Black and white photographWritten on back of photograph: "Capt. E.T. Miles, Bencoolen, Sumatra". Captain Miles is third from the left in the photograph.

Account of a Nuses imprisonment by the Japenese as a prisoner of War from 1942 - 1945Blue card cover with centered portrait of an Army Nurse in uniformPortrait of a Nurse Prisoner of War of the Japanese 1942-1945 Sumatra By Pat Darling (Nee Gunther) Mentioned in Dispatchesstawell ww2

Refer Cat No. 7944. Item in the collection of "Arthur E. Tranter" V50166 - VX52843, 2/29th Bn P.O.W.Hard cover with dust cover. Hard cover - cardboard, with black colour buckram on spine, green colour paper adhered cover. Gold colour print on spine. Dust cover - paper, with glass finish. Black and white colour print on front, spine and back. Front and back flap information. 249 pages, cut, plain, off white colour paper. Illustrated - black and white photographs and map.books, miliitary history, ww2, sumatra, autobiography

Title is printed across the middle of the cover in large white text, followed by the sub title in smaller green print below. There is a photo of Sister Betty Jeffrey in the top left corner and the bottom half of the page shows an image of a group of ten nurses posing for a photo. The background of the cover is dense green jungle.non-fictionThe incredible account of Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the Australian war nurses who survived the bombing of evacuation ship SS Vyner Brooke in February 1942, and subsequently spent three years in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra. During those perilous years surviving in squalid conditions, Sister Jeffrey kept a secret diary of day-to-day events which, after the war, was turned into a hugely successful book and radio serial: White Coolies. She would often write of the powerful sisterhood that evolved as the prisoners of war took strength from each other, even forming a vocal orchestra. White Coolies was a major inspiration for the 1997 film Paradise Road. Sisters in Captivity builds on those diaries to not only re-live the years the nurses spent as POWs but also recounts the early life and influences that encouraged Betty Jeffrey into the field of nursing as a lifelong endeavour. A tireless advocate for returned nurses, she co-founded the Australian Nurses Memorial Centre with sole survivor of the Banka Island Massacre, fellow POW, and her longtime friend Vivian Bullwinkel. Featuring 32 pages of photos including personal mementos of Betty Jeffrey, courtesy of her family, and her drawings from the prison camps, this is a powerful account of women's resilience amidst the devastating brutality of war.--Back cover. military nursing, military history, betty jeffrey, royal australian army nursing corps

Tobanese weaving from Samosin Island in Lake Toba. Gifted by Dr. and Mrs. J.S.Mills. Tobanese weaving refers to the ancient, sacred textile tradition of the Batak Toba people, who live in the Lake Toba region of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Historically practiced by women using a traditional backstrap loom (gedogan), this craft is most famous for producing Ulos, a ceremonial handwoven cloth that serves as a fundamental pillar of Batak social structure, identity, and ritual life.Black ground with woven-in vertical and horizontal stripes of green, blue. purple, red and yellow. Blocks of red, green and yellow shapes. Ends finished with a deep fringe made of warp threads.weaving, stoles, indonesia, scarves, 1960-1980

East Indies series - Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, Javadocuments, 1928

An account of the failed attempt of Japanese soldiers, in the prisoner-of-war camp in Sumatra, to force Australin Nurses to prepare and accompany them to a brothel in the camp.Large newspaper clipping. Two large side by side photos across most of the page, with five short columns of text below.wwii, ww2, world war two, prisoner of war nurses, ellen mavis allgrove, sumatra, japanese soldiers

Silk and rayon maps were produced by Great Britain (some 1.75 million in total), the United States (c.7.5 million) and Australia during World War II. They were issued to Allied military personnel as part of 'escape and evasion' kits.This map, printed on rayon, is an original British 'escape and evasion' kit map from World War II.A multi-coloured, contoured, double-sided map printed on rayon, 1944 Series South West Pacific Area (SWPA) and Asia Sheet G Sumatra (South) and Java (Extreme North West) and, on the reverse, Sheet H Borneo (South West), Java and Sumatra (Extreme South)world war ii, silk maps, great britain, a187

The commemorative programme for the 'Song of Survival concert' held by the Red Cross at the Perth Concert Hall on the 22nd August, 1990. The concert was to commemorate the 45th Anniversary of the release of Australian Army Nurses from a prison camp in Sumatra. Along with the programme for the evening, it also includes historical information and information on all those involved. In the prison camp in Sumatra a vocal orchestra was formed amongst the women, they sang together for over a year amidst the death and despair and filth of the camp, providing hope and some joy in such a terrible place. This concert was organised in their honour and to aid the Red Cross. 74 singers were trained to recreate the Vocal Orchestra of Sumatra. Staple-bound booklet on white paper. The cover is covered in sheet music and the title and event details are printed over the top in black ink. There is the red symbol of the Australian Red Cross Society printed at the top of the front cover.world war two, ww2, wwii, australian army nurses, prisoners of war-sumatra, vochal orchestra of sumatra, song of survival concert, sumatra, prisoner of war camp, commemorative concert

