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A group of German officers captured at Beersheba. "The man with the cross is a German general. in ...
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Maker: Tomlins, Fred Harold
A group of German officers captured at Beersheba. "The man with the cross is a German general. in the right background are houses used by the Turks as store houses - we got a good supply for horses an...P00153.036
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Allied victory
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Maker: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc
An Encyclopaedia Britannica educational film covering the history of the Second World War commencing with the entry of the United States in December 1941. Introduction on camera by Louis L. Snyder, Ph...F03324
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Alsace, France. c. 1916. A group of German prisoners of war waiting to be questioned by their ...
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Alsace, France. c. 1916. A group of German prisoners of war waiting to be questioned by their French captors. (Donor French Government)H04758
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Arpad Maleter
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Maker: Binder, Tibor
Depicts portrait of Hungarian soldier, Arpad Maleter, sitting, side profile smoking a pipe, arms crossed, in Gross-Born Army Barracks, Germany. Tibor Binder served in the Hungarian Army Artillery, was...ART27827
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Arras, France. May 1917. Two British Army prisoners of war behind the German Army front line ...
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Maker: Deutsche Reichsarchiv
Arras, France. May 1917. Two British Army prisoners of war behind the German Army front line carrying a wounded comrade on a stretcher. (Donor German War Museum: Bufa 2765)H13156
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A Turkish officer (left front) and three Turkish other ranks taken prisoner, sitting outside ...
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Maker: Unknown
A Turkish officer (left front) and three Turkish other ranks taken prisoner, sitting outside Anzac Corps Headquarters.J02442
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AVERSA, ITALY. 1943. GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR TAKEN BY THE FIFTH ARMY LINE UP FOR LUNCH IN A CAMP ...
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AVERSA, ITALY. 1943. GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR TAKEN BY THE FIFTH ARMY LINE UP FOR LUNCH IN A CAMP BUILT TO HOLD BRITISH POWS. (BRITISH ADMIRALTY PHOTOGRAPH, BNA7919).128576
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Bapaume area, France, 1917. A roadmaking party composed of a large group of German ...
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Bapaume area, France, 1917. A roadmaking party composed of a large group of German prisoners-of-war (POWs) at work on a rural road. The POWs are using mattocks, spades and a wheelbarrow for the task.P01835.008
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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
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Breaking the Hindenburg Line
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Maker: Longstaff, Will
The Battle of the Hindenburg Line which began September 18, 1918, was a key turning point in the Hundred Days Offensive that eventually led to the end of World War 1. British forces spearheaded the at...ART03023
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Bruges, Belgium. c. 1917. British prisoners of war, guarded by members of the German Army, ...
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Bruges, Belgium. c. 1917. British prisoners of war, guarded by members of the German Army, marching along one of the streets.H03453
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Captured German and Turkish officers are marched along in front of houses used by the Turks as ...
Photograph
Maker: Tomlins, Fred Harold
Captured German and Turkish officers are marched along in front of houses used by the Turks as store houses. The houses were a good source of provisions for the horses and men of the 1st Australian Li...P00153.007
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Capture of Mont St Quentin
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts Australian soldiers (17th Battalion) and German soldiers in a captured German trench on the flank of Mont St. Quentin. The 17th Battalion colour patch, diamond shape and horizontally divided b...ART02929
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Cavalcade of victory
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Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
For some months British Allied Forces and the Axis Army, lay locked in stalemate in the desert of Quatara and El Alamein. Rommel's thrust to conquer Egypt had failed, but he was massing for another d...F01825
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1. Crack swimmers take to water between war jobs 2. Chasing Rommel through Libya (Fox Movietone News Vol. 14 No. 6)
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1. (1 min 42 sec) On leave from New Guinea, Geoff Valentin wins NSW 100 metres 2. (5 min) Latest film of 8th Army's advance. Thousands of prisoners taken including General Ritter Von Thoma, German Com...F00378
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Craterland
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts a wounded man on a stretcher being carried by four German prisoners of war while under armed escort of an Australian soldier. They are walking along a duckboard track past shell holes filled w...ART02925
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Dawn at Hamel, 4 July 1918
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Maker: Bell, George
Depicts the Battle of Hamel, July 1918. Australian Corps were under the command of General John Monash (the Battle of Hamel was his first operational success; the Australians had artillery support of ...ART03590
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Diary of John Henry Llewellyn Turnbull, 1915
Digitised Collection
Maker: Turnbull, John Henry Llewellyn
