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Chaplain Michael Dolan
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Michael Joseph Dolan, Senior Roman Catholic Chaplain of the AIF 8th Division.ART26423
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Charlton, Arthur Walton
Private Record
Maker: Charlton, Arthur Walton
Transcript of personal diary and collection of poerty of Arthur Walton Charlton, an Australian soldier with the 2/19 Battalion.PR01414
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Chattaway, Francis Charles (Able Seaman, b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Chattaway, Francis Charles 'Frank'
Diaries and journal describe naval battle off Java and sinking of HMAS Perth and USS Houston. Covers experiences as a POW in Java and Singapore, at numerous camps on the Burma Railway and finally in J...PR90/116
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Chess board : Gunner W A Bryant, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Bryant, William Arthur
Hinged wooden chess board. The white squares have been painted with thick cream paint which has now darkened. The board has been made in two even pieces and is held together with two four screw hinges...REL30129
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Chess pieces : Gunner W A Bryant, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Bryant, William Arthur
Full set of handcrafted chess pieces.REL30130
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CHINESE AND MALAYAN EVACUEES ON NORTH SINGAPORE ISLAND BEFORE JAPANESE ATTACK. (NEGATIVE BY ...
Photograph
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
CHINESE AND MALAYAN EVACUEES ON NORTH SINGAPORE ISLAND BEFORE JAPANESE ATTACK. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).012452
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CHINESE OF THE PASSIVE DEFENCE SERVICES DO GREAT WORK AFTER JAPANESE BOMBS FALL ON A VILLAGE IN ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
CHINESE OF THE PASSIVE DEFENCE SERVICES DO GREAT WORK AFTER JAPANESE BOMBS FALL ON A VILLAGE IN SINGAPORE AREA. CHINESE OF THE AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS AND AUXILIARY FIRE SERVICE QUICKLY GET THE FLAMES UN...011601
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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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Chumphon, Thailand. C. 1945-03. The Chumphon railway bridges on the Bangkok-Singapore railway. ...
Photograph
Chumphon, Thailand. C. 1945-03. The Chumphon railway bridges on the Bangkok-Singapore railway. This low-level picture shows damage not only to the bridge but to its approaches after air attacks by RAF...SUK13887
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Chumphon, Thailand. C. 1945-02. To attack Chumphon, Japanese supply and transhipment centre on ...
Photograph
Chumphon, Thailand. C. 1945-02. To attack Chumphon, Japanese supply and transhipment centre on the east coast of the Kra Isthmus, RAF Liberator aircraft and US Army Air Force B-24 aircraft of the Stra...SUK13865
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Chumphon, Thailand. 1945-03-19. To disrupt Japanese supplies destined for the Burma front, more ...
Photograph
Chumphon, Thailand. 1945-03-19. To disrupt Japanese supplies destined for the Burma front, more than eighty heavy bomber aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command, flew across the Indian Oc...SUK14069
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Cigarette case : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Damaged metal cigarette case with a hinge on the left side. The top of the case has a number of small regimental badges attached with spaces marking where others were once attached. Those remaining in...REL/02029.003
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Cinesound Review 1. Wavell and Pownell in Malaya 2. Jap plane in Singapore
Film
Maker: Cinesound
1. (28 sec) Malaya, General Sir Archibald Wavell, Allied Supreme Commander SWPA meets with General Sir Henry Pownell, British Commander in Chief Singapore (See also F01160 Department of Information u...F00833
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Civilians standing by a bomb damaged area.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
Civilians standing by a bomb damaged area.010809
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C.1942-01. JAPANESE SOLDIERS IN THE BUKIT TIMAH AREA, ABOUT SIX MILES FROM SINGAPORE, PRIOR TO ...
