The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Former Australian prisoners of war (POWs) spend their first day in Singapore city as free men. Pictured, left to right: VX28599 Private (Pte) Herbert Clarence (Bert) Sporn; NX29507 Pte Alexander Cecil Durant; NX67122 Pte Neil McIver Stewart; VX64660 Pte Thomas Henry “Gordon” Rumble; VX40736 Corporal Leonard Albert David (Len) Stewart; Pte Jim Sinclair (either NX55980 Dvr James Charles Sinlcair or QX14847 Pte James Rodger Sinclair) and VX65866 Pte Ernest Francis. They are enjoying conversation with a street urchin. Pte Rumble enlisted when he was 18 having put his age up by one year. He survived imprisonment at Sandakan, Outram Gaol and Changi. Pte Francis was also known as (AKA) V63975 Ernest Francis Cockle, VX58712 Ernest Francis Copkle and Ernest M Francis. He later served in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan, then in the Korean War (service number 3400094). In 1951 he was discharged medically unfit and died in the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, in 1956, aged 37.
Manuscript written by Private Bill Young 'Return to a dark age' describing his experiences as prisoner of war of the Japanese during the Second World War. Young writes about his enlistment, training,
Studio portrait of 4027 Private (Pte) Ernest James Stewart, 12th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion, of Burnie, Tas. Pte Stewart enlisted on 26 August 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Orontes
Biographies of Australians listed on the panels of the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres as researched and written by Robert Scott. Each file briefly recounts the military story of each man and where possi
"Group of members of 2/4 Battalion in Stalag 383 prisoner of war camp. Back row, left to right: Brian Anderson [NX5984 Private (Pte) Brian Anderson]; Ray Weinburg [NX5526 Sergeant Raymond Alfred Weint
Winter at Stalag XIII-C prisoner of war (POW) camp. Standing, left to right: Frank Bardy [WX1990 Private (Pte) Francis Joseph Bardi]; Snow Watling [WX642 Pte Albert William Wattling]; George Austin [W
Studio portrait of 6130 Private (Pte) Bert Stewart Hansen, 25 Battalion, of Gympie, Qld. A farmer prior to enlisting in October 1916 Pte Hansen embarked from Brisbane with the 17th Reinforcements on
