The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait depicting NX45986 Sapper William Johnson 'Bill' Barlow Williams, a member of 2/3 Field Company 9th Division (formerly 6th Division). He was in POW camp in Grupignano, Italy, after capture near Derna Libya on 7th April 1942. Taken part in forced march to Czechoslovakia with other POWs, became ill and died in a hospital in Prague on 21/3/45. He is buried in a war cemetery nearby the city.
Manuscript written by Sergeant Albert Williams, "What was it like to be a POW dad?", describing his Second World War service in the Middle East and capture by the Germans in Tobruk. Williams was held
PEN SKETCHES OF POW LIFE FOLLOWING CAPTURE NEAR DERNA, LIBYA DURING THE "BENGHAZI HANDICAP", IMPRISONMENT AT CAMP 57 GRUPIGNANO, ITALY AND LATER TRANSFER TO A WORK CAMP AT KLAGENFURT, AUSTRIA. PTE FRE
1939-45 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details. Associated with QX4682 Sergeant Vincent Daniel McQuillan, 6 Division, Australian Cavalry Regiment, AIF. Seargeant McQuillan was awarded t
Pair of nested rectangular mess tins each with a hinged, one piece metal handle, designed to fold over the top of the tin for compact storage. Both have stamped makers markings on one end of each tin,
Irvine discusses his training in Australia, Canada and Waddington in England before posting to 214 Squadron flying Stirlings and then B-17s specially equipped with radar jamming devices to protect the
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details. William Blake Robson was born in Kalgoorlie, WA on 12 November 1909. He was working as an engineer and boilermaker in Darwin when he enliste
