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  1. Abraham, Walter V (Flying Officer, RAAF, Attached Air Industry Section HQ, USAaf b.1923)

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    Maker: Abraham, Walter V

    Manuscript titled `AIRIND in retrospect: a RAAF contribution to Allied Intelligence 1942-1945'. Describes the establishment and operations of Air Industry Section, an Allied Research Intelligence unit...

    PR89/052

  2. Ainsworth, A M (AIF, POW - Japan)

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    Maker: Ainsworth, A M

    LETTER WRITTEN BY DR W E FISHER TO MR AINSWORTH, GIVING DETAILS OF POW WEIGHT REDUCTION WHILE IN POW CAMPS. ACCOMPANYING NOTE WRITTEN BY MR AINSWORTH LISTING AND DESCRIBING THE POW CAMPS TO WHICH HE W...

    PR84/171

  3. Allanson, Roderick Thomas (Warrant Officer 2)

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    Maker: Allanson, Roderick Thomas

    NOMINAL ROLL OF 2/3 MG BN AND "O" FORCE MAINTAINED WHILE PRISONER OF JAPANESE IN JAVA, THAILAND AND JAPAN. DETAILS INCLUDE SERVICE AND POW NUMBER, UNIT, NEXT OF KIN, OCCUPATION. CAMPS INCLUDE KONYU, H...

    PR90/067

  4. Armstrong, George Eric (Trooper, b.1918 - d.1985)

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    Maker: Armstrong, George Eric Bayliss, Frederick Owen Steinbeck, William John

    Letters, personal papers, and photographs of Trooper George Eric Armstrong who served in 2/20 Battalion and was a Japanese Prisoner of War during the Second World War. Tpr Armstrong was also in posses...

    PR01924

  5. Arnold, Keith M (Private)

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    Maker: Arnold, Keith M

    Personal scrapbook maintained by NX206059 Private Keith Arnold, covering his experiences during recreation leave and active service during 1946-1947 with No.2 Sub-Depot, 21 Australian Army Ordinance U...

    PR01125

  6. Berryman, Ross (Driver, 8th Division Ammunition Sub Park, AIF, POW)

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    Maker: Berryman, Ross

    PHOTOCOPY OF DIARY CONTAINING NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF FELLOW POW'S AND ENTRIES COVERING JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1945. KEPT SECRETLY IN JAPANESE PRISON CAMP

    PR86/142

  7. Bierwirth, Rudolph (Lieutenant General, CBE, BCOF and BCFK)

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    Maker: Bierwirth, Rudolph

    FILE OF LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS COMMENDING BIERWIRTH ON HIS COMMAND IN KOREA. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES INCLUDING BRITISH AMBASSADOR, TOKYO, HQ FAR EAST COMMAND & UN COMMAND, CANADIAN EMBASSY, TOKYO, NZ LEGA...

    3DRL/6409

  8. Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth, VC, CMG, CBE (Brigadier, b.1892 - d.1960)

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    Maker: Blackburn, Arthur Seaforth

    This collection is comprised of the diary and letters written by Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Blackburn, VC during his command of the 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion. The letters cover the period of the batt...

    PR00014

  9. Bloomfield, Jack (Lieutenant)

    Private Record

    Maker: Bloomfield, Jack

    Four photograph albums of Lieutenant Jack Bloomfield relating to his service with the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (BCOF) in 1946. Images in the albums depict Japanese civilians, landscapes...

    PR01939

  10. Butler, N (Wing Commander, RAAF, BCOF)

    Private Record

    Maker: Butler, N

    PROVOST CORPS CHARGE SHEETS, PETITION AND CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO A CHARGE AGAINST ASAMI KENJI, A JAPANESE STUDENT FOR POSSESSING A GUN

    PR84/168

  11. Callaghan, Eileen Mary (Sister)

    Private Record

    Maker: Callaghan, Eileen Mary

    Collection relating to the service of Staff Nurse Eileen Mary Callaghan (NFX180289). The collection contains a recipe book compiled by Sister Callaghan and 14 letters and telegrams relating to Callagh...

    PR00668

  12. Carey, Hugh D (Corporal, Aapc and POW, Japan)

    Private Record

    Maker: Carey, Hugh D

    DEMOBILIZATION PROCEDURE BOOK OF CPL HUGH DERMOT CAREY AFTER LIBERATION FROM JAPANESE POW CAMP.

    PR88/029

  13. Carr, Palgrave Ebden (Lieutenant Commander, b.1908 - d.1990)

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    Maker: Carr, Palgrave Ebden

    Records associated with Carr's period as a prisoner of the Japanese following his capture after crash over Celebes. His notebooks record his thoughts, reading summaries, future plans. He was held in A...

    PR91/014

  14. Chattaway, Francis Charles (Able Seaman, b.1920)

    Private Record

    Maker: Chattaway, Francis Charles 'Frank'

    Diaries and journal describe naval battle off Java and sinking of HMAS Perth and USS Houston. Covers experiences as a POW in Java and Singapore, at numerous camps on the Burma Railway and finally in J...

    PR90/116

  15. Chick, Allan Clifford (Corporal, b.1920)

    Private Record

    Maker: Chick, Allan Clifford

    Personal papers of TX3350 Private (later Corporal) Allan Clifford Chick, 2/40 Battalion, prisoner of war (POW) Java and Japan, and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF). The bulk of the papers ...

    PR85/189

  16. (1) Chisholm, Annetta E (2) Chisholm, Eileen M ((1) YWCA Representative, BCOF, Kure Japan (2) YWCA Representative, Nungarin W Aust)

    Private Record

    68 LETTERS FROM A CHISHOLM TO MOTHER (1947-49) 5 LETTERS FROM E. CHISHOLM TO MOTHER (c.1945) LETTERS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. PROGRAMMES, NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS, SOUVENIRS

    PR85/292

  17. Cohen, Victor Harley (Lieutenant)

    Private Record

    Maker: Cohen, Victor Harley

    Item (1 A & B) Folder containing copies of instructions, correspondence and drills for HMAS "Hobart" and other Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy vessels 1942 to 1945 plus HMAS "Nizam" merchant ship...

    PR91/137

  18. Cole, H J (Able Seaman, HMAS Nizam, RAN)

    Private Record

    Maker: Cole, H J

    DIARY KEPT BY COLE ON BOARD THE DESTROYER NIZAM DURING OPERATIONS NEAR JAPAN DURING THE CLOSING STAGES OF THE WAR; ALSO POEM AND NEWSPAPER CUTTING ABOUT CASUALTIES LOST ON THE NIZAM IN FEBRUARY 1945

    PR89/016

  19. Commander in Chief (British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (BCOF))

    Private Record

    VISITORS BOOK OF C IN C BCOF, JAPAN.

    EXDOC161

  20. Corrigan, Joan Mary (Historical Editor, G-2 Historical Division GHQ - Far East Command, US Army, b.1912)

    Private Record

    Maker: Corrigan, Joan Mary

    Personal papers and letters of commendation relating to the extensive work performed by Miss Corrigan as a member of the Japan Research Division, particularly in the are of intelligence operations and...

    PR88/106

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