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Aftermath
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicting the destruction of the 100-metre huts at Changi Prisoner-of-War Camp which for three long years housed Australian and Allied troops captured by the Japanese. The huts took very little destro...ART24405
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AWM54 1010/4/180 - [War Crimes and Trials - Affidavits and Sworn Statements:] Eye Witnesses statements - execution of Prisoners of War Changi - notes on execution of VX63100 Cpl RE Breavington and VX62289 Pte VL Gale - 2 September 1942
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.1183
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Baggaley, Albert Edward (Private, b.1914 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Baggaley, Albert Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX18001 Private Albert Edward Baggaley, 2/26 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Singapore and Australia, 1940-1946....PR06388
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Barnett, Benjamin Arthur (Captain, b.1908 - d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Barnett, Benjamin Arthur
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX29818 Captain Benjamin Arthur Barnett, 8 Division Signals, Changi Prisoner of War Camp, Singapore, 1942-1946. This collection consists of tele...AWM2017.101.3
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Bates, John William (Private, b.1914 - d.2006)
Private Record
Maker: Bates, John William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX30312 Private John William Bates, prisoner of war, Second Australian Imperial Force, Singapore, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one dia...PR05039
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Bird, Walter Charles (Gunner, b.1912 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Bird, Walter Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX1874 Gunner Walter Charles Bird, 2/10 Field Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya and Japan, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 2 - Contains ...PR01417
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Blann, Edwin Keith (Driver, b.1899 - d.1972)
Private Record
Maker: Blann, Edwin Keith
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX69003 (N75240) Driver Edwin Keith Blann, 2/3 Motor Ambulance Convoy, Second Australian Imperial Force, Singapore and Australia, 1941-1945. Wal...PR03787
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Boyle, James (Corporal, b.1918 - d.1995)
Private Record
Maker: Boyle, James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX45598 Corporal James Boyle, 4 Reserve Motor Transport Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, Changi, Singapore, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 –...PR03742
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Brown, Alfred Alexander (Private : QX5444 : b.1920 - d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Alfred Alexander Brown, Alfred Alexander
Collection relating to QX5444 Private Alfred A Brown of 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station. Collection consists of a diary relating his experiences of traveling to war, active service and later internment ...PR03607
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Brown, Raymond John Tressillain (Private, b.1919 - d.2006)
Private Record
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX29116 Private John Tressillian Brown, 2/30 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1990. Wallet 1 of 1 – C...PR06326
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Changi
Art
Maker: Greig, Allister
This drawing shows the view from the corridor looking through the doorway of cell 12 at the Changi Internment Camp, Singapore. There is a single bed and a squat latrine. Allister Greig was a South Au...ART93927
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Classical concert, Changi
Art
Maker: Sprod, George Napier
Depicts a classical concert held in Changi, with a soloist violin and piano player on stage in front of an audience.ART29034
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Cuthbert, Robert Henry (Captain, b.1917 - d.2006)
Private Record
Maker: Cuthbert, Robert Henry
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 133220 Captain Robert Henry Cuthbert, 196 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Singapore, Burma-Thai Railway, and the United Kingdom, 1942-...PR03307
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Day, Francis (Frank) Russell James (Private, b.1916 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Day, Francis (Frank) Russell James
Collection relating to the Second World War Service of VX39518 Private Francis Russell James Day, 1st Field Bakery, Singapore, 1941-1946. The collection consists of a diary, an illustrated autograph b...PR03884
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Day, Stephen Victor Burt (Lieutenant, b.1918 - d.2005)
Private Record
Maker: Day, Stephen Victor Burt
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 227042 Lieutenant Stephen Victor Burt Day, Headquarters South-West Pacific Area, British Army, Netherlands East Indies, Borneo and England, 1942-...PR03493
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Dentures : Staff Sergeant Arthur Robinson, 8 Division, Changi
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown vulcanite partial denture with seven artificial teeth embedded. The span of the arch is 65mm. Two metal clasps protrude from the base to secure the denture to the natural teeth. There are four m...REL/01962
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Diary of Alexander Roland Campbell Johnstone, 1942-1943
Digitised Collection
Maker: Johnstone, Alexander Roland Campbell (Alex)
