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Breaching of Amiens Prison
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
Inside the grim walls of Amiens Prison, several hundred prisoners - many of them members of the French Resistance Movement - were known to be awaiting trial or execution by the Germans for their Resis...ART25687
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Carmichael, John Damian
Private Record
Maker: Carmichael, John Damian
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 414991 Flight Sergeant John Damian Carmichael, a pilot of 453 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF. On 21 February 1944, Carmichael's plane was shot down ove...PR04441
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Collection of photographs relating to Cornelius de Bakker
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal group portrait of Cornelius de Bakker (third from left), and unidentified members of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Association (UNRRA), probably in Germany. Cornelius de Bakker...P08231.001
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Commemorative Medal for the Czech Army Abroad : Sergeant Frantisek (Frank) Kocyan, 2nd Czechoslovak Paradesant Brigade (1944)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze commemorative medal for the Czech Army Abroad. Obverse has an openwork lindel wreath framing a sword pointing downward. The suspender ring is looped through the top hilt of the sword. A silver ...REL44197.002
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Czech Medal for Gallantry : Sergeant Frantisek (Frank) Kocyan, 2nd Czechoslovak Paradesant Brigade
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Czechoslovakian Medal for Gallantry. Obverse shows lion's head behind upturned sword. A Patriarchal cross is to the left of the lion's face. Across the tip of the sword, over the head of the lion is ...REL44197.004
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Czech Military Medal for Merit 1st Grade : Frantisek (Frank) Kocyan, 2nd Czechoslovak Paradesant Brigade
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Czechoslovakian Military Medal for Merit, 1st grade. The obverse has three soldiers' heads in helmets underneath raised lettering 'ZA ZASLUHY' [For merit]. 'CSR' in raised lettering at bottom. Reverse...REL44197.006
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Czechoslovak War Cross 1939 : Sergeant Frantisek (Frank) Kocyan, 2nd Czechoslovak Paradesant Brigade (1944)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze Czechoslovak War Cross 1939 in bronze finish and dye-struck. Obverse has a crested shield in the centre showing the Czech double-tailed rampant lion. Crossed swords point up through angles. Rev...REL44197.001
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Czech 60th anniversary medal of the end of the Second World War : Frantisec (Frank) Kocyan
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Czechoslovak 60th anniversary of the end of WW2 medal. Obverse has Czechoslovakian map with a five pointed star in relief. Raisewd lettering around circumference reads '60. VYROCI UKONCENI 2. SVETOVE ...REL44197.003
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Escape compass : Flight Sergeant S A Hawken, RAAF, 630 Squadron, RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small escape compass issued as part of a Royal Air Force escape kit. The compass has a brass casing and glass top. Inside is a star-shaped pointer marked with a red dot and two yellow dots to indicate...REL31353
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Folder 2 of 3 - Aerial photographs, correspondence, notes and research material for Captive in Crete, c. 1950-1967
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.89
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Folder 2 of 2 - Correspondence and papers relating to Oreste Barbero, in Italian, 1954-1995
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.98
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Folder 1 of 2 - Correspondence and papers relating to Oreste Barbero, in Italian, 1944-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.97
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Folder 1 of 2 - Correspondence concerning movements and members of the Italian resistance, 1943
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.91
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Folder 1 of 2 - Correspondence with researchers, 1986 – 1999
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.101
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Folder 1 of 2 - Drafts of chapters relating to Lieutenant John Desmond Peck’s experience as an Italian partisan and prisoner of war, including a description of his interrogation and trial at San Vittore, c. 1990
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.92
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Folder 2 of 2 - German and Italian documents concerning suspects, 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.96
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Folder 1 of 2 - German and Italian documents concerning suspects, 1944
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.95
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Folder 1 of 3 - Handwritten draft and chapter outlines for Captive in Crete, c. 1950
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.88
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Folder 1 of 3 – Letters and correspondence from members of the Italian and Greek resistance to Lieutenant John Desmond Peck, 1946-1953
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.85
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Folder 2 of 3 - Letters from former Allied prisoners of war to Lieutenant John Desmond Peck, 1944-1988
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.86
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Folder 3 of 3 - Newspaper clippings relating to Lieutenant John Desmond Peck, c.1941-c.1967
Digitised Collection
Maker: Argus Newspaper Daily Telegraph Mirror Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.87
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Folder 2 of 2 - Notes and outlines for chapters relating to Lieutenant John Desmond Peck’s experience as an Italian partisan and prisoner of war, c. 1990
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.93
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Folder 2 of 2 - Papers relating to the Italian resistance, 1943-1956
Digitised Collection
Maker: British War Office Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.94
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Folder 2 of 2 - Photographs of Lieutenant John Desmond Peck, Italian partisans, friends of Lieutenant Peck, and remains of camp at Udine, Italy, c.1943-c.1990. Contains several graphic images
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.100
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Folder 1 of 2 - ‘1943-1945 Resistenza come rivoluzione, Guido Campanelli', 1975; 'Una Libera republica nell'ossola partigiana', Herbertus Bergwitz, 1979
Digitised Collection
Maker: Bergwitz, Hubertus Campanelli, Guido
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.110
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Italy, 1944-10. Informal group portrait of Italian partisans or underground resistance fighters, ...
