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Brown, Robert RAE (Sapper, HQ Rae, 8th Div AIF and POW)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Robert
POW POSTCARDS - LITTLE INFORMATIONPR85/157
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Browne, Kevin James (Warrant Officer, b.1918 - d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Browne, Kevin James
Diaries describe experiences during the latter part of the campaign against the Japanese prior to the surrender, and imprisonment in Changi, where he was attached to the AIF pay office. Detailed daily...PR00531
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Mervyn Brown as a Sergeant, 2/13th Australian General Hospital, Second World War, interviewed by Dr John Mitchell
Sound
Maker: Brown, Mervin F Mitchell, John
VX61477 Sergeant Mervyn Frederick Brown, 2/13th Australian General Hospital (AGH), relates his experiences as a prisoner of war (POW) in K Force. This is one of 21 interviews conducted by Dr John Mitc...S01505
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Inlaid wooden tray: Craftsman William John Brown, 2/4th Field Workshop
Heraldry
Maker: Brown, William John
Rectangular teak tray composed of a base with a smaller rectangular inner tray secured to it from beneath with screws. The tray has shaped raised sides, also secured with screws, with handles set into...RELAWM31832
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Water tower, Selarang
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Near the engineers' quarters in Selerang prisoner-of-war camp in which many Australians were housed. Selerang was adjacent ot Changi. The water tower as a part of Selerang Barracks and near the engine...ART26466
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'Bob' Mutton's hut, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Improvised housing accommodation in Changi prison. The men were housed in an area with buildings not large enough to accommodate them all. They built their own atap huts with what ever materials could...ART25060
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Electric rice grinder, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men from 8 Division Ammunition Sub-Park and left to right: Private W F Kelly, Private A J Cooper, Private L M Bover, Corporal J Warren. The inset figure is Private L J Slee who designed the grinder us...ART25089
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Rice grinding, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts two unidentified men using improvised rice grinder. An old native stone mill made to work more easliy with a lever, Changi, Singapore, 1943.ART26522
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Education centre, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
In the early days of their internment and before they were required by the Japanese to work, the majority of the men of the 8th Division who had been captured at the fall of Singapore, passed many of ...ART26486
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Barrack square, Selerang
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
View of makeshift kitchen built in Selerang Barrack Square, with the former British Army barracks in background. This is one of the few works in which Griffin portrayed the austerity of camp life. Alt...ART26475
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The shower, Changi, early days
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
A scene in the Selerang prisoner-of-war camp in the early days of captivity. There was no water laid on for the first year at Selerang and all ablutions were carried out at improvised water-points, an...ART25085
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Preparing rice for pastry, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
In the top picture Australian POW's are seen mincing cooked rice for pastry. In the second picture men are shown grinding rice with a home made grinder manufactured form odds and ends of scraps. Rice ...ART25065
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Two men carrying basket of Ceylon spinach, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men working in vegetable gardens with an improvised basket. Ceylon spinach was one of the few plants that grew well for the prisoners of Changi. With the rice ration received from the Japanese, the sp...ART26499
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Nuriootpa, SA. Studio portrait of SX6178 Private Mervyn Cundy, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park ...
Photograph
Maker: Barossa Studio
Nuriootpa, SA. Studio portrait of SX6178 Private Mervyn Cundy, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park Company of Greenock, SA. He was one of over 2000 Allied Prisoners of War (POW) held in the Sandakan POW ...P02535.001
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SINGAPORE, 1941-12-08. "TAKEN THE MORNING AFTER SINGAPORE AND PEARL HARBOUR BOMBED BY THE ...
Photograph
SINGAPORE, 1941-12-08. "TAKEN THE MORNING AFTER SINGAPORE AND PEARL HARBOUR BOMBED BY THE JAPANESE. MEMBERS OF HQ ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS 8TH DIVISION - ALL TAKEN POW AND ONLY MYSELF SURVIVED." NX2...P00086.004
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Pte 'Jock' Campbell smokes the fish
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
By running smoke through a metal locker, the nearly-rotten fish issued as rations were preserved and given a more edible flavour. Private 'Jock' Campbell, like many others, wears an artificial leg man...ART25075
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Changi gaol
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Interior of Changi gaol. In 1944 all the POWs, some 10,000 men, held at Selarang Barracks and surrounds had to move to Changi goal proper, which was designed to accommodate 600 men. 5,000 men were eve...ART25090
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THREE 8TH DIVISION OFFICERS, EX PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, CARRY THEIR LUGGAGE THROUGH THE ...
Photograph
THREE 8TH DIVISION OFFICERS, EX PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, CARRY THEIR LUGGAGE THROUGH THE OFFICERS' QUARTERS OF THE KUCHING POW AND INTERNMENT CAMP ON THEIR WAY TO BOARD THE HOSPITAL SHIP WANG...118394
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"A hospital ward in Singapore showing members of the 8th Division released from the Changi ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
"A hospital ward in Singapore showing members of the 8th Division released from the Changi Prisoner-of War camp at Singapore. All were suffering from malnutrition. Nearest Camera T. Chiplin of Cardiff...019199
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Peaked cap : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Army khaki wool serge peaked service dress cap with oxidised brass rising sun badge and leather chinstrap. The chinstrap is attached to a small oxideised Australian Military Forces button a...REL39560
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Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Galleghan
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick G Galleghan, DSO, ED, commanding officer of the 2/30th Battalion of the 8th Division. 'Black Jack', as he was known, was given command of the AIF prisoners in August 1942 ...ART25070
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Embroidered map of Australia : Corporal E G P Sullivan, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Sullivan, Edward Gordon Patrick (Pat)
Embroidered Commonwealth Bank cotton cash bag. One side is printed with the bank's details. The other is heavily embroidered with mercerised cotton embroidery thread in shades of red, pink, mauve, gre...REL/03670
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Wedding anniversary card : Signalman C B Davis, 8 Divisional Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Ingram, Robert Cuthbert 'Shorty'
Hand made anniversary card made from cardboard wrapped in hessian. The front of the card is embroidered with khaki cotton and reads 'To CYRIL Best Wishes for this third Wedding Day Anniversary from SH...RELAWM31317
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Anzac Day marching banner of 2/10 Australian Field Ambulance Association
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blue synthetic Anzac Day marching banner of 2/10 Australian Field Ambulance with white fringe along top and bottom edges. Guide ropes approximately 2 metres long extend from each of the top corners. T...REL29708
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NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX36659 Signalman Frank Gordon Franklin, 8th ...
Photograph
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX36659 Signalman Frank Gordon Franklin, 8th Division Signals, Australian Corps of Signals. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held ...P02467.341