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Brown, Warren George MBE (Driver, b.1917 - d.1991).
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Warren George
Papers relate to Brown's imprisonment in Germany and Poland after his capture at Sparkia, Crete, in 1941. Includes MBE citation awarded for his repeated attempts to escape from various POW camps, and ...PR91/105
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Browning, John Fordham (Jack) (Lieutenant, b.1909 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Browning, John Fordham (Jack)
Collection of NX5897 John F (Jack) Browning relating to his service with 2/4 Battalion during the Second World War. It includes a letter, 17 June 1941 and a photograph of Browning with three other so...PR03192
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Brown, Philip Arthur (Gunner, b.1916 - d.2009)
Manuscript
Maker: Brown, Philip Arthur
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX41115 Gunner Philip Arthur Brown. Consists of a fourteen page typed and bound memoir written by Gnr Brown, who served with the 2/3 Field Regime...MSS2147
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NX4358 Corporal Henry George Browning Nugent, one of the men who escaped from Crete in an ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
NX4358 Corporal Henry George Browning Nugent, one of the men who escaped from Crete in an abandoned launch which drifted helplessly for eight days before landing on the beach at Sidi Barrani.008528
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Mauser Model 1934 Pistol Holster: Sergeant Leo Alexander Howard, 2/2nd Field Regiment
Technology
Mauser Model 1934 pistol holster. Brown leather construction with a top flap and brass button stud catch. A spare magazine is in the pouch on the front.REL22549.002
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Hohner diatonic single row button accordion : Corporal H E McCleary, 6 Division Australian Army Service Corps Ammunition Company
Heraldry
Maker: Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG
Hohner plywood framed diatonic accordion featuring a 12 button (10 treble and two bass) brown Bakelite playing board to one side and four treble stop buttons with a sliding selector button located on ...REL43198
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Map case : Major General G A Vasey
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small rectangular folding khaki canvas map case which opens out into three sections. The central section is protected by a clear celluloid panel, on top of which is a piece of canvas which can be fold...REL41100
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These men fought a rear-guard action against overwhelming odds in Crete, escaped to the beach too ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
These men fought a rear-guard action against overwhelming odds in Crete, escaped to the beach too late to board the last transport. They boarded an abandoned launch and drifted helpless for eight days...008524
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Canvas pouch : Lance Corporal F C Roy, 2/7 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown canvas pouch fashioned from material from a German tent. The fabric is frayed at the opening and black stitching is exposed along the bottom and right side of the pouch. Written on the front of ...REL/08217
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Mounted Italian shrapnel fragment: Stoker Eric Charles Evans, HMAS Sydney
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Steel shrapnel fragment from the Bartolomeo Colleoni's hit on HMAS Sydney's foremast funnel, mounted on an oval shaped brown bakelite base.REL25174
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Wallet 1 of 1 - Book titled "East of Malta, West of Suez: The Admiralty Account of the Naval War in the Eastern Mediterranean September 1939 to March 1941", 1943
Digitised Collection
Maker: Ministry of Information
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 6224 Able Seaman Ralph Brown, HMAS Stuart, Royal Australian Navy, c. August 1941 - 1943. Wallet 1 of 1 - Book titled "East of Malta, West of Sue...AWM2020.22.312
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Compressed fibre identity discs: Major General G A Vasey
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of compressed fibre identity discs joined by a 10cm length of white cotton string. One is a circular brown disc with one hole punched in it, the other a grey octagon with two holes punched. Each ...REL29673.015
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Talbot, John Saxton (Flying Officer, b.1918 - d.2013)
Private Record
Maker: Talbot, John Saxton
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 416234 Flying Officer John Saxton Talbot, 459 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, United Kingdom, and Middle East, 1941-1945. Walle...PR05982
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A GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN WAR CORRESPONDENTS AND OTHERS RETURNING FROM CRETE ON BOARD THE R.F.A. ...
Photograph
Maker: Silk, George
A GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN WAR CORRESPONDENTS AND OTHERS RETURNING FROM CRETE ON BOARD THE R.F.A. "CHERRYLEAF", A BRITISH NAVY OILER. FROM THE TOP, LEFT TO RIGHT:- 1. DAMIEN PARER, DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATIO...023807
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Embroidered blanket : Corporal C A Gatenby, 7 Division Provost Company
Heraldry
Maker: Gatenby, Clifford Alexander
Standard grey wool Army issue blanket completely covered in stem stitch, satin stitch, chain stitch and Turkey work executed in a wide variety of colours and wool plys. The predominant colours are sha...REL33287
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Lewtas, Keith Lindsay (Warrant Officer Class I, b.1909 - d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Lewtas, Keith Lindsay
Collection relating to the Second World War, British Commonwealth Occupation Force [BCOF], and Korean War service of VX5354, 3/45087 and 31997 Warrant Officer Keith Lindsay Lewtas, 1938-1964. Wallet ...PR06252
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Service dress tunic : Private R K Barrie, 2/8 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: V301
Khaki wool serge other rank's service dress tunic with stand and fall collar, back yoke, a box pleat from centre yoke to the bottom of the skirt, long sleeves with single button cuffs, shoulder strap...REL35657.001
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Service dress trousers : Private R K Barrie, 2/8 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: I Aspinall & Co
British made khaki wool serge service dress trousers with five button fly, inset pockets in each side seam, and six buttons around the outside waist for the attachment of braces. The majority of the b...REL35657.002
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Blanket : Gunner D F Spark , 2/2 Australian Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Handmade and hand-dyed coarse weave goat's wool blanket made in Crete. Predominate colours are red, orange, black and blue in a plain horizontal stripped design with a zigzag band detail along the top...REL42431
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Field chapel cross : Warrant Officer Class II J D Shields, 2/2 Australian Field Workshop
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Electrically illuminated field chapel cross commemorating the service of 2/2 Australian Army Field Workshop, a unit of the 6th Australian Division. The structure is made of varnished timber, with a hi...REL30586