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Bruce Carlyle Ruxton as president of the RSL Club of Victoria speaks about the assistance he provided to the Gull Force Association during the mid 1960s.
Sound
Maker: Ruxton, Bruce Carlyle Billett, Janet Roberts
Bruce Ruxton as president of the RSL Club of Victoria speaks about the assistance he provided to the Gull Force Association during the mid 1960s. The Gull Force Association was giving medical and othe...S04321
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Buckland, John (Private, 64th Bn)
Private Record
Maker: Buckland, John
LETTERS FROM BUCKLAND TO MOTHER FROM CAMP IN QUEENSLAND AND FROM AMBON. DISCUSS ATTITUDES TO JAPAN AND THE JAPANESE.PR85/061
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'Chapter 2: Ambon Offensive Operation' - history of Imperial Japanese Army unit on Ambon, Second World War
Manuscript
Maker: Unknown Japanese officer, Imperial Japanese Army
1. Original copy of a typescript of an official history of Imperial Japanese Army unit, 16th Army, on Ambon during Second World War, written by an unknown Imperial Japanese Army officer. 2. Translatio...MSS1912
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Chief Petty Officer Victor Ernest Montague (Monty) Tuckerman, (Rtd).
Sound
Maker: Tuckerman, Victor Ernest Montague (Monty)
Victor Ernest Montague Tuckerman (Monty Tuckerman), (Service number 21164 ) interviewed as a former member of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), 1936-1948, by James McDonald RAN (Ret'd). PO Tuckerman ...S04345
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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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Commemorative brass plaque for members of the Australian and Allied Forces who died at Ambon as prisoners of war
Heraldry
Maker: Butler, Michael
Brass plaque with acid etched border and lettering. The lettering reads, 'ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF MEMBERS OF AUSTRALIAN AND ALLIED FORCES WHO DIED AT AMBON JAN-FEB 1942/ 1 JAN 1946'.REL/07596
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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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Cotton, Raymond F (Able Seaman, HMAS Junee, RAN b.1927)
Private Record
Maker: Cotton, Raymond F
LETTERS DESCRIBING INVOLVEMENT IN ACTION TO RESCUE POW'S FROM AMBON IN 1945PR85/391
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Cox, Everard John
Private Record
Maker: Cox, Everard John
Original diary kept by VX104228 Lieutenant (Lt) Everard John Cox. Lt Cox started his diary on 21 August 1945 when he was advised he would be sent to Morotai as part of D Coy, 1 Australian Reinforcemen...PR04959
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Dalton Aircraft Navigational Computer Mk VII from navigator's case, Lockheed Hudson : Flight Lieutenant R N Dalkin, 13 Squadron RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Bastian Brothers Co
Celluloid mechanical navigation computer consisting of two printed rectangular celluloid sheets (one white, one clear) sandwiched between two circular printed celluloid sheets (one white, one clear) a...REL33367
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Darwin, NT. 21 September 1945. Informal portrait of Flight Lieutenant E. R. Oldfield of Victoria ...
Photograph
Maker: Department of Air
Darwin, NT. 21 September 1945. Informal portrait of Flight Lieutenant E. R. Oldfield of Victoria Park, WA, who was a prisoner of war (POW) for only five months. A veteran Air Gunner of the South-West ...NWA0988
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Defence Medal : Flight Lieutenant R N Dalkin, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL33369.005
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Defence Medal : Lieutenant M H MacDowell, 2/21 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal 1939-1945. Impressed edge with recipient's details.REL/02986.003
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Distinguished Flying Cross : Flight Lieutenant W V D White, 2 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Flying Cross. Engraved reverse lower arm '1942'.REL/15712
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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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Duff, Ken (Flight Sergeant)
Manuscript
Maker: Duff, Ken
"The Darwin Lockheed Hudson Squadrons and the War They Traversed" gives a account of the work of 2 and 13 Squadrons from 1941 to 1943. The manuscript also includes copies of navigation logs, photograp...MSS1504
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Dutch Mannlicher Model 1895 Carbine : Netherlands East Indies Army
Technology
Maker: Osterreichische Waffenfabrik Gesellshaft, Steyr
The Dutch Mannlicher Model 1895 bolt action carbine. The left side of the receiver is marked 'STEYR 1896'. It has a single piece wood stock without a top hand guard. There is a rounded rectangular rec...REL35452
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Dwyer, D L (Able Seaman, b.1925)
Private Record
Maker: Dwyer, D L
Records compiled by Able Seaman D L Dwyer. Items include the "Ambon News" Copy 14 of 7/11/1945, "Ambon News" clipping 21/11/1945 relates to Driver Doolan and handwritten, in ink, translation of "Doo...PR91/128
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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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Enamel plate : Laha massacre, Ambon
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular white enamel plate with blue rim. The enamel is chipped and scarred in several places. The plate is bent, and has a hole near its centre and a tear in the rim which may have been caused by bu...RELAWM20480.002
