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Bates, Albert (Warrant Officer, b.1905 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Bates, Albert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 14697 Warrant Officer Albert Bates DFM, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF), New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Australia, 1942. Collection consists of one typed...PR03185
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Bensley, Robert Sidney (Civilian)
Private Record
Maker: Bensley, Robert Sidney
Collection relating to the air raid in Rabaul and civilian Robert Sidney Bensley's experiences of the air raid and events afterwards. Collection consists of two typed pages written by Bensley entitled...PR82/026
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Brown, Peter Handley (Captain, Aaoc AMF, POW)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Peter Handley
CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORT CONCERNING NEWS OF THE END OF HOSTILITIES, DINNER MENU PRESENTED BY THE JAPANESE AND A COPY OF A PERSONAL ACCOUNT DOCUMENTING LIFE AS A POW FROM THE TIME OF CAPTURE AT RABAUL...PR87/011
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Brown, Tom A (Trooper)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Tom A
Three page letter written on Japanese paper by Trooper Tom A Brown to a friend, 'Tiger' (Arthur Ablett), describing service with the 2/4 Armoured Regiment in Rabaul during the Second World War; copy o...PR01863
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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
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Carrick, Alan Rea (Captain, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Carrick, Alan Rea
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX71121 Captain Alan Rea Carrick. Collection consists of one diary, dated 1943, with diary extract insert, dated 1945, relating to Carrick's time...PR86/196
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Clift, Leslie George, Staff Sergeant
Private Record
Maker: Clift, Leslie George
Papers collected by Clift relating to the Japanese occupation of Rabaul. Include 4 1943 issues of "Guinea Gold", the official programme of the 11 Australian Division Joputa Racing Club, October 1943. ...PR91/121
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Crocker, Willis (Lance Sergeant, 2/22nd Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Crocker, Willis
DIARY, WRITTEN ON A DAILY BASIS, RECOUNTING THE RETREAT FROM RABAUL BY FOOT, ESCAPE FROM NEW BRITAIN IN THE PINNACE "BLACK MARIA" AND EVENTUAL RETURN TO PORT MORESBY BY RAAF CATALINA. THE ACCOUNT WAS ...PR83/093
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Dore, Ashley Vance (Sergeant, b.1918 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Dore, Ashley Vance
Memoir of Sergeant A V Dore (VX42841) while serving with 2/22 Battalion in New Britain. Titled 'Escape from Rabaul', it covers the period from January to April 1942. 8 pages.PR01835
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Fisher, Peter Wallace (Captain b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Fisher, Peter Wallace
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX145642 Captain Peter Wallace Fisher, who served as Second in Command, Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Military Landing Craft Section (AA/AAMLC) in Raba...PR89/040
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Gairns, Leonard William (Flight Lieutenant, 7, 25 and 32 Squadron RAAF b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Gairns, Leonard William
DETAILED ENLISTMENT, DISCHARGE AND RECONSTRUCTION TRAINING SCHEME PAPERS, COPY OF FLYING LOGBOOKS, AIR NAVIGATION TRAINING NOTES AND COPY OF SPEECH RELATING HIS RAAF EXPERIENCES WITH RECONNAISSANCE DU...PR88/038
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Ghiggioli family
Private Record
Maker: Ghiggioli, Edward Arthur Ghiggioli, Ernest Keith Ghiggioli, Thomas Francis
Collection relating to the Second World War service of three brothers from the Ghiggioli family: NX36559 Lance Corporal Ernest Keith Ghiggioli, VX125638 Private Thomas Francis Ghiggioli, and VX109089 ...PR04738
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Graham, Frederick Archibald (Lieutenant; Captain 1 Army Ordnance Corps Training Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Graham, Frederick Archibald
Papers including correspondence books detailing troop movements and sports activities, nominal roll, diary written in Rabaul in 1914, typescript poems about Nauru and discharge and other army document...PR89/005
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Green, Francis N (Private, Attached United States Army Forces (USAf) Intelligence Unit)
Private Record
Maker: Green, Francis Nathaniel
REPORTS WITH GENERAL INFORMATION GATHERED BY GREEN ON THE GEOGRAPHY AND SITUATIONS ON RABAUL AND THE DUKE OF YORK ISLANDS AND PRINTED MAP OF PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA. MR GREEN WAS FORMERLY A PATROL OFFICE...PR86/231
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Groves, J J (Sapper, 12 Australian Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers d.1989)
Private Record
Maker: Groves, J J
DIARIES DESCRIBE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT. JAPANESE AND AMERICAN AIR RAIDS ALSO NOTED. PLACES INCLUDE QUEENSLAND, BUNA, WAU AND LAE IN NEW GUINEA AND...PR90/034
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Holmes, H W (Corporal, District Signals, New Guinea Force)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, H W
UNDATED CONCERT PROGRAMME. LETTERS DESCRIBE EFFECTS OF AIR RAIDS AND JAPANESE LANDINGS AT RABAUL. BRIEF LEAVE IN QUEENSLAND BEFORE POSTING TO NEW GUINEA, WHERE HE CONTRACTED MALARIA. GIRLS ARE AN IMPO...PR90/023
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Hopper, Kenneth James (Lieutenant Commander, b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Hopper, Kenneth James
Item (1) photocopies of typed recollections of service on HMAS Marrawah and HMAS Sprightly. Also photocopy of midshipman's journal kept during service on HMAS Canberra 1937-1938. Item (2) journal cont...PR91/006
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Japanese Instruments of Surrender
Private Record
Collection relating to the Instruments of Surrender signed in Tokyo and at other places in the Pacific Region by the Japanese commanders on the cessation of war. (1) British Borneo and Natoena Island...EXDOC095
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Lamprell, Victor Frank (Corporal, b.1908 - d.1985)
Private Record
Maker: Lamprell, Victor Frank Lamprell, Victor Frank
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX118695 (V41511) Corporal Victor Frank Lamprell 1st Australian Entertainment Unit. [item 1] Three exercise books containing the handwritten memo...PR01399
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Larkin, William Henry (Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.2001)
Private Record
Maker: Larkin, William Henry
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX129332 Lieutenant William Henry Larkin. Collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, a memoir, papers, souvenirs and ephemera relating to...PR03444