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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 ...
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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
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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
Thailand. c. 1942. Prisoners of war (POWs) in Japanese POW camp. (Donor A. Seary)P00406.012
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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
Nakom Paton, Thailand. c. 1944. Prisoners of war (POWs) outside the POW hospital. Nakom Paton lies between Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk) and Bangkok on the main Singapore-Bangkok railway line...P00406.005
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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. Petrol storage at Takanun on the Burma-Thailand railway. Takanun is approximately 218 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 196 kilometres south of...P00406.019
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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
Kanchanaburi, Thailand. c. 1943. (Also called Kanburi by POWs). The entrance to the headquarters of the Japanese 5th railway regiment of the Southern Army Railway Corps, responsible for overseeing con...P00406.040
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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. Prisoner of war (POW) driving dog spikes in newly laid track along the Burma-Thailand railway. Takanun is approximately 218 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as N...P00406.020
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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
The first train (Engine number C5631, on display at Yushukan Museum Tokyo) to pass Konkoita on the newly constructed Burma-Thailand railway, built for the Japanese by prisoner of war (POW) labour. Kon...P00406.004
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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
The opening ceremony for the completed Burma-Thailand railway, built for the Japanese by prisoner of war (POW) labour. On 16 October 1943 the railway line was completed, with the Burma and Thailand se...P00406.001
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Colonel Charles Anderson
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of NX12595 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson, VC, MC, Commanding 2/19 Btn, 2AIF; defence of Malaya and, Muar River, 'A' Force Railway (also First World War in German East Afri...ART28403.087
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Colonel Thomas Hamilton
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of NX70505 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas, MB ChM, FRACS, FACS, Commanding 2/4 CCS; defence of Malaya and, 'A' Force Railway, (also First World War 30 Btn AIF). The artist, Jim Collins, was a memb...ART28403.085
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Compressed fibre identity discs with crucifix : Corporal A K Boyden, 2/12 Field Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of compressed fibre identity discs with attached rose gold crucifix, on length of thin twine. One red coloured circular disc is impressed on the obverse with 'AKBOYDEN CE NX32792' and 'A2' on the...REL31625
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Crucifix : Sapper F Brydges, 2/6 Field Company, RAE
Heraldry
Maker: Brydges, Frank
Small ivory crucifix attached to a paper label by a short length of green cotton thread. Written in black ink on the label obverse is, "Carved by Frank Brydes [sic] when a POW in 1943 on the Burma-Si...REL34285
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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, Reginald Henry Saville (Squadron Leader; b.1912 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Davis, Reginald Henry Saville Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Squadron Leader Reginald Henry Saville Davis, No. 1 Squadron, RAAF. Collection consists of operational reports covering No. 1 Squadron's activity...PR82/058
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D C Howie
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of D C 'Doug' Howie, of Renmark. 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 prison...ART28403.011
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Diary of Arthur William Hence, May - September 1942
Digitised Collection
Maker: Hence, Arthur William
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX70153 Captain Arthur William Hence, 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion, May - September 1942. This file contains a handwritten diary and a nomina...AWM2019.22.88
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Diary of Norman Scott, 1943-1944
Digitised Collection
Maker: Scott, Norman John
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX54124 Corporal Norman John Scott, 2/10 Field Ambulance. This diary has entries dated between 23 April 1943 and 20 May 1944, and contains details of ...AWM2019.22.133
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Diary of Robert Russell Walker, 1941-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Walker, Robert Russell
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX70509 Captain Robert Russell Walker, 2/26 Australian Infantry Battalion. In his diary, Walker records events that occurred December 1941 and Octob...AWM2019.22.196
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Diary of Roy Clifford Mudiman, 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Mudiman, Roy Clifford
