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Air Crew Europe Star : Flight Lieutenant J R Austin, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Air Crew Europe Star. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31727.002
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An outdoors group portrait of athletes at the Inter Allied Games held at the Pershing Stadium, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
An outdoors group portrait of athletes at the Inter Allied Games held at the Pershing Stadium, Paris in June-July 1919. The unidentified men represent the following nations, from left to right, back r...E05325
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ANTONIA HORCICKA, WHO SERVED WITH THE CZECH ARMY DURING WWII AND WAS A POW OF THE GERMANS AT ...
Photograph
ANTONIA HORCICKA, WHO SERVED WITH THE CZECH ARMY DURING WWII AND WAS A POW OF THE GERMANS AT DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP.P00568.001
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Anzacs march again
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
A propaganda short produced by Movietone News for the Department of Information on the events leading up to the outbreak of the 1939-1945 war and Australia's part in the early stages.F01257
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Austin, John Ross (Flight Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Austin, John Ross Royal Australian Air Force
Collection relating to 403682 Flight Lieutenant John Austin, 460 Squadron and 13 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1941-1945. Collection comprises Flight Lieutenant John Austin's RAAF Ob...PR03206
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Australia Service Medal : Flight Lieutenant J R Austin, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31727.006
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Australia Service Medal : Flying Officer R S Hoy RAAF, 100 and 157 Squadrons RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL35497.006
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Australia Service Medal : Private L P Saywell, Australian Army Service Corps, 17 Infantry Brigade, 6 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL24151.005
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Flight Lieutenant J R Austin, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31727.005
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Flying Officer R S Hoy RAAF, 100 and 157 Squadrons RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL35497.005
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British War Medal 1939-45. Medal : Private L P Saywell, Australian Army Service Corps, 17 Infantry Brigade, 6 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL24151.004
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Canada. C. 1943-06. A group portrait of Atlantic Service flyers of eight nationalities - from ...
Photograph
Canada. C. 1943-06. A group portrait of Atlantic Service flyers of eight nationalities - from Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Norway, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Second from right is 4118...SUK10930
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CYECHOSLAVAK FIGHTER SQUADRON OF THE R.A.F. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.)
Photograph
Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
CYECHOSLAVAK FIGHTER SQUADRON OF THE R.A.F. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.)003272
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CZECHOSLAVAKIAN FIGHTER SQUADRON OF R.A.F. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.)
Photograph
Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
CZECHOSLAVAKIAN FIGHTER SQUADRON OF R.A.F. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.)003274
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Czechoslovakia 1914-19 Allied Victory Medal
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Czechoslovakia 1914-19 Allied Victory Medal. Unnamed as issued. The obverse features a winged female figure; Winged Victory, with a flowing skirt, holding an olive branch in her right hand and a sword...REL46506
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Czechoslovakian War Cross 1914-18
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Czechoslovakian War Cross composed of four interlaced circles. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The Arms of Bohemia (top), Moravia (left), Silesia (right) and Slovakia (bottom). Reverse: Interwoven 'CS' in...RELAWM14827
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Czechoslovakian War Cross : Private L P Saywell, Australian Army Service Corps, 17 Infantry Brigade, 6 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Czechoslovakian War Cross in case. Unnamed as issued. Also known as the 'Czechoslovakian Military Cross', the award is a bronze cross urdy with crossed swords between the arms. In the centre is a squa...RELAWM32261.001
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Czechoslovakia 1914-19 Victory Medal
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Czechoslovakia 1914-19 Victory Medal. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: Winged Victory, with a flowing skirt, holding an olive branch in her right hand and a sword, with the crossguard pointing downwards, i...RELAWM14828
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Defence Medal : Flight Lieutenant J R Austin, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31727.004
