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Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub BranchFirearm
... WW2 Army Arisake, Japanese, 7.7mm, 5 shot Mag, SN M9777 ...Arisake, Japanese, 7.7mm, 5 shot Mag, SN M9777weapon, ww2, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub BranchNewspaper
Newspaper The Sun 15/08/1945 Photo Copy Japanese Surrendernewspapers, ww2, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub BranchFeed Strip
... Ammunition Army Bullet feed for Japanese M92 7.7mm Gas Operated Heavy ...Bullet feed for Japanese M92 7.7mm Gas Operated Heavy Machine Gun & anti tank & tracer proj4ectilesammunition, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub BranchPhoto
... 1946 Army Ron King Japan 1946 Photo ...Ron King Japan 1946photo, 1946, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub BranchBook
A Pocket Vocabulary of Malay Pidgin English and Japanese Phrases.Belonged to VX10525 Sig'm. H.Petersen, 2nd AIFephemera, ww2, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
JORDAN-HILL J.D.P
VX45374, John D.P.Jordan-Hill 2/23rd Battalion. - 2 books, newspaper 1939, 2 colour patches and chevron, Japanese money, buttons,RFAS badge, ribbon bar.documents, ww2, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub BranchSword
... WW2 Army Japanese Cavalty Sword. 1899 Pattern, Serial Number ...Japanese Cavalty Sword. 1899 Pattern, Serial Number 117768.weapon, ww2, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub BranchSword
... WW2 Army Japanese Samurai sword Sword ...Japanese Samurai swordweapon, ww2, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Light Machine Gun
... 1940 Army Japanese Model 96 6.5mm SN4452 Light Machine Gun ...Japanese Model 96 6.5mm SN4452weapon, 1940, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub BranchHelmet
British Mk4 with Japanies star. Issue to Japanese troops on service with th Occupation Forces at the end of WW 2.headgear, 1952, army -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Allen & Unwin, Against the sun : the AIF in Malaya, 1941-42, 1998
Against the sun is a challenging account of the AIF's 8th division and the campaign against the Japanese in Malaya in 1941 - 1942Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.252.non-fictionAgainst the sun is a challenging account of the AIF's 8th division and the campaign against the Japanese in Malaya in 1941 - 1942world war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – malaya, australian army - 8th division -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Black Dog Books, Kokoda track : 101 days : an Australian story of extraordinary bravery, 2007
An extraordinary story of a small force defeating a much larger one. It is the tale of 550 men of the 39th Militia Battalion. In eight short and brutal weeks, these soldiers slowed, and eventually stopped the advance of 6000 experienced Japanese troops.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.179.non-fictionAn extraordinary story of a small force defeating a much larger one. It is the tale of 550 men of the 39th Militia Battalion. In eight short and brutal weeks, these soldiers slowed, and eventually stopped the advance of 6000 experienced Japanese troops.world war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – kokoda, australian army - 39th battalion -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Hachette, Kokoda, 2008
... Imperial Japanese Army was unstoppable. But this is the story ...Kokoda, 1942. In the muddy, treacherous mountains of Papua New Guinea, a small force of young Australian soldiers - some of them still teenagers - are up against highly trained, experienced Japanese troops. Many believed that the all-conquering Imperial Japanese Army was unstoppable. But this is the story of how these brave young Aussies faced up to some of the world's best soldiers on a narrow, precarious jungle track - and defeated them.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.479.non-fictionKokoda, 1942. In the muddy, treacherous mountains of Papua New Guinea, a small force of young Australian soldiers - some of them still teenagers - are up against highly trained, experienced Japanese troops. Many believed that the all-conquering Imperial Japanese Army was unstoppable. But this is the story of how these brave young Aussies faced up to some of the world's best soldiers on a narrow, precarious jungle track - and defeated them.world war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – kokoda, kokoda track 1942 -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Macmillan, Ring of Fire : Australian Guerrilla Operations Against the Japanese in World War II, 1983