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX52458 Roy Clifford Mudiman, 2/20th Infantry Battalion. This diary written between 7 February 1945 - 2 November 1945 mentions: movement of his work g...AWM2019.22.183
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Diary of Roy Clifford Mudiman, 1941-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Mudiman, Roy Clifford
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX52458 Roy Clifford Mudiman, 2/20th Infantry Battalion. This diary written between 7 December 1941 and 7 February 1945 mentions: the invasion of Sing...AWM2019.22.182
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Diary relating to service of Major Charles Patrick Tracey, 1943
Digitised Collection
Maker: Tracey, Charles Patrick
Diary relating to service of NX70508 Major Charles Patrick Tracey, 2/26 Battalion, Second World War. The diary covers the period between 1 January 1943 and 21 December 1943, covering Tracey’s time as ...AWM2019.22.140
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Diary relating to service of Major Charles Patrick Tracey, 1942
Digitised Collection
Maker: Tracey, Charles Patrick
Diary relating to service of NX70508 Major Charles Patrick Tracey, 2/26 Battalion, Second World War. The diary covers the period between 1 January 1942 and 31 December 1942, and includes the fall of S...AWM2019.22.139
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Doolan, Bernard Patrick (Sergeant, b.1910 - d.1999)
Private Record
Maker: Doolan, Bernard Patrick
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX9391 Sergeant Bernard Patrick “Barny” Doolan, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion, Burma, Thailand and Australia, 1940-1944. Sergeant Doolan served with...AWM2017.366.11
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Drip scheme infusion apparatus, Hintok
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Drip saline infusion apparatus being used to provide a drip to a sick and emaciated patient.ART90927
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Dr Redmond Sheedy as a Sergeant, 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Second World War, interviewed by Dr John Mitchell
Sound
Maker: Sheedy, Redmond Stuart Parnell Mitchell, John
SX5435 Sergeant Redmond Stuart Parnell Sheedy, 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, relates his experiences as a prisoner of war (POW) in H Force. This is one of 21 interviews conducted by Dr John Mitchell, r...S01506
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Eddie Deakin
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Eddie Deakin, of 60 Avenue, Vaucluse, New South. 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 ...ART28403.074
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Eddie Williams
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Australian prisoner of war E T C 'Eddie' Williams, of Nokaning, Western Australia. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-T...ART28403.002
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Elliott, Jack William Weir (Captain, b.1907 - d.1999)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Elliott, Jack William Weir Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX4506 Captain Jack William Weir Elliott, Australian Army Postal Corps, Singapore and Australia, 1940-1950. Captain Elliott was in charge of esta...AWM2017.128.2
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Engraved mess tin : Lance Corporal J C Hood, HQ Guard Battalion, 7th Division
Heraldry
Maker: C & B Ltd Hood, John Cochrane
Large rectangular mess tin with a hinged one-piece metal handle designed to fold over the top of the tin for compact storage. Stamped at the hinge point is, 'C & B LTD 1939 [broad arrow symbol]'. The ...REL34584
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Engraved mess tins : Captain C G Corke, Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces
Heraldry
Maker: Corke, Clive George E & Co
Pair of aluminium rectangular interlocking mess tins with the steel handles on each removed. The manufacturer's details 'E & Co 1939' and broad arrow is stamped into the handle socket on each tin. Abo...REL33728.001
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Engraved tobacco tin : Private D J Anderson, 2/29 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Campny, William John
Small aluminum tobacco tin with hinged lid. The lid has been engraved with the rays of an Imperial Japanese flag superimposed with a Returned from Active Service badge. Engraved in one corner are the ...REL33283
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Engraved tobacco tin : Sergeant W O Wald, 8th Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small aluminium tobacco tin with separate lid. Engraved on the four sides of the lid is, 'BURMA MALAYA THAILAND SINGAPORE'. The sides of the tin are also engraved with, 'W WALD NX58914 8 [illegible] ...REL39900
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Evans, Mervyn (Bill) (Sergeant, b.1916 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Evans, Mervyn
Letters (photocopies) written by QX14699 Sergeant Mervyn (Bill) Evans while serving with 2/26 Battalion to his sister Mrs. Blanche Hornibrook between 1941 and January 1942. Letters to August 1941 deta...PR00807
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Everard Watt
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Captain Everard J I Watts (or Watt), of 11 Stewart 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 ...ART28403.017
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Flag of the 2/40th Battalion, 8th Division, which was carried and concealed by TX3838 Band ...
