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  1. Berg, Ernest Frederick (Lance Corporal)

    Private Record

    Maker: Berg, Ernest Frederick

    Collection relating to the service of QX5190 Lance Corporal Ernest Frederick Berg, 2/15 Battalion, 1942. Collection comprises letters and cards sent to Thelma Just while a prisoner of war in Italy, 1...

    PR02087

  2. Betts, Richard C (Lieutenant, 2/15th Bn, AIF)

    Private Record

    Maker: Betts, Richard C

    NOTEBOOKS AND LECTURE NOTES KEPT WHILE ON OFFICER TRAINING AT DUNTROON AND A BRIEF ACCOUNT BY BETTS OF HIS WOUNDING AT EL ALAMEIN

    PR89/161

  3. Bosgard, Peter (Sergeant, 2/15th Bn AIF)

    Private Record

    Maker: Bosgard, Peter Whittingham

    COPY OF MEMOIR ENTITLED "THE BENGHASI HANDICAP" RECOUNTING THE DONOR'S EXPERIENCES IN THE WESTERN DESERT AND FOLLOWING CAPTURE, HIS POW EXPERIENCES IN ITALY AND AUSTRIA

    PR82/174

  4. Briggs, Archie Douglas (Private, b.1919 - d.1941)

    Private Record

    Maker: Briggs, Archie Douglas Various

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX6893 Private Archie Douglas Briggs, 2/15 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and the Middle East, 1940-1...

    PR02091

  5. Connor, Alexander Murray (Corporal, b.1919)

    Private Record

    Maker: Connor, Alexander Murray

    Collection relating to Corporal Alexander Murray Connor, 2/15th Battalion and POW. Collection consists of a typescript of memoirs entitled 'Approved to wear five service chevrons', describing Connor'...

    PR86/103

  6. Connor, Alexander Murray (Corporal, b.1919)

    Private Record

    Maker: Connor, Alexander Murray

    Papers of Corporal Alexander Connor documenting his service with the 2/15 Battalion during the Second World War. Connor was captured in 1941 and interned as a prisoner of war in Camp 57, Italy. Item...

    PR86/345

  7. Dawson, William Alexander (Private, b.1919)

    Private Record

    Maker: Dawson, William Alexander

    Papers of QX13454 Private William Alexander Dawson (2/15th Battalion) relating to his stay over 1943-44 at a camp for escaped prisoners of war in Wald, Switzerland, particularly his contact with an Al...

    PR00737

  8. Dickinson, Keith Johnson

    Private Record

    Maker: Bashford, Frederick Hugh

    Collection relating to VX57167 Gunner Keith Johnson Dickinson who was a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Burma during the Second World War. It comprises 1 original typed 2 page letter dated 12 Septe...

    PR04822

  9. Giddins, James Hilton (Private, 2/15th Bn and POW, Italy and Germany)

    Private Record

    Maker: Giddins, James Hilton

    Collection related to Pte James H Giddins, 2/15th Battalion, and a prisoner of war in Italy and Germany. Consists of: Folder 1 - 45 letters sent by Pt Giddins to his mother Mrs Manning, while serving...

    3DRL/7966

  10. Glynn, John 'Jack' (Corporal, b.1913 - d.1979)

    Private Record

    Maker: Glynn, John 'Jack'

    Two letters, dated 16 October and 14 December 1943, written by (QX55461) Corporal John 'Jack' Glynn of 2/15 Infantry Battalion, to his sister, 'Peg', while serving in the New Guinea campaign. Includes...

    PR02039

  11. Hansen, Len O (Sergeant)

    Private Record

    Maker: Hansen, Leonard Oswald 'Len'

    Diary written by QX2992 Sergeant Len Hansen while serving with 2/15 Battalion in the Middle East. The diary covers most of 1942, from January to September including a period reorganising in Palestine...

    PR01753

  12. Henry, William Joseph (Captain, b.1914 - d.2005)

    Private Record

    Maker: Henry, William Joseph

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX33743 Captain William Joseph Henry, 2/15 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Infantry Force, New Guinea, 1943. Wallet 1 of 1 – Co...

    PR03814

  13. Huggins, Ralph Kirk (Sergeant, 2/15th Bn AIF & POW Germany d.1964)

    Private Record

    Maker: Huggins, Ralph Kirk

    HANDMADE NOTEBOOK CONTAINING RECIPIES, GERMAN VOCABULARY, MENUS, BOOK LISTS, VARIOUS WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. THE ORIGINAL "OMAR KAYYAM" COVER WAS RESCUED FROM THE GERMANS FOLLOWING HIS CAPTURE AT DERNA ...

    PR84/195

  14. Jubb, William Hiles Venters (Captain, b.1917 - d.1942)

    Private Record

    Maker: Jubb, William Hiles Venters

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX6244 Captain William Hiles Venters ‘Bill’ Jubb, 2/15 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and the Middle...

    AWM2017.918.1

  15. Leigh-Cooper, John Edwin Wilson (Warrant Officer 1; b.1904)

    Private Record

    Maker: Unknown

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX19558 Warrant Officer 1 John Edwin Wilson Leigh-Cooper, 2/15 Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF. Collection consists of an original 'Wounded Ma...

    PR82/062

  16. Macarthur, Keith B (Sergeant)

    Private Record

    Maker: Macarthur, Keith B

    DIARIES COVERING 1940-1943 WITH ENTRIES DESCRIBING VOYAGE FROM AUSTRALIA TO NORTH AFRICA AND BATTLES AT BENGHAZI AND TOBRUK AND IN PALESTINE

    PR86/121

  17. McCauley, Jim, (Private, b.1916)

    Private Record

    Maker: McCauley, Jim

    2 censored letters written from POW camps in Italy (May 1942) and Poland (March 1944) containing few details of prison life. Undated newspaper clipping (circa 1988) concerning McCauley's capture in No...

    PR91/026

  18. McCauley, Jim (Private, 2/15th Bn AIF, POW)

    Private Record

    Maker: McCauley, Jim

    Memoirs of prisoner of war experience following capture in North Africa during the 'Benghazi Handicap', transport to Italy and eventually work camps in Poland. Private McCauley escaped while on a forc...

    PR86/078

  19. McConnell, Oliver Raymond (Lance Corporal, b.1917 - d.1977)

    Private Record

    Maker: McConnell, Oliver Raymond

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX2411 Lance Corporal Oliver “Nobby” Raymond McConnell, 2/15 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Italy an...

    PR05705

  20. McKay, Ronald (Private)

    Private Record

    Maker: McKay, Ronald

    Mixed papers (POW papers, sports programme, AIF Discharge Certificate, photographs, card tricks) relating to Stalag XVIIIA at Spittal. Collection reflects some aspects of POW life in camp.

    PR00175

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