Filters
Filters (2 applied)
Clear All-
type (10)
-
Conflict (25)
- South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War) (5)
- China, 1900-1901 (Boxer Uprising) (1)
- First World War, 1914-1918 (215)
- Second World War, 1939-1945 (1602)
- British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan) (8)
- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 (4)
- Korea, 1950-1953 (26)
- Vietnam, 1962-1975 (45)
- Indonesian Confrontation, 1962-1966 (2)
- Gulf War, 1990-1991 (3)
- Period 1910-1919 (9)
- Period 1920-1929 (2)
- Period 1930-1939 (4)
- Period 1940-1949 (83)
- Period 1950-1959 (9)
- Period 1960-1969 (6)
- Period 1970-1979 (7)
- Period 1980-1989 (12)
- Period 1990-1999 (12)
- Period 2000-2009 (4)
- Period 2010-2019 (1)
- Army organisation period 1948-1952 (1)
- Army organisation period 1953-1960 (1)
- Army organisation period 1961- (1)
- Korea, 1953-1957 (Post-Armistice service - ceasefire monitoring) (1)
-
related units (100)
- Royal Australian Air Force (64)
- 8 Australian Division (63)
- Hospitals (52)
- Imperial Japanese Army (46)
- British Army (37)
- German Air Force (36)
- 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion (33)
- United States Army (25)
- 2/15th Field Regiment (22)
- German Army (21)
- 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion (20)
- 28th Australian Infantry Battalion (20)
- 2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion (19)
- United States Air Force (19)
- 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion (16)
- 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion (16)
- 2nd Australian Imperial Force (16)
- 9 Australian Division (16)
- 6 Australian Division (15)
- 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion (14)
- Indian Army (13)
- Italian Army (13)
- Royal Air Force (13)
- Transport ships (13)
- Australian Army Nursing Service (12)
- 2/10th Field Regiment (11)
- Turkish Army (11)
- 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion (10)
- 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion (10)
- 2/26th Australian Infantry Battalion (10)
- 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (10)
- A Force (10)
- No. 1 Squadron (10)
- No. 622 Squadron (RAF) (10)
- Viet Cong (10)
- 13th Australian Infantry Battalion (9)
- 14th Australian Infantry Battalion (9)
- 15th Australian Infantry Battalion (9)
- 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion (9)
- Medical, Dental and Nursing (9)
- Reception units (9)
- 2/10 Field Company (8)
- 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion (8)
- 2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion (8)
- 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company (8)
- 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion (8)
- 2/5 Australian General Hospital (8)
- 8 Division (8)
- 8 Divisional Signals (8)
- Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces (8)
- Gull Force (8)
- No. 77 Squadron (8)
- 2/10 Field Ambulance (7)
- 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion (7)
- 2/6 Field Company (7)
- 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion (7)
- Australian Flying Corps (7)
- British 8th Army (7)
- Divisional signals (7)
- Empire Air Training Scheme (7)
- Medical Units (7)
- Montevideo Maru (7)
- No. 3 Squadron (7)
- No. 460 Squadron (7)
- 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion (6)
- 2/2nd Field Regiment (6)
- 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion (6)
- 5th Australian Infantry Battalion (6)
- Australian Army Service Corps (6)
- Casualty clearing stations (6)
- New Zealand Army (6)
- Provost units (6)
- Royal Australian Navy (6)
- United States Navy (6)
- 1st Australian Division (5)
- 1st Independent Company (5)
- 2/12 Field Ambulance (5)
- 2/12 Field Company (5)
- 2/13 Australian General Hospital (5)
- 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion (5)
- 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion (5)
- 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion (5)
- 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion (5)
- 29th Australian Infantry Battalion (5)
- F Force (5)
- French Army (5)
- HMAS Perth (5)
- HMAS Perth (1939-1942) (5)
- Imperial Japanese Navy (5)
- Intelligence units (5)
- Lark Force (5)
- No. 458 Squadron (5)
- North Vietnamese Forces (5)
- Royal Australian Engineers (5)
- 10 Australian General Hospital (4)
- 16th Australian Infantry Battalion (4)
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4)
- 2/1 Australian Hospital Ship Manunda (4)
- 2/12th Australian Infantry Battalion (4)
- 2/1st Field Regiment (4)
-
related places (100)
- Asia: Singapore, Changi (185)
- Europe: Germany (176)
- Asia: Singapore (139)
- Asia: Malaya (87)
- Asia: Burma (66)
- Asia: Thailand (66)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway (56)
- Europe: France (54)
- Africa: Egypt (51)
- Europe: Greece, Crete (42)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Nakom Paton (41)
- Asia: Japan (38)
- Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney (37)
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli (34)
- Oceania: Australia (31)
- Europe: Greece (29)
- Europe: United Kingdom, England (29)
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne (28)
- Africa: North Africa, Libya (26)
- Europe: Poland (26)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Java (25)
