The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 carved '2/400311'.
Pipe used by 2/400311 Private Thomas Henry John Hollis, of 3RAR, while he was a prisoner of war of the North Koreans and the Chinese during the Korean War. It was made for him by a fellow prisoner. 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.
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 button
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/
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 button
Carved wooden pipe - the bowl and shank are carved from a hard wood, with the shank joineded with a piece of brass bullet cartridge, and the stem carved from a piece of bone. The joint between the bra
Thomas Henry John Hollis as a member of 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, Korea 1950-1953, interviewed by Olwyn Green A transcript of this recording may be available. For further informati
'Oom Paul' type briar pipe carved in captivity by a Boer prisoner of war. The bowl of the pipe has been carved so that the coat of arms of the South African Republic appear in relief inside a circle,
Smoking pipe made at Changi from an unknown wood by Sapper Woodruff. The bowl is unevenly drilled, and has a thick brass washer screwed into the topl. Another improvised brass collar serves as the cla
