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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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A BETTER TYPE OF JUNGLE CAMP ON THE BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY.
Photograph
A BETTER TYPE OF JUNGLE CAMP ON THE BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY.128458
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A convoy of Allied prisoners of war (POW) en route to Singapore railway station as part of the ...
Photograph
A convoy of Allied prisoners of war (POW) en route to Singapore railway station as part of the enforced working party "F Force". At the lead of the convoy is a truck of Japanese soldiers. "F Force" wa...P02569.174
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'A GROUP OF NATIVES ON THE CROWDED ROOF OF A TRUCK ON A NORTH BOUND TRAIN. PICTURE TAKEN AT ...
Photograph
Maker: Reddaway, Bruce Albert
'A GROUP OF NATIVES ON THE CROWDED ROOF OF A TRUCK ON A NORTH BOUND TRAIN. PICTURE TAKEN AT WANPOU [Wampo (Wang Po)].'120502
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A Japanese prisoner handing a cup of tea to a member of the Military History Team at Wampo siding ...
Photograph
Maker: Reddaway, Bruce Albert
A Japanese prisoner handing a cup of tea to a member of the Military History Team at Wampo siding on the Burma-Thailand railway.120503
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A JAPANESE SOLDIER BARTERING WITH A NATIVE OVER THE PRICE OF A CHICKEN. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Reddaway, Bruce Albert
A JAPANESE SOLDIER BARTERING WITH A NATIVE OVER THE PRICE OF A CHICKEN. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE TOP OF A NORTH BOUND TRAIN ON THE BURMA THAILAND RAILWAY. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT REDDAWAY, MILITARY HISTORY S...120504
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Allanson, Roderick Thomas (Warrant Officer 2)
Private Record
Maker: Allanson, Roderick Thomas
Nominal Roll of 2/3 MG BN and "O" Force maintained while prisoner of Japanese in Java, Thailand and Japan. Details include Service and POW number, unit, next of kin, occupation. Camps include Konyu, H...PR90/067
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Anakan (Anganan) (Aungganuang), Burma. c. September 1945. Lieutenant J. Eldridge, a British ...
Photograph
Anakan (Anganan) (Aungganuang), Burma. c. September 1945. Lieutenant J. Eldridge, a British member of the War Graves Commission survey party, and two Japanese officers. They are searching this overgro...P00761.044
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Anakan (Anganan) (Aungganuang), Burma. c. September 1945. Members of the War Graves Commission ...
Photograph
Anakan (Anganan) (Aungganuang), Burma. c. September 1945. Members of the War Graves Commission survey party whose task was to locate prisoner of war (POW) cemeteries and grave sites along the Burma-Th...P00761.051
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A parade of malnourished and sick Australian soldiers, prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese, ...
Photograph
A parade of malnourished and sick Australian soldiers, prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese, outside an attap hut that served as a hospital for Allied POWs working on the Burma-Thailand railway. Th...P02569.194
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A PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR ABOUT TO LEAVE NAKOM PATON CAMP TO SEARCH FOR SUSPECTED ...
Photograph
A PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR ABOUT TO LEAVE NAKOM PATON CAMP TO SEARCH FOR SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS IN THE AREA.118847
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A portrait of VX43307 Private (Pte) Donald Gordon Boyce, 2/40 Battalion, shortly after release ...
Photograph
A portrait of VX43307 Private (Pte) Donald Gordon Boyce, 2/40 Battalion, shortly after release from being a prisoner of war (POW), showing the effects of dysentery, beri Beri and malaria. Imprisoned a...P01433.019
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Appleby, James
Private Record
Maker: Appleby, James
Copy of report, including photographs, prepared by Mr Jim Appleby, Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation, concerning access to Hellfie Pass, in the Thailand sector of the Burma-Thailand Railway. The...PR88/036
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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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Arneil, Stanley Foch (Sergeant, b.1918 - d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Arneil, Stanley Foch
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX54846 Sergeant Stanley Foch "Stan" Arneil, 2/30th Battalion, prisoner of war, 1942-1945. The collection consists of a diary Arneil regularly ma...PR88/076
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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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A train carrying members of "F Force" at Alor Star train station. " F Force" was an enforced ...
