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A group portrait of five Australian ex-prisoners of war standing outside their hut in Kuching, ...
Photograph
Maker: Horner, Arthur Wakefield
A group portrait of five Australian ex-prisoners of war standing outside their hut in Kuching, Sarawak. Identified from left to right are: NX27053 Lieutenant Roderick William McIver, 2/15 Field Regime...118611
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A group portrait of five Australian ex-prisoners of war standing outside their hut in Kuching, ...
Photograph
Maker: Horner, Arthur Wakefield
A group portrait of five Australian ex-prisoners of war standing outside their hut in Kuching, Sarawak. Identified from left to right are: NX27053 Lieutenant Roderick William McIver, 2/15 Field Regime...118610
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A studio group portrait of members of the 2/15 Field Regiment taken at Luna Park, Singapore, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A studio group portrait of members of the 2/15 Field Regiment taken at Luna Park, Singapore, during day leave from their camp. They all enlisted on 3 June 1940 at Paddington, NSW, and became friends. ...P03779.001
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AT SEA. 1945-10-13. PERSONNEL OF 2/15TH FIELD REGIMENT, EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE, ABOARD THE ...
Photograph
AT SEA. 1945-10-13. PERSONNEL OF 2/15TH FIELD REGIMENT, EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE, ABOARD THE BRITISH TROOPSHIP MV HIGHLAND BRIGADE DURING THEIR JOURNEY HOME TO AUSTRALIA.117877
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Australia Service Medal : Gunner W E Brown VC DCM, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.RELAWM15391.010
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AWM52 4/2/15/3 - [Unit War Diaries, 1939-45 War] Royal Australian Artillery, 2/15 Field Regiment AIF, August 1941
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2019.366.624
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AWM52 4/2/15/2 - [Unit War Diaries, 1939-45 War] Royal Australian Artillery, 2/15 Field Regiment AIF, January - July 1941
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2019.366.623
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AWM52 4/2/15/1 - [Unit War Diaries, 1939-45 War] Royal Australian Artillery, 2/15 Field Regiment AIF, November - December 1940
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2019.366.622
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AWM52 4/2/15/4 - [Unit War Diaries, 1939-45 War] Royal Australian Artillery, 2/15 Field Regiment AIF, September 1941 - February 1942
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2019.366.625
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Bag for chess pieces : Gunner W A Bryant, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Bryant, William Arthur
Bag for chess pieces made from a khaki cotton shirt sleeve cut off at the elbow and roughly tacked across to form a seam. The cuff has the remains of a drawstring that would have been used to hold the...REL30131
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Bangkok, Thailand. 14 September 1945. Private J. A. Sutherland, 27th Brigade Australian Ordnance ...
Photograph
Bangkok, Thailand. 14 September 1945. Private J. A. Sutherland, 27th Brigade Australian Ordnance Field Park, an ex-prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese, signs for his new clothing at the "Q" store ma...117354
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Braithwaite, James Richard 'Dick' (Bombardier, b.1917 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Braithwaite, James Richard
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX45378 Bombardier James Richard 'Dick' Braithwaite, 2/15 Field Regiment, and prisoner of war of the Japanese. This item is a drawn map of Sanda...AWM2016.612.1.1
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Braithwaite, James Richard 'Dick' (Bombardier, b.1917 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Braithwaite, James Richard Simpson, Colin Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX45378 Bombardier James Richard 'Dick' Braithwaite, 2/15 Field Regiment, and prisoner of war of the Japanese. The collection consists of three ...AWM2016.612.1
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Gunner W E Brown, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.RELAWM15391.009
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Bruce, Leonard Leslie (Gunner, b.1913 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Bruce, Leonard Leslie
Papers of NX29690 Gunner Leonard Leslie Bruce. Bruce trained with 2 Battery Australian Field Artillery in Sydney in 1940 and served in Malaya with 2/15 Field Regiment. The papers mainly comprise let...PR01881
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Carment, David Maxwell EM (Lieutenant, b: 1918)
Manuscript
Maker: Carment, David Maxwell