- Europe: Italy (23)
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk (22)
- Asia: Borneo, North Borneo, Sandakan (21)
- Middle East (19)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island (18)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Sumatra (18)
- Oceania: New Guinea1 (18)
- Approximate locations: At sea (17)
- Asia: Borneo (17)
- Asia: Korea (16)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Ambon, Pulau, Ambon (16)
- Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane (16)
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Bardia Area, Bardia (15)
- Asia: Borneo, Sarawak, Kuching (15)
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul (15)
- Africa: Egypt, Alexandria (14)
- Africa: Egypt, Cairo (14)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Sumatra, Palembang (14)
- Asia: Thailand, Bangkok (14)
- Asia: Borneo, Balikpapan (13)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Java, Batavia (13)
- Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine (13)
- Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Perth (13)
- Asia: Singapore, Changi, Selarang Barracks (12)
- Asia: Timor (12)
- Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin (12)
- Africa: North Africa (11)
- Asia: Malaysia, Labuan (11)
- Europe: Austria (11)
- Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London (11)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Chungkai (10)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Tamarkan (10)
- Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Adelaide (10)
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain (10)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Java, Bandoeng (9)
- Asia: Philippines, Luzon, Manila (9)
- Asia: Taiwan (9)
- Europe: United Kingdom (9)
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey (9)
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Benghazi (8)
- Asia: Borneo, North Borneo (8)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Bampong (8)
- Europe: Switzerland (8)
- Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, Jerusalem (8)
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak (8)
- Africa: North Africa, Western Desert (7)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Hintok (7)
- Asia: Burma, Rangoon (7)
- Asia: Malaya, Malacca (7)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies (7)
- Europe: Germany, Bavaria (7)
- North & Central America: Canada (7)
- Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Cowra (7)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Kanchanaburi (6)
- Asia: Burma, Mergui (6)
- Asia: Burma, Moulmein (6)
- Asia: Ceylon, Colombo (6)
- Asia: China, Manchuria (6)
- Asia: Japan, Kobe (6)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Ambon, Pulau, Ambon, Tantoei (6)
- Asia: Singapore, Kranji (6)
- Europe: France, Paris (6)
- Europe: Greece, Athens (6)
- Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, Gaza (6)
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine (6)
- Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Townsville (6)
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Officer (6)
- Oceania: New Zealand (6)
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville (6)
- Unlinked Place (6)
- Asia: Burma Thailand Railway, Wampo (5)
- Asia: India (5)
- Asia: Japan, Tokyo (5)
- Asia: Malaya, Negri Sembilan, Gemas (5)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Java, Surabaya (5)
- Europe: Belgium (5)
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Bullecourt (5)
- Europe: Germany, Hammelburg (5)
- Europe: Germany, Lubeck (5)
-
location (7)
- Main Bld: Hall of Valour: Main Hall: George Cross (1)
- Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 1 - Mediterranean: POW (1)
- Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 2: Japan POW (1)
- Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 3: Aust 43-44 (1)
- Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 4: Aftermath (1)
- Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 4: Borneo (1)
- Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 4: Victory Over Japan (1)
-
maker (100)
- Unknown (123)
- Department of Defence (82)
- Various (76)
- Bowden, Timothy Gibson 'Tim' (61)
- Chalker, Jack (45)
- Grey-Smith, Guy (39)
- Wall, Donald (37)
- Campbell, Edward Stewart (34)
- Evans, Margaret (31)
- Griffin, Murray (31)
- Korsch, John Donald (27)
- Rowed, Reg (20)
- Hele, Ivor (19)
- Nelson, Hank (18)
- Peck, John Desmond (16)
- Commonwealth of Australia (14)
- Arnett, Peter (13)
- Baseheart, Richard (13)
- Maclear, Michael (13)
- Australian Military Forces (12)
- Mitchell, John (11)
- Abbott, Harold (10)
- Australian War Memorial (10)
- Friend, Donald (9)
- Walker, Ralph (9)
- Ashton, Richard (8)
- McKechnie, Frank (8)
- Nixon, Rae Norman (8)
- Bagnall, Frank N (7)
- Driver, Roy (7)
- Lambert, George (7)
- Nicholson, George Harvey (7)
- Rafty, Tony (7)
- Aspinall, George (6)
- Aubrey-Crowe, George (6)
- Brindley, John (6)
- Bush, Charles (6)
- Dolan, Samuel Murray (6)
- Fox Movietone News (6)
- Hurley, James Francis (Frank) (6)
- Look Television Productions Pty Ltd (6)
- Rainsford, Keith Carr (6)
- Australian Army (5)
- Australian Red Cross Society (5)
- Billett, Janet Roberts (5)
- Houghton, Alison Viney (5)
- Military History Section (5)
