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Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW2, FRAMED, 1941
Raymond James Russel WHYTE Initially enlisted on 16.8.40 as V28354 serving in 2 Cav Div ASC. He was discharged on 6.10.41 his enlistment date into the AIF on his records is stated as 1.10.1941 age 24 years 4 months. Taken strength at RRD Royal Park on 7.10.1941, posted to 2/10th Ordnance W/Shops 2.1.1942, embarked for Malaya 10.1.1942 arriving 26.1.1942, reported missing 16.2.1942, listed POW dated 29.10.1942, deceased while POW, cause not stated 5.6.1945. Raymond died in Borneo on the Sandakan Death March.Photo, B & W Portrait of R.J.R. Whyte in uniform, no hat on. Photo is in a black plastic frame.photography - photgraphs, military history, sandakan, borneo -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW2, FRAMED, 1941
William Patrick SHEPHERD No VX66586 enlisted in the 2nd AIF on 26.11.1941 age 25 years 10 months at RRD Royal Park. Transfers to A.A.S.C on 3.12.1941 then posted to 2/10th Ordnance W/Shops, embark for Malaya 10.1.1942 arriving Singapore 26.1.1942, listed Missing 16.2.1942, listed as POW 13.4.1943, dated 28.9.1945 listed as deceased whilst POW, cause not stated 5.6.1945. A letter to Mrs Sheperd dated 18.1.1946 states died of Malaria. This was from Japanese records mostly. William died on the Sandakan Death March Borneo.Photo B & W portrait of W.P Sheperd in uniform no hat. Photo taken with his Regt No. Display at bottomphotography - photographs, military history, sandakan, borneo -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDALS, c.1940 - c post WW2
Items relate to Henry Victor Rooke VX47141, enlisted 16.7 1940 age 36 years. he was a POW of the Japanese, he served in the 2/29th Batt AIF. discharged from the Army 19.3.1946.1)White silk pad with two medals, 1939 - 45 Star & Aust Service medal 1939 - 45 and Rising Sun Hat Badge. .2) White silk pad with two medals, Pacific Star medal, British War medal and 1 set of service ribbons, Rising Sun Hat Badge. Both pads items are sewn on with red and white cotton.On medals, " VX47141 H.V.Rooke"badges, medals, awards, ribbons, 2/29th -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW11
George Llewellyn Thomas enlisted in the AIF on 2.7.41. He was taken a POW and imprisoned in Changi. He was attached to 13th Australian General Hospital. He was discharged from the AIF on 5.12.45. Refer 1073.2, 1074P.Medal set, court mounted, set of (4) re G. L. Thomas. 1. 1939-45 Star. 2. Pacific star. 3. War medal 1939-45 4. Australian Service Medal"VX58918. G.L Thomas"medals, military, history -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Functional object - Railway Spikes (Burma Railway), 28 April 2022
Retrieved from original location by Kevin Myers during official military preparations for a Hellfire Pass memorial in recognition of the allied POW lives lost during construction of the Burma-Thailand railway during WW2.Direct connection between local (Montmorency and Victorian) soldiers in WW2 and the work undertaken by allied prisoners of the Japanese Army.Steel spikes used in construction of the Burma-Thailand railway during WW2.Noneprisoner of war, burma, ww2, railway -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Corporal John M McGlade
The story of Corporal John Matthew McGlade through WW1 and WW2. Also donated one Disney Pig playing flute(C7990) and a ship in a bottle (C7989). These were made by an Italian POW for Corporal McGlade.1 A4 sheet of typed paper in plastic sleeve with a sepia photograph of John.mcglade j m, corporal mcglade, tatura internment camp, murchison internment camp, 12th garrison battatlion -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - Photograph - black and white
Australian Army Guards on Escort duty repatriating German POW's from Tatura Group Camps. Iced in at Cuxhaven Harbour, Germany February 1947. L to R: Polry, Lin McGann, Blue & Royrepatriation of german pow's, tatura, camp guards, mcgann, polry, cuxhaven, escort -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Riding Crop, 1944-45
