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Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF)
Private Record
ACCOUNT OF THE CANING OF GERMAN OFFICIALS IN RABAUL FOLLOWING AN ASSAULT ON REV COX OF THE METHODIST MISSION, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS RELATED TO COL WILLIAM HOLMES AND TWO POEMS SEN...PR84/304
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Baker, Ernest William (Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant, b.1884 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Baker, Ernest William Dickson, Hercules Scott Highfield Jones, William Adolphus
Collection relating to the service of 1032 Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant Ernest William Baker, Australian Navy and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 20 Battalion, Rabaul, Gallipoli and Fr...1DRL/0083
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Bates, Albert (Warrant Officer, b.1905 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Bates, Albert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 14697 Warrant Officer Albert Bates DFM, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF), New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Australia, 1942. Collection consists of one typed...PR03185
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Bensley, Robert Sidney (Civilian)
Private Record
Maker: Bensley, Robert Sidney
Collection relating to the air raid in Rabaul and civilian Robert Sidney Bensley's experiences of the air raid and events afterwards. Collection consists of two typed pages written by Bensley entitled...PR82/026
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Beresford, William E (Captain, b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Beresford, William E
Two letters written by Japanese prisoners of war in Rabaul to Captain Beresford. The letters were written after the cessation of hostilities, when Captain Beresford went to Rabaul with HQ 11 Division ...PR00678
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Brown, Peter Handley (Captain, Aaoc AMF, POW)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Peter Handley
CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORT CONCERNING NEWS OF THE END OF HOSTILITIES, DINNER MENU PRESENTED BY THE JAPANESE AND A COPY OF A PERSONAL ACCOUNT DOCUMENTING LIFE AS A POW FROM THE TIME OF CAPTURE AT RABAUL...PR87/011
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Brown, Tom A (Trooper)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Tom A
Three page letter written on Japanese paper by Trooper Tom A Brown to a friend, 'Tiger' (Arthur Ablett), describing service with the 2/4 Armoured Regiment in Rabaul during the Second World War; copy o...PR01863
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Callaghan, Eileen Mary (Sister)
Private Record
Maker: Callaghan, Eileen Mary
Collection relating to the service of Staff Nurse Eileen Mary Callaghan (NFX180289). The collection contains a recipe book compiled by Sister Callaghan and 14 letters and telegrams relating to Callagh...PR00668
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Capner, Frederick Charles (b.1888 - d.1970)
Private Record
Maker: Capner, Frederick Charles
Collection relating to the First World War service of Frederick Charles Capner, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) 1914-1915. Capner was recruited as police master to establish...AWM2016.797.1
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Carrick, Alan Rea (Captain, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Carrick, Alan Rea
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX71121 Captain Alan Rea Carrick. Collection consists of one diary, dated 1943, with diary extract insert, dated 1945, relating to Carrick's time...PR86/196
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Clift, Leslie George, Staff Sergeant
Private Record
Maker: Clift, Leslie George
Papers collected by Clift relating to the Japanese occupation of Rabaul. Include 4 1943 issues of "Guinea Gold", the official programme of the 11 Australian Division Joputa Racing Club, October 1943. ...PR91/121
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Cooper, Arthur Lionel Keith (Second Lieutenant, AN&MEF, Rabaul d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Cooper, Arthur Lionel Keith
COMMEMORATIVE SCROLL FORWARDED TO THE NEXT OF KIN, C1919. ALSO A FORM LETTER ISSUED FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO THE NEXT OF KINPR84/215
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Crocker, Willis (Lance Sergeant, 2/22nd Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Crocker, Willis
DIARY, WRITTEN ON A DAILY BASIS, RECOUNTING THE RETREAT FROM RABAUL BY FOOT, ESCAPE FROM NEW BRITAIN IN THE PINNACE "BLACK MARIA" AND EVENTUAL RETURN TO PORT MORESBY BY RAAF CATALINA. THE ACCOUNT WAS ...PR83/093
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Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean (Private, b.1891 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1166 Private Errol Cappie Nepean Devlin, 18 Battalion, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection consists of letters and postcards written by Devlin, home to h...1DRL/0241