- Australian Broadcasting Commission (4)
- Binder, Tibor (4)
- Brack, John (4)
- Buckmaster, Ernest (4)
- Die Deutsche Wochenschau (4)
- Eastman, David Tennant Gaery (4)
- Flett, James (4)
- Hodgkinson, Frank (4)
- Moore, Alan (4)
- Richards, Charles Rowland Bromley 'Rowley' (4)
- Samson-Bouret, Elizabeth (4)
- Thompson, Robert (4)
- Anderson, Alan Frederick (3)
- Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd (3)
- Botterill, Keith (3)
- British War Office (3)
- Bullwinkel, Vivian (3)
- Bunbury, Bill (3)
- Carty, William Montague (3)
- Chinn, David Alexander (3)
- Clarke, Hugh Vincent (3)
- Crothers, Richard William (3)
- Cuffley, Leighton Edward (3)
- G H Osang (3)
- Greidenborg, Victor (3)
- Greig, Allister (3)
- Hardy, Douglas Charles (3)
- Hole, Frank (3)
- Jeffrey, Agnes Betty (3)
- McInnes, Geoffrey (3)
- Nippon Eigasha (3)
- O'Halloran, John Frederick M (3)
- Parer, Damien Peter (3)
- Pegram, Aaron (3)
- Preston, Lenny (3)
- Siebert, George Alexander Guthrie (3)
- Sprod, George Napier (3)
- Spurgeon, Clarence Haddon (3)
- Syer, Ada Corbitt (3)
- Thain, Ernest Robertson (3)
- Watson, Douglas (3)
- White, Thomas Walter (3)
- Woodley, Frederick E (3)
- Young, Wilma Elizabeth Forster (3)
- Argus Newspaper (2)
- Army Film and Photographic Unit (2)
- Australian Military Forces Records Office (2)
- Bancroft, Arthur (2)
- Banks, Gillian (2)
- Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg) (2)
- Bassett, Jan (2)
- Batros, George (2)
- Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W) (2)
Show More
Show More
Show More
Show More
Collection
1890 Results
-
AWM54 1010/3/76 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Court No R152 - Accused Cpl Morisaki Takeichi, Maltreatment of Indian Prisoners of War (n.d.)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.832
-
AWM54 1010/3/85 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of evidence:] Court No R154 - Accused Cpl Nakamura Jisaburo, Maltreatment of Indian Prisoners of War
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.841
-
AWM54 1010/3/78 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Court No R138 - Accused Cpl Ogata Sakari, Maltreatment of Indian Prisoners of War
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.834
-
AWM54 1010/3/75 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Court No R117 - Accused Cpl Owa Tatsuo, Maltreatment of Prisoners of War (n.d.)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.831
-
AWM54 1010/3/86 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of evidence:] Court No R156, Accused Cpl Tanaka, Maltreatment of Indian Prisoners of War
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.842
-
AWM54 1010/3/53 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Court No R62 Accused L/Cpl Tokawa Masonori, Murder of British Prisoner of War
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.793
-
AWM54 1010/3/73 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Court No R27 - Accused Maj Kudo Masao - Murder of three Indian Prisoners of War (n.d.)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.829
-
AWM54 1010/3/83 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Court No R149 - Accused Sgt Major Yoskioka and others, maltreatment of Indian Prisoners of War (n.d.)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.839
-
AWM54 1010/3/92 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of evidence:] Court No R85 - Accused Sgt Okubo , Maltreatment of Indians POW's
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.848
-
AWM54 1010/3/95 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Court No R50 - Lieutenant Tajima Morishi murder of four Chinese Prisoners of War
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.851
-
AWM54 1010/3/100 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Court No R159 - the accused Hiraishi Kuniyoshi, murder of Indian Prisoner of War (n.d.)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Commerce
AWM2018.8.852
-
AWM54 1010/3/103 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Court No R158 - the accused - 2/Lt Surgeon Mukohata Sodami, Sgt Majo Okawa Hakuli, Sgt Maj Yoshioko Makitaro, Murder of Indian Prisoners of War
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.859
-
AWM54 1010/3/69 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Court No R104 - The accused, Sgt Maj Okimura and Cpl Kasai, maltreatment of Indian Prisoners of War
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.825
-
AWM54 1010/3/40 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Court No R124 - Trial of Cpl Yamada, charged with maltreatment of two Chinese POWs
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.780
-
AWM54 1010/3/68 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Court No 47 - The accused Sgt Maj Shimizu Hisau and others, Murder of Indian Prisoners of War
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.808
-
AWM54 1010/3/45 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Court No 33 - trial of Sgt Maj Hasegawa and Sgt Numamichi charged with the murder of Indian POW
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.785
-
AWM54 1010/3/44 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Court R92 - Trial of Paymaster Sgt Maj Uo Hachiro charged with maltreatment of one Chinese POW
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.784