Photograph
A train carrying members of "F Force" at Alor Star train station. " F Force" was an enforced working party of Allied prisoners of war (POW) sent to construct the Burma-Thailand railway. This negative ...P02569.175
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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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AUDIENCE AT A CAMP THEATRE ON THE BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY.
Photograph
AUDIENCE AT A CAMP THEATRE ON THE BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY.128454
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AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR WHO HAVE HAD LIMBS AMPUTATED ARRIVED AT KALLANG AIRPORT, ...
Photograph
Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR WHO HAVE HAD LIMBS AMPUTATED ARRIVED AT KALLANG AIRPORT, SINGAPORE. SOME OF THE 'LEGGIES' ON ARRIVAL by Royal Australian Air Force Douglas C-47 Dakota aircraft AT KALLAN...119707
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AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR WHO HAVE HAD LIMBS AMPUTATED ARRIVED AT KALLANG AIRPORT, ...
Photograph
Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR WHO HAVE HAD LIMBS AMPUTATED ARRIVED AT KALLANG AIRPORT, SINGAPORE. SOME OF THE 'LEGGIES' ON ARRIVAL AT KALLANG AIRPORT FROM BANGKOK. MANY MEN ARE STILL CARRYING 'SWEAT ...119708
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Australian flag made at Rajburi POW Camp in Thailand in 1944: Sergeant Reginald Noel Farquhar, 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Farquhar, Reginald Noel Unknown
Australian flag made at Rajburi Camp in Thailand by Australian prisoners of war in 1944, from scrounged scaps of cotton and rayon (artificial silk) fabric. The flag's hoist was added at Nakom Paton Ca...REL/03006
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Australian flag made prisoners of war : Gunners W T Palmer and W E Dircks, 2/1 Heavy Battery
Heraldry
Maker: Dircks, William Edwin
Handmade blue cotton Australian ensign with a lightweight canvas hoist. The blue section is made from two pieces of fabric joined horizontally across the flag. The Federation Star and stars of the Sou...REL28444
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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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Autographed good luck flag : Sergeant N M Cohen, 8 Division HQ
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unknown Japanese soldier's autographed national flag, with a central inset red cotton disc. There are numerous slogans and signatures written on the flag in black ink characters. The top right corner ...REL45907
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A view from the train taking members of Australian soldiers of "F Force" back to Singapore after ...
Photograph
A view from the train taking members of Australian soldiers of "F Force" back to Singapore after working on the Burma-Thailand railway. This image is believed to be the last photograph George Aspinall...P02569.196
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A view from the train taking members of Australian soldiers of "F Force" back to Singapore after ...
Photograph
A view from the train taking members of Australian soldiers of "F Force" back to Singapore after working on the Burma-Thailand railway. This negative features an image of 2 3/16 x 3 5/8 inches in size...P02569.195
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A view from the train taking members of "F Force" into Thailand. "F Force" was an enforced ...
Photograph
A view from the train taking members of "F Force" into Thailand. "F Force" was an enforced working party of Allied prisoners of war (POW) sent to construct the Burma-Thai land railway. This negative f...P02569.181
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A view from the train taking members of "F Force" into Thailand. "F Force" was an enforced ...
Photograph
A view from the train taking members of "F Force" into Thailand. "F Force" was an enforced working party of Allied prisoners of war (POW) sent to construct the Burma-Thailand railway. This negative fe...P02569.180
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A view of a Paddy field from the train taking members of Australian soldiers of "F Force" into ...
