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Aluminium container : Lieutenant A Y Ellerman, 2/29 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Engraved aluminium container with a hinged lid. The top of the container has a stippled background and is engraved with a sunflower design and 'A Y ELLERMAN'. The back of the container is engraved wit...REL31565
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Anti climb hook : Changi Gaol
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Curved steel hook from the inner wall of Changi Gaol. The hook, which was previously cemented into the wall, appears to have been removed with a welding torch, giving a melted and discoloured finish t...REL33235.002
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Anti climb hook : Changi Gaol
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Curved steel hook from the inner wall of Changi Gaol. The hook, which was previously cemented into the wall, appears to have been removed with a welding torch, giving a melted and discoloured finish t...REL33235.001
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Australia Service Medal : Privatee R H J Warren, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL25359.005
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Australia Service Medal : Private J T Marsden, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34162.004
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Australia Service Medal 1945-1975 : Private J T Marsden, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal 1945-1975. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL34162.005
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Autographed good luck flag : Sergeant N M Cohen, 8 Division HQ
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unknown Japanese soldier's autographed national flag, with a central inset red cotton disc. There are numerous slogans and signatures written on the flag in black ink characters. The top right corner ...REL45907
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Autographed Japanese fundoshi : Signalman J Easton, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Red cotton Japanese fundoshi, or loin cloth, with two self fabric ties across the top edge. The fundoshi bears the autographs, written in indelible pencil, of the surviving members of 8 Division Signa...REL33778
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Bar of toilet soap made at Changi Prisoner of War Camp soap factory
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bar of toilet soap made in the Changi Prisoner of War Camp Soap Factory. Originally brown but now with a grey external film. One end has partially broken away. Original hand written label has stuck to...RELAWM27459
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Bar of washing soap made at Changi Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bar of washing soap made at the Changi Soap Factory. Originally brown, but now with a grey external film. The original hand written label has stuck to the bar and is no longer legible.RELAWM27461
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Blue Red Cross armband with 'MAS' title : Mrs A M Cuthbe, Changi Prison
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Dark blue cotton drill armband with small appliqued red cross in the centre. Above this is attached an oxidised brass shoulder title 'MAS'. The fabric behind the title appears to have once been embro...REL/08535
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Private G A G Siebert, 2/18 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45, impressed on edge with recipient's details.REL38873.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Private J T Marsden, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34162.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Private R H J Warren, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL25359.004
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Signalman H W Almond, 8 Division Signals, AIF Concert Party
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL35413.003
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Brownlow Medal : Corporal L A 'Peter' Chitty, 2/2 Australian Motor Ambulance Convoy
Heraldry
Maker: Robert Pringle & Sons Unknown
Small circular sterling silver medallion with a decorative scroll attached to the top. The front of the medallion has a hammered finish with a gold shield in the centre. The shield is surrounded by a ...REL32808
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Carbolic Soap made at Changi Prisoner of War Soap Factory
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bar of fine, cream coloured carbolic soap, made at the Changi Soap Factory for medical use.RELAWM27460
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Carved wooden plaque with an image of Britannia : Changi Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden plaque featuring an image of seated Britannia carved in relief with shield, trident and olive branch. The plaque is rounded at the top and square at the bottom, with a wedge shaped tongue proje...REL29111
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Carved wooden walking stick : J Dafter AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Carved wooden walking stick featuring a pattern of raised leaves and flowers on a twisting vine. The head is an irregularly shaped knob like a seed pod, with many small knotholes in it and several car...REL29108
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Cell door : Changi Gaol
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blue painted metal reinforced timber door and frame with brass handles, locks and steel fittings. On the very top edge of the exterior side of the door is a 40 mm (height) x 60 mm (width) rectangular ...REL33237
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Cell door number plate : Changi Gaol
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass number plate attached to the door of a cell at Changi Gaol. The rectangular plate has a screw hole at each corner, with the numeral '3' impressed in the centre. The numeral is picked out in blac...REL33236.002
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Cell door number plate : Changi Gaol
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass number plate attached to the door of a cell at Changi Gaol. The rectangular plate has a screw hole at each corner, with the numeral '1' impressed in the centre. The numeral is picked out in blac...REL33236.001
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Changi gaol cell door sign : Eric Mekie, Jack Field, and Ernest Hodgkin
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Vertically oriented rectangular shaped sign with superbly fine detail, cut from an exposed X-ray plate. The top two thirds of the sign consists of an ensemble of elements in silhouette, placed around...REL24941.001
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Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire : Brigadier A S Blackburn
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Unnamed as issued.OL00271.003
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Commemorative handkerchief for members of C Company, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Standard army issue khaki cotton handkerchief with a 2cm hem on each sides. On the top right hand corner is a small 'x' with a dash. The same symbol is on the opposite corner but on the back. The bac...REL30186
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Commemorative Plaque and Roll of Honour : 'A' Company, 2/29th Battalion, for the Battle of Muar
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular aluminium plaque commemorating the names of soldiers from 'A' company 2/29 Battalion, killed at the battle of Muar in Malaya, 18-22 January 1942. The plaque is lightly coloured and highlig...REL28441
