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Wallet with comb, colour patch and calendar : Private C J Smith, 2/30 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather wallet with broken stud fastening. One side of the wallet is made up of a pocket with a clear plastic window. Inside this pocket is a green plastic comb and a plastic card printed on one...REL29745
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WALLGROVE, NSW. 1945-08-27. SERGEANT J. J. FLYNN, 105TH GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY, WHO LANDED IN ...
Photograph
WALLGROVE, NSW. 1945-08-27. SERGEANT J. J. FLYNN, 105TH GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY, WHO LANDED IN JAVA EARLY IN 1942 AND WAS TAKEN PRISONER BY THE JAPANESE. HE WAS SENT TO BURMA, THAILAND, SAIGON AND B...114343
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Wally Stillwell
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Wally Stillwell, of 24 Kembla Grove. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 man...ART28403.051
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Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. c. October 1945. Street scene with Lieutenant (Lt) J. Leemon and Lt J. ...
Photograph
Maker: War Graves Commission Survey Party, 1945
Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. c. October 1945. Street scene with Lieutenant (Lt) J. Leemon and Lt J. Eldridge. Wampo is approximately 114 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 30...P01910.017
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Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. c. October 1945. Two members of the War Graves Commission survey ...
Photograph
Maker: War Graves Commission Survey Party, 1945
Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. c. October 1945. Two members of the War Graves Commission survey party, Lieutenant (Lt) J. Leemon and Lt J. E. Eldridge, read a sign erected for them by the Japanese. The si...P01910.006
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Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. 21 October 1945. A train loaded with natives passing over the long ...
Photograph
Maker: Reddaway, Bruce Albert
Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. 21 October 1945. A train loaded with natives passing over the long trestle bridge commonly known as the Wampo viaduct. This tiered viaduct was built along the edge of the Kw...122327
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Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. 22 October 1945. The Kwai Noi river and the Wampo viaduct, taken from ...
Photograph
Maker: Reddaway, Bruce Albert
Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. 22 October 1945. The Kwai Noi river and the Wampo viaduct, taken from a north bound train. This tiered viaduct was built along the edge of the Kwai Noi river. The two main s...120500
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Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. 20 October 1945. The long trestle bridge commonly known as the Wampo ...
Photograph
Maker: Reddaway, Bruce Albert
Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. 20 October 1945. The long trestle bridge commonly known as the Wampo viaduct. This tiered viaduct was built along the edge of the Kwai Noi river. The two main sections of th...122326
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Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. 20 October 1945. Wampo is approxiately 114 kilometres north of Nong ...
Photograph
Maker: Reddaway, Bruce Albert
Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. 20 October 1945. Wampo is approxiately 114 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 300 kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat. Two Japanese soldiers who act...122320
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Wanpu Siding, Thailand. 1945-10. Lieutenant R. Schuller (right) of The Royal Dutch Navy ...
Photograph
Wanpu Siding, Thailand. 1945-10. Lieutenant R. Schuller (right) of The Royal Dutch Navy interrogating five Japanese war criminals, who were being escorted to Singapore.122302
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War Crimes Malnutrition of POWs Nakom Paton and Kanburi, Thailand
Photograph
NAKOM PATON, THAILAND. 1945-09. MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN WHEN AUSTRALIAN, UNITED KINGDOM AND DUTCH PRISONERS OF WAR WERE RECOVERED.100958
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Warry, Richard Roy (Private, b.1913 - d.1997)
Private Record
Maker: Warry, Richard Roy
Improvised notebook (and typed transcript) kept by Richard Roy Warry while a Japanese prisoner of war. Collection items include a transcript of a report prepared at the request of the Imperial Japane...PR01012
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Watchband : Corporal A K Boyden, 2/12 Field Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand made olive green cotton drill watch band, machine stitched with white cotton thread. There is a buckle and pin at one end, which are secured by pushing the pin through the fabric. The other end i...REL31626
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Water chain, Hintoku River
Art
Maker: Parkin, Ray
Prisoners standing in a long line passing water back from the river. A large boat dominates the centre of the composition, with trees in the background. Several men, clothed only to the waist, are pas...ART90933.020
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Wayside shrine, Thailand
Art
Maker: Parkin, Ray
A timber shrine placed on a pole. It is shaped like a temple, with the figure of a god inside. The print was included in a folio of drypoints that were made from the original drawings that Ray Parkin ...ART90933.025
