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Account of the 2/30 Battalion AIF, Malaya, early 1942
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the experience of members of 2/30 Australian Infantry Battalion in Malaya in early 1942, comprising a black and white photocopy of a seven page typed manuscript. The name of the...PR01918
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Addison, Percy Romer (Private, b.1918 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Addison, Percy Romer Australian Military Forces
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX31849 Private Percy Romer Addison, 2/30 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya and Australia, 1941-1946. Wall...AWM2018.223.1
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Agnew, Ivo Cumberland Fraser (Lieutenant, b.1893 - d.1969)
Private Record
Maker: Agnew, Ivo Cumberland Fraser
Collection of personal records of/relating to Lieutenant Ivo Cumberland Fraser Agnew, who served as a Gunner with 17th Tasmanian Battery in France, in First World War, before transferring to No.2 Squa...PR01229
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Ainsworth, C W D (Private b.1921 - d.1963)
Private Record
Maker: Ainsworth, Colin William Danks
Medical records of Private Ainsworth while a Prisoner of War at Hintok and Konyu. Written on scraps of paper. Two of the records are signed by "Weary" Dunlop.PR00773
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Allen, Frederick James (Private, b.? - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Allen, Frederick James
Collection relating to the service of 4728 Private Frederick James Allen, 53 Battalion, France and Germany, 1916-1918. Collection consists of a letter dated 20 September 1918, written from Holland by...1DRL/0028
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Amor, Benjamin Charles 'Ben' (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Amor, Benjamin Charles (Ben)
Illustrated memoir titled "To Put The Record Straight: Ben Amor's Story of Escape in 1942, from the Japanese POWCamp at Ambon", describing service, captivity, escape experiences and post-escape life ...PR03110
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Anderson, William (Private, d.1953)
Private Record
Maker: Anderson, William
Telegrams sent to Anderson's mother from Minister for the Army informing her that he has been posted missing, and later that he is a POW at Stalag 8B in Germany. Private Anderson was captured on Crete...PR91/096
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Anonymous Australian soldier
Private Record
Diary purportedly kept by an Australian soldier during the Second World War at Naoetsu prisoner of war camp, Japan. The diary was issued by the Japanese to highlight the quantity and quality of ration...PR90/065
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Anonymous (Prisoner of War, Hainan Island)
Private Record
Maker: Anonymous Unknown
Collection relating to an anonymous Australian prisoner of war at Hainan Island, 1943-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one notebook of an anonymous prisoner of war, used between 1943-1945. This note...PR04954
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Anonymous (Prisoner of War, Hainan Island)
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to an anonymous Australian prisoner of war at Hainan Island, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of documents relating to the Australian and Dutch prisoner of war cemetery on Hain...PR04956
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Anthony, Hugh Cresswell (Captain, b.1890 - d.1922)
Private Record
Maker: Anthony, Hugh Cresswell
Collection relating to service of Captain Hugh Cresswell Anthony, 7 Battalion, France, 1916. Collection includes transcript of account of Anthony's capture and imprisonment, August 1916 at Pozieres, ...1DRL/0046
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Armstrong, George Eric (Trooper, b.1918 - d.1985)
Private Record
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
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Armstrong, Herbert Huie (Bombardier, b.1918 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Armstrong, Herbert Huie
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Bombardier NX3112 Bombardier Herbert Huie Armstrong, 2/3rd Field Regiment, Australia and Germany, 1942-1945. Collection consists of: Folder 1:...AWM2017.1030.1
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Armstrong, Thomas Drewett (Gunner, b.1914 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Armstrong, Helen Australian Military Forces
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX11840 Gunner Thomas Drewett Armstrong, 2/2 Field Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and the Middle East, 1940-1945. Wallet ...PR05868
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Ashby, Hugh King (Civilian scientist)
Private Record
Maker: Ashby, Hugh King
Collection relating to Hugh Ashby during the Second World War. Collection includes a memoir written by Ashby documenting his capture by the Japanese in Singapore after he joined the Straits Settlment...PR03218
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Auld, Patrick Howard (Captain, b.1894 - d.1972)
Private Record
Maker: Auld, Patrick Howard Auld, Stuart Auld, Stuart Anthony (Tony) English, Thomas Wolmer
Collection relating to the First World War service of Captain Patrick Howard Auld MC, 4th Field Ambulance and 50th Battalion. This is a large and comprehensive collection of diary extracts and letter...2DRL/0072
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Australian Red Cross Society (ARCS)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Red Cross Society
This collection of Australian Red Cross Society (ARCS) files consists of three main subseries: general correspondence and administration files; records of the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing ...1DRL/0428
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Australian War Memorial Korean War Oral History Project, 2001-2002
Private Record
Maker: Chinn, David Alexander Fogarty, William 'Bill' Lawrance
Collection of background papers compiled by David Chinn, of the Australian War Memorial Oral History Program, 2001-2002. The background papers were submitted by interviewees from the Korean War: Briga...PR04036
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Ayrton, Harry R (Private d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Ayrton, Harry R
POW letter card sent to his mother while a prisoner of the Japanese. Location unknown. Pte Ayrton later died of illness while working on the Burma railway.PR00044
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Baccus, Arthur Albury (Private, b.1916-d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Baccus, Arthur Aubrey
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX32443 Private Arthur Albury Baccus, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, Borneo, 1943-1945. Collection consists of three postcards from Private...PR04740