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Arneil, Stanley Foch (Sergeant, b.1918 - d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Arneil, Stanley Foch
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX54846 Sergeant Stanley Foch "Stan" Arneil, 2/30th Battalion, prisoner of war, 1942-1945. The collection consists of a diary Arneil regularly ma...PR88/076
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Autographed good luck flag : Sergeant N M Cohen, 8 Division HQ
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unknown Japanese soldier's autographed national flag, with a central inset red cotton disc. There are numerous slogans and signatures written on the flag in black ink characters. The top right corner ...REL45907
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Babb, Henry Cecil (Chaplain, b.1906 - d.1987)
Private Record
Maker: Babb, Henry Cecil
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 72732 Chaplain Henry Cecil Babb, British Army, prisoner of war, Thailand and Burma, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a diary maintained by Chap...3DRL/6012(A)
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Back from Thailand
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Figure studies of recently returned men from the Burma-Thailand railway, with emaciated limbs and bodies, showing their physical condition. Griffin documents the tropical skin diseases that ravaged ma...ART25103
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Barnett, Benjamin Arthur (Captain, b.1908 - d.1979)
Private Record
Maker: Barnett, Benjamin Arthur
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX29818 Captain Benjamin Arthur Barnett, 8 Division Signals, Changi Prisoner of War Camp, Singapore, 1942-1946. This collection consists of tele...AWM2017.101.3
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Brigadier Arthur Varley
Art
Brigadier Arthur Leslie Varley (NX35005), MC, commanding officer of 2/18 Battalion and later of 22nd Australian Infantry Brigade. Varley was interned in Changi until May 1942 when he was appointed to ...ART26425
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CHANGI POW CAMP, SINGAPORE, 1945-09. A GROUP OF RELEASED POWS OF THE 4TH ANTI-TANK REGIMENT, AIF, ...
Photograph
CHANGI POW CAMP, SINGAPORE, 1945-09. A GROUP OF RELEASED POWS OF THE 4TH ANTI-TANK REGIMENT, AIF, ON ONE OF THE TRUCKS THEY WERE FORCED TO PUSH AROUND THE CAMP. THESE MEN HAD WORKED ON THE THAILAND RA...156781
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Clarke, Jack Alfred Hopetoun (Sergeant, b.1912)
Private Record
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX43493 Sergeant Jack Alfred Hopetoun Clarke, 2/10 Australian General Hospital. Consists of a handwritten Christmas greeting card sent by women a...PR82/023
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Cox, Stanley Thomas Timmins (Corporal , b. 1901 - d.1958)
Private Record
Maker: Cox, Stanley Thomas Timmins
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX35600 Corporal Stanley Thomas Timmins Cox, Changi, 1942-1944. Wallet 1 of 1 - consists of Cox's original diary, and one photocopy and two type...3DRL/6057
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Cunningham, H (Padre)
Private Record
Maker: Cunningham, H
BIBLE USED BY PADRE CUNNINGHAM DURING HIS IMPRISONMENT AT CHANGI POW CAMP AND LATER WORK ON THE BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY. ANNOTATEDPR83/239
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Cuthbert, Robert Henry (Captain, b.1917 - d.2006)
Private Record
Maker: Cuthbert, Robert Henry
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 133220 Captain Robert Henry Cuthbert, 196 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Singapore, Burma-Thai Railway, and the United Kingdom, 1942-...PR03307
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Diary of Arthur William Hence, May - September 1942
Digitised Collection
Maker: Hence, Arthur William
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX70153 Captain Arthur William Hence, 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion, May - September 1942. This file contains a handwritten diary and a nomina...AWM2019.22.88
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Diary of Norman Scott, 1943-1944
Digitised Collection
Maker: Scott, Norman John
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX54124 Corporal Norman John Scott, 2/10 Field Ambulance. This diary has entries dated between 23 April 1943 and 20 May 1944, and contains details of ...AWM2019.22.133
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Diary of Robert Russell Walker, 1941-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Walker, Robert Russell
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX70509 Captain Robert Russell Walker, 2/26 Australian Infantry Battalion. In his diary, Walker records events that occurred December 1941 and Octob...AWM2019.22.196
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Douglas, Kenneth John Edward (Sergeant, b.1912 - d.1958)
Private Record
Maker: Douglas, Kenneth John Edward
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX51080 Sergeant Kenneth John Edward Douglas, 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Singapore, Thailand and Austr...PR04936
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Ellerman, Austin Yeats (Captain, b.1912)
Private Record
Maker: Ellerman, Austin Yeats
Platoon Commander's diary compiled by Lieutenant Austin Y Ellerman containing nominal roll for A Company, 2/29 Battalion and accounts of two separate patrols against the Japanese in Northern Johore in...PR02080
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Engraved tobacco tin : Sergeant W O Wald, 8th Division Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small aluminium tobacco tin with separate lid. Engraved on the four sides of the lid is, 'BURMA MALAYA THAILAND SINGAPORE'. The sides of the tin are also engraved with, 'W WALD NX58914 8 [illegible] ...REL39900
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Fraser, Langlands F (Lance Bombardier, 2/10th Fld Regt, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Fraser, Langlands Fulton
Collection primarily consists of a 53 page typed memoir titled 'Life is for living', written by Lang Fraser covering his war time training, the fall of Singapore and his life as a POW in Changai and o...PR86/306
