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An amusing incident
Art
Maker: Flett, James
Troops of the 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion sheltering in sheds from shrapnel, get a hail of stones on the roofs from their mates in the rear for good measure at each burst. Note shrapnel burst...ART26023
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9 Australian Division Council
Private Record
LETTER FORWARDED BY THE 9 DIVISION COUNCIL REQUESTING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST PETERS, KUDAT SABAH AND LETTER ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF MONIES RAISEDPR83/129
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BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/16 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ...
Photograph
BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/16 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, TRAVELLING ON A JEEP WHICH THEY CONVERTED FOR USE ON THE RAILWAY LINE BECAUSE OF MUD HAS MADE THE ROADS IMPASS...110781
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Beaufort Officers' Club
Private Record
VISITORS' BOOK OF BEAUFORT OFFICERS' CLUB, BEAUFORT.EXDOC125
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Civil Aid Station, Brunei
Art
Maker: Flett, James
The Civil Aid Station operated by 2/13th Australian Field Ambulance attached to British Borneo Civil Administration Unit at Brunei.ART26039
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Edwards, Silas (Flight Officer, b.1904 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Edwards, Silas Owen
Memoirs written by Flight Officer Edwards detailing his Second World War experiences with airfield construction units. Includes training, Horn Island, New Guinea, Noemfoor Island, Biak, Labuan and Aus...PR84/105
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First Lieutenant Akutagawa Mitsuya
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait of 1st Lieutenant Akutagawa Mitsuya, Commandant of Kempeitai (Military Police) at Keningau, north Borneo.ART22991
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First Lieutenant Genzo Watanabe
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts a portrait, in right profile, of First Lieutenant Genzo Watanabe, a Japanese staff officer at the prisoner of war compound in Ranau, Borneo during the Second World War.ART22987
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Gordon, Bernard P (Flight Lieutenant, Public Relations Officer, RAAF)
Private Record
Maker: Gordon, Bernard P
LETTER TO GEORGE RANDALL DESCRIBING THE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS IN THE CAMP AT LABUAN IN JULY 19453DRL/7417
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Hallam, Kelvin Walter
Private Record
Maker: Hallam, Kelvin Walter
Collection relating to TX16283 Sergeant (Sgt) Kelvin Walter Hallam, who served with Z Special Unit in Borneo during the Second World War. Comprises two original letters handwritten by Sgt Hallam to Mr...PR84/247
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Headquarters camp of 24th Australian Infantry Brigade, Beaufort
Art
Maker: Flett, James
Drawn from the balcony of a building occupied by Headquarters, 24th Australian Infantry Brigade during the closing stages of the North Borneo campaign. The building was partially wrecked by the bomb t...ART25885
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Jackson, Harold W S (Lieutenant Colonel, MBE, ED, 3 Pw Contact and Enquiry Unit, AIF b.1914) Contact and Enquiry Unit, AIF b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Jackson, Henry Walter Samuel
Lieutenant Colonel Harold Jackson was Contact Officer (rank at the time was Major) in 3 Australian Prisoner of War Contact and Enquiry Unit and carried out the release and repatriation of POWs on Hain...PR84/231
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Jackson, H W S (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Jackson, Henry Walter Samuel
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN JACKSON AND CHRISTOPHER LAGAN CONCERNING ERNESTO LAGAN. TRANSCRIPT DESCRIBES LAGAN'S ASSISTANCE TO AUSTRALIAN POW AT SANDAKAN IN NORTH BORNEO IN 1942-1943, HIS ARREST, IMPRISONM...PR86/144
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Japanese at 20th Brigade Headquarters, Brunei
Art
Maker: Flett, James
Rough portrait sketch of a Japanese prisoner at Headquarters, 20th Australian Infantry Brigade, North Borneo, 1945.ART26011
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Kuching Force. The first groups of recently released Australian prisoners of war (POWs) to be ...
Photograph
Maker: Horner, Arthur Wakefield
Kuching Force. The first groups of recently released Australian prisoners of war (POWs) to be repatriated to Australia via Labuan. A group of 8 Division officers wait to leave Lintang Barracks. Back r...118604
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LABUAN, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 1945-10-24. THE BODY OF COLONEL AIKYO, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Donaldson, Robert Eric
LABUAN, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 1945-10-24. THE BODY OF COLONEL AIKYO, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE MIRI GARRISON, WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE DURING THE NIGHT OF 23 OCTOBER 1945, AT LABUAN PRISONER OF WA...118693
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LABUAN COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY, MALAYSIA, 1985-04-25. GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF OFFICIALS ATTENDING ...
Photograph
LABUAN COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY, MALAYSIA, 1985-04-25. GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF OFFICIALS ATTENDING ANZAC DAY CEREMONY. LEFT TO RIGHT: DAVID EVANS (AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER TO MALAYSIA); UNKNOWN; CHAI...P00572.001
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LABUAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-10-03. 8TH DIVISION EX PRISONERS OF WAR AND LONG SERVICE TROOPS ...
Photograph
Maker: Rainsford, Ross John
LABUAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-10-03. 8TH DIVISION EX PRISONERS OF WAR AND LONG SERVICE TROOPS EMBARKING AT LABUAN EN ROUTE TO MOROTAI FOR ON MOVEMENT TO AUSTRALIA. 8TH DIVISION EX PRISONERS OF WAR GROUP...118827
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-19. BRIGADIER W. J. W. WINDEYER DSO ED, ADMINISTRATIVE ...
