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A cholera case, Changi
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
An emaciated cholera victim lies propped against a wall at Changi prisoner of war camp, Singapore.ART90852
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Aerial view of Changi POW Camp, Singapore Island
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
The buildings were originally the barracks of the Gordon Highlanders, a regiment of the British Regular Army. The square and surrounding buildings were used by the Japanese to house all the Australian...ART28535.001
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Aerodrome POW Camp, Tavoy
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
An attap thatched palm hut at the Aerodrome Prisoner of War Camp. The kitchens can be seen on the right detached from the main building. This was one of a number of Japanese prisoner of war camps in t...ART28535.025
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A folio of drypoints from drawings made in captivity 1942-1945: embossed olive-green faux leather volume containing 35 pages of prints and one watercolour of figures, landscapes and vessels
Art
Maker: Parkin, Ray
A folio of drypoints from drawings made in captivity 1942-1945 on the Burma-Thailand railway. The cover is embossed olive green paper (faux leather), stitched with green paper and lined with green sho...ART90933
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A group portrait of allied and Japanese medical staff outside a disused police barracks at Tavoy, ...
Photograph
A group portrait of allied and Japanese medical staff outside a disused police barracks at Tavoy, Burma, where 2/4th Casualty Clearing Station ran a small hospital. They shared their quarters with thr...045257
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A Japanese sergeant
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
Depicts a portrait of a Japanese Sergeant of the Imperial Japanese Army.ART28535.023
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Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01. Aerial photograph taken from an RAF aircraft of Eastern Air Command ...
Photograph
Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01. Aerial photograph taken from an RAF aircraft of Eastern Air Command during the invasion and capture of Akyab, showing part of the port.SUK13687
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Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01. An aerial photograph taken from an RAF aircraft of Eastern Air Command ...
Photograph
Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01. An aerial photograph taken from an RAF aircraft of Eastern Air Command during the landings, shows the port and jetty of Akyab. The two ships were sunk as a result of RAF bomb...SUK13688
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Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01. Lieutenant General Sir A. F. P. Christison, Commander of the 15th ...
Photograph
Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01. Lieutenant General Sir A. F. P. Christison, Commander of the 15th Indian Corps (left) who was in charge of the land forces, Air Commodore the Earl of Bandon, commanding No. 2...SUK13685
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Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01-03. Lieutenant General Sir A. F. P. Phillip Christison, Commander of the ...
Photograph
Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01-03. Lieutenant General Sir A. F. P. Phillip Christison, Commander of the 15th Indian Corps, who was in charge of the Army operations for the land and seaborne invasion of Akya...SUK13681
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Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01. The actual invasion in progress. Landing craft driving ashore to a ...
Photograph
Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01. The actual invasion in progress. Landing craft driving ashore to a beach near the port of Akyab.SUK13684
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Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01. The actual landings at Akyab; invasion barges with troops wading ashore ...
Photograph
Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01. The actual landings at Akyab; invasion barges with troops wading ashore to capture the port and town. An RAF aircraft of Eastern Air Command took this photograph.SUK13683
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Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01. The seaborn invasion forces approaching Akyab photographed from an RAF ...
Photograph
Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01. The seaborn invasion forces approaching Akyab photographed from an RAF aircraft of Eastern Air Command.SUK13682
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Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01. Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) J. B. G. Bradley, who comes from Wellington, ...
Photograph
Akyab, Burma. C. 1945-01. Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) J. B. G. Bradley, who comes from Wellington, NZ, was justice and administrator of the town of Akyab before the war. Wg Cdr Bradley was one of the firs...SUK13686
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Alcorn, Gordon Charles (Warrant Officer, b.1923 - d.2011)
Private Record
Maker: Alcorn, Gordon Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 421289 Warrant Officer Gordon Charles Alcorn, 354 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Canada, England and India, 1941-1945. Wallet ...PR04564
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Alfred Verne Chapman Toose, formerly of the 2/18th Battalion AIF, interviewed by James Burfitt
Sound
Maker: Toose, Alfred Verne Chapman 'Verne' Burfitt, James
Interview with Verne Toose ( NX12347 ) a member of 2/18th Battalion, speaking about events around the defence and fall of Singapore in WW2, Changi POW camp and other matters. Upon its arrival in Sing...S00619
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A mobile canteen run by members of the Women's Auxiliary Service, Burma touring the forward ...