Photograph
C.1942-01. JAPANESE SOLDIERS IN THE BUKIT TIMAH AREA, ABOUT SIX MILES FROM SINGAPORE, PRIOR TO THE CAPITULATION OF THE BRITISH FORCES IN MALAYA. PHOTOGRAPH REPRODUCED IN A JAPANESE PROPAGANDA MAGAZINE...134904
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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, Lindsay Arthur (Bonnie) (Gunner, b.1918 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Clarke, Lindsay Arthur
Related to the Second World War service of QX15591 Gunner Lindsay Arthur (Bonnie) Clarke 2/10 Field Regiment and POW. Handwritten original letter written from Malaya by Gunner Bonnie to his nephew Les...PR04897
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1.Clifford, Leslie Edward Stuart (Signalman, b: 1901) 2.Bowyer-Smyth, Sir Philip Weyland (Commodore, b: 1894 d. 1978)
Manuscript
Maker: Clifford, Leslie Edward Stuart
Collection relating to the Second World War service of J90808 M602 Signalman Leslie Edward Stuart Clifford, HMAS Stuart, and Captain Sir Philip Weyland Bowyer-Smyth, HMAS Perth, 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 -...MSS1226
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C.1941. MAJOR GENERAL K. SIMMONS, SINGAPORE FORTRESS COMMAND (LEFT) AND AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR ...
Photograph
C.1941. MAJOR GENERAL K. SIMMONS, SINGAPORE FORTRESS COMMAND (LEFT) AND AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR ROBERT BROOKE-POPHAM, COMMANDER IN CHIEF, FAR EAST.134879
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Cocos Island. C. 1945-08. "Free drop" canisters, containing medical supplies for Allied prisoner ...
Photograph
Cocos Island. C. 1945-08. "Free drop" canisters, containing medical supplies for Allied prisoner of war camps in the Dutch East Indies and Singapore area, being loaded into an RAF Liberator bomber air...SUK14679
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Cocos Island. C. 1945-08. RAF ground crews on a Cocos Island airstrip loading bomb trolleys with ...
Photograph
Cocos Island. C. 1945-08. RAF ground crews on a Cocos Island airstrip loading bomb trolleys with canisters of medical supplies to be dropped on POW camps in the Dutch East Indies and the Singapore are...SUK14680
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Cocos Islands. C. 1945-08. Following the Japanese surrender, RAF heavy bomber aircraft dropped ...
Photograph
Cocos Islands. C. 1945-08. Following the Japanese surrender, RAF heavy bomber aircraft dropped much-needed medical supplies to Allied prisoner of war camps in the Dutch East Indies and Singapore area....SUK14678
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Cole, Lewis Stanley (Corporal, b.1915 - d.?)
Manuscript
Maker: Cole, Lewis Stanley
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX30682 Corporal (Cpl) Lewis Stanley Cole. Collection consists of an 11 page typed memoir written by Cole in his later life. It describes his e...MSS2188
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Collection of cigarette papers: Ron Pilkington, British Army
Heraldry
Collection of 29 colourful cigarette paper packets and papers of various brands. Two have manufacture dates of 1940 and 1941.AWM2019.404.1
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Collection related to Colonel George Ernest Ramsay
Photograph
SINGAPORE. 1941? NX34999 COLONEL GEORGE ERNEST RAMSAY (1899-1981) OUTSIDE THE 2/20TH BATTALION HEADQUARTERS ORDERLY ROOM.P01584.019
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Collection related to Colonel George Ernest Ramsay
Photograph
SINGAPORE. 1941? OUTDOORS EATING ARRANGEMENT CONSTRUCTED OF WOODEN PACKING CASES AND MAKESHIFT TRESTLE TABLES. THE TABLES ARE SET WITH CLOTHS AND FOOD AND DRINKS LAID OUT, PROBABLY FOR A MEAL FOR MEMB...P01584.020
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Collection relating to the service of NX34734 Reginald William James Newton
Photograph
Informal portrait of three officers from Headquarters Company, 2/19th Battalion. The Battalion was captured by the Japanese in the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 and most of the men were either...P00102.032
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Collection relating to the service of NX34734 Reginald William James Newton
Photograph
Group portrait of officers of 22 Brigade Headquarters. Identified from left to right, back row: NX34929 Lieutenant (Lt) Ralph Venn Johnson, Liaison Officer (LO) (killed in an accident with parachute f...P00102.009
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Collins, Jack Edward (Lance Sergeant, b.1922)
Private Record
Maker: Collins, Jack Edward
Collection related to the Second World War service of VX71712 Lance Sergeant John Collins, Z Special Unit. Collection consists of a card with warship identification silhouettes; a booklet titled 'A B...PR89/151
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Colonel A Derham
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Colonel Alfred Plumley Derham (VX13486), MC, ED, Assistant Director Medical Services. He had served in the First World War. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at Singapore, 19...ART26429
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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 E B Holmes, commander of British and Australian POWs, Malaya (1) with Lieutenant Colonel ...
