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Anshun and pontoon wharf
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
On the right is the SS Anshun sunk and laying on her side in shallow water since she was sunk by Japanese naval gun fire. The pontoon jetty may be seen in the centre, Milne Bay, New Guinea.ART25796
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Approach to Artillery Ridge
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
The approach to Artillery Ridge is one that gives defenders maxiumum assistance in the form of a narrow ridge and steep slopes with little cover. The approach was made under a mortar and artillery bar...ART22655
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Arisaka Type 30 Bayonet
Technology
Maker: Nagoya Army Ordnance Factory
Arisaka Type 30 Bayonet. The hilt has a hooked quillon crossguard with a muzzle ring, wooden grips rivetted to the tang and a pommel that has a T section mortise slot and a push button bolt latch. The...RELAWM24977.001
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Arisaka Type 38 Carbine
Technology
Maker: Nagoya Army Ordnance Factory
Arisaka Type 38 bolt action carbine. The breech ring is stamped with a chrysanthemum (ground off), three Japanese characters (Type 38) and on the left side the Nagoya arsenal mark and the serial numbe...RELAWM27377
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Arisaka Type 99 Rifle : Japanese Military Forces
Technology
Maker: Nagoya Army Ordnance Factory
Arisaka Type 99 Rifle. Blued steel action and bolt. It has a full wood stock with a wire monopod rest folded underneath and top hand guard. The rear leaf sight has folding extension arms on the sides ...RELAWM24865
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Arisaka Type 30 Scabbard
Technology
Maker: Nagoya Army Ordnance Factory
Arisaka Type 30 Scabbard. Construction is all steel, tapering at the tip to a small finial with a rectangular frog loop on a band near the throat. The metal parts on the scabbard are blued.RELAWM24977.002
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2/6 Armoured Regiment Tanks in action at Cape Endaiadere
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
The tanks supported the 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion and cleaned up Japanese resistance in this area, Cape Endaiadere, New Guinea.ART23158
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Arraignment of General Tomoyuki Yamashita
Film
Maker: Cuffley, Leighton Edward
Arraignment of General Tomoyuki Yamashita by American Military Commission at the residence of US High Commissioner, Dewey Road, Manila. General Reynolds (US Army) and his staff sit at head of the cour...F07374
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Ashley Phillip Joseph Cooper as a sergeant, Cowra Prisoner of War Group, interviewed by Daniel Connell, about the Cowra outbreak of Japanese Prisoners of War, for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-1945
Sound
Maker: Cooper, Ashley Phillip Joseph Connell, Daniel
Ashley Phillip Joseph Cooper as a sergeant, Cowra Prisoner of War Group, interviewed by Daniel Connell, about the Cowra outbreak of Japanese Prisoners of War, for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of A...S01027
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope
Art
Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
A Thousand Stitches of Hope was a collaborative art project involving hundreds of Australian and Japanese women in stitching 75 commemorative senninbari belts. In a series of sewing workshops, the art...AWM2018.765.1
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [a change of heart]
Art
Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt hand-embroidered with a kangaroo, wattle and the Southern Cross in the centre, with a pattern of stripes leading towards each end. A Thousand Stitches of Hope was a collaborative art ...AWM2018.765.1.1
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [blackout]
Art
Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt with embroidery of two houses with blacked-out windows, and a tree between them, stitched in black thread. A Thousand Stitches of Hope was a collaborative art project involving hundr...AWM2018.765.1.3
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [it still fills me with horror!]
Art
Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt embroidered vertically with a Japanese rising sun flag, surrounded by the words 'it still fills me with horror! Dorothy age 89' in red. A Thousand Stitches of Hope was a collaborative...AWM2018.765.1.2
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [Mrs Matsuo's poem - English]
Art
Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt embroidered vertically with the a poem by Matsue Matsuo translated into English: 'A flower raised / That he might fall / For the Emperor's / sake. / But after the storm / The garden lo...AWM2018.765.1.5
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [Mrs Matsuo's poem - Japanese]
Art
Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt featuring a Japanese poem by Matsue Matsuo in calligraphy. A second belt, AWM2018.765.1.5, is embroidered with an English translation of the poem. It was stitched by a Japanese woman. ...AWM2018.765.1.6
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [symbols of lives lost]
Art
Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt featuring embroidered gum nuts and cherry blossoms in red and black thread. A Thousand Stitches of Hope was a collaborative art project involving hundreds of Australian and Japanese ...AWM2018.765.1.7
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [the dove]
Art
Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt embroidered horizontally with red flowers and two white doves in flight. A Thousand Stitches of Hope was a collaborative art project involving hundreds of Australian and Japanese wom...AWM2018.765.1.4
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [words of wisdom]
Art
Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt embroidered with the profile of a submarine concealed by a pattern of criss-crossed stripes. The text 'Lest We forget / May all forgive' is embroidered with the image in red. This belt...AWM2018.765.1.8
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [year of the tiger]
Art
Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt horizontally embroidered in red with a Tasmanian tiger. On each side of the tiger is a square pattern made of 90 small knots. A coin has been sewn onto the seam of each tie. A Thousan...AWM2018.765.1.9
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Atsuta inverted V-12 aero engine
Technology
Inverted V 12 aero engine. Extensive surface corrosion, missing many components such as drive shaft and supercharger. However, exhaust stubs are present. Other markings : Naval Inspection stamps on P...REL/16097