 1941-1945. This collection contains literary manuscripts,...PR85/196
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Cody, Leslie (Staff Sergeant, b.1918 - d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Cody, Leslie
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Staff Sergeant Leslie Cody, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion, prisoner of war, 1940-1946. Wallet 1 of 1 - Original nominal roll of prisoners of war in ...PR91/001
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Collection of 40 images taken by a Japanese surveyor and exchanged in Thailand post war with QX15191 Arthur Francis Seary
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Japanese photographer
Songkurai, Thailand. 1943. Building the Songkurai bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway which was built for the Japanese by prisoner of war (POW) labour. Songkurai is approximately 494 kilometres north...P00406.007
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Collection of 40 images taken by a Japanese surveyor and exchanged in Thailand post war with QX15191 Arthur Francis Seary
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Japanese photographer
Takanun, Thailand. c. 1943. Prisoners of war (POWs) manhandling sleepers on the Burma-Thailand railway. Takanun is approximately 218 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 196 ...P00406.018
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Collection of 40 images taken by a Japanese surveyor and exchanged in Thailand post war with QX15191 Arthur Francis Seary
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Japanese photographer
Burma-Thailand Railway. c. 1943. Prisoners of war (POWs) and native labourers building a bridge either at Songkurai in Thailand or Ronsi in Burma. (Donor A. Seary)P00406.022
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Collection of 40 images taken by a Japanese surveyor and exchanged in Thailand post war with QX15191 Arthur Francis Seary
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Japanese photographer
Prisoner of war (POW) labourers building a railway bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway, built for the Japanese by POW labour. Konkoita is approximately 263 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known...P00406.002
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Collection of 40 images taken by a Japanese surveyor and exchanged in Thailand post war with QX15191 Arthur Francis Seary
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Japanese photographer
Prisoner of war (POW) labourers building a railway bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway, built for the Japanese by POW labour. Konkoita is approximately 263 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known...P00406.003