Photograph
A view of a Paddy field from the train taking members of Australian soldiers of "F Force" into Thailand to work on the Burma-Thailand railway. This negative features an image of 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches i...P02569.182
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AWM54 481/8/13 Part 5 - [Medical - Attendance on POW's:] Diaries kept by Lt Col A E Coates, Chief Medical Officer, Nakom Paton Hospital Camp, during captivity [Part 5 of 6]
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2019.8.33
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AWM54 481/8/13 Part 4 - [Medical - Attendance on POW's:] Diaries kept by Lt Col A E Coates, Chief Medical Officer, Nakom Paton Hospital Camp, during captivity [Part 4 of 6]
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2019.8.32
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AWM54 481/8/13 Part 3 - [Medical - Attendance on POW's:] Diaries kept by Lt Col A E Coates, Chief Medical Officer, Nakom Paton Hospital Camp, during captivity [Part 3 of 6]
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2019.7.7
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AWM54 481/8/13 Part 1 - [Medical - Attendance on POW's:] Diaries kept by Lt Col A E Coates, Chief Medical Officer, Nakom Paton Hospital Camp, during captivity [Part 1 of 6]
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2019.8.39
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AWM54 481/8/13 Part 6 - [Medical - Attendance on POW's:] Diaries kept by Lt Col A E Coates, Chief Medical Officer, Nakom Paton Hospital Camp, during captivity [Part 6 of 6]
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2019.8.37
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AWM54 773/2/5 - [Press - Articles, for:] Articles for public information by W Boyd Graham. Broadcast by Lt-Col Coates experiences as a POW of the Japanese. Medical arrangements on the Thai-Burma railway
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2019.8.36
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AWM54 554/2/13 - [8th Division in Captivity - "A" Force (Burma):] In the matter of war crimes Act, 1945 and in the matter of trials of minor War Criminals by Military Court, Letters A to G True copies of original exhibits which were tendered by WX 11177 Major B A Hunt, in his evidence before Australian War Crimes Commission, 17 October 1945. Letters H and I Copies of original exhibits tendered by VX 39198 Colonel A E Coates, 28 October 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
[8th Division in Captivity - "A" Force (Burma):] File containing index of letters, signed by various AMF Officers, the signatures being confirmed in attached affidavits, Exhibit by Lieutenant Col G Ha...AWM2019.7.6
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AWM54 554/2/5 - [8th Division in Captivity - "A" Force (Burma):] Report by Lieutenant Colonel C E Ramsay, on conditions of Prisoners of War Camps under Command during period February 1942 - August 1944 with general reference only to subsequent events [Oversize item]
Digitised Collection
AWM2018.8.379
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AWM54 554/17/3 - [8th Division in Captivity - Other Thailand Forces:] Reports by Lt Col A E Coates, Impressions of the Nakom Pakon Hospital, written at the request of the Japanese Imperial Army. Experience as a POW in Burma and Thailand, general report on medical aspects of POW's treatment by Japanese, 1944
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2019.8.41
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AWM54 1010/6/12 - [War Crimes and Trials - Summary of Proceedings:] Abstract of evidence - Statements by Prisoners of War re ill treatment by Kanemiya Shoek at Tamarkan Camp, and during work on the Burma-Siam Railway, Also the 100 Kilo Camp, 1948
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.1229
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Babb, C H (Chaplain, British Army)
Private Record
Maker: Babb, C H
BABB'S DIARY RECORDING JOURNEY BY BABB AND OTHER EX PRISONERS OF WAR OF JAPANESE ALONG BURMA SIAM RAILWAY LINE FROM BANGKOK TO THANBYUZAYAT TO POINT OUT LOCATION OF GRAVE SITES TO WAR GRAVES COMMISSIO...PRMF0069
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Babb, Henry Cecil (Chaplain, b.1906 - d.1987)
Private Record
Maker: Babb, Henry Cecil
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 72732 Chaplain Henry Cecil Babb, British Army, prisoner of war, Thailand and Burma, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a diary maintained by Chap...3DRL/6012(A)
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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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Baird, Les (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Baird, Les
Collection relating to the service of Private Les Baird. The collection consists of photocopied handwritten diary transcripts. The diaries were kept by Baird while he was a Prisoner of War on the Burm...PR85/054
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Baker, Alfred Ernest (Private, b.1904 - d.1989)
Private Record
Maker: Baker, Alfred Ernest Commonwealth of Australia
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX54599 Private Alfred Ernest 'Arthur' Baker, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Burma, Thailand and Australia, 1941-1946. ...PR04190
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Bangkok, Thailand. c. 1945. Ex-prisoner of war (POW) members of the Australian War Graves ...