Recollection of experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese in Changi, as a member of `B' force, voyage aboard `Ubi Maru' to Sandakan, and later transfer to Kuching. Discusses food, medical conditions, ...MSS0737
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Cell block key from Changi Gaol : Gunner P Hindley, 2/15 Field Regiment, RAA
Heraldry
Maker: Chubb, London
Large polished steel Chubb key. The oval ring end of the key is stamped on one side 'CHUBB LONDON' and on the other side 'G'.REL/21826
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Chess board : Gunner W A Bryant, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Bryant, William Arthur
Hinged wooden chess board. The white squares have been painted with thick cream paint which has now darkened. The board has been made in two even pieces and is held together with two four screw hinges...REL30129
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Chess pieces : Gunner W A Bryant, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Bryant, William Arthur
Full set of handcrafted chess pieces.REL30130
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Collection related to NX10979 Peter Sachs
Photograph
Album of 74 pages (including inside covers), compiled by NX10979 Gunner (Gnr) Peter Thomas Edgar Sachs, 2/15 Field Regiment. The album contains a mixture of photographs, sketches, newspaper and magazi...AWM2019.798.8
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Collection relating to NX45378 Bombardier James Richard Braithwaite, 2/15 Field Regiment
Photograph
Collection of photographs relating to the service of NX45378 Bombardier James Richard Braithwaite, 2/15 Field Regiment. Bombardier Braithwaite was one of only six survivors from 1100 prisoners who wer...AWM2016.612.2
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Collection relating to NX45378 Bombardier James Richard Braithwaite, 2/15 Field Regiment
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Portrait of NX45378 Bombardier James Richard Braithwaite, 2/15 Field Regiment. Bombardier Braithwaite was one of only six survivors from 1100 prisoners who were forced to march from Sandakan to Ranau ...AWM2016.612.2.1
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Collection relating to NX45378 Bombardier James Richard Braithwaite, 2/15 Field Regiment
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal outdoor portrait of NX45378 Bombardier James Richard (Dick) Braithwaite, 2/15 Field Regiment, taken at the Three Sisters prior to embarkation. Bombardier Braithwaite was one of only six survi...AWM2016.612.2.2
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Collection relating to NX45378 Bombardier James Richard Braithwaite, 2/15 Field Regiment
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Major H W S Jackson, right, with one of the men from Sapi village who had assisted in the rescue of Bombardier James Richard Braithwaite, who escaped during the Sandakan death march in 1945. In 1946 t...AWM2016.612.2.3
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Colour patch : Bombadier A E Lawrence, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Australian Army
Felt colour patch for 8th Division Artillery, consisting of a horizontally aligned elongated oval divided diagonally red over blue, within a grey border.REL49867
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Dr Charles Rowland Bromley Richards MBE OAM ED as Regimental Medical Officer 2/15th Australian Field Regiment Royal Australian Artillery and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945, interviewed by Clay Blair
Sound
Maker: Richards, Charles Rowland Bromley 'Rowley' Blair, Clay Richards, Charles Rowland Bromley 'Rowley'
Tapes 1-4 contain: Dr Charles Rowland Bromley Richards MBE OAM ED interviewed by Clay Blair . Recorded in Australia c1977-78. Dr Richards served with his unit in Malaya and Singapore and was subsequen...S02662
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2/15 Field Regiment RAA, 8th Division, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Arrow Bronze
Commissioned by the 2/15th Australian Field Regiment Association as part of the Australian War Memorial’s Plaque Dedication Program.PL00033
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Fitzhardinge, James Henchman Clubbe (Sergeant, b.1918 - d.2011)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Army
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX68775 Sergeant James Henchman Clubbe Fitzhardinge, 2/15 Field Regiment, prisoner of war, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of three document...PR06069
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Fletcher, George Winslow (2/15th Fld Regt)
Private Record
Maker: Fletcher, George Winslow
COPY OF DIARY ENTRIES FROM 14-24 FEBRUARY DESCRIBING IN GREAT DETAIL, FLETCHER'S ESCAPE FROM SINGAPORE TO JAVA, 19423DRL/0366
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GEMENCHEH, NEGRI SEMBILAN, MALAYA. 1945-09-25. LIEUTENANT R. W. EATON, 2/30TH INFANTRY BATTALION ...
