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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, German POW's
... Photographer Hans Sznyta. Group photograph of German POW's... Tatura the-murray Photograph Photograph German POW's Black ...Photographer Hans Sznyta. Group photograph of German POW's in front of their hut in Camp 13.Black and white photograph of 10 Germans standing and 10 seated in front of hut which is behind a gum tree. Superimposed somehow is an Iron Cross. The photo was sent to their parents in Germany.camp 13, hans sznyta, german pow's -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Button - brass, P J King Pty Ltd, 1940's
... Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time camp guard... of Australia and crown. on back P J King Pty Ltd Melb Found at POW camp ...Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time camp guardBrass button with Australian Military Forces around front edge, map of Australia in centre with a crown above. Has a brass loop on the back to attach to clothing. Contained in a black material covered display case with gold around edge.on front: Australian Military Forces and a map of Australia and crown. on back P J King Pty Ltd Melbbrass buttons, camp 13, military uniform accessories -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Knife - carving, 1940's
... myrtleford pow camp...Handmade by Italian Officer in Myrtleford POW Camp...Italian POW officers... in Myrtleford POW Camp and given to Mr J. R. Shale. mr j. r. shale ...Handmade by Italian Officer in Myrtleford POW Camp and given to Mr J. R. Shale.Handmade carving knife, brass handle, long, wide steel blade.mr j. r. shale, myrtleford pow camp, carving knives -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Sidearm - German, 1940's
... Possession of POW at Camp13, Murchison. Formerly part... Rostfrei Possession of POW at Camp13, Murchison. Formerly part ...Possession of POW at Camp13, Murchison. Formerly part of German paratroopers equipment/arms in WW2German paratroopers sidearm resembling large pocket knife with blade and retractable spike. Wood covereed metal shaft/handle riveted. Metal ring attached at spike end. Thumb guide towards unprotected blade.SMF Solingen Rostfreiarms, edged, weapons -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Watercolour, Georg Rosenkranz, 1941/2
... graytown pow camp..., painted this while at Graytown POW Camp...., painted this while at Graytown POW Camp. graytown pow camp georg ...Artist Georg Rosenkranz, crewman on the HSK Kormoran, painted this while at Graytown POW Camp.Stylised watercolour painting of a Graytown Camp lavatory cleaner."?" The Lavatory Cleanergraytown pow camp, georg rosenkranz, illustrations, watercolour, hsk kormoran -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Watercolour, Georg Rosenkranz, The Lavatory Cleaner at Graytown, 1941/2
... graytown pow camp..., painted this while at Graytown POW Camp..., crewman on the HSK Kormoran, painted this while at Graytown POW ...Artist Georg Rosenkranz, crewman on the HSK Kormoran, painted this while at Graytown POW CampStylised watercolour painting of Graytown camp lavatory cleaner.The Lavatory Cleaner at Graytowngraytown pow camp, georg rosenkranz, illustrations, watercolour -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, T. C. F. Prittie et al, Escape to freedom, 1954_
... Account of escapes by Allied POWs from German camps during... of escapes by Allied POWs from German camps during World war 2 world ...Account of escapes by Allied POWs from German camps during World war 2576 p. illus. pbkworld war 2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Literary work - AIF POW'S IN EUROPE, Post WW2
... , contains lists of POW’s, casualties, some maps, story is based... goldfields AIF POW'S IN EUROPE Literary work Literary work all paper ...Item in the collection relating to John Eric Wiles VX16067, refer Cat No 5410P for his service details.Literary work all paper copy joined by a metal clip, all print in black, front has Rising Sun & map of Europe, 27 pages, contains lists of POW’s, casualties, some maps, story is based around the Greece, Crete campaign. On front a hand written note to say this version has been superseded.pow’s, greece crete, wiles -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - ARMBAND, RED CROSS, C. 1939 -45
