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Ashton, Carrie Jean (Captain, b.1905 - d.2002)
Private Record
RECOLLECTION OF EVENTS LEADING UP TO HER CAPTURE ON BANKA ISLAND, TRANSPORT TO PALEMBANG WOMEN'S CAMP AND LATER REGULAR ENTRIES OF LIFE AS A POW IN CAMPS AT MUNTOK AND LOEBOCK LINGUAR, SUMATRA, 1942-1...PR87/080
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Chalmers, David Hugh (Brigadier, b.1958)
Private Record
Maker: Chalmers, David Hugh
Collection relating to the service of Brigadier Dave Chalmers, Commander Combined Joint Task Force 629, Operation Sumatra Assist, Indonesia, 2005. The collection consists of a Field Survey Notebook c...AWM2017.826.1
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Colijn, Helen (Womens Internment Camp, Palembang, Sumatra)
Private Record
Maker: Colijn, Helen
Correspondence related to the performance in California of the original choral music written by women internees and other Japanese POWs, that was held at the Palembang Women's Internment Camp in Sumat...PR82/079
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Darling, Janet Patteson 'Pat' (Sister)
Private Record
Maker: Gunther, Pat
Typescript memoir (98 pp) titled "Eastern Interlude", written in 1998 by Janet 'Pat' Darling (nee Gunther) covering her Second World War nursing service in Malaya and, following the sinking of the 'Vy...PR01989
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Davis, Reginald H S (Air Commodore, No. 1 Sqn RAAF POW)
Private Record
Maker: Davis, Reginald Henry Saville
Copies of original diary material maintained by Wing Commander Davis during captivity in Java and Manchuria and answers to research questions concerning the activity of 1 and 8 Squadron RAAF during th...PR87/076
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Eadie, Norman (Lieutenant-Colonel, b.1892 - d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Eadie, Norman Menzies
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant Colonel Norman Eadie, 2/3 Australian General Hospital and 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station. PAPERS DESCRIBE EXPERIENCES OF POW IN JAVA, ...PR90/043
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Edwards-Ker, Rolla (Bombardier, Singapore Royal Artillery, 1st Bn Malaya Brigade)
Private Record
Maker: Edwards-Ker, Rolla
TYPESCRIPT OF A SPEECH GIVEN BY EDWARDS-KER ON HIS ESCAPE AFTER THE SURRENDER OF SINGAPORE WITH OTHERS, HE ESCAPED BY SMALL BOAT TO SUMATRA WHERE HE BECOME PART OF THE OFFICIAL EVACUATION OF PERSONNEL...PR87/138
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Elliott, Jack William Weir (Captain, b.1907 - d.1999)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Elliott, Jack William Weir Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX4506 Captain Jack William Weir Elliott, Australian Army Postal Corps, Singapore and Australia, 1940-1950. Captain Elliott was in charge of esta...AWM2017.128.2
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Everson, Cecil (Private, 8th Div Mobile Laundry, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Everson, Cecil
SKETCH MAP OF ROUTE TAKEN BY EVERSON AND HIS UNIT ESCAPING FROM SINGAPORE ACROSS SUMATRA IN 1942PR86/282
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Feakes, George James (Civilian POW, b.1893 - d.1960)
Private Record
Maker: Feakes, George James Feakes, George James
Collection relating to the Second World War experience of George James Feakes, civilian POW, Singapore and Dutch East Indies, 1942-1946. Feakes was an Australian engineer based in Singapore, whose job...PR05245
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Fisher, Frederick John Anderson (Warrant Officer 2)
Private Record
Maker: Fisher, Frederick John Anderson
ORIGINAL NOTEBOOK AND REPORT WRITTEN BY WO2 FISHER OUTLINING THE ESCAPE FROM SINGAPORE ON 15 FEB 1942 OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIT UNDER LT K R KING, THEIR PASSAGE TO SUMATRA, EVENTUAL DEPARTURE FOR CEYLON ...PR88/138
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Galbraith, Harold Ernest (Petty Officer, b.1921 - d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Galbraith, Harold Ernest
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 24093 Petty Officer Harold Ernest Galbraith, HMAS Napier, Egypt, Kenya, Palestine, Malta, Seychelles and Ceylon, 1942. Collection consists of on...PR91/158
