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Allied prisoners of war repatriated from Japan
Film
Maker: Unknown
Australian and allied POW at Yokohama preparing for repatriation and shots of Australian prisoners of war (POW) on the American hospital ship 'Benevolence'. The footage is low contrast, yet there are ...F01441
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Australian airmen 1939-1945
Film
Maker: Commonwealth Film Unit Unknown
Produced by the Commonwealth Film Unit for the information of officers in the Repatriation Department. Bulk of the material supplied from the AWM film collection.F10160
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Australian POW's return to England
Film
Lancaster bombers of No 622 Sqn RAF parked on airfield. Lancaster of No 138 Sqn RAF taxis into frame. Medium shot of servicemen (POWs?) deplaning and gathering near aircraft to pose for camera. Lancas...F02635
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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
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Collection related to NX10979 Peter Sachs
Photograph
Album of 74 pages (including inside covers), compiled by NX10979 Gunner (Gnr) Peter Thomas Edgar Sachs, 2/15 Field Regiment. The album contains a mixture of photographs, sketches, newspaper and magazi...AWM2019.798.8
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Commemoration: Australian Prisoners of War in Europe and the Pacific
Art
Maker: Unknown Department of Veteran's Affairs
A poster produced by 'Australia Remembers 1945-1995' to commemorate Australian Prisoners of War in Europe and the Pacific. The main background image is of emaciated survivors at Changi POW camp shortl...ARTV09174
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Desmond Henry Mulcahy, 2/19th Battalion, ex POW at Kobe, Japan, talks about his service in the Second World War and experience as a prisoner of war.
Sound
Maker: Mulcahy, Desmond Henry Mulcahy, Desmond Henry
Desmond Henry Mulcahy, 2/19th Battalion, ex POW at Kobe, Japan, talks about his service in the Second World War and experience as a prisoner of war.S01729
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Emeritus Professor Thomas Oakley Browning, 2/18th Battalion, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a prisoner of war (POW)
Sound
Maker: Browning, Thomas Oakley Pearson, Gillian
Emeritus Professor Thomas Oakley Browning, 2/18th Battalion, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a prisoner of war (POW) A transcript of this r...S01733
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Epitomization of SNAFU, Otaki
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Wrecked oil refinery. Otaki is a repatriation area for returning Japanese POW. 2 New Zealand Expeditionary Force Cavalry Division are in control of the centre.ART26385
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Eric James Tremethick, 12 Recovery Section attached to 2/4th Army Field Workshop, Australian Army Services Corps, Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thai Railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about his service in the Second World War and experiences as a POW
Sound
Maker: Tremethick, Eric James Pearson, Gillian
Eric James Tremethick, 12 Recovery Section attached to 2/4th Army Field Workshop, Australian Army Services Corps, Prisoner of War (POW) on the Burma-Thai Railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson about ...S01732
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Frederick Edwin Stahl, 8 Division Signals, Prisoner of War (POW) on Burma-Thailand railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson
Sound
Maker: Stahl, Frederick Edwin Pearson, Gillian
Frederick Edwin Stahl, 8 Division Signals, Prisoner of War (POW) on Burma-Thailand railway, interviewed by Gillian Pearson A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information ple...S01734
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Holland, Herbert Sawford (Driver, b.1911-d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Holland, Herbert Sawford
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX69236 Driver Herbert Sawford Holland, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, Thailand and Australia, 1945. Wal...PR05821
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Interview with Amory Vane (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr Amory Vane became a doctor after the war. He was a member of the Nackeroos a name adapted by Lieutenant Travers for the top secret North Australian Observation Unit (NAOU). This was a field securit...F04030
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Interview with Col Nowland (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr Nowland was a dairy farmer who enlisted in 1940 into the Darwin Infantry Battalion. In Darwin the troops performed guard duties and built roads. Mr Nowland was in Darwin when it was bombed and desc...F04039
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Interview with Rick Pisaturo (When the war came to Australia).
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr Pisaturo was an Italian soldier during World War 2 who served in Libya. He describes conditions for the Italian troops in the desert: very bad. He was taken prisoner in Benghazi and ended up sailin...F04043
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Investigation into conditions on board Japanese ship Yoizuki
Film
Maker: Dolan, Samuel Murray
After the Japanese light cruiser Yoizuki (3500 tons) had left Sydney, NSW, with 1005 Korean and Formosan internees from NSW it was alleged that due to overcrowding, it had become a "hell ship". Due to...F07462
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Japanese going home
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Japanese troops from Muschu Island Prisoner-of-War Camp oof the coast at Wewak, boarding the Japanese demilitarised cruiser "Kashima" for repatriaton to Japan, New Guinea.ART25250
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Japanese going home
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Japanese troops from Muschu Island Prisoner-of-war camp off the coast at Wewak, boarding the Japanese demilitarised cruiser "Kashima" for repatriation to Japan, New Guinea.ART25249
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Japanese POW & internees embark on the Daikai Maru for repatriation
Film
Maker: Scale, Clement Stewart
On 2 March 1946, 2,500 Japanese POW and internees embarked on the first Japanese vessel to use Sydney Harbour since the cessation of hostilities. The prisoners arrived at No 1 Wharf, Balmain, NSW, by ...F07436
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Japanese repatriation centre Ujina, Japan
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
For several months a detachment of Australian soldiers have been supervising the repatriation of Japanese POWs at Ujina, port of Hiroshima. Inspection of belongings, confiscation of prohibited article...F07467