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Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Museum and Archives
Memorabilia - Thai- Burma Dog Spike and sleeper
Built in 1942-1943, the Thai-Burma Railway was a 415 kilometre stretch of railway between Ban Pong, Thailand and Thanbyuzayat in Burma. It was constructed by the Japanese using civilian labourers and prisoners-of-war. It is estimated that 90,000 labourers and more than 12,000 POW’s died during construction of the railway.This is a commemorative object highlighting the role of medical personnel during the war and its impact on them personally and preofessionallyThis dogspike and its attached sleeper came from the Thai-Burma Railway. A dogspike is a rail fastening with a pointed end and a ‘plate holding’ head, giving the impression of a dog’s head. Built in 1942-1943, the Thai-Burma Railway was a 415 kilometre stretch of railway between Ban Pong, Thailand and Thanbyuzayat in Burma. It was constructed by the Japanese using civilian labourers and prisoners-of-war. It is estimated that 90,000 labourers and more than 12,000 POW’s died during construction of the railway. The dogspike was donated by Bill Sharp in 2014. It commemorates the Australian Medical personnel who became prisoners-of-war. they are listed on the plaque behind the spike.thai-burma, japanese, 1942-43, commemorative gift -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Stalag Australia, 1986
Stalag Australia vividly and accurately reconstructs the story of Germans and their experiences as prisoners of war.Black hard cover book, white dust cover with black and red text and a photo of the monument in Murchison POW Camp 13 on the front cover.stalag australia, german pows, camp 13, dhurringile, ww2 camp 13 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Kormoran Memorial, 1941
Camp 13 memorial to Kormoran crew.Black and white photograph of the memorial at Camp 13. The German iron cross atop Waranga Basin stone. Built by German POW's. Kormoran memorial.camp 13, kormoran crew memorial -
Waverley RSL Sub Branch
Rail Slice
Slice of rail line. from Thai Burma Railway built by Allied POW's captured at the fall of Singapore Silver detail plate on one side.Australian Thai chamber of commerce -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, Poetry
No Unknown Soldier Here, Poem by Sam Summerwolfe telling the Story of POW and MIA's soldiers : typed on foolscap paper with watermark depicting soldier a gun.Copyright 1995 by Sam Summerwolfedocument, poetry -
Camberwell RSL Sub-Branch
Letter, 1916 Letter written by Brendan Culcutt from Turkish POW camp, addressed to his father, Mr B. Culcutt, Rhianva, Punt Road, South Yarra, Vic
Unique and significantFrench Red Cross letter card written by Brendan Culcutt on the 10th June 1916 from a Turkish POW camp to his father in Melbourne VictoriaSee photos -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, TAMARAN BRIDGE, British Air Force, C1943-1945
Refer Cat no. 5445.2Photo shows flat, uninhibited land. A river (low tide) snakes through the photo. In the centre is a trestle bridge crossing the river. A bomb ( water and smoke) blast is rising from the side of bridge Photograph rear in ink. “Tamaram bridge" being bombed. Bridge built by POWS. The span was never rebuilt. Trains stopping both sides and goods carried along foot of bridge, on a narrow bridge by POWs.ww2, pow, tamaran bridge, burma railway -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - KINGS LETTER WW2, 1944
Letter to VX11397 William GOODMAN after release from POW Camp from King George, Barcelona, 17.5.1944. Refer Cat No 3568 for his service history.“Crest embossed at top of letter”letter, king, home -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Army History Unit, Australian Army Tactical & Instructional Pamphlets & Books - A Bibliography, 2017
This second edition charts the evolution of doctrine development in the Australian Army by detailing a list of instructional and tactical literature of the Army and its precursor pre-Federation Australian colonies. The bibliography demonstrates the range of subject areas that Army has addressed over its history, including such esoteric issues as censorship, the evolution of Signals training, accreditation of war correspondents & the management of enemy POW and repatriation of Australians taken POW.ISBN 978-0-9946046-8-2bibliography, tactical & instructional pamphlets & books, military education -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Sister Beatrice Moore, Camp 1 Hospital by Beatrice Moore ex AANS, September 1991