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Gardam, D Shirley (Sister, d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Gardam, Dora Shirley
HAND DRAWN BIRTHDAY CARD AND 2 PORTIONS OF NOTES WITH GREETINGS FROM PALEMBANG POW CAMPPR86/129
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Gotto, Basil Ashmead (Flight Lieutenant, b.1914 - d.2006)
Private Record
Maker: Peaker, Mike G Peaker, Mike G
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Flight Lieutenant Basil Ashmead Gotto, 100 Squadron, RAF. Collection consists of a typescript memoir of Gotto's time with 100 Squadron RAF betwe...PR89/159
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1. Gray, David. 2. Morrow, William (1. Sergeant, 8th Div Sig, AIF. 2. 8th Div Sig, AIF)
Private Record
TYPESCRIPT COPY OF STATEMENTS DETAILING SIGNALS TRAINING IN MALAYA, BATTLE ACTION IN THE WITHDRAWAL TO SINGAPORE, COMMENTS ON LT GEN GORDON BENNETT, DEPARTURE WITH COL BROADBENT'S PARTY, LATER SINKING...PR88/101
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Gregan, Damian (Captain, 1st Aust Base Supply Depot, AIF b.1913)
Private Record
Maker: Gregan, Damian
IRREGULAR ENTRIES COVERING BASE WORK IN PALESTINE AND SYRIA, COMMENTS ON JEWISH LIFE STYLE, RETURN TO AUSTRALIA VIA OESTENHAVEN AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CONFUSION APPARENT, POSTING TO ORO BAY, SECONDMEN...PR84/264
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Gunther, J Pat (Nursing Sister)
Private Record
Maker: Gunther, Pat
LETTER TO PAT GUNTHER WHILE A POW AT PALEMBANG, SUMATRA. REFERS TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM SISTER GUNTHER AND CURRENT NEWS OF TWO MEN. NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPH AFTER RELEASE FROM CAPTIVITYPR90/019
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Hannah, Ellen M (Sister, 2/4th Aust CCS, AANS, and POW, Sumatra)
Private Record
Maker: Hannah, Ellen Mavis
NEWSCUTTING RE SR HANNAH'S INCARCERATION. LETTER FROM THE ABC RE AUSTRALIAN NURSES AND THE SINKING OF THE "VYNER BROOKE". COPY OF LETTER FROM SUMATRA DESCRIBING CONDITIONS. LETTER FROM SR HANNAH RE SE...3DRL/7474
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Holland, Herbert Sawford (Driver, b.1911-d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Holland, Herbert Sawford
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX69236 Driver Herbert Sawford Holland, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, Thailand and Australia, 1945. Wal...PR05821
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Jeffrey, Agnes Betty (Sister)
Private Record
Maker: Jeffrey, Agnes Betty
Papers of Sister Agnes Betty Jeffrey, an Australian Army Nurse with 8 Division AIF and a prisoner of war in Palembang camp, Sumatra 1942-1945. The papers comprise handwritten diaries, letters, scrapbo...PR01780
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Krieg, Darsey Carl (Leading Seaman, b.1921-d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Krieg, Darsey Carl
Collection relating to the Second World War service of PA2062 Leading Seaman Darsey Carl Krieg, HMAS Quickmatch, HMAS Torrens, and HMAS Cerberus, Royal Australian Navy, Australia, Atlantic Ocean, Indi...PR03701
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Maddock, Beryl (nee Chandler) (Flying Officer, 2 Mobile Receiving Station, Medical Air Evacuation Unit, RAAF b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Maddock, Beryl
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Flying Officer Sister Beryl Maddock (nee Chandler). Collection consists of draft memoirs, research notes, a flying logbook, correspondence and c...PR89/023
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McKay, L W (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: McKay, L W
Notebook maintained by L W McKay of 2/29 Battalion AIF while in Soengi Soengal and Kenjaaren POW camps, detailing No. 10 (POW) Party, including Nominal Roll and list of those presumed drowned in the S...PR82/101
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Merchant, Colin (Signalman)
Private Record
Maker: Merchant, Colin
Memoirs of Signalman Colin Merchant documenting his years as a POW of the Japanese after being captured in the fall of Singapore during the Second World War.PR01608
