The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the Second World War service of S/6934 Able Seaman Douglas George Hawke, HMAS Bathurst and HMAS Quickmatch, 1943-1945. Collection consists of one handwritten diary recorded in a Navigating Officer's Note Book with an attached pencil. The diary is mostly blank, with ten pages of notes in the front and names and addresses written in the back. The notes detail the trial and testimony of a Japanese officer, Lieutenant Yamarura, accused of ordering the murder of prisoners, including two Australian servicemen (possibly with surnames Hill and McQueen). The notes also detail the events surrouding their deaths and mentions the names of involved Japanese soldiers.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX6957 Private Edward George Robinson, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Malaya and Japan 1941-194
Collection relating to the Second World War service of TX2146 Lieutenant Ronald George Williams, 2/40 Battalion. Collection consists of a small black diary containing mainly names and addresses and s
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX45201 Lieutenant Douglas McDonald McQueen, 2/29 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Singapore, 1942-1945. Wallet
Collection relating to Harry Oakley Mee, formerly PM2539 Able Seaman Harry Oakley Mee, prisoner of war in the Second World War. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a handwritten letter by Ernest Edward "Wear
Collection relating to the Second World War service of PA2705 Able Seaman Thomas Daniel Sprod, HMAS Glenelg, Royal Australian Navy, Netherlands East Indies, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Wallet consists of o
Improvised notebook (and typed transcript) kept by Richard Roy Warry while a Japanese prisoner of war. Collection items include a transcript of a report prepared at the request of the Imperial Japane