Made by a German Prisoner of War in Camp 13 (Murchison) and given to a member of the garrison, R. E. O'Hara. Internees / POW's made many items from largely scrap material during their time in the camps. This item holds historical and cultural significance as an example of the ingenuity of internees & how many occupied their time in camps, shaping the cultural and creative life of those in the camps. Also a possible indicator of relationship between garrison and internees. Dark brown wooden crop or swagger stick with a wooden knob on one end and a horse hair plume attached with cord to the other end. Fine cord attached to knob end with a loop for hanging. murchison, camp 13, tatura, garrison, prisoner of war, internee camps, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - PHOTOGRAPHS, 1942
Passport photos of Frederick Gardner DAVEY to be used in a passport in case of escape from POW camp. Item re Frederick Gardner DAVEY DFC No 410533 RAAF. Refer Reg No 3536P for his service details.1) & .2) Black / white passport sized head & shoulders photos of a man in civilian clothes..1) Handwritten on back in black ink: 1942 Escape photo for passportphotography, identification raaf -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Russell Braddon, The Naked Island, 1993
Book is part of the Australian War Classics series presented by E E (Weary) Dunlop. Author documents the suffering of Australian POWs from Pudu, Malaysia to Changi, Singapore based on his personal observations & experiences.Book, soft cover, colour illustrated front with title in white. 266 cut edged pages.On 1st page: F Fullerbooks, military history, army -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, German POW's
Group of German POW's at Murchison camp 13 who were attached to the no 6 labour detachment. Back row: Hubsch, Marmann, Ruff, Krebs, Schoepf. Front row: Winter, Freiberger, Dring, Wendroth and Trettel.HistoricBlack and white photograph of 10 German internees in uniform sitting in front of a hut. 739 in front of them.german pow's, murchison camp 13, no 6 labour detachment, hubsch, marmann, ruff, krebs, schoepf, winter, freiberger, dring, wendroth, trettel, 739 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Australian War Memorial , Canberra, Camp 13 Murchison Pyrethrum Growing, 12 January 1943
12 January 1943 the C.O Camp 13 Rec an urgent letter was rec. to employ POW's growing pyrethrum major ingredient in insecticides for the control of mosquitoes. as all previous supplies previously came from Japan.A clear plastic front cover, red margin and back. Top right front "Camp 13 Murchison - Pyrethrum Growing - a Matter of National Importance."as abovepyrethrum growing, camp 13 mosquito control, mosquito control -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, NURSES BIOGRAPHY, New Holland Publishers (Australia) PTY LTD, A Woman’s War, 2002
Biography, the exceptional life of Wilma Oram Young AM, an Australian Nurse, a captive of the Japanese during WW2. After the War following her return to Australia she was inspired to help her fellow ex POW’s and war veterans through her tireless work with the RSL. Wilma Oram enlisted 0n 12.3 1941 age 24 years VFX58783 in the AANS, embarked for Singapore 2.9.1941, evacuated from Singapore on 12.2.1942 on the Vyner Brooke which was then sunk by the Japanese of Banka Island, they made it to shore on Banka Isl and taken POW for the duration of the War and finally arrived home in Australia on 24.10.1945.Soft cover cardboard, black, white and gold print on front, spine and back, front cover has a collage of B & W photographs of Nurse Wilma Oram Young AM, red, black and gold background colours, 328 pages, white paper, illustrated with B & W photographs.books, biography, nurses, pow’s, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - NAVY CERTIFICATE, FRAMED, Post 1944
Alan Keith GEIER No 24896 enlisted in the RAN on 24.6.41 aged 19 years. He was posted to HMAS Perth on 11.12.1942. The Perth was sunk in the Sundra Strait on 1.3.42. Alan as one of the survivors was taken POW. An initial Red Cross report stated he was a POW in a Java Camp. Alan died as a result of Cardiac Beri Beri on 30.1.1944. He was buried in Siam. The PERTH was sunk by a Japanese torpedo in the Battle of the Sundra Strait. Approximately half the crew lost their lives and about 2/3rds of the survivors returned home after captivity. Refer Cat No 599P for his photo.Commemorative Scroll, framed re A.K Geier. There is a small B & W photo of Geier in the right hand corner of the frame. The scroll has a large coat of arms at top of sheet with commemorative description under. The frame is a simple gold painted wooden frame."Wireman A. K. Geier, Royal Australian Navy"certificates, ran, hmas perth, scrolls -