An account of the clandestine operations launced from Australiaon the Japanese occupied islands to its north during World War Two.Index, ill, maps, p.164.non-fictionAn account of the clandestine operations launced from Australiaon the Japanese occupied islands to its north during World War Two.australian army - independent company - 2/2. 2/4., australian army - clandestine operations -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, McMillan, On Radji Beach:The story of the Australian nurses after the fall of Singapore, 2010
When Singapore fell dramatically to the Japanese on 15 February 1942, hundreds of people scrambled to leave. Amongst the evacuees were 65 Australian nurses. They boarded a coastal freighter named the Vyner Brooke, which was sunk by the Japanese. From a group of 60 shipwreck survivors including 22 nurses, Vivian Bullwinkel was the only survivor.Index, bibliography, ill, p.360.When Singapore fell dramatically to the Japanese on 15 February 1942, hundreds of people scrambled to leave. Amongst the evacuees were 65 Australian nurses. They boarded a coastal freighter named the Vyner Brooke, which was sunk by the Japanese. From a group of 60 shipwreck survivors including 22 nurses, Vivian Bullwinkel was the only survivor. royal australian army nursing corps, vivian bullwinkel -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Cassell, Kohima, 1966
On 7 March 1944 Tokyo announced that the Japanese invasion of British India had begun. By mid-month, the Japanese 31st Division had crossed the Chindwin River in northern Burma, advancing on a wide front towards Imphal and Kohima. In bitter jungle fighting from early April, the British Fourteenth Army under Field Marshal Slim held the Japanese assault on Kohima Ridge. By late June the Japanese were in headlong retreat. Kohima ranks for strategic importance with Alamein, Midway and Stalingrad. The increasing dominance of Allied airpower in the region in the aftermath of the battle was a major factor.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.275.non-fictionOn 7 March 1944 Tokyo announced that the Japanese invasion of British India had begun. By mid-month, the Japanese 31st Division had crossed the Chindwin River in northern Burma, advancing on a wide front towards Imphal and Kohima. In bitter jungle fighting from early April, the British Fourteenth Army under Field Marshal Slim held the Japanese assault on Kohima Ridge. By late June the Japanese were in headlong retreat. Kohima ranks for strategic importance with Alamein, Midway and Stalingrad. The increasing dominance of Allied airpower in the region in the aftermath of the battle was a major factor. kohima - siege - 1944, world war 1939-1945 - land operations - india -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Edward Jablonski, America in the air war, 1982
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Army Air Forces had only 1,100 combat-ready planes. No one could have imagined then that within the next four years the AAF would become the mighty weapon commemorated in the paintings reproduced on the following pages, or that it would have to scope to engage in what its commander, General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, described as a "global mission." Nevertheless, by 1944 the AAF had grown into 16 separate air forces stationed around the world, and its 1,100 planes had grown to nearly 80,000.Index, bib, ill, p.171.non-fictionWhen the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Army Air Forces had only 1,100 combat-ready planes. No one could have imagined then that within the next four years the AAF would become the mighty weapon commemorated in the paintings reproduced on the following pages, or that it would have to scope to engage in what its commander, General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, described as a "global mission." Nevertheless, by 1944 the AAF had grown into 16 separate air forces stationed around the world, and its 1,100 planes had grown to nearly 80,000. world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - united states, united states air force - history - 1939-1945 -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Cameron Forbes, Hellfire : The Story of Australia, Japan and the Prisoners of War, 2005
