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AT SEA. 1945-10-12. PERSONNEL OF THE ARMY UNITS WHO WERE IN TIMOR BEFORE GOING TO MALAYA WHERE ...
Photograph
AT SEA. 1945-10-12. PERSONNEL OF THE ARMY UNITS WHO WERE IN TIMOR BEFORE GOING TO MALAYA WHERE THEY BECAME POWS OF THE JAPANESE, ABOARD THE BRITISH TROOPSHIP MV HIGHLAND BRIGADE DURING THEIR JOURNEY B...117870
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BRUNEI, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-23. NX201582 CAPTAIN J. C. ANDREWS, 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL ...
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BRUNEI, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-23. NX201582 CAPTAIN J. C. ANDREWS, 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND PERSONNEL OF A SECTION OF "B" COMPANY, 2/12TH FIELD AMBULANCE WHO ARE STAFF OF THE ADVANCED...122717
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Butler, Duncan Harold (b.1906 - d.1987)
Manuscript
Maker: Butler, Duncan Harold
Collection consists of a typed copy of a poem titled 'Mates', written after the war by [Corporal] Duncan Butler, an ex prisoner of war (POW). The poem highlights the significance of mateship amongst ...MSS1607
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Catalina taking officers and supplies to Kuching POW camp
Film
Maker: Rainsford, Keith Carr
On 7 September 1945, a Catalina aircraft, loaded with medical supplies and carrying three officers left Labuan Airstrip for Kuching POW Camp. The officers were VX40155 Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Walker...F07315
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Collection relating to the service of NX48948 Evan Fuller
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Oesapa Besar, Timor. 1942. Two huts at the Prisoner of War camp where Australian soldiers of Sparrow Force were held after being taken POW after the Japanese invasion of Timor. (Donor J. Fuller)P02699.007
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Collection relating to the service of NX48948 Evan Fuller
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Oesapa Besar, Timor. 1942. The camp where men of Sparrow Force were imprisoned after Timor was invaded by the Japanese. Open huts with grass roofs can be seen in the background behind the palm trees. ...P02699.004
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Collection relating to the service of NX48948 Evan Fuller
Photograph
Oesapa Besar, Timor. 1942. The Prisoner of War (POW) camp where men of Sparrow Force were imprisoned after Timor was invaded by the Japanese. Open huts with grass roofs can be seen in the background b...P02699.005
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Collection relating to the service of NX48948 Evan Fuller
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Oesapa Besar, Timor. 1942. Don Taylor and an unidentified man stand beside a hut made of stick walls with a grass roof in the Prisoner of War (POW) camp where he and other members of Sparrow Force wer...P02699.009
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Collection relating to the service of NX48948 Evan Fuller
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Oesapa Besar, Timor. 1942. An Australian Prisoner of War (POW), possibly of the 2/12th Field Ambulance, stands beside a shelter set among the palm trees. Soldiers of Sparrow Force were imprisoned at t...P02699.006
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Collection relating to the service of NX48948 Evan Fuller
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Oesapa Besar, Timor. c. 1942. An open hut with a grass roof and a low wall constructed of wooden slats in the Prisoner of War (POW) camp where members of Sparrow Force were held after the Japanese inv...P02699.014
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Collection relating to the service of NX48948 Evan Fuller
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Oesapa Besar, Timor. 1942. Looking into an open sleeping hut with a grass roof in the Prisoner of War (POW) camp where members of Sparrow Force were held after the Japanese invaded Timor. Washing hang...P02699.010
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Collection relating to the service of NX48948 Evan Fuller
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Oesapa Besar, Timor. 1943. A naked soldier worships the sun on the beach at Oesapa Besar where members of Sparrow Force were held as Prisoners of War (POWs) after the Japanese invaded Timor. (Donor J....P02699.011
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Collection relating to the service of NX48948 Evan Fuller
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Oesapa Besar, Timor. 1942. Three Australian Prisoners of War (POWs), members of Sparrow Force, lean against a simple log enclosure surrounding a hole in the ground. From left to right: possibly NX4894...P02699.012
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Collection relating to the service of NX48948 Evan Fuller
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Oesapa Besar, Timor. 1942. NX36779 Donald McLaurin 'Don' Taylor sits on his bunk in the open tent in the Prisoner of War (POW) camp where he and other members of Sparrow Force had been held after the ...P02699.008
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Collection relating to the service of NX48948 Evan Fuller
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R. V. ?Timor. c. 1942. A line of soldiers leave an enclosure near a plantation. The soldiers are wearing tin hats and are not armed. They are possibly a group of soldiers of the 2/12th Field Ambulance...P02699.013
