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Victory and beyond (Australians at war)
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Death camps. Borneo. Hiroshima. Nagasaki POWs. Post War. United Nations. Korea Malaya. "A" Bomb tests. National Service Training. Vietnam. Prologue.F08011
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Viewed through the clear nose of a RAF Bristol 171 Sycamore helicopter is a small landing zone ...
Photograph
Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Viewed through the clear nose of a RAF Bristol 171 Sycamore helicopter is a small landing zone (LZ) where it will land to deliver men and supplies to 10 Platoon (10 Pl), D Company, 2nd Battalion, The ...HOB/56/0731/MC
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View of Minden Barracks, the Battalion Headquarters of 2 Battalion, the Royal Australian ...
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Maker: Unknown
View of Minden Barracks, the Battalion Headquarters of 2 Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), at Penang, Malaya. The regimental badge is displayed outside the verandah. On the lawn stand...P04483.001
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Vigorously clearing bamboo and jungle creepers with his machete is 3/5999 Sapper (Spr) Steve ...
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
Vigorously clearing bamboo and jungle creepers with his machete is 3/5999 Sapper (Spr) Steve Carroll, aged 21, of South Perth, WA, 1st Field Troop, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). The sappers are c...CUN/60/0093/MC
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Waiting his turn to move into the jungle is 1/3577 Private (Pte) Dan V Millington, of Townsville, ...
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
Waiting his turn to move into the jungle is 1/3577 Private (Pte) Dan V Millington, of Townsville, Qld, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), during the beginning of an operational patro...CUN/60/0135/MC
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Wallace Talbot Claxton Thompson OAM as a rifle section commander 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), Malaya 1955-1957, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
Sound
Maker: Australian War Memorial
Thompson speaks of his military training prior to joining 2 RAR in Australia; 2 RAR in terms of individual and collective operational experience; 2 RAR's perceptions of its operational roles in Malaya...S02864
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Wallet for insect repellant cloth : Lieutenant M T Turrell, 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: N & Co Dd
Cream coloured, open top, cotton wallet for the stowing of insect repellant cloth. The ends are reinforced with green cotton, and sewn onto the upper edge of the wallet is a green piece of cotton, on ...REL38104
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War dogs of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), are being used against the ...
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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver
War dogs of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), are being used against the Communist terrorists in the notorious Sungei Siput district, and are firm favourites with the soldiers. ...HOB/56/0708/MC
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5/1487 Warrant Officer Class 2 Don Symonds, of Victoria Park, WA (back), 2nd Battalion, The Royal ...
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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver
5/1487 Warrant Officer Class 2 Don Symonds, of Victoria Park, WA (back), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), gives instruction on the new Belgian, Fabrique Nationale (FN) Self Loading...HOB/56/0683/MC
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1/2296 Warrant Officer 2 (WO2), Alan L Lawson, of Coorparoo, Qld, Company Sergeant Major of B ...
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Maker: Army Public Relations
1/2296 Warrant Officer 2 (WO2), Alan L Lawson, of Coorparoo, Qld, Company Sergeant Major of B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), admiring a caged dove at the house of the he...MIS/57/0056/MC
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Watched by local villagers, an unidentified Australian soldier carefully negotiates a steep ...
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Maker: Army Public Relations
Watched by local villagers, an unidentified Australian soldier carefully negotiates a steep embankment as he takes a carton of ration packs down to a small motor boat moored on the Perak River. Once l...MIS/57/0046/MC
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Watched by local villagers, an unidentified Australian soldier carefully negotiates a steep ...
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Maker: Army Public Relations
Watched by local villagers, an unidentified Australian soldier carefully negotiates a steep embankment as he takes a carton of ration packs down to a small motor boat moored on the Perak River. Once l...MIS/57/0048/MC
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Waterproof bag : Captain M T Turrell, Royal Australian Infantry Corps
Heraldry
Maker: B M Co
Waterproof cylindrical bag with reinforced seams. There is cotton tape at the top used for sealing the bag. The makers label has been stamped in black ink on the inside and reads ' B.M.C / 1962 / AF...REL38101
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Waterproof bag : Lieutenant M T Turrell, 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Victoria Rubber Co Ltd
Rectangular, green, waterproof, open-top, general purpose bag. Inside the inner flap is a maker's stamp, 'VICTORIA RUBBER EDINBURGH 1955'. Two cotton ties are attached for securing the bag when rolled...REL39964
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Waterproof holdall : Lieutenant M T Turrell, 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Waterproof, green, general purpose holdall with seven pockets of various sizes. Inside the inner flap is stamped. 'H.M.P. 19 [broad arrow symbol] 1954'. Three cotton ties are attached for securing the...REL38103
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Weapon range templates : Captain M T Turrell, Royal Australian Infantry Corps
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Australian weapon range template featuring several different munitions and the distance expected for there projection.REL38072
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Webbing waist belt made from a section of parachute harness : Lieutenant M T Turrell, 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Jungle green, cotton webbing belt with a stitched in square quick release buckle, with a sliding knurled rod in its centre. 'TURRELL' is stencilled in white on the belt. The inside of the belt has the...REL38115
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Webbing waist belt made from a section of parachute harness : Lieutenant R J Fletcher, 2 RAR
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Jungle green cotton webbing belt with a stitched in square quick release buckle, with a sliding knurled rod in its centre. The other end of the belt has been burnt to prevent it from fraying.REL28229.001
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White, June (Civilian)
Private Record
Maker: White, June
HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT (3 P.) "A LONG YEAR FOR AN ARMY WIFE DURING THE KOREAN WAR" DESCRIBING HER LIFE IN AUSTRALIA 1952-1953 WHILE HER HUSBAND SERVED IN KOREA AND INCLUDING A NOTE ON THE LACK OF PUBLICI...PR89/183
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WICKS , Peter
Manuscript
Thesis "Australia's relations with Malaysia 1957-1965". A study of Australian policies and attitudes towards Malaysia, the extent of cooperation and conflict with Malaysia and the place of the relatio...MSS1004
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WING COMMANDER C.H. "SPUD" SPURGEON OF CANTERBURY VIC, COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 1 B SQUADRON ...