-
AWM54 1010/3/59 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Courts Nos 99 and 135 - The accused Sgt Maj Shimada Kazuyoshi - maltreatment of Indian prisoners of war
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.799
-
AWM54 1010/3/109 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Information obtained from an Indian Army Officer captured by the Japanese in Malaya and recovered by the Allies (Japanese illtreatment of Indian Prisoners of War) 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.865
-
AWM54 1010/3/116 - [War Crimes and Trials - Transcripts of Evidence:] Record of Military Court R123. Accused Yamamoto Shoichi, Abe Kazuo and others. Charged with murder and ill-treatment of POW between Sandakan and Ranau British North Borneo between January 1945 and February 1945 (May-October 1946)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
AWM2018.8.872
-
Ayrton, Harry R (Private d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Ayrton, Harry R
POW letter card sent to his mother while a prisoner of the Japanese. Location unknown. Pte Ayrton later died of illness while working on the Burma railway.PR00044
-
Baccus, Arthur Albury (Private, b.1916-d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Baccus, Arthur Aubrey
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX32443 Private Arthur Albury Baccus, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, Borneo, 1943-1945. Collection consists of three postcards from Private...PR04740
-
Baggaley, Albert Edward (Private, b.1914 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Baggaley, Albert Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX18001 Private Albert Edward Baggaley, 2/26 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Singapore and Australia, 1940-1946....PR06388
-
Baker, Alfred Ernest (Private, b.1904 - d.1989)
Private Record
Maker: Baker, Alfred Ernest Commonwealth of Australia
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX54599 Private Alfred Ernest 'Arthur' Baker, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Burma, Thailand and Australia, 1941-1946. ...PR04190
-
Baker, Charles Douglas (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Baker, C Douglas
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX1472 Private Charles Douglas Baker, 2/32nd Battalion. Collection includes an Emergency Certificate with portrait photograph issued to Private B...PR82/019
-
Bangkok Canal
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
Many of the Australian and Allied prisoners-of-war who were sent by the Japanese to work on the Thailand-Burma Railway, passed through Bangkok. After the Japanese surrender, those still in the area sp...ART24419
-
Barbed wire and bamboo
Art
Maker: Unknown Australian War Memorial Unknown
Australian War Memorial advertising poster for the exhibition 'Barbed Wire and Bamboo' of 1976. The central image is of a stuffed toy kangaroo with a joey behind three horizontal lines of barbed wire....ARTV05244
-
Bardia - Tobruk (Anzac TV series)
Film
Maker: Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd
Bardia - Tobruk (Anzac TV series)F10034-01
-
Barnett, Benjamin Arthur (Captain, b.1908 - d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Barnett, Benjamin Arthur
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX29818 Captain Benjamin Arthur Barnett, 8 Division Signals, Changi Prisoner of War Camp, Singapore, 1942-1946. This collection consists of tele...AWM2017.101.3
-
Barr, Andrew William (Wing Commander, b.1915 - d.2006)
Private Record
Maker: Barr, Andrew William 'Nicky' Royal Australian Air Force Various
Collection relating to the Second World War and post-war service of O35392 Wing Commander Andrew William 'Nicky' Barr MC, DFC & Bar, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Australia, Middle East, Europe, ...PR04423
-
Barrow, Stanley Joseph (Corporal, b.? - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Barrow, Stanley Joseph
Collection relating to service of 704 Corporal Stanley Joseph Barrow, 33 Battalion. Collection includes letter written to mother from Perham Down, Wiltshire, 1917.1DRL/0096
-
Barry, William Charles (Private, b.1883 - d.1954)
Private Record
Maker: Barry, William Charles
Two notebooks containing the handwritten memoirs of Private William Charles Barry (No.2514), 4th Reinforcements, 29 Battalion, compiled prior to 1920 following the confiscation of the original diaries...PR00814
-
Bastian, Henry John (Warrant Officer) 1917-1989
Manuscript
Maker: Bastian, Henry John
Manuscript written by Warrant Officier Henry John Bastian, "Harry, why we don't forget". Bastian documents his enlistment in the Royal Australian Air Force as a trainee pilot, training at Tamworth an...MSS1566
-
Bates, John William (Private, b.1914 - d.2006)
Private Record
Maker: Bates, John William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX30312 Private John William Bates, prisoner of war, Second Australian Imperial Force, Singapore, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one dia...PR05039
-
Bates, William Richard (Lieutenant, b.1916 - d.2001)
Private Record
Maker: Bates, William Richard
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX12153 Lieutenant William Richard Bates. Collection consists of a black and white photocopy of a diary, covering the period May to October 1941...PR89/175