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Cribbage Board : Signalman W J McPherson, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade aluminium cribbage board with four panels of punched out holes for the pegs, grouped in three sets of ten holes for each panel. The board is hand engraved with a thatched hut, palm trees and...REL29050
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Defence Medal : Private G A G Siebert, 2/18 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Unknown
Defence Medal, impressed on edge with recipient's details.REL38873.002
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Defence Medal : Private R H J Warren, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL25359.003
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Embroidered skirt made by female internees in Changi Gaol, May 1942
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Short, fine white linen circular dance skirt with left side placket opening fastened by a single press stud and a waistband fastened by two metal hooks and eyes. Down the front are listed 19 numbers p...REL33930
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Engraved tobacco tin : Sergeant W O Wald, 8th Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small aluminium tobacco tin with separate lid. Engraved on the four sides of the lid is, 'BURMA MALAYA THAILAND SINGAPORE'. The sides of the tin are also engraved with, 'W WALD NX58914 8 [illegible] ...REL39900
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Flattened celluloid doll in paper wrapper : Private W C Davis, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small celluloid kewpie-style doll with painted face and string-jointed arms and legs. Reverse is moulded with maker's name (Fore ??) and a '3' in a diamond. The doll is wrapped in a small paper parcel...REL34430
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Gold ring set with a milk opal : Mark Flew
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Fine gold ring with milk opal held in place by gold shoulders and two claws.REL28921
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Grave cross : Lance Corporal J Hill, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand made grave cross made from poured concrete, with 'AIF' cast on the lower limb of the cross. 'L. CPL. HILL J. 2/4 M.G. BN 11. 3. 43' is painted (now very faint) around an impressed brass strip be...REL/13335
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Handmade cigarette box : Private J McGowan, 2/9 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade aluminium cigarette box with a curved hinged lid. The lid is engraved with and image of Changi Gaol and a scroll bearing the words 'CHANGI J. McGOWAN GAOL'. The base of the case is engraved '...REL/17494
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Hand made cribbage board : D A Johnston, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade wooden cribbage board with stepped upper and lower edges. An aluminium plate, also stepped, has been attached to the wood with steel pins. After attachment to the wood the plate has been punc...REL/15925
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Hand made cricket ball : Changi Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand made cricket ball with solid centre. The ball has been wrapped with black cotton twine and secured with thick white cotton stitches.REL/19909.001
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Hand-made guitar : Australian Prisoner of War, Changi
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand-made wooden acoustic guitar. The sound board and back are timber with the sides made from old petrol tins into which names have been scatched. Legible inscriptions are, or appear to be, 'YARDBIRD...RELAWM37036
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Hand made playing cards : Major B A Hunt, 2/13 Australian General Hospital
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Twenty three hand drawn playing cards made from the backs of Three Castles cigarette packets. The cards are finely marked in black ink, pencil and coloured pencil and comprise a Joker, four Jacks, fou...REL/04536.001
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Identity disc : Lieutenant A Y Ellerman, 2/29 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small rectangular aluminium identity disc with a 4 mm mounting hole. The disc is marked in black along the top with Japanese characters which translate as 'AUSTRALIAN OFFICER'. Impressed beneath these...REL31566
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Identity disc worn by civilian internee, Mrs A M Cuthbe, in Changi Prison
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Steel identity disc with a hole punched at each end. Divided down the centre by an impressed vertical line. On one side is the number '70', and on the other a Japanese character which translates as 'B...REL/08537
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Improvised orthopaedic sandal : Private M A Bradford, 2/20 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised orthopaedic sandal, for the left foot, with a 55 mm high heel. The sole and heel have been cut from a single piece of wood. A thick rubber 'horseshoe' is nailed around the bottom edge of th...REL38344
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Improvised POW smoking pipe: Lance Corporal Victor Stuart McComb, 22nd Infantry Brigade
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Smoking pipe, a variation on the apple shape, apparently turned from the leg of a teak billiard table. The neck is straight and the joint between bowl and shank is covered by an aluminium band. The bo...REL/00408
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Japanese painting : Stoker R Pearce, HMS Loch Katrine
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese painting in a dark bamboo frame. The painting depicts a river scene with huts along the bank and sailing boats on the water. Pasted onto the bank in the foreground are photographs of four Jap...REL32572
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'Joey' the ventriloquist doll : Gunner T A Hussey, 2/10 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden ventriloquist's doll dressed in a discoloured double breasted white cotton suit, made from a cut down civilian tropical suit, a partial undershirt, and a black tie made from a piece of fabric f...RELAWM30623
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Lion head door handle from Changi Gaol : Private J J Tracey, Australian Army Service Corps, 8 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Heavy brass lion-headed door handle set within a decorative border. The handle is complete with a circular brass door plate edged with two rows of beading. Two holes are drilled into the plate to allo...REL33632
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Military Cross ribbon bar : Captain L Matthews and Captain S Woods
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Cross ribbon bar with safety pin sewn to reverse.REL43140
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Miniature Catholic prayer book with enclosed rosary beads : Bombardier A E Lawrence, 2/15 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small pocket Catholic prayer book, entitled "Garden of the Soul" published in Sydney 1924 by E.J Dwyer of 711 George St, Sydney, and printed in Belgium. The book contains a collection of prayers, the ...REL49866
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Miniature half pint ladle : Changi Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Miniature example of a half pint ladle made from green painted steel taken from an old filing cabinet. Ladle has straight sides and a flat bottom. Lead solder has been used to attach the handle.RELAWM33848
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Miniature kettle made in Changi Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Miniature kettle made from part of a green painted steel filing cabinet. The upper and lower edges, spout and handle have all been soldered on to the body of the kettle. There is no lid.RELAWM33841