The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 2/400311 Private Thomas Henry John Hollis, of 3RAR, while he was a prisoner of war of the North Koreans and Chinese during the Korean War. 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
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 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
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
South Korea. 9 August 1953. 2/400311 Private (Pte) T. Hollis, A Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), of Enmore, NSW (right), and 3/400024 Pte Keith R. Gwyther, D Company, 3RAR
Silver cigarette case with side hinge and spring clasp. The front is engraved with a winged man bordered below and to the right by Egyptian hieroglyphic patterns. The reverse is engraved with the word
Hadson slimline cigarette lighter. The front is engraved 'D.COY 5RAR VIETNAM 66-67'. The base is impressed 'Hadson SLIMLINE BUTANE GAS LIGHTER'. Associated with the service of 4717548 Bryan Lester O
