The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the service of Chief Petty Officer Harry Knight. Consists of POW experience following the sinking of the HMAS Perth. CPO Knight and nine others located and sailed a small craft south along the Java coast until captured by Japanese forces. The account also covers his experiences en route to Japan and later work in the coal mines at Ohama.
AN ACCOUNT, WRITTEN FROM MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY P O WILLIS, OF THE SINKING OF HMAS PERTH IN THE SUNDA STRAITS, THE STRUGGLE OF SURVIVORS TO REACH SANGIAN ISLAND, AN ATTEMPT TO SAIL BACK TO AUSTRALIA AND
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 14299 Stoker Petty Officer Charles Gordon Alford, HMAS Perth, Royal Australian Navy, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Australia, 1
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 23128 Chief Petty Officer Writer Gordon Robert Rix, HMAS Hobart and HMAS Platypus, Royal Australian Navy, Australia, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, New G
Grey cotton pouch with a black zippered opening and belt loop. 'CPOSN' is hand written in black ink on the top flap of the pouch, this abbreviation is 'Chief Petty Officer Stores Naval'. Inside the po
Stained and dirty grey cotton work overalls size 97R with Chief Petty Officer (CPO) slides on epaulettes. Over the right breast is an embroidered patch with the surname "BUCKINGHAM". There are six cir
Papers of Chief Petty Officer John Gerber relating to his service with HMAS Adelaide in the Solomon Islands in 1927. The collection consists of a notebook containing a record of messages between HMAS