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Browne, Roland Seymour (Major, b.1887 - d?)
Private Record
Maker: Browne, Roland Seymour
These collections of papers were donated to the Defence Department by an unknown person and passed on to the War Memorial for inclusion in our collection. The papers can be divided into two distinct s...PR00835
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Brown, George Russell (Private)
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Maker: Brown, George Russell
Copies of four letters and postcards written by Private Brown to members of his family while serving in Malaya in 1941. Included in the correspondence is one letter from 1945 sent after Brown's rele...PR01663
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Brown, Raymond John Tressillain (Private, b.1919 - d.2006)
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Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX29116 Private John Tressillian Brown, 2/30 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1990. Wallet 1 of 1 – C...PR06326
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Brown, Robert RAE (Sapper, HQ Rae, 8th Div AIF and POW)
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Maker: Brown, Robert
POW POSTCARDS - LITTLE INFORMATIONPR85/157
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Bruton, Frederick Lance (Captain, b.1916 - d.1994)
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Maker: Bruton, Frederick Lance
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 340025 (VX5865) Captain Frederick Lance Bruton, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Greece and Germany, 1941-194...AWM2019.244.1
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Buerckner, Edward 'Ted' Francis (Private, b.1913 - d.1976)
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Maker: Buerckner, Edward 'Ted' Francis Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX23638 Private Edward 'Ted' Buerckner, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, Japanese-occupied territory and Australia, c.1940-1944. In 1942 after fighting in...PR03639
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Bullwinkel, Vivian (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1915 - d.2000)
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Maker: Bullwinkel, John Bullwinkel, Vivian Various
Collection of personal papers relating to the Second World War and post-war service of F31029 Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Statham (nee Bullwinkel) AO, MBE, ARRC, ED, FRCNA, nursing sister and matron, pr...PR01216
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Bullwinkel, Vivian (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1915 - d.2000)
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Maker: Bullwinkel, Vivian Fischer, Timothy Andrew Hunter, Drewson Various
Collection relating to the career and service of F31029 Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Statham (nee Bullwinkel), AO, MBE, ARRC, ED, prisoner of war and matron, 1953-1998. The collection consists of drafts...AWM2020.545.1
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Burke, Maurice Francis (Lieutenant, b.1885 - d.1955)
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Maker: Burke, Maurice Francis
Papers of No. 79 Lieutenant (Lt) Maurice Francis Burke (29 Battalion), including prisoner of war identity card from a POW camp at Freiburg, hand drawn map on parchment of the area immediately north of...PR00741
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Burnett, Gordon Cade
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Maker: Burnett, Gordon Cade
Diary written by journalist Gordon Cade Burnett, compiled for the most part whilst a prisoner of war in Stanley Camp, Hong Kong between 1942 and 1945. These extensive records contain much personal dat...PR01892
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Burns, Jack Lusby (Lieutenant, b.1918 - d.2010)
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Maker: Commonwealth of Australia
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX39159 Lieutenant Jack Lusby Burns, 1st Independent Company, Japan and Australia, 1943-1946. Collection consists of: Item 1: One small brown p...AWM2016.633.3
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Byrne, Leslie James Austin (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1896 - d.1976)
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Maker: Byrne, Leslie James Austin
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX34829 Lieutenant Colonel Leslie James Austin Byrne. Collection consists of materials relating to Byrne's testimony relating to post-Second Wor...PR04581
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Cahir, Keith Joseph (Lance Corporal); Lushington, Reginald Francis Herbert (Private)
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Maker: Cahir, Keith Joseph Lushington, Reginald Francis Herbert
Collection relating to service of Lance Corporal Keith Cahir. Collection consists material relating to prisoner of war experience of Cahir, including postcard, a photograph, and paper currency. Also i...PR00185
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Campbell, Edward (Lieutenant, b.1917 - d.1992)
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Maker: Campbell, Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX15145 (377317, 294862) Lieutenant Edward Campbell, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, at sea, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 –...PR03466
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Campbell, Keith William (Flying Officer, b.1923 - d.2019)
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Maker: Campbell, Keith William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 423220 Flying Officer Keith William Campbell, Royal Australian Air Force, 1944-1945, Germany. The collection consists of a small diary covering ...AWM2016.392.1
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Capron, Donald Ellis (Flight Lieutenant, b.1915-d.1978)
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Maker: Capron, Donald Ellis
Collection relating to the Second World War Service of 402637 Flight Lieutenant Donald Ellis Capron, No. 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Burma and Australia, 1943-1945. Alongside 180 members ...PR05751
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Carrick, Alan Rea (Captain, b.1914)
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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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Carroll, Gerald Thomas (Signaller, b.1918)
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Maker: Carroll, Gerald Thomas
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9880 Gerald Thomas Carroll, 2/7 Infantry Battalion, POW in Germany. Collection consists of a Wartime Log book kept while a POW at Stalag V111B...PR00400
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Cartwright, William (Private, b.1918 - d.?)
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Maker: Cartwright, William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX35722 Private William Cartwright, 2/19 Battalion, prisoner of war in Malaya and Japan. Collection consists of an original diary assembled from...PR04365
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Chadd, Colin (Private, b.1916 - d.c1980)
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Maker: Chadd, Colin
Seventeen letters and postcards written by Private Colin Chad to family and friends while a prisoner of war in Stalag XIIIC, Hammelburg Germany, 1941-44.PR85/034