Photograph
A mobile canteen run by members of the Women's Auxiliary Service, Burma touring the forward airfields and isolated units of the RAF. Whatever the conditions or the risk these women stick to their mott...SUK13212
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A mobile canteen run by members of the Women's Auxiliary Service, Burma touring the forward ...
Photograph
A mobile canteen run by members of the Women's Auxiliary Service, Burma touring the forward airfields and isolated units of the RAF. Whatever the conditions or the risk these women stick to their mott...SUK13208
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Anakan (Anganan) (Aungganuang), Burma. c. September 1945. Lieutenant J. Eldridge, a British ...
Photograph
Anakan (Anganan) (Aungganuang), Burma. c. September 1945. Lieutenant J. Eldridge, a British member of the War Graves Commission survey party, and two Japanese officers. They are searching this overgro...P00761.044
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Anakan (Anganan) (Aungganuang), Burma. c. September 1945. Members of the War Graves Commission ...
Photograph
Anakan (Anganan) (Aungganuang), Burma. c. September 1945. Members of the War Graves Commission survey party whose task was to locate prisoner of war (POW) cemeteries and grave sites along the Burma-Th...P00761.051
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Anganan, Burma. c. October 1945. Anganan prisoner of war (POW) cemetery. The sign above the ...
Photograph
Maker: War Graves Commission Survey Party, 1945
Anganan, Burma. c. October 1945. Anganan prisoner of war (POW) cemetery. The sign above the entrance reads "Allied POW cemetery - Anganan 100km camp. We will remember them." Anganan is 100 kilometres ...P01910.015
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Anim, Burma. 1945-05-22. A Japanese train fifteen miles south of Anim on the Pegu-Ye railway line ...
Photograph
Anim, Burma. 1945-05-22. A Japanese train fifteen miles south of Anim on the Pegu-Ye railway line in Burma after being attacked by a RAF Liberator aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command....SUK14430
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Anim, Burma. 1945-05-22. A low level oblique photograph taken from an RAF Liberator aircraft of a ...
Photograph
Anim, Burma. 1945-05-22. A low level oblique photograph taken from an RAF Liberator aircraft of a Japanese train fifteen miles south of Anim on the Pegu-Ye railway line in Burma after being attacked b...SUK14431
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An RAAF pilot (left) 405499 Warrant Officer Ronald Edgar (Birdie) Partridge, of Blair, Athol, Qld ...
Photograph
An RAAF pilot (left) 405499 Warrant Officer Ronald Edgar (Birdie) Partridge, of Blair, Athol, Qld of a RAF mk8 Spitfire Squadron in Burma talks about the damage caused to the tail of his aircraft with...SUK14353
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Anzac Day marching banner of 2/10 Australian Field Ambulance Association
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blue synthetic Anzac Day marching banner of 2/10 Australian Field Ambulance with white fringe along top and bottom edges. Guide ropes approximately 2 metres long extend from each of the top corners. T...REL29708
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Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-09. A "dining hall' on the Arakan Front. Airmen still wearing "monsoon ...
Photograph
Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-09. A "dining hall' on the Arakan Front. Airmen still wearing "monsoon kit" - hats, capes, and gumboots, sit down to eat in a nearly dry spot under a bamboo roof. Left to right:...SUK13034
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Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-10. During a tour of six RAF forward airfields on the Arakan Front, Lord ...
Photograph
Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-10. During a tour of six RAF forward airfields on the Arakan Front, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Commander of the South-East Asia Command, stops to talk to Leading Aircraftma...SUK13158
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Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-10. During a tour of six RAF forward airfields on the Arakan Front, Lord ...
