The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Copy of a 3 page Japanese soldier's diary and 4 page translation of the diary. The diary, covering the period 22/4/43-28/4/43, details the discovery of the wreck of an allied aircraft by some Japanese soldier, the soldier gathering the remains, burying them and placing flowers on the grave. The author of the diary states that he feels sorry for the crew. The diary also gives details on the lives and culture of the local New Guinea natives, and the price of goods and food in New Guinea. The aircraft described in the diary is believed to be RAAF Hudson A16-169 aircraft (not A16-128 as stated in the diary).
Notebook of a Japanese soldier (possibly a conscripted Taiwanese educated in the Japanese system) serving in Borneo in the Second World War. The entries in ink and pencil cover the period 16 May 1944
Collection relating to 957 Private James McAhan, 9 Battalion, August 1914-May 1915 and an unknown soldier, 1918. The collection includes the diary of McAhan documenting his experiences at Gallipoli an
COPY OF TRANSLATION OF DIARY TAKEN FROM THE BODY OF A JAPANESE SOLDIER. NOTES HUNGER, CASUALTIES, FEVER, AUSTRALIANS AND BOMBING BY THE AMERICANS. VERY DESPAIRING - COVERS PERIOD 1 OCT - 16 NOV, 1943
Collection relating to the First World War service of an unknown Australian Soldier, Sydney, 1919. Collection consists of one handwritten letter to Ruby Bulkeley signed by 'Toddles' on 10 March 1919 f
Diary purportedly kept by an Australian soldier during the Second World War at Naoetsu prisoner of war camp, Japan. The diary was issued by the Japanese to highlight the quantity and quality of ration
Collection consists of a hand-written, diary kept by unidentified Japanese sailor with the family name of Ogawa. The diary contains some pre-printed informational pages and illustrations. The hand-wr