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Dore, Ashley Vance (Sergeant, b.1918 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Dore, Ashley Vance
Memoir of Sergeant A V Dore (VX42841) while serving with 2/22 Battalion in New Britain. Titled 'Escape from Rabaul', it covers the period from January to April 1942. 8 pages.PR01835
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Feathston, William (Staff Sergeant d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Feathston, William
Postcards sent home from Rabaul while serving with Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), prior to enlisting in 7 Battalion in 1916.3DRL/3512
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Fisher, Peter Wallace (Captain b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Fisher, Peter Wallace
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX145642 Captain Peter Wallace Fisher, who served as Second in Command, Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Military Landing Craft Section (AA/AAMLC) in Raba...PR89/040
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Gairns, Leonard William (Flight Lieutenant, 7, 25 and 32 Squadron RAAF b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Gairns, Leonard William
DETAILED ENLISTMENT, DISCHARGE AND RECONSTRUCTION TRAINING SCHEME PAPERS, COPY OF FLYING LOGBOOKS, AIR NAVIGATION TRAINING NOTES AND COPY OF SPEECH RELATING HIS RAAF EXPERIENCES WITH RECONNAISSANCE DU...PR88/038
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Gedling, Stanley Alfred (Leading Signalman, b.1894 - d.1969)
Private Record
Maker: Gedling, Stanley Alfred Various
Papers of Leading Signalman Stanley Alfred Gedling created during his service with the Royal Australian Navy during the First World War. Gedling kept a diary covering the period 1913-1918 while on th...PR02076
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Gerber, John George Joseph (Chief Petty Officer, b.1909 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Gerber, John George Joseph
Papers of Chief Petty Officer John Gerber relating to his service with HMAS Adelaide in the Solomon Islands in 1927. The collection consists of a notebook containing a record of messages between HMAS...PR01800
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Ghiggioli family
Private Record
Maker: Ghiggioli, Edward Arthur Ghiggioli, Ernest Keith Ghiggioli, Thomas Francis
Collection relating to the Second World War service of three brothers from the Ghiggioli family: NX36559 Lance Corporal Ernest Keith Ghiggioli, VX125638 Private Thomas Francis Ghiggioli, and VX109089 ...PR04738
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Graham, Frederick Archibald (Lieutenant; Captain 1 Army Ordnance Corps Training Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Graham, Frederick Archibald
Papers including correspondence books detailing troop movements and sports activities, nominal roll, diary written in Rabaul in 1914, typescript poems about Nauru and discharge and other army document...PR89/005
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Green, Francis N (Private, Attached United States Army Forces (USAf) Intelligence Unit)
Private Record
Maker: Green, Francis Nathaniel
REPORTS WITH GENERAL INFORMATION GATHERED BY GREEN ON THE GEOGRAPHY AND SITUATIONS ON RABAUL AND THE DUKE OF YORK ISLANDS AND PRINTED MAP OF PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA. MR GREEN WAS FORMERLY A PATROL OFFICE...PR86/231
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Groves, J J (Sapper, 12 Australian Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers d.1989)
Private Record
Maker: Groves, J J
DIARIES DESCRIBE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT. JAPANESE AND AMERICAN AIR RAIDS ALSO NOTED. PLACES INCLUDE QUEENSLAND, BUNA, WAU AND LAE IN NEW GUINEA AND...PR90/034
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Hardinge, Charles William (Lieutenant Telegraphist, AN&MEF b.1878 - d.1930)
Private Record
Maker: Hardinge, Charles William
SOLDIER'S PAYBOOK ISSUED TO LT TELEGRAPHIST HARDINGE DURING HIS SERVICE IN RABAUL. LT HARDINGE JOINED THE Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) AS A CIVILIAN AND REMAINED IN GERMA...PR88/055
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Heritage, Keith (Captain, MC, AN&MEF, 19th Bn, b.1882 - d.1916), MC
Private Record
Maker: Heritage, Keith
Collection relating to the service of Captain Keith Heritage, MC, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 19 Battalion, Rabaul and France. Collection consists of photostat copi...1DRL/0347
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Holmes, Basil
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, Basil
LETTER FROM HOLMES TO A FRIEND, MENTIONS SENDING THE GERMAN ADMINISTRATOR TO SYDNEY, A NOTE EXPLAINING THE LETTERS RETURN TO HOLMES MANY YEARS LATER, AND A LIST OF MILITARY OFFICERS APPOINTED TO THE F...PR84/182
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Holmes, H W (Corporal, District Signals, New Guinea Force)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, H W
UNDATED CONCERT PROGRAMME. LETTERS DESCRIBE EFFECTS OF AIR RAIDS AND JAPANESE LANDINGS AT RABAUL. BRIEF LEAVE IN QUEENSLAND BEFORE POSTING TO NEW GUINEA, WHERE HE CONTRACTED MALARIA. GIRLS ARE AN IMPO...PR90/023