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Glen Alvie Remembers
Manuscript
Maker: Glen Alvie Recreation Reserve Committee
'Glen Alvie Remembers', a manuscript based on research into 28 former students of Glen Alvie State School who served in the First World War and 31 men and 3 women who enlisted form Glen Alvie for Worl...MSS2004
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Herd, Allan Charles (Sergeant, b. 1917 - d.2012)
Private Record
Maker: Herd, Allan Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX25438 Sergeant Allan Charles Herd, 2/6 Field Company, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1982. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one typed...PR01765
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Hobbs, Alan Frank (Doctor, b.1899), MID
Private Record
Maker: Hobbs, Alan Frank
1. Personal diary containing details of daily life, including rations, commencement of Burma-Thailand Railway and Japanese camp commanders (1942-43). 2. Medical diary recording operations performed o...PR85/086
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Hubert, Michael Stephen (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Hubert, Michael Stephen
Collection relating to the Second World War service of S/5680096 Private Michael Stephen Hubert, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC), British Army. The collection consists of Hubert's original, very deta...PR01123
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Jones, Charles Edward Francis (Private, b.1901 - d.1972)
Private Record
Maker: Jones, Charles Edward Francis 'Frank'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX51703 Private Charles Edward Francis 'Frank' Jones, 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Singapore,...PR02096
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Lloyd, John Kevin (Major, b.1918 - d.2012)
Private Record
Maker: Lloyd, John Kevin
Collection relating to the Second World War Service of VX39006 Major John Kevin Lloyd, 2/29th Battalion, Singapore and Burma, 1942-1945. Collection consists of two handwritten diaries, one small and o...PR03869
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Lloyd, John Kevin (Major, b.1918 - d.?)
Manuscript
Maker: Lloyd, John Kevin
"Rice and Radish: the daily diary of a POW of the Japanese from 1942-1945". Collection consists of printed copy of original diaries by VX39006 Major John Kevin Lloyd, 2/29 Battalion, a prisoner of war...MSS1867
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Memoir Notes of Hugh King Ashby
Digitised Collection
Maker: Ashby, Hugh King
Memoir notes relating to the Second World War experience of Hugh King Ashby, Straits Settlement Volunteer Force. In his notes, Ashby tells the story of how he became a prisoner of war of the Japanese...AWM2019.22.164
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Memoir of Austin Ellerman Yeats
Digitised Collection
Maker: Ellerman, Austin Yeats
Memoir relating to the Second World War service of VX50052 Captain Austin Yeats Ellerman, 2/29 Battalion, Australia, c 1955. The 29-page typescript, entitled 'Austin in the Army - Reminiscences', des...AWM2020.22.32
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Memoir of Hugh King Ashby
Digitised Collection
Maker: Ashby, Hugh King
Memoir relating to the Second World War experience of Hugh King Ashby, Straits Settlement Volunteer Force. In his memoir, titled “Notes by Hugh Ashby on his experiences as a POW, 1942-1945”, Ashby t...AWM2019.22.163
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Men of F and H Force on return to Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
A group of figure studies of emaciated men and their limbs and torsos. The figures are of men returned from the Burma-Thailand railway. This is one of a small collection of works on paper by Murray Gr...ART26514
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Montfort, Alfred (Sergeant, 4th Anti Tank Regt, AIF b.1916 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Montfort, Alfred
ORIGINAL DIARIES WITH TYPESCRIPT COPY MAINTAINED FROM DEPARTURE OF THE UNIT ABOARD THE "QUEEN MARY" FROM SYDNEY IN FEB 1941, TRAINING IN MALAYA, OUTBREAK OF WAR, WITHDRAWAL DOWN THE MALAYA PENINSULA, ...PR88/214
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Nixon, Rae Norman (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Nixon, Rae Norman Nixon, Rae Norman
Material collected by Lieutenant Rae Norman Nixon relating to his time as a prisoner of war in Burma and Thailand, Second World War. Copy of "Instructions to be given to War Prisoners who are quartere...PR00412.002
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Nixon, Rae Norman (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Nixon, Rae Norman Nixon, Rae Norman
Sketchbook of Lieutenant Rae Norman Nixon, 8 Division, created during his imprisonment on the Burma Thailand Railway, Second World War. The sketchbook contains Nixon's costume designs for concert part...PR00412.003
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Nixon, Rae Norman (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Nixon, Rae Norman Nixon, Rae Norman
Material collected by Lieutenant Rae Norman Nixon relating to his time as a prisoner of war in Burma and Thailand, Second World War. Includes news articles relating to the Tamarkan concert party; info...PR00412.001
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Nixon, Rae Norman (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Nixon, Rae Norman Nixon, Rae Norman
Collection relating to NX76556 Lieutenant Rae Norman Nixon, 8 Division Signals. The collection is comprised of material collected by Nixon relating to his imprisonment in various camps along the Burma...PR00412
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Nixon, Rae Norman (Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Nixon, Rae Norman
Material collected by Lieutenant Rae Norman Nixon relating to his time as a prisoner of war in Burma and Thailand, Second World War. Photocopies of sketches drawn by Nixon from 1942-1945, including 'K...PR00412.004
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Pipe : H K Ashby, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
Heraldry
Maker: Ashby, Hugh King
Hand made pipe. The bowl is carved from Malayan hardwood and the stem is made from a length of hollowed out bamboo.REL31500
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Power, F W G (8th Div, 2/12th Fld Coy (?))