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Maker: Sebastian, Jeffrey Graham (Jerry)
WING COMMANDER C.H. "SPUD" SPURGEON OF CANTERBURY VIC, COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 1 B SQUADRON RAAF, AT PRESENT BASED AT TENGAH SINGAPORE, CLIMBS ABOARD HIS LINCOLN AIRCRAFT TO LEAD A "STRIKE" AGAINST ...FEAF0130
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"Wing Commander Moore hands over to Wing Commander Spurgeon". One of a series of photographs ...
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Maker: Unknown
"Wing Commander Moore hands over to Wing Commander Spurgeon". One of a series of photographs relating to the service of O33083 Acting Wing Commander Hugh Francis Moore DFC. Moore awarded his DFC on 15...P10185.005
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Wing Commander Roy Carlin DFC AFC (Rtd) as the squadron leader Commanding Officer No 38 (Transport) Squadron RAAF, Malaya 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
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Maker: Carlin, Roy Chinn, David Alexander
Carlin speaks of his Second World War flying experience in the South West Pacific area and post war, including the Berlin Airlift (1948); similarities between and specific difficulties in flying trans...S02877
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Wireless operator 1/3257 M M Wilson, of Brisbane, Qld, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian ...
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Maker: Army Public Relations
Wireless operator 1/3257 M M Wilson, of Brisbane, Qld, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), using an American manufactured AN/PRC 10 wireless set to relay a message forward to 2RAR tr...MIS/57/0040/MC
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"101 Wireless Regiment: The Malayan Emergency, 1951-1960", by Robert (Bob) Hartley and Barry Hampstead
Private Record
Maker: Hampstead, Barry Hartley, Robert (Bob) Walter
Collection consists of one 174 page manuscript (plus one two page annexe) titled "101 Wireless Regiment: The Malayan Emergency, 1951-1960", written by Robert (Bob) Walter Hartley and Barry Hampstead. ...AWM2016.294.1
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Wireless truck driver, 2/2019 Lance Corporal Alf Fellows, of Mayfield, NSW, 28th Brigade, Signal ...
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Maker: Elliot, T
Wireless truck driver, 2/2019 Lance Corporal Alf Fellows, of Mayfield, NSW, 28th Brigade, Signal Squadron, preparing a brew of tea under an improvised shelter made of bamboo and canvas. He recently li...ELL/59/0459/MC
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With his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine slung over his shoulder, ...
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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver
With his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine slung over his shoulder, 2/2437 Private (Pte) (later Corporal) J S W 'Bluey' Clark, of Watsons Bay, NSW, 2nd Battalion, The Royal A...HOB/56/0794/MC
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With his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine slung over his shoulder, ...
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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver
With his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine slung over his shoulder, 3/5728 Private (Pte) (later Corporal) John Taylor, of Rosanna, Vic (right), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Austr...HOB/56/0798/MC
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With his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine slung over his shoulder and ...
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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver
With his Number 5, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), jungle carbine slung over his shoulder and silhouetted against the Perak River, an unidentified sentry from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Re...HOB/56/0793/MC
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With raised arm and mud up to his ankles, 3/5858 Lance Corporal Tong Jordan, of Melbourne, Vic ...
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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver
With raised arm and mud up to his ankles, 3/5858 Lance Corporal Tong Jordan, of Melbourne, Vic (right), 4 Troop, Royal Australian Engineers, directs a grader during the Auster airstrip construction op...HOB/56/0661/MC
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With their trousers rolled up and working with machetes to cut down the tangle of undergrowth, ...
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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver
With their trousers rolled up and working with machetes to cut down the tangle of undergrowth, Corporal Tony Jordan, of Melbourne, Vic (left), 4 Troop Royal Australian Engineers and Sapper Bill Farrel...HOB/56/0664/MC
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With the rotor spinning, a camouflaged Royal Air Force Westland Whirlwind helicopter has just ...
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Maker: Unknown
With the rotor spinning, a camouflaged Royal Air Force Westland Whirlwind helicopter has just touched down on an improvised timber and log landing pad in the Malayan jungle. The helicopter is waiting ...P04031.003
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Working quietly but steadily in the fading light, gunners of A Troop, 105th Field Battery, Royal ...
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Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Working quietly but steadily in the fading light, gunners of A Troop, 105th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA) prepare for their evening 'shock and shake' shoot against Communist terroris...HOB/56/0657/MC
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Yeats, Douglas Harold (17544, Lieutenant-Colonel)
Manuscript
Maker: Yeats, Douglas Harold
Manuscript titled 'From What I Can Remember', compiled by 17544 Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Harold Yeats. Includes photographs and narrative on his life and experiences in Britain, including time serve...MSS1997