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Correspondence April – May 1945; hand drawn map of Balikoe
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.203
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Correspondence between code C9 and Maj Tom Harrisson (A1
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.201
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Correspondence between Harrisson and military and local administration in the post war period
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.137
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Correspondence between Harrisson with C10
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.207
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Correspondence between Maj Tom Harrisson (code A1) and members of the Semut 1 party
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.139
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Correspondence Capt. Eric Edmeades, Colonel Godfrey Courtney (Jumbo) and BBCAU
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.198
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Correspondence demobilisation and hand over to civil administration including payment and rewards to local soldier
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.174
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Correspondence F/Lt Paul Bartram and Lt Rod Cusack
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.200
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Correspondence F/Lt Paul Bartram, Major Ian McCallum and S/Sgt Douglas Bower
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.205
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Correspondence Japanese surrender, POWs and transition to civil administration
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.206
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Correspondence local officers, stores and supply
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.212
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Correspondence Lt Alfred Blondeel, Lt Robert Pinkerton and Cpl Allen Wheelhouse
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.196
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Correspondence publicity for the work of SRD, book, radio transcript, recognition of service and general discussion of post war life
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett Various Webb, Sydney A
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.182
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Correspondence regarding awards to SRD members and general meeting minutes held in 1943
Digitised Collection
Maker: Edlin, George Harrisson, Tom Harnett Various
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.180
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Correspondence regarding crew of the Flight 200 B24 Liberator missing 25 March 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Ellis, Everard Harrisson, Tom Harnett Pockley, Harold Graham
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.189
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Correspondence, reports on operation Semut 1 and decoded signals
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.209
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Correspondence Semut 1 member (code A4)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.211
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Correspondence Semut operatives; BBCAU and US airmen
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.244
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Correspondence Semut operatives; downed US Airmen
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.204
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Correspondence Semut 1 party mainly in the Trusan area
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.172
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Correspondence Semut 1 request to stay on and Japanese surrender
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.171
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Correspondence S/Sgt Douglas Bower (code B7)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.215
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Correspondence S/Sgt Douglas Bower (code B5)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.210
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Correspondence S/Sgt Douglas Bower (code B6)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.214
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Cowden, Albert Gordon (Lieutenant, b.1910-d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Cowden, Albert Gordon
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX58344 Lieutenant Albert Gordon Cowden, 2/18 Australian Infantry Battalion, Sandakan and Kuching, Borneo, c. 1942-1945. Collection consists of ...PR03772
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C. 1965. PRIVATE (PTE) L R DOWNES DURING A ROUTE MARCH. PTE DOWNES WAS LATER KILLED IN ACTION 17 ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
C. 1965. PRIVATE (PTE) L R DOWNES DURING A ROUTE MARCH. PTE DOWNES WAS LATER KILLED IN ACTION 17 MAY 1965 WHEN HE STEPPED ON A MINE WHICH EXPLODED KILLING HIM AND SERGEANT V P VELLA DURING OPERATIONS ...P01395.006
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Crew of No 4 gun (named Gungadin), 13th Battery, 2/7 Field Regiment, firing a 25-pounder against ...
Photograph
Maker: Rainsford, Ross John
Crew of No 4 gun (named Gungadin), 13th Battery, 2/7 Field Regiment, firing a 25-pounder against Milko feature from a gun position behind Store Knoll. The storehouse is situated in the background and ...090891
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DARLING HARBOUR, NSW 1946-01-04. HMAS WESTRALIA APPROACHING NO. 2 WHARF. THE SHIP WAS CARRYING ...
Photograph
DARLING HARBOUR, NSW 1946-01-04. HMAS WESTRALIA APPROACHING NO. 2 WHARF. THE SHIP WAS CARRYING 1030 LONG SERVICE PERSONNEL RETURNING HOME FROM MOROTAI AND BORNEO. (PHOTOGRAPHER L. CPL E. MCQUILLAN)124555
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DARLING HARBOUR, NSW 1946-01-04. LONG SERVICE PERSONNEL RETURNING HOME FROM BORNEO AND MOROTAI ...
Photograph
DARLING HARBOUR, NSW 1946-01-04. LONG SERVICE PERSONNEL RETURNING HOME FROM BORNEO AND MOROTAI LINE THE RAILS OF HMAS WESTRALIA AS SHE APPROACHES NO. 2 WHARF. (PHOTOGRAPHER L. CPL E. MCQUILLAN)124556
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Darwin, NT. 1945-06-16. A line up of jeep motor vehicles of No. 82 (HB) Wing RAAF units prior to ...