Photograph
Maker: Johnson, Harold Reynolds
Italy, 1944-10. Informal group portrait of Italian partisans or underground resistance fighters, most of them carrying rifles, with some allied servicemen in the Salerno-Naples area. The man in a fora...P00712.042
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‘L'insurrezione di Milano’, Giovanni Fugalli, 1945 [includes postcards]
Digitised Collection
Maker: Fugalli, Giovanni
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.107
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Medal ribbon : Sergeant Frantisek (Frank) Kocyan, 2nd Czechoslovak Paradesant Brigade (1944)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Medal ribbon including Czech War Cross 1939; Commemorative Medal for the Battle of Dukla Pass; Czech Medal for Gallantry; Russian Order of Glory; Czech 60th Anniversary of the end of WW2 medal with me...REL44197.008
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MI9 Escape & Evasion map : Flight Sergeant S A Hawken, RAAF, 630 Squadron, RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Waddington PLC
Double sided silk escape map issued as part of a Royal Air Force escape kit. One side is marked '9.C(a)' and shows a 1:2 350 000 scale map of France. The coastal defence area and the boundary between ...REL31356
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MI9 Escape & Evasion map : Flight Sergeant S A Hawken, RAAF, 630 Squadron, RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Waddington PLC
Double sided silk escape map issued as part of a Royal Air Force escape kit. One side is marked 'H2' and shows a 1:3 000 000 scale map of Spain, Portugal, the south coast France, the north coast Afric...REL31355
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Polish Cross of September Campaign 1939 : Sergeant Frantisek (Frank) Kocyan
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Polish Cross of September Campaign 1939. The obverse in the centre of the cross is a crowned eagle with spread wings sitting on an Amazon shield. A laurel wreath below shield surrounds lettering 'WRZE...REL44197.005
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Presentation pocket Bible and lock of hair : Lieutenant L C Matthews, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Oxford University Press
Pocket version of the Oxford University Press Holy Bible, bound in blue buckram and made with an extension to the rear cover which folds over the front cover and is secured by a metal snap fastener. T...REL43192
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Presentation wallet , City of Hawthorn : Lieutenant L C Matthews, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangluar fine black leather folding wallet with gilded brass slide clasp. The front is gold embossed centrally with the coat of arms of the City of Hawthorn and the following:'VX24597 Lieut. L.C. M...REL43190
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Resistance Commemorative Cross 1940-1945 : Mr C de Bakker
Heraldry
Maker: Koninklijke Begeer, Voorschoten
Sterling silver cross fitted with a loose ring suspender. The obverse features a flaming sword surmounted by a crown. On either side of the sword is stamped the words 'DE TYRANNY VERDRYVEN' which tran...REL39736.001
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Resistance Commemorative Cross 1940-1945 : Mr C de Bakker
Heraldry
Maker: Koninklijke Begeer, Voorschoten
Sterling silver cross fitted with a loose ring suspender. The obverse features a flaming sword surmounted by a crown. On either side of the sword is stamped the words 'DE TYRANNY VERDRYVEN' which tran...REL39736.002
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‘1943-1945 Resistenza come rivoluzione’, by Guido Campanelli [Jena], 1975
Digitised Collection
Maker: Campanelli, Guido
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.112
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‘Resistenza Vercellese’, edited by Ermenegildo Bellomo, Dr Cesare Massa, Don Giovanni Musazza, Ugo Ronfant and Dr Antonio Tarchetti, c. 1955
Digitised Collection
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.108
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Series 12 - Miscellaneous published magazines and books collected by Lieutenant John Desmond Peck, 1944-1991
Digitised Collection
Maker: Mussolini, Benito Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.45
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Series 3 - Official Reports, 1944 - c.1994
Digitised Collection
Maker: Australian Army Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.36
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Series 9 - Papers associated with Roger Absalom, Bill Bunbury and Bill Rudd, c.1978 - c.1999
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.42
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Series 5 - Papers concerning Oreste Barbero, 1944-1995
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.38
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Series 1 - Personal Papers of Lieutenant John Desmond Peck, 1939-1988
Digitised Collection
Maker: Argus Newspaper Australian Army Australian Military Forces British War Office Daily Telegraph Mirror ISSUING BODY: EX-PRISONERS OF WAR AND RELATIVES' ASSN PUBLISHER ADDRESS: 1 ELIZABETH ST, MELBOURNE V Returned Services League Australia The Australian News Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.34
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Series 7 - Photographs relating to Lieutenant John Desmond Peck's military service, 1940-1990
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Unknown Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.40
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Series 4 - Resistance papers, 1943-1956
Digitised Collection
Maker: British War Office Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.37
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Series 11 - Transcripts of interview with Lieutenant John Desmond Peck and the Imperial War Museum, 2000
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Trustees of the Imperial War Museum (IWM)
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.44
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50th Anniversary of Slovak National Uprising 1944-1994 commemorative medal : Frantisek (Frank) Kocyan
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
50th Anniversary of Slovak National Uprising 1944-1994 commemorative medal. The obverse has raised stylised theme of rebels moving into the mountains on the sun's rays. Raised lettering around circumf...REL44197.007
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The day of glory, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
Art
Maker: Mahony, Will
Image of 'Vichy France' executing 'revolutionary France' with the guillotine. Germany used civil division in France to its own advantage.ART94323
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Wallet 1 of 2 - Correspondence and papers relating to Oreste Barbero, in Italian, 1944-1995
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.66
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Wallet 1 of 10 - Correspondence and papers relating to the Italian resistance, 1943-1956
Digitised Collection
Maker: British War Office Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.56
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Wallet 3 of 4 - Funeral and family photograph album of Ferrari Oreste, 1953
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.75