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Defence Medal : Flying Officer R S Hoy RAAF, 100 and 157 Squadrons RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL35497.004
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Defence Medal : Private L P Saywell, Australian Army Service Corps, 17 Infantry Brigade, 6 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL24151.003
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Eager, L F (Private, 3rd Laa Regt AIF, POW, Germany)
Private Record
Maker: Eager, L F
Memoir written by Private L F Eager who served with the 2/3 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment before his capture at Crete. Eager documents his internment as a prisoner of war at Stalag VIIA, Mossburg Bavar...PR84/106
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2/3 Field Regiment
Manuscript
`Unofficial History of the 2/3 Field Regiment', edited by L. Bishop and L. Lind, is a detailed history of the Regiment from its inception in 1939. It outlines training in England and in Queensland on ...MSS1222
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France and Germany Star : Flying Officer R S Hoy RAAF, 100 and 157 Squadrons RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
France and Germany Star. Unnamed as issued.REL35497.003
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[German home front, Slovakia, Italy, French volunteers for the Waffen SS, Russian front and Allied bombing raids, 1944] (Die Deutsche Wochenschau No. 707) = (The German newsreel No. 707)
Film
Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
German newsreel circa March 1944. Commentary in German. Items covered: 1. 'Personality of the week', the German writer von Muenchausen at his castle in Altenburg. 2. Mediterranean, aqualung diver and ...F01965
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[German newsreel] (Ufa Nr 426)
Film
Maker: Universum Film AG
German newsreel produced by Ufa circa late 1939. covering: 1. Meeting of Soviet and Japanese commanders on the Mongolian frontier. 2. European wild life. 3. Olympic baths at Berlin. 4. American Legion...F01996
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Hancock, James (416762, Squadron Leader, RAAF)
Manuscript
Maker: Rymill, Peter
Biographical manuscript summarising service experience of Squadron Leader J. Hancock DFC during the Second World War. Details experiences onboard the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber 'W Willie' from Septem...MSS2154
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Henry, James (Warrant Officer I, b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Henry, James
Photocopies relating to training, final mission, capture, treatment, forced marches, post war reunions. Summary account of experiences in Stalag VIII B, later 344 Lamsdorf in Ober Silesia. Observer's ...PR91/022
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Howard, Mark Alfred (Lieutenant, d.1999)
Private Record
Maker: Howard, Mark Alfred
CORRESPONDENCE WRITTEN BY LT HOWARD TO HIS MOTHER IN ENGLAND FOLLOWING HIS WOUNDING AND CAPTURE IN GREECE. THE REGULAR LETTERS CONTAIN REQUESTS FOR CLOTHING, FOODSTUFFS AND NEWS OF CAMP LIFE. ALSO CON...PR88/168
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Italy. C. 1944-11. RAF Mosquito aircraft of the Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force have been ...
Photograph
Italy. C. 1944-11. RAF Mosquito aircraft of the Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force have been carrying out night intruder operations over Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Greece. In support ...SUK13391
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LONDON, ENGLAND. KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH ENTERTAINED AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE MEMBERS OF ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
LONDON, ENGLAND. KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH ENTERTAINED AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILIES AND HEADS OF THE ALLIED GOVERNMENTS NOW IN LONDON. STANDING IN A COURTYARD ARE, LEFT ...009744
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Maker's presentation model of a prototype BREN gun in 1/6 scale : Zbrojovka Brno
Technology
Maker: BRNO
Presentation model of a prototype BREN light machine gun made by Ceská Zbrojovka in Czechoslovakia. The model is realised in about 1/6 or 1/5 scale and has been machined from a number of separate comp...REL37623
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McCauley, Jim (Private, 2/15th Bn AIF, POW)
Private Record
Maker: McCauley, Jim
Memoirs of prisoner of war experience following capture in North Africa during the 'Benghazi Handicap', transport to Italy and eventually work camps in Poland. Private McCauley escaped while on a forc...PR86/078
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-03-03. MAJOR P MCCREEDY, (1), WITH MAJOR GENERAL C H SIMPSON, (2), MR E ...
Photograph
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-03-03. MAJOR P MCCREEDY, (1), WITH MAJOR GENERAL C H SIMPSON, (2), MR E PEACOCK, CONSUL FOR CZECHOSLOVAKIA, (3), AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL AVERY, (4), DURING THE OPENING OF THE NEW O...087063
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Melbourne, Vic. 1944-03-16. Members of the anti Nazi Czechoslovakian community celebrating the ...