Photograph
Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-10. During a tour of six RAF forward airfields on the Arakan Front, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Commander of the South-East Asia Command, shakes hands with Warrant Officer F...SUK13156
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Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-09. Going on duty at an RAF airfield in the Arakan during the monsoon ...
Photograph
Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-09. Going on duty at an RAF airfield in the Arakan during the monsoon means dressing up in capes and gumboots as protection against the downpours these RAF airmen have to face.SUK13032
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Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-12. Group portrait of RAF maintenance personnel at a stand-up lunch on a ...
Photograph
Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-12. Group portrait of RAF maintenance personnel at a stand-up lunch on a forward airstrip in the Arakan.SUK13499
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Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-10. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Commander of the South-East Asia ...
Photograph
Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-10. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Commander of the South-East Asia Command, shown during a tour of six RAF forward airfields on the Arakan Front.SUK13157
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Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-10. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Commander of the South-East Asia ...
Photograph
Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-10. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Commander of the South-East Asia Command, talks to a group of airmen during a tour of six RAF forward airfields on the Arakan Front.SUK13159
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Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-09. Ploughing its way through monsoon water on the airstrip, this mail ...
Photograph
Arakan, Burma. C. 1944-09. Ploughing its way through monsoon water on the airstrip, this mail aircraft, a Douglas C47 Dakota, arrives at an RAF forward airfield in the Arakan.SUK13033
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Arakan, Burma. C. 1945-04. Seated in a paddy field, the Allied Air Commander in Chief in South ...
Photograph
Arakan, Burma. C. 1945-04. Seated in a paddy field, the Allied Air Commander in Chief in South East Asia, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park KCB KBE MC DFC, centre, chats to pilots of an RAF Thunderbolt Squad...SUK14017
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Arakan, Burma. C. 1945-04. The new Allied Air Commander in Chief South East Asia Air Marshal Sir ...
Photograph
Arakan, Burma. C. 1945-04. The new Allied Air Commander in Chief South East Asia Air Marshal Sir Keith Park KCB KBE MC DFC arriving at a forward air strip on the Arakan front during visits to RAF Squa...SUK14016
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Armapura, Burma. C. 1945-02. Bombs released from an RAF Liberator aircraft of the Strategic Air ...
Photograph
Armapura, Burma. C. 1945-02. Bombs released from an RAF Liberator aircraft of the Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command during a daylight attack on the Japanese supply base and communications link ...SUK13754
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Armapura, Burma. C. 1945-02. Clouds of smoke rise up from the Japanese communications link and ...
Photograph
Armapura, Burma. C. 1945-02. Clouds of smoke rise up from the Japanese communications link and supply base at Armapura, after the attack by RAF Liberator aircraft of the Strategic Air Force, Eastern A...SUK13756
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ARMAPURA NEAR MANDALAY, BURMA. 1945-01-26. CONSOLIDATED B-24 LIBERATOR OF THE STRATEGIC AIR ...
