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Wallet 1 of 1 - Letter of Howard Carthew Stevenson to 'Phil', 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Stevenson, Howard Carthew
Collection relating to the Second World War service of PA3671 Able Seaman Howard Carthew Stevenson, HMAS Pirie, Pacific Ocean and Tokyo Bay, 16-31 August 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Wallet consists of one ...AWM2020.22.217
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Wallet 1 of 1 - Papers relating to the interrogation and surrender ceremony of the Japanese Second Army at Morotai, August - September 1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence Various
Collection relating to the Australian Military Forces and the interrogation and surrender ceremony of the Japanese Second Army at Morotai, 15 August - 11 September 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - This collecti...AWM2020.22.200
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Collection related to the service of NX234 Padre Francis Oag Hulme-Moir, the Church of England chaplain to the 6th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Torokina, Bougainville, 1945-08-15. A large crowd of Australian soldiers attends a memorial service, probably on a sports field, on Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day. The service is being conducted by N...P02269.011
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Spectators line the streets as two unidentified army flag bearers carry an Australian flag and a ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Spectators line the streets as two unidentified army flag bearers carry an Australian flag and a British flag, leading a band, in the Proserpine township procession on VP day.P03332.023
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Spectators line the street, watching the procession of vehicles as it passes along a Proserpine ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Spectators line the street, watching the procession of vehicles as it passes along a Proserpine street on VP day. Children run and ride decorated bicycles behind the last vehicle which is a Ford Queen...P03332.024
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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-08. COMPETITORS DIVING INTO BLACK DUST FOR FLAGS DURING A NOVELTY EVENT ...
Photograph
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-08. COMPETITORS DIVING INTO BLACK DUST FOR FLAGS DURING A NOVELTY EVENT IN A SPORTS CARNIVAL HELD BY MEMBERS OF THE 2/7TH ADVANCED WORKSHOP AT VOCO BEACH. THE CARNIVAL IS BEIN...073768
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Fleming, Dr Edward Lloyd (Wing Commander, b.1925)
Private Record
Maker: Fleming, Edward Lloyd
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 318689 Flying Officer (later Wing Commander) Edward 'Ted' Lloyd Fleming, No. 550 Squadron, England, Ireland and Australia, 1945-1957. Collectio...AWM2017.167.1
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Boyle, John Leslie (Private, b.1917 – d.1967)
Private Record
Maker: Boyle, John Leslie
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX6784 Private John Leslie ‘Jack’ Boyle, 2/6 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Germany, England and Australia, c 1...PR05331
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Wood, Alan (Historian, Services Reconnaissance Department, AIF) Wallet 7 of 22
Private Record
Maker: Wood, Alan
Collection compiled by Alan Wood in preparation to write the history of Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) commissioned by the Z Special Unit Association. This wallet consists of records related...PR85/325.007
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Interview with Maurie Jones (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr Fields was a boy of twelve when war broke out. He discusses the knowledge of war gained by the civilian population: the phoney war; knowledge of the Nazis from refugees; heard the Nuremburg rally o...F04062
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Interview with Dorothy Loughry (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Dorothy Loughry lived in Manly during the war and recalls the changes in the area across the duration of the war. Being a young girl she remembers the air raid drills at school and seeing the convoys...F04092
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Interview with Bill Graham and stills (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr Graham remembers the announcement of war as an exciting, mysterious event. No-one believed that the war would go for long. In his opinion, Australia didn't understand the implication of war until t...F04080
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Colour patch sweetheart brooch : Miss D J Harvey
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
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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Interview with Bob Taylor (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr Bob Taylor worked in the Post Office in 1942 when he was 13 years old. His work there involved shredding documents, receiving telegrams and operating as a bicycle messenger. He tells a number of st...F04095
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Interview with Beryl Haley (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Haley was a young girl when war was declared. In her interview she talks about her families reaction to the announcement of war. She also talks about the two Japanese POWs that were sent to her ...F04089
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Interview with John Hinde (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr Hinde was a journalist with the ABC at the beginning of the war. Frank Dixon was in charge of the news, Warren Denning was the second in charge. He discusses the night the Japanese submarine shelle...F04145
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Crowds of civilians and soldiers fill a city street during celebrations for VP day. After the ...
Photograph
Maker: Associated Press
Crowds of civilians and soldiers fill a city street during celebrations for VP day. After the announcement of Japan's capitulation there were scenes of rejoicing throughout Australia. Smiling faces in...P02018.409
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Rejoicing broke out spontaneously when the surrender of Japan was announced - the War was over. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Rejoicing broke out spontaneously when the surrender of Japan was announced - the War was over. Left to right, Betty Williams, Lois Anne Martin and possibly Carmel O'Connor, three work mates from the ...P02018.226
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1939 and All That!
Film
Maker: Poppleton, James
An amateur filmmaker's perspective of WW2 from the home front, incorporating newspaper headlines from 1939 to war's end; shots of Melbourne neighbourhoods and communities engaged war time activities s...F04905
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Robinson, John Victor James (Major, b.1910 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Robinson, John Victor James
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX70985 Archdeacon Major John Victor James Robinson, 4th Australian Division (HQ), Australia, Syria, Egypt, New Guinea, 1927-1946. Volume one (w...PR84/216