Maps (3) framed-Portuguese of Sumatra, Jave Le Grande and the Northern part of Australia - "Iaua la grande."flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, shipwreck-coast, jave le grande, portuguese of sumatra, iaua la grande

Article about why Wilma Young [Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram] received the Advance Australia Award 1989. This award was conferred because of her contributions to veteran welfare. She was also a POW during WWII on Bangka Island and Sumatra. Newspaper clipping with a headline and large black and white photograph of a elderly woman holding an award in her lap. The article has three columns of text.'Pakenham-Berwick Gazette / 100-106 Main St. P. / Wed. 7th Feb. 1990 Phone 059412 666' [blue ink at top of page] 'Page 25' [blue ink lower right hand corner] [article at end of main clipping article scribbled/crossed out with blue ink]wwii, world war two, ww2, wilma young, wilma elizabeth forster oram, advance australia award, bangka island, sumatra

WW11 Nurse - lost her life, 16th February 1942, in the Bangka Island massacre, east of Sumatra, Indonesia.beth cuthbertson, cuthbertson, ww11, nurse, bangka island, massacre, 1942, ballarat base hospital, ballarat

An invitation from the members of S I Deakin to attend a musical afternoon on Sunday October 22, 2000. The afternoon is in remembrance of Sister Vivian Bullwinkel and the Australian Army Nurses who were prisoners of war in Sumatra during World War II. In the prison camp in Sumatra a vocal orchestra was formed. In 1990 Vivian Bullwinkel organised a concert to aid the Red Cross, entitled 'Song of survival', where 74 singers were trained to recreate the Vocal Orchestra of Sumatra. The musical afternoon includes a viewing of the taped recording of that concert with afternoon tea to follow. The second page of the document is a programme of the order of songs and music from the Song of Survival concert.Double-sided photocopy on white A4 paper. The first side contains an invitation in black type with bold headings surrounded by a double-lined border. The second side is a typed programme list, headings in bold type, surrounded by a border made up of a continuous line of musical notes in bold black print.'Soroptomist Headquarter / 383 Toorak Road / South Yarra / Phone 982722720' [Handwritten in black ink, right side of first page]world war two, ww2, wwii, vivian bullwinkel, australian army nurses, prisoners of war-sumatra, vochal orchestra of sumatra, song of survival concert

An invitation from the members of S I Deakin to attend a musical afternoon on Sunday October 22, 2000. The afternoon is in remembrance of Sister Vivian Bullwinkel and the Australian Army Nurses who were prisoners of war in Sumatra during World War II. In the prison camp in Sumatra a vocal orchestra was formed. In 1990 Vivian Bullwinkel organised a concert to aid the Red Cross, entitled 'Song of survival', where 74 singers were trained to recreate the Vocal Orchestra of Sumatra. The musical afternoon includes a viewing of the taped recording of that concert with afternoon tea to follow. The second page of the document is a programme of the order of songs and music from the Song of Survival concert.Two sheets of A4 paper. The first contains an invitation in black type with bold headings surrounded by a double-lined border. The second page is a typed programme list, headings in bold type, surrounded by a border made up of a continuous line of musical notes in bold black print.world war two, ww2, wwii, vivian bullwinkel, australian army nurses, prisoners of war-sumatra, vochal orchestra of sumatra, song of survival concert

War photography, WWII. "Photograph of Matron A Sage on visit 2/1 AGH New Guinea, January 1944 Matron Principal A Sage, Commanding Officer Colonel Leah. 2/1 AGH." [Former catalogued description, entry P19]Unframed, printed black and white photograph on card, of Matron A Sage and Commanding Officer Colonel Leah in New Guinea January 1944. "Principal Matron A. Sage & sister, enroute to collect AANS P.O.W.s Sumatra WWII" [Handwritten in biro at the top of the back of the photo] "NETHERLANDS INDIES GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICE MELBOURNE / A15586" [Faded purple with ink written negative number, bottom-left back of photo]ww2, world war two, world war ii, world war 2, annie moriah sage

