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Arthurson, A C (Corporal, 13th Australian General Hospital, "F" Force)
Manuscript
Maker: Arthurson, Alexander Cyril 'Lex'
MANUSCRIPT TITLED "THE STORY OF THE 13TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL" FOLLOWS UNIT FROM FORMATION IN AUSTRALIA IN 1941, POSTING TO SINGAPORE, CAPTIVITY IN CHANGI AND OTHER AREAS OF SINGAPORE, "F" FORC...MSS1377
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Australian and American Prisoners of War, Java.
Manuscript
Handwritten booklet of poems titled `Australian and American Prisoners of War -Java' containing poems of Allied soldiers (authors of some poems are not named), probably compiled in Batavia. Themes exp...MSS1562
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Barlow, Samuel Ambrose (Private)
Manuscript
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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Booth, Ivan C (Major)
Manuscript
Maker: Booth, Ivan C
"A short history of the Field Survey Company Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces". Includes a list of officers, their postings and any casualties.MSS0850
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Budd, Frank (Sapper, b.1907 - d.1952)
Manuscript
Maker: Budd, Frank
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Sapper WX2537 Frank Budd, 2/6 Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers, Singapore, Mayala, 1941-1942. The collection comprises a single ma...MSS0649
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Cavanough, Mike (Driver)
Manuscript
Maker: Cavanough, Mike
Humorous autobiographical account titled "What some daddies did in the war", describing his enlistment in the second AIF, posting to Malaya, outbreak of war with Japan, the defence of Malaya and later...MSS1236
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Denning, Stanley Francis (Private)
Manuscript
Maker: Denning, Stanley Francis
Memoirs of service during Malayan campaign and as a prisoner of the Japanese, in particular as a member of "H" force at various locations including Hellfire Pass. Comments on food, work, treatment by ...MSS1542
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Dow, Maynard Weston
Manuscript
Maker: Dow, Maynard Weston
Thesis "Counterinsurgency and nation building : a comparative study of Post-World War Two Anti Guerilla Resettlement Programs in Malaya, the Philippines and South Vietnam". PhD, Syracuse University, 1...MSS0968
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Drummond, Alexander Hatton
Manuscript
Maker: Drummond, Alexander Hatton Williams, Jo
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX52775 Private (Pte) Alexander Hatton Drummond, who served with 2/29 Australian Infantry Battalion and became a prisoner of war (POW) of the Jap...MSS1530
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Guide International Service
Manuscript
Maker: Girl Guides Association of Australia
Collection of 17 articles (some photocopied) published in 'Guiding in Australia' (GIA), a magazine published by the Girl Guides Association of Australia between 1980-1994. The articles were published ...MSS1484
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Hackney, Ben Charles, Lieutenant,
Manuscript
Maker: Hackney, Ben Charles
Manuscript titled 'Dark evening'. Account of fighting by 2/19, 2/29 and 2/30 Battalions on Malayan Peninsula between Bakri and Parit Sulong; also convoy work and evacuation of wounded by 2/3 Reserve ...MSS0758
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Heffernan, Patrick George (Air Commodore, OBE, AFC, 8 Squadron, 4 Service Flying Trgn School RAAF, 27 Operational Trgn Unit RAF)
Manuscript
Maker: Heffernan, Patrick George
TWO AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TYPESCRIPTS. "DUNTROON DAYS" (WITH A FORWARD BY GENERAL SIR JOHN WILTON), CHARTS THE LIFE OF A STAFF CADET BETWEEN 1925 AND 1928 AT RMC DUNTROON. "PILOT'S PROGRESS" CONTINUES THE ...MSS1372
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Hopkins, Ronald Nicholas Lamond, Major General, b: 1897
Manuscript
Maker: Hopkins, Ronald Nicholas Lamond
Four separate volumes of corrected printer's proofs of "Australian Armour : a history of the Royal Australian Armour Corps, 1927-1972" published by the Australian War Memorial and Australian Governmen...MSS0787
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Japan Times and Advertiser
Manuscript
Transcript of "Japan Times and Advertiser" newspaper article "Brilliant 70 Day Drive of Imperial Forces down Malay Peninsula to Singapore Road" published 8 April 1942. Believed report prepared for Gen...MSS0769
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Kappe, Charles Henry (Lieutenant Colonel) OBE, 1900 -1967
Manuscript
Maker: Kappe, Charles Henry
Collection relating to the Second World Service of Lieutenant Colonel VX48789 Charles Henry Kappe, 8th Division, 1942-1945, Singapore. The collection consists of Kappe's manuscript of 'The Malayan Ca...MSS1393
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Kerr, W.D. (Group Captain)
Manuscript
Maker: Kerr, W D
Recollections of service with RAAF 1939-1967, principally as a navigator, including training, active service in New Guinea, in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency, and the 1956 Suez Crisis while on...MSS1485
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Manivannan
Manuscript
Thesis titled `Resistance in World War Two: the case of Malaya'. Discusses the background to resistance, Allied strategy in Malaya, clandestine operations and other resistance groups, role of Malay an...MSS1438
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McMaster, Elliot
Manuscript
Maker: McMaster, Elliot
Recollection titled 'My War Experiences, Friendships, and Three And A Half Years As A POW'. Describes active service during Malayan campaign, experiences in Changi and on Burma-Thai railway, liberatio...MSS1522
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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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Morrison, Mark, Civilian Solicitor
Manuscript
Maker: Morrison, Mark
Report written by a former solicitor in Malaya, Mr Mark Morrison, conveying his opinions on the failure of the civil and military authorities to come to terms with the defence of the Malay Peninsula, ...MSS1392