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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, Recollections - Internees, POW, Garrison, 1990-1995
... Recollections - Internees, POW, Garrison...Recollections - Internees, POW, Garrison... Tatura the-murray Folder Recollections - Internees, POW, Garrison ...Consolidation of minor files. Recollections of life in and at the Camps. Some files have alternative Ref. No.Two ring binder.Recollections - Internees, POW, Garrison -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, John Castle, The Password is courage, 1956_
... prisoner of war camps...Story of Charles Coward, a British POW who carried out... of Charles Coward, a British POW who carried out sabotage ...Story of Charles Coward, a British POW who carried out sabotage and resistance activities in various camps including Auschwitz.286 p. pbk.prisoner of war camps, world war 2 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Cowra Times, Printer, A Cowra Breakthrough
... Photocopied article on Italian POW and guard at Cowra Camp.... article on Italian POW and guard at Cowra Camp. Article in Cowra ...Article in Cowra Times.Photocopied article on Italian POW and guard at Cowra Camp.cowra times, italian pow's -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Hugh Clarke, Escape to Death
... Paperback account of Cowra breakout by Japanese POW's 1944.... breakout by Japanese POW's 1944. Escape to Death Purchased by T & D ...Purchased by T & D Historical Society.Paperback account of Cowra breakout by Japanese POW's 1944.Escape to Deathcowra breakout, japanese pow's, hugh clarke, camp 13 -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
ID Disks
... POW ID Disk (German issued) for J. Solomon... POW ID Disk (German issued) for J. Solomon Personal Item WW2 ...POW ID Disk (German issued) for J. Solomonpersonal item, ww2, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Chopstick Set
... Chopsticks and box carved during time as POW in Burma... Set Chopsticks and box carved during time as POW in Burma ...Chopsticks and box carved during time as POW in Burmamedals, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Administrative record - MEMO BOOK, Red Cross V.A.D, 1939-1945
... . He was a POW, worked on the Burma railway. The father... raising for our POW's (Red Cross). 1st clipping shows a little... showing news clippings about fund raising for our POW's (Red Cross ...The little boy's father worked for a gold mining company in Malaya. The boy and his mother made it out of Malaya to Bendigo safely. The father volunteered by joining the 4th Pahang Bn of the Federated States of Malaya, serial no 13428 and his rank was Sgt. He was a POW, worked on the Burma railway. The father, Desmond Vandergrift Giblin survived the War. Desmond Vandergrift Giblin has letters and his diary on the Aust War Memorial website.This is a pocket sized memo book. Mottled blue cover with white printing. The spine is dark blue. The cover is hard cardboard. Inside are numerous lined pages. The pages in the first section are used as a scrap book showing news clippings about fund raising for our POW's (Red Cross). 1st clipping shows a little boy, Ian Desmond Giblin, aged 2 yr 10 mth. His father was a POW in Malaya. Other pages in the book are either blank or have a few pencilled financial notations.“July 6th” is written on the little boy's clipping but no year.ww2, red cross, pow's, burma railway, v.a.d. -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph - 13ALH escorting prisoners, 1918
... prisoner-of-war... of gathering prisoners-of-war from the infantry and moving them to POW... prisoners-of-war from the infantry and moving them to POW compounds ...The 13th Light Horse being Corps Cavalry often had the task of gathering prisoners-of-war from the infantry and moving them to POW compounds behind the front line.Rare photograph of Australian Light Horse escorting prisoners-of-war in large numbers in France during WWI.Black and white photograph of large group of German soldiers, escorted by 7 mounted Australian soldiers, marching through a village street. Photograph is affixed to a heavy card backing."Prisoners captured in the battle of Hamel, France. Escorted by members of the 13th Light Horse Regiment to compound at Bertangles on July 4th 1918."13th light horse, prisoner-of-war, hamel -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Lieut Kenneth Frederick Young, Lieutenant Kenneth F. Young, 1992
... , subsequently employed in AMF Australian Inf at Murchison POW between... Garrison Guard Dhurringile POW ... Guard Dhurringile POW A thirty page history of Bendigo's Private ...A thirty page history of Bendigo's Private Kenneth Young subsequently promoted to Lieutenant. Captured and interned in Crete, wounded 1st May 1942, was threatened with amputation, nursed to health by the Sisters of Mercy in a German hospital. Repatriated 1943, granted the authority to wear one gold wound stripe, subsequently employed in AMF Australian Inf at Murchison POW between which a broken fibula and tibia. Finally a stint as Guard of POW, accidentally shot in the leg by a German sentry when lying in bed. A unique service record from the horror of Crete. The manuscript was compiled from material provided by Lieut Young's sister, Mrs Russell.Clear plastic folder with a photo of Lieutenant Kenneth Young AIF with a red border on the front page and red back cover.Lieut. Kenneth Young AIF on the margin. Lieut Kenneth F. Young enlisted Sept 39 AIF captured Crete 1941 Repatriated 1943 Garrison Guard Dhurringile POW lieutenant kenneth f. young, mrs russell, internment camps australia -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder - autobiography, Bruno Simon, Remember life in Camp 13, 1991