Federation University Historical Collection
Sign, Prisoner of War Appeal Sign by Keith Rash, c1943
White sign on linen by Keith Rash publicising the Ballarat Prisoners of War Appeal.keith rash, rash, prisoner of war, pow, world war, world war two -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph - colour, Ballarat Prisoner of War Memorial, 2009, 12/09/2006
The Ballarat Prisoner of War Memorial is by sculptor Peter Blizzard.world war, world war 1, warld war 2, pow, prisoner of war, peter blizzard -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Tribute, "The Journey"
Lieutenant Albert Sargent VX15290 was born on the 3rd of November, 1918 at Wangaratta in Victoria. He was a member of Z Special Unit and involved in Operation RIMAU. when he was captured and executed by the Japanese in Malaya on the 7th of July, 1945 during WW2Personal tribute to honour the family of Lieutenant Albert SARGENT of Peechelba and their sacrifice to the War effort.Photocopy of two page typed tribute to Lieutenant Albert SARGENT entitled "The Journey"lieutenant albert sargent, peechelba, z special force, pow, operation rimau, ww2 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988
Photographed at Exhibition of Camp memorabilia, displayed at Templer Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Negative no 13.Colour photograph. Items made from melted down silver coins. Bracelets, pendants, rings and brooches. Wooden trinket box.metalwork, woodwork, pow, camp internees, jewellery, trinket box -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988 copy
Photographed at Exhibition of Camp memorabilia displayed at Temper Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Colour photograph. "Tatura Silver". Made from jam tins - biscuit cutters, tea pot, funnel shaped beaters used to agitate washing in the coppers. Embroidered table cloth (material supplied by Red Cross). Negative no 17.tin craft, hand craft, embroidery, red cross, pow, camp internees -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Arthur Knee, Camp 13 Goal, 1989
Camp 13, Murchison. Property owned by Jim Finnegan. German, Italian, Japanese prisoners of war held between 1941 - 1946. Shows the remains of what is left of the goal used by Camp 13 Murchison during WW2.Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison. Camp 13 goal. Solid brick building showing individual cells, roofless, tree right mid-distrance. murchison victoria, goal, prison cells, pow, camp internees, jim finnegan -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Arthur Knee, 1989
Camp 13, German compound, concrete remains of kitchen complexCamp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Remains of concrete kitchen complex, large cactus mid distance, native bush backgroundcamp 13, pow, german pow, internment camps, murchison victoria, ruins -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, VIETNAM, Terry Burstall, A Soldier Returns, A Long Tan Veteran Discovers the Other Side of Vietnam, 1990
Terry Burstall records his search for answers to his battle at Long Tan during four visits to Vietnam. He compares official war records with first hand accounts of Vietnamese veterans, villagers & a former POW.Soft card cover. Title in gold & white print on a green background. Front cover illustrated with a black & white photo. 215 pages with cut edges. Illustrated with black & white photos. Map of South Vietnam opposite title page.books-travelogues, military history-army, long tan, vietnam -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Custodian Krach - Peter Mueller
