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8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph - 13th ALH WWI, 1918
The 13th Light Horse was the Corps Cavalry of the Australian Corps. One role of the Corps Cavalry was the escort of prisoners-of-war from the front line to POW compounds in the rear area. Lieutenant Leslie Deegan was a 36 year-old Company secretary of Melbourne with service in the Boer War when he enrolled in the 13th Light Horse AIF. He embarked as Squadron sergeant-major of C Squadron of the regiment and was later commissioned as a lieutenant.Rare photograph of Australian Light Horse escorting prisoners-of-war in large numbers in France during WWI. Officer named has connection to other items in collection.Framed black and white photograph showing long column of German prisoners-of-war led by mounted Australian officer and flanked by mounted Australian soldiers passing along a village road. Several onlookers, one on bicycle. light wooden frame painted black.German prisoners captured by 13th Light Horse at Hamel being marched to Prisoner of War cage at Poulainville in France, 4th July 1918. Lieut. L Deegan 13th Light Horse leading.13th light horse, hamel, deegan leslie lieutenant, prisoner-of-war -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Unframed Photograph, Italian Prisoner's of War - WWI
Black and white photo of Italian prisoners of war.On back: 21 Italian prisoners awaiting transport to the internment camp in their own lorries. Publicity section Cairo.wwi, pow, italian -
Bendigo Military Museum
Newspaper - RED CROSS BULLETINS, Prisoner of War, October 1945
Red Cross Bulletins, news re returning POW’s for next of kin.2 Red Cross news bulletins, Print in black, a Red Cross in top corner, one red stripe across page, Official monthly editions, free to next of Kin.medicine - first aid - societies, documents - newspapers -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Tom Henling Wade et al, Prisoner of the Japanese From Changi to Tokyo, 1994
186 page cut edged paperback book with B&W photos, drawings and maps. Front cover has drawing of the inside of a POW hut with Japanese characters beneath. Top left has a large Japanese sun symbol, bottom right has B&W photo of a British officer"John W Toon OAM 8th Div AASC" "Donated by Bendigo YMCA"books- military history, internment - japan -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Philip Crosbie, Penciling Prisoner, 1955
Red, hard cover book, title & author in black lettering on spine. 195 pages, 1 page of illustrations.On fly leaf: Green Whitcombe & Tomps sticker Inside fly leaf: Donated by Bgo Y Mens Clubbooks, military, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Penciling Prisoner, 1955
Hard cover book with dust cover. Dust cover - blue background, Image of snow covered dark hills. Orange road in centre. Writing in yellow and black ink. Book - brown buckram. Pages - 195. Illustrated - black and white photos and maps. books-military-history, books-biography-pows -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
document, Prisoner of war camps
Collected from goal museum and other sources in Fremantle and PerthBlack clear fronted plastic folder with photocopied materialP.O.W and internment camps in Western Australia -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Prisoner of the Kormoran, 1944
Narrated by Mr. "Syd" Jones who paid James Taylor, the author, the compliment of asking him to write the book for him.Blue, linen like hard cover with black line around edge of front cover. Black text on the spineprisoner of the kormoran, taylor j, weinmann b, camp 3, tatura, ww2, books, history, local -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Internment and Prisoner of War Camps WW2
Black 3 ring folder with printed material in plastic sleeves.documents, reports -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Pat Darling, Portrait of a Nurse - Prisoner of war of the Japanese 1942-1945 Sumatra, 2001
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Coburg Historical Society
Handbag, HM Prison Pentridge, Handbag made by a prisoner, HM Prison Pentridge, 1987
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Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Book, Sherriff Probert & John Probert et al, PRISONER OF TWO WARS (An Australian Soldiers Story), 2001
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Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Allen & Unwin, Four thousand bowls of rice : a prisoner of war comes home, 1993
Over 60,000 Australians and Americans captured by the Japanese during World War II toiled and died to build the Bridge over the River Kwai. Respected military historian Linda Goetz Holmes tells the story of one man's survival in Japanese labor camps during WWII. Amazing photographs, taken secretly by other prisoners, chronicle this dark history of Allied troops in the Pacific theatre of war.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, p.179.non-fictionOver 60,000 Australians and Americans captured by the Japanese during World War II toiled and died to build the Bridge over the River Kwai. Respected military historian Linda Goetz Holmes tells the story of one man's survival in Japanese labor camps during WWII. Amazing photographs, taken secretly by other prisoners, chronicle this dark history of Allied troops in the Pacific theatre of war.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – australia, burma thailand railway -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Prisoner of war : the story of British prisoners held by the enemy, 1944
