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AA (Happy) Hawkins

Art

Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of A A 'Happy' Hawkins, of 'Falor', Yarran Road, Oatley, New South. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. B...
ART28403.039
A barbed wire fence surrounds a caged area of the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base ...

Photograph
A barbed wire fence surrounds a caged area of the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base where Japanese prisoners were held. The building in the background is the cafeteria. Work on this RAN b...
306754
ABBEVILLE, FRANCE. DEMOBILIZATION OF THE 3RD AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL. PRISONERS ARE LOADING ...

Photograph
ABBEVILLE, FRANCE. DEMOBILIZATION OF THE 3RD AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL. PRISONERS ARE LOADING EQUIPMENT INTO A LORRY FOR ORDNANCE DEPOT. QUARTERMASTER CAPTAIN GREY IN LEFT OF PICTURE.
J06466
Abdul again

Art
This is the original poster 'Abdul again', for an Australian show produced in 1942 at the non labour prisoner of war camp, Fort 15, Stalag 20A. Created with a strong graphic design, including decorat...
ART29544
A BELGIAN CONTINGENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR, SURROUNDED BY ARMED GERMAN GUARDS, ARE MARCHED ACROSS ...

Photograph

Maker: Johannes Lange
A BELGIAN CONTINGENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR, SURROUNDED BY ARMED GERMAN GUARDS, ARE MARCHED ACROSS THE ADOLF HITLER BRIDGE SPANNING THE RIVER MULDE EN ROUTE FROM COLDITZ RAILWAY STATION TO THE CASTLE. NO...
P01608.001
A BETTER TYPE OF JUNGLE CAMP ON THE BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY.

Photograph
A BETTER TYPE OF JUNGLE CAMP ON THE BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY.
128458
36989 Able Seaman (AB) Frank Scott Broad, wearing his RAN uniform and anti-gas mask respirator ...

Photograph

Maker: Unknown
36989 Able Seaman (AB) Frank Scott Broad, wearing his RAN uniform and anti-gas mask respirator outside a building. AB Broad enlisted on 25 August 1939 and served on various ships and shore bases, tra...
P09391.003
36989 Able Seaman (AB) Frank Scott Broad, wearing parts of a diving suit including boots and ...

Photograph

Maker: Unknown
36989 Able Seaman (AB) Frank Scott Broad, wearing parts of a diving suit including boots and inner cap, on board an RAN ship. AB Broad enlisted on 25 August 1939 and served on various ships and shore...
P09391.002
A boat being rowed on the Singapore river. This negative features an image of 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 ...

Photograph
A boat being rowed on the Singapore river. This negative features an image of 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches in size. It is one of 202 images relating to the service of NX37745 Private (Pte) George Aspinall fro...
P02569.076
A bomb damaged civilian house at Mount Pleasant. A secret radio, operated by Australian prisoners ...

Photograph
A bomb damaged civilian house at Mount Pleasant. A secret radio, operated by Australian prisoners of war (POW), was hidden in the water storage tank in the roof of this house. See P02569.157. This neg...
P02569.156
Aboriginal men hold onto the arms of two Japanese prisoners.

Photograph
Aboriginal men hold onto the arms of two Japanese prisoners.
P00296.052
ABORIGINE STOCKMEN WHO BROUGHT IN THE HORSES FOR THE RACE MEETING. TROOPS HELD A PICNIC RACE ...

Photograph

Maker: Turner, Harry
ABORIGINE STOCKMEN WHO BROUGHT IN THE HORSES FOR THE RACE MEETING. TROOPS HELD A PICNIC RACE MEETING AT WHICH THE BUSH DERBY WAS DECIDED. THE DAY BEFORE THE RACE MEETING WAS HELD, HORSES WERE BROUGHT ...
014677
ABOVE KUCHING. 1945-08-30. MEMBERS OF 11 AIR MAINTENANCE PLATOON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS, ...

Photograph
ABOVE KUCHING. 1945-08-30. MEMBERS OF 11 AIR MAINTENANCE PLATOON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS, PREPARED SUPPLIES FOR AIR DROPPING TO PRISONERS OF WAR AND INTERNEES IN THE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP AT KUC...
115441
ABOVE KUCHING. 1945-08-30. MEMBERS OF 11 AIR MAINTENANCE PLATOON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS, ...

Photograph
ABOVE KUCHING. 1945-08-30. MEMBERS OF 11 AIR MAINTENANCE PLATOON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS, PREPARED SUPPLIES FOR AIR DROPPING TO PRISONERS OF WAR AND INTERNEES IN THE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP AT KUC...
115439
A boy in an oxen-drawn cart. This is one of 202 images relating to the service of NX37745 Private ...

Photograph
A boy in an oxen-drawn cart. This is one of 202 images relating to the service of NX37745 Private (Pte) George Aspinall from enlistment, his time as a Prisoner of War (POW) during the Second World War...
P02569.096
A brief sketch of the fate of 3000 Indian as PsOW in New Guinea 16 May 43 - 30 Sep 45 (Wewak - New Guinea, 4 Nov 45)

Manuscript

Maker: Ayers, Tasman Frederick
11 page manuscript authored by Tasman Frederick Ayers (VX59823). Includes additional 2 page addendum 'We are reborn at Angoram on 30 Sep 1945' (26 November 1945) authored by Jemadar Chint Singh of the...
MSS2042
A building with an attap hut in front of it. This negative features an image of 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 ...

Photograph
A building with an attap hut in front of it. This negative features an image of 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches in size. It is one of 202 images relating to the service of NX37745 Private (Pte) George Aspinall f...
P02569.082
"A BUNCH OF VINES COME IN FROM ITALY". PRISONERS OF WAR AT "THE CABARET", A SHOW PUT ON AS ...

Photograph
"A BUNCH OF VINES COME IN FROM ITALY". PRISONERS OF WAR AT "THE CABARET", A SHOW PUT ON AS ENTERTAINMENT TO HELP RELIEVE THE BOREDOM OF IMPRISONMENT AT STALAG XIIIc.
P00128.027
A captured Japanese naval civilian, Balikpapan

Art

Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketched portrait of a captured Japanese naval civilian in Balikpapan, Borneo. The soldier's name, as translated from the Japanese characters written in cursive on the front of this work, is Yataroo I...
ART22445
A captured Japanese prisoner is escorted back to headquarters for questioning by signalmen of F ...

Photograph

Maker: Rainsford, Keith Carr
A captured Japanese prisoner is escorted back to headquarters for questioning by signalmen of F Troop, 62 Battery, 2/12 Field Regiment. Pictured, from left to right, are NX167112 Gunner George James D...
110661