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Bischofsheim. Group portrait of 16 Australians captured on Crete and sent to German prisoner of ...
Photograph
Bischofsheim. Group portrait of 16 Australians captured on Crete and sent to German prisoner of war camp Stalag XIIIc at Hammelburg, Germany, in August 1941. During their captivity they were formed in...P01363.001
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Bourke, Rowland Hugh (WARRANT OFFICER, d.1944)
Private Record
Maker: Bourke, Rowland Hugh
COPIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN TO HIS FAMILY FROM TRAINING CAMPS IN PALESTINE AND EGYPT, SERVICE IN SYRIA AND CRETE AND A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF A COMPANY ATTACK IN TOBRUKPR88/125
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Cameron, Ron F (Ted) (Driver, 2/1st Bn d.1941)
Private Record
Maker: Cameron, Ron F
COPY OF LETTER HOME FROM CAMERON, DISCUSSING THE EVACUATION OF GREECE. FOUR ORIGINAL LETTERS (1941-44) REGARDING CAMERON'S DEATH IN ACTION ON CRETE3DRL/0506
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Campbell, Ian Ross (Major General, 2/1st Bn, AIF b.1900)
Private Record
Maker: Campbell, Ian Ross
COPY OF DIARY DETAILING THE WITHDRAWAL TO RETIMO, SURRENDER OF THE UNIT TO GERMAN FORCES AND EVENTUAL TRANSPORTATION TO GERMANY. ALSO CONTAINS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT ENTITLED "LIFE OF I R CAMPBEL...PR82/186
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Compressed fibre identity discs: Lieutenant J S Whittle, 2/1 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of pressed fibre identity discs threaded around a nine carat gold necklace. One of the discs is circular and the other, an elongated octagon, both have 4 mm mounting holes. The following details ...REL29376
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CRETE, 1941-05-20. MAP SHOWING THE DISPOSITION OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE RETIMO AREA AND GERMAN ...
Photograph
CRETE, 1941-05-20. MAP SHOWING THE DISPOSITION OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE RETIMO AREA AND GERMAN AIRBORNE LANDINGS. (COPIED FROM A WATERCOLOUR IN WAR DIARY OF 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION)044499
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Cusack, Percy James (Private, b.1918 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Cusack, P J
A notebook formerly belonging to prisoner of war (POW) NX13559 Private Percy James Cusack No 8363 of 2/1 Battalion at Stalag XXA, Thorn (Podgorz), Poland, during the Second World War. Brief entries ...PR01535
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Group portrait of Allied prisoners of war (POW) in Stalag VII, Moosburg, Germany. Several are ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of Allied prisoners of war (POW) in Stalag VII, Moosburg, Germany. Several are wearing AIF battle dress and the remainder are clothed in a variety of jackets and jumpers supplied by th...P10262.006
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Kennedy, Michael Curran (Lieutenant, b.1918 - d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Kennedy, Michael Curran
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant Michael Curran Kennedy, 2/1st Infantry Battalion, Crete, 1941. Collection consists of a handwritten diary, kept in an exercise book, ...AWM2019.606.1
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Night march of the captured and a circle of the dead
Art
Maker: Winters, Michael
In this work Winters depicts events told to him by Captain William Travers of the 2/1st Battalion. Travers led his company over three campaigns. His relationship with his men and the respect he felt f...ART92807
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Partridge, A J (Private, 2/1st Bn and POW, Germany)
Private Record
Maker: Partridge, A J
Letters from Partridge, of 2/1 Battalion, after capture on Crete. Written while he was a POW in Germany.3DRL/3099
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Portrait of two prisoners of war who escaped from camps and re-joined their units. Both men were ...
Photograph
Maker: Halmarick, Colin Thomas
Portrait of two prisoners of war who escaped from camps and re-joined their units. Both men were from the 2/1st Infantry Battalion and were captured on Crete. On the left is NX18434 Warrant Officer ...021240
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The Battle of Retimo
Art
Maker: Jones, Vernon
This painting depicts the Battle of Retimo in Crete. A large part of the Allied force evacuated from Greece at the end of April 1941 was disembarked on Crete in order that the ships could return quick...ART27776
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Whittle, Jack Sidney, MBE ED (Colonel, b.1918 - d.2001)
Private Record
Maker: Whittle, Jack Sidney
Collection relating to the Second World War of NX8691 Lieutenant Jack Sidney Whittle, 2/1st Infantry Battalion, prisoner of war in Germany. Collection consists of two notebooks containing handwritten...PR01868
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WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-15. SILVER MEMORIAL MUGS IN THE OFFICERS' MESS OF THE 2/1ST INFANTRY ...
Photograph
Maker: McInnes, Geoffrey
WONDECLA, QLD. 1944-04-15. SILVER MEMORIAL MUGS IN THE OFFICERS' MESS OF THE 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION. MEMBERS OF THE MESS PURCHASE ONE OF THESE MUGS FOR EACH OFFICER OF THE UNIT WHO HAS BEEN KILLED O...065792