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Holmes, William, CMG, DSO (Major General, b.1862 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, William
LETTERS WRITTEN BY MAJ GEN HOLMES TO HIS GRANDMOTHER WHEN MILITARY ADMINISTRATOR AT RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, BRIEFLY IN PALESTINE AND LATER FRANCEPR83/096
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Holmes, William, CMG, DSO, VD (Colonel, b.1862 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, William
Collection relating to service of Colonel William Holmes, CMG, DSO, VD. Collection includes a letter written to Holmes by Dr Lederer arranging the details of the surrender of German New Guinea, 12 Se...EXDOC002
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Holmes, William (Colonel)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, William
Collection relating to First World War service of Colonel William Holmes, CMG, DSO, VD, Commander Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force. Collection consists of a letter written in German ...EXDOC003
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Holmes, William (Major General, CMG, DSO, Commander AN&MEF, b.? - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, William
LETTERS AND TYPESCRIPTS IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM COL TRAVERS FOR INFORMATION RELATING TO MAJ GEN HOLMES DECISION TO FLOG GERMAN PRISONERS. CONTAINS A DESCRIPTION OF THE FLOGGING IN RABAUL, 1914PR84/202
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Hopper, Kenneth James (Lieutenant Commander, b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Hopper, Kenneth James
Item (1) photocopies of typed recollections of service on HMAS Marrawah and HMAS Sprightly. Also photocopy of midshipman's journal kept during service on HMAS Canberra 1937-1938. Item (2) journal cont...PR91/006
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Japanese Instruments of Surrender
Private Record
Collection relating to the Instruments of Surrender signed in Tokyo and at other places in the Pacific Region by the Japanese commanders on the cessation of war. (1) British Borneo and Natoena Island...EXDOC095
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Johnston, George Jameson (Major General, b.1869 - d.1949) CB, CBE, VD
Private Record
Maker: Johnston, George Jameson
Collection of papers relating to Major General George Jameson Johnston's military career, consisting of commissioning warrants, letters of appreciation and certificates. Included are documents delegat...3DRL/1419
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Kilgour, William (Private); Dunlop, Alex
Private Record
Maker: Dunlop, Alex Kilgour, William
Thirteen letters written by 112 Private William Kilgour to his mother and sister in Australia and various parts of New Guinea while training and later serving with C Company, 3rd Battalion, Naval & M...PR01860
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Lamprell, Victor Frank (Corporal, b.1908 - d.1985)
Private Record
Maker: Lamprell, Victor Frank Lamprell, Victor Frank
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX118695 (V41511) Corporal Victor Frank Lamprell 1st Australian Entertainment Unit. [item 1] Three exercise books containing the handwritten memo...PR01399
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Lane, Cyril Herbert Dodson, (Major, b.1888 - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Lane, Cyril Herbert Dodson
Collection relating to the service of Major Cyril Herbert Dodson Lane, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 18 Battalion, AIF, New Britain, Egypt, Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Coll...1DRL/0406
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Lane, William John (Able Seaman, b.1894)
Private Record
Maker: Lane, William John
Detailed diary written on a regular basis, accounting for the voyage to German New Guinea, opposed landing at Rabaul and eventual garrison duties at Herbertshohe. Also includes various personal servic...PR89/126
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Larkin, William Henry (Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.2001)
Private Record
Maker: Larkin, William Henry
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX129332 Lieutenant William Henry Larkin. Collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, a memoir, papers, souvenirs and ephemera relating to...PR03444
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Lerew, John Margrave (Wing Commander, DFC, RAAF b.1912)
Private Record
Maker: Lerew, John Margrave
Signal sent by Wing-Commander J M Lerew to RAAF HQ, from Rabul, 21 January 1942. Message in Latin reads: "Morituri - vos - salutamus" (We who are about to die, salute you). Follow up message (EXDOC1...EXDOC168
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Lyons, Leslie James (Gunner, b.1910 - d. 1942)
Private Record
Maker: Lyons, Leslie James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX60128 Gunner Leslie James Lyons, 17 Anti Tank Battery, Rabaul, prisoner of war, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Comprises an original letter writt...PR00008
