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left image: Cheer up Dig, its only two thousand odd miles; right image: I always use Creosote when training em
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
left image: Two Australian prisoners of war have escaped on a boat. It is being tossed around by the wild sea and a shark fin is pictured in the foreground. right image: Two Australian prisoners of w...ART90379
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left image: "Hey poultry farmer, how much for this one?"; right image: "Give me a hand to catch this bloody box of Yak meat"
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
left image: A prisoner of war is asleep, and a dream bubble shows a POW standing behind an enormous snail, while a another POW looks on, standing next to the chook roost. right image: A POW is carryin...ART90384
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left image: Just as well we have a good fence round us; right image: Its about time we knocked off work
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
left image: A guard is jumping in the air in front of a tangled fence of barbed wire. An Australian prisoner of war is running away from him. right image: Three Australian prisoners of war stand nex...ART90381
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left image: "Ssh! This looks like a victory for us"; right image: Do you think its worth it?
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
left image: An Australian prisoner of war (POW) is quietly stealing a cigarette from a Japanese guard, while a fellow POW looks on. right image: The same POW is pictured sitting outside on wooden sla...ART90382
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left image: We have a rice thief in the gaol; right image: Mind if I take a cigarette paper mate?
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
left image: Rice is being funnelled out of a room through a pipe to a bag outside, however the process has been spotted by two other prisoners of war. right image: Five prisoners of war are sitting h...ART90383
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left: Not titled [food queue]; right: Wonder which the P.O.W's want drop't first
Art
Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
left image: Australian prisoners of war stand in a queue waiting to be served food. right image: View of two helicopter pilots sitting in a cockpit with beer and parachutes as cargo. The captions jok...ART90380
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Leggatt, William Watt DSO MC (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1894 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Leggatt, William Watt
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant Colonel William Watt Leggatt, DSO, MC, 2/40 Infantry Battalion, Timor and Changi, 1942-1946. Collection contains records prepared by ...PR89/099
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Lennon, John Leslie (Sergeant, b.1902 - d.1970)
Private Record
Maker: Lennon, John Leslie
Papers of NX32826 Sergeant John Leslie Lennon, General Base Depot, 8th Division AIF, relating to his service in the Second World War and especially the fall of Singapore and his time in Changi Prisone...PR00875
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Leslie, Harry (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Leslie, Harry
Photocopies of papers related to prisoner of war experiences of Harry Leslie, of the 5th Battalion Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Includes leaflets for public talks, draft copies of prepared...PR00516
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Letters and papers of Charles Laurie Price, 1942-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Price, Charles Laurie
Letters and papers relating to the Second World War service of NX55503 Staff Sergeant Charles Laurie Price, 10 Australian General Hospital. Price wrote letters to his wife Marion between May 1942 an...AWM2019.22.165
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Letters and Postcards written by John Slater, 1942-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Slater, John Colin
Letters and postcard relating to the Second World War service of 7950 Sergeant John Slater, Armoured Car Company, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force. These letters and postcards were written by Sl...AWM2019.7.16
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Lieutenant Colonel Charles Anderson VC MC
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson (NX12595), VC, MC, 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion at Muar River. Taken prisoner by the Japanese.ART26436
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Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kappe
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Henry Kappe (VX48789), Commanding officer 8 Division Signals and General Staff 2 (Operations). Taken a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese.ART26437
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Lieutenant Colonel Charles Osborn
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Harwood Osborn (VX42966), Senior Surgeon in Charge 2/13 Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Medical Corps. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japane...ART26442
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Lieutenant Colonel Cranston McEachern
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Cranston McEachern (QX6176), Commanding 2/24th Anti-Tank Regiment, RAA at Muar River. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26444
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Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Galleghan
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick G Galleghan, DSO, ED, commanding officer of the 2/30th Battalion of the 8th Division. 'Black Jack', as he was known, was given command of the AIF prisoners in August 1942 ...ART25070
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Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Galleghan
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick G Galleghan, DSO, ED, commanding officer of the 2/30th Battalion of the 8th Division. 'Black Jack', as he was known, was given command of the AIF prisoners in August 1942 ...ART26547
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Lieutenant Colonel Hedley Summons
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Hedley Francis Summons (VX40219), Commanding 2/9th Australian Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall...ART26447
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Lieutenant Colonel Ian O'Donnell
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Ian John O'Donnell (VX43938), OBE, Commanding 2/10 Field Company, RAE. Taken prisoner by the Japanese.ART26433
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Lieutenant Colonel John (Glyn) White
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel John George Glyn White (VX21434), OBE, Deputy Assistant Director Medical Services, Administrative Headquarters. Taken a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese.ART26438
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Lieutenant Colonel Leon Stahle
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Leon Rossiter Dalgleish Stahle (VX24581), Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Stores. Taken prisoner by the Japanese.ART26434
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Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Bryne
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Leslie James Austin Byrne (NX34829), Commanding Australian Army Service Corps. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26443
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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Webster
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Marriott William Webster (TX2107), MC, ED, Commanding 2nd Australian Convalescent Depot, Australian Army Medical Service. Taken a prisoner-of-war by the...ART26439
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Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Pond
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Austin Frank Pond (VX44770), OBE, Commander 2/29 Battalion at Muar River. Taken a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26440
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Lieutenant Colonel William (Cotter) Harvey
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of General physician Lieutenant Colonel William Cotter Burnell Harvey (NX70668) of Australian Army Medical Corps, 2/10 Australian General Hospital. Taken a prisoner-of-war by the Ja...ART26441