Diary relating to the First World War service of 1433 Private John Henry Llewellyn Turnbull, 8th Battalion. This is the first of six detailed diaries transcribed by Turnbull after the war, and documen...RCDIG0001106
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Diary of John Henry Llewellyn Turnbull, 1918-1919
Digitised Collection
Maker: Turnbull, John Henry Llewellyn
Diary relating to the First World War service of 1295 Driver John Henry Llewellyn Turnbull, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column. This is the last of six detailed diaries transcribed by Turnbull after the...RCDIG0001111
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Diary transcript of Reginald Harriman Heywood, 1918-1919
Digitised Collection
Maker: Heywood, Reginald Harriman
Transcript of diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Reginald Harriman Heywood, Australian Army Veterinary Corps (AAVC). Entries cover the period 18 July 1918 to 31 June 1919, in whi...RCDIG0001209
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[Eastern Front, Monte Cassino and Luftwaffe night raids on London, 1944] (Die Deutsche Wochenshau) = (The German newsreel)
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Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
German newsreel circa early 1944. Items covered: 1. Winter on the Eastern front, Stug III Assault gun, Panzer Grenadiers, PzKpfW VI Tiger tanks, Soviet POWs, land mine clearance, knocked out Soviet T-...F01995
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[Extracts from German newsreels: Home front and Arnhem] (Die Deutsche Wochenschau 41/42 1944 Wpr) = (The German newsreel 41/42 1944 Wpr)
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Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
German newsreel c September 1944. German language commentary. Items covered: 1. Hitler Youth members of the Landienst (land army) learn agriculture and animal husbandry as part of a 10 year project fo...F01964
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Extracts of letters relating to Henry Stanley Davis, 1916-1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Australian War Memorial Davis, Henry Stanley Robertson, James Campbell
Typescript extracts of letters relating to the First World War service of Captain Henry Stanley Davis, 46th Battalion. These extracts were made by the Australian War Memorial in 1932-1933 and the orig...RCDIG0001160
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Ferenc Torr
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Maker: Binder, Tibor
German Army Hungarian soldier in army barracks, Gross-Born Army Barracks, Germany. Red stripe on sleeve indicates that they were eligible for officer school. Subject is Hungarian officer cadet. Note: ...ART27847
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Folder 1 of 3 - Handwritten draft and chapter outlines for Captive in Crete, c. 1950
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.88
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FRANCE, 1916-07. WALKING ALONG A ROAD IS A GROUP OF GERMAN PRISONERS, THE FIRST TO BE CAPTURED ...
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FRANCE, 1916-07. WALKING ALONG A ROAD IS A GROUP OF GERMAN PRISONERS, THE FIRST TO BE CAPTURED AFTER THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 1916-07-01. (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH. DAILY MAIL SERIES) (ORIGIN...P00156.053
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Frigyes Raffay
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Maker: Binder, Tibor
Depicts a portrait of Frigyes Raffay, an Hungarian soldier in Gross-Born Army Barracks, Germany. Tibor Binder served in the Hungarian Army Artillery, was captured by the Americans and held a POW in Ro...ART27830
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Gefangen [Captured]
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Maker: Grosz, George
Depicts tired and exhausted German soldiers who have been captured as prisoners of war, walking down a road in a bedraggled fashion. A dead soldier lies beside the road and a landscape with houses and...ART19997
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German fork : Private J G Kettle, 2/5 Australian General Hospital
Heraldry
Maker: LGK&F
German alloy fork issued to an Australian prisoner of war. The underside of the fork handle is impressed with a Nazi eagle and swastika, and with the maker's marking 'LGK&F 41'.REL33543.001
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[German home front, Hitler and Mussolini, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German convoy under air attack and Waffen SS on the Eastern front, circa 1944] (Die Deutsche Wochenschau No. 714) = (The German newsreel No. 714)
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Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
German newsreel circa 1944. German language commentary. Items covered: 1. Nazi leaders at May Day celebrations. 2. A womens fashion parade. 3. Bicycle race in Berlin. 4. Youths of the Arbeitdienst in ...F01972
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German kitchen knife : Private J G Kettle, 2/5 Australian General Hospital, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: LGK&F
German alloy and stainless steel kitchen knife issued to an Australian prisoner of war. The alloy handle of the knife is impressed on the right hand side with a Nazi eagle and swastika, and with the m...REL33543.002
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German prisoners at the Corps Cage, Bazentin
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Depicts a group of German soldiers in a temporary holding 'cage' at Bazentin, France, before being sent to permanent prisoner of war camp.The soldiers all have forlorn expressions on their faces. Wil...ART02363
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German prisoners near Messines
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Depicts a standing Australian soldier guarding two German soldiers seated on the ground. One of the seated soldiers wears a German Field Cap, while the soldier on the right has a bandaged head and han...ART02214
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GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR, MEMBERS OF THE AFRIKA KORPS, PROBABLY CAPTURED AT EL ALAMEIN. (DONOR: L. ...