Recollections of Matron Moore of Camp 1 Hospital.2 clear plastic sleeves with 3 pages of printed material. Tatura POW and Internment Camps Camp 1 Hospital by Beatrice Moore ex AANScamp 1 hospital, matron beatrice moore -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper - Framed newspaper article, 'History First Hand"
Article from Lilydale - Yarra Valley Post. Tuesday October 12 1993. Visit of year 10 Lilydale HS history students with former POW Charles Edwards. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Headwear - Beret with US badges
Black woolen Beret with a collection of badges both metal and material. Vietnam Veteran US Army, Disabled American Veterans. American Flag Badge POW MIA Badgebadge, prisoner of war, mia, us military -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - DIARIES WW2, 1942-45
George Llewellyn Thomas. Refer 1074P, 1075 medals..1) .2). Detailed diaries written by G. L. Thomas VX58918. They are written in ink and give a near daily account of life in Changi Prison camp 1942-45 as a POWpow, changi ww2, thomas -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, POW Camp 13
Photos held by Keith Gregory of Murchison. Camp 13 under construction.Blue multi ring plastic folder with plastic sleeves containing photos.POW Camp 13 Murchison Army photographs purchased from Keith Gregory Murchison 1994camp 13 construction, keith gregory -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Matron Moore Address to Museum, 1991
Print out of Matron Moore's opening address at the official opening of the north annexe of Tatura Museum. Invited guest speaker, former Matron Beatrice Moore gave a concise and interesting insight into the establishment and history of Camp 1 hospital.2 clear plastic sleeves with 4 pages of printed material. "Tatura POW - Internment camps- camp 1 hospital by Matron Beatrice Moore (Ex AANS)". camp 1 hospital, matron moore, tatura museum -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Hampton Sides, Ghost Soldiers, 2001
Book, soft cover, small image at top shows composite photo of various POW camps. Writing is embossed with eerie green edges. Other small writing in white, 342 pages.From Bishop Noel Daly's collection 2004books, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, SELARANG BARRACKS, BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN ARMY, Original 1942 copy ?
REF CAT 5445.2 FOR DETAILS Photograph- Black and white. It is very spotty, shows old building, tents and lots of allied POWS messing about in the sun. Long trenches have been dug in the square next to the tents.Rear of photograph- “SELARANG BARRACKS 42303. ALL TROOPS WERE PUT HERE FOR REFUSING TO SIGN NO ESCAPE FORMS.”ww2, pow, singapore -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting, German internee and POW graves
Oil painting of German internee, Cesare Vagarini and POW graves at a Cemetery. A large tree - left foreground - overlooks the grave plot and the white crosses - portion of a tree. Fawn coloured framepainting - oil, hoopmann l, camp 3, tatura, illustrations, oil -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Geoffrey Pharoah Adams, The Thailand to Burma Railway
Soft cover paper book, black print on white paper. Black & white photos, illustrated, maps, 16 pages.Thailand Hellfire Pass Ex POW Project J W Toon VX30397 Ex POW D Force Thailand 1943 Stamp: Fund Sec John W Toon 11 Lloyd Ave, Narre Warren 3805 7046866books, military, history, forced labour -
Red Cliffs Military Museum
Menu, POW Dinner Menu 1944, 1944 (exact)
Forms part of the A.J. (Blue) Roddy VX8007 Collection2 sheets of card used to make a menu, hand sketched xartoon on front in grey lead and ink of soldier leaning on a shovel. Inside is two menus. One is the ideal menu the second is the real menu, (Very Humerous) all hand written in ink. Brought home from POW camp by A.J. (Blue) Roddy VX8007Front page: 3rd POW/ Anniversary/ 1944/ Bottom Left corner: Notsch 10811/GW Page 1: MENU/ Hors-d'oeuores/Soup./ Consomme Minestrone Tomato Bouillon/ Fish/ Whiting Dover Soles Oysters./ Emtree/ Roast beef and Yorkshire Pudding/ Roast Pork and White sauce./ Grilled chops and peas./ Dessert. Peach Melba Fruit Salad and Cream/ Carlton Puding, Apple pie and Cream/ Ice Cream/ Coffee.// Page 2: Menu/ Horses Manoeures/ Etwas./ Yeatecomme,Tinned Tomato Bully./ Tons of it./ Salmon Red. Salmon Pink. Sardines Varied./ Enter./ Roast Bully and "Bengers" Yorkshire Pudding./ Roast Meat Roll and Horse radish sauce/ Garlic sausage Grilled spick and Etwas./ Desserted./ Rice Custard, custard,/ Fruit salad and klim, Notsch duff./ Currant Pudding and custard./ Cold klim./ Coffee - if lucky tea./ Captivity Plonk./ K.G.H. Schnapps, Soft Drinks/ Beer cocktails.of, world, war, prisoner, roddy, a j blue, menu, war11, notsch, 1944, stalag, xv111a -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Simon and Schulster (publisher), Stoker, 1995