Photograph
Bangkok, Thailand. c. 1945. Ex-prisoner of war (POW) members of the Australian War Graves Commission survey party at Nakom Pathon waiting to board their train for the search for POW cemeteries and gra...P00761.037
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BANGKOK, THAILAND. 18 SEPTEMBER 1945. AUSTRALIAN 8TH DIVISION MEN DEMONSTRATE THE "G" STRING ...
Photograph
Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
BANGKOK, THAILAND. 18 SEPTEMBER 1945. AUSTRALIAN 8TH DIVISION MEN DEMONSTRATE THE "G" STRING ("JAP NAPPIES") WHILE WAITING AT BANGKOK AIRPORT FOR AIR TRANSPORT. THESE WERE PRACTICALLY THE ONLY CLOTHES...118846
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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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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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Bill Papworth
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Bill Papworth, Australian prisoner of war. 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...ART28403.007
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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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Billy Can : Lieutenant Colonel E E Dunlop, 2/2 CCS
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Galvanized iron billy can with a top wired edge, a Pitsburg vertical seam and a hand hammered knocked edge for the base. It has a wire handle.RELAWM31377.001
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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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Bray, George W (Sapper, b.1913)
Private Record
Maker: Bray, George W
TWO ORIGINAL DIARIES/NOTEBOOKS WITH REMINISCENCES AND ENTRIES DESCRIBING EXPERIENCES AS A POW. PHOTOCOPIED TYPESCRIPT OF ONE NOTEBOOK WITH EXTRA ANNOTATIONS MADE TO TEXTPR86/383
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Brencassi (Brankassi), Thailand. c. September 1945. Servicemen enjoying the swimming hole at ...
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Brencassi (Brankassi), Thailand. c. September 1945. Servicemen enjoying the swimming hole at Brencassi. They are possibly members of the War Graves Commission survey party or the Military History Sect...P00761.018
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Bridge building
Art
Maker: French, James
This work depicts men hauling up a pile driver weight before letting it fall and drive a pilon into the soft river bed. The supervising Japanese usually insisted on the men chanting numbers in Japane...ART92687
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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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Brigadier Arthur Varley
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Brigadier Arthur L Varley MC, Commanding Officer 22 Brigade 2 AIF. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway....ART28403.009
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Brigadier Arthur Varley
Art
Brigadier Arthur Leslie Varley (NX35005), MC, commanding officer of 2/18 Battalion and later of 22nd Australian Infantry Brigade. Varley was interned in Changi until May 1942 when he was appointed to ...ART26425
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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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Burma or Thailand. 1945. An Australian prisoner of war (POW) SX11414 Private Russell St Aubyn ...
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Burma or Thailand. 1945. An Australian prisoner of war (POW) SX11414 Private Russell St Aubyn Teague, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion displaying the effects of wet beri-beri caused by vitamin deficiency in ...P01433.023
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Burma or Thailand. 1945. An emaciated Dutch prisoner of war (POW), Sergeant J P Fortuin showing ...
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Burma or Thailand. 1945. An emaciated Dutch prisoner of war (POW), Sergeant J P Fortuin showing the effects of general debility post dysentery and exhaustion from beri beri typical of the condition of...P01433.021
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Burma or Thailand. 1945. An emaciated prisoner of war (POW) 1426657 Gunner J P Bradley, 7 Coast R ...
