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A "Black cat" returning from night raid over New Guinea, dips low over hides' roof
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Hide's hotel, well known to northern tourists before the war, was the first living quarters in Cairns for pilots and officers of the Royal Australian Air Force Catalina Squadron operating from Trinity...ART25626
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Adams, Harold Victor (Warrant Officer, b.1917 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Adams, Harold Victor Royal Australian Air Force
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 11061 Warrant Officer Harold Victor Adams, 43 Squadron, 112 Air-Sea Rescue Squadron, and 20 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and N...PR05173
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A Mariner of the air-sea rescue flight at anchor, Trinity Inlet, Cairns
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A Martin Mariner patrol-bomber flying boat of the Royal Australian Air Force riding at anchor at the flying boat base, Cairns.ART25632
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Arthur, Wilfred Stanley (Group Captain, b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Arthur, Wilfred Stanley 'Woof'
Collection includes letters of Group Captain Wilfred Stanley Arthur,spanning 1935-1943,diary(1935), flying log book covering 1939-1943 period, photographs and airmail stickers. Captain Arthur served i...PR01192
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Barber, Ronald (Signalman, b.1913 - d.1993)
Private Record
Maker: Barber, Ronald
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX31137 Signalman Ronald Barber, 2/4 Australian Infantry Battalion and 2/11 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Aust...PR05339
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Bates, Albert (Warrant Officer, b.1905 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Bates, Albert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 14697 Warrant Officer Albert Bates DFM, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF), New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Australia, 1942. Collection consists of one typed...PR03185
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B25, Cairns
Art
Maker: Annand, Douglas
A North American B25 Mitchell bomber aircraft being attended to by workers while on the tarmac in Cairns.ART92437
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Bell, John Neil Rogers (Flight Lieutenant, b.1915 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Bell, John Neil Rogers
Collection relating to the Second World War and later service of O22001 Flight Lieutenant John Neil Rogers, No. 32 Squadron, Australian and the Pacific, 1942-1970. Collection consists of a nine page...PR04238
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Black cats taking off from Trinity Inlet
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Showing Catalina flying boats of the Royal Australian Air Force taking off on a night bombing raid over New Guinea. From August 1945 in his capacity as official war artist Emerson Curtis undertook a t...ART25634
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Bryant, Arthur Francis Peter (Warrant Officer, b.1916 - d.2000)
Private Record
Maker: Bryant, Arthur Francis Peter
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Warrant Officer Arthur Francis Peter Bryant, 2/17 Battalion in the Middle East and North African campaigns. Collection consists of five original...PR03012
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Burns Philp and Company Ltd
Private Record
Account of the activity of three Burns Philp vessels operating in Northern Australian waters during 1941-1942 including a report on the near sinking of the MV Malaita, written by the Master, R R Dudde...PR00072
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Butler, Michael Seymour (Flying Officer, b.1918 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Butler, Michael Seymour
Logbook of 407220 Flying Officer Michael S Butler, who trained and served with 12, 23 and 75 Squadrons RAAF, during the Second World War. After completing his training with No 1 Flying Training Schoo...PR03224
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Cairns
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
Depicts a coastal scene with buildings and boats in the middle foreground and hills in the background.ART29928
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Cairns, coastal defences, Bofors, submarine boom cats coming in to land
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Four figures of soldiers on the beach in Cairns, aircraft flying overhead. In the foreground is one of the Bofors guns that forms part of the Cairns defence. Also shown, crossing the mud flats left by...ART23751
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CAIRNS, QLD. 1943-06-25. FOURTH WAVE OF TROOPS MAKING A LANDING ON BEACH DURING INVASION EXERCISE ...