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Lieutenant Colonel William Jeater
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel William David Jeater (NX34992), commanding officer of 2/20th Battalion. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese.ART26432
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Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel William Watt Leggatt (VX44907), MC, Commanding 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion, 'Sparrow Force'. Taken prisoner by the Japanese.ART26435
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Lieutenant General Arthur Percival
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Lieutenant General Arthur Ernest Percival, CB, DSO, OBE, MC, General Officer Commanding of British Commonwealth forces during the Battle of Malaya and Singapore. As commanding officer, Percival signed...ART26420
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Lieutenant General Sir Lewis Heath
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Lieutenant General Sir Lewis Heath, KBE, CB, CIE, DSO, MC, the Commander III Indian Corps during the Battle of Malaya and Singapore. He was a prisoner of war at Changi and then removed to Taiwan and t...ART26421
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Lieutenant H. Marshall, Officer in Charge, 2nd Echelon, Malaya, in his office in Changi.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Lieutenant H. Marshall, Officer in Charge, 2nd Echelon, Malaya, in his office in Changi.130024
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Lion head door handle from Changi Gaol : Private J J Tracey, Australian Army Service Corps, 8 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Heavy brass lion-headed door handle set within a decorative border. The handle is complete with a circular brass door plate edged with two rows of beading. Two holes are drilled into the plate to allo...REL33632
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Listening to Music, Y.M.C.A. Hut, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
The YMCA representatives, Mr Ivor Hanger and Mr George Macheily, built this hut of palms logs and attap for recreational purposes and lectures. They were taken prisoners-of-war by the Japanese along w...ART26510
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Lloyd, John Kevin (Major, b.1918 - d.2012)
Private Record
Maker: Lloyd, John Kevin
Collection relating to the Second World War Service of VX39006 Major John Kevin Lloyd, 2/29th Battalion, Singapore and Burma, 1942-1945. Collection consists of two handwritten diaries, one small and o...PR03869
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Lloyd, John Kevin (Major, b.1918 - d.?)
Manuscript
Maker: Lloyd, John Kevin
"Rice and Radish: the daily diary of a POW of the Japanese from 1942-1945". Collection consists of printed copy of original diaries by VX39006 Major John Kevin Lloyd, 2/29 Battalion, a prisoner of war...MSS1867
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Looking towards home
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Weary Australian prisoners of war, after climbing to the top of a water tower in Changi POW Camp, gaze across the seas around Singapore towards home. View to south-east from top of water tower at Chan...ART24470
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Machine thread manufacture, Changi camp
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Sketch showing improvised machine for manufacturing cotton thread from Japanese Army issue socks. The prisoners in Changi established a workshop within the camp to produce most items, such as shoes, c...ART25079
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Madden, James Ross Harrington (Private, 2/30th Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Madden, James Ross Harrington
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX51313 Private James Ross Harrington Madden, 2/30 Battalion, Changi, Singapore, 1944. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains a handwritten stateme...PR84/074
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Major Alexander Thompson
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Alexander Norman Thompson (NX34974), Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, AIF Headquarters, 8th Division. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26446
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Major General Cecil Callaghan
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Before the fall of Singapore, Brigadier Callaghan was in command of the Royal Australian Artillery of the 8th Division located in Malaya. His immediate superior was Lieutenant General Henry Gordon Ben...ART25078
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Major Phillip Head
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Major Phillip Lyburn Head (NX34763), Deputy Assistant Adjutant General and Legal Staff of Australian 8th Division. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26448
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Making rice cakes, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men of 2/29th Battalion kitchen unit making rice cakes. Rice was provided by the Japanese and was a staple of the prisoners diet.ART25071
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Malaria Control, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men spraying to control mosquitoes. He is using a 'Rega' knapsack sprayer and is covering pools with malaria oil to kill the mosquito larvae. His relief stands by. Malaria was a major problem for the ...ART25086
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Malay women and children, drawing for 8th Division book
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
A black pen and ink drawing of a group of Malayan women and children carrying baskets and food. It was originally drawn to be included as an illustration in a book about the 8th Division AIF's experie...ART90662
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Mason, William Allan (Gunner, 2/15th Fld Regt)
Private Record
Maker: Mason, William Allan
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX31346 Gunner William Allan Mason, 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, Selarang Barracks, Changi, 1943. Wallet 1 of 1 consists o...3DRL/8017
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Massage room, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Showing machine made for exercising the feet of beri beri patients - on side gave a weight against a pull upwards, the other a weight against the pressure downwards. In the background is an 'exercise'...ART26504
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Maxwell Roy Venables, Ammunition Sub Park, Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thai railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a POW
Sound
Maker: Venables, Maxwell Roy Pearson, Gillian
Maxwell Roy Venables, Ammunition Sub Park, Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thai railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a POW A transcr...S01730
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May, Douglas John (Private, b.1916 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: May, Douglas John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX30008 Private Douglas John May, 22 Infantry Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop, Singapore and Borneo, 1942. Collection consists of two prisoner o...PR05816
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McCartney, Sydney (Private b.1915 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Unknown McCartney, Sydney
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX45838 Pte Sydney McCartney, 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion, Singapore, 1942-1945. Collection consists of five documents collected by Pt...PR01167
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McClure-Brown, Samuel (Sergeant, 2/20th Bn AIF, POW b.1910 - d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: McClure-Brown, Samuel
NOTEBOOK, REMINISCENCES AND SOUVENIRS OF CAPTIVITY IN CHANGI AND LATER JAPAN. ALSO INCLUDES A RANGE OF POEMS AND SONGS TRANSCRIBED FROM FELLOW POW'SPR86/120
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McIntyre, Hector Alexander (Private, b.1918 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: McIntyre, Hector Alexander
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX7976 Private Hector Alexander McIntyre, 2/26th Infantry Battalion, Singapore, Burma and Thailand, 1942-1945. Collection consists of a tan col...PR03310