Photograph
Maker: Davis
Flag of the 2/40th Battalion, 8th Division, which was carried and concealed by TX3838 Band Sergeant Major Robert William Martin of Tasmania whilst a prisoner-of-war in Japanese hands through Timor, Ja...130014
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Forbes, James William Kennedy (Jim) (Sergeant, b.1919 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Forbes, James William Kennedy (Jim)
Collection relating to 2/19 Battalion compiled by NX52562 Sergeant James William Kennedy Forbes, 2/19 Battalion, POW in Thailand. Collections consists of a nominal roll for A Force and Ramsay Force ha...PR03305
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For Weary
Art
Maker: Parkin, Ray
This page contains a book dedication to "Weary" Dunlop, for a folio of drypoints and one watercolour from drawings made in captivity 1942-1945 on the Burma-Thailand railway. Dunlop was an eminent surg...ART90933.034
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Fountain Pen : Corporal A K Boyden, 2/12 Field Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Mabie Todd & Co Ltd
Black bakelite fountain pen and removable lid, with incised wave pattern around casing. The pen is a self-filler type with a sprung section on the inner side of the body. The 'Swan' brand nib is bent ...REL31627
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Four prisoners of war (POWs) with beri beri. Identified is Jan Hakkaart (left) a radio operator ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Four prisoners of war (POWs) with beri beri. Identified is Jan Hakkaart (left) a radio operator from the Dutch Navy (RNN) who was captured in Java, second from the left is, possibly, NX44799 Private ...P00761.011
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Frank (Shorty) Cameron
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Frank R 'Shorty' Cameron, of 206 Road, Albion. 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...ART28403.024
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G I R Watson
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Gavin I R Watson, of Maxgate, Pennant Hills Road, Carlingford, New South. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand R...ART28403.021
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851598 Gnr. Hill, E.J. - skin graft foot
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Two feet, one before and the other after a skin graft. Jack Chalker was serving in the Royal Artillery when he was captured at the fall of Singapore. In October 1942 he was in a party sent to Thaila...ART90899
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Gordon Fleming
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Gordon Fleming, of 57 Eglinton Street, Moonee Ponds. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginn...ART28403.064
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Guard house, Makasura
Art
Maker: Parkin, Ray
A grass-roofed house in the centre of composition is surrounded by palm trees and other vegetation. This print is included in a folio of drypoints that were made from the original drawings that Ray Pa...ART90933.009
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Haist, Clifford (Private, b.1918 - d.1994)
Private Record
Maker: Haist, Clifford
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX30261 Private Clifford Haist, 2/12 Field Ambulance, Thailand and Singapore, c 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one postcard and one lett...PR03961
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Hall, Ronald Wilson (Sergeant, b.1911 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Hall, Ronald Wilson Various
Typescript carbon copy of 'Selerang Special Order of the Day No 3 Dated 4 September 1942', issued by Colonel E B Holmes, Commanding British and Australian Troops, Changi, relating to the signing of a ...PR02083
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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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Harris, Richard Charles (Driver)
Private Record
Maker: Harris, Richard Charles
Collection relating to NX68692 Driver Richard Charles Harris, 2/3rd Reserved Motor Transport Company, 1944-1945. It includes service papers, demobilisation procedures book and five prisoner of war po...PR01709
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Harry Johnson
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of H J 'Harry' Johnson, of Tweed Road, Bridgetown. 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 o...ART28403.056
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HEIDELBERG, VIC. 1946-03-27. LADY MOUNTBATTEN RENEWING ACQUAINTANCE WITH EX POWS, MEN WHOM SHE ...
Photograph
HEIDELBERG, VIC. 1946-03-27. LADY MOUNTBATTEN RENEWING ACQUAINTANCE WITH EX POWS, MEN WHOM SHE HAD MET AT NAKOM PATON CAMP, THAILAND. LEFT TO RIGHT: FRONT ROW: PRIVATE (PTE) J. MCKENZIE; SIGNALLER E. ...126411