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Addison, Percy Romer (Private, b.1918 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Addison, Percy Romer Australian Military Forces
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX31849 Private Percy Romer Addison, 2/30 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya and Australia, 1941-1946. Wall...AWM2018.223.1
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An Australian flag being hoisted on board HMAS Deloraine berthed at the damaged Sandakan wharf.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
An Australian flag being hoisted on board HMAS Deloraine berthed at the damaged Sandakan wharf.130152
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'At scene of mass burials of POWs, Japanese troops are opening graves'. 'One area in No. 1 ...
Photograph
Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'At scene of mass burials of POWs, Japanese troops are opening graves'. 'One area in No. 1 Compound of Sandakan POW camp was found to contain approximately 300 bodies believed to be of those men left ...120448
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'Australian troops entering No. 1 Compound to continue the search for relics of Australian and ...
Photograph
Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'Australian troops entering No. 1 Compound to continue the search for relics of Australian and British POWs.' 'Scenes at the POW Camp, Sandakan. POW Contact and Enquiry officers found the remains of a...120434
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'Australian troops searching the RAP ruins while Japanese on the left clear away long grass.' ...
Photograph
Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'Australian troops searching the RAP ruins while Japanese on the left clear away long grass.' 'Scenes at the POW Camp, Sandakan. POW Contact and Enquiry officers found the remains of an RAP in No. 1 C...120439
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Australia Service Medal : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL39516.006
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Australia Service Medal : Private N A E Short, 2/18 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL32659.005
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Australia Service Medal : Private S R Core, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal, impressed around rim with recipient's details.REL45255.004
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Australia Service Medal : Sapper F A Carley, 2/12 Field Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL33587.004
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Autographed and painted handkerchief made and sent by members of 8 Division in Malaya, 1941 to Miss Betty Guthrie
Heraldry
Maker: Nash, (Given names unknown)
Olive green cotton army issue handkerchief with drawings and autographs in indelible blue/purple ink. Down the centre of the handkerchief is an AIF soldier carrying a rifle, running through jungle. Be...REL29555
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Autographed good luck flag carried by a Japanese soldier at Sandakan, Borneo, in 1945
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with black ink characters. The name of the recipient soldier is not given on the flag. The characters translate as the traditional 'long-lasting good fortu...REL/03519
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Autographed good luck flag carried by 2nd Lieutenant Okamoto Kazuo : Sandakan, North Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese officer's autographed national flag bearing numerous signatures in black ink. Apart from the traditional wish for long-lasting good fortune in war and the name of the recipient of the flag, 2...REL/11479
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Baccus, Arthur Albury (Private, b.1916-d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Baccus, Arthur Aubrey
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX32443 Private Arthur Albury Baccus, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, Borneo, 1943-1945. Collection consists of three postcards from Private...PR04740
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Bennison, Richard John (Acting Sergeant, b.1899 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX38803 Acting Sergeant Richard John Bennison, 1 Company Australian Army Service Corps, Borneo, 1945. Collection consists of one commemorative ...PR03802
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BERHALA ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO 1945-10-23. AN AUSTRALIAN INSPECTION PARTY ASHORE ON BERHALA ISLAND. ...
Photograph
Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
BERHALA ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO 1945-10-23. AN AUSTRALIAN INSPECTION PARTY ASHORE ON BERHALA ISLAND. QX21058 CAPTAIN R. K. MCLAREN MC, SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT (SRD) AND "Z" SPECIAL FORCE (CENT...121752
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Bills, Walter Russell (Driver, b.1915 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Bills, Walter Russell
Collection of typed transcripts of letters originally written by VX34071 Driver Walter R Bills of 1AASC Petrol Company, 8 Division, covering the period February 1941-February 1942. The letters, writte...PR03205
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Birchall, Frederick George (Jock), (Squadron Leader, d.1946)
Private Record
Maker: Birchall, Frederick George
Letters written by Sqn Ldr Birchall to his nephew Tom. In the letters Birchall details his work with the 1 Australian War Crimes Section. He describes interviewing recovering POWs, how the cruelest Ja...PR00170
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Borneo. 1945-05-11. Aerial reconnaissance photograph interpreted as Sandakan airfield and ...
Photograph
Maker: Wonnacott, W A H
Borneo. 1945-05-11. Aerial reconnaissance photograph interpreted as Sandakan airfield and prisoner of war camp prior to being bombed on 31 May 1945.106502
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Borneo. 1945-05-31. Aerial reconnaissance photograph interpreted as Sandakan airfield and ...
Photograph
Maker: Wonnacott, W A H
Borneo. 1945-05-31. Aerial reconnaissance photograph interpreted as Sandakan airfield and prisoner of war camp after the bombing on 31 May 1945.106503