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A captured Japanese naval civilian, Balikpapan
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketched portrait of a captured Japanese naval civilian in Balikpapan, Borneo. The soldier's name, as translated from the Japanese characters written in cursive on the front of this work, is Yataroo I...ART22445
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Activities in No 9 POW Camp New Britain
Film
Maker: Dolan, Samuel Murray
Situated approximately twenty miles outside Rabaul, No 9 Group Camp holds some 10,000 Japanese POW. Scenes depict activities followed by the prisoners; administration inside the compound area is the r...F07425
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Activities of 2 Australian Prisoner of War Reception Group & scenes and inspection at Changi POW camp by Lord Louis Mountbatten
Film
Maker: McKechnie, Frank
Formation, embarkation and arrival of 2 Australian Prisoners of War (POW) Group at Singapore, whose task it was to receive and assist released prisoners of war: mainly 8th Division personnel. Scenes d...F07336
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Administering Japanese prisoner
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
An Australian serviceman administering medical aid to a Japanese prisoner of war.ART90279
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Admiral Samejima and party going to Sarnauso Island as PW's
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Vice-Admiral Baron Tomoshige Samejima, Commander-in-chief, Japanese Navy, Northern Solomons, travelling on one of the remaining remnants of Japanese sea power from Kahili to Sarnauso Island in the Fau...ART25244
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Admiral Tojo
Art
Maker: Hatori
Porcelain statue of Admiral Tojo which served as the 1941 Navy exam prize in Japan. Hideki Tojo (1884-1948) was the Japanese Prime Minister during the Second World War. He became Prime Minister in 194...ART40932
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Advance on Kokoda
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Kokoda Trail, 8 October 1942. Scenes during the advance of Australian forces over ground just evacuated by the Japanese. Australians examine Japanese 75 mm mountain gun and ammunition. Bringing up 25 ...F01809
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Aerial Reconnaissance Camera Control Box (Japan)
Technology
Japanese 2 x aerial camera control boxes. They are in fair condition although the metal shows signs of pitting and powerdering and the paint is peeling. They each measure 6" X 5" X 5". Relic shipped ...RELAWM24740
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After Japanese surrender
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
Captured Japanese prisoners of war are shown arriving at Wewak for internment after marching under Australian guard for 20 miles.ART29927
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After stand-down
Film
Maker: RAAF Cine Unit
A RAAF Cine Unit production mainly showing the recreation activities of RAAF personnel and families and general aspects of rural life in Japan during the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) p...F03276
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"Age" office with peace bulletins displayed
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
A sketch drawn from the crowd outside the office of the Melbourne "Age" newspaper after the news had been posted that the Japanese had made overtures for Peace, Melbourne.ART25808
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AIKYO, Masao (Colonel Japanese Army, b.? - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Aikyo, Masao
Personal papers of Colonel Aikyo Masao, commander of the Japanese Imperial Army forces in North Sarawak, Borneo in 1945. They concern the massacre of prisoners of war on 10 June 1945. Aikyo surrendere...PR00943
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Aircraft Radio Transmitter Type 96 - 3 (Japan)
Technology
Type 96 - 3 radio transmitter used for air to air, and air to ground communications. Range - 200 miles from 10,000 feet. Power source was a dynamotor. Registered Number 104.RELAWM33469
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Aizawa Torayoshi
Art
Maker: Warren, Guy
Portrait of Japanese prisoner of war, Aizawa Torayoshi, made after the Japanese surrender. The Japanese gradually emerged from different parts of the Bougainville jungle and surrendered to the Austral...ART94342
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Allied Military Government safety campaign in Kure-Hiroshima district
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
This film as taken at the request of the Military Government Legal Section who hoped to use some of the scenes in a long range safety campaign. Instructions divided into three phases. 1. Instruction o...F07488
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Ambush of the enemy at night
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
A sketch that recalls a patrol by B Coy of the 57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion when they were ambushed by the Japanese and forced to take to the bush, and regain their lines by a long detour. Du...ART23817
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8am P Day Tarakan
Art
Maker: Lindsay, Peter H
As part of Operation Oboe One, the first stage of the Borneo campaign, the landing at Tarakan occurred 1 May 1945 'P Day' by 9 Australian Division's 26 Brigade and 2/7 Field Regiment. The landing was ...AWM2022.223.1
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Anderson, Frank Douglas (Lance Sergeant, b.1919 - d.1998)
Private Record
Maker: Anderson, Frank Douglas
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX151840 (V65884) Lance Sergeant Frank Douglas Anderson, 2 New Guinea Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, New Guinea...AWM2020.673.1
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And now!
Art
Maker: Uptton, Clive Ministry of Supply Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British poster number 167 poster depicting a British soldier advancing past the bodies of German soldiers towards Japanese soldiers, the horizon is obscured by a Japanese flag (under the 'Beat Hitler...ARTV00049
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Anonymous
Private Record
Maker: Anonymous
Collection consists of a bound, cloth-covered notebook written in Japanese, possibly by somone with the name Yuto Tabei or Isata Tabei. It contains a couple of illustrations and some pages are though...PR01879