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  1. 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

  2. Barker, Howard George (Steve) (Private, Driver 2/20 Battalion b.1918 - d.1942)

    Private Record

    Maker: Barker, Howard George 'Steve'

    LETTERS HOME TO HIS FAMILY IN KATOOMBA FROM CAMP AT BATHURST, VOYAGE AT SEA, AND VARIOUS CAMPS IN MALAYA. TOPIC IS MAINLY HIS IMPRESSIONS OF LIFE IN MALAYA, VISITS TO SINGAPORE, SKIN DISEASES, MOSQUIT...

    PR90/048

  3. Blackford, George "Harry" (Lieutenant, b.1917)

    Private Record

    Maker: Ambrose, Noelene Blackford, G H S

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX51473 Lieutenant George Henry Stephen "Harry" Blackford, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF. Collection consists of two original handwritt...

    PR05833

  4. Chapman, Stan H (Private)

    Private Record

    Maker: Chapman, Stan H

    Letters and copy of poem `Going Tropical' concerning service in Malaya, jungle conditions and disillusionment with army life.

    PR00328

  5. Cooper, Arthur (Private, 2/20th Bn, AIF)

    Private Record

    Maker: Cooper, Arthur

    Placard held by Private Cooper, at Tampie prisoner of war camp as a form of punishment order by 'The Tiger', Guard Commander Warrant Officer Hiramatsu. The placard reads, 'This man was found at the Th...

    PR83/075

  6. Corderoy, Ralph Schofield

    Private Record

    Maker: Australian Military Forces Records Office Corderoy, Ralph Schofield

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX45755 Private (Pte) Ralph Schofield Corderoy, 2/20 Battalion AIF, who died of illness in Japan whilst a prisoner of war of the Japanese on 29 J...

    PR05456

  7. Cornford, N R S (Sergeant b.1903 - d.1990)

    Private Record

    Maker: Cornford, N R S

    Medical records relating to the amputation of Sgt Cornford's right arm while a prisoner of the Japanese.

    PR00504

  8. 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

  9. Daley, Harley J (Acting Sergeant, 2/20th Bn AIF, POW)

    Private Record

    Maker: Daley, Harley J

    COPY OF THE LAST THREE DAYS OF ENTRIES INTO THE WAR DIARY OF THE ALEXANDRA MILITARY HOSPITAL, MALAYA. THE DIARY DESCRIBES THE MASSACRE OF PATIENTS BY JAPANESE TROOPS FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE HOS...

    PR87/079

  10. Derkenne, Edward Gerrard (Staff Sergeant, b.1914)

    Private Record

    Maker: Derkenne, Edward Gerrard

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX45942 Staff Sergeant Edward Gerrard Derkenne, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF. Collection consists of two original handwritten letters ...

    PR04447

  11. Eddison, W H Mrs (nee Mills)

    Private Record

    Maker: Eddison, Marion Louisa Osbaldeston Mills

    Collection relating to Mrs W H Eddison (nee Mills), of Canberra, First World War, Second World War and Korean War. Collection comprises three letters. One is written by Mrs W H Eddison to her son, N...

    PR03468

  12. Felsch, Maurice Harold (NX47238, Lieutenant, 2/20 Battalion)

    Private Record

    Maker: Felsch, Maurice Harold

    Photocopied handwritten and typed memoirs (67 pages total), titled "From Sydney Through Hell to Sydney Remembering 50 years 1945-1995", by NX47238 Lieutenant M H Felsch of 2/20 Battalion. Memoirs cove...

    PR01391

  13. Flynn, John (Private, 2/20th Bn, AIF b.1906)

    Private Record

    Maker: Flynn, John

    DEMOBILIZATION PROCEDURE BOOK AND 2 POW LETTER CARDS SENT BY FLYNN, TO HIS SISTER, FROM CHANGI AND JAPAN

    PR87/231

  14. Gaden, Edward William (Captain, b.1917 - d.1976)

    Private Record

    Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Gaden, Edward William Various

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX12543 Captain Edward William Gaden, 2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, Singapore, Malaya, Thailand, Burma, India, 1940-1949. Wal...

    AWM2016.40.3

  15. Gilmore, Samuel Leslie (Sergeant, 2/20th Bn, AIF b.1909)

    Private Record

    Maker: Gilmore, Samuel Leslie

    PHOTOCOPY OF TYPESCRIPT MADE OF DIARY KEPT BY GILMORE DURING THE EARLY FIGHTING OF THE UNIT IN MALAYA AND AS A POW IN CHANGI; ALSO ORDERS FOR PRISONERS AND POETRY WRITTEN BY GILMORE AND OTHERS RELATIN...

    PR89/051

  16. Hole, Frank (Private, 2/20th Bn and POW, Malaya)

    Private Record

    Maker: Hole, Frank

    REMINISCENCES OF EXPERIENCES WITH THE 2/20TH BN IN MALAYA, 1941-1942 UP TO THE FALL OF SINGAPORE. ARTICLE ON FIGHTING IN MALAYA, 1942

    3DRL/6922

  17. Horwood, Leonard James (Private, b.1923 - d.1942)

    Private Record

    Maker: Horwood, Leonard James

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX7324 Private Leonard James Horwood, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and Malaya,1941. Wallet 1 ...

    PR01853

  18. Jeater, William David (Lieutenant Colonel)

    Private Record

    Maker: Jeater, William David

    Forty-four Christmas cards exchanged by prisoners of war in Changi between 1942-1945. The cards are illustrated with hand drawn pencil, watercolour and crayon sketches. Included in the collection is...

    3DRL/3589

  19. Jones, John Henry 'Jack' (Private, b.1920)

    Private Record

    Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Jones, Dorothy Unknown

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX27787 Private John Henry 'Jack' Jones, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Singapore and Australia, 1945. Wa...

    PR05831

  20. MacDougal, David Campbell (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1918 - d.2018)

    Private Record

    Maker: MacDougal, David Campbell

    Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, reports, instructions, a map, reminiscences and newspaper cuttings relating to Mission 204 (Tulip Force) of the Australian cadre in China including copies from Aust...

    PR87/111

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