... Arnold Oakley JORDAN No TX3528 (Tasmanian) POW. Refer Cat... - - (numbers unclear) Arnold Oakley JORDAN No TX3528 (Tasmanian) POW ...Arnold Oakley JORDAN No TX3528 (Tasmanian) POW. Refer Cat No 176 for his service history.Red Cross armband, cloth material, whitish with red cross in centre, band tapers out from cross to a metal buckle at one end, attach at other end. Faint writing on rear. 'TX3528, A.O.JORDAN 2/4th A.C.C.S, P.O.W. - 5 - - (numbers unclear)uniforms, societies-red cross, medicine-first aid -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW11
... pow...Ron was a POW of the Japanese. Refer 305P. Refer 304P, 315.... War medal 1939-45 Ron was a POW of the Japanese. Refer 305P ...Ron was a POW of the Japanese. Refer 305P. Refer 304P, 315 re his wife Beryl.Medal set, brass plate mounted. Set of (4) Awarded to Ron Morrell Sherwood Foresters No 4985826 18th British Div. 1. 1939-45 Star. 2. Pacific Star. 3. Defence Medal 4. War medal 1939-45military, british, pow -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW2, C.1939 - 45
... POW... Douglas GRANT VX8604, 2nd AIF, POW. Refer Cat No 1091... at Puckapunyal camp 1940. Douglas GRANT VX8604, 2nd AIF, POW. Refer Cat ...Douglas GRANT VX8604, 2nd AIF, POW. Refer Cat No 1091 for his service details.Photograph, postcard. Taken at Puckapunyal camp 1940.photographs, pow, grant -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Adolf Wilke, 15 September 1944 - 1 May 1946
... Surveyors book compiled by POW Adolf Wilke who was lecturer...Murchison, Murchison POW Camp 13., Victoria, Australia.... Surveyors book compiled by POW Adolf Wilke who was lecturer ...Surveyors book compiled by POW Adolf Wilke who was lecturer in surveying at Camp 13, Murchison.Handmade hard cover, hand stitched book consisting of figures and plans in ink and pencil. 69 numbered pages.adolf wilke, surveying, camp 13 surveying -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, German Eagle on stone, 1989 copy
... to German POW's erected in grounds of Camp 13.... to German POW's erected in grounds of Camp 13. camp 13 murchison ...Copy of original black and white photograph of memorial to German POW's erected in grounds of Camp 13.Copy of black and white photograph. German eagle surmounting iron cross set in stone work. Garden beds on both sides. Tree and hut in background.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps, german pow's, interment camp memorials -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Beyond All Hate, 2006
... and history of Japanese POW's in Camp 4... POW's in Camp 4 beyond all hate camp 4 tatura ww2 ...Written by Major James Sullivan to record the setting up and history of Japanese POW's in Camp 4Red hard cover book gold printing on the spine and front cover. beyond all hate, camp 4, tatura, ww2 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, merchant seamen officers interned first in Camp 1
... , then Dhurringile following their reclassification as POW's.... as POW's. ...List of merchant seamen officers interned first in Camp 1, then Dhurringile following their reclassification as POW's. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Record - gramaphone, Titanin-Marsh by composer Karl Stork, 1941
... Possession of POW in Camp13 Murchison. Recording of Nazi... Possession of POW in Camp13 Murchison. Recording of Nazi wartime ...Possession of POW in Camp13 Murchison. Recording of Nazi wartime march. Title translates to "March of the Titans".Circular 78 musical record (German) WW2 on label in centre is written: Grossdeutscher Rundfunk above logo (Eagle over swastika), dated 13.3.41,"Titanin-Marsh" by composer Karl Stork. In brown paper sleeve. Recorddetails on separate paper slip64104Rtatura, musical, instruments, accessory -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Watercolour, Georg Rosenkranz, Our Paymaster, 1941/2
