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Armstrong, James Frederick (Private, 2/21st Bn, AIF b.1919 - d.1944)
Private Record
Maker: Armstrong, James Frederick
Original diary kept by Armstrong while serving with the 2/21 Battalion and later as a POW of the Japanese. The diary covers the period 13 Dec. 1941 - 1 Sept. 1943. There is also a typed copy and a pho...PR89/165
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Arrowsmith, W C (Private d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Arrowsmith, W C
Letters to his family commenting on training and life in the Darwin area, and active service on Ambon, describing Japanese air raids and high morale in the battalion. Arrowsmith was killed in action i...PR00463
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Ashton, George (Private, b.1910 - d.1994)
Private Record
Maker: Ashton, George Rootsey, Marilla
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX54217 Private George Ashton, 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Netherlands East Indies and Australia, 1941-...PR05728
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Bennett, Ron (Private, 2/21 Battalion, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Bennett, Ron
COPIES OF TWO LETTERS WRITTEN TO SGT BERNIE GAYNOR FROM DARWIN AND POSSIBLY AMBON IN 1941-1942PR83/164
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Biddiscombe, Frank Albert (2/21st Bn and POW Ambon and Hainan, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Biddiscombe, Frank Albert
1. Nominal Roll of Australian POWs at Hainan, 1942, and indications of the number who died. Notes on incarceration. 2. Diary covering period February 1941 - May 1945.3DRL/1763
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Branson, A W (Private, d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Branson, A W
Letters written Christmas 1941 and January 1942 describe life on Ambon while awaiting expected Japanese attack. Other papers relate to death of Private Branson while a POW in August 1945.PR90/146
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Clark, Thomas W (Corporal, b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Clark, Thomas W
Collection related to Corporal Thomas Clark, 2/21st Battalion. Photocopy of diary extracts from 31 January to 2 April 1942, detailing the defence of Ambon, retreat across the island and eventual esca...PR89/091
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Cookesly, Geoff (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Cookesly, Geoff
Diary and transcript describing invasion of Japanese at Ambon, initial decision to surrender,then escape from island by boat. Travelled through Ceram Islands, then through Arafura Sea to Merauke and f...PR00567
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Cornell, Leslie G (Private, 2/21 Battalion d.1944); Cooke, Leslie Walter (Private, 2/21 Battalion d.1946)
Private Record
Maker: Cornell, Leslie G
Diary kept by Les Cornell describing training in Australia, active service on Ambon, and imprisonment by the Japanese on Hainan Island. Cornell was killed by Chinese bandits in 1944, after which the d...PR90/159
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Doolan, William Thomas (Driver, 2/21st Bn Gull Force d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Doolan, William Thomas
Two newscuttings relating the story of Doolan's brave stand against the Japanese on Ambon. Malay poem and translation about Doolan's bravery, plus a related letter.3DRL/4193
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Elsum, Percy Henry Frederick (Sergeant, b.1902 - d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Elsum, Percy Henry Frederick Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX20324 Sergeant Percy Henry Frederick Elsum, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1962. Wallet 1 of 1 ...PR04002
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Ferguson, Arthur Harry (Corporal, 42nd Bty AFA, AIF, 2/21st Bn, AIF b.1897 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Ferguson, Arthur Harry
REFERENCES ATTESTING TO GNR FERGUSON'S CHARACTER AS A MEMBER OF THE CADET NORFOLK ARTILLERY, SERVICE PAPERS 1914-1918 AND DEPT OF ARMY PAPERS RELATED TO HIS DEATH ON AMBON ISLANDPR84/310
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Grady, Albert (Driver, 2/21st Bn AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Grady, Albert James Rootsey, Marilla
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX36354 Driver Albert Grady, 2/21 Battalion. Collection consists of a photocopy of a diary maintained from enlistment in June 1940, attachment t...PR88/092
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Harris, Roy (Private, 2/21st Bn, AIF and POW - Ambon, Hainan)
Private Record
Maker: Harris, Roy
ACCOUNT OF THE WARTIME EXPERIENCES OF PTE HARRIS INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHTING IN AMBON AND OF HIS POW EXPERIENCES IN AMBON AND HAINAN. ALSO PHOTOCOPY OF "BATTLE OF AMBON", A JAPANESE ACCOUNT O...PR84/196
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Joy, George S (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Joy, George S
NOTEBOOK CONTAINING TRANSLATIONS OF JAPANESE NOTICES, DEATH ROLL, ACCOUNT OF JAPANESE LANDING ON AMBON AND AMBUSH OF AUSTRALIANS BY CHINESE ON HAINAN. COPY OF STATEMENT OF SERVICE3DRL/7001
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Macrae, Ian F (Major, 2/21st Bn AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Macrae, Ian Farquhar
COMMENTARY SUBMITTED BY LT COL R J GREEN, MAJ C F NEWNHAN AND MAJ I F MACRAE ON THE CONTENTS OF THE REPORT OF THE AMBON DISASTER AND LATER POW EXPERIENCES PRESENTED BY LT COL W J R SCOTT IN APRIL 1946...PR86/002
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Murnane, Allan Thomas
Private Record
Maker: Murnane, Alan Thomas
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX43008 Private (Pte) Alan Thomas Murnane who served with 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion, which later became part of Gull Force. Comprises or...PR87/066
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Tait, Edwin Robert Alexander (Private, b.1918 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Shaw, Percival James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX28084 Private Edwin Robert Alexander 'Bert' Tait, 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion, Ambon, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one three-page ...AWM2019.684.1
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Young, Arthur Wellesley (Captain, b.1912 - d.1998); Edmonds, Jack Roland (Lance Corporal, b.1914 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Menzies, Robert Gordon Young, Arthur Wellesley
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX26672 Captain Arthur Wellesley Young, 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1941; Collection relatin...PR04281