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Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. ...
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Maker: Unknown
Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. Shown here are NX59143 Warrant Officer 2 Cedric John Ewing, 2/20 Battalion (left) and SX10653 (485) Warra...045147
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Autographed Japanese undershirt : Private S Herron, 2/20 Battalion
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Maker: Unknown
Japanese issue unbleached calico undershirt with a low stand collar, narrow yoke, single left breast pocket with a rectangular flap, and long sleeves without cuffs. The shirt fastens down the front wi...REL/01823
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Cribbage Board : Signalman W J McPherson, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade aluminium cribbage board with four panels of punched out holes for the pegs, grouped in three sets of ten holes for each panel. The board is hand engraved with a thatched hut, palm trees and...REL29050
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Group of prisoners of war, in camp. Most are unidentified, but known to be present are NX40846 ...
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Group of prisoners of war, in camp. Most are unidentified, but known to be present are NX40846 Warrant Officer (WO) Jack Kendall Finley, 2/18 Battalion and NX45895 WO William George 'Bill' Swanston, 2...P04831.003
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Hand coloured studio portrait of NX35866 Private (Pte) Gordon Poole from Yenda, New South Wales. ...
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Maker: Unknown
Hand coloured studio portrait of NX35866 Private (Pte) Gordon Poole from Yenda, New South Wales. Pte Poole enlisted in June 1940 and served in the Pacific with the 2/20 Battalion. He was captured by J...P06105.002
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Hand coloured studio portrait of NX35707 Private Ralph Poole of the 2/20th Australian Infantry ...
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Hand coloured studio portrait of NX35707 Private Ralph Poole of the 2/20th Australian Infantry battalion from Mount Elliot, New South Wales. Private Poole was captured by Japanese forces at Singapore ...P06105.003
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Hand made cribbage board : D A Johnston, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade wooden cribbage board with stepped upper and lower edges. An aluminium plate, also stepped, has been attached to the wood with steel pins. After attachment to the wood the plate has been punc...REL/15925
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Improvised orthopaedic sandal : Private M A Bradford, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised orthopaedic sandal, for the left foot, with a 55 mm high heel. The sole and heel have been cut from a single piece of wood. A thick rubber 'horseshoe' is nailed around the bottom edge of th...REL38344
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Informal portrait of QX23007 Private (Pte) William Leslie Alexander, an Aboriginal serviceman, ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of QX23007 Private (Pte) William Leslie Alexander, an Aboriginal serviceman, and a member of the 2/20th Battalion, who became a prisoner of war (POW) after the fall of Singapore. Th...P03849.019
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Informal portrait of three soldiers. Standing centre is NX24030 Private (Pte) David Morris ...
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Informal portrait of three soldiers. Standing centre is NX24030 Private (Pte) David Morris Bardsley, 2/20 Battalion; the other soldiers are unidentified. Pte Bardsley enlisted on 3 June 1940 in Enfiel...P09426.001
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Jones, John Henry 'Jack' (Private, b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Jones, Dorothy Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX27787 Private John Henry 'Jack' Jones, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Singapore and Australia, 1945. Wa...PR05831
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Studio portrait of NX53269 Gunner (Gnr) Eric Kenneth Triggs, 17 Anti Tank Battery, of Tuggerah, ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of NX53269 Gunner (Gnr) Eric Kenneth Triggs, 17 Anti Tank Battery, of Tuggerah, NSW. The name Eric Kenneth Triggs was an alias used because he was under age at the time of enlistment i...P08076.001
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Studio portrait of NX72535 Mervyn Bruce Herps
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of NX72535 Private (Pte) Mervyn Bruce Herps of Lower Portland NSW, 2/20 Battalion. Pte Herps enlisted at Paddington NSW, on 1 Apr 1941. He died of illness in Tokyo as a prisoner of war...P10511.001
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Studio portrait of NX45750 Private (Pte) Claude Carter, 2/20 Battalion. Pte Carter enlisted on 27 ...
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Studio portrait of NX45750 Private (Pte) Claude Carter, 2/20 Battalion. Pte Carter enlisted on 27 June 1940 and was later promoted to Lance Corporal. With many other members of 2/20 Battalion he was m...P12361.001
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Studio portrait of NX40370 Private (Pte) Henry George Wells, 2/18th Battalion, NX20039 Pte Sydney ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of NX40370 Private (Pte) Henry George Wells, 2/18th Battalion, NX20039 Pte Sydney (Sid) Williams, 2/20th Battalion, and NX40371 Pte Thomas William Hatch, 2/18th Battalion. The 2/18th B...P09501.028.002
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Studio portrait of NX51847 Private (Pte) John Henry (Jack) Solomon, 2/20 Battalion, of Glebe, ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of NX51847 Private (Pte) John Henry (Jack) Solomon, 2/20 Battalion, of Glebe, NSW. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) of the Japanese held in the Sandakan POW camp i...P09043.001
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Two Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) chat on deck during their voyage from Japan aboard HMS ...
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Maker: Unknown
Two Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) chat on deck during their voyage from Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. Identified left to right: NX59143 Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Cedric E...045156