... graytown pow camp..., painted this while at Graytown POW Camp... at Graytown POW Camp graytown pow camp georg rosenkranz hsk kormoran ...Artist Georg Rosenkranz, crewman aboard the HSK Kormoran, painted this while at Graytown POW CampStylised watercolour painting of Graytown paymasterOur Paymastergraytown pow camp, georg rosenkranz, hsk kormoran, illustrations, watercolour -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Watercolour, Georg Rosenkranz, 75mm Gun, 1941/2
... graytown pow camp..., painted this while in Graytown POW Camp... this while in Graytown POW Camp graytown pow camp georg rosenkranz ...Artist Georg Rosenkranz, crewman aboard the HSK Kormoran, painted this while in Graytown POW CampStylised watercolour painting of Kormoran crewmen operating a 75mm gun75mm Gungraytown pow camp, georg rosenkranz, hsk kormoran, illustrations, watercolour -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Watercolour, Georg Rosenkranz, Riding a shark, 1941/2
... graytown pow camp..., painted this while at Graytown POW Camp..., painted this while at Graytown POW Camp graytown pow camp georg ...Artist Georg Rosenkranz, crewman aboard the HSK Kormoran, painted this while at Graytown POW CampStylised watercolour painting of Kormoran crewman riding a shark.Riding a sharkgraytown pow camp, georg rosenkranz, hsk kormoran, illustrations, watercolour -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Watercolour, Georg Rosenkranz, The Camp Commandant of Graytown, 1941/2
... graytown pow camp..., painted this while at Graytown POW Camp..., painted this while at Graytown POW Camp graytown pow camp georg ...Artist Georg Rosenkranz, crewman aboard the HSK Kormoran, painted this while at Graytown POW CampStylised watercolour painting of Graytown Camp leadergraytown pow camp, georg rosenkranz, hsk kormoran, illustrations, watercolour -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Watercolour, In the saw mill at Graytown, 1941/2
... graytown pow camp..., painted this while at Graytown POW Camp... the HSK Kormoran, painted this while at Graytown POW Camp graytown ...Artsit Georg Rosenkranz, crewman aboard the HSK Kormoran, painted this while at Graytown POW CampStylised watercolour painting of the Graytown mill.In the Saw Mill at Graytowngraytown pow camp, georg rosenkranz, hsk kormoran, illustrations, watercolour -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Sketch - Pastel, Georg Rosenkranz, Loading a torpedo on Kormoran, 1941/2
... graytown pow camp..., drew this while at Graytown POW Camp...., crewman aboard the HSK Kormoran, drew this while at Graytown POW ...Artist Georg Rosenkranz, crewman aboard the HSK Kormoran, drew this while at Graytown POW Camp.Framed pastel sketch of crewmen loading a torpedo aboard the HSK KormoranLoading a torpedo at "Kormoran"georg rosenkranz, graytown pow camp, hsk kormoran, illustrations, pastel -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Waranga Quarry
... 13 POW. H.Hartmann.|Waranga Quarry.... by Norm Appleby. Painting by Camp 13 POW. H.Hartmann.|Waranga ...Original painting owned by Norm Appleby. Painting by Camp 13 POW. H.Hartmann.|Waranga Quarry.Norm Appleby, son of Lieut., Acting Captain Austin Appleby, 8th. Field Reg. & 5th. Aust. Anti-Aircraft Reg. 1945-1947,photograph, painting -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, POW, Angus and Robertson LTD, Behind Bamboo, First edition 1946
... BOOK, POW... Correspondent, POW on the Burma Siam Railway”... goldfields BOOK, POW Book Behind Bamboo Hard cover, buckram, dark ...The story of Japanese Prisoners of War by Rohan Rivett “War Correspondent, POW on the Burma Siam Railway”Hard cover, buckram, dark fawn colour, blue print on spine, red print symbol on front cover, 400 pages, plain off white, illustrated B & W, colour and maps.Front fly leaf, hand written in grey lead pencil, “8a A.E. Lockwood 12/6”. Front end paper bottom right, book shop label in blue print intelligible.books, military history, pow’s -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED, R Vincent Kelly, c.1939-42
