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Campbell, K J, Captain
Manuscript
Maker: Campbell, K J
Handwritten Russian language textbook compiled by Campbell while a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Hong Kong. Also contains English, Russian and German language poems and poems written by Captain C...MSS0835
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Coutts, Ralph Alexander
Manuscript
Maker: Coutts, Ralph Alexander
Manuscript titled `Bloody but unbowed'. Memoirs of POW experience from time of his capture near Benghazi with the British 50th Division, internment at Tarhuna camp, movement to Camp 65 Apulia, Italy a...MSS1264
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Lynam, Mervin Lorn
Manuscript
Maker: Lynam, Mervin Lorn
Manuscript titled `A knockabout sort of a fellow' - Lynam's autobiography of his varied life which included a stint in the peacetime RAN and British Army before his World War II RAN service. His dutie...MSS1257
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McNaughton, Jack W (Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment, British Army)
Manuscript
Maker: McNaughton, Jack W
Series of poems written by McNaughton while a prisoner of the Japanese in Changi Gaol and at Keigo and Tokyo in Japan. Describes prison life. Poems were given to an Australian serviceman with the 1 Au...MSS0744
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Shirreff, F Donald
Manuscript
Maker: Shirreff, F Donald
`Further thoughts on Special Signals in World War 2'. Short article discussing the breaking of the German Enigma code by British Intelligence. Contains background information on the deciphering of man...MSS1211
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Southey, Sir Robert AO, CMG (Captain)
Manuscript
Maker: Southey, Robert
Transcript of speech given by Captain Southey to the RUSI in Melbourne. Describes training with 161 Officer Cadet Training Unit at Sandhurst Royal Military College, and service in the Coldstream Guard...MSS1595
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Welsh, Robert Beall Colville. (Captain, b: 1915 d: 1992.)
Manuscript
Maker: Welsh, Robert Beall Colville
Diary 26 January 1942 - 24 October 1945, describing capture by the Japanese, imprisonment, and medical work among POWs in Thailand. Includes comments on Australian troops and doctors who were imprison...MSS1554