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Duncan Harold Butler, as a member of A Company 2/12 Field Ambulance and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1945
Sound
Maker: Butler, Duncan Harold Butler, Duncan Harold
Duncan Butler, an ex-Parson records his war experiences from the time he set out for Timor at Christmas 1941 with A Company 2/12 Field Ambulance, "Sparrow Force". Captured by the Japanese at Tjamplong...S00674
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Engraved Dutch army dixie: Sergeant Frederick Stanley Bates, 2/12 Field Ambulance and Sergeant Johannes J van Ark, Netherlands East Indies Army
Heraldry
Maker: van Ark, Johannes J
Round aluminium dixie impressed '90898' and engraved 'VAN ARK' over crossed cannons beside a field gun set against an array of seven flags. These images all relate to Van Ark. A further set of engravi...AWM2017.1363.3
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2/12 Field Ambulance, Australian Hospital Ship Centaur
Heraldry
Maker: Arrow Bronze
Commissioned by the 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance Association as part of the Australian War Memorial’s Plaque Dedication Program.PL00034
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2/12 Field Ambulance banner : Lieutenant Colonel N H Morgan, 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A unit banner for the 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance. The banner is made of unbleached calico and is painted at the centre with the Red Cross, on top of which is painted the colour patch of 2/12 Fiel...REL31811
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Flanagan, Thomas Joseph (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Flanagan, Thomas Joseph
Letters relating to NX46547 Private Thomas Joseph Flanagan, written to his mother from Darwin, "At Sea" and "Abroad" while serving with Gull Force's 2/12 Field Ambulance Unit until becoming a Japanese...PR01160
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Group portrait of members of 2/12 Field Ambulance. This image relates to the service of NX33029 ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of members of 2/12 Field Ambulance. This image relates to the service of NX33029 Private (Pte) George Wilfred McGrath who survived the sinking of the hospital ship Centaur by a Japanese...P08525.002
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Group portrait of members of 2/12 Field Ambulance. This image relates to the service of NX33029 ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of members of 2/12 Field Ambulance. This image relates to the service of NX33029 Private (Pte) George Wilfred McGrath who survived the sinking of the hospital ship Centaur by a Japanese...P08525.001
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Haist, Clifford (Private, b.1918 - d.1994)
Private Record
Maker: Haist, Clifford
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX30261 Private Clifford Haist, 2/12 Field Ambulance, Thailand and Singapore, c 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one postcard and one lett...PR03961
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Informal portrait of NX40214 Private (Pte) George Albert Theodore Wilson, Australian Army Service ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of NX40214 Private (Pte) George Albert Theodore Wilson, Australian Army Service Corps attached to the 2/12th Field Ambulance. A wool and skin buyer of Glen Innes, NSW, he enlisted in...P03135.001
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Informal portrait of NX37973 Private (Pte) James William Bailey. Pte Bailey enlisted on 4 July ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of NX37973 Private (Pte) James William Bailey. Pte Bailey enlisted on 4 July 1941 with 2/12 Field Ambulance in Annandale, NSW. He was taken prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese whil...P11159.001
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Informal portrait of NX38716 Private (Pte) Royston Cecil Stevens, 2/12 Field Ambulance, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of NX38716 Private (Pte) Royston Cecil Stevens, 2/12 Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps, of Revesby, NSW, standing outside a camp building. Pte Stevens enlisted on 14 Jul...P06382.001
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Kenwood, Alan Sydney (Private, b.1916 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Kenwood, Alan Sydney West, Richard Francis Kirby
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX47713 Private Alan Sydney Kenwood, 2/12 Field Ambulance, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia 1940-1942. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of t...PR05233
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-20. KUCHING FORCE. THREE MEN FROM THE 2/12TH FIELD AMBULANCE ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-20. KUCHING FORCE. THREE MEN FROM THE 2/12TH FIELD AMBULANCE TAKE TIME OFF FOR COOL DRINKS ON THE STEPS OF THE SALVATION ARMY REST HUT.119256
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-15. THE KUCHING CIVIL HOSPITAL WHICH IS BEING USED AS THE MEDICAL ...
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-15. THE KUCHING CIVIL HOSPITAL WHICH IS BEING USED AS THE MEDICAL DRESSING STATION OF 2/12TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE.116976
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LABUAN ISLAND. 1945-09-07. LIEUTENANT COLONEL A. W. WALSH, COMMANDING OFFICER 2/10TH FIELD ...