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GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR, MEMBERS OF THE AFRIKA KORPS, PROBABLY CAPTURED AT EL ALAMEIN. (DONOR: L. DAVIS)P01396.001
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German prisoners on road construction work
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Depicts the figures of three German prisoners of war, wearing heavy boots, working on road making on the Somme in December 1916. One holds a broom in his hand while the other carries a spade. They sta...ART02412
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German prisoners working
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Maker: Rae, Iso
1st Australian Imperial Force; group of German prisoners of war repairing pavement on railway platform, `Anzac Camp' in background, prisoners wearing white shirts with numbers and PG (Prisoners, Germa...ART50285
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German ribbon bar with minature medals: O W A Rubitschung, German Imperial Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German ribbon bar containing in order from left to right - Iron Cross, Austrian-Hungarian Medal for Bravery with miniature medal (Tapferkeitsmedaille Third Class), Cross of Honour for the Great War 19...REL34246
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Hungarian soldier, nicknamed 'Bumba la Negra'
Art
Maker: Binder, Tibor
Depicts a portrait of Hungarian gypsy soldier, nicknamed 'Bumba', in prisoner of war camp, Mailly-le-Camp, France.ART27838
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Incident on the road in Germany
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
Recovered Australian prisoners of war in (possibly) German staff car passing by a column of German soldiers. Two of the Australians are giving a mock Nazi salute. An AIF banner tied across back of veh...ART25518
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Infantry Assault Badge : Lothar Scholz, Wehrmacht
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Infantry Assault Badge. White metal alloy badge bears a rifle superimposed on an oval wreath of oak leaves. The wreath is surmounted by the Nazi eagle and swastika. This badge was instituted on 20 De...REL27181.003
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In Templeux-le-Guerard
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Maker: Stewart, Allan
Depicts a scene in the devasted village of Templeux-le-Guerard, with strings of American, Australian and German 'walking wounded' from the Battle of the Hindenburg Line, making their way to a casualty...ART09340
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Interrogation of a prisoner
Art
English officer JJW Herbertson is shown interviewing a German soldier in the officer's living quarters at Montauban, north of the Somme. The German soldier is seated on a wooden crate, while the offic...ART02228
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Iron Cross First Class 1914 : O W A Rubitschung, German Imperial Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German Iron Cross, First Class, unnamed as issued. A cross pattee in black iron edged with silver. Obverse: A 'W' in the centre with a crown on the top and '1914' on the lower arm. Reverse pin back. C...REL34245.001
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Iron Cross 2nd Class : Lothar Scholz, Wehrmacht
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Iron Cross, 2nd Class. Unnamed as issued. Complete with ribbon.REL27181.001
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Iron Cross Second Class 1914 : O W A Rubitschung, German Imperial Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German Iron Cross, Second Class, unnamed as issued. A cross pattee in black iron edged with silver. Obverse: A 'W' in the centre with a crown on the top and '1914' on the lower arm. Reverse: Three oak...REL34245.002
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ITALY. 1944-02. GERMAN PRISONERS AWAIT INTERROGATION AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE ALLIED REAR, AFTER ...