Photograph
ARMAPURA NEAR MANDALAY, BURMA. 1945-01-26. CONSOLIDATED B-24 LIBERATOR OF THE STRATEGIC AIR FORCE, EASTERN AIR COMMAND, RAF, RELEASES ITS BOMBS ON THE JAPANESE SUPPLY BASE AND COMMUNICATIONS LINK AT A...P00448.041
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Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal : Private D Mason, 62nd Regiment of Foot
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Mint
Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, Victorian third type with a swivelling scroll suspender. Engraved on the edge with the recipients number, rank, name, regiment and date. Obverse: A trophy of ar...RELAWM16519.002
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Army of India Medal 1799 - 1826 : Private T Evans, 88th Foot
Heraldry
Army of India Medal 1799 - 1826 with the bar 'Ava' attached to a scroll suspender. The recipients name is impressed around the edge. Obverse: The diademed head of Queen Victoria and the legend 'VICTOR...RELAWM14659
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Army Temperance Association Medal : Gunner J D Griffiths, Royal Artillery
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Army Temperance Association Medal. Unnamed as issued. A cross clechée with a raised edge. Obverse: In the centre a '6' within a capital 'C'. On the left and right arms the letter 'A', the top arm the ...REL/13447
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Army Temperance Association Medal : Gunner J D Griffiths, Royal Artillery
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Army Temperance Association Medal. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: Two Indian women on either side of a palm tree; one sitting and the other standing with a water jar on her head. Surrounded by the inscri...REL/13446
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Army Temperance Association of India Medal : Gunner J D Griffiths, Royal Artillery
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Army Temperance Association of India Medal. Unnamed as issued. A diamond shape with a small scroll swivel suspender. Obverse: A four pointed star with a lion couchant over 'INDIA' within a circle in t...REL/13448
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Arthurson, A C (Corporal, 13th Australian General Hospital, "F" Force)
Manuscript
Maker: Arthurson, Alexander Cyril 'Lex'
MANUSCRIPT TITLED "THE STORY OF THE 13TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL" FOLLOWS UNIT FROM FORMATION IN AUSTRALIA IN 1941, POSTING TO SINGAPORE, CAPTIVITY IN CHANGI AND OTHER AREAS OF SINGAPORE, "F" FORC...MSS1377
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A two star private
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
A sketch of a typical two star private of the Imperial Japanese Army. Privates have either one, two or three stars on their jacket lapels and a Lance Corporal has a plain gold star.ART28535.022
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Aussies in Burma
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound newsreel item on Australians serving with RAF P-47 Thunderbolt and Hawker Hurricane equipped squadrons in Burma. Newsreel compiled from F02143 and F02142F10195
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Australian air gunner (Warrant Officer Herbert Scott)
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of Australian air gunner Warrant Officer Herbert Donald Scott, 30623, 159 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Digri, India.ART23907
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Australian captain of a liberator (Pilot Officer Leslie Hendy)
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of A410333 Pilot Leslie Arthur Hendy, Australian captain of a B24 Liberator, No 159 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force, Burma campaign.ART22386
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Australian Navigator (Pilot Officer Alan Stephens)
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of A406494 Pilot Alan Richard Maidment Stephens, Observer/Navigator, No 215 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Digri, India.ART23580
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Australian pilot tests his engine and controls (Flight Lieutenant James Franks)
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
The monsoon is over and on the first fine day the pilots are down at the strip to check up on the condition of their planes. In this sketch the pilot warms up his engine. A member of his ground crew, ...ART22388
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Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 : Able Seaman R Nation, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal 1939-1945. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL29845.005
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Australia Service Medal : Gunner A W Glover, 4 Anti-Tank Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL32411.004
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Australia Service Medal : Squadron Leader D K McDonald, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37414.007
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AUSTRALIA, 1955-05-18. THREE BURMESE OFFICERS AND TWO AUSTRALIAN PERSONNEL, ONE OF WHOM IS JACK ...
Photograph
AUSTRALIA, 1955-05-18. THREE BURMESE OFFICERS AND TWO AUSTRALIAN PERSONNEL, ONE OF WHOM IS JACK CALLAGHAN, STANDING BESIDE AN ARMOURED CAR, NAMED "MISS ARMOUR'.P00567.002
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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 Japanese soldier Yagi Katsuichi in Burma
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with numerous signatures. Apart from the traditional wish of long-lasting good fortune in war, the name of the soldier recipient, Yagi Katsuichi, appears b...REL/10412
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AWM54 1010/4/157 PART 2 - [War Crimes and Trials - Affidavits and Sworn Statements:] Miscellaneous statements and affidavits - Australian, American, Dutch and Japanese relating to trials of Lt Col Nagatomo and others, arising from ill treatment accorded Allied POWs in Burma and Thailand
Digitised Collection
AWM2018.8.422
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AWM54 1010/4/157 PART 1 - [War Crimes and Trials - Affidavits and Sworn Statements:] Miscellaneous Statements and affidavits, Australian, American, Dutch and Japanese relating to trials of Lt Col Nagatomo and others arising from ill-treatment accorded Allied POW's in Burma and Thailand
Digitised Collection
AWM2018.8.421
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AWM54 554/2/5 - [8th Division in Captivity - "A" Force (Burma):] Report by Lieutenant Colonel C E Ramsay, on conditions of Prisoners of War Camps under Command during period February 1942 - August 1944 with general reference only to subsequent events [Oversize item]
Digitised Collection
AWM2018.8.379
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Babb, C H (Chaplain, British Army)
Private Record
Maker: Babb, C H
BABB'S DIARY RECORDING JOURNEY BY BABB AND OTHER EX PRISONERS OF WAR OF JAPANESE ALONG BURMA SIAM RAILWAY LINE FROM BANGKOK TO THANBYUZAYAT TO POINT OUT LOCATION OF GRAVE SITES TO WAR GRAVES COMMISSIO...PRMF0069
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Back at base on the Brahmaputra River a wounded man on a stretcher is lifted through the bomb ...