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Burma or Thailand. 1945. An emaciated prisoner of war (POW) 1426657 Gunner J P Bradley, 7 Coast R A showing the effects of malaria and beri-Beri. he had suffered six bouts of malari ain six weeks, thr...P01433.024
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Burma or Thailand. 1945. A partially healed tropical ulcer on the shin of an Allied prisoner of ...
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Burma or Thailand. 1945. A partially healed tropical ulcer on the shin of an Allied prisoner of war (POW). Often the shin bones and sinews were totally exposed. The only truly beneficial medication wa...P01433.028
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Burma or Thailand. c. 1945. A steel bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway showing the result of ...
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Burma or Thailand. c. 1945. A steel bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway showing the result of Allied bombing. (Donor B. Theobald)P01433.007
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Burma or Thailand. c. 1945. A steel bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway showing the result of ...
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Burma or Thailand. c. 1945. A steel bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway showing the result of Allied bombing. (Donor B. Theobald)P01433.006
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Burma or Thailand. 1945. QX9846 Corporal Reginald Lloyd Harvey, 2/26 Battalion of Sandgate, Qld, ...
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Burma or Thailand. 1945. QX9846 Corporal Reginald Lloyd Harvey, 2/26 Battalion of Sandgate, Qld, an emaciated Australian prisoner of war (POW) showing the effects of beri beri, typical of the conditio...P01433.020
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Burma or Thailand. 1945. 6043 Sergeant M A Priest, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, an ...
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Burma or Thailand. 1945. 6043 Sergeant M A Priest, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, an emaciated prisoner of war (POW) showing the effects of dysentery, typical of the condition of many of the All...P01433.022
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Burma or Thailand. 1945. The feet of an Allied prisoner of war (POW) suffering from beri-beri. In ...
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Burma or Thailand. 1945. The feet of an Allied prisoner of war (POW) suffering from beri-beri. In this case his feet are badly swollen, making standing and walking very painful. A disease caused by vi...P01433.029
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Burma/Thailand Railway
Private Record
PAPER OUTLINING THE HISTORY, ENGINEERING, PLANNING AND ROUTE OF THE BURMA/THAILAND RAILWAY. GIVES DETAILS OF DISTANCES COVERED. INFORMATION PREPARED BY G P ADAMS.3DRL/6463
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BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY. ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR ENGAGED IN BRIDGE BUILDING.
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BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY. ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR ENGAGED IN BRIDGE BUILDING.119162
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Burma-Thailand Railway. A punishment hole for prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese at a camp ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. A punishment hole for prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese at a camp on the railway.157872
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Burma-Thailand Railway. 1945. A railway carriage known as a salt wagon. Approximately 40 men were ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. 1945. A railway carriage known as a salt wagon. Approximately 40 men were packed into each carriage during travel, without ventilation. The average speed of the trains was only...157866
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Burma-Thailand Railway. 1945. A urinal at a prisoner of war camp. The condition of the men ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. 1945. A urinal at a prisoner of war camp. The condition of the men suggests that the photograph was taken some weeks after the Japanese surrender. This example is typical of th...157869
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. 1943. "Amputation ward" in Bamboo Hut Hospital at a prisoner of war ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. 1943. "Amputation ward" in Bamboo Hut Hospital at a prisoner of war (POW) camp along the Burma-Thailand railway. The POWs have mostly had legs amputated because of uncontrol...P00761.012
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. 1945. Australian servicemen showering under a water tower at a siding ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. 1945. Australian servicemen showering under a water tower at a siding along the railway. (Donor A. Mackinnon)P00761.034
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. February 1943. Allied prisoners of war (POWs) engaged in bridge ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. February 1943. Allied prisoners of war (POWs) engaged in bridge building at Tamarkan, fifty five kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk) and five kilometr...118879
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. October 1945. Steel rice trucks like these were used by the Japanese ...
