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2/3 Australian Hospital Ship Centaur; A ship of mercy on the turbulent seas of a world at war
Manuscript
Maker: Roberts, Alex
Typed manuscript titled '2/3 Australian Hospital Ship Centaur; A ship of mercy on the turbulent seas of a world at war; was her sinking a war time tragedy or a war time atrocity?' by Alex Roberts. Man...MSS2209
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Australian Independent Companies and Commando Squadrons
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Maker: Linke, Chris
48 page manuscript. The manuscript examines the nature of the Australian Army Independent Companies during the Second World War. The origins of the Independent Company concept are examined, as is the ...MSS2085
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Australian Military Forces
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COPIES OF CORRESPONDENCE DESCRIBING MEMORIALS (PLAQUES, CAIRNS) AT SITES IN NEW GUINEA WHERE AUSTRALIANS FOUGHT IN WW2. DETAILS THE ACTION, UNIT, LOCATION OF MEMORIALMSS0688
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Australian Red Cross Society
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TYPESCRIPT DRAFT OF A CHAPTER WRITTEN FOR A PROPOSED HISTORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY IN THE 1939-1945 WAR. THE CHAPTER DEALS WITH THE SOCIETY'S ACTIVITIES DURING THE MIDDLE EAST CAMPAIGN, ...MSS1349
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Australian Services Cricket Team (ASCT)
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Includes typescript manuscript entitled "History of the 1945 Australian Services Cricket Team" by Squadron Leader S.G.Sismey OAM (Retired) and printed by Flying Officer Grant C. Pinder (Retired). Trac...MSS1615
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Australian Victoria Cross Recipients and Fragments of VC History / compiled by Rick Grebert
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Maker: Grebert, Rick
List of Australian Victoria Cross Recipients and Fragments of VC History / compiled by Rick Grebert. Manuscript with profiles of Australian Victoria Cross recipients and a fragmented history of the V...MSS2230
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Australian War Crimes Trials: Atrocities against captured airmen of the RAAF
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Maker: Moss, Tristan
50 page manuscript. The manuscript examines the outcomes of the Australian War Crimes Trials from 1945-1951 with focus on those relating to captured RAAF airmen. Section one examines two specific war ...MSS2074
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Australian War Memorial
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MANUSCRIPT, TYPESCRIPT, PHOTOGRAPHS AND PROOFS OF THE FIRST (1941) EDITION OF "CHANGING OF THE GUARD". ALSO INCLUDES CORRECTIONS OF THE THIRD AND FIFTH EDITIONSMSS0643
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Australian War Memorial Exhibition Catalogues
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PROOFS, TYPESCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER MATERIALS USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF CATALOGUES FOR EXHIBITIONS OF AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL WAR ARTISTS, THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, THE NAVAL FORCES AND THE NAVAL PAINTI...MSS1335
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Australia Remembers 1945-1995 Ringwood Secondary College Year 10 Oral History Project
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Maker: Ringwood Secondary College
A compilation of student interviews of Australian men and women with a range of experiences of the Second World War. Transcribed to paper, these interviews covered the experiences of 19 individuals. 6...MSS1667
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Australia's Involvement in D-Day: a web-based project
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Maker: Sharpe, Simone
8 page manuscript. Transcript for a presentation on the project conducted. Manuscript provides a summary of Australian involvement in the D-Day landings on the 6th of June 1944. A summary of Australia...MSS2084
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Australia's Prosecution of Japanese War Criminals: Stimuli and Constraints
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Maker: Carrel, Michael
PhD thesis examining the Australian war crimes trials programme that took place between 1945 to 1951.MSS1809
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A Wireless Section of Greece and Crete (Hill, William Charles Fitzmaurice; VX19513, Major)
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Maker: Hill, William Charles Fitzmaurice
Unpublished memoir, 'A wireless section of Greece and Crete', written by William Charles Fitzmaurice Hill (VX19513; Major; Royal Australian Corps of Signals), September 1964. The memoir details Hill'...MSS1915
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Baily, Charles Michael
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Maker: Baily, Charles Michael
Thesis " Faint praise : the development of American tanks and tank destroyers during World War 2". PhD, Duke University, 1977.MSS0904
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Ballard, Jack Stokes
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Maker: Ballard, Jack Stokes
Thesis "The shock of peace : military and economic demobilzation after World War Two". Examines the complex military and economic problems facing the USA after WW2, the difficult challenges and reason...MSS0906
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Bamford, J R
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Maker: Bamford, J R
Photocopy of condensed "Operational Record 115 Squadron RAF Little Snoring (the airfield) August - November 1943". Maps, particulars of crew members, targets, timings and operational notes.MSS0854
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Baptiste, Joseph Cardoza