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Manning, Guy Owen (Captain, b.1881 - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Manning, Guy Owen
PHOTOCOPIES OF LETTERS TO HIS WIFE RELATING TO MANNING'S SERVICE WITH THE AN&MEF. HE SERVED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT OF NATIVE POLICE, RABAUL, AND AS DISTRICT OFFICER AND O C GARRISON IN NEW IR...PR87/126
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Marchant, James Leslie, Captain
Private Record
Maker: Marchant, James Leslie
Practical manual of spoken English issued under the authority of the Head Interpreter Section, "Go" Force the Headquarters Eighth Army in Rabaul December 1945. The compilers were Hayashi Seitaro and t...PR91/083
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McAulay, Lex (Historian, b.1939)
Private Record
Maker: McAulay, Alexander Hugh
RESEARCH PAPERS INCLUDING CORRESPONDENCE WITH JAPANESE AND AMERICAN EXSERVICEMEN AND COPIES OF RECORDS IN AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN REPOSITORIES ASSEMBLED FOR HIS BOOK "INTO THE DRAGON'S JAWS: THE FIFTH...PR87/165
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McLellan, Jean; McLellan, John Francis
Private Record
Maker: McLellan, Jean McLellan, John Francis McLellan, John Francis (Frank)
Collection relating to Jean McLellan, a civilian nurse interned as a prisoner of war by the Japanese, 1942-1945. Collection includes a diary written by Jean McLellan, a letter written by her brother ...PR03247
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McNicoll, Walter Ramsay (6th & 7th Battalion, AIF, 10th Brigade, AIF, Mhr, Admin New Guinea b.1877 - d.1947)
Private Record
Maker: McNicoll, Walter Ramsay
COPIES OF PAPERS, MOSTLY LETTERS TO FAMILY ESPECIALLY SON RONALD. INCLUDES MCNICOLLS' PERIOD IN NEW GUINEA AND HIS SON'S OWN MILITARY SERVICE (W2)PRMF0054
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McWilliam, Henry Hastings (Captain, b.1894 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: McWilliam, Henry Hastings
Collection relating to the service of Sub Lieutenant (later Captain) Henry Hastings McWilliam, Royal Navy. Collection consists of a typescript carbon copy of a diary kept by Captain McWilliam when se...1DRL/0467
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New Guinea Women's Club
Private Record
Memorial book containing the names of civilian residents who lost their lives in New Guinea, 1941-1945. The book was kept at the New Britain Women's Club, Rabaul.3DRL/6199
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Newman, Ernest William (Petty Officer, b.1872 - d.1953)
Private Record
Maker: Newman, Ernest William
Account of naval service in both the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy during 1887-1924, including: mention of his early training and postings in the RN, transfer to the RAN in 1912, service aboard...PR86/218
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Nicholas, Frank R W (Captain, British Commonwealth Occupation Force Security Intelligence Bureau Section)
Private Record
Maker: Nicholas, Frank Reginald Wyatt
COLLECTION OF PAPERS BEING POEMS AND STORIES, SKETCH MAP AND NOTES, TWO BCOF WARRANTS AND PHOTOCOPIED TRANSCRIPTS OF RABAUL DIARY OF JAPANESE OFFICER, CAPTAIN TETSUO AND POSTWAR CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN...PR86/278
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Nottage, Stewart Gordon, ED (Captain, b.1905 - d.1974)
Private Record
Maker: Nottage, A M Nottage, Stewart Gordon Red Cross
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX11407 Captain Stewart Gordon Nottage, L Heavy Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, Rabaul, Japan, Australia and England, 1930-75. Collection i...PR83/189
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Oldroyd-Harris, Joyce Dorothy
Private Record
Maker: Oldroyd-Harris, Joyce Dorothy
Collection relating to Australian civilian nurse Joyce Oldroyd-Harris who was interned by the Japanese whilst working as Matron of the hospital in Rabaul, prior to its capture by the Japanese in Janua...PR87/228
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Olney, J N (Private, 2/22nd Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Olney, J N
ACCOUNT OF EXPERIENCES WHILE ESCAPING FROM RABAUL JAN - MAY 1942. INCLUDES A BRIEF RECORD OF THE JAPANESE INVASION OF RABAUL. ORIGINAL AND TYPESCRIPT COPY3DRL/0957
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Palmer, Edward Charles (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1909 - d.1982) and Cook, William "Billy" (Private, b.1908 - d.1960s)
Private Record
Maker: Cook, William Palmer, Edward Charles
PAPERS MAINLY RELATE TO THE 2/10 FIELD AMBULANCE, IN PARTICULAR PALMER AND COOK'S DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF INVASION OF RABAUL, TOL MASSACRE AND EVENTUAL ESCAPE FROM NEW BRITAIN. ALSO INCLUDES BRIEF ACCOUN...PR90/053
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Patey, George Edwin Sir, KCMG, KCVO, MVO, RN (Admiral, Sir, b.1859 - d.1935)
Private Record
Maker: Patey, George Edwin
Collection relating to the First World War service of Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey. Collection consists of three letters written home to family, describing the duties with the Australian Naval and ...2DRL/0795