Photograph
Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
CAIRNS, QLD. 1943-06-25. FOURTH WAVE OF TROOPS MAKING A LANDING ON BEACH DURING INVASION EXERCISE BY THE 24TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND THE 532ND ENGINEER BOAT AND SHORE REGIMENT, ...052929
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Cairns Railway Station
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts from a high vantage point a view of Cairns Railway Station, 1944.ART25849
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Cairns staging camp
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
A view of a staging camp in Cairns, which was used for many of the Australian Army Military personnel on their way to New Guinea during Second World WarART29967
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Caricature around the bar
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Officers if the 11th Air-Sea Rescue Flight, Royal Australian Air Force, Cairns.ART25667
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Cody, John Joseph (Lieutenant Commander, b.1914 - d.1993)
Private Record
Maker: Cody, John Joseph
A collection of 178 letters of Lieutenant Commander John Joseph Cody written to his parents from between 1933, from the time he was a midshipman in the Royal Navy, to 1953, when he was Commander of HM...PR01942
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Coventry, Geoffrey William (Squadron Leader)
Private Record
Maker: Coventry, Geoffrey William
Collection relating to 457 Squadron Leader Geoffrey William Coventry, 11 Squadron, RAAF. It comprises his flying log book, 1939-1944, covering his training at Point Cook and Laverton and service based...PR03031
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Cypher officer (section officer Jean Ewing)
Art
Maker: Heysen, Nora
Depicts a portrait of an unidenfied Cypher Officer, a member of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force serving at Group 824, Royal Australian Air Force,Cairns, Queensland.ART24303
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Dawson, Leslie Royce 'Smoky' (Squadron Leader, b.1904 - d.1944)
Private Record
Maker: Dawson, Leslie Royce 'Smoky'
CORRESPONDENCE TO DAWSON'S MOTHER AND WIFE FROM RAAF AND NETHERLANDS INDIES ARMY REGARDING HIS DISAPPEARANCE WHILE ON A FLIGHT TO CAIRNS. DAWSON WAS ATTACHED TO THE NIA AND WAS AWARDED THE ORDER OF OR...PR90/016
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Dutton, W A (Leading Aircraftman, b: 1920)
Manuscript
Maker: Dutton, William A
Transcripts of poems written while on active service with Airfield Defence of 75 Squadron. Pays tribute to the pilots and ground forces who fought the Japanese at Milne Bay and Kokoda.MSS1481
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Eiszlele, Trevor John (Gunner, b.1921 – d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Eiszele, Trevor John Hunt, Alfred George
Collection relating to the Second World War service of TX8234 Gunner Trevor John ‘Jacky’ Eiszele, 2/9 Armoured Regiment and 2/8 Field Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and Borneo, ...PR05224
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Embarkation of 7th Australian Division troops
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Showing troops of this Division embarking onto an L.S.T (Landing ship, tank) for Morotai and thence to Balikpapan for the amphibious landing, 'OBOE TWO'. Smith Creek, Cairns, Queensland.ART22411
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Embarkation, U.S.S. Mexico
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts unidentified members of 6th Australian Division carrying a full tropical kit, including newly issued 'folding cots', boarding the troop ship U.S.S. Mexico at wharf. A portion of the superstruc...ART23928
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Glover, Kenneth (Private b.1923)
Private Record
Maker: Glover, Kenneth
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX109133 Private Kenneth Glover, 129 Australian General Hospital, Australia, 1945-1946. The collection contains a letter written to the Memoria...PR00182
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Heness, John Bernard (Flying Officer, b.1913 - d.1985)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Heness, John Bernard
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 426592 Flying Officer John Bernard Heness, Nos. 20 and 42 Catalina Squadrons, 3 Operational Training Unit, and 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight, Austral...PR06310
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Hudson and B25, Cairns
Art
Maker: Annand, Douglas
Depicts a Lockheed Hudson aircraft flying in Cairns. A North American B25 Mitchell bomber aircraft is on the ground below surrounded by several figures.ART92464
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King, Norm (Chief Petty Officer, b: 1920, d: 1999)
Manuscript
Maker: King, Norm
Autobiography titled 'Memoirs of a Reluctant Warrior, 1936-1955' describing emigration to Australia, schooling, the depression, enlisting in the Royal Australian Navy, pre-war service, and active serv...MSS1502
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Krait `Z' Force Appeal Committee
Private Record
Mixed papers relating to the Krait; Special Reconnaissance Department; `M' unit and `Z' force; operations Rimau, Jaywick, Agas; `Z' force operatives; and the Krait appeal.PR91/109
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Land headquarters medical research unit
Art
Maker: Heysen, Nora
The Land Headquarters Medical Research Unit in a mountainous setting at Redlynch, near Cairns, Queensland. At centre a soldier carries a white sack over his shoulder, whilst other groups of men walk t...ART24372
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Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Blackburn
Art
Maker: Heysen, Nora
Portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ruthven Bickerton Blackburn, Commanding and Senior Physician of the Land Headquarters Medical Research Unit (LHQ, 1MRU), Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC). Du...ART24376