Photograph
GEMENCHEH, NEGRI SEMBILAN, MALAYA. 1945-09-25. LIEUTENANT R. W. EATON, 2/30TH INFANTRY BATTALION (LEFT), AND LIEUTENANT C. H. MOORE, 2/26TH INFANTRY BATTALION (RIGHT), BOTH 8TH DIVISION EX-PRISONERS O...117485
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GEMENCHEH, NEGRI SEMBILAN, MALAYA. 1945-09-25. THE BRIDGE (MIDDLE DISTANCE) OVER THE GEMENCHEH ...
Photograph
GEMENCHEH, NEGRI SEMBILAN, MALAYA. 1945-09-25. THE BRIDGE (MIDDLE DISTANCE) OVER THE GEMENCHEH RIVER WHERE, ON THE 1942-01-14 MEMBERS OF THE 2/30TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION SUPPORTED BY NO. 30 BA...117484
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GEMENCHEH, NEGRI SEMBILAN, MALAYA. 1945-09-25. THE LINE OF WITHDRAWAL TAKEN BY TROOPS OF THE ...
Photograph
GEMENCHEH, NEGRI SEMBILAN, MALAYA. 1945-09-25. THE LINE OF WITHDRAWAL TAKEN BY TROOPS OF THE 2/30TH INFANTRY BATTALION, THE NO. 30 BATTERY, 2/15TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT AND THE 4TH AUSTRALIAN ANTI...117482
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Glover, Fred (Gunner, d.1945); Glover, Cecil (Sergeant, d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Glover, Fred
Seven personal letters written by NX55670 Gunner Fred and NX53670 Sergeant Cecil Glover, both serving with 2/15 Battalion, to their family, while in Malaya and Singapore during 1941, before capture of...PR01106
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Group photograph at the Sydney Showground showing brothers NX30581 Lance Bombardier (L Bdr) James ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group photograph at the Sydney Showground showing brothers NX30581 Lance Bombardier (L Bdr) James Reginald Cross standing in the back row in the middle and NX30582 Gunner (Gnr) John Clarence Cross kne...P04267.003
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HANAOAKA, JAPAN. AT THE HANAOAKA POW CAMP AT THE END OF WAR. CAMP SITUATED IN NORTHERN HONSHU. ...
Photograph
HANAOAKA, JAPAN. AT THE HANAOAKA POW CAMP AT THE END OF WAR. CAMP SITUATED IN NORTHERN HONSHU. NOTE POW SIGNS ON ROOF OF BUILDING. THESE WERE PLACED THERE AS IDENTIFICATION OF POW CAMPS FOR AMERICAN F...P00083.002
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Houlahan, William Ronald (Private, b.1912 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Houlahan, William Ronald
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX28978 Private Ronald William Houlahan, 1940-1942. Wallet 1 of 1 contains a diary kept by Houlahan during his service in Singapore between 1940...PR88/052
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Improvised flag : Sergeant W W Bale, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Various
Improvised cotton flag made from scraps of material. The flag is white around the edges and bears an 8th Australian Division Artillery colour patch in the centre. The horizontally aligned oval is divi...REL29495
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Informal group portrait of Australian ex POWs from Saigon with an Australian flag made from ...
Photograph
Informal group portrait of Australian ex POWs from Saigon with an Australian flag made from mosquito net, handkerchiefs and red body belts. The flag was made by NX1847 Gunner Leslie Peade, 2/15th Aust...118876
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Informal portrait of NX21715 Gunner (Gnr) Bruce Chapman, 2/15 Field Regiment, Royal Australian ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of NX21715 Gunner (Gnr) Bruce Chapman, 2/15 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, of Chatswood, NSW. A member of the militia forces before enlisting with the 2nd AIF on 28 May ...P06364.001
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Informal portrait of QX20478 Private Edward Mervyn 'Tao' Maris, 2/15 Field Regiment at a swimming ...
