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Polish Museum & Archives in Australia
POW dog tag
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Polish Museum & Archives in Australia
POW id
... POW id... Carrington Drive Albion melbourne POW id ... -
Waverley RSL Sub Branch
id tag Stalag V!!a and 2 postcards
... POW... a food parcel. POW Stalag VII/a ...Cpl A. P. Leach captured by Germans and sent to Stalag VII/A where he spent his 19th Birthday celebrated by a cake with "REAL FRUIT" from a food parcel. metal ID tag from Stalag VIIa with No. 92457 and 2 postcards from Cpl A. P. Leach to his Father R. W. LeachSTALAG VII/A Nr. 92457 pow, stalag vii/a -
Myrtleford and District Historical Society
Model Ship - Myrtleford POW Camp
... Model Ship - Myrtleford POW Camp... Myrtleford high-country Model Ship - Myrtleford POW Camp ... -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Angus and Robertson, Behind bamboo, 1946
... POW on the notorious Thai-Burma railway. Rohan Rivett ...The bestselling memoir of life as an Australian POW on the notorious Thai-Burma railway. Rohan Rivett was a journalist in Singapore when it fell to the Japanese in 1942. He escaped south - across the treacherous Bangka Strait - to Indonesia, but was soon captured and became just one of thousands of POWs struggling for existence in a Japanese camp. The struggle was to last for more than three years. Behind Bamboo is unflinching in its honesty and haunting in its realism. It is a vivid, compelling testament to the Australians' will to survive and their unassailable spirit in the face of the most callous inhumanity.Ill, p.391.non-fictionThe bestselling memoir of life as an Australian POW on the notorious Thai-Burma railway. Rohan Rivett was a journalist in Singapore when it fell to the Japanese in 1942. He escaped south - across the treacherous Bangka Strait - to Indonesia, but was soon captured and became just one of thousands of POWs struggling for existence in a Japanese camp. The struggle was to last for more than three years. Behind Bamboo is unflinching in its honesty and haunting in its realism. It is a vivid, compelling testament to the Australians' will to survive and their unassailable spirit in the face of the most callous inhumanity. world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war - japan, burma railway -
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Photograph
... talbot hobbs, world war 1, POW, wounded... that German POWs so employed retained their helmets and respirators ...Provides conformation of policy that German POWs so employed retained their helmets and respirators,Western Front 1918. Boche prisoner assisting wounded British soldiers. Digital copy of photograph from a personal album of Lieutenant General JJT Hobbs.talbot hobbs, world war 1, pow, wounded -
Camberwell RSL Sub-Branch
Photo, Jack and Deloris Bell after receiving the Victorian Senior citizen award in 2017. Jack is 100 years young and a surviver of both Italian and German POW camps in WW2
... both Italian and German POW camps in WW2... and a surviver of both Italian and German POW camps in WW2 Photos taken ...Photos taken at Government House after being awarded the Senior Citizen award by the Governor of Victoria, The Honourable Linda Dessau AC.See photo -
Camberwell RSL Sub-Branch
Photo, Jack Bell shown as both a 100 year old ex WW2 POW and as a 22 year old RAAF member
... Jack Bell shown as both a 100 year old ex WW2 POW and as a... melbourne Photo Jack Bell shown as both a 100 year old ex WW2 POW ... -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - "Next to Impossible" The Remarkable LIfe of Albert Chalmers Borella VC, Bradley A. Chalmers, 2015
... , soldier settler, POW commandant. At ease in the company ...Quotation from back cover- "Bushman, farmhand, artist, metropolitan fireman, decorated soldier, soldier settler, POW commandant. At ease in the company of the King or the common man, Albert Chalmers Borella VC did it all. This is his remarkable life story. " In 1918 Albert Borella (1881-1968) led a platoon in an attack to straighten the front line beyond Villers-Bretonneux, from which a major British offensive was to be launched a few weeks later. While ahead of his troops, he single-handedly captured a machine-gun. Then, after clearing a trench and dug-outs, he inspired his men to hold out during heavy enemy counter-attacks. Borella had earlier received the Military Medal and been Mentioned in