Photograph
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-19. BRIGADIER W. J. W. WINDEYER DSO ED, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDER 9TH DIVISION, ADDRESSING A PARADE OF THE 2/3RD TANK ATTACK REGIMENT IN FRONT OF NO. 10 BATTERY...122695
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-29. 1800 INDIAN TROOPS COMPRISING GURKHA, MADRASI AND ...
Photograph
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-29. 1800 INDIAN TROOPS COMPRISING GURKHA, MADRASI AND PUNJABI UNITS ARRIVED AT CHICK PONTOON, VICTORIA HARBOUR, ON HMT HIGHLAND BRIGADE. A GROUP OF GURKHAS, TY...123604
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-05. SENIOR OFFICERS' DAY WITH THE "SOUTH CHINA SEAS ...
Photograph
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-05. SENIOR OFFICERS' DAY WITH THE "SOUTH CHINA SEAS FLYING SQUADRON", A SAILING CLUB FORMED BY MEMBERS OF UNITS CAMPED ON THE BEACH NEAR 9TH DIVISION HEADQUART...122785
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-10-08. THE CAMP OF 2/72ND LIGHT AID DETACHMENT ATTACHED TO ...
Photograph
Maker: Rainsford, Keith Carr
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-10-08. THE CAMP OF 2/72ND LIGHT AID DETACHMENT ATTACHED TO THE 2/24TH FIELD PARK COMPANY.119898
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Major General Tsuchida Kazuzi
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portriat depicting Major General Tsuchida Kazuzi, Chief of Quartermasters, 37 Japanese Army Borneo (possibly an, British), Borneo.ART22985
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Major Stanley "Tex" Morton, Salvation Army Philanthropic Welfare worker, interviewed by Gail Winkworth for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Discussing pre-war Salvation Army activities; rejection by Salvation Army of combined churches war effort; appointment to work on Red Shield activities; inter-denominational relations; posting to Army...S00575
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Pump captured from Japanese, Seria
Art
Maker: Flett, James
This pump was used to help extinguish the oil fires started by the Japanese when retreating before 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion, North Borneo, 1945.ART26012
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Short, Merton Nelson (Private, b.1920 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Short, Merton Nelson
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX26580 Private Merton Nelson Short, 2/18th and 2/19th Infantry Battalions. Collection consists of sixteen personal letters written by Private S...PR01101
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Short, Murray Geoffrey (Flying Officer, b.1923 - d.1946)
Private Record
Maker: Short, Murray Geoffrey
Letters written to his family from various RAAF training and staging depots en route to Labuan and later BCOF actifivities at Iwakuni, Japan. F/O Short was later killed in a flying accident off the Ja...PR86/166
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Sketch panarama of 24th Brigade carnival, Beaufort
Art
Maker: Flett, James
View from the window of Visiting Officers' Quarters, of the native Carnival arranged by 24th Australian Infantry Brigade a few days before the surrender. The Beaufort-Jesselton Jeep-railway system bro...ART26040
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Stanner, William Edward Hanley
Private Record
Maker: Stanner, William Edward Hanley
Transcript of personal diary covering the period 19 July to 16 October 1942, providing an insight into Stanner's objectives for NAOU, selection and deployment of personnel, transport and equipment dif...PR00534
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Starved Malays
Art
Maker: Flett, James
Natives recently recovered from Japanese occupied territory and in a pitiful state of malnutrition, being cared for at the British Borneo Civil Administration Unit Civil Aid Station operated by 2/13th...ART26015
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Sticpewich, William Hector MBE (Major b.1908 - d.1977)
Private Record
Maker: Sticpewich, William Hector
Papers regarding Sticpewich's experiences as a prisoner of war (POW) in North Borneo and post-war duties with 1 Australian Search Party, 31 Australian War Graves Unit. Includes detailed statement desc...PR00637
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Timperley, Lewis C (Major)
Private Record
Maker: Timperley, Lewis Clayton
AWRS BIOGRAPHICAL FILE. NARRATIVE OF "C" SQN'S WORK SEPT 1918 AT EL KUNEITRA, SYRIA. PERSONAL NARRATIVES COVERING OPERATIONS FROM LUDD TO DAMASCUS. POEM - "I'VE HAD IT". CONCERT PROGRAMME - GRACIE FIE...3DRL/6294
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Tippetts, Douglas James Caddy (Flying Officer, 113 Air Sea Rescue Flight, RAAF b.1921)
Private Record
Maker: Tippetts, Douglas James
OPERATIONS ORDERS FOR NO 81 (FIGHTER) WING FLYING TO IWAKUNI AND INCLUDING DETAILS OF AIR SEA RESCUE UNITS ACCOMPANYING THE SQUADRONS ENROUTE FROM LABUAN TO IWAKUNI (JAPAN)PR89/078
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Truck 1/4 Ton 4x4 GS, jeep : Australian Army Military History Section
Technology
Truck 1/4 ton 4x4 general service Jeep. This 'Borneo jeep' is painted green with the Australian Army registration number, 161881 stencilled on the bonnet sides. It has the serial number 222713. The...RELAWM31402.001
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Unknown
Manuscript
Photocopy of brief outline unit history of the 2/9th Australian Armoured Regiment from its development in August 1941 until September 1945. This was compiled in Mempakul, British North Borneo, 15 Sept...MSS0957
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Unloading at Yellow Beach, Brooketon
Art
Maker: Flett, James
Colour note of scene at Brooketon the day after the landing by 20th Australian Infantry Brigade, North Borneo, 1945.ART26010