A hymn written by Margaret Dryburgh, whilst in a Prisoner of War camp. It was first sung on the 5th of July in 1942 at Irenelaan, Palembang, Sumatra. Margaret Dryburgh was a Presbyterian Missionary in Singapore when the Japanese arrived, she died in a camp hospital in 1945.An A4 sheet of paper that has been cut down to a smaller size. The front contains the typed words of the hymn in black ink, the title in underlined in red pen ink. There are handwritten inscriptions on the back of the page.'Jessie Hookway / (Simons) / AANS 2/13th AGH / passed away / 23 December 2004' [Handwritten in pencil on the back of the paper] [Handwritten information regarding Miss Margaret Dryburgh, written in black ink on the back of the page, refer to media image] prisoners of war, margaret dryburgh

Article calls attention to the experience of Wilma Jones [Oram Young] as a Japanese POW on Sumatra Island during WWII in relation to the Council of Ex-Servicewomen's Associations who were trying to gather funds to make a documentary of stories and experiences such as this before they are lost.Newspaper clipping with four columns of text, headed by a large black and white photograph of an elderly woman sitting at a table looking at documents'THE HERALD / 9 AUG 1989' [Blue ink inbetween lines of headline]japan, sumatra island, wilma jones [oram young], council of ex-servicewomen's associations, elizabeth lucas, catie hewins, returned nurses' association, wwii, world war two, wwll, ww2

This article is about Flo Syer, who as a nurse, served during World War 2 and was taken prisoner by the Japanese when the ship she was traveling on was sunk off Sumatra. Flo believes that women should also be remembered at Anzac Day services.A newspaper article clipped from a larger page with a large black and white photo of an older woman and three columns of text underneath'POW' [blue ink top right of page]ww2, wwll, pow, florence elizabeth syer, banka island

Very historical significance. Robert was part of a group of 500 Servicemen captured as P.O.Ws.at Padang Sumatra. The POWs were accommodated in 6 long barracks buildings that ran side by side. They were behind an 8 foot high wall containing a parade ground, sports ground, Japanese Officers and guards quarters. The POWs were put to work on the infamous Sumatra Railway. Part of that group were: Richard Winston Annear WX13468. Alfred John Burgess WX15756. Clifford Dudley Squance WX16885. Arthur Melville Magill WX16886. Harold Mervyn Smith WX17448. Robin Roy Semple WX7532. Edward Mason Hopson WX9241. Cecil George Quinn WX9285.Large grey framed photographs with shoulder patches, service stripes and Service Medals. Photographs are of Robert Frederick Nelson VX8212 2/29th A.I.F and Betty Emily Louise Collins A.C.W 110082 W.A.A.F. Service Medals for Robert are The Pacific Star, 1939 - 45 Star, 1939 - 1945 War Medal and 1939 - 1945 Service Medal. Service Medals for Betty are 1939 - 1945 War Medal and 1939 - 1945 Service Medal. Engraved metal nameplates with names and Service numbers at top and bottom.

The 18 letters are from Arthur Edmund TRANTER V50166 & VX52843 POW. they are to his wife Pat and Daughter Brenda from Darley Camp Australia, at Sea then in Malaya prior to becoming a POW. The exercise book was written by "Tranter" to his daughter Brenda while a POW in "Gloegoer Camp" near "Medan" in Northern Sumatra. It was dedicated to his daughter. He managed to keep this hidden throughout captivity in pristine condition. Throughout the book there are subheadings, Sumatra, Singapore, Rubber, Soedaa, Siboertoet, Malacca, The story of the Cocos Islands, the Celebes, Dutch Borneo. They are the stories of these places. Some are from talks given by Officers to the men. There are two more Archival folders, Cat No's 7956.2 & 7958.2. Refer Cat No 7944 for E.A. Tranters service history..1) Black Archival folder box. .2) Black Archival folder 3 ring Binder with plastic inserts containing the following: 1. Eighteen letters hand written in B & W/Blue pen dated from 9.9.1941 - 4.4.1942. 2. Exercise book with ruled lines, hand written in blue pen 84 pages. The cover is brown with a red centre and black text with 7 black stars. 3. Original hand-written text of "From Gloegoer" (cat. no. 7959). 4. Original colour cartoon one page comic strip with 8 drawings of the "Medan Melbourne Frog Cup 1942"letters, archival, folder, tranter, pow

Article interviewing Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (neé Oram) who angrily disputes claims made by a Japanese newspaper that claims eight Australian nurses were forced to become prostitutes or 'comfort girls', she goes on to explain what happened and how it was not as portrayed.A large newspaper clipping featuring a large black and white photo with a smaller photo beneath and five columns of text. The large photo is of an older woman sitting on the ground, the smaller photo is of the same woman when she was younger.'WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN. July 25 1992' [blue ink, along top right]wwii, world war two, ww2, japanese pows, sumatra

