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  1. Bathurst, NSW. 1970-08-15. Brigadier Sir Frederick Gallagher "Blackjack" Galleghan, DSO OBE ISO ...

    Photograph

    Bathurst, NSW. 1970-08-15. Brigadier Sir Frederick Gallagher "Blackjack" Galleghan, DSO OBE ISO ED, leading veterans of the 8th Division at the reunion held to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of...

    P02047.001

  2.

    Boyd, Eric Ewart Gladstone (Captain, 8th Div AIF, POW)

    Private Record

    Maker: Boyd, Eric Ewart Gladstone

    SOLDIERS PAYBOOK 1942-1946 AND OBITUARY FROM WESLEY COLLEGE JOURNAL 1958

    PR86/161

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    Burma Railway (Our world)

    Film

    Maker: Australian Broadcasting Commission

    "The Burma Railway" traces the events after the surrender in 1942 of the ill-fated 8th Division. It tells of their internment in Changi Prison, the construction of the Burma Railway in Thailand and th...

    F03402

  4. Captain Sir James Bisset

    Art

    Maker: Allcot, John

    Portrait of Captain Sir James Gordon Partridge Bisset, Kt, CBE, Commodore of Cunard White Star Company Ltd. He commanded SS Queen Mary from 1942, (during the war it was a troop ship carrying 2 Austral...

    ART27770

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    Dr Colin Juttner interviewed by Dr John Mitchell about his experiences as a POW on F Force on the Burma-Thailand Railway

    Sound

    Maker: Juttner, Colin Mitchell, John

    SX14044 Captain Colin Percival Juttner, 2/9th Field Ambulance, relates his experiences as a medical officer (MO) and prisoner of war (POW) in F Force. This is one of 21 interviews conducted by Dr John...

    S01504

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    Interview with Laurie Nairne and stills. Ray Adams pick-up (When the war came to Australia)

    Film

    Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd

    Laurie Nairne was seventeen when war was declared in 1939. He enlisted in 1940 and joined the Light Horse . In 1941 he was transferred to the AIF Imperial Forces Unit, and was sent to Singapore. He...

    F04086

  7.

    Interview with Russell Braddon (When the war came to Australia)

    Film

    Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd

    Mr Braddon joined the army after completing his degree. He comments on the 'Ratty Diggers' - men who signed up for the Second World War after surviving the First World War. He remarks that the army re...

    F04155

  8.

    Leathart, John James Douglas (Sergeant, Warrant Officer, OBE)

    Private Record

    Maker: Leathart, John James Douglas

    Service papers and correspondence relating to Sergeant John James Douglas Leathart who served in the First World War and Second World War.

    PR00769

  9.

    Lieutenant Colonel Charles Anderson

    Art

    Maker: Godson, John Barclay

    Depicts a portrait of NX12595 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson, VC, MC. Served during the 1914-18 War with British forces in East Africa against German led Askari, and was awarded the...

    ART31764

  10.

    2/3 Motor Transport Company and POW Bicycle Camp at Batavia

    Film

    Maker: Cressey, Dallas Lowther

    Reel 1. Liverpool, NSW January 1941. Roadways of old corrugated iron huts. Free French were being held. General camp scenes. Parade ground with 2/3rd Motor Transport Company and 2/3/ Motor Ambulance C...

    F03456

  11.

    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

  13.

    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

  15.

    Sergeant Walter "Wally" Brown, VC

    Art

    Maker: Longstaff, John

    A portrait of Sergeant Walter Ernest Brown, VC, DCM, (VC awarded for actions at - Accroche Wood), (later also 2/15th Field Regiment, 2 AIF) 1928; 20th Infantry Battalion.

    ART09490

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    Sir Ernest Edward "Weary" Dunlop as doctor in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps 1939-1946, including the period as a prisoner of war 1942-1945, interviewed by Dr Hank Nelson

    Sound

    Maker: Dunlop, Ernest Edward 'Weary' Nelson, Hank

    Interview with Sir Ernest Edward "Weary" Dunlop relating to his experiences in the Second World War.

    S00358

  17.

    Souvenir pennant : Captain C R B Richards, 2/15 Field Regiment

    Heraldry

    Maker: Philip & Piper

    Souvenir triangular blue felt pennant 'H.M.S. WAKEFUL'. An image of the ship is painted light blue, blue and silver within a red circular rope border. 'H.M.S. WAKEFUL' is screen printed beside this in...

    REL29493

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    Studio portrait of 1935 Lance Corporal Raymond Horace Coker (1900-1945). Coker enlisted in the ...

    Photograph

    Studio portrait of 1935 Lance Corporal Raymond Horace Coker (1900-1945). Coker enlisted in the 1st AIF on 17 February 1917 at the age of sixteen, saying he was eighteen and one quarter years. In World...

    P02143.001

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    Sydney, NSW. 1960-04-25. Crowds line the street as General Henry Gordon Bennett leads the 8th ...

    Photograph

    Sydney, NSW. 1960-04-25. Crowds line the street as General Henry Gordon Bennett leads the 8th Division on an Anzac Day march. Mr Claude Pickford is the Aide-de-Camp (ADC) and Sir Adrian Curlewis is in...

    P02047.004

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    50th anniversary medallion : Captain C R B Richards, (AAMC) 2/15 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Circular gilded metal anniversary medallion. The obverse features a scroll around the top semi-circle with '2/15 FIELD REGIMENT RAA' impressed on the inside, the Royal Australia Artillery (RAA) badge ...

    REL29492

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