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AFTER THE SURRENDER CEREMONY AT KUCHING, BRIGADIER T. C. EASTICK, COMMANDING KUCHING FORCE, 9TH ...
Photograph
AFTER THE SURRENDER CEREMONY AT KUCHING, BRIGADIER T. C. EASTICK, COMMANDING KUCHING FORCE, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, ACCOMPANIED BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL A. W. WALSH, COMMANDING OFFICER 2/10TH FIELD REGI...116937
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AT SEA. 1945-10-14. PERSONNEL OF 2/20TH INFANTRY BATTALION, EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE, ABOARD THE ...
Photograph
AT SEA. 1945-10-14. PERSONNEL OF 2/20TH INFANTRY BATTALION, EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE, ABOARD THE BRITISH TROOPSHIP MV HIGHLAND BRIGADE DURING THEIR JOURNEY BACK HOME TO AUSTRALIA.117889
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AT SEA. 1945-10-11. 8TH DIVISION EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE WITH BRITISH ARMY NURSING SISTERS OF THE ...
Photograph
AT SEA. 1945-10-11. 8TH DIVISION EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE WITH BRITISH ARMY NURSING SISTERS OF THE QUEEN ALEXANDRA IMPERIAL NURSING SERVICE, STROLLING ALONG THE DECK OF THE BRITISH TROOPSHIP MV HIGHLAN...117849
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Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. ...
Photograph
Maker: Barber, Sydney George
Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. Shown here are NX59143 Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Cedric Ewing (left) and NX45369 Sergeant Leslie Dona...045140
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Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. Shown here are NX59143 Warrant Officer 2 Cedric John Ewing, 2/20 Battalion (left) and SX10653 (485) Warra...045147
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Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. ...
Photograph
Maker: Barber, Sydney George
Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. NX45369 Sergeant Leslie Donald Ray (Don) Abbott, 2/20 Battalion, gives the thumbs up sign to the Japanese...045139
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Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. ...
Photograph
Maker: Barber, Sydney George
Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. Shown on deck is Corporal Eric Smith of the 2/20 Battalion. Images from negative numbers 045139 to 045157 ...045145
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Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. ...
Photograph
Maker: Barber, Sydney George
Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. identified left to right: SX9430 (4265) Sergeant James William John Stiggants; NX45369 Sergeant Leslie Do...045142
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Australia Service Medal : Private J T Marsden, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34162.004
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Australia Service Medal 1945-1975 : Private J T Marsden, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal 1945-1975. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL34162.005
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Australia Service Medal : Private L J Horwood, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL29250.004
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Autographed Japanese undershirt : Private S Herron, 2/20 Battalion
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Maker: Unknown
Japanese issue unbleached calico undershirt with a low stand collar, narrow yoke, single left breast pocket with a rectangular flap, and long sleeves without cuffs. The shirt fastens down the front wi...REL/01823
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Baccus, Arthur Albury (Private, b.1916-d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Baccus, Arthur Aubrey
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX32443 Private Arthur Albury Baccus, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, Borneo, 1943-1945. Collection consists of three postcards from Private...PR04740
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BANGKOK, THAILAND 1945-09-21. AUSTRALIAN EX- PRISONERS OF WAR WASHING THEIR CLOTHES IN A CANAL ...
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BANGKOK, THAILAND 1945-09-21. AUSTRALIAN EX- PRISONERS OF WAR WASHING THEIR CLOTHES IN A CANAL BESIDE THE BANGKOK AIRPORT. THEY ARE EN-ROUTE FROM SAIGON TO SINGAPORE. NX30112 PRIVATE R. A. HUDSON (KIN...118955
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BANGKOK, THAILAND 1945-09-21. LEFT TO RIGHT NX16787 PRIVATE R. E. MONK (CONDOBLIN NSW), 22ND ...
Photograph
BANGKOK, THAILAND 1945-09-21. LEFT TO RIGHT NX16787 PRIVATE R. E. MONK (CONDOBLIN NSW), 22ND INFANTRY BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, NX31871 PRIVATE E. THALLOW (BRISBANE QLD), 2/19TH INFANTRY BATTALION, NX1069...118957
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Barker, Howard George (Steve) (Private, Driver 2/20 Battalion b.1918 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Barker, Howard George 'Steve'
LETTERS HOME TO HIS FAMILY IN KATOOMBA FROM CAMP AT BATHURST, VOYAGE AT SEA, AND VARIOUS CAMPS IN MALAYA. TOPIC IS MAINLY HIS IMPRESSIONS OF LIFE IN MALAYA, VISITS TO SINGAPORE, SKIN DISEASES, MOSQUIT...PR90/048
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Blackford, George "Harry" (Lieutenant, b.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Ambrose, Noelene Blackford, G H S
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX51473 Lieutenant George Henry Stephen "Harry" Blackford, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF. Collection consists of two original handwritt...PR05833
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Private J T Marsden, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34162.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Private L J Horwood, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL29250.003
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Byrne, Harold Keith (NX7279, Private, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion)
Manuscript
Maker: Byrne, Harold Keith
"A Personal Story of World War II" by Private Harold Keith Byrne (NX7279) of the 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion. Details war service of Private Byrne who was taken as a P.O.W. to Changi and then t...MSS1719
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1947-07. CANBERRA, ACT. LIEUTENANT B.G.D. TONGS AFTER RECEIVING FROM THE GOVERNOR GENERAL THE ...