Photograph
Maker: Herald Newspaper
Melbourne, Vic. 1944-03-16. Members of the anti Nazi Czechoslovakian community celebrating the improved war situation with singing and dancing on the eighth anniversary of the Nazi occupation of their...140606
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Melbourne, Vic. 1944-07-21. Members of the Belgian community toasting King Leopold at an informal ...
Photograph
Maker: Herald Newspaper
Melbourne, Vic. 1944-07-21. Members of the Belgian community toasting King Leopold at an informal reception at the home of the Consul General to celebrate Belgium's National Day. Left to right: M. Pie...141469
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Melbourne, Vic. 1944-04-10. Members of the Czechoslovakian community celebrating the liberation ...
Photograph
Maker: Herald Newspaper
Melbourne, Vic. 1944-04-10. Members of the Czechoslovakian community celebrating the liberation of their country by the Russian Army at the home of Mr M. Sarsen. The women in national nostume are left...140737
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Messerschmitt Me 262-A2 Fighter Aircraft : KG51 Luftwaffe
Technology
Messerschmitt Me 262A-2, cantilever low wing monoplane with twin axial flow jet engines. All metal, stressed skin construction. Retractable tricycle undercarriage, single spar, one piece wing attached...REL/08385.001
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Nazi Sudetenland Campaign Medal
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nazi Sudetenland Campaign Medal. Obverse: A tall standing figure carrying a swastika banner in his left hand, assisted by a shorter figure with broken shackles (representing freed Czechs) to mount a p...RELAWM30355
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Newspaper relating to Antonin Horcicka, 9 August 1973
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown
Newspaper relating to the Second World War internment and post-war life of Antonin Horcicka, Sydney, 9 August 1973. This file contains an incomplete copy of "The Advance" [pages 1-8 and 25-32] publis...AWM2019.22.275
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[Operation Barbarrosa: the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union. Rommel and Afrika Korps at Tobruk] (Die Deutsche Wochenschau) [1941] = (The German newsreel) [1941]
Film
Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
A collection of German newsreels extracts and a travelogue c June 1941 covering the following topics. 1. Troops of the Waffen SS placing flowers on their dead comrades graves. 2. The German Army's adv...F01967
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PERTH, WA. 1943-04-03. THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN FLOAT PASSING THE SALUTING BASE DURING THE GRAND ...
Photograph
PERTH, WA. 1943-04-03. THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN FLOAT PASSING THE SALUTING BASE DURING THE GRAND PARADE OF ALLIED NATIONS, AT THE PAGEANT OF FREEDOM, HELD AT GLOUCESTER PARK, AND ORGANISED BY THE WESTERN A...050459
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Photographs and photographic postcards relating to Antonin Horcicka, c. 1919 - c. 1967
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown Various
Photographs and photographic postcards relating to the interwar life, Second World War service and post war life of Antonin Horcicka, c. 1919 - c. 1967. This file is comprised of photographs and phot...AWM2019.22.273
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Prague, Czechoslovakia. 1939-03-16. A convoy of German six wheeled heavy armoured cars Sd Kfz 232 ...
Photograph
Prague, Czechoslovakia. 1939-03-16. A convoy of German six wheeled heavy armoured cars Sd Kfz 232 entering Prague the day after the German occupation began. The parade was met by hostile demonstration...P02188.005
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Prague, Czechoslovakia. c.1939-03. A parade of German Panzerkampfwagen II light tanks is watched ...
Photograph
Prague, Czechoslovakia. c.1939-03. A parade of German Panzerkampfwagen II light tanks is watched by crowds lining the street. Note the twin machine gun turret on the tanks. (Original print held in AWM...P02188.004
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Prague, Czechoslovakia. 1939-03. Soon after the German Army entered Prague, crowds line the ...
