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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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Artillery Clinometer (Austria)
Technology
Austro-hungarian clinometer used to measure the angle of elevation to be given to a gun in order to obtain the correct range to hit a certain target. The clinometer is marked with the imperial crest, ...RELAWM01924
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Bosgard, Peter (Sergeant, 2/15th Bn AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Bosgard, Peter Whittingham
COPY OF MEMOIR ENTITLED "THE BENGHASI HANDICAP" RECOUNTING THE DONOR'S EXPERIENCES IN THE WESTERN DESERT AND FOLLOWING CAPTURE, HIS POW EXPERIENCES IN ITALY AND AUSTRIAPR82/174
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Clark, George William Edward (Gunner, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Clark, George William Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX1058 Gunner George William Edward Clark, 1 Battery, 2/1 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, 1940-1988. The collection consists of five...PR01035
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Connor, Alexander Murray (Corporal, b.1919)
Private Record
Maker: Connor, Alexander Murray
Papers of Corporal Alexander Connor documenting his service with the 2/15 Battalion during the Second World War. Connor was captured in 1941 and interned as a prisoner of war in Camp 57, Italy. Item...PR86/345
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Curran, A W (POW, Germany)
Private Record
Maker: Curran, A W
COLLECTION OF POEMS. WRITTEN BY VARIOUS POW'S DESCRIBING ACTION IN GREECE, CRETE AND INCARCERATION IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA. SOME SIGNED BY POETS3DRL/3527
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Daintree, Charles Marshall (Lieutenant Colonel, b: 1907)
Manuscript
Maker: Daintree, Charles Marshall
'AIF Abroad': Some Recollections of My War Years 1939 to 1945' describes Daintree's life beginning with his early life, then going on to his schooling, pre-war career as a teacher and then as a traine...MSS1509
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Dodd, Keith Howard Lugano (Wireless Operator, 217 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force b.1921)
Private Record
Maker: Dodd, Keith Howard Lugano
COPY OF DIARY AND LETTERS WRITTEN BY DODD DURING TRAINING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, POSTING TO COASTAL COMMAND AND TRANSFER TO TORPEDO BOMBERS, CAPTIVITY IN ITALY AND AUSTRIA (STALAGS IVB AND XVIIIA) AND EV...PRMF0014
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Freeberg, Norman Ellis (Private, 2/17th Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Freeberg, Norman Ellis Richard
Papers accumulated while prisoner of war (POW) in Italy and Austria including letters received from his family, parcel lists, currency, transport tickets, pamphlets distributed to POWs and an original...PR89/024
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Freeberg, Norman Ellis (Private, 2/17th Bn, AIF b.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Freeberg, Norman Ellis Richard
CORRERSPONDENCE BETWEEN PTE FREEBERG AND HIS FUTURE WIFE PHILLIS ASHE EN ROUTE TO THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE QUEEN MARY IN 1940 AND FROM ENGLAND IN 1945 WHILE BEING REPATRIATED; ALSO MESSAGES RECEIVED THR...PR87/112
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Freeberg, Norman (Private, POW)
Private Record
Maker: Freeberg, Norman Ellis Richard
PEN SKETCHES OF POW LIFE FOLLOWING CAPTURE NEAR DERNA, LIBYA DURING THE "BENGHAZI HANDICAP", IMPRISONMENT AT CAMP 57 GRUPIGNANO, ITALY AND LATER TRANSFER TO A WORK CAMP AT KLAGENFURT, AUSTRIA. PTE FRE...PR88/185
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Gandevia, Bryan, Professor of Medicine
Manuscript
Maker: Gandevia, Bryan H
Typescript translation of Professor Dr Hans Schadewaldt's (Surgeon Captain German Navy Reserve) article on War Surgery in historical review. Surveys methods, treatment and results used by major armies...MSS0803
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Gustav Radda, a member of the Vienna Mozart Boys' Choir, performing in Australia at the outbreak of the Second World War, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Radda, Gustav Martin, Harry
Gustav Radda, a member of the Vienna Mozart Boys' Choir, performing in Australia at the outbreak of the Second World War, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia i...S01009
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Head of the International Starvation Coy
Art
Maker: Cross, Stan