Manuscript
Maker: Power, F W G
AUTOGBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF EXPERIENCES AS POW IN MALAYA, BURMA AND JAPAN. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY. DESCRIBES CONDITIONS AT CHANGI, TARSO, HINTOK, KWAI NOI RIVER, YAMINI AND NIIHAMA CAMPS IN JAPAN. ...MSS1323
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POW just returned from Burma
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts an emaciated man, recently returned from Burma-Thailand railway, resting in a hospital bed and showing his physical condition. This is one of a small collection of works on paper by Murray Gri...ART26524
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Prisoner of War identification disc : Private J M McMahon, 8 Division Ammunition Sub Park
Heraldry
Maker: Japanese Armed Forces
Rectangular aluminium identification tag with folded over sleeve at top to incorporate a bent copper pin. Threaded onto the pin is a small (8 mm square) enamelled brass colour patch (diagonal brown ov...REL37856
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Purtill, James E (Private, 2/29th Bn and POW Changi, d.1975)
Private Record
Maker: Purtill, James E
HANDRAWN MAP OF BURMA/THAILAND RAILWAY (1943). PURTILL'S EXPERIENCES AS A POW IN CHANGI3DRL/6336
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Schmitt, William Hurtle (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Francis, Dick Haniford, William John
Collection relating to the service of SX9929 Private (Pte) William Schmitt, 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion. The collection includes a document titled 'Execution of 4 POW by Japanese', originally written by...PR03425
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Scott, Norman John (Corporal, b.1905 - d.1987)
Private Record
Maker: Scott, Norman John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX54124 Corporal Norman John Scott, 2/10 Field Ambulance, Singapore, Thailand and Malaya, 1943-1944. Collection consists of one maroon, faux-le...3DRL/0367
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Skewes, Glenleigh Bertie William
Private Record
Maker: Skewes, Glenleigh Bertie William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX61290 Private (Pte) Glenleigh Bertie William Skewes, including his time as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. The collection consists of a boun...PR88/128
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Slater, John Colin (Sergeant, b.1913 - d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Slater, Anne Slater, John Colin
Collection relating to 7950 Sergeant John Slater, Armoured Car Company, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force, 1942-1949. It comprises correspondence written by Slater to his wife Anne, 1942-1945, in...PR03294
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Smith, David Francis (Warrant Officer Class 2, d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Smith, David Francis
A collection of papers, mainly letters, relating to Smith's war service. The collection includes 30 letters written by Smith to his wife Rene, dating from 1940 to early 1942. The letters detail being ...PR00460
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Stearne, C Max (Warrant Officer 2, 8th Div Salvage Coy AIF, POW)
Private Record
Maker: Stearne, C Max
COLLECTION OF PAPERS WITH LEAVE PASS, JAPANESE MESSAGE CARD, EXECUTION ORDER, MEDICAL RECORDS, LEAFLETS AND DEATH NOTICE OF PTE KELLY. HAND DRAWN MAP OF BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY. NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS OF R...PR86/189
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Stone, Eric William (Corporal, b.1920 - d.1987)
Private Record
Maker: Stone, Eric William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX70453 Corporal Eric William Stone, 2/30 Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Malaya, Thailand, Burma and Australia, 1942-1945; date unk...AWM2021.877.1
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SYDNEY, NSW 1945-10-11. LEFT TO RIGHT: VX40585 PRIVATE F. HILL, 2/26TH BATTALION, AND VX33472 ...
Photograph
Maker: McQuillan, Ernest Mervyn
SYDNEY, NSW 1945-10-11. LEFT TO RIGHT: VX40585 PRIVATE F. HILL, 2/26TH BATTALION, AND VX33472 SAPPER N. HARRISS, 2/10TH FIELD REGIMENT, DISPLAY JAPANESE SWORDS ACQUIRED AFTER THEIR RELEASE FROM CHANGI...122105
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The Blondinis
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
This work refers to the famous tightrope walker, 'The Great Blondini' from the early 1900s, but with a darker twist. Griffin originally volunteered to go to the railway, thinking conditions might be b...ART25105
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Thompson, Albert George (Corporal, b.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Thompson, Albert George
Original diary and transcript kept by Corporal (Cpl) Thompson of 2/6 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, after his capture on Java and as a prisoner of war (POW) at Changi and different camps o...PR89/167