... of the Imperial Japanese Army. The result is a tour de force, a powerful ...For months during 1943 there was no night in Hellfire Pass. By the light of flares, carbide lamps and bamboo fires, men near-naked and skeletal cut a passage through stone to make way for a railway. Among these men were some of the 22,000 Australian soldiers taken prisoner by the Japanese during World War II. In camps across Asia and the Pacific, they struggled, died, and survived with a little help from their mates. 'Hellfire' was researched in Australia, Japan and across South-East Asia. It draws on 50 first-person interviews, ranging from former prisoners to an old Mon villager deep in the Burmese jungle, and from Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew to veterans of the Imperial Japanese Army. The result is a tour de force, a powerful and searing history of the prisoners of the Japanese.Index, ill, bib, p.559.non-fictionFor months during 1943 there was no night in Hellfire Pass. By the light of flares, carbide lamps and bamboo fires, men near-naked and skeletal cut a passage through stone to make way for a railway. Among these men were some of the 22,000 Australian soldiers taken prisoner by the Japanese during World War II. In camps across Asia and the Pacific, they struggled, died, and survived with a little help from their mates. 'Hellfire' was researched in Australia, Japan and across South-East Asia. It draws on 50 first-person interviews, ranging from former prisoners to an old Mon villager deep in the Burmese jungle, and from Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew to veterans of the Imperial Japanese Army. The result is a tour de force, a powerful and searing history of the prisoners of the Japanese. world war 1939-1945 - prisoners and prisons - japan, burma - siam railway -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Australian War Memorial, Stand Easy: After the defeat of Japan 1945, 1945
Anecdotal stories of life and action of the Australian army after the defeat of JapanIll, p.200.non-fictionAnecdotal stories of life and action of the Australian army after the defeat of Japanaustralian army - history, australian army - anecdotes -
Moorabbin Air MuseumBooklet (item) - Sensha: Spot That Jap: A Guide to Japanese Tanks (World War Two), Sensha: Spot That Jap, Circa 1943
Made cira.1943. Japanese tank recognition booklet. Made during the Second World War (WW2)japanese tanks, world war two, tanks, australian army, recognition booklet -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumBook - Monica's War, John P Mcmahon, Monica's War, an Australian Army Matron in Australia, New Guinea and Japan, 2016
True story of an Army nurse who served in a hospital ship, New Guinea, Japan, Internment Camp at Tatura, and her struggles to have the AANS members to be permitted to care for soldiers suffering tropical illnesses and post traumatic stress disordersFront cover is blue top & bottom witha sepia coloured strip featuring women in uniform, also a colour photo of matron Monica McMahon wearing a white matron veil, red cape with white collar. Epaluts on her shoulders feature army badges, also her ribbons are pinned on the chest. An army badge is pinned at her throat. Underneath is a grey dress with metal buttons. Back cover is blue and brown with white writing re the subject of the book. Front cover is printed as follows : Monica's War. An Australian Army Matron in Australia, New Guinea and Japan. John P McMahonTrue story of an Army nurse who served in a hospital ship, New Guinea, Japan, Internment Camp at Tatura, and her struggles to have the AANS members to be permitted to care for soldiers suffering tropical illnesses and post traumatic stress disordersaustralian army nursing service, camp nursing staff -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder - Wartime Camps, Japanese Families Camp 4. Major Jim Sullivan Collection, 2015
James Sullivan was a Lieutenant in the Australian Army in WW2, and a casualty from the conflict in New Guinea. Medically unfit for active service he was posted to Camp 4 Internment Camp as a member of the Garrison. He became very popular with the Japanese internees, especially the children, and was responsible for arranging reunions of former Japanese Internees after the war.Includes original material from the war years, lists of names of internees, details of repatriation on the "Yoizuki" including original newspaper reports, details of arrival of group of internees from New Calledonia, copies of official wartime correspondence, material relating to individual internees, and correspondence relating to the publication of the book "Beyond All Hate".Black two ring folder containing printed sheets in plastic sleeves.japanese internees, camp 4 tatura, james sullivan, yoizuki -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Swagger Stick, 1944-45