Photograph
Back at base on the Brahmaputra River a wounded man on a stretcher is lifted through the bomb hatch of a Sunderland aircraft of 230 Squadron RAF operating in Burma. Two aircraft from this squadron fle...SUK13089
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Back from Thailand
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Figure studies of recently returned men from the Burma-Thailand railway, with emaciated limbs and bodies, showing their physical condition. Griffin documents the tropical skin diseases that ravaged ma...ART25103
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Barrett, Ken T (Lance Corporal)
Manuscript
Maker: Barrett, Ken T
Bound carbon copy of transcript of Barrett's experiences as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. It was written by Barrett after the war from memory. He describes the capitulation in Java, travels, work...MSS0764
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Bashford, Frederick Hugh (MID, Chaplain, 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station b.1904 - d.1950)
Private Record
Maker: Bashford, Frederick Hugh
Diary maintained while prisoner of the Japanese in Burma, working on the railway at various camps, including Thanbyuzayat, Reptu, 100 Kilo. Records daily activities, food, camp conditions, deaths by e...PR90/158
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Bayly, Norman William (Flying Officer, 45 Sqn RAF)
Private Record
Maker: Bayly, Norman William
INTERVIEW WITH S/LDR BAYLY, RELATING TO EVENTS IN BURMA FROM FEB 1942, UNTIL EVACUATION FROM BURMA, MARCH 1943. INCLUDES A LIST OF RAAF PERSONNEL ATTACHED TO 45 SQN, BURMA, 1942PR87/032
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Beaching a Catalina at Koggala
Art
Flying boats beaching at Koggala Lake, Ceylon (Sri-Lanka). The Catalina pictured in the foreground bears the markings JX 336. This Catalina was built by Boeing Canada in Vancouver, Canada, for the RAF...ART25892
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Bengal, India. C. 1944-10. RAF airmen who have served with Balloons since the beginning of the ...
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Bengal, India. C. 1944-10. RAF airmen who have served with Balloons since the beginning of the war are now teaching their work to men of the Indian Air Force. Indians have taken over balloon defence d...SUK13203
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Besley, Harvey
Manuscript
Maker: Besley, Harvey
"Six Year in Uniform". Reminiscences based on original diaries, papers and experiences. Includes information on Flight Sergeant Besley's enlistment with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and discu...MSS1056
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Blood chit written in Burmese and English : Warrant Officer G E Watson RAAF, 62 Squadron RAF.
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Linen paper blood chit. Paragraphs in Burmese and three other dialects are written in four blocks of text at the top followed by a printed British Coat of Arms. Under this is a statement that the bear...REL25120
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Bridge work, Burma-Thailand railway
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Prisoners building a bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway. Although Griffin volunteered to work on the Burma-Thailand railway, he gave up his spot for a fellow prisoner and remained in Changi. He crea...ART25107
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Brigadier Arthur Varley
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Brigadier Arthur Leslie Varley (NX35005), MC, commanding officer of 2/18 Battalion and later of 22nd Australian Infantry Brigade. Varley was interned in Changi until May 1942 when he was appointed to ...ART26425
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British Army war artist making a drawing of a pilot of a RAF Spitfire Squadron in Burma while two ...
