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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Functional object - Ash Tray, 1940's
Made by an Italian POW whilst interned in Tatura during WW2.Egg shaped stone carved ash tray with text and marking which have been etched into the stone. Brown colour with cream flecks.Ricordo, POW, Italiano around edge; on base POW Italisculpture, ricordo, bilney r, italian pow's, tatura pow camps -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Postcard - Post Card, Cesare Vagarini, Country Road, 1991
POW Camp 13 artist. Original owned by Gustav Polig New York USA. Used for post card. In 1943 an agreement was reached to allow POW's to send air mail. Fee was 6 pence for a card, 1 shilling for a letter of which were censored.Coloured photograph country road. Post cardPOW Mailww2 artists, camp 13 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - LETTER, GERMAN POW WW2, C.1947
The POW describes how he got home to Austria in Dec 1946 and the conditions there. With the letter was a small hand made model aeroplane, refer Cat No 5786. The letter was to Allan Frederick Goodall DFC, RAAF, refer Cat No 543.2 for his service details. The letter arrived after Allan had been killed in a car crash late 1947.Letter folded yellowed paper written in blue pen, two pages of writing and one with name and address, written by a former German POW in Eygpt in 1945 who worked in an Officers Club, "Lido Seneifa" as a barman."Smunden, 2 - IV - 1947 - Dear Sir"letters, pow, german, dfc -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Watercolour, Georg Rosenkranz, Playing Darts, 1941/2
Artist Georg Rosenkranz, crewman aboard the HSK Kormoran, painted this while at Graytown POW CampStylised watercolour painting of POW playing darts in GraytownPlaying Dartsgraytown pow camp, georg rosenkranz, hsk kormoran, illustrations, watercolour -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH AND LEGEND, Pre war - 1941-42
The two cyclists were taken prisoner in North Africa. The prisoners gave the photo to Colin Odlum and the result was that the photo came back to Australia and given to William (Billy) Bird who loaned the photo to the Cycling Club in Bendigo. Colin Odlum VX45898 2/23 Batt AIF. KIA 12.7.42. Refer 127.56, 128.2, 137.3P. Bettie Bird refer 136.2, Billy Bird 1601. .1) Photo, B & W of two Italian men on Racing Bikes with building in the background. .2) Original newspaper article re Italian POW's and Colin Odlum on a black background. .1) On the rear faded writing re the two cyclists "POW's"documents, historical notes, photography, photographs, military history -
Orbost & District Historical Society
wages sheets, 1.7.1970 - 30.6.1988
These forms were used by Hector G. Pow's Sawmiller Company in Newmerella ( Henty's & Pow). Pow's had a mill at Cabbage Tree as well. Hec Pow and his father sold the Newmerella mill to Henry Silverberg and Les Grace. The mill is currently owned by Mectec.Orbost has historically been based on the timber industry, but that industry has declined considerably over the last 20 years. The number of locals involved in the timber industry has declined and many of the mills have closed. This item reflects a time when that industry was a significant contributor to the economy of the district.Thirty dark green hard-backed folders with black spines and silver metal fastenings, containing wages sheets for employees of POW's Sawmills P/L. All have labels with "POW's Sawmills P/L" and dates of wages sheets included. They are hand-written. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Herald, L-R: Kevin Arrowsmith, Bobby Arrowsmith and Unknown enjoy their first taste of ice cream since being freed from POW camp, c.1946
Returned Anzacs and Prisoners of War including Arrowsmith brothers Kevin and Bobby from Eltham, Vic. holding newspapers tucked under their left arm and unknown man with a cigarette in his left hand. They are enjoying a tub of Peter's ice cream with small wooden scoops. Press photograph taken by The Herald. Stamped on reverse in blue ink: “Copyright Not for Reproduction Herald Feature Service Melbourne, Australia.”bobby arrowsmith, joan castledine collection, kevin arrowsmith, peter's ice cream, prisoner of war, anzacs, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLET OF POW DEATHS AT SANDAKAN, Extraction from Don Wall's book - "Sandakan - The Last March", "AUSTRALIAN/ POW DEATHS/ BRITISH NORTH BORNEO/1942-1945/ SANDAKAN", c 1988
