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Alexander Joseph Lochhead, as a Lieutenant, 39th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.
Sound
Maker: Lochhead, Alexander Joseph Martin, Harry
Early life; joining Cadet Corps; transfer to militia; shipment to New Guinea; service on the Kokoda Trail in 1942; home leave; joining 2/2nd Battalion AIF; promotion to sergeant; return to New Guinea ...S00502
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39 Battalion
Manuscript
Research material compiled for use in the writing of "To Kokoda and Beyond: the story of the 39th Infantry Battalion, 1941-1943". Collection consists of official records, private accounts, interview...MSS1419
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Benson, James, (Reverend Father, b.1887 - d.1957)
Manuscript
Maker: Benson, James
Collection relating to Second World War experience of Reverend Father James Benson, Gona, Papua, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Wallet consists of a bound typescript manuscript, published as 'Prisoner's ...MSS0768
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Boyne, Harry V. (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Boyne, Harry Vincent Unknown
A mixed collection consisting of diaries, poems ('Atebrin', 'The Second Anzac', 'Confession by Hitler', 'Faversham of York', 'Faversham', 'A Soldier's Farewell', and an untitled poem), personal equipm...PR00408
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Clyde Edward 'Ted' Jennings as a Private, 39th Battalion, Kokoda Trail interviewed by David Rolfe
Sound
Maker: Jennings, Clyde Edward Rolfe, David
Ted Jennings talks about how he aquired a crucifix from a Japanese soldier during operations at the Gona Anglican Mission, Papua New Guinea on 10 December 1942. A transcript of this recording may be a...S05029
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Cousens, W F (Corporal, 2/16 Battalion)
Manuscript
Maker: Cousens, W F
Manuscript titled "The Battle of Gona", recounting author's personal experiences of the battle. Describes marches, charges, casualties, patrols, capabilities of Australian and Japanese soldiers. The e...MSS0721
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Edwards, Clive Eric (Lieutenant, b.1917 - d.2005)
Private Record
Maker: Edwards, Clive Eric
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX3032 Lieutenant Clive Eric Edwards, 2/27 Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, New Guinea, and Indonesia,...PR04113
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Frank McLean MM as a corporal, 2/27 Battalion, interviewed by Rob Linn for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945
Sound
Maker: McLean, Frank Linn, Rob
Frank discusses early employment at Whyalla and for BHP; being in favour of going to war; embarkation; Syria and New Guinea; casualties; contact or lack thereof, with indigenous populations in the pla...S00905
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Hayman, Frances May (Sister, Australian Board of Missions, b.1906 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Hayman, Frances May
Relating to Sister Frances May Hayman who was in charge of thge Mission Hospital at Gona. [item 1] Photocopied typescript of letter from May Hayman to her sister Vi Waterman, 4/8/1942. This was the la...PR89/089
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Hayman, Frances May (Sister, b.? - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Grundy, Peter C
Script for sermon delivered by Reverend Peter Grundy on 1 September 2002 to mark the 60th anniversary of the death of Sister May Hayman in Papua New Guinea during Second World War. The sermon was del...PR03043
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Higginbotham, Lindsay P (Private, b.1922 - d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Higginbotham, Lindsay P
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Private Linsday P Higginbotham, 39 Battalion. Wallet 1 of 1 - contains a 12 page typed memoir describing Private Higginbotham's journey from Syd...PR03049
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Howson, Jack Lawrence (Smokey) (b.1921 - d.2003)
Private Record
Related to the Second World War service of VX139898 Private Jack Lawrence (Smokey) Howson, 39 Battalion. The letter to his friend Floss (Mrs Florence Dale), is written on toilet paper. Pte Howson refe...PR04798
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Instruction booklet for Kodak Magazine Cine-Kodak Eight Model 90 8mm movie camera: Captain Roderick Frank Arthur Strang, Australian Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Kodak Ltd.
Instruction booklet for the Magazine Cine-Kodak Eight movie camera. A 48-page booklet, this appears to be for a post war version of the camera. Stored in the leather case together with the movie camer...REL/16289.003
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Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Geoff Cooper 2/27 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)
Film
Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Geoff Cooper commander of the 2/27 Battalion. Rates the 21 Brigade before Gona as well trained and seasoned troops made up of long term Militia members. Faulty intell...F04808
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Interview with Lieutenant Hugh Dalby MC "A" Coy 39 Bn (The Gona/Buna interviews)
Film
Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
Interview with Lieutenant Hugh Dalby MC 'A' Company 39 Battalion. Changes to the 39 Battalion after the Kokoda campaign. Description of the ground for the attack on Gona.F04809
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Jack Flanagan, Corporal of 39th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Flanagan, James Edward (Jack)
Discusses childhood and early adulthood; religion; nationalism; enlistment; pacifism; Australia; army; militia; AIF / militia relations; 39th Battalion; embarkation for New Guinea; propaganda; looting...S00504
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Jaggs, Arthur Edward (Flight Lieutenant, b.1921 - d.2000)
Private Record
Maker: Jaggs, Arthur Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 4570 Flight Lieutenant Arthur Edward Jaggs, 12 Squadron and 30 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and New Guinea, 1940-1970. Wallet...PR03739
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Kennedy, Colin
Manuscript
Maker: Kennedy, Colin
Manuscript titled "World War Two - Battles Near Australia 1942", written for school students. Discusses 6 major battles in the South-west Pacific area. Includes maps, sources of information.MSS1543
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Kodak Magazine Cine-Kodak Eight Model 90 8mm movie camera: Captain Roderick Frank Arthur Strang, Australian Army Medical Corps
Technology
Maker: Kodak Ltd.
