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  1. Czechoslovakia. 1942. The hole used as a refuge by Private Lawrence Phillip Saywell, 17th Brigade ...

    Photograph

    Czechoslovakia. 1942. The hole used as a refuge by Private Lawrence Phillip Saywell, 17th Brigade Company, 26403 Private Sydney O. C. (Mac) Kerkham of New Zealand and the two Russians they escaped fro...

    P02551.008

  2.

    Czechoslovakia. 1942. The hole used as a refuge (marked xx) by Private Lawrence Phillip Saywell, ...

    Photograph

    Czechoslovakia. 1942. The hole used as a refuge (marked xx) by Private Lawrence Phillip Saywell, 17th Brigade Company, 26403 Private Sydney O. C. (Mac) Kerkham of New Zealand and the two Russians they...

    P02551.009

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    Czechoslovakia. 1942. The school in the village of Miretin. The villagers sheltered Private ...

    Photograph

    Czechoslovakia. 1942. The school in the village of Miretin. The villagers sheltered Private Lawrence Phillip Saywell, 17th Brigade Company, Sydney (Mac) Kerkham of New Zealand and two Russians, after ...

    P02551.010

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    Dawson, William Alexander (Private, b.1919)

    Private Record

    Maker: Dawson, William Alexander

    Papers of QX13454 Private William Alexander Dawson (2/15th Battalion) relating to his stay over 1943-44 at a camp for escaped prisoners of war in Wald, Switzerland, particularly his contact with an Al...

    PR00737

  5.

    Diary of Avon Reah Smith-Ryan, 1942-1945

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Smith-Ryan, Avon Reah

    Diary relating to the Second World War service of WX3453 Captain Avon Reah Smith-Ryan, 2/4 Australian Machine Gun Battalion. This collection consists of an unbound, unofficial war diary in which Smi...

    AWM2019.22.207

  6.

    Diary of David Taylor Galt

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Galt, David Taylor

    Diary relating to the Second World War service of 400976 Pilot Officer David Taylor Galt DFC, 460 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. In his diary, Galt recounts his experiences as the pilot of an...

    AWM2019.22.227

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    Donald Fraser interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 14 Battalion, 4th Brigade in WW1.

    Sound

    Maker: Fraser, Donald Chalk, David

    Donald Fraser interviewed by David Chalk about his service with the 14 Battalion, 4th Brigade in WW1. note: As a private, Sgt Fraser was recommended for the Military Medal (18 January 1917) and the Fr...

    S01182

  8.

    Donald Watt as a corporal, 2/7 Battalion and as a prisoner of war, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

    Sound

    Maker: Watt, Donald Stokes, Edward

    Donald Watt as a corporal, 2/7 Battalion and as a prisoner of war, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

    S00999

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    Dornap, Germany. 1917-01. A group portrait of Allied prisoners of war. Identified, second row ...

    Photograph

    Dornap, Germany. 1917-01. A group portrait of Allied prisoners of war. Identified, second row from front, fifth from the left, is 2568 Private Percy G. Cooke MM, 15th Battalion. Private Cooke was awar...

    P01930.001

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    Dornap, Germany. 1917-06. A group portrait of Allied prisoners of war. Identified, sitting on the ...

    Photograph

    Dornap, Germany. 1917-06. A group portrait of Allied prisoners of war. Identified, sitting on the ground on the far right, is 2568 Private Percy G. Cooke MM, 15th Battalion. Private Cooke was awarded ...

    P01930.003

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    Dornap, Germany. 1917-06. A group portrait of Allied prisoners of war. In the second row from ...

    Photograph

    Dornap, Germany. 1917-06. A group portrait of Allied prisoners of war. In the second row from front, third from the right in the row seated on the bench, is 2568 Private Percy G. Cooke MM, 15th Battal...

    P01930.004

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    Dornap, Germany. 1917-01. A group portrait of three Allied prisoners of war. Identified, on the ...

    Photograph

    Dornap, Germany. 1917-01. A group portrait of three Allied prisoners of war. Identified, on the far left, is 2568 Private Percy G. Cooke MM, 15th Battalion. Private Cooke was awarded his Military Meda...

    P01930.002

  13.

    Elsum, Percy Henry Frederick (Sergeant, b.1902 - d.1978)

    Private Record

    Maker: Elsum, Percy Henry Frederick Various

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX20324 Sergeant Percy Henry Frederick Elsum, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1962. Wallet 1 of 1 ...

    PR04002

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    Epitaphs of a false name: 40 years silence since Cowra Breakout

    Film

    Maker: Y T V Osaka

    Epitaphs of a false name: 40 years silence since Cowra Breakout. A Japanese production which includes interviews with Australians recalling the prisoner of war camp at Cowra in WW2.

    F03334

  15.

    Ernest James Brough MM, as a Sergeant, 2/32 Battalion, and Prisoner of War, Second World War interviewed by Janet Roberts Billett.

    Sound

    Maker: Brough, Ernest James Billett, Janet Roberts

    Ernest Brough served at Tobruk, where he was wounded, and El Alamein, where he was captured and made a prisoner of war. In March 1944 Brough and two other prisoners succeeded in escaping from the camp...

    S04488

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    Escape compass, belt buckle

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Chrome-plated Royal Air Force belt buckle with sliding teeth to secure a fabric belt. On the central bar a sliding bracket secures a compass needle. When removed this sits on a small spike which when ...

    REL/18568.002

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    Escape compass : Private H West, 51 Battalion, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Compass with a brass body and glass top. The interior compass face is fitted with a floating arrow and is marked in graduations of two degree increments, with every twenty degrees marked in black nume...

    RELAWM16503

  18.

    Escape compass to wear around neck

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Small round floating compass sealed in a yellow plastic pouch. Threaded through the top is a blue cotton tape tied with a knot. This tape is 380 mm in length.

    REL/18568.003

  19.

    ESCAPEES FROM A JAPANESE OCCUPIED ISLAND, AT AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE.

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer

    ESCAPEES FROM A JAPANESE OCCUPIED ISLAND, AT AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE.

    012305

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    ESCAPEES FROM A JAPANESE OCCUPIED ISLAND AT AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE.

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer

    ESCAPEES FROM A JAPANESE OCCUPIED ISLAND AT AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE.

    012303

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