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Engraved Dutch army dixie: Sergeant Frederick Stanley Bates, 2/12 Field Ambulance and Sergeant Johannes J van Ark, Netherlands East Indies Army
Heraldry
Maker: van Ark, Johannes J
Round aluminium dixie impressed '90898' and engraved 'VAN ARK' over crossed cannons beside a field gun set against an array of seven flags. These images all relate to Van Ark. A further set of engravi...AWM2017.1363.3
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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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2/12 Field Ambulance banner : Lieutenant Colonel N H Morgan, 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A unit banner for the 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance. The banner is made of unbleached calico and is painted at the centre with the Red Cross, on top of which is painted the colour patch of 2/12 Fiel...REL31811
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Flag from Japanese Headquarters, Ambon, bearing the nominal roll of 101 Australian Army Troops Company, RAE
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese flag made of white cotton with a red silk sun. Three loops are sewn at regular intervals down the hoist. Above the sun are the words '101st Aust. Army. Tps. Coy R.A.E.' written and bordered i...REL29503
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Fletcher, A (Sergeant)
Private Record
Maker: Fletcher, Albert
One black and white photograph taken on Ambon island, showing four officers of the 13 Squadron, including Sergeant Fletcher. Original diary kept by Fletcher, referring to the bombing of Darwin and eva...PR01225
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Flying Officer Richard Overhue
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Portrait depicting Flying Officer Richard F. Overhue, of the Royal Australian Air Force, relaxed, writing home in the Darwin bush outside his tent, with his feet propped on his improvised bathroom rig...ART21689
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GALALA, AMBON. 1945-10-31. A BULLDOZER AT WORK ON THE SITE WHERE THE NEW AUSTRALIAN WAR CEMETERY ...
Photograph
GALALA, AMBON. 1945-10-31. A BULLDOZER AT WORK ON THE SITE WHERE THE NEW AUSTRALIAN WAR CEMETERY IS BEING CONSTRUCTED. IT IS AT THE EASTERN SIDE OF WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY THE GALALA PRISONER OF WAR CAMP ...121121
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GALALA, AMBON. 1945-10-31. A JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR WORKING PARTY CLEARING AWAY SCRUB AND ...
Photograph
GALALA, AMBON. 1945-10-31. A JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR WORKING PARTY CLEARING AWAY SCRUB AND DEBRIS FROM THE SITE CHOSEN FOR THE NEW AUSTRALIAN WAR CEMETERY. (PHOTOGRAPHER SSGT R. L. STEWART)121116
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GALALA, AMBON. 1945-10-31. LOOKING WEST FROM THE NEW AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR CEMETERY SITE ...
Photograph
GALALA, AMBON. 1945-10-31. LOOKING WEST FROM THE NEW AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR CEMETERY SITE ACROSS THE RUINS OF THE OLD PRISONER OF WAR CAMP WHICH HAD BEEN BURNT DOWN BY ORDER OF 33RD BRIGADE HEADQU...121122
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GALALA, AMBON. 1945-10-31. THE GALALA PRISONER OF WAR CEMETERY WHERE 365 AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS ARE ...
Photograph
GALALA, AMBON. 1945-10-31. THE GALALA PRISONER OF WAR CEMETERY WHERE 365 AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS ARE BURIED. A NEW CEMETERY IS BEING CONSTRUCTED NEARBY WHERE THE MEN WILL BE REINTERRED. LOOKING AT THE GRA...121114
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GALALA, AMBON. 1945-10-31. THE SITE WHERE THE NEW AUSTRALIAN WAR CEMETERY IS BEING CONSTRUCTED. ...
Photograph
GALALA, AMBON. 1945-10-31. THE SITE WHERE THE NEW AUSTRALIAN WAR CEMETERY IS BEING CONSTRUCTED. IT IS AT THE EASTERN SIDE OF WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY THE GALALA PRISONER OF WAR CAMP WHERE MANY OF THE MEN D...121117
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GILBERT, Maric, J (Eddie) (Private, b: 1921)
Manuscript
Maker: Gilbert, Maric Jeggo (Eddie)
Typescript memoir entitled: "Ambon 1941 -1945 Recollections of a Survivor". This memoir provides a well written, observant and detailed recollection of Gilbert's experience as a prisoner of war on Amb...MSS1651
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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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Grave Cross : Driver W T Doolan, 2/21 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden grave cross with a transverse arm attached by two nails to a single upright. The top and the ends of the arms have been cut into a diamond shape. The centre of the arm has incised lettering rea...RELAWM30745
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Grave of VX16156 Corporal Arthur Harry Ferguson, 2/21 Battalion who died on 4 June 1945 at Ambon, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Grave of VX16156 Corporal Arthur Harry Ferguson, 2/21 Battalion who died on 4 June 1945 at Ambon, whilst he was a prisoner of war of the Japanese.P00625.002
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Gull Force (2/21st Battalion) Association
Manuscript
A report entitled 'Gull Force (2/21 Bn.) Association Pilgrimage to Ambon, October 1967' which details a pilgrimage by the Association to the scene of the POW camps and the war graves of their comrades...MSS1527
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GULL FORCE VETERANS AT THE MEMORIAL IN AMBON COMMEMORATING AUSTRALIAN SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND ...