A skeleton-like figure wearing pyjamas stares excitedly out of a window above crowds at a demonstration pleading for food. He is seen to be the head of the International Starvation Company, and has ar...ART19725
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Herbert Strommer, as a member of the Vienna Mozart Boys' Choir that was touring Australia at the outbreak of the Second World War, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Strommer, Herbert Martin, Harry
Herbert Strommer, as a member of the Vienna Mozart Boys' Choir that was touring Australia at the outbreak of the Second World War, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Au...S01029
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Hill, Norman Aubrey (Flying Officer, b.1916-d.1991)
Private Record
Maker: Hill, Norman Aubrey
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 420671 Flying Officer Norman Aubrey Hill, 150 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, North Africa, Italy and Pa...PR06012
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Hintz, Lorenz (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Hintz, Lorenz
Papers relating to Private Lorenz Hintz's internment as a prisoner of war of the German in Straden at Stalag XVIIIA in 1944. Items in the collection include a German medical report and translation, a...PR84/069
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Interview with Mrs Doris Liffman (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Liffman left Austria in 1938 aged 18, when Austria was annexed by Germany. She went firstly to England and then to Australia. Her first impression of Australia was a positive one - Melbourne resem...F04074
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Italian 1915-1918 War Medal
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Italian 1915-1918 War Medal with four bronze laureated bars dated '1915', '1916', '1917' and '1918'. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The bust of Victor Emanuele III wearing a steel helmet facing left surr...RELAWM14823
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James Findlay Crighton (Jim) Bruce, 2/28th Battalion and POW in Italy and Austria, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Bruce, James Findlay Crighton (Jim)
Discussing enlistment; embarkation for Middle East; Tobruk; El Alamein Campaign; casualties; surrender to German Army; transfer to Italy and POW camp in Udine; transfer to Austria and Stalag 18A; othe...S00542
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Jarvie, Milton L F (Major, MC, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) b.1891)
Private Record
Maker: Jarvie, Milton L F
Extensive personal and official papers concerned with Major Jarvie's work as Director of the Displaced Persons Assembly Centre at Kapfenberg and Spittal, Austria, particularly administrative papers fo...PR85/433
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John Gardener, seven years old
Art
Maker: Gardener, Arthur
This sketch depicts a portrait of the artist's son, John Gardener, in Arthur Gardener's old Corporal uniform with two stars, sitting at a table with an open book. John Gardener wrote to the Memorial; ...ART90969
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Mackinlay, Gordon Angus
Manuscript
Maker: Mackinlay, Gordon Angus
Three essays written by Mr Mackinlay for course work in industrial relations and psychiatric nursing. The essay `A Military Union: Is there a case for an industrial relations body to represent the Aus...MSS1230
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McCauley, Jim (Private, 2/15th Bn AIF, POW)
Private Record
Maker: McCauley, Jim
Memoirs of prisoner of war experience following capture in North Africa during the 'Benghazi Handicap', transport to Italy and eventually work camps in Poland. Private McCauley escaped while on a forc...PR86/078
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Middleton, Raymond Stewart (Sergeant, b.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Middleton, Raymond Stewart
TYPESCRIPT MEMOIRS OF HIS EXPERIENCES IN NORTH AFRICA, LEBANON AND AS A POW IN BENGHAZI, ITALY, AUSTRIA, POLAND AND GERMANYPR89/127
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Monash, Sir John KCMG KCB, (General, b.1865 - d.1931) - Le Front Italien - Scale 1:700,000
Private Record
A black and white map on paper titled 'Le Front Italien' covering the area around and between Fiume, Brescia, Voralberg and Murau. Scale 1:700,000, G. Peltier, 10 July 1915. The map is in Italian. Map...3DRL/2316.257
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Nazi Anschluss Campaign Medal