Despatches. Although he had enlisted in Townsville (from Darwin), after the war he lived in Victoria as a farmer. Borella also served in the Second World War, and afterwards settled in Albury, New South Wales where he passed away on 07 February 1968. This extensive biography documents his background and life achievements.non-fictionQuotation from back cover- "Bushman, farmhand, artist, metropolitan fireman, decorated soldier, soldier settler, POW commandant. At ease in the company of the King or the common man, Albert Chalmers Borella VC did it all. This is his remarkable life story. " In 1918 Albert Borella (1881-1968) led a platoon in an attack to straighten the front line beyond Villers-Bretonneux, from which a major British offensive was to be launched a few weeks later. While ahead of his troops, he single-handedly captured a machine-gun. Then, after clearing a trench and dug-outs, he inspired his men to hold out during heavy enemy counter-attacks. Borella had earlier received the Military Medal and been Mentioned in Despatches. Although he had enlisted in Townsville (from Darwin), after the war he lived in Victoria as a farmer. Borella also served in the Second World War, and afterwards settled in Albury, New South Wales where he passed away on 07 February 1968. This extensive biography documents his background and life achievements.victoria cross, military history, biography albert borella, borella albert chalmers v.c> -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Peace pipe at pottery pow-wow, 1971
... Peace pipe at pottery pow-wow... Mitcham melbourne Article Article Peace pipe at pottery pow-wow ...Article on talks between Geal Bros., Springvale Road potters, Nunawading Council, residents and the Board of Works regarding noise, pollution and traffic problems arising from their operations.Article on talks between Geal Bros., Springvale Road potters, Nunawading Council, residents and the Board of Works regarding noise, pollution and traffic problems arising from their operations.Article on talks between Geal Bros., Springvale Road potters, Nunawading Council, residents and the Board of Works regarding noise, pollution and traffic problems arising from their operations.geal bros, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, city of nunawading, springvale road, forest hill, potteries -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, POW WW2, Charles Lewis, The Exceptional Melbourne Cup, 2006, revised 2001, 2014
... BOOK, POW WW2...POW...BOOK, POW WW2 Book The Exceptional Melbourne Cup Soft ...The Exceptional Melbourne Cup. Tuesday November 3rd 1942 - Tavoy Burma. A story of Australian Tradition, honour, resourcefulness and courage. Charles Lewis for his father, Warren Hastings Lewis.Soft cardboard cover, black print on front / back. Blue background, front illustrated, 3 colour photos the trophy cup. 33 cut, plain, white, pages. Illustrated black / white / colour photos, maps, illustrations.book, burma, pow, cup, melbourne -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Harper Collins, Hell's heroes, 2009
... is the story of the POW camp that never was − so dubbed by one old ...Hell′s Heroes is the story of the POW camp that never was − so dubbed by one old soldier because the atrocities that occurred there went largely unreported at the time. For while the Burma−Thai railway‚ the Bataan death march and events at Changi and in many other parts of Asia became synonymous with Japanese brutality‚ most of the camps which were set up to provide slave labour for the enemy military machine at home were slowly forgotten in the aftermath of World War II.Ill, maps, p.359.non-fictionHell′s Heroes is the story of the POW camp that never was − so dubbed by one old soldier because the atrocities that occurred there went largely unreported at the time. For while the Burma−Thai railway‚ the Bataan death march and events at Changi and in many other parts of Asia became synonymous with Japanese brutality‚ most of the camps which were set up to provide slave labour for the enemy military machine at home were slowly forgotten in the aftermath of World War II.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, atrocities - japan -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Hodder and Staughton, Voices of war : stories from the Australians at War Film Archive, 2006