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1947-07. CANBERRA, ACT. LIEUTENANT B.G.D. TONGS AFTER RECEIVING FROM THE GOVERNOR GENERAL THE AWARD OF A MILITARY MEDAL. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE JOAN AND HIS BROTHER REG. LIEUTENANT TONGS RECEI...134820
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Chapman, Stan H (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Chapman, Stan H
Letters and copy of poem `Going Tropical' concerning service in Malaya, jungle conditions and disillusionment with army life.PR00328
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Collection related to Colonel George Ernest Ramsay
Photograph
SINGAPORE. 1941? NX34999 COLONEL GEORGE ERNEST RAMSAY (1899-1981) OUTSIDE THE 2/20TH BATTALION HEADQUARTERS ORDERLY ROOM.P01584.019
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Collection related to Colonel George Ernest Ramsay
Photograph
SINGAPORE. 1941? OUTDOORS EATING ARRANGEMENT CONSTRUCTED OF WOODEN PACKING CASES AND MAKESHIFT TRESTLE TABLES. THE TABLES ARE SET WITH CLOTHS AND FOOD AND DRINKS LAID OUT, PROBABLY FOR A MEAL FOR MEMB...P01584.020
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Collection related to Colonel George Ernest Ramsay
Photograph
Maker: Camera Studios
SYDNEY, NSW. 1938? LEFT TO RIGHT: ARCH EWART, NX34999 MAJOR GEORGE ERNEST RAMSAY, DICK COHEN, ALL FROM 17TH BATTALION AMF, WALKING IN UNIFORM ALONG A CITY STREET ON THE DAY THEY ENROLLED IN THE AIF (2...P01584.018
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Collection related to Colonel George Ernest Ramsay
Photograph
WALLGROVE, NSW? 1941. MEMBERS OF 2/20TH BATTALION MARCH DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD DURING TRAINING. LEADING THE COLUMN IS NX34999 MAJOR GEORGE ERNEST RAMSAY (SECOND IN CHARGE) AND CAPTAIN J.LOWE (ADJUTANT).P01584.015
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Colour patch: 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion : Private L J Horwood, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion-
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Colour patch of 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion. Horizontally aligned oval made of light grey felt with a diamond shaped patch sewn in the centre. The diamond is horizontally divided into white ove...REL29251.001
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Colour patch of 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion : Private L J Horwood, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Colour patch of 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion. Horizontally aligned oval made of light grey felt with a diamond shaped patch sewn in the centre. The diamond is horizontally divided into white ove...REL29251.002
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Cooper, Arthur (Private, 2/20th Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Cooper, Arthur
Placard held by Private Cooper, at Tampie prisoner of war camp as a form of punishment order by 'The Tiger', Guard Commander Warrant Officer Hiramatsu. The placard reads, 'This man was found at the Th...PR83/075
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Corderoy, Ralph Schofield
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Records Office Corderoy, Ralph Schofield
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX45755 Private (Pte) Ralph Schofield Corderoy, 2/20 Battalion AIF, who died of illness in Japan whilst a prisoner of war of the Japanese on 29 J...PR05456
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Cornford, N R S (Sergeant b.1903 - d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Cornford, N R S
Medical records relating to the amputation of Sgt Cornford's right arm while a prisoner of the Japanese.PR00504
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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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Cribbage Board : Signalman W J McPherson, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade aluminium cribbage board with four panels of punched out holes for the pegs, grouped in three sets of ten holes for each panel. The board is hand engraved with a thatched hut, palm trees and...REL29050
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Daley, Harley J (Acting Sergeant, 2/20th Bn AIF, POW)
Private Record
Maker: Daley, Harley J
COPY OF THE LAST THREE DAYS OF ENTRIES INTO THE WAR DIARY OF THE ALEXANDRA MILITARY HOSPITAL, MALAYA. THE DIARY DESCRIBES THE MASSACRE OF PATIENTS BY JAPANESE TROOPS FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE HOS...PR87/079
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DARLING HARBOUR, SYDNEY, NSW 1945-09-28. LIEUTENANT GENERAL GORDON BENNETT, FORMER GENERAL ...