... Cyril John JOHNSON VX36298, died as a POW. Refer Reg... VX36298, died as a POW. Refer Reg No 3144 for his service history ...Cyril John JOHNSON VX36298, died as a POW. Refer Reg No 3144 for his service history.Black / white photo of WWII Australian soldier wearing peaked cap, Rising Sun badges on collar. Frame is intricately carved dark timber.photography, framing -
Bendigo Military Museum
Souvenir - RAILWAY SPIKE, C. WW2
... Found at the site of the Rin Tin POW Camp in 2013. refer.... Found at the site of the Rin Tin POW Camp in 2013. refer Cat ...Found at the site of the Rin Tin POW Camp in 2013. refer Cat No’s 3668 and 3669P.Railway spike, black metal, iron.souvenir, railway, burma -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - NOTEBOOK, c.1941
... The notebook contains a list of KIA, WIA, Missing, & POW's.... The notebook contains a list of KIA, WIA, Missing, & POW's during April ...The notebook contains a list of KIA, WIA, Missing, & POW's during April 1941. Book belonged to Allan Frederick LEACH VX13568 2/8th Batt AIF. He enlisted on 2.3.1940 & taken POW on Crete. He was discharged from the 2nd AIF on 31.8.1945. He also held two other Regt No's, 373749 and VX504180..1) Cardboard case covered in leatherette cloth. .2) Army Field notebook insert..2) No 153.documents, military, notebooks -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Magazine, Wild Life, July 1947
... pow camps... by POW Adolf Wilke about bearded lizards. This is the second part... articles written by POW Adolf Wilke about bearded lizards ...Australian nature magazine featuring articles written by POW Adolf Wilke about bearded lizards. This is the second part of "My Prison Companions" (part 1 C7684) Adolf was a POW at Camp 13 Murchison. Original articles was translated from German by Captain Llewellyn Seal, of Army Intelligence and is about bearded lizards. Page 245.Soft covered magazine stapled at spine, has black and white illustrations throughout. Front cover features bird on tree limbs with seed in its beak. Orange splash on birds wings. Title is also in orange. Vol 9 no 7. Wilkeadolf wilke, my prison companions, camp 13 murchison, pow camps, australian nature magazine, bearded lizards, captain llewellyn seal -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - BOOKLET, Estimated 1989
... that the crews of both planes were either KIA or taken POW. W/O David... were either KIA or taken POW. W/O David Thomas Andrew 400247 ...On 5.4.43 after a bombing run over Meiktila in central Burma two Blenheim bombers collided with the result that the crews of both planes were either KIA or taken POW. W/O David Thomas Andrew 400247 RAAF KIA, P/O George Atkinson Foster 407418 RAAF KIA, F/O Harvey Besley "MM" 402942 POW, F/O Edward Francis Appleton 400067 KIA, F/L William Roland Matheson 406253 POW, W/O Thomas Joseph Wixted 404225 KIA. Refer 2085, 2088 re David Andrew. Booklet "Fortunes of War". White cover with B & W photos of Airmen and Aircraft. The book is mainly about an incident in 1943 in the air war over Burma involving David Andrew 400247 RAAF. 28 pages."C. Jean Pattison 7 Bannister St Bendigo" " Ted Wixted 23." (Date unclear)books, military, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - VARIOUS CERTIFICATES, 1) 9.1.1946 .3) & .4) 12. 4.1962
... ) POW. Refer 176 for his service history.... No TX3528 (Tasmanian) POW. Refer 176 for his service history ...Items issued to Arnold Oakley JORDAN No TX3528 (Tasmanian) POW. Refer 176 for his service history..1) Tobacco Ration Card. Off-white in colour, Area Canteens re TX3528, JORDAN, A.O. Pte. 9.1.46 - 6.2.46. .2) Small canvas cover, brown back with plastic front, black sewn edging. .3) War Pension Certificate, fawn in colour, stamped and folded. No 593, Certificate No X5175. .4) War Pension Certificate, fawn in colour, stamped and folded. No 592, Certificate No 5174.personal effects, documents, certificates, canteen