The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX13417 Sapper Bernard Leone Young, 2/11 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, Indonesia and Australia, 1940-1945.
Folder 1 contains: one document dated 26 November 1942 stating that Spr Young agreed under duress to not escape from the Japanese POW camp; one letter written to 'Mum, Dad and all' discussing Spr Young's immediate prospects regarding the POW camp, some of his experiences, and his well-wishes to his family; one telegram dated 22 September 1945 sent to Private Young's mother, Mrs A W Young, following his liberation from a prisoner of war camp in Thailand; three Imperial Japanese Army POW cards from Spr Young to his mother Mrs A W Young sent from Nos.1 and 4 POW Camps Thailand (one undated, one dated 1944 and the last dated 1945); fifteen letters written to Mrs A W Young following a message broadcast by Spr Young over Japanese radio that was broadcast to Australia; and one typed letter from the Australian Prisoner's of War Relatives Association with a transcript of Spr Young's radio message.
Folder 2 contains: one 'green service identity book' for 'recovered Allied prisoners of war and civilian internees service'; one record of service book; and one demobilization procedure book.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX9391 Sergeant Bernard Patrick “Barny” Doolan, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion, Burma, Thailand and Australia, 1940-1944. Sergeant Doolan served with
Collection relating to the Second World War, Korean War and Vietnam War service of Major Keith Douglas Young, United States Air Force, United States of America, 1970-1997. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists o
Personal and service related records of VX34955 Corporal Leslie Edgar Bower of 2/10 Field Company (8 Division). Bower's personal diary was written while he was a POW (1942-1945); other items include h
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX26672 Captain Arthur Wellesley Young, 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1941; Collection relatin
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX60066 Lance Corporal Frank Baylis Mackenzie, 8 Division Headquarters, Australia, Thailand, Burma, 1919-1995. Collection consists of three wall
POW CAMP ONE REICHSPFENNIG NOTE, 2 POW CAMP CLOTHING LISTS, COPY OF LETTER TO STEVENSON'S FATHER FROM MR J BRUCE-SANDERS WHO HAD HEARD A POW RADIO MESSAGE FROM STEVENSON AND NOTIFICATION OF BROADCAST