Photograph
Colonel E B Holmes, commander of British and Australian POWs, Malaya (1) with Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Gallagher Galleghan, DSO, ED, Commanding Officer, 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion and co...117117
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Colonel Edward Holmes
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of British Lieutenant Colonel Edward Barclay Holmes, MC, commander of British and Australian troops, after the departure of General Percival from Changi in August 1942.ART26430
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Colonel James Thyer
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Colonel James Hervey Thyer (VX12755), member of General Bennett's staff and GOC1. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at Singapore.ART26431
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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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Colour patches : Private S E Cameron, 2/19 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Diamond shaped colour patch for 2/19 Battalion divided horizontally brown over green with oval grey background.REL30596
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Colour patches : Staff Sergeant S E Cameron, 2/19 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Four horizontally aligned oval colour patches for 2/19 Battalion, AIF. Divided horizontally purple over green on grey backing.REL30602
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Commander in Chief of the British Forces in the Far East, Lieutenant General Sir Henry R. Pownell.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
Commander in Chief of the British Forces in the Far East, Lieutenant General Sir Henry R. Pownell.011303/39
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Commemorative handkerchief for members of C Company, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Standard army issue khaki cotton handkerchief with a 2cm hem on each sides. On the top right hand corner is a small 'x' with a dash. The same symbol is on the opposite corner but on the back. The bac...REL30186
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Commemorative sign : 5th Infantry Divison, Imperial Japanese Army, 1942
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White painted sign made from four wooden planks, assembled wide (top), narrow, wide, narrow (bottom). The sides of the upper plank have been sawn at an angle to form two sloping shoulders. The sign is...RELAWM27472
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Commodore John Collins
Art
Maker: Baird, John
Commodore (later Admiral Sir) John Collins, RAN, portrait used for cover of 'Woman' magazine, 28 August 1944; Mediterranean Sea, Gulf, Pacific.ART27893
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Compressed fibre identity discs: Australian Army - Staff Sergeant S E Cameron, 2/19 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Two khaki green fibre, octagonal identity discs stamped on one side with 'S E CAMERON NX52530' and 'A2' on the reverse.REL30593
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Compressed fibre identity discs : Sister J K Greer, 2/10 Australian General Hospital
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of compressed fibre, standard issue, identity discs, one round and one octagonal. Both are impressed in obverse 'NX70937 J.K. GREER C.E.' and in the reverse 'O 4'. The round disc has a single hol...REL/11816.002
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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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Convalescent soldiers at 2/14 Australian General Hospital
Art
Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23378
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1. Copelin, Thomas Francis (Frank) (Gunner, b.1914) 2. Copelin Harold Victor (Gunner, d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX9699 Gunner Thomas Francis (Frank) Copelin, 2/10 Australian Field Regiment, 1940-1946, and QX9698 Gunner Harold Victor Copelin, 2/10 Australian...PR91/036
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Corporal Geoffrey John Walter Bingham
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Corporal Geoffrey John Walter Bingham (NX51770), DCM, 8 Division signals. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at Singapore. Bingham was awarded his Distinguished Conduct Medal...ART26453
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Correspondence publicity for the work of SRD, book, radio transcript, recognition of service and general discussion of post war life
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett Various Webb, Sydney A
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.182
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Correspondence relating to William Dunstan, 1946
Digitised Collection
Maker: Dunstan, William Dunstan, William 'Bill'
File of letters relating to the Second World War service of 309493 William 'Bill' Dunstan, 178 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, South East Asian Command. This file has letters written from Bill Dunsta...AWM2019.22.158
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Correspondence relating to William Dunstan, August - December 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Dunstan, William Dunstan, William 'Bill'
File of letters relating to the Second World War service of 309493 William 'Bill' Dunstan, 122 Battery, 178 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, South East Asian Command. This file has letters written fro...AWM2019.22.157