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Patey, Sir George Edwin, KCMG, KCVO (Rear Admiral, b.1859 - d.1935)
Private Record
Maker: Patey, George Edwin
Collection relating to Rear Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey, KCMG, KCVO, First World War. Collection comprises letters written in German and English to the German Governor, New Britain. The letters d...EXDOC001
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Penman, Lance Balfour (Warrant Officer 2, AAMC, AN&MEF b.1891 - d.1972)
Private Record
Maker: Penman, Lance Balfour
ACCOUNT OF THE 4TH CONTINGENT POSTED TO RABAUL INCLUDING THE VOYAGE NORTH AND DUTIES AS A MEDICAL ORDERLY AT LORUNGAU, MANUS ISLAND. THE LATTER PART OF THE ACCOUNT DETAILS THE DAILY ACTIVITY OF THE IN...PR82/171
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Pockley, Brian Colden Antill (Captain, b.1890 - d.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Army
Original commission papers of Captain B. C. A. Pockley (Australian Army Medical Corps), who died of wounds on 11 September 1914 shortly after the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force land...PR89/054
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Riddle, A (Corporal, AN&MEF)
Private Record
Maker: Riddle, A
MILITARY SERVICE DETAILS AND LEAVE PASS OF RIDDLE. DIARY RELATING EVENTS WHILE ON GARRISON DUTY IN RABAUL 1918-19192DRL/0812
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Robb, Ronald Parker (Gunner, d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Robb, Ronald Parker
Letters, photographs and service papers of NX191433 [NP5404] Gunner Ronald Parker Robb, who served with the 9th and 412th Heavy Batteries at Darwin during the Second World War. A certificate records h...PR01219
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Roberts, Albert Allen (Major, MC, Intelligence Section, RAAF, ANGAU and AIB, AIF b.1904 - d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Roberts, Albert Allen
Logbooks related to patrol duties in the Aitape district (1925-1927), notebooks detailing the evacuation of Rabaul and return to New Britain for coast watching duties, notes on Australian Intelligence...PR84/368
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Roberts, Samuel Livingstone (Gunner, b.1918 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Roberts, Samuel Livingstone
Letter from NX69464 Gunner Samuel Livingstone Roberts (1 Commando Company), a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese in Rabaul (New Britain), to his mother, and telegram from the Minister for the Army ...PR01001
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Searle, Jack C (Stoker)
Private Record
Maker: Searle, Jack C
All at sea in the Senior Service: the light-hearted memoirs of an ex-stoker' is the story of Stoker Searle's war service with the RAN. The memoirs detail his enlistment and training, his family's reac...PR00464
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Selby, David Mayer (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1906 - d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Goodman, Christopher Ernest Selby, David Mayer
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant David Selby, 2/22 Battalion, New Britain. Collection consists of a short handwritten note by Captain Goodman to Major Owen referring ...PR00109
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Shea, P. A. (Gus) (Able Seaman, b.1892 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Shea, P A
Two letters written by Able Seaman P. A. (Gus) Shea, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionay Force (AN&MEF), while serving on HMAS Yarra and describing the first combat in which Australian naval fo...PR00895
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Sheppard, William H (Captain, AN&MEF and: 17th Bn. b.1890)
Private Record
Maker: Sheppard, William H
DESCRIBES DUTIES AND GARRISON WORK IN RABAUL WITH Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF). OTHER LETTERS RE TRAINING IN EGYPT SERVICE AND WOUNDING ON GALLIPOLI, HOSPITALIZATION IN M...2DRL/0314
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Smythe, Edward Vivian, MC (Major, b.1891 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Smythe, Edward Vivian
Papers relating to Major Edward Vivian Smythe's experiences with the Japanese POWs in Rabaul in 1946. The collection includes a letter Lieutenant Colonel Murayama, the commander of the surrendered Ja...PR01204
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Tye, Allen John (Jack) (Sergeant, b.1908)
Private Record
Maker: Tye, A J
Handwritten diary February 1944-March 1945 kept by SX33687 A.J. (Jack) Tye, 7 Division, describing living conditions and recreational activities including films watched while on board ships Howard Syk...PR00746
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Yeowart, Robert Alfred (Squadron Leader, b.1915 - d.1980)
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Maker: Bostock, William Dowling Commonwealth of Australia Mickle, Grangie Stuart News Corp Australia Pfeiffer, Francis William Unknown
Papers relating to the Second World War service of 270647 Squadron Leader Robert Alfred Yeowart, No 6 Squadron RAAF, Australia and New Guinea, 1940-1945. Collection contains three wallets relating to...PR91/073