... of the VC, POWs, the patrols of Vietnam, peacekeepers in Rwanda ...Stories of ordinary Australians caught up by circumstances and by duty. Features their telling of how they answered war's ruthless questions. What are you worth? In what do you believe? Can you endure? Stories from winners of the VC, POWs, the patrols of Vietnam, peacekeepers in Rwanda, nurses from aid agencies and others.Index, ill, p.541.non-fictionStories of ordinary Australians caught up by circumstances and by duty. Features their telling of how they answered war's ruthless questions. What are you worth? In what do you believe? Can you endure? Stories from winners of the VC, POWs, the patrols of Vietnam, peacekeepers in Rwanda, nurses from aid agencies and others.australia - history - military, australia - armed forces - history -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Photograph - Framed Collection of German POW Camp Photos, WW2 POW Stalag 23 Camp Photos, Estimated date 1940
... Framed Collection of German POW Camp Photos...WW2 POW Stalag 23 Camp Photos...Framed Collection of German POW Camp Photos Photograph WW2 ...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 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Poster - POSTER, RED CROSS, "Who will be Red Cross Junior?", 1943
... - Permit for (S..?) Ann - Radio Drive. See Cat 7028, 7029. WW2 POWs ...See Cat 7028, 7029.This is a quarto sized poster with glossy white paper. Printing is in red ink. Main image shows a little toddler with red bow in her hair, placing a penny into a Red Cross money box. A sign in black ink beside it states - Proceeds to the Prisoners of War Fund. At the bottom is a little statement Red Cross 'Junior' Competition.Staple hole on top LHS. On the rear, in pencil, are the raffle plans and prizes = Babyset - Palmer Club Raffle - Wireless - (YMCA Dance on 17th) - Hann Raffle - Bicycle - Love Birds - Permit for (S..?) Ann - Radio Drive. ww2, pows, red cross -
Bendigo Military Museum
Pamphlet - PAMPHLET, RED CROSS, 8 June 1943
... . Red Cross Fundraising WW2 POW's Red Cross ...Refer to Cat 7028. Bendigo Fundraising & VAD.This is a small set of pages to do with Fund Raising by the Red Cross in WW2. Cover - Printed in Red and Black ink. Has an image of a toddler putting a coin in a square white box. The other pages are mainly printed in red ink. They have details of awards for collectors. Official voting stamps. The pages are fastened with a rusty pin.On the entry form page, the printed month of July has been crossed out, with August written by hand. On the candidate page, July 5th has been crossed out with August 5th inserted.red cross, fundraising, ww2, pow's -
Bendigo Military Museum
Card - CARD, ACKNOWLEGMENT, Red Cross Melbourne, 1943
... " 1943. See Cat 7028 and 7029. Red Cross Fundraising WW2 POW's ...See Cat 7028 and 7029.This is a stout cardboard card. White card printed with red ink. The rear side is blank. The heading is = "An Acknowledgement" under that is a dotted line.Signatures at bottom are = Rita M Chilton, Hon Sec AAMWS and (illegible signature) Hon Organiser of Lord Mayors Red Cross "Junior" 1943.red cross, fundraising, ww2, pow's -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Garrison personnel, 1939
... dhurringile pow camp... members. Elwin Walker (in pictured) dhurringile pow camp ...Dhurringile camp garrison members. Elwin Walker (in pictured)Black and white photograph of 4 men in Australian Army uniform standing and 3 kneeling in front of a tent, 1939. dhurringile pow camp, dhurringile pow's, elwin walker -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
German Currency
... pow... pow ...These notes were collected by Mr Alex Pracz who was a member of the Russian Army. He was a Prisoner of War in Germany.Two bank notes from Germany. 1 Mark which is small, square and green, blue and black. 10 Reichsmark is rectangular with white and green text and decoration.german currency, pow -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Document POW Memorial, Bruce Ruxton Memorial Service. The Australian EX-Prisoners of War Memorial Ballarat Victoria 2012, 2012
... Document POW Memorial... melbourne Document POW Memorial Bruce Ruxton Memorial Service ...Good -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book - POW, The true story of The Death Railway & The Bridge on the River Kwai
... Book - POW... melbourne Book - POW The true story of The Death Railway ...THe story of the Burma - Thailand Railway. Soft cover, no dust cover. 60 pages containing black and white prints. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Painting - POWs Bathing