... pow mail...Gustav Pohlig Collection of POW mail.... of address envelopes. Gustav Pohlig Collection of POW mail. a 40 page ...a 40 page photocopy collection of addressed envelopes as indicate by the large inscription as indicated below with a six page autobiography "Remember life in Camp 13". Possibly an association with Mooroopna philatelist may have been the contact between Mr Pohlig and Lurline KneeBlack plastic cover containing 40 pages of photocopy collection of address envelopes.Gustav Pohlig Collection of POW mail.gustav polig, pow mail, internee correspondence, australian internee camps -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photo Album, 1990
... POW camps...Camp 13 POW Murchison WW2.... Containing photos of Camp 13 Murchison. Camp 13 POW Murchison WW2 ...Royal cover with 2 gold rectangles. Containing photos of Camp 13 Murchison.Camp 13 POW Murchison WW2murchison, camp 13, pow camps -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Archive Folder (grey), Dhurringile POW Camp
... Dhurringile POW Camp... POW camp.... Tatura the-murray Archive Folder (grey) Dhurringile POW Camp Grey ...Grey archival folder containing photographs of Dhurringile POW camp. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Dead Men Rising, 1951
... Cowra POW camps... POW's.... on Cowra breakout by Japanese POW's. Originally from South ...Originally from South Shepparton Technical School library.Soft covered novel based on Cowra breakout by Japanese POW's.cowra breakout, japanese breakouts, cowra internment camps, cowra pow camps -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Watercolour, Georg Rosenkranz, Cutting wood at Graytown, 1941/2
... graytown pow camp...Stylised watercolour painting of POW cutting wood... Stylised watercolour painting of POW cutting wood at Graytown Camp ...Artist Georg Rosenkranz, crewman aboard the HSK Kormoran, painted this while at Graytown Prisoner of War Camp.Stylised watercolour painting of POW cutting wood at Graytown CampCutting wood at Graytown. (?) He had on hand only ? fingers (Very nice chop)graytown pow camp, georg rosenkranz, illustrations, watercolour -
Waverley RSL Sub Branch
Letters from Italian POW
... Letters from Italian POW...letter Postcard POW...3 letter cards from Italian POW Luio Zentere... melbourne Letters from Italian POW 3 letter cards from Italian POW ...3 letters from Luio Zenere to his father Attillo Zenere after his capture by partisans, handed to American forces and subesquently to British and his incarceration in a P.O.W. camp in Naples 16/3/1944One letter in english partially readable 2 in Italian faded and difficult to read but letter in English gives insight into the life of one P.O.W.3 letter cards from Italian POW Luio ZenterePrisoner of War Post Service des prisoners de Guerre Kriegsfrngennenpostletter postcard pow -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph
... Colour photo of bags of rice being unloaded by POWs... by POWs at An Thoi Photograph Photograph ...Colour photo of bags of rice being unloaded by POWs at An Thoi -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Riding Crop, 1944-45
... prisoner of war... / POW's made many items from largely scrap material during.... Internees / POW's made many items from largely scrap material during ...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 -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Functional object - Railway Spikes (Burma Railway), 28 April 2022
... Prisoner of War... in recognition of the allied POW lives lost during construction... memorial in recognition of the allied POW lives lost during ...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 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Australian - Thai Chamber of Commerce, Hellfire Pass Memorial. Thailand - Burma Railway, 1998
... On title page: John W Toon ex POW, Jack Fitzgerald (?) OAM... illustrations. On title page: John W Toon ex POW, Jack Fitzgerald ...6th Edition updated by Rod Beattie. Contains many contemporary & modern photographs of the Thai - Burma railway. Book details the construction of the memorial & reclamation of the railway.Illustrated soft card cover. Title in blue letters. Stapled binding. 40 cut edge pages. Contains black & white & colour illustrations.On title page: John W Toon ex POW, Jack Fitzgerald (?) OAM ex POW, Donated by Dean Hayes.books-military-history, memorials -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Framed Photograph, WW1 Captured Turkish Officers, c 1917
