The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of Australian soldiers of 8th Division who had been prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese at the Maibara POW camp. These men suffered many hardships, being poorly clad in winter and receiving very short rations of rice. They had been POWs for three years and eight months, and had recently been receiving supplies of rations and clothes dropped by parachute from B29 bombers and US Navy aircraft. Back row, left to right (four men): VX44635 Driver (Dvr) Stephen Walter (Steve) Bell, of Beechworth, Victoria; NX71739 Lance Corporal Richard John (Dick) Ashcroft, of Parramatta, NSW; VX60213 Private (Pte) James Fraser Butland, of Corryong, Victoria and QX18608 Gunner Alfred Barnard, of Mackay, Queensland. Third row (nine men): NX10661 Pte Luke Robert Carey of Randwick, NSW; WX9011 Pte Gerald Charles (Jerry/Gerry) Arthur of Mount Lawley, WA; NX56963 Pte Gregory James (Greg) Barklimore of Cobar, NSW; NX59288 Pte Leslie William Joseph (Les) Bond of Gladesville, NSW; NX32814 Pte Stanley Bertram (Stan) Black of Glebe, NSW; NX51660 Pte John Peter Carey of Randwick, NSW (brother of Luke Carey); NX23918 Pte Edward Clive Bray of Forbes, NSW; Sergeant H A Burton of Surrey, England (British Army, who had been with Australians since his capture); NX50093 Corporal William Robert (Bill) Bannister of Parkville, NSW. Second row (six men): NX72608 Pte Keith William Astill of Cessnock, NSW; NX29116 Pte Raymond John Tressillian (Ray) Brown of Bankstown, NSW; NX29866 Lance Corporal Ronald John (Ron) Baxter of Stockton, NSW; QX15626 Pte Edward Anderson of Cairns, Queensland (wearing singlet); NX604 Pte Robert George Bridges of Breadalbane, NSW and WX9360 Pte Edwin John Clarke of Walpole, WA. Front row (seven men): QX1874 Gunner Walter Charles Bird of Townsville, Queensland; QX16470 Pte Albert Mason Armstrong of Sydney, NSW; NX26746 Cpl Albert Edward (Bert) Bowtell of Lawson, NSW; NX69826 Pte Leslie Clive (Les) Cook of Tamworth, NSW (wearing singlet, behind Pringle); NX68906 Lieutenant Frank Pringle of Canterbury, NSW (officer’s cap); NX41787 Pte John Hogarth Byrnes of Parramatta, NSW (wearing singlet) and TX5615 Pte Phillip Walter John (Phil) Burley of Burnie, Tasmania (wearing identity discs). Another brother of Luke and John Carey, NX10272 Pte Phillip (or Philip) Francis Carey, also served with them in 2/30 Battalion and was taken POW. He died of disease in Thailand on 21 January 1944. NX72824 Pte Kenneth Alexander Astill, a brother of Keith Astill, was also a POW of the Japanese.
Group portrait of survivors of the 'Kobe House' prisoner of war (POW), aboard HMS Formidable on their way home to Australia from Japan. Identified left to right: Back row, (six men): T R (Tom) O’Mulla
Group portrait of Australian Medical Corps Orderly Room Staff at the Field Hospital. Identified in the back row, from left to right: 932 Corporal (Cpl) Herbert Smith from Glenferris, Victoria; Cpl J S
Informal group portrait of 8th Division personnel, ex-Prisoners-of-War of the Japanese, outside their hut ‘Australia House’ in the Kuching POW and Internment Camp, which they occupied from June 1943 t
Outdoor group portrait of Company Headquarters personnel of D Company 2/2 Infantry Battalion. Identified in the back row from left to right: QX8772 Private (Pte) William Young from Cannon Hill, Queens
Informal group portrait of 8th Division personnel, ex-Prisoners-of-War of the Japanese, outside their hut ‘Australia House’ in the Kuching POW and Internment Camp, which they occupied from June 1943 t
Group portrait of members of the 2/19th Battalion band with their musical instruments. The Battalion was captured by the Japanese in the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 and most of the men were