Photograph
Darwin, NT. 1945-06-16. A line up of jeep motor vehicles of No. 82 (HB) Wing RAAF units prior to being loaded on board ships which will transport them from North Western Australia to Borneo.NWA0959
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Darwin, NT. 1945-06-16. Equipment being loaded on to a truck by a Fowler mobile crane for ...
Photograph
Darwin, NT. 1945-06-16. Equipment being loaded on to a truck by a Fowler mobile crane for transport to the wharf during the move of No. 82 (HB) Wing RAAF from North Western Australia to bases in the N...NWA0963
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Darwin, NT. 1945-06-16. Members of No. 82 (HB) Wing RAAF training in the use of the Bren gun ...
Photograph
Darwin, NT. 1945-06-16. Members of No. 82 (HB) Wing RAAF training in the use of the Bren gun before leaving North Western Australia to operate against the Japanese in Borneo. 49674 Leading Aircraftman...NWA0953
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Darwin, NT. 1945-06-16. Members of No. 82 (HB) Wing RAAF waiting on the side of the road to be ...
Photograph
Darwin, NT. 1945-06-16. Members of No. 82 (HB) Wing RAAF waiting on the side of the road to be picked up by trucks for transport to the wharf where they will embark on board a troopship to forward bas...NWA0957
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Darwin, NT. 1945-06-16. Motor vehicles, trucks and jeeps of No. 82 (HB) Wing RAAF units, lined up ...
Photograph
Darwin, NT. 1945-06-16. Motor vehicles, trucks and jeeps of No. 82 (HB) Wing RAAF units, lined up waiting to being loaded on board ships which will transport them from North Western Australia to Borne...NWA0961
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Darwin, NT. 1945-06-16. Motor vehicles (trucks) of No. 82 (HB) Wing RAAF units, lined up prior to ...
Photograph
Darwin, NT. 1945-06-16. Motor vehicles (trucks) of No. 82 (HB) Wing RAAF units, lined up prior to being loaded on board ships which will transport them from North Western Australia to Borneo.NWA0960
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DATE TAKEN UNKNOWN. A MAP INDICATING BORNEO AND SURROUNDING ISLANDS.
Photograph
DATE TAKEN UNKNOWN. A MAP INDICATING BORNEO AND SURROUNDING ISLANDS.088412
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Davis, Alfred Sydney (1. Woii, 3rd Fld Bde AMF. 2. Sgt, 1st Aust Heavy Regt , 2/2nd Fld Regt . 3. F/Off 452 Sqn RAAF)
Private Record
Maker: Davis, Alfred Sydney
SERVICE PAPERS FROM MILITIA SERVICE, INSTRUCTORS NOTES FOR 155 MM (1918) GUN, LECTURE NOTES FOR MOTOR TRANSPORT TRAINING AND RAAF SCHOOL OF ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONAL ORDER FOR LANDING AT BALIKPAPAN,...PR88/097
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Dawson, Herbert Henry “Smoky” (Private, b.1913 - d.2008)
Private Record
Maker: Dawson, Herbert Henry "Smoky"
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX126714 Private Herbert Henry “Smoky” Dawson, Australian Amenities Service, Entertainment Unit, Borneo and Darwin, 1944-1945. Collection consis...PR05495
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Decoded signals in, July 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department and served in Borneo as ...AWM2017.7.133
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Decoded signals May 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Various
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department and served in Borneo as ...AWM2017.7.135
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Decoded signals out, July 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department and served in Borneo as ...AWM2017.7.134
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Defence Medal : Corporal S M Basset, 2/24 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31155.004
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Defence Medal : Sapper A H Wilson, 2/2 Field Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37620.003
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Demolitions, Balikpapan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Personnel from an unidentified Engineers unit are demolishing unsafe structures resulting from a bombardment prior to the landing of Australian forces in Borneo during the Second World War.ART23347
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(Department of Information offical caption) TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. CORPORAL C.C. DONNELLEY, ...