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ITALY. 1944-02. GERMAN PRISONERS AWAIT INTERROGATION AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE ALLIED REAR, AFTER BEING CAPTURED NEAR THE GARIGLIANO RIVER BY THE FIFTH ARMY. (BRITISH ADMIRALTY PHOTOGRAPH, BNA10915).128595
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ITALY. 1943-09-08. GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN DURING THE ATTACK AGAINST PORTO DI SAN VENERE AND THE ...
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ITALY. 1943-09-08. GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN DURING THE ATTACK AGAINST PORTO DI SAN VENERE AND THE NEARBY TOWN OF PIZZO BY BRITISH TROOPS. (BRITISH ADMIRALTY PHOTOGRAPH, BNA6421).128537
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ITALY. 1943-12. GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN IN THE SANGRO BATTLE BEING ESCORTED BY INDIAN TROOPS. ...
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ITALY. 1943-12. GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN IN THE SANGRO BATTLE BEING ESCORTED BY INDIAN TROOPS. (BRITISH ADMIRALTY PHOTOGRAPH, BNA9404.128588
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ITALY. 1943-12-16. YOUNG GERMAN PRISONERS CAPTURED BY INDIAN UNITS IN THE RIVER MORO AREA JUST ...
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ITALY. 1943-12-16. YOUNG GERMAN PRISONERS CAPTURED BY INDIAN UNITS IN THE RIVER MORO AREA JUST OUTSIDE ORTONA.128593
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KOKKINIA, GREECE, C. 1941-05. GERMAN GUARDS OVERSEE THE UNLOADING FROM AMBULANCES OF CASUALTIES ...
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KOKKINIA, GREECE, C. 1941-05. GERMAN GUARDS OVERSEE THE UNLOADING FROM AMBULANCES OF CASUALTIES FROM CRETE AT THE KRIEGSGEFANGENLAZARETTE, POW HOSPITAL, FORMERLY AN ORPHANAGE, NEAR PIRAEUS. MEDICAL ST...P01333.001
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Lejjun, North Palestine. c. 1918. German Army prisoners of war arriving at Allied Desert Corps ...
Photograph
Maker: Campbell, James Pinkerton
Lejjun, North Palestine. c. 1918. German Army prisoners of war arriving at Allied Desert Corps Headquarters. (Donor J.P. Campbell)H02983
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Letter and bible relating to James Martin, 1914-1915
Digitised Collection
Maker: British and Foreign Bible Society Martin, James Charles
Letter and bible relating to the First World War service of 1553 Private James Martin, 21st Infantry Battalion. In a letter to his parents, Martin, describes the poor weather of the Gallipoli peninsul...RCDIG0000925
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Letters and postcard relating to James Hodgen, 1918-1978
Digitised Collection
Maker: Hodgen, James
Letters and postcard relating to the First World War service of 250 Private James Hodgen, 14th Machine Gun Company (5th Machine Gun Battalion). Having been wounded in action around Villers-Bretonneux ...RCDIG0001149
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Letters from George Alexander Hugh Murray to his family, 1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Murray, George Alexander Hugh
Letters relating to the First World War service of 1379 Sergeant George Alexander Hugh Murray, 14th Infantry Battalion. In this series of letters, Murray details his service on the Western Front in Fr...RCDIG0000959
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Letters from George Edwin Patey to his family, 1914
Digitised Collection
Maker: Patey, George Edwin
Letters relating to the First World War service of Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey, Royal Australian Navy. In a series of letters home to his family Patey describes the offensive campaign against Germa...RCDIG0000951
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Letters from Keith Shadforth Dowling to his mother, 1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Dowling, Keith Shadforth Sheen
These letters written by Dowling to his mother cover his experiences at the Western Front in France as part of the 107th Field Artillery Battery, including the use of a captured German dugout being us...RCDIG0001150
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MARBURG A DRAU, YUGOSLAVIA. 1944. 1046GW P.O.W. CAMP THEATRE GROUP INCLUDING POWS DRESSED AS ...