Made by a German POW about 1944-45 and given to WO11 R. E. O'Hara. R. E. O'Hara, father of the donor, was a WO11 in the POW camp. He left Tatura at the end of the war when he was posted to Manus Island for the war crimes trials against the Japanese. He continued in the Army until 1952. WO11 R. E. O'Hara VX5293. His rank on discharge was WO1 Dark brown wooden swagger stick with large knob on one end which depicts an inlaid map of Australia in a light colour with a brass crown insignia (bade of rank) inside the map of Australiawo11 r. e. o'hara., swagger stick -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Swagger Stick, 1944-45
Made by a German POW about 1944-45 and given to WO11 R. E. O'Hara. R. E. O'Hara, father of the donor, was a WO11 in the POW camp. He left Tatura at the end of the war when he was posted to Manus Island for the war crimes trials against the Japanese. He continued in the Army until 1952. WO11 R. E. O'Hara VX5293. His rank on discharge was WO1 Light coloured wooden swagger stick with large knob on one end which depicts a sphere in dark coloured wood inlaid at regular intervals with a light coloured wood. The top of the knob is covered by a brass crown (badge of rank).wo11 r. e. o'hara., swagger stick -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Gramaphone Records, Allied Record Manufacturing Company, Mr Jones Goes to War, 1940's
Records given to donors by a RAAF radar operator, Keith Miller. Used for recruiting purposes .David Gator, RAAF service included 13th squadron Canberra Liberator conversions at Tocumwal RAAF station. Lake Boga with Catalina's, Darwin 1942 just at the end of Japanese bombing.2 x 12" 78 rpm records, American production, designed to be played in Army camps during WW2Title "Mr Jones Goes to War"mr jones goes to war, keith miller, raaf radar operator, raaf recruiting -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumPhotograph - copy, Sister Moore and Japanese baby, Original 1942 copy 1989
Sister Moore holding one of the Japanese babies borne at the camp hospital. A.A.N.S. Beatrice Moore holding Japanese internee baby in doorway of Army hut. Uncurtained window in background.a.a.n.s., beatrice moore, internees, camp 1, sister beatrice moore, sister moore -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumPhotograph, Lieutenant A V Grant, 1942
Lieutenant A. V. Grant who escorted Japanese internees brought by train from Perth WA to Camp 4 in 1942.Black and white photograph of Lieutenant A. V. Grant in uniform, house behind him.camp 4 army officers, lieutenant a. v. grant, japanese internees, camp 4 tatura -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, Japanese Civilians Interned, 1991
Compiled and collected by Major Jim Sullivan. Lists of 498 Japanese civilians interned. The bond of friendship of the internees and officers, NCO's and particularly Lieutenant Jim Sullivan who loaded an Army truck with young internees for a trip to Rushworth and Peters ice cream. Old Lady Punshon was also fondly remembered.Olive green cardboard folder with white self adhesive sticker with inscription as below. Contains information in regard to Japanese civilians interned. Drawings, poems, letters, etc.Documents, Camp 4 Rushworth Japanese internees and Garrison. major jim sullivan, japanese internees, old lady punshon, camp 4, camp 4 japanese internees -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book - Autobiography, Detained by the Enemy, 1942-1945, 1987
Personal history written by Bill Anderson of his experiences in the Australian Army in WW2. He volunteered at the age of 18 years after Japan entered the war, as an Ally to Germany and Italy, the aggressors. Taken prisoner by the Japanese and held in camps in Malaya and Singapore, enduring previously untold horrors at the hands of the Japanese captors. Written for his grandchildren to read and perhaps understand.Burgundy hard covered book with printed title in gold, containing photocopied handwritten material and printed material.Two photos and descriptions of the author, and his record of his Army Service. 1 - Bill Anderson aged 20 years and 10 months (May 1941); 2 - Bill Anderson aged 66 years and 10 months (May 1987). Service record. These items inside front cover of book.documents, reports, bill anderson, australian army, australian army personnel -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Victory in the Pacific, 2005 (Reprinted)
Pages of VIP day - 60th Anniversary of WW2 and other army storiesIn plastic folder|Reprinted - Newspaper articles about the end of WW2.|Singapore POW's of Japanese Soldiers stories.|Japanese War bridesww2, documents, newspapers
