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British War Medal 1939-45 : Sapper F A Carley, 2/12 Field Company
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Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL33587.003
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. IMPROVISED COOKING UTENSILS AND DRINKING MUG COLLECTED BY THE NO. 10 ...
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. IMPROVISED COOKING UTENSILS AND DRINKING MUG COLLECTED BY THE NO. 10 FIELD TEAM, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY SECTION AT THE SANDAKAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, BORNEO, AFTER THE ...069806
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. ONE OF THE FOUR MAPS DRAWN ON PALE GREEN FLIMSEY PAPER AND A LETTER ...
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. ONE OF THE FOUR MAPS DRAWN ON PALE GREEN FLIMSEY PAPER AND A LETTER WRITTEN IN PENCIL ON RULED PAPER. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE CONNECTED WITH THE ESCAPE OF EIGHT AUSTRALIANS FROM...069807
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Cigarette case : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
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Maker: Unknown
Damaged metal cigarette case with a hinge on the left side. The top of the case has a number of small regimental badges attached with spaces marking where others were once attached. Those remaining in...REL/02029.003
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Collection relating to the service of NX34734 Reginald William James Newton
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Studio portrait of VX38675 Captain Harold Wardale-Greenwood BA BD, padre (chaplain) of 2/19th Battalion. He died as a prisoner of war at Sandakan, British North Borneo 1944-08-08, having chosen not to...P00102.014
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COLONEL HARRY JACKSON WITH BARIGAH, THE MAN WHOM HE REWARDED IN 1946 FOR RESCUING IN JULY 1945 ...
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COLONEL HARRY JACKSON WITH BARIGAH, THE MAN WHOM HE REWARDED IN 1946 FOR RESCUING IN JULY 1945 NELSON SHORT, KEITH BOTTERILL AND MOXHAM, SURVIVORS OF THE PRISONER OF WAR SANDAKAN TO RANAU DEATH MARCH.P00495.005
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Colour Patch : 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion, Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
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2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion colour patch featuring a diamond divided horizontally with brown over green on a grey oval background.RELAWM28403.027
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Colour patch sweetheart brooch : Miss D J Harvey
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Sweetheart brooch featuring an enamelled unit colour patch for the Australian Base and Lines of Communication Units, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. This includes the 2/10 Ordnance Workshop. The colou...REL39881
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Enamelled mug : Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
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Army issue green enamelled mug, with a black enamelled handle and rim. There is black enamelled, stencilled lettering on one side '2/18 BN OFFS' MESS'.RELAWM28349
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Field pocket watch : Captain Lionel Colin Matthews, 8 Division Signals
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Maker: Elgin National Watch Company
Defence issued nickel plated open faced field pocket watch in the Elgin National Watch Company pattern, although the movement lacks markings or serials. Features a black dial with gold numerals, leaf ...REL43145
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Folding fan : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
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Wooden folding hand fan with 21 leaves. Each leaf is identically decorated with a series of pierced patterns, which differ from the endguard pattern. A small piece is broken from the top corner of one...REL39520
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George Cross: Captain Lionel Colin Matthews, 8 Division Signals
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George Cross. Engraved reverse with recipient's details.OL00660.001
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Group portrait 2/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of members of the 2/3 Motor Ambulance Convoy (MAC) at their camp at Liverpool. Identified, left to right: back row: NX69187 Driver (Dvr) Albert Farnham Jones of Woollahra, NSW (later t...P05770.001
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Hand carved wooden owl : Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
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Hand carved wooded owl, with folded wings and open eyes, perched on a rectangular base. The pattern of feathers is finely carved and detailed.RELAWM28346
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Improvised dixie: Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
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Maker: Unknown
Improvised dixie made from standard issue brown enamelled steel Australian army water bottle. One side has been partially cut out so that the bottle forms a dixie with a base and four sides, with the ...RELAWM28351.001
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Improvised spoon: Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
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Maker: Unknown
Improvised lightweight stainless steel spoon, possibly made from an electric fan blade. The bowl of the spoon has been cut out and then beaten to form the bowl shape. It has been attached to a cut out...RELAWM28351.002
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Informal portrait of NX52439 Private (Pte) Claude Anthony Gilligan, 2/20 Battalion, of Coonamble, ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of NX52439 Private (Pte) Claude Anthony Gilligan, 2/20 Battalion, of Coonamble, NSW. He was a butcher prior to enlisting in June 1940. Pte Gilligan arrived with his unit in Singapor...P09076.001
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'In the foreground are pay books, wallets, and discs laid out to dry. Rear are Australian troops ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'In the foreground are pay books, wallets, and discs laid out to dry. Rear are Australian troops and Japanese clearing grass away.' 'Scenes at the POW Camp, Sandakan. POW Contact and Enquiry officers ...120443
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'Japanese troops digging in graves.' 'One area in No. 1 Compound of Sandakan POW camp was found ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'Japanese troops digging in graves.' 'One area in No. 1 Compound of Sandakan POW camp was found to contain approximately 300 bodies believed to be of those men left in the camp after the two death mar...120449
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'Japanese working party at lunch (foreground). The cleared space on hillside is site of mass ...
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Maker: Burke, Frank Albert Charles
'Japanese working party at lunch (foreground). The cleared space on hillside is site of mass graves of 300 bodies approximately (middle distnce) and in rear are demolished huts of No. 2 Compound.' 'On...120453