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LABUAN ISLAND. 1945-09-07. LIEUTENANT COLONEL A. W. WALSH, COMMANDING OFFICER 2/10TH FIELD REGIMENT AND COMMANDING OFFICER OF KUCHING PRISONER OF WAR AND INTERNEE CAMP FLEW TO HQ 9TH DIVISION, LABUAN ...115799
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LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO 1945-12-11. A FAREWELL PARTY FOR AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO 1945-12-11. A FAREWELL PARTY FOR AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS ) NURSES OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (AGH) WAS GIVEN BY COLONEL WORCESTER, COMMANDING OF...122882
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LUTONG, BORNEO, 5 JULY 1945. FIFTEEN INDIAN PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE ESCAPED INTO THE ...
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LUTONG, BORNEO, 5 JULY 1945. FIFTEEN INDIAN PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE ESCAPED INTO THE JUNGLE OF 10 JUNE 1945 AND REACHED AUSTRALIAN FORWARD POSITIONS AT MIRI ON 28 JUNE 1945. FOURTEEN OF THE M...111404
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LUTONG, BORNEO, 5 JULY 1945. FIFTEEN INDIAN PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE ESCAPED INTO THE ...
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LUTONG, BORNEO, 5 JULY 1945. FIFTEEN INDIAN PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE ESCAPED INTO THE JUNGLE OF 10 JUNE 1945 AND REACHED AUSTRALIAN FORWARD POSITIONS AT MIRI ON 28 JUNE 1945. FOURTEEN OF THE M...111402
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McGrath, George Wilfred (Private, b.1917 - d.2006)
Private Record
Maker: McGrath, George Wilfred
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX33029 Private George Wilfred McGrath, 2/12 Field Ambulance, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1998. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one...PR04200
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Morgan, Neville Howard (Lieutenant Colonel)
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to Lieutenant-Colonel Neville Howard Morgan, Australian Army Medical Corps, 1946. Collection comprises a typed nominal roll of Australian prisoners of war recovered at Kuching, a ...PR03212
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MOROTAI. 1945-05-17. LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 1025 ON BLUE BEACH, ONE OF THE SHIPS WHICH BROUGHT ...
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MOROTAI. 1945-05-17. LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 1025 ON BLUE BEACH, ONE OF THE SHIPS WHICH BROUGHT WOUNDED BACK FROM TARAKAN ISLAND. MEMBERS OF 2/12 FIELD AMBULANCE TRANSFERRED THEM TO 2/5 GENERAL HOSPI...092141
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MOROTAI, 1945-05-24. MEMBERS OF 2/12TH FIELD AMBULANCE WATERPROOFING THE ENGINE OF A JEEP ...
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MOROTAI, 1945-05-24. MEMBERS OF 2/12TH FIELD AMBULANCE WATERPROOFING THE ENGINE OF A JEEP AMBULANCE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: PRIVATE (PTE) C.H. MCCOY (1); CORPORAL (CPL) W.W. WALKER (2); PTE G. BREN...108166
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MOROTAI. 1945-05-17. MEN OF B COMPANY, 2/12 FIELD AMBULANCE WHO LANDED ON SADAU, BORNEO, AND ...
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MOROTAI. 1945-05-17. MEN OF B COMPANY, 2/12 FIELD AMBULANCE WHO LANDED ON SADAU, BORNEO, AND TARAKAN ISLAND. THEY ARE AT BLUE BEACH FOR THE UNLOADING OF WOUNDED FROM TARAKAN ISLAND. IDENTIFIED PERSONN...092143
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MOROTAI, 1945-05-24. NURSING ORDERLIES OF 2/12 FIELD AMBULANCE, ARRANGING CASES OF MEDICAL ...
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MOROTAI, 1945-05-24. NURSING ORDERLIES OF 2/12 FIELD AMBULANCE, ARRANGING CASES OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES IN DEFINITE ORDER FOR TACTICAL LOADING. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: CORPORAL A.S. JAGERS (1); LANCE CO...108162
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MOROTAI, 1945-05-24. NURSING ORDERLIES OF 2/12TH FIELD AMBULANCE, ARRANGING CASES OF MEDICAL ...
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MOROTAI, 1945-05-24. NURSING ORDERLIES OF 2/12TH FIELD AMBULANCE, ARRANGING CASES OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES IN DEFINITE ORDER FOR TACTICAL LOADING. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: SERGEANT M.E. LAKE (1); PRIVATE ...108163
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MOROTAI. 1945-05-17. PRIVATE A.E. BARNES, 2/23 INFANTRY BATTALION (1), BEING CARRIED OFF THE ...