Booklet information "Extracted from Don Wall's book - Sandakan - The Last March" .Soft cover booklet - facsimile. Cover - cardboard, black print on cover, white background. Illustration - front, small black print of a soldier with bugle with cemetery scene. Binding tape. Pages 148 to 181 copied into booklet paper. End papers - printed colour triangular shaped images.books, history, ww2, sandakan -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BIOGRAPHY, Allen and Unwin, Keep the men alive, Australian POW Doctors in Japanese Captivity, 2009
During WW2 22,000 Australian military personnel became prisoners of the Japanese military, many of those who returned home after the war attributed their survival to the 106 Australian medical Officers imprisoned alongside them.Book, soft cover, cardboard, brown and dark grey print on front, spine and back on beige background, illustrated on front cover in sepia tones of Doctors attending to a patient, 297 pages, plain off white , illustrated with black and white photographs.books, ww2, pow doctors. -
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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Memorabilia, Freedom Flight Inc. 20th anniversary Memorabilia: POW, MIA 2009
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Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Monsoon, You'll die in Singapore: True account of one of the most amazing POW escapes in WWII, 2005
With sixteen other POWs, author Charles McCormac broke out from his POW camp in Japanese-occupied Singapore and began a two-thousand-mile escape from Singapore, through the jungles of Indonesia to Australia. The POWs' escape took a staggering five months and only two out of the original seventeen men survived. This is McCormac's compelling true account of one of the most horrifying and amazing escapes in World War Two. It is a story of courage, endurance and compassion, and makes for a very gripping read.Ill, maps, p.223.non-fictionWith sixteen other POWs, author Charles McCormac broke out from his POW camp in Japanese-occupied Singapore and began a two-thousand-mile escape from Singapore, through the jungles of Indonesia to Australia. The POWs' escape took a staggering five months and only two out of the original seventeen men survived. This is McCormac's compelling true account of one of the most horrifying and amazing escapes in World War Two. It is a story of courage, endurance and compassion, and makes for a very gripping read.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, prisoner of war escapes - singapore -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Hero Found: the greatest POW escape of the Vietnam War, 2010
dengler, dieter, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - prisoners and prisons, prisoners of war - united states -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Dockery, Kevin, Operation Thunderhead: The True Story of Vietnam's Final POW Rescue Mission - and the Last Navy Seal Killed in Country, 2008
As the Vietnam War ground to an end, American forces were being withdrawn from combat duty. But some were still fighting for their lives: the prisioners of war. There were two operations lauched to rescue the POWs. One - the legendary Son Tay Raid - was revealed to the public. The other was classified as Top Secret. This is the incredible true story of that almost-forgotten mission..As the Vietnam War ground to an end, American forces were being withdrawn from combat duty. But some were still fighting for their lives: the prisioners of war. There were two operations lauched to rescue the POWs. One - the legendary Son Tay Raid - was revealed to the public. The other was classified as Top Secret. This is the incredible true story of that almost-forgotten mission.. 1961-1975 - prisoners and prisons, north vietnamese, prisoners of war - united states, vietnam war - 1961-1975 - search and rescue operations, u.s. navy seals, operation thunderbird, pows, son tay raid -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Gruner, Elliott, Prisoners of Culture: representing the Vietnam POW, 1993
A major contribution to our understanding of how and why U.S. POWs from the Vietnam War have become crucial icons of American culture in the 1980s and 1990s....Grunner effectively diagnoses and interpreters' a national psychopathology.A major contribution to our understanding of how and why U.S. POWs from the Vietnam War have become crucial icons of American culture in the 1980s and 1990s....Grunner effectively diagnoses and interpreters' a national psychopathology.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975, in mass media - united states., prisoners of war in mass media - united states. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