the story of an Australian Soldier who survived Auschwitz - Birkenau." Author Donald Watt Soft cover mid green colour Photo of the POW camp and photo of Donald Watt Large print editionbook, military -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Poster, POW and Internment Camps Across Australia, 2019
Poster depicts scenes of the various internment camps around Australia, including camp layouts and geographic information. Made as part of the project "Temporal Cities" led by Professor Anoma Pieris.1 laminated sheet of paper depicting POW and internment camps across Australia. 1939-1947. Is contained in a large white cylinder. Poster is in a thin black metal frame with black mat and glass.Labelled on back with copy of information in historical information.professor anoma pieris, university of melbourne, camp architecture -
Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Folder - War Memorials Ballarat
Memorials - Boer War; Arch of Victory & Avenue of Honour; Memorial Cairn & Cross of Remembrance; Rotunda & Roll of Honour WWI; Memorial Wall; Cenotaph; South-East Asia; Australian Ex-POWliterature, ballarat rsl, ballarat -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, Barbed Wire & Bamboo, 1992
Book, soft cover. Main background on front cover is red & white. Title is white ink on black background. Bottom half has 2 images showing Germans searching a British soldier & 4 Japanese guards lined up. 159 pages, illustrations, some maps & drawings.Donated by Bgo YMCA Stamped on 2nd fly leaf: Thailand Hellfire Pass ex POW Projectbooks, military, history, imprisonment -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Japanese Officers
Group of Japanese POW officer's being transferred to POW Camp 13 in August 1944 after the suicidal breakout from Cowra POW Camp.Black and white photograph stuck on coreflu backing depicting a group of men walking through a camp. Guard on the left, trees in background and hug to the back right.camp 13, murchison camp, cowra camp, japanese internees, cowra breakout. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, One Fourteenth of an Elephant, 2003
Paper back book. Front cover has two images., a Jap train on a curved wooden trestle bridge, and an image of 4 emancipated POWs. Writing is in white and black ink. Pages 520. Not illustrated."Donated by Bendigo YMCA"books, military history -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, POW 13 Reunion 1974, 1947
Left to Right - Cpl K. Stratewski, Sgt G. R. Campbell (guard), Pte Heinz Pexa (organiser), Lt. Commander Heinrich Messerschmidt, looking at photos on a table. Black and white photograph of POW 13 reunion in Hampton Victoria 1974. 4 men looking over a display of photographs. 2 on left, dark blazers 2 on right white jacket and white shirt.g campbell, k stratewski, heinz pexa, heinrich messerschmidt -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Memorabilia, Peaked Cap
Black material cap with POW*MIA "you are not forgotten" embroidered on front with black image of a man and a tower on white background. Laurel leaves embroidered. Two Enamel Badges joined Australia and USA on frontcap, prisoner of war commemorative, mia -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Picture (embroidered), Head of Christ, 1945
Made by Vincenzo Longo, an Italian POW, in Murchison Camp 13, Graytown POW Camp and Tocumwal and presented to Vincent Villarroya, an Army Guard/Interpreter for Italian POW'sWooden framed, embroidered picture of "Head of Christ" worked in shades of red, blue, brown and cream cottons. Face and hands have been drawn. A bronze plaque in a small plastic bag is stuck on the back of the pictureDonated by the daughters of Vincent Villarroy 7/12/2007head of christ, embroidery, longo v, villarroya family, camp 13, tatura, ww2 camp 13, graytown pow camp, tocumwal, handcrafts -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Newspaper clipping, Reunion Outside
Original newspaper clipping handed in (unknown when or by whom).Entitled "Reunion Outside" a photocopy of a newspaper cutting showing Erich Knaat, a POW at Camp 13 and Captain Douglas Henderson, an ex guard, having a drink together at Alexander Hotel during a chance meeting. (no date).Reunion Outside erich knaat, captain douglas henderson, camp 13, internment camps