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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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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. A steam train stopped on a jungle siding at the War ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. A steam train stopped on a jungle siding at the War Graves Commission survey party's base camp site. The baskets shown were used by the natives for carrying ...P00761.039
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Ex-prisoner of war (POW) members of the War Graves ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Ex-prisoner of war (POW) members of the War Graves Commission survey party displaying the camera, film and documents recovered on 27 September 1945 at the 10...P00761.042
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Ex-prisoner of war (POW) members of the War Graves ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Ex-prisoner of war (POW) members of the War Graves Commission survey party. This group's task was to locate POW cemeteries and grave sites along the Burma-Th...P00761.048
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Japanese rail diesel train, cars and trucks used by ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Japanese rail diesel train, cars and trucks used by the War Graves Commission survey party in their search along the Burma-Thailand railway, for the location...P00761.043
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Members of the Australian War Graves Commission survey ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Members of the Australian War Graves Commission survey party in a jeep searching for isolated prisoner of war (POW) cemeteries along the railway line. On the...P00761.036
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Members of the War Graves Commission survey party ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Members of the War Graves Commission survey party inspecting one of the small pagodas at the site commonly known as The Three Pagodas near the Burma-Thailand...P00761.025
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Padre H. C. F. Babb (British ex-prisoner of war (POW)) ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Padre H. C. F. Babb (British ex-prisoner of war (POW)) and a bare-chested Lieutenant Jack Leemon, 26th Australian War Graves Unit standing on a stretch of th...P00761.038
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Site of a railway accident caused by a bridge collapse ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Site of a railway accident caused by a bridge collapse at the 152 kilometre (Thailand) point. This would place the site near the Konyu (Hellfire Pass) area.P00761.023
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Tamil workers, employed by the Japanese, held in a ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Tamil workers, employed by the Japanese, held in a compound following their liberation at the end of the war. The Japanese are former railway guards, now in ...P00761.052
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945-1946. Warrant Officer Class 2 L. Cody, 2/4th Machine ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945-1946. Warrant Officer Class 2 L. Cody, 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion and Sergeant J. H. Sherman (Schurman), 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion, ex-prisoner of war (POW...P00761.045
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Warrant Officer Class 2 L. Cody, 2/4th Machine Gun ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Warrant Officer Class 2 L. Cody, 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion, an ex-prisoner of war (POW) member of the War Graves Commission survey party. Their task was to...P00761.046
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Burma-Thailand Railway. 1945. Graves of Japanese who died during the construction of the railway. ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. 1945. Graves of Japanese who died during the construction of the railway. (Donor A. Mackinnon)P00761.041
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Burma-Thailand Railway. 1945. Members of the War Graves Commission Survey Party sent from Bangkok ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. 1945. Members of the War Graves Commission Survey Party sent from Bangkok after the war to check prisoner of war (POW) graves, search for records etc, signing for their pay en ...P00761.050
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Burma-Thailand Railway. Mess parade for prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese, at a camp on the ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. Mess parade for prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese, at a camp on the Burma-Thailand railway. In theory the Japanese ration scale for POWs on the railway included 680 grams...128455
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Burma-Thailand Railway. Prisoner of war (POW) huts formed with matting as a half wall. Various ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. Prisoner of war (POW) huts formed with matting as a half wall. Various fire fighting implements are grouped towards the left of the hut. A garden of cannas has been cultivated ...123559
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Burma-Thailand Railway. 1945. Prisoners of war (POWs) queueing up to wash, at a camp along the ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. 1945. Prisoners of war (POWs) queueing up to wash, at a camp along the railway. (Donor A. Mackinnon)P00761.006
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Burma-Thailand Railway. September 1945. Japanese rail cars used by the War Graves Commission ...
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Burma-Thailand Railway. September 1945. Japanese rail cars used by the War Graves Commission survey party. This group's task was to locate prisoner of war (POW) cemeteries and grave sites along the Bu...P00761.049