CD, Nik Sharplin, Nik Sharplin POW Coins
Nik Sharplin visited the Museum researching information on Dunera notes. He subsequently forwarded the CD for the Museums records.White CD with blue text. Inside a black and clear plastic case.nik sharplin, dunera -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio Wartimes Camps, German POW, C.2005
Material from the WW2 prisoner of war Camp 13 at Murchison, official reports, letters and memorabilia. Original material emanating from the time Camp 13 operated as a prisoner of war camp during WW2.Black two ring folder containing printed material, sketches and photos all contained in plastic sleeves. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, POW Camp 13 - Tents
Painted by Klober at Camp 13.Photograph of watercolour depicting tents, army huts and 11 gum trees.Klober ? 41klober, gus pohlig, camp 13 art, watercolour paintings, pow camp 13, internment camp tents, internment camp accommodation -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Magazine, POW WOW, 1941-1942
Two magazines donated by Don Mc Pherson of McPherson Newspapers.|Sketches of Army Officers. eg. Colonel Tackaberry and Quarter Master Ted ScatesTwo soft covered magazines consisting of eighteen pages of articles and sketches. (1) Fawn colored cover with red barbwire squares and a soldier in a slouch hat and army huts in the background, red and black printing on the front cover and an advertisement for Foster's Lager on the back cover. (2) Fawn cover with green barbwire squares and a soldier in a slouch hat and army huts in the background, green nd black printing on the front cover. An advertisement for Foster's Lager on the back cover.documents, reports -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Hay POW & Internment Camp 1940-1947, 1991
Published t coincide with the Special Reunion of the Italian Ex-Prisoners of War, which took place at Griffith November 10-12, 1991Orange soft covered book with sketch of guard tower on front.ww2 hay camp, books, history, local -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - sketch, POW Camp 13 - Tents, 1941
Water colour sketch by internee Klober at Camp13. Depicts tents used early 1941 before the galvanised iron huts were constructed on site.Laminated watercolour sketch of many tents with huts and large gum trees in the background. Brown frame with gold edgecamp art work, camp water colours, klober, camp 13, internment camp tents -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, POW Camp 13 at Murchison by David Green, 2009
Printed material in clear plastic cover.pow camp 13 murchison, dhurringile pow camp, graytown camp, memorials, books, history, local -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, German POW Records & Recollections
Red two ring folder with printed material and photos in plastic sleeves.documents, reports -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, World War 2 POW & Internee Mail Covers, 1939-1946
Donated by descendants of former prisoners and collectors.Red plastic folder containing mail covers in plastic sleeves.philately, covers -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Italian POW, 2001
repatriation, italian pow, otranto, photograph, records -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, POW Camp 13. Rudolf Liessmann Collection
Material in the possession and collected by Rudolf Liessmann.Black two ring folder containing printed material in plastic sleeves.documents, reports -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Peter Mueller, POW Camp 13, Murchison
Material made during WW2 and sent to museum from Germany by Peter Mueller.Blue plastic folder with photos etc. in plastic sleeves.documents, reports -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Magazines, POW Wow, 1941
Newsletters published for use by the garrison of Camp 1 in 1941. Brief news items relating to the Garrison members in Camp 1.Printed and folded A3 newsletters. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, Japanese POW Records
Photocopied material donated.Black two ring folder.documents, reports -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photographs, Camp 13 POW Album Kurt Straszewski Collection, 1941-1945
Collection made by Kurt Strastewski and forwarded to Museum from Germany by Wolfgang Neugebauer.Black 2 ring folder with pages of b. & w. photos in acid free sleeves. Two volumes - vol 1: mainly wartime; vol 2: post war, reunions, etc.camp 13, dhurringile pow camp, afrika korps, kurt strastewski, wolfgang neugebauer