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nazi Anschluss Campaign Medal. Obverse: A tall standing figure carrying a swastika banner in his left hand, assisted by a shorter figure with broken shackles (representing freed Austrians) to mount a ...RELAWM30356
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Neue Freie Presse
Private Record
ANNOUNCES ASSASSINATION OF AUSTRIAN ARCHDUKE AT SARAJEVO, SERBIA ON 3 JULY, 1914. OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF WAR BY GERMANY ON SERBIA, 28 JULY 1914.EXDOC119
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Olav Schappacher, a member of the Vienna Mozart Boys' Choir that was performing in Australia at the outbreak on the Second World War, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Schappacher, Olav Martin, Harry
Olav Schappacher, a member of the Vienna Mozart Boys' Choir that was performing in Australia at the outbreak on the Second World War, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of...S00969
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Otto Nechwatal, as a member of the Vienna Mozart Boys' Choir that was touring Australia at the outbreak of the Second World War, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Nechwatal, Otto Martin, Harry
Otto Nechwatal, as a member of the Vienna Mozart Boys' Choir that was touring Australia at the outbreak of the Second World War, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Aust...S01007
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Pooley, Eric H (2/5th Bn AIF, POW)
Private Record
Maker: Pooley, Eric H
PHOTOCOPIED MANUSCRIPTS OF "YOU'LL BE SORRY" - REMINISCENCES OF POW. 1941-1945PR86/025
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Prussian Danish Campaign Medal 1864
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Prussian Danish Campaign Medal 1864. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: A crown over 'W' on the left and a Austrian crown over 'FJ' on the right, being the monograms of Wilhelm of Prussia and Franz Joseph of...RELAWM14752
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Quinsey, Andrew Neil (d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Quinsey, Andrew Neil
36 page typed memoir written by Andrew 'Neil' Quinsey, based on his memory of events and a diary of an unnamed 'fellow Australian and survivor'. It contains information relating to the fall of Crete ...PR88/146
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Reports on Museum Visits
Manuscript
"Reports on Museum Visits: Following joint AWM/IWM tour: September/October 2000". Manuscript with various reports examining the Vasa Museum, Stockholm, the Swedish Army Museum, the Fort Canning Museum...MSS1772
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Schrader, Kathleen (Displaced Person, b.1889)
Private Record
Maker: Schrader, Kathleen
Collection relating to the Second World War and immediate post-war experiences of Kathleen Schrader, displaced person (refugee), Germany, 1946. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a letter Schrader wrote to ...AWM2019.599.1
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Stone, Alfred John (Private, b.1918 - d.2011)
Private Record
Maker: Stone, Alfred John
2 DIARIES WITH SPORADIC ENTRIES RELATING TO STONE'S EXPERIENCES AS A POW OF THE GERMANS IN CORINTH, SALONIKA AND AUSTRIA. TELEGRAMS RELATING TO HIS CAPTURE AND REPATRIATION. LETTER TO STONE'S MOTHER R...PR84/146
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The pen with which the peace treaty with Austria was signed, 1919 : Senator the Honourable G F Pearce, Minister for Defence
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown fountain pen with gold nib.RELAWM01108.001
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"the Scrap of Paper"
Private Record
TREATY OF 1831, CONFIRMED IN 1839 GUARANTEES INDEPENDENCE AND NEUTRALITY OF BELGIUM. ASSENTED TO BY MONARCHS OF ENGLAND, AUSTRIA, HUNGARY/BOHEMIA, FRANCE, PRUSSIA AND RUSSIA.EXDOC185
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Walter Hauser, a member of the Vienna Mozart Boys' Choir that was performing in Australia at the outbreak of the Second World War, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Hauser, Walter Martin, Harry
Walter Hauser, a member of the Vienna Mozart Boys' Choir that was performing in Australia at the outbreak of the Second World War, interviewed by Harry Martin for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of A...S00998
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Williams, Albert `Bill' (Sergeant)
Manuscript
Maker: Williams, Albert `Bill'
Manuscript written by Sergeant Albert Williams, "What was it like to be a POW dad?", describing his Second World War service in the Middle East and capture by the Germans in Tobruk. Williams was held...MSS1594