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  1. Babb, C H (Chaplain, British Army)

    Private Record

    Maker: Babb, C H

    BABB'S DIARY RECORDING JOURNEY BY BABB AND OTHER EX PRISONERS OF WAR OF JAPANESE ALONG BURMA SIAM RAILWAY LINE FROM BANGKOK TO THANBYUZAYAT TO POINT OUT LOCATION OF GRAVE SITES TO WAR GRAVES COMMISSIO...

    PRMF0069

  2. Bashford, Frederick Hugh (MID, Chaplain, 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station b.1904 - d.1950)

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    Maker: Bashford, Frederick Hugh

    Diary maintained while prisoner of the Japanese in Burma, working on the railway at various camps, including Thanbyuzayat, Reptu, 100 Kilo. Records daily activities, food, camp conditions, deaths by e...

    PR90/158

  3. Bayly, Norman William (Flying Officer, 45 Sqn RAF)

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    Maker: Bayly, Norman William

    INTERVIEW WITH S/LDR BAYLY, RELATING TO EVENTS IN BURMA FROM FEB 1942, UNTIL EVACUATION FROM BURMA, MARCH 1943. INCLUDES A LIST OF RAAF PERSONNEL ATTACHED TO 45 SQN, BURMA, 1942

    PR87/032

  4. Carroll Matthew Maurice (Corporal)

    Private Record

    ID card, discharge certificate and account, army driving licence, letter to wife from stranger,and papers related to War Service Home Loan. Diary covers service with 1 Australia Corps Troops Ammunitio...

    PR00544

  5. Carruthers, Charles Edward (Warrent Officer, b.1924)

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    Maker: Carruthers, Charles Edward

    Looseleaf diary, 1943-1945; 2 RAAF pay books, 1942-1945; log book, 1943-1945 and 7 associated photographs (2 are photocopies) relating to the World War II service of Warrent Officer Charles Edward Ca...

    PR00804

  6. Coates, Albert E (Senior Surgeon, Malaya and Cmo, POW Hospital, Thailand)

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    Maker: Coates, Albert Ernest

    NOTEBOOK CONTAINING RECORDS OF AMPUTATIONS AND DEATHS AT 55 KILO CAMP, KHON KHUN, BURMA

    3DRL/6610

  7. Cody, Leslie (Staff Sergeant b.1918)

    Private Record

    Maker: Cody, Leslie

    Original nominal roll of prisoners of war in Green Battalion "A" Force. At front alphabetical index then individual entries show service particulars, POW numbers, location (kilo camp) of illness, hosp...

    PR91/001

  8. 1. Copelin, Thomas Francis (Frank) (Gunner, b.1914) 2. Copelin Harold Victor (Gunner, d.1945)

    Private Record

    A collection consisting of a letter written by Frank Copelin to his family shortly after liberation from captivity as a prisoner of the Japanese, his pay books, record of service book and demobilizati...

    PR91/036

  9. Daniels, Lloyd (Private, 1st Fld Bakery, AIF )

    Private Record

    Maker: Daniels, Lloyd

    LETTERS FROM PTE DANIELS TO HIS FAMILY WHILE A POW IN BURMA AND AFTER CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES. ALSO INCLUDES LETTERS TO PTE DANIELS FROM HIS FAMILY AND A COPY OF HIS DIARY WITH IRREGULAR BRIEF ENTRIE...

    PR86/371

  10. Davis, Reginald Henry Saville (Squadron Leader; b.1912 - d.1988)

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    Maker: Davis, Reginald Henry Saville Various

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of Squadron Leader Reginald Henry Saville Davis, No. 1 Squadron, RAAF. Collection consists of operational reports covering No. 1 Squadron's activity...

    PR82/058

  11. De Vaux, W R (Gunner, 17th Mg Coy, AIF)

    Private Record

    BRIEF DIARY ENTRIES RELATED TO HIS CONVALESCENCE IN THE UK, VARIOUK CAPTURED GERMAN POSTCARDS, A SIGNED COPY OF F P BETHUNE'S ORDER TO HIS SECTION OF 13 MARCH 1918 AND AN UNSIGNED COPY OF A G S BRANCH...

    PR84/341

  12. Fagan, Tom H (Corporal, b.1911 - d.1983)

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    Maker: Fagan, Tom H

    TYPESCRIPT COPY OF DIARY KEPT BY CPL FAGAN WHILST A PRISONER OF THE JAPANESE IN BATAVIA, BURMA AND THAILAND. IT BEGINS WITH CHRISTMAS 1941 AND CONTINUES WITH SPACED BUT DETAILED ENTRIES UNTIL HIS RETU...

    PR87/230

  13. Ferris, Stafford Roy "Joe" (NX40810, Private, 2/18th Bn)

    Private Record

    Maker: Ferris, Stafford Roy

    While a prisoner of war of the Japanese, Ferris kept a pencil written diary in an old school exercise book. The diary has now been lost, but shortly after his return to Australia, he used the diary t...

    PR82/114

  14. Flynn, John James "Jack" (Warrant Officer Class 2, b.1917)

    Private Record

    Maker: Flynn, John

    Collection relating to the service of Warrant Officer Class 2 John Flynn. The collection contains a self published memoir of Sergeant Flynn's POW experience which includes letters and telegrams and ...

    PR88/110

  15. Forbes, James William Kennedy (Jim) (Sergeant, b.1919 - d.?)

    Private Record

    Maker: Forbes, James William Kennedy (Jim)

    Collection relating to 2/19 Battalion compiled by NX52562 Sergeant James William Kennedy Forbes, 2/19 Battalion, POW in Thailand. Collections consists of a nominal roll for A Force and Ramsay Force ha...

    PR03305

  16. Fotheringham, Charles M (Colonel)

    Private Record

    Maker: Fotheringham, Charles Mervyn

    Copy of a diary and memoirs of Colonel Charles M Fotheringham, who served with 4th Anti Tank Regiment, and became a prisoner of the Japanese, 15 February 1942 - 15 August 1945, in Changi and on the Bu...

    PR01341

  17. Gilbert, George I (Private, 2/6th Fld Coy, Rae, POW)

    Private Record

    Maker: Gilbert, George I

    COPY OF LETTER WRITTEN BY G GILBERT TO HIS SISTER FROM BANGKOK HOSPITAL. INCLUDES DETAILS OF BADLY ULCERATED LEG, WHICH HAD TO BE REMOVED BY COL A COATES DURING CAPTIVITY

    PR87/002

  18. Grimsley Family

    Private Record

    PHOTO OF GRAVE OF LT COL F A J W HUNTER. POSTCARDS FROM EGYPT, FRANCE AND GERMANY FROM VARIOUS FAMILY MEMBERS

    3DRL/7903

  19. Hudson, Lionel Vivian (Wing Commander, 82 Sqn, RAAF b.1916 - d.2001)

    Private Record

    Maker: Hudson, Lionel Vivian

    DIARY MAINTAINED BY WING CMDR HUDSON WHILE POW IN RANGOON GAOL WITH DETAILED ENTRIES DESCRIBING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CAMP, DAILY ACTIVITIES AND HIS OWN PERSONAL EMOTIONS; ALSO OFFICIAL REPORT ON ...

    PR87/204

  20. Jacobs, James 'Jim' William, (Major), (b.1902 - d.1990)

    Private Record

    Maker: Jacobs, James 'Jim' William

    This collection comprises three booklets which belonged to VX40389 Major James W Jacobs. They were written during his internment as a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Thanbuyuzayat, Thailand and aft...

    PR03113

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