The experience of British prisoners of warIll, p.135.non-fictionThe experience of British prisoners of warworld war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war, prison camps - germany -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Convict Prisoner Rules
Black and white image of a convict pardonport arthur, convicts, rules, poster -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Flogging a Prisoner at Port Arthur
Black and white image of the Prison Hulk "Success" at Hobartport arthur, convicts, flogging, punishment -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - A Section of the Prisoner of War Memorial, Prisoner of War Memorial, Ballarat Botanical Gardens
john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat, memorial, prisoner of war memorial -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - War Memorial, Ballarat Botanical Gardens, Prisoner of War Memorial
john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat, prisoner of war memorial -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, Changi Days. The Prisoner as Poet, 2002
Hard cover with dust cover. 104 pages with drawings. -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Medal - Leonard Jordan Bottriell, Australian Army, Service medals and Prisoner of war medal
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Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book - Digger's Story, Surviving the Japanese prisoner of war camps was just the beginning
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Phillpotts, Eden, The American prisoner, [1903]
422 p. : plain dark green/grey coverfictioneden phillpotts, fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Prisoner of War
Framed colour Photograph of a Vietcong soldier in black pyjamas kneeling in a field. His hands are tied behind his back and his eyes and mouth are taped shut. An armed soldier stands guard.photograph, prisoner of war -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden
Work on paper - Drawing, German Prisoner of War
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - PILOT-PRISONER-SURVIVOR, HARVEY BESLEY, 1986
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Brace, Ernest, A Code To Keep: Prisoner in Vietnam
He was a former Marine hero, banished in disgrace from the Corps. Yet he maintained the military code of conduct in the torture cells of the enemy. this is the true, firsthand account of America's longest-held 'civilian' prisoner of war in Vietnam, and his courageous return to honour.He was a former Marine hero, banished in disgrace from the Corps. Yet he maintained the military code of conduct in the torture cells of the enemy. this is the true, firsthand account of America's longest-held 'civilian' prisoner of war in Vietnam, and his courageous return to honour.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - prisoners and prisons, north vietnamese, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
Federation University Historical Collection
Postcard, Taking in Prisoners During the Great Advance, c1916
Most probabaly purchased by Harry Holmes.World War One official war postcard showing prisoners of war.A file of Hun prisoners marching in the Brrisih rear after their capture. Their strapping appearance and brisk walk do not suggest "physical deterioration".world war one, harry holmes, soldiers, prisoner of war -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Uniform Souvenir Tie
Neck Tie produced for Prisoner of War Re-union.It has the badge of the Prisoner of War Association displayed on the front. This is a companion to another tie we have in the RSL collection which has the badge Java 1942. -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Photograph - Framed Collection of German POW Camp Photos, WW2 POW Stalag 23 Camp Photos, Estimated date 1940
These photographs were sent by Mr Frank Heys to his family while he was a German prisoner of war during the Second World War.Framed collection of German prisoner of war photorgraphs. Seven black and white photographs and one colour photograph. Five show the reverse side with addresses and post marks.'Mr Frank Heys. Life Member, Past President,(1984-1986), Committee Man. Franked served with the British forces in the Loyals Regiment, in France in 1939. Was captured at Dunkirk and spent the remaining war years a prisoner of war. These photos were sent by Frank to his family during those years. Donated by Alan and Sylvia Frank.' 'Stalag 23'photographs, 23, stalag, germany, second world war, german, camps, p o w s, prison -
Federation University Historical Collection
Sign, Id Line for Prisoners of War Sign by Keith Rash, c1943
During World War Two Ballarat raised money to aid Prisoners of War.Hand made sign by Keith Rash on white gauze1D line to aid the Prisoners of Warkeith rash, rash, world war 2, world war, prisoner of war, signwriting, pow