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British Army war artist making a drawing of a pilot of a RAF Spitfire Squadron in Burma while two other pilots are interested observers. The pilot in the centre is Fligh Officer Sam Semardini RAAF; th...SUK14352
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British blood chit
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blood chit with Union Jack in the top left corner and the greeting message written in seventeen languages; Annamite, Haka, Kachin, Laizo, Karen, Burmese, Malay, Sumatra, Tamil, Chinese, English, Frenc...REL36664
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British products fight in Burma
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Supply. It depicts photographs of a variety of scenarios that took place during the general campaign to protect India from the Japanese advanc...ARTV06438
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British Type G oxygen mask (with wooden bung) : Warrant Officer L W Candy RAAF, 31 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Air Ministry
Type 'G' green rubber oxygen mask with wooden bung fitted in place of the microphone. The mask is lined with brown chamois leather, and has blue/grey elastic straps for attachment to a flying helmet. ...REL26981
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Able Seaman R Nation, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL29845.004
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Flight Lieutenant P V Maher, Royal Australian Air Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34525.005
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Gunner A W Glover, 4 Anti-Tank Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL32411.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Squadron Leader D K McDonald, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37414.006
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Burma. 1943-12-19/20. Aircrew of a giant Liberator enjoy a last minute cup of tea before taking ...
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Burma. 1943-12-19/20. Aircrew of a giant Liberator enjoy a last minute cup of tea before taking off to bomb Bangkok, Thailand. Left to right: Corporal R. O. Wilson-Kitchen of Beckenham Kent and Sergea...SUK12758
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BURMA, 1945. "AIR MARSHAL SIR KEITH PARK: FLYING OFFICER PETTIT (ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE) AND ...
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BURMA, 1945. "AIR MARSHAL SIR KEITH PARK: FLYING OFFICER PETTIT (ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE) AND SQUADRON LEADER ARCH GUYMER, RAAF) ."P00150.031
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Burma. 1943-12-19/20. A last cup of tea from Indian "char wallahs" for Liberator gunners before ...
Photograph
Burma. 1943-12-19/20. A last cup of tea from Indian "char wallahs" for Liberator gunners before setting out to raid Bangkok, Thailand. They are: Flight Sergeant B. E. C. Ford of Adelaide, SA; Sergeant...SUK12757
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BURMA, 1945. "BRIDGE OVER RIVER MYITGNE, FORMERLY MAIN RAIL ROUTE FROM MANDALAY TO RANGOON. ...
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BURMA, 1945. "BRIDGE OVER RIVER MYITGNE, FORMERLY MAIN RAIL ROUTE FROM MANDALAY TO RANGOON. DESTROYED BY R.A.F. THUNDERBOLTS."P00150.034
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BURMA. 1945-01. BRITISH COMMANDOS EMBARKING IN LANDING BARGES FROM THE DECK OF HMAS "NEPAL" FOR ...
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BURMA. 1945-01. BRITISH COMMANDOS EMBARKING IN LANDING BARGES FROM THE DECK OF HMAS "NEPAL" FOR THE INVASION OF AKYAB.041185
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Burma. C. 1945-01. A casualty is being transferred to an ambulance after being flown from the ...
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Burma. C. 1945-01. A casualty is being transferred to an ambulance after being flown from the front lines. An L5, light ambulance aircraft, is seen in the background.SUK13666
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Burma. C. 1945-01. A formation of RAF Thunderbolt fighter aircraft setting off to make a sweep ...
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Burma. C. 1945-01. A formation of RAF Thunderbolt fighter aircraft setting off to make a sweep over Burma.SUK13610
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Burma. C. 1945-01. A formation of RAF Thunderbolt fighter aircraft setting off to make a sweep ...
