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Ashby, Hugh King (Civilian scientist)
Private Record
Maker: Ashby, Hugh King
Collection relating to Hugh Ashby during the Second World War. Collection includes a memoir written by Ashby documenting his capture by the Japanese in Singapore after he joined the Straits Settlment...PR03218
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Death railway
Film
Maker: Bilcock and Copping Melbourne Pty Ltd
Relates the story of the building by prisoners of the Japanese of the Burma-Siam Railway during the 1939-1945 war. Uses interviews with survivors, contemporary colour footage of the area and B&W archi...F10252
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Dr Donald Dowie as a Flight Lieutenant, 1 Squadron, Second World War, interviewed by Dr John Mitchell
Sound
Maker: Dowie, Donald Alexander Mitchell, John
649 Flight Lieutenant Donald Alexander (Don) Dowie, 1 Squadron, relates his experiences as a prisoner of war (POW) in H Force. This is one of 21 interviews conducted by Dr John Mitchell, relating expe...S01508
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Maxwell Roy Venables, Ammunition Sub Park, Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thai railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a POW
Sound
Maker: Venables, Maxwell Roy Pearson, Gillian
Maxwell Roy Venables, Ammunition Sub Park, Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thai railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a POW A transcr...S01730
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McCartney, Sydney (Private b.1915 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Unknown McCartney, Sydney
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX45838 Pte Sydney McCartney, 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion, Singapore, 1942-1945. Collection consists of five documents collected by Pt...PR01167
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McIntyre, Hector Alexander (Private, b.1918 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: McIntyre, Hector Alexander
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX7976 Private Hector Alexander McIntyre, 2/26th Infantry Battalion, Singapore, Burma and Thailand, 1942-1945. Collection consists of a tan col...PR03310
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Musicka, Harold Wood (Warrant Officer, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Musicka, Harold Wood
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 2041 Warrant Officer Harold Wood Musicka, No. 1 Squadron RAAF, Malaya, Singapore, Java, 1940-1945. Collection consists of one typed manuscript e...AWM2019.1210.1
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Notebook of Charles Laurie Price
Digitised Collection
Maker: Price, Charles Laurie
Notebook relating to the Second World War service of NX55503 Staff Sergeant Charles Laurie Price, 10 Australian General Hospital. Price was a prisoner of war of the Japanese, and was interned at Cha...AWM2019.22.168
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NX71862 Leslie Gordon Gaffney interviewed by Caroline Gaden about his service with 8th Division Headquarters in Malaya and Singapore and his experiences as a prisoner of war of the Japanese, 1941-45
Sound
Maker: Gaffney, Leslie Gordon
Reasons for enlisting; pre embarkation training; jungle training and operations in Malaya; reaction to the capitulation in Singapore; march to Changi prisoner of war camp; train journey to Bampong; ex...S01738
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256834 (NX34734) Reginald William James Newton, as the major Officer Commanding 2/19th Battalion, Prisoner of War (POW) on Burma-Thailand Railway, interviewed by the Gaden family about life as a POW and the experiences of Bill Gaden, 2/20th Battalion, POW Burma-Thailand Railway
Sound
Maker: Newton, Reginald William James
Comments about NX12543 Captain E.W. (Bill) Gaden, 2/20th Battalion, his pre war service with the militia; formation of forces on the Burma Thailand Railway; trading with the native (indigeneous) peopl...S01739
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Pipe : H K Ashby, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
Heraldry
Maker: Ashby, Hugh King
Hand made pipe. The bowl is carved from Malayan hardwood and the stem is made from a length of hollowed out bamboo.REL31500
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Scott, Norman John (Corporal, b.1905 - d.1987)
Private Record
Maker: Scott, Norman John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX54124 Corporal Norman John Scott, 2/10 Field Ambulance, Singapore, Thailand and Malaya, 1943-1944. Collection consists of one maroon, faux-le...3DRL/0367
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Slim River, a stop on the railway journey from Singapore to Bampong
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Prisoners being moved into railway carriages at Slim River, a stop on the railway journey fron Singapore to Bampong in Thailand in 1942. The journey took five days by rail, with thirty-two men crammed...ART91845
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Tamuang (Tamuan), Thailand. c. 1945. A typical prisoner of war (POW) hut at the Tamuang camp ...
Photograph
Tamuang (Tamuan), Thailand. c. 1945. A typical prisoner of war (POW) hut at the Tamuang camp thirty nine kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), eleven kilometres south of Kanchana...P01433.013
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Tamuang (Tamuan), Thailand. c. 1945. A typical prisoner of war (POW) hut under construction at ...
Photograph
Tamuang (Tamuan), Thailand. c. 1945. A typical prisoner of war (POW) hut under construction at the Tamuang camp thirty nine kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), eleven kilometre...P01433.012
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The march from Ban Pong
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Reconstruction of march through jungle from work on railway. Soon after the march began the monsoons started. The prisoners trudged hundreds of miles through the rain soaked jungle and ankle deep mud,...ART25077
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The railway station at Kanchanaburi (formerly identified as Ban Pong, five kilometres from Nong ...
Photograph
The railway station at Kanchanaburi (formerly identified as Ban Pong, five kilometres from Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk) the starting point of the Burma-Thailand railway). Those prisoners of ...P00761.029
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Tin mug : H K Ashby, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Large mug made from a used food tin. A three sided handle made of flattened tin has been soldered to the tin along the seam.REL31499
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Watson, William (Sergeant; b.1915 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Watson, William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of S/101508 Sergeant William Watson, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC), British Army, prisoner of war, Singapore, Changi, Thailand, 1942-1944. Wallet...PR05269
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Williams, Ronald George (Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.1977)
Private Record
Maker: Hay, Emma Williams, Ronald George
Copy of a story written by Lieutenant Williams' granddaughter, Emma Hay, relating his experiences of service in the Second World War. Williams served with 2/40 Battalion and became a POW of the Japan...PR01764