Photograph
Maker: McQuillan, Ernest Mervyn
DARLING HARBOUR, SYDNEY, NSW 1945-09-28. LIEUTENANT GENERAL GORDON BENNETT, FORMER GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE 8TH DIVISION AND MRS ASHETON FROM THE 8TH DIVISION WOMENS AUXILIARY TALKING TO EX PRIS...122029
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Derkenne, Edward Gerrard (Staff Sergeant, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Derkenne, Edward Gerrard
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX45942 Staff Sergeant Edward Gerrard Derkenne, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF. Collection consists of two original handwritten letters ...PR04447
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Diary of Roy Clifford Mudiman, 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Mudiman, Roy Clifford
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX52458 Roy Clifford Mudiman, 2/20th Infantry Battalion. This diary written between 7 February 1945 - 2 November 1945 mentions: movement of his work g...AWM2019.22.183
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Diary of Roy Clifford Mudiman, 1941-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Mudiman, Roy Clifford
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX52458 Roy Clifford Mudiman, 2/20th Infantry Battalion. This diary written between 7 December 1941 and 7 February 1945 mentions: the invasion of Sing...AWM2019.22.182
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Eddison, W H Mrs (nee Mills)
Private Record
Maker: Eddison, Marion Louisa Osbaldeston Mills
Collection relating to Mrs W H Eddison (nee Mills), of Canberra, First World War, Second World War and Korean War. Collection comprises three letters. One is written by Mrs W H Eddison to her son, N...PR03468
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Felsch, Maurice Harold (NX47238, Lieutenant, 2/20 Battalion)
Private Record
Maker: Felsch, Maurice Harold
Photocopied handwritten and typed memoirs (67 pages total), titled "From Sydney Through Hell to Sydney Remembering 50 years 1945-1995", by NX47238 Lieutenant M H Felsch of 2/20 Battalion. Memoirs cove...PR01391
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Flynn, John (Private, 2/20th Bn, AIF b.1906)
Private Record
Maker: Flynn, John
DEMOBILIZATION PROCEDURE BOOK AND 2 POW LETTER CARDS SENT BY FLYNN, TO HIS SISTER, FROM CHANGI AND JAPANPR87/231
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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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Gilmore, Samuel Leslie (Sergeant, 2/20th Bn, AIF b.1909)
Private Record
Maker: Gilmore, Samuel Leslie
PHOTOCOPY OF TYPESCRIPT MADE OF DIARY KEPT BY GILMORE DURING THE EARLY FIGHTING OF THE UNIT IN MALAYA AND AS A POW IN CHANGI; ALSO ORDERS FOR PRISONERS AND POETRY WRITTEN BY GILMORE AND OTHERS RELATIN...PR89/051
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Green-coloured album titled 'photographs' containing 237 prints across 50 pages. This album was ...
Photograph
Green-coloured album titled 'photographs' containing 237 prints across 50 pages. This album was compiled by Janet Edwards from photographs sent home by her father, NX46355 Staff Sergeant (Ssgt) Alan D...P12520
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Group of prisoners of war, in camp. Most are unidentified, but known to be present are NX40846 ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group of prisoners of war, in camp. Most are unidentified, but known to be present are NX40846 Warrant Officer (WO) Jack Kendall Finley, 2/18 Battalion and NX45895 WO William George 'Bill' Swanston, 2...P04831.003
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Hand coloured studio portrait of NX35866 Private (Pte) Gordon Poole from Yenda, New South Wales. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Hand coloured studio portrait of NX35866 Private (Pte) Gordon Poole from Yenda, New South Wales. Pte Poole enlisted in June 1940 and served in the Pacific with the 2/20 Battalion. He was captured by J...P06105.002
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Hand coloured studio portrait of NX35707 Private Ralph Poole of the 2/20th Australian Infantry ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Hand coloured studio portrait of NX35707 Private Ralph Poole of the 2/20th Australian Infantry battalion from Mount Elliot, New South Wales. Private Poole was captured by Japanese forces at Singapore ...P06105.003
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Hand made cribbage board : D A Johnston, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade wooden cribbage board with stepped upper and lower edges. An aluminium plate, also stepped, has been attached to the wood with steel pins. After attachment to the wood the plate has been punc...REL/15925
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Hole, Frank (Private, 2/20th Bn and POW, Malaya)
Private Record
Maker: Hole, Frank
REMINISCENCES OF EXPERIENCES WITH THE 2/20TH BN IN MALAYA, 1941-1942 UP TO THE FALL OF SINGAPORE. ARTICLE ON FIGHTING IN MALAYA, 19423DRL/6922