Photograph
Informal portrait of QX20478 Private Edward Mervyn 'Tao' Maris, 2/15 Field Regiment at a swimming hole near Grovely Camp. Later Lance Bombardier, Maris was a prisoner of war of the Japanese and discha...P00236.001
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Johnstone, Alex R C (Corporal, b.1911 - d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Johnstone, Alexander Roland Campbell (Alex)
Diaries, notebooks, letters, telegrams, sketches, leaflets, cards and menus relating to NX20572 Corporal Alex R. C. Johnstone (2/15th Field Regiment, originally attached to the Audit Office, Command P...PR01044
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Kalbfell, James Farquhar (Sergeant, b.1910 - d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Kalbfell, James Farquhar
Papers accumulated by James Farquhar Kalbfell (2/15th Regiment) while a POW on the Burma-Thailand railway, comprising: (i) a report titled 'Report of Conditions - Prisoners of War - Thailand May-Sept ...PR00984
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Kavanagh, Charles William (Gunner, b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Kavanagh, Charles William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX20255 Gunner Charles William Kavanagh, 2/15th Field Regiment, 1941-1942. Kavanagh enlisted in the Second Australian Imperial Force in May 1941...PR04405
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-12. FOUR 8TH DIVISION OFFICERS, EX PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE ...
Photograph
KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-12. FOUR 8TH DIVISION OFFICERS, EX PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, CARRY THEIR LUGGAGE THROUGH THE OFFICERS' QUARTERS OF THE KUCHING POW AND INTERNMENT CAMP ON THEI...118395
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-16. THE CIVIL HOSPITAL, FORMERLY THE JAPANESE MILITARY HOSPITAL. ...
Photograph
Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-16. THE CIVIL HOSPITAL, FORMERLY THE JAPANESE MILITARY HOSPITAL. LEFT TO RIGHT: 2879289 PRIVATE J. JOHNSON, 2ND BATTALION, GORDON HIGHLANDERS (FROM PRESWICK, SCOTLAND)...120403
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-12. MAJOR W. E. FRASER, 2/18TH INFANTRY BATTALION (LEFT); LIEUTENANT D. ...
Photograph
KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-12. MAJOR W. E. FRASER, 2/18TH INFANTRY BATTALION (LEFT); LIEUTENANT D. M. GARMENT, 2/15TH FIELD REGIMENT (RIGHT) 8TH DIVISION EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE, CHATTING WITH CHAPLAIN...118303
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Lewis Hugh William (Bill) Bowden as a lieutenant, 2/15th Field Regiment, 1940-1946, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton
Sound
Maker: Bowden, Lewis Hugh William (Bill)
SX10503 Lieutenant Lewis Hugh William (Bill) Bowden, 2/15th Field Regiment, 1940-1946, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937–1947" oral history project. The interview...AWM2018.572.6
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Malaya. c.1941. Members of the 2/15th Field Regiment stop for lunch in a rubber plantation. The ...
Photograph
Malaya. c.1941. Members of the 2/15th Field Regiment stop for lunch in a rubber plantation. The group are on a trek. In the middle in the foreground with a bandaged arm is Max ? tent mate of Bruce Pen...P02590.007
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Mason, William Allan (Gunner, 2/15th Fld Regt)
Private Record
Maker: Mason, William Allan
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX31346 Gunner William Allan Mason, 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, Selarang Barracks, Changi, 1943. Wallet 1 of 1 consists o...3DRL/8017
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McIlroy, Kenneth Alan, (Gunner, b.1920 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: McIlroy, Kenneth Allen
Two original handwritten letters written by Gunner McIlroy to his family and fiance Joan describing the involvement of 2/15 Field Regiment in the Battle of Muar River. The letters describe the battle,...PR00179