Eastman Kodak 'Eight' model 90 magazine movie camera with an f/1.9 anastigmat lens. The black leatherette covered body is made from nickel plated steel. A small circular window with a film meter showi...REL/16289.001
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Leather carrying case for a Magazine Cine-Kodak Eight Model 90 8mm movie camera: Captain Roderick Frank Arthur Strang, Australian Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Kodak (Australia) Pty Ltd
Leather carrying case used by Captain Strang to carry his Eastman Kodak 'Eight' model 90 magazine movie camera. The case is of blocked leather with all seams sewn with heavy duty linen thread. The lid...REL/16289.002
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Lloyd, Irvine Francis 'Jack', (Corporal, b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Lloyd, Irvine Francis 'Jack'
A mixed collection of papers dealing with Lloyd's service with 39 Battalion (CMF) in New Guinea. The collection consists of 2 letters describing the difficult conditions under which Australians fought...PR00322
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McLeod, Ken H (QX4550, Lieutenant, 2/1st Anti Tank Regiment)
Manuscript
Maker: McLeod, Ken H
15 page typed memoir titled 'Buna - Gona - Sanananda 1942-43', written by Ken H. McLeod. Recounts experiences of the author in commanding a 2-pounder anti-tank gun in the actions around Gona, Buna and...MSS1882
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Moline, Arthur John (Flight Lieutenant, b.1910 - d.1995)
Private Record
Maker: Moline, Arthur John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 401475 Flight Lieutenant Arthur John Moline, Air Force Headquarters, Australia, New Guinea, United States of America, Netherlands East Indies, 19...PR85/385
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PAPUA - GONA. ALLIED PLANES BOMB JAPANESE POSITIONS. PICTURE SHOWS BOMB BURST IN FRINGE OF BUSH ...
Photograph
Maker: Silk, A George
PAPUA - GONA. ALLIED PLANES BOMB JAPANESE POSITIONS. PICTURE SHOWS BOMB BURST IN FRINGE OF BUSH SURROUNDING GONA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).013817/06
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Patrol in Arcadia
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted, "In some parts around Buna and Gona the troops came in contact with tropical scenery such as they had read about. The country seemed too beautiful for the savage war that was waged along...ART25915
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Riggall, William (Lieutenant, b.1913 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Riggall, William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX80932 Lieutenant William Riggall, 7th Division Headquarters, Second Australian Imperial Force, New Guinea, 1942-1943. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists...AWM2022.95.1
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Rixon, Mervyn Frank (Private, b.1922 - d.2008)
Private Record
Maker: Rixon, Mervyn Frank
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX193259 (N186102) Private Mervyn Frank Rixon, 36 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and New Guinea, 1942...PR05337
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Robert Charles (Bob) Matten as a private, 2/27 Battalion, interviewed by Rob Linn for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945
Sound
Maker: Matten, Robert Charles (Bob) Linn, Rob
Robert Charles (Bob) Matten as a private, 2/27 Battalion, interviewed by Rob Linn for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945S00929
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2/7th Australian Survey Battery, RAA.
Private Record
Original diary of "Right Section: 2/7 Australian Survey Battery" written principally by Lt George C. Wing (NX41250) and Sgt J. Fred Stansfield (VX17872) August 1942 to February 1943. Shows surveying f...PR00731
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The New Guinea Martyrs
Manuscript
Maker: Horne, John R
Typed manuscript titled 'Some thoughts on the New Guinea Martyrs" written in 1974 by John R. Horne and a page of additional information titled 'The "New Guinea Martyrs" Revisited' submitted by John R....MSS0812
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Thomas Robert Spencer (Tom) Kimber as a captain, 2/27 Battalion, interviewed by Rob Linn for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945
Sound
Maker: Kimber, Thomas Robert Spencer (Tom) Linn, Rob
(SX2750) Kimber, Thomas Robert Spencer 'Tom' (Captain)S00921
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"To Kokoda and Beyond: the story of the 39th Infantry Battalion, 1941-1943"
Manuscript
Maker: Austin, Victor Patrick Crowley, Kevin Arthur
"To Kokoda and Beyond: the story of the 39th Infantry Battalion, 1941-1943". Account of the fighting along the Kokoda Trail and in the coastal swamps of the Buna - Sanananda - Gona Area and of the ev...MSS1196
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Tupper, Cyril Frederick (Lieutenant, b.1903 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Tupper, Cyril Frederick
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX86279 Lieutenant Cyril Frederick 'Fred' Tupper, Australian Amenities Service, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and New Guinea, 1942-...PR04953
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US commandos and Australians at Gona
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
United States commandos with Australians on Gona front. Commentary, Ernest Walsh, Movietone News. (See also F01808 for Department of Inforamation unedited footage)F00817
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(V65593) Boland, Jack Wallis (Private), 39th Battalion, interviewed by Harry Martin for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Martin, Harry
Discusses prewar employment; religion; education; politics; joined militia; at age twenty one conscripted to 39th Battalion in Melbourne; transported by train to Sydney; embarkation on SS Aquitania; a...S00506
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Waters, Julian (Private, b.1914 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Waters, Julian
MEMOIRS OF HIS SERVICE AS A STRETCHER BEARER, 1941-45, BRIEFLY IN SYRIA AND LATER IN NEW GUINEA, PARTICULARLY THE DEFENCE OF THE KOKODA TRACK, ADVANCE TO GONA, EVACUATION DUE TO SCRUB TYPHUS, RETURN F...PR88/122