The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Pair of standard issued stainless steel identity discs, one round and one octagonal, threaded on a knotted leather thong. Also threaded on the thong are five oxidised Australian Military Forces buttons. The obverse of each disc is impressed 2/400311 HOLLIS T H J/D OF E'. Reverse of each disc is impressed 'O4'.
Identity discs worn by 2/400311 Private Thomas Henry John Hollis, of 3RAR, while he was a prisoner of war of the North Koreans and Chinese during the Korean War. The buttons on the thong are from Hollis's service dress jacket. He cut them off and kept them when he removed the uniform and sank it in the Yalu River to deny its use by the North Koreans. Hollis served in the Second World War with 2/11 Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron and 66 Battalion, with the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, and with 3RAR in Korea. He was captured in January 1951 and released on 9 August 1953.
Hand carved, tapered wooden cigarette holder with zigzag and diagonal patterns carved into the stem. Stained from use at the end which would hold the cigarette. Cigarette holder made and used by 2/
Smoker's pipe with octagonal brown wooden bowl and a black wooden stem joined by an aluminium band. Four of the sides of the bowl are carved 'KOREA', 'POW', 'T.H.', and 'DB'. The base of the bowl is c
Pair of mother of pearl identity discs tied together on a length of brown cord. The discs are replicas of the officially issued octagonal No.1 disc and circular No. 2 disc. They each have carved into
Pair of brass identity discs, one circular, the other octagonal, impressed with the user's details. The circular disc has a single suspension hole at the top, while the octagonal one has holes at top
Smoker's pipe with octagonal brown wooden bowl and a black wooden stem joined by an aluminium band. Four of the sides of the bowl are carved 'KOREA', 'POW', 'T.H.', and 'DB'. The base of the bowl is c
Pair of identity discs, one green and one red, joined by a short length of rope. The green disc is octagonal and impressed 'F. BURCHILL 53377 P 9.A.I'. The red disc is circular and impressed 'F. BURCH
One octagonal and one circular mother of pearl identity disc, both privately made, linked with a small metal ring. Both discs are engraved on the obverse 'NX365 / RC / MURRAY JJ', and on the reverse s
One octagonal and one circular stainless steel identity disc on a fine rope necklace. Both discs are impressed on the obverse 'NX108379 / CE / EAGAR / A', and on the reverse side '04'. Associated wi