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Webster, Alexander John (Sapper, b. 1905 – d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Various Webster, Alexander John Webster, Peter
Collection relating to the Second World War service and prisoner of war experience of NX24108 Sapper Alexander John Webster, 2/6 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, Second Australian Infantry B...PR05884
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Weedon, James (Private, 8 Supply Personnel AASC, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Weedon, James
POSTCARD LETTER FORWARDED BY DONOR TO HIS MOTHER FROM AN UNIDENTIFIED JAPANESE POW CAMP AND TWO CHRISTMAS CARDS.PR83/074
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We Shall Win the War
Art
Maker: Unknown
Depicts a black and white photograph of Winston Churchill with a background of tanks and Supermarine Spitfires. Text in Thai and English. Reproduced with text in Dutch (ARTV02531), Chinese (ARTV02533)...ARTV02532
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White, Albert F. (Gunner, b.1918 - d.1982)
Private Record
Maker: White, Albert F
Postcard sent from No. 1 POW Camp Thailand by Gunner White (118 Field Regiment) to his wife in England. Gunner White and 2 Australian POWs (Bill Clements and David Evans) escaped to Vietnam 2 weeks be...PR00389
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White, George Harold (Corporal, b.1914 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Various White, George Harold
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX27159 Corporal George H White, 2/30th Battalion. The collection comprises letters, telegrams and postcards exchanged between White and family...PR04003
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Wild, Norman Frank (Corporal, b.1903 - d.1944)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Jacobs, James 'Jim' William Various Wiedersehn, H H Wild, Norman Frank
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX54905 Corporal Norman Frank Wild, HQ AIF Malaya, 1940-1945. Collection consists of one notice of application of enlistment, one letter from Wil...AWM2016.25.1
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William (Bill) Paterson
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of William L 'Bill' Patterson, of 1 Carwar Avenue, Carss Park, New South. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Rail...ART28403.054
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William Davies
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of William R 'Bill' Davies, of 112 Church Street, Hawthorn. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the b...ART28403.060
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William Mackenzie Lowcock (NX10682) 2/19th Btn
Photograph
Studio portrait of NX16082 William (Bill) Mackenzie Lowcock. Bill was 6ft 2 and known as 'Lofty'. He was a prisoner of war in Thailand and survived the war and discharged on the 8 Feburary 1946. Por...P12658
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William McCann
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of William 'Bill' McCann, of 23 Weld Street. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 194...ART28403.071
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Williams, John Munslow (Colonel, OBE, ED, Commanding Officer, 2/2 Australian Pioneer Battalion)
Private Record
Maker: Williams, John Munslow
COPY OF TYPED VERSION OF DIARY DURING PERIOD AS PRISONER OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE. EARLY PART OF DIARY DESTROYED BY RAIN IN JAVA, LATER PART DISAPPEARED IN THAILAND. INCLUDES INDEXPRMF0064
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William Wells
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of William T 'Billy' Wells. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 many prisoners h...ART28403.014
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Will o' the wisp beetle
Art
Maker: Parkin, Ray
Parkin depicts two versions of a will o' the wisp beetle, one with wings closed, one with wings open. Both are brightly coloured. This image is included in a folio of drypoints that were made from ...ART90933.032
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Wilson, George E (Lance Corporal, 2/2nd Aust Mt Res Coy, AASC and POW, Burma/Thailand)
Private Record
Maker: Wilson, George Ellard
LETTERS RE WILSON'S LOSS IN ACTION AND INFORMATION ON HIS INCARCERATION. 4 POW POSTCARDS. BLANK CARDS AND ENVELOPES. DEMOBILIZATION PROCEDURE BOOK. DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE. FORMS. TELEGRAMS MAINLY RE RE...3DRL/7474(A)
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Woollcott, Sydney (Coxswain, RN)
Private Record
Maker: Woollcott, Sydney
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MANUSCRIPT ENTITLED "COPPER ON A CHARIOT" DESCRIBING LIFE AS A POLICEMAN IN LONDON DURING THE BLITZ AND THEN LATER DUTIES AS A NAVAL DIVER ENGAGED IN SPECIAL OPERATIONS WITH SELF PROP...PR86/198
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Working on a Thailand railway cutting, July 1943
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Reconstruction of scene of 'F' Force men excavating earth for the railway cutting, lit by fires, with Japanese guard watching. The billowing fire and the men in shadows gives the illusion of being in ...ART25081
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Young, Bernard Leone (Sapper, b.1914 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Young, Bernard Leone
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX13417 Sapper Bernard Leone Young, 2/11 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, Indonesia and Australia, 1940-1945. Folder 1 contains: one ...AWM2017.21.1