The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Pipe bowl which appears to be of commercial manufacture of the billiard shape, but was made from native wood, with the stem fashioned from a very long length (270 mm) of copper pipe, probably from a wrecked aircraft. The end of the copper pipe has been squeezed into a mouthpiece. Additionally there is an alternative stem made from bamboo, 105mm in length.
Improvised pipe made on Bahkan-Mati island POW camp by Private William Charles Barton born in Victoria on 25 March 1910. Barton, an Australia, served with the Armoured Car Regiment of the Federated Malay States Volunteer Force as a despatch rider. The bowl and shank was handmade from native wood, while the alternative stems were made for specific purposes. The long copper stem was used from smoking dried weeds, while the short stem made of bamboo was used for smoking tobacco stalks issued by the Japanese. When the war was over, he returned to Australia aboard the Manunda hospital ship.
Crude smoking pipe with shank made from local clay and fired. The pipe was used with the stem (REL/1961.003) which also served another pipe. The interior of the bowl contains tobacco residue. Crude
Federated Malay States Volunteer Force (FMSVF). Private William Charles Barton served with "D" Company Armoured Car Section Ipoh Division 1 December 1941 to 14 April 1946. He was taken as a prisoner o
Short (60mm long) commercially made ebonite pipe smoking stem and mouthpiece. The shank end is provided with a length of coated copper piping. The mouthpiece is chewed and damaged. Used by Arthur Cy
Carved wooden pipe - the bowl and shank are carved from a hard wood, with the shank joineded with a piece of brass bullet cartridge, and the stem carved from a piece of bone. The joint between the bra
Improvised pipe made entirely from bamboo. The bowl is a naturally hollowed out section of bamboo cut at one of the nodes. The stem is a smaller length of bamboo which makes use of the hollow nature o
Improvised prisoner's smoking pipe, the bowl crudely shaped like an elongated hexagon. The shank has split and there is what appears to be a repair along the split line. The stem is a length of bamboo