Photograph
Prague, Czechoslovakia. 1939-03. Soon after the German Army entered Prague, crowds line the street as a parade of German Panzerkampfwagen II light tanks passes. The salute is taken by General Freiherr...P02188.003
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Printed cloth from Czechoslovakia : Warrant Officer V J Hibbens, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Coarsley woven red cotton decorative cloth with a printed design in yellow and white. The selvedges are edged with a yellow border which is inside a row of alternating yellow and white stars. Each end...REL38779
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Ramale Mission, Kokopo Area, New Britain. A group of Roman Catholic missionary priests comprising ...
Photograph
Ramale Mission, Kokopo Area, New Britain. A group of Roman Catholic missionary priests comprising American, Irish, German, Dutch, Austrian, Belgian, French and Czechoslovakian, part of a group of 300 ...096816
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Ramale Valley, New Britain. Group portrait of Australian Roman Catholic sisters at the internment ...
Photograph
Ramale Valley, New Britain. Group portrait of Australian Roman Catholic sisters at the internment camp where they have lived since the Japanese occupation of Rabaul. They are in good health and spirit...096862
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Saywell, Lawrence (Larry) Phillip (Private, b.1919 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Saywell, Lawrence Phillip
This collection consists primarily of letters written by Private Lawrence (Larry) Saywell to his mother Mrs Gertrude Saywell (Gert), his brothers George and Preston and to his aunt in England between ...PR00815
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Shute, Norman (Sergeant)
Manuscript
Maker: Shute, Norman
Manuscript details Shute's escape from a POW work camp at Mahr Trubau in 1945 with an American girl. Covers journey to Prague through retreating German and advancing Russian lines, linking with Americ...MSS0685
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1939-45 Star : Flight Lieutenant J R Austin, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL31727.001
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1939-45 Star : Flying Officer R S Hoy RAAF, 100 and 157 Squadrons RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Unnamed as issued.REL35497.002
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1939-45 Star : Private L P Saywell, Australian Army Service Corps, 17 Infantry Brigade, 6 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL24151.001
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[surname unknown], Robert
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
First page of an incomplete letter dated 25 June 1939, written by an unknown German civilian in Duisberg to an Australian friend, 'Robert', in Melbourne, describing personal and general public situat...PR03313
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Swain, Vern (Signaller, 2/2nd Fld Regt, AIF b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Swain, Vern
TRAVEL WARRANTS, RATION COUPONS AND CHIT FROM THE CZECH RESISTANCE WHICH WAS PASSED TO SWAIN FOLLOWING HIS ESCAPE FROM GERMAN CONTROLPR86/206
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The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (NX45986) Sapper William Johnson Williams, 2/3rd Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, Second World War
Film
Maker: Australian War Memorial
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth...PAFU2014/241.01
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TOBRUK. THIS 1000 POUND BOMB FELL 20 FEET FROM AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN POST. THE BOMB IS MARKED ...
Photograph
Maker: Silk, George
TOBRUK. THIS 1000 POUND BOMB FELL 20 FEET FROM AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN POST. THE BOMB IS MARKED CZECHOSLOVAKIA, SO THEY PROBABLY OWE THEIR LIVES TO THE SILENT SERVICE WHICH IS WORKING FOR VICTORY IN THES...009520
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V ... - : free Czechoslovakia
Art
Maker: Czechoslovak Information Service
This poster comes from a series of foreign posters that were created during World War II by foreign information offices or war relief associations in the United States. The letter "V" coupled with thr...ARTV05888
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Vz 58P Assault Rifle
Technology
Maker: Uhersky' Brod Ordnance Factory
Czechoslovakian Vz 58V Assault Rifle with a 30 round detachable staggered box magazine. Cast and machined action with a V section top cocking slide. The action is marked on the left side with crossed ...REL/02352
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Where death wears a smile
Film
Maker: Heimans, Frank Heimans, Frank Heimans, Frank
A documentary film produced for television release by Cinetel Productions. "This film follows the path of a group of Australian and New Zealand prisoners of war who so infuriated the Nazi regime by th...F04761