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  1. Allen, Leslie Joseph (Private, b.1918 - d.1942)

    Private Record

    Maker: Allen, Leslie Joseph

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX73003 Private Leslie Joseph Allen, 2/18 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya and Australia, 1941-1961. Wall...

    PR03994

  2. Antill, Charles (Private)

    Private Record

    Maker: Antill, Charles

    Exercise book kept by Private Antill while a prisoner of the Japanese, into which he copied poems, recipes, some diary notes, drawings, and an astral chart.

    PR00036

  3. Chisholm, James W (Captain, b.1906 - d.1983)

    Private Record

    Maker: Chisholm, James W

    Accounts by Captain Chisholm and Captain A K Barrett (Regimental Medical Officer) on their experiences in Naoetsu prisoner of war camp. Captain Barrett concentrates on medical aspects. Material relati...

    PR84/099

  4. Colenso, Raymond (Corporal, b.1920 - d.1942)

    Private Record

    Maker: Colenso, Raymond Joseph

    Collection of poems relating to Corporal Raymond John Colenso, 2/18 Battalion. Handwritten originals and typescript copy of 'Poems from the frontline' written by Colenso prior to being killed in acti...

    PR00689

  5. Core, Sidney Russell (Private, b.1921 - d.1945)

    Private Record

    Maker: Australian Military Forces Australian Red Cross Society Core, Sidney Russell Directorate of War Graves Services

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX48471 Private Sidney Russell Core, 2/18 Battalion, prisoner of war, 1941-1946. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection includes nine letters Core wrote to ...

    PR04472

  6. Cowden, Albert Gordon (Lieutenant, b.1910-d.1979)

    Private Record

    Maker: Cowden, Albert Gordon

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX58344 Lieutenant Albert Gordon Cowden, 2/18 Australian Infantry Battalion, Sandakan and Kuching, Borneo, c. 1942-1945. Collection consists of ...

    PR03772

  7. Crapp, Hedley Spencer

    Private Record

    Maker: Crapp, Hedley Spencer

    Collection of original letters sent to his family in Australia by NX40492 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Hedley Spencer Crapp, and written from Malaya in 1941 before he became a prisoner of war of the Japanes...

    PR04290

  8. Davis, Walter Charles (Private, b.1908 - d.1945))

    Private Record

    Maker: Davis, Walter Charles

    Collection relating to NX40190 Private Walter Davis, 2/18 Battalion, 1941-1945. It comprises a message written by Davis and thrown overboard from the Queen Mary when it left Sydney for Singapore in Fe...

    PR03448

  9. Ferris, Stafford Roy "Joe" (NX40810, Private, 2/18th Bn)

    Private Record

    Maker: Ferris, Stafford Roy

    While a prisoner of war of the Japanese, Ferris kept a pencil written diary in an old school exercise book. The diary has now been lost, but shortly after his return to Australia, he used the diary t...

    PR82/114

  10. Finley, Jack Kendall (Warrant Officer Class 2)

    Private Record

    Maker: Finley, Jack Kendall

    Collection relating to NX40864 Warrant Officer Class 2 Jack Finely, 2/18 Infantry Battalion, Second World War. Collection comprises service documents, including two of Finlay's paybooks; three photo...

    PR03581

  11. Gronow, M T

    Private Record

    Maker: Gronow, Mervyn Thomas

    A copy of The Holy Bible issued by the American Bible Society. The inside cover is annotated with the names of the POWs from the 2/18 Battalion who died in Naoetsu camp. The following page contains no...

    PR00488

  12. Harvey, William H.(Private)

    Private Record

    Maker: Harvey, William H

    Bound and typed transcript of diary written by Private William H. Harvey covering August-October 1945. Includes his time in Changi at the time of the Japanese surrender and Harvey's return to Australi...

    PR01121

  13. Hence, Arthur William (Captain, b.1909 - d.1994)

    Private Record

    Maker: Hence, Arthur William

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX70153 Captain Arthur William Hence, MBE, 2/18 Australian Infantry Battalion. Consists of one original handwritten diary and nominal roll kept b...

    PR82/053

  14. Hopson, Mark William (Corporal, b.1916 - d?)

    Private Record

    Maker: Hopson, Mark William

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX26551 Corporal Maxwell W Hopson, 2/18th Battallion, AIF. Collection includes a diary maintained during Corporal Hopson's army service which de...

    PR82/013

  15. Leach, Lionel John (Private, 2/18th Bn, AIF b.1916 - d.1967)

    Private Record

    Maker: Leach, Lionel John

    CARDBOARD ALBUM WITH LIST OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF FELLOW POW'S AND MECHANICAL NOTES

    PR86/335

  16. 1. Lindsay, Alfred John 2. Lindsay, Robert Lorne (1. Private, 35th Bn AIF b.1881 2. Private, 2/18th Bn AIF, POW)

    Private Record

    MIXED COLLECTION OF LETTERS SENT TO PTE A LINDSAY WHILE IN FRANCE AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH MRS ETHEL LINDSAY FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF HER SON, PTE R LINDSAY, AS A POW IN BORNEO. PAPERS INCLUDE PTE LINDSAY...

    PR88/204

  17. Okey, Douglas Taylor (Major)

    Private Record

    Maker: Okey, Douglas Taylor

    Three personal letters written by Major Okey of the 2/18 Battalion during his internment in Blakang Mati prisoner of war camp, Singapore.

    PR01659

  18. Ramsay, George Ernest ED (Colonel, b.1899 - d.1981)

    Private Record

    Maker: Ramsay, George Ernest

    Papers relating to the military career and Second World War service of Lieutenant Colonel George Ernest Ramsay, 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion, c.1945. These papers span most of Colonel (Col) R...

    PR00079

  19. Richards, Ernest Roy (Private, b.1913 - d.1945)

    Private Record

    Maker: Richards, Ernest Roy

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX40346 Private Ernest Roy Richards, 2/18 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya, 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consist...

    PR04316

  20. Ricketts, Douglas N (Private, 2/18th Battalion, AIF, POW b.1918 - d.1976)

    Private Record

    Maker: Ricketts, Douglas N

    PHOTOCOPIES OF LETTERS AND POSTCARDS WRITTEN FROM CHOSEN POW CAMP, KOREA, WITH GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF CONDITIONS AND FROM JAPAN, MANILA AND SYDNEY WHILE BEING RETURNED HOME AFTER LIBERATION. DESCRIBE...

    PR86/143

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