-
2/43 Battalion AIF Borneo 1945
Film
Maker: Jones, Peter Hesketh Whitlock
Opens with a close up of a sign show the word Beaufort written in English and Chinese. An Australian soldier walks up to a woman with a child both carrying open umbrellas and points to the camera. Ano...F00420
-
Battle in Korea (Cinesound News No. 986)
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound newsreel circa 1950. Coverage of the Communist advance on Taegu. Shows fleeing civilians and South Korean troops. USAF spotter aircraft Cessnas and Texans. Pilots at Taegu. P-51 Mustangs arm...F01993
-
Battle of Egypt
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Australian and British troops in the Alamein area; Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry. VX46983 Brigadier Raymond Walter Tovell and 225 (NX73) Major Charles Hector Finlay of 26 Australian Infantry Brigade; G...F01223
-
Baxter, Frank (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Baxter, Frank
Papers collected by Corporal Frank Baxter of the 2/6 Battalion, during his internment at Stalag 383, Hohenfels, Bavaria Germany in 1944. Items include a program for Anzac Day sports and a publication...PR85/212
-
Beamsley, Harold William (Private, b.1912 – d.1997)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Beamsley, Harold William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX28646 Private Harold William Beamsley, 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and Hainan Island, c 194...PR05146
-
Bell, Keith H
Private Record
Maker: Bell, Keith H
Collection in relation to Keith H Bell from Federated Malay State Volunteer Force and POW in Changi. Wallet 1 of 1 contains a typescript diary written by Keith Bell. The diary is divided into two sec...PR03179
-
Bell, S W 'Sam'
Private Record
Maker: Bell, S W 'Sam'
Letter written by S. W. "Sam" Bell to Miss Whitelaw while he was a POW in the Stalag VIII camp in Germany, 28 August 1944.PR00993
-
Ben Charles Hackney as a lieutenant 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden
Sound
Maker: Hackney, Ben Charles
Ben Charles Hackney as a lieutenant 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1941-1945, interviewed by Tim Bowden A transcript of this recording may be available. For furt...S02967
-
Bennett, William E (POW, Stalag Viiib, Damsdorf b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Bennett, William E German Army
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX1649 Private William Ernest Bennett, 2/11 Battalion, Poland, 1943. Wallet 1 of 1 - Typescript copy in English translation of the Statement of ...3DRL/3257
-
Beresford, William E (Captain, b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Beresford, William E
Two letters written by Japanese prisoners of war in Rabaul to Captain Beresford. The letters were written after the cessation of hostilities, when Captain Beresford went to Rabaul with HQ 11 Division ...PR00678
-
Berg, Ernest Frederick (Lance Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Berg, Ernest Frederick
Collection relating to the service of QX5190 Lance Corporal Ernest Frederick Berg, 2/15 Battalion, 1942. Collection comprises letters and cards sent to Thelma Just while a prisoner of war in Italy, 1...PR02087
-
Beriberi, Chungkai
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
Depicts a POW at Chungkai (Kao Poon) in Thailand, a large hospital camp for sick or dying POWs. In this case it is evident that the gastrointestinal system is affected as the patient exhibits a disten...ART90856
-
Berry, Alexander Osborn (Sergeant, b.1910 - d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Berry, Alexander Osborn
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX4183 Sergeant Alexander Osborn Berry, 2/10 Field Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya and Thailand, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – C...PR05160
-
Beryl Woodbridge as a lieutenant 2/10th Australian General Hospital and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans
Sound
Maker: Woodbridge, Beryl Evans, Margaret
Beryl Woodbridge as a lieutenant 2/10th Australian General Hospital and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Margaret Evans A transcript of this recording may be available. For furth...S02935
-
Bethell, R. Anthony (Flight Lieutenant)
Manuscript
Maker: Bethell, Anthony R
Manuscript compiled by Flight Officer Anthony R Bethell, 268 Squadron RAF, with extracts from personal accounts, diaries, photographs, newspaper cuttings and published material relating to camp life ...MSS1551
-
Betts, Walter Edwin (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Betts, Walter Edwin
Diary written by Private Walter Edwin Betts recording his experiences as a prisoner of war in Germany during 1941-1942. Detailed entries describe work, camp food, mail and war news. While Betts kept ...PR00056
-
Biddlecombe, Thomas Wyburn (Acting Commander, b.1880 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Biddlecombe, Thomas Wyburn
Collection relating to service of Acting Commander Thomas Wyburn Biddlecombe, Royal Navy. Collection includes copies of condolence letters relating to the death of Biddlecombe when in command of Q27 ...1DRL/0120
-
Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. June 1970. The Chief of Staff of the Headquarters Australian Force ...
