The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
CANBERRA, ACT. 1956-11-01. A MESS TIN BEARING THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER, VX10556 PRIVATE P. (PAT) WILLIAMS AND A LIST OF LOCALITIES VISITED BY HIM DURING HIS SERVICE WITH THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND LATER AS A PRISONER OF WAR (POW) IN GERMAN HANDS. WHEN WILLIAMS ESCAPED FROM AN AUSTRIAN POW CAMP, HE LEFT THE TIN BEHIND AND A YOUNG UKRAINIAN FOUND IT IN 1945 AND USED IT FOR FIVE YEARS WHILE HE WAS AN INMATE OF VARIOUS DISPLACED PERSONS CAMPS. WHEN HE MIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HE CONTACTED THE AUSTRALIAN CONSULATE AND IN 1950 THE TIN WAS RETURNED TO ITS ORIGINAL OWNER, MR WILLIAMS, WHO DONATED IT TO THE MEMORIAL. THE LID OF THE TIN IS INSCRIBED POW 26.4.41 AND THE NAMES BOMBER WHITE, BUCK BUCHANAN-LUCKY BLOKES, PAT WILLIAMS, AS WELL AS A NZ LOGO, MAP OF AUSTRALIA AND THE RISING SUN LOGO. EXHIBIT AT THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL.
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,
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Sergeant Frantisek (Frank) Kocyan, 2nd Czechoslovak Parachute Brigade. Collection consists of: an original certificate for Czechoslovakian Medal
Aluminium, rectangular mess tin with hinged metal handle. The end opposite the handle has engraved '(SCOTTY) / J. WILLIAMS / 2/3 RES M.T.' and on one side is a tropical island scene. Engraved on the b
Small, mildly corroded rectangular tin of Johnson & Johnson baby powder. Most of the original label has disappeared from the body, but a small portion of red and white chequer pattern remains around t
Private (Pte) Ronald (Mousey) Williams, A Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), carrying a case of ammunition on his shoulder. When Pte Williams was called up for National Serv
KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-12. MR J. COOK, A CIVILIAN EX-INTERNEE OF THE JAPANESE PROUDLY DISPLAYS HIS BEARD WHICH HE GREW WHILE AN INMATE OF THE KUCHING POW AND INTERNMENT CAMP.
