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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Victory in the Pacific, 2005 (Reprinted)
... the end of WW2.|Singapore POW's of Japanese Soldiers stories....|Singapore POW's of Japanese Soldiers stories.|Japanese War brides ...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 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, TAMARAN BRIDGE, British Air Force, C1943-1945
... POW.... Bridge built by POWS. The span was never rebuilt. Trains stopping... in ink. “Tamaram bridge" being bombed. Bridge built by POWS ...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
Award - MEDALS & PHOTOGRAPH WW2, Post WW2
... POW... taken POW, reported MIA on 30.4.1942 then after as POW. As a POW... and medals on a green background re a WW2 soldier/POW. The medals... a WW2 soldier/POW. The medals are a mixture of official ...Maxwell Barry Cowden VX19297 enlisted in the 2/nd AIF on 30.5.1940 age 18 years (put his age up to 21) in 2/2 Pioneer Battalion AIF, embarked for the Middle East 8.4.1941, promoted L/Cpl 25.6.1941, promoted Cpl 29.10.1941, took part in the Syrian Campaign. On 31.1.1942 the unit embarked for Australian but were diverted to Java to defend it, disembarked 18.2.1942. Java surrendered and they were taken POW, reported MIA on 30.4.1942 then after as POW. As a POW he worked on the Burma Railway. In December 1944 they were on the Hell Ship AWA Maru and sailed for Japan to work in the Coal Mines arriving mid Jan 1945. He was repatriated back to Australia on the HMS Formidable, discharged on 28.11.1945 with the rank of Cpl. Refer also Cat No 7077.Brown wood frame with gold edge, contains a photo and medals on a green background re a WW2 soldier/POW. The medals are a mixture of official and unofficial not in the correct order. Medals top. 1. Miniature Dutch medal 1942 - 45 official. 2. Prisoner of war medal, commemorative unofficial. Centre row. 1.Dutch medal 1942 - 45 official. 2. Africa star, official. 3. 1939 - 45 Star, official. 4. Pacific Star, official. 5. Front line service medal, unofficial. Bottom. 1. Defence medal, official. 2.Australian Service medal 1939 - 45, official. 3. For Combatant duties in active service, unofficial. 4. Foreign service medal, unofficial. 5. British war medal 1939 - 45, official."Max Cowden VX19297 2/2 Pioneer Battalion AIF"award, medals, photo, pow, 2/2 -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
WILSON L.A
... /seas. Leslie Alexander Wilson, POW Crete. Home by 1943..../seas. Leslie Alexander Wilson, POW Crete. Home by 1943 ...Personal letters from wife to husband - none from him o/seas. Leslie Alexander Wilson, POW Crete. Home by 1943.documents, ww2, army -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Camp 13 Garrison Sergeants, copy 1989
... , POW camp, Tatura 1942 - 1945. Outside of the Army huts. (10... and white photograph of Camp 13, garrison sergeants, POW camp ...Camp 13 Garrison sergeants: Back row (l to r): Sergeants, Wright, Roxborough, Lyall, Thompson and ? Front row (l to r): Staff Sergeant Blackwood, Sergeant Ryan, Sergeant Major Gamble, Sergeants Gilbert, F "Chips" Sidebottom (veterans of 13th Light Horse WW1). Original photo lent by Mrs McCormack of Shepperton, daughter of Sgt. Sidebottom.Black and white photograph of Camp 13, garrison sergeants, POW camp, Tatura 1942 - 1945. Outside of the Army huts. (10 men).sergeant wright, sergeant roxborough, sergeant lyall, sergeant thompson, staff sergeant blackwood, sergeant ryan, sergeant major gamble, sergeant gilbert, sergeant f "chips" sidebottom, veteran of 13th light horse, light horse regiment -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, Letter written in 1993 to Greg (surname unknown) from "Vietnam Lou" (or Noel Callsne ) and envelope, 1993
... Envelope has a sticker, "All the POWs are not home yet... the POWs are not home yet!" and it is stamped, Veterans ...Envelope has a sticker, "All the POWs are not home yet!" and it is stamped, Veterans of the Vietnam War Inc. The letter is sent as a thankyou for his hospitality.personal letter -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Sister Beatrice Moore, Camp 1 Hospital by Beatrice Moore ex AANS, September 1991
... Tatura POW and Internment Camps Camp 1 Hospital by Beatrice... material. Tatura POW and Internment Camps Camp 1 Hospital ...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 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Stalag Australia, 1986
... text and a photo of the monument in Murchison POW Camp 13... of the monument in Murchison POW Camp 13 on the front cover. Stalag ...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
... . The German iron cross atop Waranga Basin stone. Built by German POW's... cross atop Waranga Basin stone. Built by German POW's. Kormoran ...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
... POW's captured at the fall of Singapore Silver detail plate... built by Allied POW's captured at the fall of Singapore Silver ...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
... the Story of POW and MIA's soldiers : typed on foolscap paper... of POW and MIA's soldiers : typed on foolscap paper ...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 -
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Museum and Archives
Memorabilia - Thai- Burma Dog Spike and sleeper
... that 90,000 labourers and more than 12,000 POW’s died during... labourers and more than 12,000 POW’s died during construction.... It is estimated that 90,000 labourers and more than 12,000 POW’s died ...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 -
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
... 1916 Letter written by Brendan Culcutt from Turkish POW... on the 10th June 1916 from a Turkish POW camp to his father... POW camp, addressed to his father, Mr B. Culcutt, Rhianva ...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 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, POW Camp 13