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MARBURG A DRAU, YUGOSLAVIA. 1944. 1046GW P.O.W. CAMP THEATRE GROUP INCLUDING POWS DRESSED AS WOMEN. PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN WITH A CAMERA BORROWED FROM A BRIBED GERMAN ARMY GUARD. (DONOR A. CONNOR)P00092.083
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MARBURG A DRAU, YUGOSLAVIA. 1944. 1046GW PRISONER OF WAR (POW) CAMP THEATRE GROUP COMPRISING POWS ...
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MARBURG A DRAU, YUGOSLAVIA. 1944. 1046GW PRISONER OF WAR (POW) CAMP THEATRE GROUP COMPRISING POWS PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. THEY INCLUDE PHIL TAPPING ON TRUMPET, ERIC DAVIS WITH A VIOLIN, PHIL HOFF...P00092.082
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Medical examination
Art
Maker: Vaughan, Keith
This drawing records one of the more intimate and humiliating aspects of internment witnessed by Vaughan during his employment at a prisoner of war camp in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. It shows a Britis...ART92958
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Merris [German prisoners]
Art
Maker: Gould, Charles Henry
Depicts eight German prisoners, their hands up in surrender, being lead across a corn field by a member of the 6th Battalion. Two other members of the Battalion poke out of the trench in the foregroun...ART02562.018
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Mixed group portrait of Austrian mountain troops and Australian personnel of the 2/5 Australian ...
Photograph
Maker: Butterfield, Frederick Henry James
Mixed group portrait of Austrian mountain troops and Australian personnel of the 2/5 Australian General Hospital (2/5 AGH) standing together at the entrance to the hospital grounds in Ekali, Greece. 1...P04640.004
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1. Nazi prisoners arrive in Australia 2. Maj-General Mackay returns from Middle East, ARP practice Government House Sydney, RAAF march Brisbane. 3. New AIF song (Fox Movietone News Vol. 12 No. 37)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News newsreel Volume 12 Number 371. (1 min 30 sec) First batch of German prisoners arrive in Australia 2. (2 min 13 sec) Major-General Sir Iven Mackay returns from the Midd...F00308
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Nazi, Sollum
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of an unidentified German prisoner of war, from the armoured corps, captured during the North African campaign near Salum (Sollum), Libya. Hele was impressed by the prisoner's ability to sit ...ART26656
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Near Warfusee, France. August 1918. Lines of Germans being taken prisoner after fierce fighting ...
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Near Warfusee, France. August 1918. Lines of Germans being taken prisoner after fierce fighting between them and five Divisions of the Australian Army and the Canadians on the 8 and 9 August 1918. Thi...P02527.004
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NORTH AFRICA. 1943-07. GERMAN PRISONERS STACK PETROL CANS AT AN ARMY SALVAGE DUMP. (BRITISH ...
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NORTH AFRICA. 1943-07. GERMAN PRISONERS STACK PETROL CANS AT AN ARMY SALVAGE DUMP. (BRITISH ADMIRALTY PHOTOGRAPH, BNA3902).128506
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NORTH AFRICA. 1941-11-25. IN ORDER TO KEEP CHECK ON NEWLY CAPTURED PRISONERS, THE GERMAN ARMY HAD ...
Photograph
NORTH AFRICA. 1941-11-25. IN ORDER TO KEEP CHECK ON NEWLY CAPTURED PRISONERS, THE GERMAN ARMY HAD A SYSTEM WHEREBY EACH PRISONER WAS TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER CAPTURE. A GENERAL DES...052291
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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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PALESTINE, C. 1918-02. GERMAN AND TURKISH PRISONERS BEING BROUGHT IN AFTER THEIR UNSUCCESSFUL ...
Photograph
PALESTINE, C. 1918-02. GERMAN AND TURKISH PRISONERS BEING BROUGHT IN AFTER THEIR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK IN THE GERMAN VALLEY. THEIR MOUNTED ESCORT IS PROBABLY DRAWN FROM THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE. (...P01148.002
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Palestine. 1918. German prisoners of war, captured during 1918-07, surrounding a water cart in ...