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Maker: Baptiste, Joseph Cardoza
Thesis "The enemy among us : World War Two prisoners of war" PhD Texas Christian University 1976.MSS0951
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'Barbed Wire Brumbies': Australian Prisoners of War and Sport during World War II
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Maker: Cohen, Pamela Jean
Honours thesis placing the sporting experiences of POWs in the larger body of Australian sporting history and Prisoner of War literature.MSS1811
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Barlow, Samuel Ambrose (Private)
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Maker: Barlow, Samuel Ambrose
Manuscript describing enlistment, training, active service in Malaya, and subequent experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese at Changi and on the Burma-Thailand railway as a member of `H' Force. Disc...MSS1446
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Barrett, Ken T (Lance Corporal)
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Maker: Barrett, Ken T
Bound carbon copy of transcript of Barrett's experiences as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. It was written by Barrett after the war from memory. He describes the capitulation in Java, travels, work...MSS0764
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Barrie, John Keith MM (Sergeant, b.1914 - d.2005)
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Maker: Barrie, John Keith
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX19782 Sergeant John Keith Barrie, MM. Collection consists of an autobiographical account of service behind Japanese lines in 1945 in Semut ope...MSS1532
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Barter, Margaret Ann
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Maker: Barter, Margaret Ann
This Ph.D thesis explores the collective experience of 2/2 Battalion members from October/November 1939 to disbandment in February 1946 as well as examining the men's varied and fluctuating responses ...MSS1528
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Bastian, Henry John (Warrant Officer) 1917-1989
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Maker: Bastian, Henry John
Manuscript written by Warrant Officier Henry John Bastian, "Harry, why we don't forget". Bastian documents his enlistment in the Royal Australian Air Force as a trainee pilot, training at Tamworth an...MSS1566
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Bateson, Charles Henry
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Maker: Bateson, Charles Henry
Manuscript titled `When Russia fought Japan', analysing the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905, with particular relevance to the subsequent development of Russian and Japanese military tactics.MSS0753
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Bath, Donald. James. (Able Seaman b: 1924)
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Maker: Bath, Donald James
Manuscript titled `Recollections of a Coastwatcher' by D.J. Bath. Describes role of the Coastwatchers, part of the A.I.B. Bath, stationed in New Britain and Emirau Island, was involved in coding and d...MSS1603
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39 Battalion
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Research material compiled for use in the writing of "To Kokoda and Beyond: the story of the 39th Infantry Battalion, 1941-1943". Collection consists of official records, private accounts, interview...MSS1419
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Bauer , June
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"Army farms in the Northern Territory". Discusses the Australian Army Service Corps Farm Company scheme from its inception in 1939 until the end of war. Looks the reasons for the commencement of the s...MSS1091
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Beale, Leonard Jack, (Sergeant, b: 1922 d: 1964)
Manuscript
Maker: Beale, Leonard Jack
The poem "The Battle-Field" was written by Pte Beale to commemorate his friends and comrades from the 10th Brigade who fell at Buna-Sanananda during December 1942. The poems describes the fighting the...MSS1270
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Beavis, George Gregory (VX61315, Private, 2/4 Reserve Motor Transport Company)
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11 page manuscript. Manuscript provides a basic summary of the service of Pvt. Beavis starting with his transfer into the AIF in 1941. The manuscript tracks Pvt. Beavis' career through Malaya and the ...MSS2127
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Beecroft, James M (Jim) (418787, Flight Sergeant)
Manuscript
Maker: Beecroft, Doug
"James Morrisson Beecroft: Letters, diary entries and transcripts relating to an Australian airman's life : from Australia to Europe 1942 - 1945". Manuscript relating to the service in the 42nd and 49...MSS1675
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Behind Barb Wire and Other Stories
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Maker: Buerckner, Charles William Mitchell, Kaye
'Behind Barb Wire and Other Stories', compiled by Kaye Mitchell, is a transcription of the diary composed by VX34578 Lieutenant Charles William Buerckner who served during the Second World War and bec...MSS1938
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Bell, Hubert Henry (NX203171, Sergeant, 2/9th Commando Squadron, b. 1925)
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Maker: Bell, H. H. (Harry)
Hubert Henry Bell's memoirs, "Wee Waa to Weewak, Recollections 1925-1946", in two volumes. Volume one is divided into two parts. In the first, Bell describes his family history and childhood. The seco...MSS1994
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Bell, Wilbur Athol (Athol) (NX2078, Regimental Sergeant Major, 2/2 Battalion, b. 1915 d. 1998)
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Maker: Bell, W A Bell, Wilbur Athol