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Muir, Sylvia (Sister, 2/13th AGH, AIF, d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Muir, Sylvia Jessie Mimmi
Letter written by Sister Sylvia Muir to Mr Hugh Clarke, describing the sinking of the "Vyner Brook" in Banka Strait, February 1942; and later, her release from captivity in Palembang Sumatra in Augus...PR84/357
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Musicka, Harold Wood (Warrant Officer, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Musicka, Harold Wood
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 2041 Warrant Officer Harold Wood Musicka, No. 1 Squadron RAAF, Malaya, Singapore, Java, 1940-1945. Collection consists of one typed manuscript e...AWM2019.1210.1
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Oram, Wilma Elizabeth Forster, (Captain, b.1916 - d.2001)
Private Record
Maker: Young, Wilma Elizabeth Forster
CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED BY SISTER ORAM DURING HER CAPTIVITY AT PALEMBANG POW CAMP, MOSTLY FROM HER FAMILY; NOTEBOOKS CONTAINING NOMINAL ROLLS, POEMS AND SHORT STORIES AND NEWSCUTTINGS RELATING TO HER ...PR84/345
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Oram, Wilma Elizabeth Forster (Captain, b.1916 - d.2001)
Private Record
Maker: Young, Wilma Elizabeth Forster
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VFX58783 Captain Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram, 13 Australian General Hospital, prisoner of war, Malaya, 1943. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a lett...PR88/163
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Rix, Gordon Robert (Chief Petty Officer Writer, b.1922 - d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Rix, Gordon Robert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 23128 Chief Petty Officer Writer Gordon Robert Rix, HMAS Hobart and HMAS Platypus, Royal Australian Navy, Australia, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, New G...PR03709
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Rupp, A R (Lieutenant, 2/18th Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Rupp, A R
TYPESCRIPT OF JOURNAL KEPT BY RUPP IN MALAYA COVERING PERIOD FEB-MAR 1942. INCLUDES ENCOUNTERS WITH THE JAPANESE, MOVEMENT TO SINGAPORE, ESCAPE TO SUMATRA AND THE ARROGANCE OF THE BRITISH OFFICERS THE...PR84/028
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Shanahan, John J
Private Record
Maker: Shanahan, John J
MATERIAL RELATING TO OPERATIONS AND PERSONNEL OF 453 SQN INCLUDING NOMINAL ROLLS, SQUADRON HISTORY, SQUADRON MEMBERS LOST IN ACTION OR POW'S, RAAF PARTICIPATION IN MALAYA, SINGAPORE, SUMATRA AND JAVA ...3DRL/6601
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Simons, Jessie Elizabeth (Sister)
Private Record
Maker: Simons, Jessie Elizabeth
Collection relating to the World War 2 service of Sister Jessie Simons, POW at Palembang Women's Camp. Collection consists of a hand-written music book used for concerts at Palembang Women's POW Camp...PR84/322
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Smith, Thomas Bruce (Private, b.1924 - d.1949)
Private Record
Maker: Smith, Thomas Bruce
Collection relating to the Second World War Service of NX58905 Private Thomas Bruce Smith, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, Malaya and Singapore, 1940-1945. Folder 1 contains one hand c...AWM2018.1161.2
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Speelman, H.J.; Kiewied, S.T.
Private Record
Maker: Speelman, H J
Service papers relating to H J Speelman and S T Kiewied, including correspondence from a Japanese POW camp, identity cards, passenger tickets, ration cards and American Red Cross Guides.PR01112
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Stanton, Hilton Alfred, (Private, b.1923)
Private Record
Maker: Stanton, Hilton Alfred
Memoir regarding experiences as a prisoner of war, Sumatra including building of Pakan Baroe/Moera railway line, nominal roll of those who died on railway, nominal roll of prisoners at Pakan Baroe; bo...PR85/074
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Sutherland, James McDonald (Private, b.1917 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Sutherland, James McDonald
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX10338 Private James McDonald Sutherland, 2/3 Motor Ambulance Convoy, Australia, Thailand, Burma, Malaya, Singapore, 1941-1950. This diary was ...AWM2017.113.1