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Loading of Artillery onto L.S.T.s
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Personnel of 7th Australian Division loading L.S.T.S (Landing ships, tank) with artillery and stores to be used in the amphibious landing at Balikpapan. The first stage of the voyage was to Morotai, t...ART22410
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Lovegrove, John Howard (Sergeant, b.1918 – d.1999)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Lovegrove, John Howard
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX5674 Sergeant John Howard Lovegrove, 2/43 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1940-1971. Wallet 1 of 1...PR05103
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MacDonnell, Gordon Warren (Flight Lieutenant, b.1914 - d.1944)
Private Record
Maker: MacDonnell, Gordon Warren
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 101520 Flight Lieutenant Gordon Warren MacDonnell, 603 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Middle East and Greece, 1940...PR05426
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MacKay, William Alexander (Sergeant, b.1913 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: MacKay, William Alexander
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 414624 Sergeant William Alexander MacKay, 41 Radio Direction Finding Wing, Royal Australian Air Force, attached to 63 Bomber Squadron United Stat...PR04285
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Mail day
Art
Maker: Annand, Douglas
Depicts a man sorting mail, with several faces peering in through a window to his left.ART92470
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Marshall, Hugh Ernest (Warrant Officer, b.1925)
Private Record
Maker: Marshall, Hugh Ernest
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 40880 Warrant Officer Hugh Ernest Marshall, Numbers 20 and 42 Squadrons (RAAF), Australia, New Guinea, Malaya, and Borneo, 1943-1946. Wallet 1 ...PR04129
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Marshall, Richard
Private Record
Maker: Marshall, Richard
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Richard Marshall, Intelligence Section, 51st Battalion, Cairns, 1939. Wallet 1 of 1 consists of an intelligence report titled "Report on the Com...PR00545
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McIntyre, Norman Gregor (Flying Officer, b.1919-d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: McIntyre, Norman Gregor Royal Australian Air Force
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 414154 Flying Officer Norman Gregor McIntyre, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 466 Squadron, Canada and United Kingdom, 1941-1947. Wallet 1 of...PR06135
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Munro, Ronald Fane (Flying Officer, b.1919 - d.2016)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Munro, Ronald Fane
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 408915 Flying Officer Ronald Fane Munro, No. 100 Squadron (RAAF), New Guinea and Australia, 1941-1945. Collection consists of: - 1 x written ma...AWM2017.97.1
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Munro, Ron (Flying Officer)
Private Record
Maker: Munro, Ronald Fane
Second World War memoir of Flying Officer Ron Munro (408915) who served with 100 Squadron, RAAF. Titled 'A resume of my experiences in the RAAF, 1941-45.' 25 pages with illustrations.PR01751
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MV Manunda Association
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service and legacy of the hospital ship MV Manunda, Merchant Navy, Australia, Japan, Egypt, Borneo, and the Solomon Islands, 1940-c.2001. Collection consist...PR05365
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No.75 and No.76 Squadron (RAAF) Songbook
Manuscript
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War experience of No.75 and No.76 Squadrons, RAAF, New Guinea and Australia, c.1941-1945. Collection consists of one green-covered typed notebook containing me...MSS1299
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Officers and men of Catalina Squadron playing basketball
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Showing personnel of the Royal Australian Air Force stationed at the Catalina flying boat base at Trinity Inlet, relaxing during the day. They were operating nightly over New Guinea.ART25625
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Officer's mess, home of the flying-boat squadrons, Cairns
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
From this typical North Queensland house, young fliers of the Royal Australian Air Force went out nightly on bombing missions over New Guinea, to return when the sun was up, to a meal and a long sleep...ART25627
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Ohlin, James Michael (Trooper, b.1924 - d.2008)
Private Record
Maker: Ohlin, James Michael
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX146128 Trooper James Michael ‘Jim’ Ohlin, 2/9 Commando Squadron, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, c 1995. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists...PR03490
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Penglase, Ronald Clyde (Lieutenant Commander, b.1920 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Penglase, Ronald Clyde
Collection relating to the Second World War service of PA1510 Lieutenant Commander Ronald Clyde Penglase, HMAS Westralia and HMAS Assault, Australia, Pacific Ocean and Timor Sea regions, 1941-1946. C...PR00449
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Plummer, Horace Sydney "Syd" (Colonel, b.1915 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Plummer, Horace Sydney "Syd"
Collection relating to the war service of VX109 Colonel Horace Sydney Plummer, CMF, 2/1 Australian Machine Gun Battalion, and HQ S Command, Australia, United Kingdom Greece, New Guinea, 1929-1965. Co...AWM2016.609.1