The sketch was drawn by artist Hans von Gruenewaldt. The sketch depicts Peter Mueller acting in the role of Custodian Krach in Hosterhaus, a play put on in camp 13. Both men were POW's in Camp 13 during WW2. Colour photograph copy of a sketch (on foam backing) of a red haired man wearing a white jacket which has double lines running down and a single line across. He has a red scarf tied around his neck and a red vest with 6 buttons. He has his thumbs in his armholes and fist closed. Trousers are white with black stripes running vertically. Standing behind a corner shaped wooden divider with 6 uprights. A black top hat on his head.hans von gruenewaldt, camp 13 artists, camp 13 internees, peter mueller -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photographs, Kormoran Crew at Carnarvon, 1941
Photographs taken at the time when the Kormoran survivors from the lifeboat which landed at Red Bluff, W.A. were transported to gaol at Carnarvon, then transported to Harvey POW. Camp. Original photos enlarged and donated to Tatura Museum.Black and white photoshsk "kormoran", hmas "sydney", red bluff, wa, carnarvon, photography, photograph, slides, film -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, POW’S, Organised by JP, The Death Railway & River Kwai Bridge
Book details the construction of the Thai Burma Railway & the bridge over the Rivew Kwai. Contains detailed photos & drawings. Taken from an oration by Fred Seiker in which he recalls the conditions under which the POW's lived & worked.Soft cover illustrated front & back with colour & black & white photos. 60 pages with cut edges. Bound with staples. Stamped inside front & back covers: Bendigo District RSL Sub Branch books-military-history, civil engineering/railways, river kwai, burma -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, German POW's
Group of German internees from Murchison POW camp 13 who were attached to the No 6 labour detachment. Back row: Bogner, Feud, Brackmann, Albers, Koefer. Front row: Schiefler, Leutzech, Schuber, Prange, Bortels.historicBlack and white photograph of 10 German internees, dressed in uniform. 5 standing, 5 seated. 733 in front. Hut behind.german internees, german pow's, murchison camp 13, no 6 labour detachment, bogner, feud, brackmann, albers, koefer, schiefler, leutzech, schuber, prange, bortels, 733 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder - survey maps
Maps of no 14 A, B, C and D internment camps and documents on Loveday Camp, South Australia. Donated by Gerhard Meinke concerning Loveday Camp. Brief outline of camps life, release and repatriation, list of deaths, of POW's and internees.Blue back clear plastic folder containing maps of No 14 camp and documents on Loveday Camp.gerhard meinke, loveday camp, camp 14, south australian internment camps, japanese internees -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Gwynedd Hunter-Payne, On the Duckboards-Experiences of the other side of war, 1995
220 page, cut paged softcover book with B&W illustrations. Front cover has B&W picture of nurses in a hospital with oval shaped photo of soldiers lying on the ground inset behind the title. back cover has block printing with small B&W photo of nurses. Black print on spine.Handwritten in blue "John W Toon OAM Ex POW 8th Div" Handwritten in black "Donated by Bendigo YMCA" Stamped on front flyleaf "Bendigo District RSL Sub Branch Inc PO Box 449 Bendigo Central 3552" books, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Souvenir - GLASS DOME, Post 1918
Relates to John "Jack" Hindley, WIA and captured 11/4/17, died as POW in Germany 6/5/17. See also item no 1776.3P. The item was from the Bendigo Fire Brigade of which Jack was a long member off.WWI souvenir glass dome containing artificial flowers.ornaments-glass, military history-souvenirs -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Medals VX44919 Pte A N Haines, Mid 20th Century
These are the original medals for VX44919 Pte A N Haines. Pte Haines served during WW2 and was posted to 2/21 Aust Inf Bn. Pte Haines was a POW on Hainan Island and was is presumed to have died on or before 01 May 1945.They are original Medals.Two copper colour stars and two silver colour medals with appropriate ribbons. One Rising Sun collar badge.On the back of the stars and on the edge of the medals the inscription VX44919 A N Haines.medals, vx44919 a n haines