Photograph
(Department of Information offical caption) TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. CORPORAL C.C. DONNELLEY, (1), AND SERGEANT G.W. BURLEY, (2), MEMBERS OF 2/4 COMMANDO REGIMENT, SIGHTING A SNIPER TIED TO A TREE...089447
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Derrick, Thomas Currie, VC, DCM (Lieutenant, b.1914 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Derrick, Thomas Currie
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX7964 Lieutenant Thomas Currie Derrick, 2/48 Battalion. Collection consists of black and white photocopies of diaries detailing service in the ...PR82/190
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Desolate plantations, Balikpapan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Appointed an official war artist in 1945, Friend served in Labuan, Morotai and Balikpapan in Borneo between 23 May and 10 September. The work depicts a war-ravaged landscape at Balikpapan.ART22894
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[Detail study of a barge on the sea]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a barge on the sea, off the coast at Labuan, Borneo, during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illustrator...ART96733
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Devastation, Balikpapan
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts the devastion and condition of a section of an oil refinery at Balikpapan, South East Borneo, showing oil tanks burnt out after the bombardment preceding the landing by 7th Australian Division...ART22997
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DH98 Mosquito PR 41 Reconaissance Aircraft : RAAF
Technology
DH98 Mosquito PR 41 Reconnaissance aircraft finished in an overall silver post Second World War Royal Australian Air Force paint scheme. The aircraft is fitted with powerplant of two Packard-Merlin 6...REL/08387
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8 Division truck on Brunei-Tutong road
Art
Maker: Flett, James
A truck of the 8th Australian Division, captured by the Japanese at Singapore in February 1942 and taken by them, with many others, to Borneo. Found abandoned and burnt by the Japanese retreating befo...ART25879
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Doherty, Hugh Noel (Craftsman, b.1923 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Doherty, Hugh Noel
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX34705 (Q126283) Craftsman Hugh Noel Doherty, 2/2 Australian Infantry Troops Workshop, Second Australian Imperial Force, New Guinea, Australia a...PR04869
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Douglas, Donald (Gunner, b.1919 - d.1997)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Douglas, Donald Far Eastern Liaison Office Government of Japan Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX18200 Gunner Donald Douglas, 2/9 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Australian Imperial Force, Middle East, New Guinea and Borneo, 1940-1945. Collec...PR03791
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Dunstan, William 'Bill' (Captain, b.1920 - d.2015)
Private Record
Maker: Dunstan, William 'Bill'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX14436 / 309493 Captain William 'Bill' Dunstan, Australian and British Army, Egypt, Italy, India, Singapore, Belgium, Palestine, Dutch East Indi...AWM2018.94.1
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Dutch Army Officer's Sword and Scabbard
Technology
Dutch Army Officer's sword and scabbard. The brass hilt is a P stirrup type with a lions head backstrap pommel and has plain langets. The grips are black bakelite bound with brass wire. The slightly c...REL/16480
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Eadie, Norman (Lieutenant-Colonel, b.1892 - d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Eadie, Norman Menzies
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant Colonel Norman Eadie, 2/3 Australian General Hospital and 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station. PAPERS DESCRIBE EXPERIENCES OF POW IN JAVA, ...PR90/043
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[Early morning transport plane]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts the interior of a transport plane, in the early morning. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illustrator. During the Second World...ART96714
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East Borneo : August 1944
Digitised Collection
Maker: RAAF
Map of northeastern Borneo printed on fabric. Scale [ca. 1:1 000 000]. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Extends south to Samarinda and west to Jesselton. Shows populated places, transport, wa...AWM2016.38.217
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Eiszlele, Trevor John (Gunner, b.1921 – d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Eiszele, Trevor John Hunt, Alfred George
Collection relating to the Second World War service of TX8234 Gunner Trevor John ‘Jacky’ Eiszele, 2/9 Armoured Regiment and 2/8 Field Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and Borneo, ...PR05224
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Elliott, Jack William Weir (Captain, b.1907 - d.1999)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Elliott, Jack William Weir Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX4506 Captain Jack William Weir Elliott, Australian Army Postal Corps, Singapore and Australia, 1940-1950. Captain Elliott was in charge of esta...AWM2017.128.2
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Embarkation Australia - Diak patrol at Kuala Belait
Art
Maker: Flett, James
Under command of Captain P. Murphy, CBE, 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion (seen loading rations into prau) the patrol proceeded up the Belait River, Borneo, 1945.ART25484
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Emery, James (Corporal, Aust Railway Construction Group)
Private Record
Maker: Emery, James
ADDRESS IN MEMORY OF AUSTRALIAN DEAD BY THE BISHOP OF AMIENS AND VARIOUS CARDS. EXHIBITION CATALOGUE FOR THE WORK OF JAMES EMERY 1943. LETTER AND FORM ON PROPAGANDA PAPER. TECHNICAL DRAWING OF RISING ...3DRL/3753
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ENGINEERS OF 2/13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ON A RUINED PIPELINE JETTY AFTER ...