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MOROTAI. 1945-05-17. PRIVATE A.E. BARNES, 2/23 INFANTRY BATTALION (1), BEING CARRIED OFF THE LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) WHICH BROUGHT THE WOUNDED FROM TARAKAN ISLAND TO BLUE BEACH. MEMBERS OF 2/12 FIELD...092140
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MOROTAI. 1945-05-17. PRIVATE D.J. MCNAMARA, 2/23 INFANTRY BATTALION (1), BEING CHECKED OFF THE ...
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MOROTAI. 1945-05-17. PRIVATE D.J. MCNAMARA, 2/23 INFANTRY BATTALION (1), BEING CHECKED OFF THE LIST BY CORPORAL J. MCKIRDY, 2/12 FIELD AMBULANCE (2). THE WOUNDED FROM TARAKAN ISLAND ARRIVED AT BLUE BE...092138
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MOROTAI. 1945-05-17. PRIVATE T. MADDIGAN, 2/48 INFANTRY BATTALION (4), ENCASED IN PLASTER, ...
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MOROTAI. 1945-05-17. PRIVATE T. MADDIGAN, 2/48 INFANTRY BATTALION (4), ENCASED IN PLASTER, CHATTING WITH SERGEANT G.E. LOWE (1), AND CORPORAL R. COLLEY (2), 2/12 FIELD AMBULANCE PERSONNEL. THE WOUNDED...092142
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MOROTAI, 1945-05-24. SERGEANT A. LYNN, RED CROSS REPRESENTATIVE ATTACHED 2/12 FIELD AMBULANCE, ...
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MOROTAI, 1945-05-24. SERGEANT A. LYNN, RED CROSS REPRESENTATIVE ATTACHED 2/12 FIELD AMBULANCE, INSPECTING A THERMOS URN TO BE USED FOR FIELD WORK IN DISTRIBUTING HOT TEA TO THE WOUNDED BROUGHT IN TO T...108161
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MOROTAI, 1945-05-24. SERGEANT A. LYNN, RED CROSS REPRESENTATIVE, ATTACHED 2/12 FIELD AMBULANCE ...
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MOROTAI, 1945-05-24. SERGEANT A. LYNN, RED CROSS REPRESENTATIVE, ATTACHED 2/12 FIELD AMBULANCE (1) AND PRIVATE B. O'RIELLY (2), CHECKING AND PAINTING IDENTIFICATION MARKS ON STORES, IN THE CAMP AREA O...108160
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MOROTAI. 1945-05-16. STRETCHER BEARERS OF 2/12 FIELD AMBULANCE CARRYING PRIVATE W.G. BOWELL, 2/23 ...
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MOROTAI. 1945-05-16. STRETCHER BEARERS OF 2/12 FIELD AMBULANCE CARRYING PRIVATE W.G. BOWELL, 2/23 INFANTRY BATTALION (1), DOWN THE RAMP OF LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), DURING UNLOADING AT BLUE BEACH OF T...092136
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MOROTAI. 1945-05-17. VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 467 STRIPPED BARE TO ALLOW ...
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MOROTAI. 1945-05-17. VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 467 STRIPPED BARE TO ALLOW USE AS A TEMPORARY WARD. SHOWN ARE SOME OF THE MORE SERIOUS CASES WHICH HAVE JUST BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM...089943
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MOROTAI, 1945-05-24. WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 1 G. FULTON, REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJOR (1), AND ...
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MOROTAI, 1945-05-24. WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 1 G. FULTON, REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJOR (1), AND PRIVATE N.F. MACE, MEDICAL ORDERLY (2), CHECKING THE EQUIPMENT IN A SURGICAL JUNGLE BOX AT HQ, 2/12TH FIELD A...108164
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(NX71114 ; N104635) Poidevin, Leslie Oswyn Sheridan (Captain) doctor, 2/12 Field Ambulance and prisoner of war, Timor and Java, 1941-1945, interviewed by Brendan O'Keefe.
Sound
Maker: Poidevin, Leslie Oswyn Sheridan O'Keefe, Brendan Gregory
Leslie Oswyn Sheridan Poidevin as a captain doctor, 2/12 Field Ambulance and prisoner of war, Timor and Java, 1941-1945, interviewed by Brendan O'Keefe. A transcript of this recording may be availabl...S02149
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NX46066 Private Harvey Blaxland Cowling, 2/12 Field Ambulance, a patient at 2/5 Australian ...
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NX46066 Private Harvey Blaxland Cowling, 2/12 Field Ambulance, a patient at 2/5 Australian General Hospital. Photograph taken to show condition of Australian POWs recovered from Ambon on 12 Septemebr ...116267