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX20572 Corporal Alexander Roland Campbell Johnstone, 2/15th Field Regiment and Audit Office, Command Pay Staff of the AIF in Malay. The diary docum...AWM2019.22.189
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Diary of Arthur Seaforth Blackburn, April 1942 - November 1944
Digitised Collection
Maker: Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth
Diary relating to the Second World War service of SX6962 Temporary Brigadier Arthur Seaforth Blackburn, Black Force (Java), Netherlands East Indies, Taiwan and China, 24 April 1942 - 3 November 1944. ...AWM2020.22.18
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Diary of Avon Reah Smith-Ryan, 1942-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Smith-Ryan, Avon Reah
Diary relating to the Second World War service of WX3453 Captain Avon Reah Smith-Ryan, 2/4 Australian Machine Gun Battalion. This collection consists of an unbound, unofficial war diary in which Smi...AWM2019.22.207
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Diary of Corey, Jack Warren
Digitised Collection
Maker: Corey, Jack Warren
Original handmade bound diary with loose pages kept by Sgt Corey while a prisoner of war in Changi, Singapore. The diary commences in November 1941 upon his arrival in Johor in Malaya, then covers th...AWM2017.7.353
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Diary of Desmond Vandergrift Giblin
Digitised Collection
Maker: Giblin, Desmond Vandergrift
Diary relating to the Second World War service of 13428 Sergeant Desmond Vandergrift Giblin, 4 Pahang Battalion, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force. This diary was kept by Giblin while a prisoner ...AWM2019.7.17
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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 Ronald Alfred Harper, 1942-1943
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harper, Ronald Alfred
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX56201 Private Ronald Alfred Harper 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion. This diary was kept by Harper in a Commonwealth Military Forces wallet duri...AWM2019.22.171
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Donaldson, Ivan John (Private, b.1915 - d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Donaldson, Ivan John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX39253 Private Ivan John Donaldson, 85 Light Aid Detachment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Malaya, and Korea, 1941-1945. Wallet ...PR04296
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Douglas, Neville Ford 'Bill' (Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.2004)
Private Record
Maker: Douglas, Neville Ford 'Bill'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX52477 Lieutenant Neville Ford 'Bill' Douglas, 2/19 Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force. Collection contains: diaries, four vo...PR03559
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Downer, Alexander 'Alick' Russell (Gunner, b.1910 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Downer, Alexander 'Alick' Russell
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX10422 Acting Sergeant Alexander 'Alick' Russell Downer, 2/14th Field Regiment, prisoner of war in Changi. Collection consists of a typewritten...AWM2016.608.1
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Egan, Jack Edgar George (Private, b.1915 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Egan, Jack Edgar George
Collection relating to the Second World War service and internment of NX25651 Jack Edgar George Egan, 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion, Malaya, 1941-1942. The collection consists of a typescript c...AWM2016.42.1
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Electrotherapy department
Art
Maker: Thompson, Bert
Depicts a caricature study of two Changi POWs undergoing rehabilitation therapy in the Electro Therapy department. One sits with his legs resting on a crate of tea, his arms outstretched in front of a...ART32377
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Embroidered skirt made by female internees in Changi Gaol, May 1942
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Short, fine white linen circular dance skirt with left side placket opening fastened by a single press stud and a waistband fastened by two metal hooks and eyes. Down the front are listed 19 numbers p...REL33930
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Ex prisoners-of-war waiting to leave Changi
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
Australian troops who had been prisoners-of-war in the hands of the Japanese for three and a half years are shown patiently waiting for transport to take them from Changi prison camp, where they had b...ART24404
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2/9 Field Ambulance Unit
Manuscript
Maker: Flowers, William Alfred
"2/9th Field Ambulance Unit Association: A Recollection by Bill Flowers of his time with 2/9th Field Ambulance: 8th Division AIF And its subsequent Unit Association". This manuscript deals the service...MSS1709
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Folder 2 of 2 - Eyewitness account of the executions of Corporal Breavington and Private Gale, c.1942
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX621 Private Pierre Michael Walton, 8 Division Provost Company, including the period he was a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese, c. 1942. W...RCDIG0001290
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Folder 1 of 2 - Papers relating to the service of Pierre Michael Walton, 1939-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Higgins, Thomas Henry Inoue, Ichiji Jones, Alfred Lugton, Stanley James Unknown Walton, Pierre Michael
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX621 Private Pierre Michael Walton, 8 Division Provost Company, including the period he was a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese, 1942-1945. ...AWM2020.22.212