Soft cover, cream coloured, photograph of soldiers on front cover with the title details above. Spine has title, subtitle and author and ABC logonon-fictionThe experiences of Australian prisoners-of-war in Japanese prison camps - Changi prison.prisoners of war, singapore, thailand, japan, sumatra,

Illustrated book. Front cover has a painting by Cynthia Breusch depicting two female figures carrying a container hanging from a pole on their shoulders. Behind them is a barbwire topped fence. The book title is printed over this painting in red and white ink. The author's name is printed in white below the title, and the publisher's mark is printed in black above the title. The Spine is cream in colour, with abbreviated title printed in red, author's surname and publishers mark printed in black. The back cover has a cream background, with quotes from two nurses and a summary of the book overprinted in blacknon-fictionExperiences of Australian Army nurses who were prisoners of the Japanese during World War twoworld war 1939-1945, australian army nurses, prisoners of war, military nursing, nurses

Article interviewing Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (neé Oram) who angrily disputes claims made by a Japanese newspaper that claims eight Australian nurses were forced to become prostitutes or 'comfort girls', she goes on to explain what happened and how it was not as portrayed.A large newspaper clipping featuring publication name and advertisements for other articles. The article has a large black and white photo with a smaller photo beneath and five columns of text. The large photo is of an older woman sitting on the ground, the smaller photo is of the same woman when she was younger.'320' [blue marker, top left edge]wwii, world war two, ww2, japanese pows, sumatra, wilma elizabeth forster young (nee oram)

Details the work of the Special Operations Executive in the five countries of Mountbatten's South East Asia Command-- India, Burma, Ceylon, Malaya and Sumatra, later expanded to include the Dutch East Indies and French Indochina-- and how the actions of the command could have made Force 136 a more decisive player in the liberation of the South East Asia.There were Australia members of Force 136.Relevant to WW2 Australian Special operations. ww2, soe, special operations

Refer to Cat No. 7944. Item in the collection of "Arthur E. Tranter", V50166 - VX52843 2/29th Bn. P.O.W.Document - copy of a soldier's story from WW2. White colour paper with black print. Illustrated front page - black and white portrait of A.E. Tranter; and a colour cartoon on Page 30. 66 pages - cut, plain A4 paper. Loose pages stored in plastic sleeve.Information on title page (front page); "From Gloegoer/ A book written for his little daughter Brenda,/ between June 21, 1943 and / December 17, 1943/ by Lieut. Arthur E. Tranter, VX52843/ whilst a POW in Gloegoer, North Sumatra". "(included are two lectures by Lieut. Wessels, a Dutch POW, in October and November/ 1943, his notes)".document, booklet, ww2, arthur e tranter

The Battle of Sunda Strait was a naval battle which occurred during World War II in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java, and Sumatra. On the night of 28 February – 1 March 1942, the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth and the American heavy cruiser USS Houston faced a major Imperial Japanese Navy task force. After a fierce battle of several hours duration, both Allied ships were sunk. The sinking of HMAS Perth at the Battle of Sunda Strait 28 February -1 March 1942 cost 357 Australian lives. A further 324 crewmen fell into enemy hands. Two and a half years of brutal captivity claimed the lives of 106 of these men - 53 on the Thai Burma Railway alone.Framed cuttings of newspaper articles,13 photographs and 7 flags As Portrayed to the Australian Public 1942-1945 BATTLE OF JAVA SEA & SUNDA STRAIT 27 FEB - 1 MAR 1942 The first and only battle fought by a combined American Australian British and Dutch Naval Force against the Japanesesunda strait, hmas perth

Page 2 Title to music. "Dedicated to our deceased comrades/ The H.M.A.S. BENDIGO MARCH/ Piano and Vocal Arrangement".Sheet music, paper, white, two pages folded in half to make 8 pages. Front page (cover) illustrated blue ink print, Title and photograph of a naval vessel, with detailed inscription below. 8 pages, cut, plain white paper. Black ink print music and words. Retail outlet adhesive label front, lower left corner.Information from front cover - blue ink print. "H.M.A.S. BENDIGO/ PHILIPPINES/ SUNDA STRAITS/ SINGAPORE/ JAVA/ MOROTAI/ SOUTH WEST PACIFIC/ SUMATRA/ CHINA/ BATTLE HONOURS/ NEW GUINEA/ 1942-1944/ BATTLE HONOURS/ OKINAWA 1945". Retail outlet details - black ink print. "ROY LEACH MUSIC CENTRE/ ALLANS WALK, PALL MALL/ BENDIGO 3550".publications, sheet music, h.m.a.s. bendigo