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Alexander 'Alex' Bell, as a Lieutenant, 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Bell, Alexander (Alex)
Alexander 'Alex' Bell, as a Lieutenant, 55/53rd Battalion, recalls his early life and enlistment, comraderie with fellow battalion members, deployment to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and Bougainvill...S00707
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An American jeep driver brings wounded Australians, probably from the 55/53rd Battalion, to a ...
Photograph
Maker: Silk, George
An American jeep driver brings wounded Australians, probably from the 55/53rd Battalion, to a first aid station from the front line.013854
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Australia Service Medal : Private W M Hayes, 55/53 Infantry Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL29832.004
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A white cross marks the grave of NX87909 Private (Pte) Edward Charles Collison of Kandos, NSW, at ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A white cross marks the grave of NX87909 Private (Pte) Edward Charles Collison of Kandos, NSW, at Torokina War Cemetery. Enlisting in the Second AIF in February 1942, Pte Collison served in the Pacifi...P06968.002
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BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-21. SAPPER I.G. MCCOULLOUGH, 55/53 INFANTRY BATTALION, ...
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BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-21. SAPPER I.G. MCCOULLOUGH, 55/53 INFANTRY BATTALION, (1), WITH SERGEANT J.T. BARRY, 25 INFANTRY BATTALION, (2) AT HEADQUARTERS 3 DIVISION AS THEY PREPARE THE U...084524
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Private W M Hayes, 55/53 Infantry Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL29832.003
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Cuthbert Joseph Trevor King, Captain 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: King, Cuthbert Joseph Trevor
Discussing enlistment in militia; pre-war employment; transfer to AIF in 1941; embarkation for Port Moresby on the Aquitania; Kokoda Campaigns and inadequacy of Australia's preparations; battalion cas...S00590
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FORWARD OBSERVATION OFFICER WITH 55/53RD BATTALION, LIEUTENANT W. M. FINLEY OF NSW, CLIMBS A TREE ...
Photograph
Maker: Silk, George
FORWARD OBSERVATION OFFICER WITH 55/53RD BATTALION, LIEUTENANT W. M. FINLEY OF NSW, CLIMBS A TREE TO DIRECT FIRE FROM HIS 25 POUNDER GUN. WHEN THE 25 POUNDERS FIRST ARRIVED BY PLANE AND OPENED FIRE ON...013856
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GONA, PAPUA. CHURCH OF ENGLAND PADRE A.E. BEGBIE IN A SMALL BURIAL GROUND IN A CLEARING PUSHING A ...
Photograph
Maker: Silk, George
GONA, PAPUA. CHURCH OF ENGLAND PADRE A.E. BEGBIE IN A SMALL BURIAL GROUND IN A CLEARING PUSHING A CROSS INTO THE GROUND AT THE HEAD OF ONE OF THE GRAVES OF SOLDIERS, MANY FROM 55/53RD BATTALION, WHO D...013852
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GONA, PAPUA. CHURCH OF ENGLAND PADRE A.E. BEGBIE IN A SMALL BURIAL GROUND IN A CLEARING PUSHING A ...
Photograph
Maker: Silk, George
GONA, PAPUA. CHURCH OF ENGLAND PADRE A.E. BEGBIE IN A SMALL BURIAL GROUND IN A CLEARING PUSHING A CROSS INTO THE GROUND AT THE HEAD OF ONE OF THE GRAVES OF SOLDIERS, MANY FROM 55/53RD BATTALION, WHO D...013853
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Harvey Haig Blundell, Signaller 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Blundell, Harvey Haig
Discussing call up notice for 53rd Battalion; army training at Ingleburn Camp; selection as signaller; embarkation for New Guinea on the Aquitania; arrival at Port Moresby; poor morale of battalion du...S00576
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Hill, George Raymond (Private, b.1918 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Department of the Army Hill, George Raymond
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX137798 Private George Raymond Hill, 55/53 Battalion, Papua and New Guinea, 1942-1943. Wallet 1 of 1 - consists of two telegrams and a typed tr...PR05655
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Informal portrait of NX82282 Private (Pte) Clyde Henry Egan, 55/53 Battalion, of Five Dock, NSW. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of NX82282 Private (Pte) Clyde Henry Egan, 55/53 Battalion, of Five Dock, NSW. Pte Egan enlisted on 5 January 1942. He served in Papua and was presumed killed in action during th...P08057.001
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Informal portrait of NX129455 Private (Pte) Leslie Thomas Bastock, 55/53rd Battalion, of ...
Photograph
Maker: Watervliet Arsenal
Informal portrait of NX129455 Private (Pte) Leslie Thomas Bastock, 55/53rd Battalion, of Marrickville, NSW. A machine operator prior to enlistment he embarked from Port Moresby, New Guinea on 21 July ...P08358.001
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Jack Humphries Stevens, as a Private, 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Stevens, Jack Humphries
Discussing pre-war employment; call-up for 55th Battalion; army training at Greta Camp; tensions between AIF and Militia recruits; embarkation for Port Moresby; description of bombing of the Macdhui; ...S00580
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Japanese Naval Officer's Kai-gunto sword and scabbard : Lieutenant A P Coxon, 55/53rd Battalion
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese kai-gunto naval officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has standard Imperial Japanese Navy gilded brass fittings of a fushi, kabuto-gane and cherry blossom menuki under the brown handle bindi...REL33979
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'Jolli-Joe' banjo-ukulele : Lance Corporal S V Finnigan, 55/53 Battalion CMF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Aluminium necked, pressed steel bodied banjo-ukulele with tin resonator, nickle-plated brass endpiece, nickle-plated brass j-hooks, wooden bridge and bakelite machine heads. A circular brass plate, im...REL44515
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Lister, P F (Major, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Lister, P F
Mixed papers relating to the Australian landing at Tarakan, including maps, orders, intelligence summaries, landing craft data, and copies of the `Tarakan Times'.PR91/056
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Marchant, James Leslie, Captain
Private Record
Maker: Marchant, James Leslie
Practical manual of spoken English issued under the authority of the Head Interpreter Section, "Go" Force the Headquarters Eighth Army in Rabaul December 1945. The compilers were Hayashi Seitaro and t...PR91/083