... Dandenong melbourne POWs Bathing Painting ... -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Ballarat Botanical Gardens by Lake Wendouree, The Fernery (Palm House), C 2002
... project", after the Australian Ex-POW Monument was finished ...The article was produced by the Ballarat City Council entitled "The Fernery". It deals with developments, purpose and plans for the Fernery from 1955.This page testifies to the importance Ballarat City Council attached to the Fernery around the turn of the century and the plan to make it "the next landmark project", after the Australian Ex-POW Monument was finished in 2004.One page of 6 paragraphs in font 12.Logo, central top of page, "Ballarat Botanical Gardens by Lake Wendouree" in black and white.john garner, doctor, john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, the fernery, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat botanical gardens masterplan and management strategy, ballarat city council, gardens, ballarat -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Sidgwick and Jackson, Vietnam, the war in the air : a pictorial history of the U.S. air forces in the Vietnam War, Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines, 1985
... planes to the evacuation of POW's in 1973 Sidgwick and Jackson ...This book covers US aerial operations from the first entrance of US planes to the evacuation of POW's in 1973Index, ill, maps, p.227.non-fictionThis book covers US aerial operations from the first entrance of US planes to the evacuation of POW's in 1973vietnam war - 1961-1975 - aerial operations - united states, vietnam war - 1961-1975 - history -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, 1940
... dhurringile pow camp.... Dhurringile guard duty. dhurringile pow camp ...Dhurringile guard duty.Black and white photograph of the Mansion in background. Outer perimeter fence, on 3 angles, with solitary guard in centre foreground outside perimeter fence.dhurringile pow camp -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLET WW1, POW, William E Thomason, March to Ranau, 1989
... BOOKLET WW1, POW...POW...BOOKLET WW1, POW Booklet March to Ranau Soft cardboard ...March to Ranau, Australian Servicemen at Sandakan, Borneo 1943 - 1945.Soft cardboard cover, black print front & back. Green background, front cover illustration is a line drawing of men in jungle scene by Iain Glanville. Back cover illustration certificate.Handwritten in blue ink on title page: “W E Thomason Nov 1989”booklet, pow, ranua, sandakan -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Arthur Knee, Camp 13 latrine block remains, 1989
... pow..., eucalyptus in background. camp 13 pow german pow internment camps ...Camp 13, German compound. Latrine block, concrete remains, eucalyptus in background.Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Concrete remains, latrine block.camp 13, pow, german pow, internment camps, ruins, murchison victoria, latrine remains camp 13 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Memorabilia, Freedom Flight Inc. 20th anniversary Memorabilia: POW, MIA 2009
... Freedom Flight Inc. 20th anniversary Memorabilia: POW, MIA... Inc. 20th anniversary Memorabilia: POW, MIA 2009 Memorabilia ...memorabilias, mia - united states -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Hero Found: the greatest POW escape of the Vietnam War, 2010
... Hero Found: the greatest POW escape of the Vietnam War.... POW escape of the Vietnam War. Film Film, DVD Henderson, Bruce ...dengler, dieter, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - prisoners and prisons, prisoners of war - united states -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper - cutting, The Courier Ballarat, "Tramways carnival for POW fund", August 1944
... "Tramways carnival for POW fund"... or ruled paper. "Tramways carnival for POW fund" Newspaper cutting ...Front face reports on the overall results of the fundraising and Mrs Mitchell being the winner. Includes a congratulatory note from the City of Ballarat, the previous evening. On the reverse side is part of a cutting regarding the Greyhound racing event held on 15/7. These two items have been trimmed. Further date research is required.Demonstrates newspaper reporting re the Sylvia Mitchell fund raising.Set of 2 newspaper cuttings pasted onto a sheet of card or ruled paper.most popular conductress, sylvia mitchell, tramways, sec, red cross, events