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  1. A large group of Turkish prisoners, captured after the first Battle at Gaza, marching through the ...

    Photograph

    A large group of Turkish prisoners, captured after the first Battle at Gaza, marching through the desert.

    P00228.010

  2. A LINE OF ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR CAPTURED BY TROOPS OF THE 24TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Smith, Edward Ernest

    A LINE OF ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR CAPTURED BY TROOPS OF THE 24TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE FILING INTO THE PRISONER OF WAR CAGE. THESE PRISONERS WERE TAKEN IN THE OPERATIONS ON THE NIGHT OF 1942-07...

    024536

  3. [Ambulance wagon]

    Art

    Maker: Lambert, George

    This drawing of an ambulance of sand wagon is from behind, showing the beds stacked inside the vehicle.

    ART11393.036

  4. Armstrong, Herbert Huie (Bombardier, b.1918 - d.1996)

    Private Record

    Maker: Armstrong, Herbert Huie

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of Bombardier NX3112 Bombardier Herbert Huie Armstrong, 2/3rd Field Regiment, Australia and Germany, 1942-1945. Collection consists of: Folder 1:...

    AWM2017.1030.1

  5. A TURKISH AMBULANCE UNIT, CAPTURED BY THE AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE (ALH) AT ROMANI, LINED UP READY ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Smith, Francis Henry

    A TURKISH AMBULANCE UNIT, CAPTURED BY THE AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE (ALH) AT ROMANI, LINED UP READY TO GO TO RAILHEAD EN ROUTE FOR INTERNMENT IN EGYPT, EARLY IN 1916-08. (DONATED BY MR. F.H. SMITH.)

    J02885

  6. A Turkish prisoner (Bash Shawish, Ghezireh)

    Art

    Maker: Lambert, George

    Depicts a portrait of a Turkish prisoner wearing a hat with tassel, long moustache and Turkish shirt. Turkish prisoners in Egypt, lived under perhaps the best conditions of any prisoners during the Fi...

    ART02800

  7. Australian Postcard Collection 1914-1918

    Published Collection

    Maker: Various

    Postcards printed in or about Australia or Australians. The collection covers themes such as patriotism, camp life, humanitarian organisations, fund raising events in Australia, humour and cartoons, A...

    RC00686

  8. Australian Red Cross Society (ARCS)

    Private Record

    Maker: Australian Red Cross Society

    This collection of Australian Red Cross Society (ARCS) files consists of three main subseries: general correspondence and administration files; records of the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing ...

    1DRL/0428

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Booklet 9 - Booklet of memoirs written by Major Henry Charles David Marshall, c.1942-1945

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Marshall, Henry Charles David

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX34 Major Henry Charles David Marshall, DSO, ED and bar, 2/7 Infantry Battalion, 1939-1945. Wallet 2 of 5 – Booklet 9 (pp. 301-448) - The boo...

    AWM2020.22.316

  12. 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

  13. CHAPLAIN, 3RD CLASS, REVEREND W.P. HOHENHOUSE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT, (SENIOR ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Smith, Edward Ernest

    CHAPLAIN, 3RD CLASS, REVEREND W.P. HOHENHOUSE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT, (SENIOR PROTESTANT CHAPLAIN, 9TH DIVISION) CONDUCTING BURIAL SERVICE FOR A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR AND AN AUSTRALIA...

    024534

  14. Condliffe, James Robert (Private, b.1918 - d.1959)

    Private Record

    Maker: Condliffe, James Robert

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX41124 Private James Robert Condliffe, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Middle East, Greece, Germ...

    PR05633

  15. Curnow, Herbert Franklin (Captain, b.1893 - d.1916)

    Private Record

    Maker: Curnow, Herbert Franklin

    Collection relating to Captain Herbert Franklin Curnow, 22 Battalion, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection consists of five letters written by Curnow to his friend and former colleague in the ...

    1DRL/0229

  16. DABA, EGYPT. 1942-11-06. PRISONERS WALKING ALONG TOWARDS EL ALAMEIN WHILE OUR ARMIES STREAM ...

    Photograph

    DABA, EGYPT. 1942-11-06. PRISONERS WALKING ALONG TOWARDS EL ALAMEIN WHILE OUR ARMIES STREAM WESTWARD AFTER THE AXIS FORCES. THESE POOR BEGGERS HAD TO WALK. NO ONE (NOT EVEN THE PHOTOGRAPHER) WOULD STO...

    025265

  17. DABA, EGYPT. 1942-11-13. SERGEANT E.E. SMITH, N.C.O. IN CHARGE OF NO. 5 FIELD UNIT, MILITARY ...

    Photograph

    DABA, EGYPT. 1942-11-13. SERGEANT E.E. SMITH, N.C.O. IN CHARGE OF NO. 5 FIELD UNIT, MILITARY HISTORY & INFORMATION TAKING A DISPICABLE PRISONER, AT DABA. PRISONER IS SUSPECTED OF BEING SERGEANT W.D. M...

    025272

  18. 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

  19. EGYPT, 1942. "HUN AND ITI PRISONERS WALKING BACK AFTER BATTLE OF ALAMEIN."

    Photograph

    EGYPT, 1942. "HUN AND ITI PRISONERS WALKING BACK AFTER BATTLE OF ALAMEIN."

    P00150.004

  20. EGYPT, 1916. SIX TURKISH PRISONERS CAPTURED AT KATIA (BIR QATIA), JUST WEST OF ROMANI, SQUAT ON ...

    Photograph

    EGYPT, 1916. SIX TURKISH PRISONERS CAPTURED AT KATIA (BIR QATIA), JUST WEST OF ROMANI, SQUAT ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF THE AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE TROOPER WHO BROUGHT THEM INTO CAMP AND IS TELLING HIS ...

    P01336.011

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