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Albert Ray Irvine recounts his experiences as a flying officer, wireless air gunner, 214 Squadron, No 100 (Bomber Support) Group and a prisoner of war, 1942-1945, in an oral memoir.
Sound
Maker: Irvine, Albert Ray Irvine, Albert Ray
Irvine discusses his training in Australia, Canada and Waddington in England before posting to 214 Squadron flying Stirlings and then B-17s specially equipped with radar jamming devices to protect the...S02855
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A POSTCARD OF THE ORIENT LINE R.M.S. ORION BUILT IN 1935 WHICH WAS USED AS A MAIL, PASSENGER & ...
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A POSTCARD OF THE ORIENT LINE R.M.S. ORION BUILT IN 1935 WHICH WAS USED AS A MAIL, PASSENGER & CARGO SHIP FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO AUSTRALIA. IT WAS ON THIS SHIP THAT PRISONER OF WAR H.R. TRAIN FINA...P00270.028
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Armstrong, Herbert Huie (Bombardier, b.1918 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Armstrong, Herbert Huie
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Bombardier NX3112 Bombardier Herbert Huie Armstrong, 2/3rd Field Regiment, Australia and Germany, 1942-1945. Collection consists of: Folder 1:...AWM2017.1030.1
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AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA, WOOLLOOMOOLOO, SYDNEY HARBOUR. 1945-10-27. 8TH AUSTRALIAN ...
Photograph
Maker: McQuillan, Ernest Mervyn
AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA, WOOLLOOMOOLOO, SYDNEY HARBOUR. 1945-10-27. 8TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION POWS FROM SINGAPORE SHOWING A SIGN ON THE SIDE OF THE SHIP READING "WE WANT BENNETT". IT WAS LATER ...122156
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Bent Street, Sydney. 1st Australian Movement Control Group. Recovered Australian ex prisoners of ...
Photograph
Maker: McQuillan, Ernest Mervyn
Bent Street, Sydney. 1st Australian Movement Control Group. Recovered Australian ex prisoners of war receiving travel warrants from the Air Section Officer. Left to right: NX68646 Private (Pte) Keith ...122136
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Blacket, G C (Sergeant, RAAF and POW, Germany)
Private Record
Maker: Blacket, Geoffrey Caleb
DIARY DESCRIBING MARCH BY POW'S THROUGH GERMANY PRIOR TO LIBERATION. ALSO INCLUDES DETAILS OF VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY TO SAN FRANCISCO AND BEING STATIONED IN ENGLAND. CONTAINS ADDRESSES, LISTS OF BOOKS REA...PR85/299
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BROADWAY, SYDNEY, NSW. 1946-02-12. ECHELON AND RECORDS SECTION. NX39029 WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 1 ...
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BROADWAY, SYDNEY, NSW. 1946-02-12. ECHELON AND RECORDS SECTION. NX39029 WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 1 E. JAMES MM CHECKING RECORDS OF 8TH DIVISION SOLDIERS WHO WERE PRISONERS OF WAR IN CHANGI CAMP, SINGAPOR...125371
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Brown, Raymond John Tressillain (Private, b.1919 - d.2006)
Private Record
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX29116 Private John Tressillian Brown, 2/30 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1990. Wallet 1 of 1 – C...PR06326
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Changi Prison Camp, Singapore. 1945. All these men are wearing artificial limbs made in the camp ...
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Changi Prison Camp, Singapore. 1945. All these men are wearing artificial limbs made in the camp by NX67447 Warrant Officer Arthur Henry Mason Purdon, 2/30th Battalion of East Maitland, NSW. The men a...019327
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Core, Sidney Russell (Private, b.1921 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Australian Red Cross Society Core, Sidney Russell Directorate of War Graves Services
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX48471 Private Sidney Russell Core, 2/18 Battalion, prisoner of war, 1941-1946. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection includes nine letters Core wrote to ...PR04472
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Demobilisation procedure book belonging to Charles Laurie Price
Digitised Collection
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia
Demobilisation procedure book relating to the Second World War service of NX55503 Staff Sergeant Charles Laurie Price, 10 Australian General Hospital. Price was a prisoner of war of the Japanese, an...AWM2019.22.167
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Diary relating to service of Hugh Rayson, 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Rayson, Hugh
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX34706 Major Hugh Rayson MC, 2/10 Australian Field Ambulance. The diary covers the cessation of hostilities in Borneo around 29 August 1945 and conti...AWM2019.22.137
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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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Dyring, Alfred Edgar (Warrant Officer, b.1921 - d.2011)
Private Record
Maker: Dyring, Alfred Edgar
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 15577 Warrant Officer Alfred Edgar ‘Eddie’ Dyring, 2 Squadron and 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, 2003. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consi...PR05695
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Folder 1 of 2 - Diary of Brother Karl Kirsch, 1942
Digitised Collection
Maker: Kirsch, Karl
Folder 1 of 2 consists of a typed diary entitled Tagebuch Aufzeichnungen 1942 (Diary records 1942). The diary is based on notes kept by Brother Karl during the time of his imprisonment and carried ar...AWM2020.22.44
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Folder 2 of 2 - Memoir of Brother Karl Kirsch, 1942
Digitised Collection
Maker: Kirsch, Karl
Folder 2 of 2 consists of a typed memoir in German titled Internierungs Lager - Tatura 3 (Internment Camp - Tatura 3). The memoir Internierungs Lager - Tatura 3 covers the period from 6 December 1942...AWM2020.22.45
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Friends and family wave banners of welcome in the hope of catching the attention of returning ...
Photograph
Maker: McQuillan, Ernest Mervyn
Friends and family wave banners of welcome in the hope of catching the attention of returning members of the 8th Division, following their release from captivity as Prisoners of War. Identified are, ...122084
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Gaden, Edward William (Captain, b.1917 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Gaden, Edward William Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX12543 Captain Edward William Gaden, 2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, Singapore, Malaya, Thailand, Burma, India, 1940-1949. Wal...AWM2016.40.3
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Gain, Alfred Cecil (Private, b.1897 - d.1938)
Private Record
Maker: Gain, Alfred Cecil
Collection relating to the First World War service of 3709 Private Alfred Cecil Gain, 2 Division Signal Company, Egypt, France, Belgium, United Kingdom , 1915-1938. Wallet one: Consists of forty fiv...PR03648
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GERMANY, C. 1917. PORTRAIT OF A PRISONER OF WAR. "VERY SINCERELY ERIC WRIGHT, STANDAL ...
Photograph
GERMANY, C. 1917. PORTRAIT OF A PRISONER OF WAR. "VERY SINCERELY ERIC WRIGHT, STANDAL 1917-08-08". (POSTCARD ADDRESSED TO BANK OF AUSTRALASIA, SYDNEY, NSW). (DONOR S. HALL)P00063.013