Photograph
Palestine. 1918. German prisoners of war, captured during 1918-07, surrounding a water cart in their compound in the Jordan Valley. (Donor Colonel D.G. Croll)H02895
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Palestine. 1918. German prisoners of war, captured during 1918-07, surrounding a water cart in ...
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Palestine. 1918. German prisoners of war, captured during 1918-07, surrounding a water cart in their compound in the Jordan Valley. (Donor Colonel D.G. Croll)H02897
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PALESTINE. 1918-07-14. GERMAN SOLDIERS CAPTURED AT MUSALLABEH BY THE ANZAC DIVISION BEING ...
Photograph
PALESTINE. 1918-07-14. GERMAN SOLDIERS CAPTURED AT MUSALLABEH BY THE ANZAC DIVISION BEING ESCORTED TO A PRISON CAMP.H02534
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PALESTINE. 1918-07-14. GERMAN SOLDIERS CAPTURED BY THE ANZAC DIVISION AT MUSALLABEH BEING ...
Photograph
PALESTINE. 1918-07-14. GERMAN SOLDIERS CAPTURED BY THE ANZAC DIVISION AT MUSALLABEH BEING ESCORTED TO A PRISON CAMP.H02538
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Photograph of line up of men in partial uniform holding blanket rolls
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown
Photograph of a line up of men in partial uniform holding blanket rolls. Inscribed on the reverse is 'The state of living of German war prisoners in Narashino near Tokyo'.AWM2017.6.152
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Prisoner-of-war compound, Abbeville
Art
Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Abbeville; barbed wire, encampment; fences of barbed wire reinforced with wire entalglements surrounding Nissen huts accommodating German prisoners Arthur Streeton is best known as one of the painters...ART03528
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Prisoner of war souvenir ring : Lieutenant S E Bates, 11 Machine Gun Comany, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Copper ring made from a coin, with white metal heart superimposed on the front face. There is corrosion on the bottom of the ring. The inside of the ring bears the date '1912' and other writing that i...RELAWM11741
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RATZEBURG, GERMANY. 1945-05-02. AFTER BEING CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH FIFTH DIVISION, GERMANS ...
Photograph
RATZEBURG, GERMANY. 1945-05-02. AFTER BEING CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH FIFTH DIVISION, GERMANS HANDED IN THEIR RIFLES AND ARE WAITING TO BE TAKEN TO THE POW CAGE. (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH, BU4960).128693
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Redman, Valmar (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Redman, Valmar Leslie
3 PAGE MEDICAL REPORT MADE BY GERMAN AUTHORITIES WHILE A POW AT STALAG 398, PUPPINGPR86/343
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Russian Campaign Medal (1941-1942) : Lothar Scholz
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German Medal for Campaign against Russia (Winterschlact im Osten 1941/42), with ribbon. Unnamed as issued. White metal alloy medal is surmounted by a steel helmet and a grenade. Obverse shows a German...REL27181.005
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Sentries at prisoners' tent
Art
Maker: Rae, Iso
A soldier on guard, equipped with rifle, outside a tent housing prisoners. Rae has shown the typical bell tents used by the British Army. The front tent, brilliantly lit with a red warm glow and with ...ART19594
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Series 2 - Memoir: Captive in Crete, 1950-1990
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.35
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Sign boards to El Alamein, transporters, anti-tank ditches, evacuation civilian population at Alexandria
Film
Maker: Military History Section
Two soldiers examine captured a German 5cm Pak38 anti-tank gun. Close up of the mechanism of the gun. Traffic on the road near El-Imayid staging area. Camera pans to follow heavy traffic movement. Var...F07015
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Silver Close Combat Clasp : Lothar Scholz, Wehrmacht
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silver Close Combat Clasp. Instituted on 25 November 1942, the clasp was awarded in three classes (gold, silver and bronze), to front line troops for hand to hand fighting.REL27181.002
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Silver Wound Badge : Lothar Scholz, Wehrmacht
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silver Wound Badge, indicating that the recipient had been wounded three times. Badge shows a steel helmet bearing a swastika superimposed on crossed swords and surrounded by an oval wreath of laurel.REL27181.004
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Tank Destruction Badge - Gold Class: German army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Tank Destruction Badge, Gold Class. The badge is rectangular in shape and is of woven gold thread with two black edge stripes. In its centre a gilded metal tank representing a stylised, early version ...REL/12017.036
