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53 Results
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Australia Service Medal : Chief Shipwright T E H Flower, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37519.006
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Autographed and decorated sail : HMAS Perth survivors who became prisoners of war in 1942
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Triangular cream canvas foresail with black writing and artwork aligned along the longer, leading edge. This edge and each corner are reinforced with rope. In large decorative lettering in the centre ...REL22654
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Chief Shipwright T E H Flower, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37519.005
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Burma Star: Chief Shipwright T E H Flower, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Burma Star with Pacific clasp. Engraved reverse with recipient's details.REL37519.003
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Captain Hector Waller
Art
Maker: Smith, Joshua
Captain Hector MacDonald Laws Waller, DSO and Bar, was a distinguished Royal Australian Navy officer who saw war service in the First and Second World Wars. In the Second World War he was given comman...ART27505
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Change of escort, Sunda Straits
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
With AIF and a small party of AANS aboard bound for Singapore, the liner SS "Zealandia", still retaining her peace time colours, was escorted by HMAS "Sydney" from the Great Australian Bight to Sunda ...ART30093
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Coombe, Garry (R65106, Able Seaman Radar Plot, Royal Australian Navy, b.1948)
Manuscript
Maker: Coombe, Garry
Spiral bound manuscript, "Just passing the time", written by R65106 Able Seaman Radar Plot Garry Coombe. Details Coombe's career in the Navy, covering the period 10 March 1966 through to 2 February 1...MSS2000
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Defence Medal : Chief Shipwright T E H Flower, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37519.004
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Dental Instruments : Surgeon Lieutenant S E L Stening, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Glasgow, Robert Valentine
Three improvised dental instruments - a root elevator, excavator and scaler, made from fencing wire.RELAWM30730
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FREMANTLE, WA. 1948-11-18. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE BRITISH VESSEL MADURA WHICH TOOK PART IN ...
Photograph
FREMANTLE, WA. 1948-11-18. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE BRITISH VESSEL MADURA WHICH TOOK PART IN OPERATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES IN 1942-02 WHEN SHE WAS ESCORTED TO SUNDA STRAIT AS PART OF CONVOY SJ...303563
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George Medal: Staff Nurse M I Anderson, Australian Army Nursing Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
George Medal suspended from female recipient's ribbon bow.REL24178.001
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Hill, H.J. (Able Seaman)
Manuscript
Maker: Hill, Harold ('Tich') Joseph
Poem titled `The Battle of Sunda Strait', describing the battle in which both HMAS Perth and USS Houston were sunk.MSS1483
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HMAS Canberra waterline model : Leading Shipwright A E Purkis, HMAS Perth
Heraldry
Maker: Purkis, Arthur Ernest
Hand made waterline model of the Kent-class cruiser, HMAS 'Canberra', with carved solid wood hull with deck timbers realised with ruled black ink lines. The superstructure, turrets, bridge and funnels...REL43916
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HMAS Perth fights to the last, 28th February, 1942
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts HMAS Perth fighting her last battle on 28 February 1942. There were survivors of the sinking of HMAS Perth who were rescued and sent to Changi as prisoners of war, where Griffin, official war...ART24483
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HMAS Perth in the Battle of Sunda Strait
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
After service in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and in the Mediterranean, the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth transferred to the Pacific to reinforce the Allied naval forces opposing Japan. With B...ART27557
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"Look! A sea-going WRAN!!"
Art
Maker: Shirley, Eric Orme
Depicts two sailors watching a member of the WRANs walking along in a wobbly fashion. WRANS were not allowed to work either outside Australia or on ships at sea which influenced the satirical comments...ARTI05057
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MACASSAR, CELEBES ISLANDS 1945-09-24. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. WHEN THE ...
Photograph
MACASSAR, CELEBES ISLANDS 1945-09-24. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. WHEN THE CITY WAS OCCUPIED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, MANY ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AND CIVILIAN INTERNEES WERE FREED. M...119458
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MACASSAR, CELEBES ISLANDS 1945-09-24. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. WHEN THE ...
Photograph
MACASSAR, CELEBES ISLANDS 1945-09-24. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. WHEN THE CITY WAS OCCUPIED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, MANY ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AND CIVILIAN INTERNEES WERE FREED. M...119452
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MACASSAR, CELEBES ISLANDS 1945-09-24. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. WHEN THE ...
Photograph
MACASSAR, CELEBES ISLANDS 1945-09-24. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. WHEN THE CITY WAS OCCUPIED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, MANY ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AND CIVILIAN INTERNEES WERE FREED. M...119459
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MACASSAR, CELEBES ISLANDS 1945-09-24. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. WHEN THE ...
Photograph
MACASSAR, CELEBES ISLANDS 1945-09-24. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. WHEN THE CITY WAS OCCUPIED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, MANY ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AND CIVILIAN INTERNEES WERE FREED. M...119454