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Burma. C. 1945-01. A formation of RAF Thunderbolt fighter aircraft setting off to make a sweep over Burma.SUK13608
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Burma. C. 1945-01. A formation of RAF Thunderbolt fighter aircraft setting off to make a sweep ...
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Burma. C. 1945-01. A formation of RAF Thunderbolt fighter aircraft setting off to make a sweep over Burma.SUK13609
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Burma. C. 1944-10. A guard detail passes a RAF Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft on an airfield on the ...
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Burma. C. 1944-10. A guard detail passes a RAF Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft on an airfield on the Arakan Front.SUK13204
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Burma. C. 1945-01. Air Commodore F. J. W. Mellersh AFC, Commander of the Strategic Air Force of ...
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Burma. C. 1945-01. Air Commodore F. J. W. Mellersh AFC, Commander of the Strategic Air Force of Eastern Air Command, pilots his own Hurricane aircraft when touring heavy bomber stations. He is in the ...SUK13616
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Burma. C. 1945-04. Air Marshal W. A. Coryton CB MVO DFC, Air Marshal Commanding Bengal-Burma, in ...
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Burma. C. 1945-04. Air Marshal W. A. Coryton CB MVO DFC, Air Marshal Commanding Bengal-Burma, in rear cockpit, with Air Vice Marshal S. F. Vincent DFC AFC, commanding No. 221 Group RAF in Burma, who i...SUK14006
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Burma. C. 1945-02. Although this is a road bridge, it is still part of the "Battle of the ...
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Burma. C. 1945-02. Although this is a road bridge, it is still part of the "Battle of the Bridges". The Japanese constructed this imposing bridge across the river Ping and the RAF waited till it was c...SUK13877
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Burma. C. 1945-04. A member of RAF ground crew standing on guard by the aircraft which he has ...
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Burma. C. 1945-04. A member of RAF ground crew standing on guard by the aircraft which he has been servicing during the day, on a forward RAF airstrip.SUK14005
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Burma. C. 1945-02. An action picture of an attack on a bridge. The bomb bursts are caused by the ...
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Burma. C. 1945-02. An action picture of an attack on a bridge. The bomb bursts are caused by the aircraft which went in ahead of this RAF Liberator of the Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command.SUK13875
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Burma. C. 1944-10. An RAF Beaufighter aircraft being loaded with rockets for operations on the ...
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Burma. C. 1944-10. An RAF Beaufighter aircraft being loaded with rockets for operations on the Arakan Front.SUK13207
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Burma. C. 1944-10. An RAF Beaufighter aircraft swing in to land at an RAF airfield on the Arakan ...
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Burma. C. 1944-10. An RAF Beaufighter aircraft swing in to land at an RAF airfield on the Arakan Front.SUK13206
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Burma. C. 1945-04. Anti-malaria aircraft went into action in support of the mosquito assault on ...
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Burma. C. 1945-04. Anti-malaria aircraft went into action in support of the mosquito assault on troops on the ground in Burma. Colonel J. W. Scharff of SACSEA's Medical Advisory Division, visited the ...SUK14056
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Burma. C. 1944-10. A pull-in for truck drivers on the road from Toungoo to Kemapyu photographed ...
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Burma. C. 1944-10. A pull-in for truck drivers on the road from Toungoo to Kemapyu photographed from a low flying Beaufighter aircraft.SUK13245
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Burma. C. 1945-04. A railway bridge over the Mu River which was rendered unserviceable and ...
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Burma. C. 1945-04. A railway bridge over the Mu River which was rendered unserviceable and abandoned by the retreating Japanese. Several locomotives are seen piled up on the portion of the bridge left...SUK14012
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Burma. C. 1945-01. At a base airfield a casualty is carried to an ambulance from the L-5 light ...
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Burma. C. 1945-01. At a base airfield a casualty is carried to an ambulance from the L-5 light ambulance aircraft which brought him straight out of the front line.SUK13667