Photograph
Maker: Stuckey, W B
ENGINEERS OF 2/13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ON A RUINED PIPELINE JETTY AFTER WORKING WAIST DEEP IN MUD AND SLIME TO BREACH BEACH WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS FOR THE INFANTRY INVASION. IDENTIFI...090915
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EN ROUTE TO KURAMAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 18 JUNE 1945. LIONEL, CHINESE GUIDE AND INTERPRETER (2) ...
Photograph
EN ROUTE TO KURAMAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 18 JUNE 1945. LIONEL, CHINESE GUIDE AND INTERPRETER (2) GUIDING THE DRIVER OF AN AMPHIBIOUS DUKW THROUGH SHALLOW COASTAL WATERS. LIEUTENANT F W MORCOM, OFFICER COMM...109716
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EXHIBITION BUILDINGS, SYDNEY, NSW 1946-01-26. A TERRAIN MODEL OF MAURA ISLAND, BORNEO CONSTRUCTED ...
Photograph
EXHIBITION BUILDINGS, SYDNEY, NSW 1946-01-26. A TERRAIN MODEL OF MAURA ISLAND, BORNEO CONSTRUCTED BY THE 2/1ST ARMY TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY (ATS) COY. (PHOTOGRAPHER L. CPL E. MCQUILLAN)124908
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[Exterior of a Douglas C47 transport plane]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts men standing at the open cargo doors of a Douglas C47 plane. On the verso is a drawing of men loading objects into the plane. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war corres...ART96717
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Facing north, this aerial oblique photograph of the headland some 1500 metres south of ...
Photograph
Facing north, this aerial oblique photograph of the headland some 1500 metres south of Balikpapan, on the south-east coast of Borneo, was taken prior to the landing of the 7th Australian Division some...P02734.003
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Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) Leaflets, Second World War, 1939-1945
Published Collection
Maker: Far Eastern Liaison Office
The Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) Leaflet collection comprises approximately 500 propaganda leaflets were created and dropped in areas of Papua, New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, Malaya and Sin...RC00266
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Fellows, T Howard (Lieutenant, d.1965)
Private Record
Maker: Fellows, T Howard
A scrapbook kept by Lt Fellows' mother during his war service years. The scrapbook contains poems, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, telegrams, an essay, menu cards, receipts and copies o...PR00411
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[Female figure studies]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
recto: study of female figures in traditional Malayan clothing, and notes regarding colour and features. Verso: Notes begining with line 'Q x 29564'. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' ...ART96613
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Field casualty
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a field casualty. Soldier laying on a stretcher while two men sit in the background.ART22900
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Field chapel cross : Warrant Officer Class II J D Shields, 2/2 Australian Field Workshop
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Electrically illuminated field chapel cross commemorating the service of 2/2 Australian Army Field Workshop, a unit of the 6th Australian Division. The structure is made of varnished timber, with a hi...REL30586
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[Figures playing drums]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts several studies of figures holding/playing drums, with an additional sketch of a stove area and cooking equipment. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, pa...ART96623
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[figures studies]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts several sketches of native men and women in Borneo with notes about colour, tone, and features of traditional costume they are wearing. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a ...ART96620
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[figure studies]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts several sketches of figures in different positions - one figure is seated, cooking- observed at Beaufort. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, ca...ART96624
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File titled by Harrisson as “Yanks"
Digitised Collection
Maker: Various
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.197
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Flaty, E D (Wing Commander, RAAF)
Private Record
Maker: Flaty, E D
Manuscript by Wing Commander E D Flaty entitled "A Brief History of No. 1 PRU and no. 87 (PR) Squadron". Traces the history of No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit and 87 Photo Reconnaissance Squadr...PR90/071
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Flight Sergeant Jeffrey King
Art
Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of Flight Sergeant (later Flight Lieutenant) Jeffrey Cecil King (401823), Spitfire pilot, 452 Squadron, RAAF; North West Area, sitting in a deck chair, reading and smoking.ART27866
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Forrester, Walter William (Sapper, b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Forrester, Walter William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX54460 Sapper Walter William Forrester, 2/4 Australian Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers, Balikpapan, Borneo, 1945. Collection consist...PR05550
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Funk, Paddy H (Civilian, Sandakan Underground, Borneo d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Funk, Paddy H