... POW Camp 13...POW Camp 13 Murchison Army photographs purchased from Keith... Tatura the-murray Folder POW Camp 13 Blue multi ring plastic ...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
... "Tatura POW - Internment camps- camp 1 hospital by Matron.... "Tatura POW - Internment camps- camp 1 hospital by Matron Beatrice ...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
Letter - KINGS LETTER WW2, 1944
... Letter to VX11397 William GOODMAN after release from POW... after release from POW Camp from King George, Barcelona ...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 -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Reid Richard Page Courtney Pounds Robert, Laden, Fevered, Starved. The POWs of Sandakan, North Borneo, 1945, 1999
... An account of the atrocities suffered by Australian POWs... of the atrocities suffered by Australian POWs of the Japanese ...An account of the atrocities suffered by Australian POWs of the Japanese in the Sandakan, North Borneo prison camp, and the Sandakan-Ranau death marches. Includes War Memorials, illustrated with photographs.military history, memorials -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Geoffrey Pharoah Adams, The Thailand to Burma Railway
... Thailand Hellfire Pass Ex POW Project J W Toon VX30397 Ex..., illustrated, maps, 16 pages. Thailand Hellfire Pass Ex POW Project J W ...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 -
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
... & the management of enemy POW and repatriation of Australians taken POW.... correspondents & the management of enemy POW and repatriation ...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 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, Barbed Wire & Bamboo, 1992
... Hellfire Pass ex POW Project... fly leaf: Thailand Hellfire Pass ex POW Project books military ...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 -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper - Framed newspaper article, 'History First Hand"
... with former POW Charles Edwards.... history students with former POW Charles Edwards. ...Article from Lilydale - Yarra Valley Post. Tuesday October 12 1993. Visit of year 10 Lilydale HS history students with former POW Charles Edwards. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - DIARIES WW2, 1942-45
... POW... Prison camp 1942-45 as a POW... daily account of life in Changi Prison camp 1942-45 as a POW ...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 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Hampton Sides, Ghost Soldiers, 2001
... of various POW camps. Writing is embossed with eerie green edges... at top shows composite photo of various POW camps. Writing ...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 ?
... POW... building, tents and lots of allied POWS messing about in the sun... of allied POWS messing about in the sun. Long trenches have been dug ...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
... German internee and POW graves...Oil painting of German internee, Cesare Vagarini and POW... Oil painting of German internee, Cesare Vagarini and POW ...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 -
Red Cliffs Military Museum
Menu, POW Dinner Menu 1944, 1944 (exact)
... POW Dinner Menu 1944... from POW camp by A.J. (Blue) Roddy VX8007...Front page: 3rd POW/ Anniversary/ 1944/ Bottom Left corner... the-murray Menu POW Dinner Menu 1944 2 sheets of card used to make ...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 -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc
Oral History:, B-24 Liberator Memorial Australia Inc.,Return of the Australian POW's 1945
... of the Australian POWs 1945.Tribute to the Liberator Crews who repatriated... of the Australian POW's 1945 Approx 25 pp printed on A4 paper in plastic ...B-24 Liberator aircraft and their crews were important in the repatriation of thousands of former prisoners of war at the end of the war in the Pacific in 1945.In May 2015 the B-24 Liberator Restoration group organised an exhibition to commemorate the role of B-24 Liberators and their crews in the repatriation of former POWs in 1945 at the end of the Second World War. It was believed that no such exhibition had been organised previously and that the memories of surviving veterans might be lost if no effort were made to record them.This collection includes oral testimonies of 9 surviving veterans who were crew or support staff for Liberators involved in these important missions. It also includes a 7 page summary of the historical context, including statistics of POW numbers, information on Government decisions about repatriation arrangements for South East Asia and the South West Pacific areas, as well as an evaluation of the role of B-24 Liberators in repatriating the former POWs.Approx 25 pp printed on A4 paper in plastic sleeve.Black-and-white illustration of B-24 Liberator at top of front cover. B-24 Liberator Memorial Australia Inc. Return of the Australian POWs 1945.Tribute to the Liberator Crews who repatriated World War II POW.'They couldn't get home quick enough' -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Simon and Schulster (publisher), Stoker, 1995
... of the POW camp and photo of Donald Watt Large print edition... green colour Photo of the POW camp and photo of Donald Watt ...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
... POW and Internment Camps Across Australia...1 laminated sheet of paper depicting POW and internment... Tatura the-murray Poster Poster POW and Internment Camps Across ...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
... ; Memorial Wall; Cenotaph; South-East Asia; Australian Ex-POW... Asia; Australian Ex-POW literature ballarat rsl 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