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8th August, 1918
Art
Maker: Longstaff, Will
The Battle of 8 August 1918, showing the Australian Artillery moving forward from Villers-Bretonneux. Horse drawn artillery and tanks, at right is a a British Mark V tank, can be seen moving forward....ART03022
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The drover
Art
Depicts a group of German prisoners being escorted by an Australian soldier on horseback on the Somme battlefield, walking past a windmill on their way to prisoner of war camp in France. This paintin...ART00142
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The inspections
Art
Maker: Vaughan, Keith
This drawing records one of the more intimate and humiliating aspects of internment witnessed by Vaughan during his employment at a prisoner of war camp in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. It shows a Britis...ART92957
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Third Reich War Flag, Stalag 383 : Corporal F W Clear, 2/7 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Printed Third Reich war flag in a coarse open-weave cotton. Set on a red field is a black edged white central disc with a black and white edged swastika centrally located. This sits over a symmetric c...REL/17372
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Transcript of diaries of Alice Ross-King, 1915-1919
Digitised Collection
Maker: Ross-King, Alice
Transcript of diaries relating to the First World War service of Sister Alice Ross-King, Australian Army Nursing Service. The transcript contains all of Sister Ross-King's diaries covering her wartime...RCDIG0000976
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Transcript of diary of Ben William Champion, 1915-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Champion, Benjamin William
Transcript of diary relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Ben William Champion, 1st Infantry Battalion. In this diary, kept between 11 May 1915 and August 1918, Champion describes life...RCDIG0000977
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Trench art cross : Sergeant W G Bruce, Australian Army Service Corps AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Trench art cross made of French bullets and a shell casing. Impressed on underside of base '75 DEC/ PD.Ps1418L16R/15/Rs'.REL30417
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TURKISH AND GERMAN OFFICER PRISONERS BEING ESCORTED IN FROM THE BATTLEFIELD OF ROMANI, ...
Photograph
TURKISH AND GERMAN OFFICER PRISONERS BEING ESCORTED IN FROM THE BATTLEFIELD OF ROMANI, 1916-08-04. (DONATED BY MR. E.S. CLAYDON.)J02502
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Turkish and German officers captured during the operations at Magdhaba.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Turkish and German officers captured during the operations at Magdhaba.A00030
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Victory in the Western Desert
Film
British 8th Army including 9th Australian Division at El Alamein, North Africa. Ranks and jeeps in sand and floods, Italian and German prisoners walking and in trucks, close up of German prisoners and...F00834
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Violin made from war relics in France: Private Max Nicholls, 30 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Nicholls, Maximillian
Violin made from war relics collected in France during the First World War by 2407 Private Max Nicholls, 30 Battalion AIF. The body of the violin is made from a German field telephone box of glued a...RELAWM14432
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Vosges, France. c. 1917. German prisoners of war marching along the Collett to Gerardmer road ...
Photograph
Vosges, France. c. 1917. German prisoners of war marching along the Collett to Gerardmer road guarded by mounted French soldiers. A working party looks on from the side of the road. (Donor French Gove...H04855
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WALCHEREN ISLAND, HOLLAND. 1944-11. GERMAN PRISONERS BEING ESCORTED THROUGH A VILLAGE AFTER THE ...
Photograph
WALCHEREN ISLAND, HOLLAND. 1944-11. GERMAN PRISONERS BEING ESCORTED THROUGH A VILLAGE AFTER THE INVASION OF THE ISLAND BY BRITISH COMMANDO TROOPS. (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH, B11637).128649
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Wallet 7 of 10 - German and Italian documents concerning partisans in Monza, 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.62
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Wallet 1 of 3 - Handwritten draft, chapter outlines, aerial photographs, correspondence, notes and research material for Captive in Crete; Newspaper articles relating to Lieutenant Peck’s experiences as an escaped prisoner of war on Crete, c. 1950 - c. 1990
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.51
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Wallet 5 of 10 - Italian and German documents concerning the organization of the partisans, evidence, and interrogations, 1944-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Peck, John Desmond Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...AWM2021.22.60