PHOTOCOPY OF FUNK'S STATEMENT RELATING HIS CAPTURE, TORTURE AND INTERROGATION BY THE KEMPEI TAI (JAPANESE MILITARY POLICE) IN 1943, THE DEATH OF CAPT L C MATTHEWS MC, THE SANDAKAN/RANAU DEATH MARCH AN...3DRL/7408
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Gaden, Edward William (Captain, b.1917 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Gaden, Edward William Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX12543 Captain Edward William Gaden, 2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, Singapore, Malaya, Thailand, Burma, India, 1940-1949. Wal...AWM2016.40.3
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Gambier, William John (Corporal, b.1918 - d.1987)
Private Record
Maker: Gambier, William John
Collection relating to the service of QX16477 Corporal William J Gambier. The collection consists of copies of diaries, dated 1941-1945, written by Gambier while serving in North Africa. Gambier descr...PR04027
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General correspondence between April and May 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.199
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General correspondence Semut 1
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.202
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General reports, awards to SRD Borneo, biographical material and general correspondence
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harrisson, Tom Harnett Various
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born...AWM2017.7.184
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General Sir Thomas Daly interviewed by Robert Breen about his service in WW2, particularly Balikpapan
Sound
Maker: Daly, Thomas Joseph Breen, Robert John
Tape 1: Taking first command as commanding officer of 2/10 Battalion; officers and NCO's serving under Tom Daly; training of battalion; Balikpapan campaign. Tape 2: Landing on Balikpapan; ensuing batt...S01615
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GENERAL VIEW IN BRUNEI, NORTH BORNEO IN 1945.,
Photograph
GENERAL VIEW IN BRUNEI, NORTH BORNEO IN 1945.,045064
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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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Greeting Card Collection
Published Collection
Maker: Various
The Greeting Card collection consists of both hand-drawn and commercially produced cards sent to and from Australian service personnel engaged in conflicts dating from the South African War (1899-1902...RC00370
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Griffiths-Marsh, Roland
Manuscript
Maker: Griffiths-Marsh, Roland
"The Hem of Eternity". An autobiographical account of the author's war time experiences with the 2/8 Infantry Battalion in Palestine, the Western Desert, Derna, Greece, Crete, Syria, Australia & Borne...MSS1203
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Griffiths-Marsh, Roland (Corporal, b.1923 - d.2012)
Private Record
Maker: Griffiths-Marsh, Maayken
Collection relating to VX16310 Corporal (Cpl) Roland Griffiths-Marsh MM, who enlisted as a 16 year old using the alias George Mobray Griffiths, the name of his older brother. He initially served with ...PR85/036
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Grinham, Les (Corporal, Special Reconnaissance Detachment (Srd), AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Grinham, Leslie Arthur
3 LETTERS FROM GRINHAM TO ALLAN WOOD DESCRIBING HIS ROLE IN A SRD OPERATION IN BORNEO TO ASSIST AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS WITH MEDICAL TREATMENT. COVERS PERIOD AUG 1945. LETTERS WRITTEN IN 1983PR84/004
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Group Captain Derrick Kingwell
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Group Captain (later Air Commodore) Deryck William Kingwell, DSO; Air Commanding RAAF overseasART27527
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[group of figures and Beaufort railway station]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a study of a group of figures and a study of a railway station below at Beaufort Railway station. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist...ART96632
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[group of figures lounging around vehicles]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a group of figures lounging around vehicles (a Jeep train) , with artist's notes about the blue shimmer from the tracks mentioned. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war c...ART96628
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Group portrait of B Squadron, Major J T Ford, Commander, 1st Australian Armoured Regiment at ...
Photograph
Maker: Butt, Francis Walter
Group portrait of B Squadron, Major J T Ford, Commander, 1st Australian Armoured Regiment at Balikpapan. Left to right, back row: Eddie Ashcroft; Ken Condie; Sergeant (Sgt) Ewart Terrey; Squadron Quar...119519
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Group portrait of 1st Australian Armoured Regiment, City Slickers personnel. Left to right, back ...
Photograph
Maker: Butt, Francis Walter
Group portrait of 1st Australian Armoured Regiment, City Slickers personnel. Left to right, back row: Trooper (Tpr) J Stewart; Lieutenant (Lt) B D Parks; Warrant Officer Class 2 A Ferns. Third row: Se...119540
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Group portrait of the cooks of the 1st Australian Armoured Regiment. Left to right: Trooper ...
Photograph
Maker: Butt, Francis Walter
Group portrait of the cooks of the 1st Australian Armoured Regiment. Left to right: Trooper Henderson; unidentified; Sergeant J Haines; E Nicholls.119542
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Group portrait of the 1st Australian Armoured Regiment, Administration Staff, C Squadron. Left to ...
Photograph
Maker: Butt, Francis Walter
Group portrait of the 1st Australian Armoured Regiment, Administration Staff, C Squadron. Left to right, back row (standing): Trooper (Tpr) McNamara; Corporal L Woolley; Sergeant (Sgt) K Barton; Tpr J...119507