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[George McNeilly conducting class]
Art
Maker: Sprod, George Napier
Amongst the many activities held in Changi to alleviate boredom, was a conducting class held by George McNeilly, a member of the YMCA unit.ART29033
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Gordon, Victor Mervyn Ian
Private Record
Maker: Gordon, Victor Mervyn Ian
Collection related to NG33 Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Victor Mervyn Ian Gordon who served with 2/30 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War. The main items in the collection are f...PR00793
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'Government in Two Worlds: An Introductory Survey of the Governments of Britain and Australia', by Alexander Russell Downer
Digitised Collection
Maker: Downer, Alexander 'Alick' Russell
Manuscript relating to the Second World War service of SX10422 Acting Sergeant Alexander 'Alick' Russell Downer, 2/14th Field Regiment, prisoner of war in Changi, titled ‘Government in Two Worlds: An...AWM2016.38.241
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Gray, Alexander George (Gunner, b.1918 - d.2008)
Manuscript
Maker: Gray, Alexander George
A digital file consisting of a 40-page document compiled by Ian Gray from the handwritten 'memories' written by his father, QX17698 Gunner Alexander George Gray. He describes his time as a Prisoner of...MSS2173
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Handmade cover for repaired guitar: Captain E M Dahl, 84th Light Aid Detachment, POW, Changi and Thailand
Heraldry
Maker: Dahl, Edward Marstrand Luja
Handmade guitar cover or carrying bag made from lengths of brown cotton (taken from a British military valise) and sewn with thick cream cotton thread (salvaged from canvas). A carrying strap has been...RELAWM24605.002
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Hubert, Michael Stephen (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Hubert, Michael Stephen
Collection relating to the Second World War service of S/5680096 Private Michael Stephen Hubert, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC), British Army. The collection consists of Hubert's original, very deta...PR01123
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Hunt, Bruce Atlee (Major, b.1899 - d.1964)
Private Record
Maker: Hunt, Bruce Atlee
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Major Bruce Atlee Hunt MBE, 13 Australian General Hospital. Hunt was a prisoner of the Japanese at Changi, and a member of "F Force". Items inclu...3DRL/3517
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Improvised POW smoking pipe: Lance Corporal Victor Stuart McComb, 22nd Infantry Brigade
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Smoking pipe, a variation on the apple shape, apparently turned from the leg of a teak billiard table. The neck is straight and the joint between bowl and shank is covered by an aluminium band. The bo...REL/00408
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Jessup, Harry Ernest (Captain, b.1912 - d.1977)
Private Record
Maker: Jessup, Harry Ernest
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Captain Harry Ernest Jessup, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 2 (custom box) - contains Diary covering period from capitulation at Singapore, February 194...PR00683
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Joey the ventriliquist dummy, of which Lieutenant (Lt) Jack Norman Hugo Huges played a role in ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Joey the ventriliquist dummy, of which Lieutenant (Lt) Jack Norman Hugo Huges played a role in making whilst a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese at Changi. Lt Hughes, of the Malay Regiment, lost h...P11010.001
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Jones, Charles Edward Francis (Private, b.1901 - d.1972)
Private Record
Maker: Jones, Charles Edward Francis 'Frank'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX51703 Private Charles Edward Francis 'Frank' Jones, 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Singapore,...PR02096
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Laundry Changi prison
Art
Maker: Jackson, C Jackson, C
Prisoners of war wash their clothes in the laundry at Changi Prison. The men stand naked as they scrub clothes in troughs and buckets, while around them other clothes have been hung out to dry.ART93928
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Leehy, Anthony Maurice (Sergeant, b.1912 - d.1980)
Private Record
Maker: Leehy, A M
Collection related to the Second World War service of NX65520 Sergeant Anthony Maurice Leehy, 8th Division Signals, prisoner of war, 1942-1945. Leehy was a married, 28-year-old clerk from Sydney when...AWM2019.357.3
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Leggatt, William Watt (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1894 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Leggatt, William Watt
Collection relating to the First World War and Second World War service of VX44907 Lieutenant Colonel William Watt (Bill) Leggatt DSO, MC, 60th Battalion and 59th Battalion 1916-1918, 2/22nd Battalion...AWM2018.89.1
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Letters and papers of Charles Laurie Price, 1942-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Price, Charles Laurie
Letters and papers relating to the Second World War service of NX55503 Staff Sergeant Charles Laurie Price, 10 Australian General Hospital. Price wrote letters to his wife Marion between May 1942 an...AWM2019.22.165
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Letters of Corey, Jack Warren
Digitised Collection
Maker: Corey, Jack Warren
Seven letters written by Sgt Corey home to his infant son Peter, between 1941-45 when Peter would have been aged between 3 and 7 years old. The first two letters are dated 1941 - the first was written...AWM2017.7.354