... Framed b&w photo of five seated Turkish Officer POW's... Turkish Officer POW's Caption: WW1 Captured Turkish Officers Photo ...Framed b&w photo of five seated Turkish Officer POW'sCaption: WW1 Captured Turkish Officers Photo from the Museums Whyte Collection -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Watercolour, Georg Rosenkranz, In the theatre in camp, 1941/2
... graytown pow camp...Stylised watercolour poster advertising a Graytown POW Camp.... Stylised watercolour poster advertising a Graytown POW Camp theatre ...Artist Georg Rosenkranz, crewman aboard the HSK Kormoran, painted this while at Graytown Prisoner of War Camp.Stylised watercolour poster advertising a Graytown POW Camp theatre production.In the theatre in camp. Einer von Den Haübern. (schiller)graytown pow camp, rosenkranz, illustrations, watercolour, theatre -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Picture
... VX30885 Harold Lock. 2/21 Battalion died in POW in AMBON... VX30885 Harold Lock. 2/21 Battalion died in POW in AMBON Picture ...VX30885 Harold Lock. 2/21 Battalion died in POW in AMBONpicture, ww2, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Spoon
... Spoon belonging to Leo WX12258 During his time as POW... Spoon belonging to Leo WX12258 During his time as POW in Java ...Spoon belonging to Leo WX12258 During his time as POW in Java..miscellaneous, ww2, army -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph
... Colour photos of POWs under guard from RVN military... Newhaven gippsland POWs Colour photos of POWs under guard from RVN ...Colour photos of POWs under guard from RVN military personnelpows -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, Camp 13 German POW reunion 1974, 1992
... Camp 13 German POW reunion 1974...German POW Reunion 1974...Camp 13 German POW reunion 1974... Tatura the-murray Folder Camp 13 German POW reunion 1974 Clear ...One of the many accessions received by our overseas friends and supporters.Clear plastic folder with green border and back with two colour laser copies - sentry box and concrete building with a close up of the building with 3 returnees and 3 ladies renewing memories.Camp 13 German POW reunion 1974camp 13 reunion, german pow reunion 1974 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Audio Tape, Ted Price
... Ted Price 1991 Removal of Camps - POW... 1991 Removal of Camps - POW Side b: talk by Ted Price to the T ...Side b: talk by Ted Price to the T & D Historical society - setting up and removal of camps; Side a: radio interview 2C0 with Lurline nee on opening of new room - Bill Doller room.HQ60 video tapeTed Price 1991 Removal of Camps - POWted price, bill doller room, camp set ups, camp removals -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - SHORTS, C.1939 - 44
... japanese pow...Japanese issue shorts for POWs. Khaki coloured, cotton... goldfields SHORTS Uniform Japanese issue shorts for POWs. Khaki ...The shorts were brought home by Lieut Cyril John WATSON VX39057. Refer Cat No 1122.3 for his service details.Japanese issue shorts for POWs. Khaki coloured, cotton fabric tie belt.costume-male, japanese pow -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, Manfred Mueller, Original 1942, copy 1989
... pow...ID photo of German POW, Manfred Mueller, artist, in profile... of German POW, Manfred Mueller, artist, in profile. Number PWG41595 ...WW2 internment camp Tatura. Prisoners of war.ID photo of German POW, Manfred Mueller, artist, in profile. Number PWG41595pow, german pow, pwg41595, manfred mueller -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Dhurringile POW Camp, 1939
... Dhurringile POW Camp...dhurringile pow camp...Black and white photograph of perimeter of Dhurringile POW... Tatura the-murray Photograph Dhurringile POW Camp Black and white ...Dhurringile camp.Black and white photograph of perimeter of Dhurringile POW Camp barbed wire entanglements.dhurringile pow camp -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, Australian Military Forces, Australian Archives Brighton May 1991, revised May 1941
... Seven Australian military forces internee/POW service... Seven Australian military forces internee/POW service ...The interesting records of Japanese civilian internees in Camp 4. The Rev Len Kentish, pilot Hajime Toyashima and take to Cowra where he became one of the ringleaders of the infamous breakout and died during the attempt and made available with the efforts of the Knee family with the cooperation of the Australian Archives, also Shepparton News cutting, Keith Esson, Alan Fitzgerald. Italian farming soldiers.Seven Australian military forces internee/POW service and casualty forms, overprinted Japanese in individual plastic envelopes, clear plastic cover with a green border and back cover. Also the last page has details of the first Australian POW taken by Japanese on Australia soil and the first Japanese POW on Melville Island and captured by the aboriginals, one of who spoke fluent Japanese.On the green border - Australian Archives Brighton May 1991 Camp 4 Yasukichi and Terese Mupvakami and family internment camp records.rev len kentish, hajime toyashima, cowra, camp 4, keith esson, alan fitzgerald, italian farming soldiers, cowra breakout, shepparton news, japanese internees