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Building the dam, Hollandia
Art
Maker: Quinn, Arthur
A group of soldiers building a makeshift dam across a river. The artist was a member of 2/1 Tophographical Survey Company.ART92627
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Convoy joining
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
View from the sundeck of HMAS "Kanimba" (in convoy fro Hollandia) as Morotai group approach from port, at 0820 hours.ART24194
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Group Captain John Brook Hampshire DFC (Rtd) as a pilot in RAAF and USAAF bomber operations, South West Pacific Area 1943-1945, recorded for Lex McAulay
Sound
Maker: Hampshire, John Brook Hampshire, John Brook
Hampshire speaks of his RAAF flying experience from enlistment to 1942; operational experience as a bomber pilot with No 6 (Bomber) Squadron RAAF on Lockheed Hudsons with 43rd Operational Group USAAF ...S00486
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Harrison, Denis Harold (Able Seaman)
Private Record
Maker: Harrison, Denis Harold
Transcript of diary and recollection spanning WW2, includes time spent studying at Agricultural College where Harrison joined 6th Cavalry Mobile Veterinary Section. Describes service with RANR and RAN...PR00143
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HMAS Westralia (I) Anzac Day marching banner
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bright yellow synthetic satin marching banner with black applique lettering. The top of the banner reads 'HMAS WESTRALIA' in black satin. In the centre of the banner is a machine sewn stencil of the s...REL40081
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Hospital Ship at Hollandia
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts a Hospital Ship" Wanganella" at Hollandia, New Guinea.ART22972
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Japanese wrecks, Sentani, Dutch New Guinea
Art
Maker: Green, Douglas Allan
Two wrecked Japanese army aircraft at the Sentani airstrip, Sentani, Dutch New Guinea. In the foreground is a Nakajima Ki-049 bomber known as "Helen" and in the background a Kawasaki Ki-48 bomber know...ART92692
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Liberty Ship
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts the war torn Liberty ship docked in Finschhafen, New Guinea in 1945.ART22973
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Neck tie : Staff Sergeant M H Rechnitz, 168 United States Field Artillery Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
United States Army olive drab woollen neck tie.REL34854.004
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Penglase, Ronald Clyde (Lieutenant Commander, b.1920 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Penglase, Ronald Clyde
Collection relating to the Second World War service of PA1510 Lieutenant Commander Ronald Clyde Penglase, HMAS Westralia and HMAS Assault, Australia, Pacific Ocean and Timor Sea regions, 1941-1946. C...PR00449
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Plummer, Horace Sydney "Syd" (Colonel, b.1915 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Plummer, Horace Sydney "Syd"
Collection relating to the war service of VX109 Colonel Horace Sydney Plummer, CMF, 2/1 Australian Machine Gun Battalion, and HQ S Command, Australia, United Kingdom Greece, New Guinea, 1929-1965. Co...AWM2016.609.1
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Properjohn, Norman John (Flight Lieutenant, AFC, b.1915 - d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Properjohn, Norman John
Collection of papers relating to Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Norman John Properjohn. Papers focus on his career as a RAAF pilot with the 25 and 36 Squadrons during the Second World War and consist of ...PR00100
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Rix, Gordon Robert (Chief Petty Officer Writer, b.1922 - d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Rix, Gordon Robert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 23128 Chief Petty Officer Writer Gordon Robert Rix, HMAS Hobart and HMAS Platypus, Royal Australian Navy, Australia, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, New G...PR03709
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Searle, Jack C (Stoker)
Private Record
Maker: Searle, Jack C
All at sea in the Senior Service: the light-hearted memoirs of an ex-stoker' is the story of Stoker Searle's war service with the RAN. The memoirs detail his enlistment and training, his family's reac...PR00464
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Soden, Bill (Aircraftman)
Manuscript
Maker: Soden, Bill
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MANUSCRIPT TITLED `TASMANIA TO TARAKAN: WITH THE RAAF IN THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC 1943-1945'. DESCRIBES ENLISTMENT, TRAINING, AND ACTIVE SERVICE AS A FLIGHT RIGGER, INCLUDING INFANTRY P...MSS1432
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Swan, William N, Lieutenant Commander (Rtd) b: 1917
Manuscript
Maker: Swan, William N
Commander Swan's memoirs covering his naval service. A cadet at Naval Academy, later in Merchant Navy, a midshipman in Naval Reserve, later joined P & O Company, mobilised into navy and continued ther...MSS0861
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Tent lines, Hollandia; verso: Trucks passing along a road
Art
Maker: Quinn, Arthur
Tentlines after a rainstorm, Hollandia, New Guinea. Verso: Trucks passing along a road; a building and hills in the background.ART92629
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1. The bombing of Cassino 2. Hollandia invasion (News From Home. No. 88)
Film
Extracts from News From Home No. 88. 1. (4 min 10 sec) Cassino, Italy is almost wiped out by a concentrated aerial bombardment. 2,000 tons of bombs were dropped on the town. However the Germans were w...F00777
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Woodhead, Roy Edward (Steward, b.1925 - d.2017)
Private Record
Maker: Woodhead, Roy Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of S7153 Steward Roy Edward Woodhead, HMAS Warrego, Royal Australian Navy, Australia, New Guinea, Philippines and Netherlands East Indies, 1944-1945...AWM2019.974.4