Photograph
Maker: Ward, Peter Anthony
Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. June 1970. The Chief of Staff of the Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, Colonel (Col) J. Whitelaw (centre), admires an embroidered cloth given to him by prisoners of war (...WAR/70/0359/VN
-
Bill Gasperesz and Barbara Gasperesz, discuss their experience as citizens of Ambon during the Second World War
Sound
Maker: Gasperesz, Barbara Billett, Janet Roberts
Bill and Barbara as citizens of Ambon during the second world war discuss their relationship to the Dutch administration, friendships with Australians, the invasion of Ambon by the Japanese forces, ...S04325
-
[Bill Jarman, Olflag IIIC]
Art
Maker: Welch, Jim K
Caricature of William "Bill" Jarman NX7549 drawn while the subject was a prisoner of war in Oflag IIIc (later renamed Stalag 383). It was drawn by fellow prisoner Jim Welch who is believed to have wor...ART96905
-
Billy Can : Lieutenant Colonel E E Dunlop, 2/2 CCS
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Galvanized iron billy can with a top wired edge, a Pitsburg vertical seam and a hand hammered knocked edge for the base. It has a wire handle.RELAWM31377.001
-
Bingham, John Hexter 'Jock' (Sergeant, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 5378 Sergeant John Hexter 'Jock' Bingham, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Collection consists of a humorous good luck note written on toilet p...PR04259
-
Binh Ba battle DPR/TV/1114
Film
Maker: Bellis, Christopher John
Australian and South Vietnamese soldiers joined in a major action last weekend to clear an estimated 90 enemy from the village of Binh Ba, five miles north of the 1st Australian Task Force base at Nui...F04342
-
Bird, Walter Charles (Gunner, b.1912 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Bird, Walter Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX1874 Gunner Walter Charles Bird, 2/10 Field Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya and Japan, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 2 - Contains ...PR01417
-
Bisset, David Piggie (Private, b.? - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Bisset, David
Collection relating to service of 4000 Private David Piggie Bisset, 57 Battalion, France, 1916-1918. Collection includes letters written home to his sisters in Scotland.1DRL/0125
-
Blacket, G C (Sergeant, RAAF and POW, Germany)
Private Record
Maker: Blacket, Geoffrey Caleb
DIARY DESCRIBING MARCH BY POW'S THROUGH GERMANY PRIOR TO LIBERATION. ALSO INCLUDES DETAILS OF VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY TO SAN FRANCISCO AND BEING STATIONED IN ENGLAND. CONTAINS ADDRESSES, LISTS OF BOOKS REA...PR85/299
-
Blackford, George "Harry" (Lieutenant, b.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Ambrose, Noelene Blackford, G H S
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX51473 Lieutenant George Henry Stephen "Harry" Blackford, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF. Collection consists of two original handwritt...PR05833
-
Blain, Reginald Norman (Lieutenant, b.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Blain, Reginald Norman
Papers of NX1951 Lieutenant (Lt) Reginald Blain, 2/2 Battalion, relating to his service in the Middle East and Papua New Guinea. The collection includes letters written by Blain to a work colleague fr...PR03134
-
Blamey, Sir Thomas (Commander-in-Chief, AMF)
Private Record
Maker: Blamey, Thomas Albert
Letter from Thomas Blamey to Frank Forde, Minister for the Army, 1943. Relates to the disembarkation leave for returned prisoners of war and outlines issues of prisoners of war status and privileges.PR00019
-
Blanket : Gunner D F Spark , 2/2 Australian Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade and hand-dyed coarse weave goat's wool blanket made in Crete. Predominate colours are red, orange, black and blue in a plain horizontal stripped design with a zigzag band detail along the top...REL42431
-
Blann, Edwin Keith (Driver, b.1899 - d.1972)
Private Record
Maker: Blann, Edwin Keith
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX69003 (N75240) Driver Edwin Keith Blann, 2/3 Motor Ambulance Convoy, Second Australian Imperial Force, Singapore and Australia, 1941-1945. Wal...PR03787
-
Blau, Osmar Julius (Captain, b.1913 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Blau, Osmar Julius
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX13712 Captain Osmar Julius Blau, 27 Brigade Field Workshop, 74 Light Aid Detachment, 22 Brigade, Australia, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collect...PR01047
-
1 BN Officers Mess, Havelock Rd
Art
Maker: Brindley, John
Depicts a prisoner of war seated reading at a table inside the mess, also at the Working Party Camp, Havelock Rd. The intersection of River Valley Road and Havelock Road, Singapore, was the site of tw...ART28113
-
5 Bn RAR capture V.C. dominated village DPR/TV/419
Film