"For the Life of Me" by W.A. Bell. Contains the life story of NX2078 R.S.M Wilbur Athol (Athol) Bell. Part I is about his life leading up to the War. Part II is about his service in the 2/2 Australian...MSS1680
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Bence, Arthur Richard
Manuscript
Maker: Bence, Arthur
Poems describing feelings of voluntary enlistment, active service, and post war feelings.MSS1464
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Bennett, Arthur Campbell (Major)
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Maker: Bennett, Arthur Campbell
Memoirs titled "The Rough Infantry : Tales of World War II" relating to Major Bennett's enlistment in 1939, training at Puckapunyal and later Officer Training School Liverpool; training and social act...MSS1408
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Bennett, William Robert (O12289, Flight Lieutenant, RAAF)
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Maker: Bennett, William Robert
Untitled memoir by William Robert Bennett relating to his experiences during the Second World War, the post-war period, and service in Korea. Some of the author's recollections of serving during the S...MSS1952
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Benson, James, (Reverend Father, b.1887 - d.1957)
Manuscript
Maker: Benson, James
Collection relating to Second World War experience of Reverend Father James Benson, Gona, Papua, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Wallet consists of a bound typescript manuscript, published as 'Prisoner's ...MSS0768
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Bergstrom, Leroy
Manuscript
Maker: Bergstrom, Leroy
Manuscript in two volumes recounting the experiences of the destroyer USS Patterson during the war in the Pacific against the Japanese.MSS1524
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BERRY , Peter E
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Thesis "Sappers of the South : the origins and impact of the Corps of the Royal New Zealand Engineers". Traces the growth, leadership, changes in role and strategic employments of the Royal New Zealan...MSS1150
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Besley, Harvey
Manuscript
Maker: Besley, Harvey
"Six Year in Uniform". Reminiscences based on original diaries, papers and experiences. Includes information on Flight Sergeant Besley's enlistment with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and discu...MSS1056
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Best, Vincent Allen (NX194950, Corporal, 39 Works Company)
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Maker: Best, Vincent Allen
"A Way of Life": Autobiography by Corporal Vincent Allen Best. This manuscript details his life from the early years, through his schooling to his service with the AIF during the Second World War. He...MSS1838
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Bethell, R. Anthony (Flight Lieutenant)
Manuscript
Maker: Bethell, Anthony R
Manuscript compiled by Flight Officer Anthony R Bethell, 268 Squadron RAF, with extracts from personal accounts, diaries, photographs, newspaper cuttings and published material relating to camp life ...MSS1551
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Betty, John G. (Lieutenant, b: 1922)
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Maker: Betty, John G
Typescript (approximately 100 pages) of memoirs: "Droggie" - Reminiscences of a Naval Hydrographer In World War II In The Pacific", by Lieutenant John G. Betty, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserv...MSS1659
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Binns , Ms Bronwyn
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Notes compiled on the history of the 2/7 Infantry Battalion January to June 1941. These were used as background for episodes of the "Sullivans" television soap opera in 1977.MSS0779
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Blackburne, Spencer King (WX1212, Sapper, 2/3 Field Company)
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Maker: Blackburne, John R Thomas, Athol
Manuscript entitled "10 Digits Short: The biography of Spencer King (John) Blackburne". Describes his early life in Western Australia and experiences as a sapper in the 2/6th, 2/8th and 2/3rd field co...MSS2025
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"Black, White and Yellow"
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Maker: Selby, David Mayer
Collection relating to the service of Major David Mayer Selby, 1 Australian Anti-Aircraft Regiment. Collection consists of a 170 page, typed, carbon bound manuscript titled "Black, White and Yellow" b...MSS0704
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Bladin, Francis Masson (b: 1898 - d: 1978)
Manuscript
Maker: Bladin, Francis Masson
Autobiographical account of Francis Bladin's service in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 1942 to 1945 and 1945 to 1953.MSS0886
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Blaxland , Mr John
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Thesis "Organising an Army : the Australian experience 1957 - 1965". Chapters cover military organisational developments to 1960; focus on the regulars the Australian Army 1957 to 1960; the Pentropic ...MSS1190
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Bleechmore, Sidney John CBE (Brigadier b: 1914)
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Maker: Bleechmore, Sidney John
Brief history of the role performed by the Royal Australian Engineers during the occupation of Japan as part of BCOF. Includes general details of movement to Japan, base location and activities of the...MSS1284
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BLUNT , E J Captain
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Thesis "The Northern Territory's transport during World War Two". Examines the influence of the war on the development of the Northern Territory's ground transport links. Degree of Bachelor of Letters...MSS0984