Photograph
GULL FORCE VETERANS AT THE MEMORIAL IN AMBON COMMEMORATING AUSTRALIAN SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN WHO SERVED AND DIED IN AMBON 1942 TO 1945. PHOTOGRAPHED ANZAC DAY 1979. (AIS)044677
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GULL FORCE VETERANS SIGNING THE VISITOR'S BOOK AT THE AMBON WAR CEMETERY ON ANZAC DAY, 1979. (AIS)
Photograph
GULL FORCE VETERANS SIGNING THE VISITOR'S BOOK AT THE AMBON WAR CEMETERY ON ANZAC DAY, 1979. (AIS)044678
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Hall, Louis William DFC (Flight Lieutenant, b: 1919)
Manuscript
Maker: Hall, Louis William
Recollections of RAAF service 1939-1946 as a pilot at numerous locations in Australia and South-West Pacific Area. Describes training, Japanese air raids of Darwin, bombing and torpedo missions in Bea...MSS1501
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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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Identity bracelet : Brigadier E F Lind, 23 Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Privately purchased sterling silver oval disc engraved 'BRIGDR E.F.LIND VX26781 A.I.F.'. Two 65 mm lengths of silver chain are attached to holes in either end of the disc and joined with a hinged clas...REL31645
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Identity disc : Driver V C Ball, 1 Company, Australian Army Service Corps, Gull Force
Heraldry
Maker: Australian Army
Improvised aluminium identity disc, impressed 'BALL VC / 04 / NX1677'. A small loop of wire is attached to the suspension hole.REL31813
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Identity discs : Sergeant P H F Elsum, 2/21 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of aluminium identity discs attached to a copper chain with a gilded metal pig charm suspended from one of the discs. The discs are stamped with two 4 mm mounting holes in each. One of the discs ...REL31222
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Ikeuchi, Masayiko (IJA Civilian Interpreter, b.1894 - d.1947)
Private Record
Maker: Ikeuchi, Masakiyo
Papers relating to Masakiyo [Masakiya] Ikeuchi, executed in September 1947 for war crimes against prisoners of war at Tan Toey Camp on Ambon Island in 1942. Ikeuchi had been a civilian 'non regular of...PR01049
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Informal portrait of PM6416 Able Seaman (AB) Maurice Eric Tanner, RAN, from HMAS Glenelg with a ...
Photograph
Informal portrait of PM6416 Able Seaman (AB) Maurice Eric Tanner, RAN, from HMAS Glenelg with a group of locals while doing his turn of guard duty on the wharves soon after the area was taken over fro...118233
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Informal portrait of PM6416 Able seaman (AB) Maurice Eric Tanner, Royal Australian Navy, HMAS ...
Photograph
Informal portrait of PM6416 Able seaman (AB) Maurice Eric Tanner, Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Glenelg, while on guard duty passing a guard set by the Japanese authorities to keep locals away from thei...118229
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Informal portrait of S/4045 Leading Cook Leonard Reynolds Jose, RAN, serving out stew to local ...
Photograph
Informal portrait of S/4045 Leading Cook Leonard Reynolds Jose, RAN, serving out stew to local children soon after his vessel, HMAS Glenelg tied up at the wharf. From Kingsford, NSW, he served from 1 ...118438
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Informal portrait of S/4045 Leading Cook Leonard Reynolds Jose, RAN, serving out stew to local ...
Photograph
Informal portrait of S/4045 Leading Cook Leonard Reynolds Jose, RAN, serving out stew to local children soon after his vessel, HMAS Glenelg tied up at the wharf. From Kingsford, NSW, he served from 1 ...118439
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Informal portrait of S/4045 Leading Cook Leonard Reynolds Jose, RAN, serving out stew to local ...
Photograph
Informal portrait of S/4045 Leading Cook Leonard Reynolds Jose, RAN, serving out stew to local children soon after his vessel, HMAS Glenelg tied up at the wharf. From Kingsford, NSW, he served from 1 ...118441