Troops of the 5th Battalion, RAR, moved in at night to surround a Viet Cong dominated village. The troops tied themselves together with ropes to avoid losing contact during the night manoeuvres. At ...F10107
-
Booker, Leslie C (Private, POW, Stalag 8b, Germany)
Private Record
Maker: Booker, Leslie C
Collection relating to NX7964 Private Leslie C Booker, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Wallet consists of a telegram regarding the loss of Leslie C Booker in action, a message from Booker recorded from a...3DRL/6685
-
Bosgard, Peter (Sergeant, 2/15th Bn AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Bosgard, Peter Whittingham
COPY OF MEMOIR ENTITLED "THE BENGHASI HANDICAP" RECOUNTING THE DONOR'S EXPERIENCES IN THE WESTERN DESERT AND FOLLOWING CAPTURE, HIS POW EXPERIENCES IN ITALY AND AUSTRIAPR82/174
-
Bottle of German POW distilled spirits, HMNZT Willochra : Major I Isaacson, Special Service, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Metal container made of tin containing spirits. The body is a piece of long rectangular tin shaped into an oval and soldered along the long edge in the middle back of the container. Soldered to each e...RELAWM12206
-
Bower, Leslie Edgar (Corporal, b.1904 - d.1975)
Private Record
Maker: Bower, Leslie Edgar
Personal and service related records of VX34955 Corporal Leslie Edgar Bower of 2/10 Field Company (8 Division). Bower's personal diary was written while he was a POW (1942-1945); other items include h...PR01086
-
Boyce, Clive Rodney (Captain, b.1899 - d.1985)
Private Record
Maker: Boyce, Clive Rodney
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX23518 Captain Clive Rodney Boyce, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya, Singapore and Japan, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of two no...PR04433
-
Boyden, Arthur Keeling (Corporal, b.1904 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Boyden, Arthur Keeling Boyden, Daisy Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX32792 Corporal Arthur Keeling Boyden, 2/12 Field Company, Engineers, Malaya, 1941 to 1943. The collection predominantly consists of 24 letters ...PR03535
-
Boyle, James (Corporal, b.1918 - d.1995)
Private Record
Maker: Boyle, James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX45598 Corporal James Boyle, 4 Reserve Motor Transport Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, Changi, Singapore, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 –...PR03742
-
Boyle, John Leslie (Private, b.1917 – d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Boyle, John Leslie
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX6784 Private John Leslie ‘Jack’ Boyle, 2/6 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Germany, England and Australia, c 1...PR05331
-
"1914 Boys in Friedrichsfeld. The First and Last E.F. [Expeditionary Force]." From the collection ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
"1914 Boys in Friedrichsfeld. The First and Last E.F. [Expeditionary Force]." From the collection of 2247 Sergeant (Sgt) Stuart Alan Webb, 28th Battalion. Webb embarked with the 4th Reinforcements on ...P11941.005
-
Brass kitbag handle and lock : Warrant Officer 2 R S Holmes, Australian Army Canteen Service, 6 Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Standard brass hinged D-ring handle with locating slot and lock hole. It employs a separate pin-hinged flat bar with a slot at one end, which hinges down and locates onto a flattened tongue at the oth...REL36744.002
-
Bray, Henry William Alfred (Corporal, b.1908 - d.1995)
Private Record
Maker: Bray, Henry William Alfred
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX3770 Corporal Henry William Alfred Bray MM, 2/7 Field Ambulance, prisoner of war, Stalag VIII-B, 1942-1943. Wallet 1 of 1 - consists of two po...PR05620
-
Brigadier Philip Jamieson Greville CBE (Rtd) as the captain Officer Commanding Assault Pioneer Platoon 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
Sound
Maker: Greville, Phillip Jamieson Chinn, David Alexander Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Greville speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; the role of the Assault Pioneer Platoon in Korea during his period of command; the circumstances of his capture and his t...S02289
-
Brigadier P J Greville CBE (Rtd) as Officer Commanding Assault Pioneer Platoon 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) and a prisoner of war, Korea 1952-1953, interviewed by Colonel D A Chinn MBE (Rtd)
Film
Maker: Makela, Esa Chinn, David Alexander
A video interview with Brigadier P J Greville CBE conducted at the Australian War Memorial. Brigadier Greville speaks of his service background and experience, as well as training; the role of the Ass...F04890
-
Brigadier Sir Frederick "Black Jack" Galleghan, DSO OBE ISO ED, recounts his military career [memoirs]
Sound
Maker: Galleghan, Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack' Galleghan, Frederick Gallagher 'Black Jack'
Brigadier Sir Frederick "Black Jack" Galleghan recounts his military career: cadet at Cook's Hill High School, Newcastle; experiences in 1914-18 War in 34th Battalion; Military life between the two wo...S01329
-
Brill, James L (Gunner)
Private Record
Maker: Brill, James L
An annotated and autographed copy of 'Athletics and Training' by G Butler. The book was signed by Australian and New Zealand prisoners of war at Camp 57 near Undine, Italy and at Stalag VIIIA Gorlitz...3DRL/5071
-
'Britcom Base' labour pool, Kure
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
A large amount of Japanese labour is employed by the occupation forces and casuals and new people signed in are sorted out early in the morning at the pool.ART26378
-
British Indian prisoner of war
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Study of Naik Kirpal Singh of 15 Punjab Regiment. He was one of the many prisoners held by the Japanese in Dutch Borneo and released during operations of Balikpapan. Natives reported that many British...ART26213
-
Brockett, Thomas (Private, b.1871 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Brockett, Thomas
Collection relating to the South Africa War (Boer War) service of 162 Private Thomas Brockett, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, South Africa, 1901-1902. Collection consists of: - 1 x studio portrait...3DRL/6036
-
Brown, Alfred Alexander (Private : QX5444 : b.1920 - d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Alfred Alexander Brown, Alfred Alexander
Collection relating to QX5444 Private Alfred A Brown of 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station. Collection consists of a diary relating his experiences of traveling to war, active service and later internment ...PR03607
-
Brown, Edward (Private, b.1915 - d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX13341 Private Edward Brown, 8 Division Signals, Second Australian Imperial Force, c1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of four pages of notes ...PR05803
-
Browne, Roland Seymour (Major, b.1887 - d?)
Private Record
Maker: Browne, Roland Seymour
These collections of papers were donated to the Defence Department by an unknown person and passed on to the War Memorial for inclusion in our collection. The papers can be divided into two distinct s...PR00835
-
Brown, George Russell (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, George Russell
Copies of four letters and postcards written by Private Brown to members of his family while serving in Malaya in 1941. Included in the correspondence is one letter from 1945 sent after Brown's rele...PR01663
-
Brown, Philip Arthur (Gunner, b.1916 - d.2009)
Manuscript
Maker: Brown, Philip Arthur
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX41115 Gunner Philip Arthur Brown. Consists of a fourteen page typed and bound memoir written by Gnr Brown, who served with the 2/3 Field Regime...MSS2147
-
Brown, Raymond John Tressillain (Private, b.1919 - d.2006)
Private Record
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX29116 Private John Tressillian Brown, 2/30 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1990. Wallet 1 of 1 – C...PR06326
-
Brown, Robert RAE (Sapper, HQ Rae, 8th Div AIF and POW)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Robert
POW POSTCARDS - LITTLE INFORMATIONPR85/157
-
Bruton, Frederick Lance (Captain, b.1916 - d.1994)
Private Record
Maker: Bruton, Frederick Lance
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 340025 (VX5865) Captain Frederick Lance Bruton, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Greece and Germany, 1941-194...AWM2019.244.1
-
Buerckner, Edward 'Ted' Francis (Private, b.1913 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Buerckner, Edward 'Ted' Francis Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX23638 Private Edward 'Ted' Buerckner, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, Japanese-occupied territory and Australia, c.1940-1944. In 1942 after fighting in...PR03639
-
Bullwinkel, Vivian (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1915 - d.2000)
Private Record
Maker: Bullwinkel, John Bullwinkel, Vivian Various
Collection of personal papers relating to the Second World War and post-war service of F31029 Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Statham (nee Bullwinkel) AO, MBE, ARRC, ED, FRCNA, nursing sister and matron, pr...PR01216
-
Bullwinkel, Vivian (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1915 - d.2000)
Private Record
Maker: Bullwinkel, Vivian Fischer, Timothy Andrew Hunter, Drewson Various
Collection relating to the career and service of F31029 Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Statham (nee Bullwinkel), AO, MBE, ARRC, ED, prisoner of war and matron, 1953-1998. The collection consists of drafts...AWM2020.545.1
-
Burke, Maurice Francis (Lieutenant, b.1885 - d.1955)
Private Record
Maker: Burke, Maurice Francis
Papers of No. 79 Lieutenant (Lt) Maurice Francis Burke (29 Battalion), including prisoner of war identity card from a POW camp at Freiburg, hand drawn map on parchment of the area immediately north of...PR00741
-