The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX70153 Captain Arthur William Hence, MBE, 2/18 Australian Infantry Battalion. Consists of one original handwritten diary and nominal roll kept by Captain Hence as Adjutant to 1 Battalion POW (prisoner of war) under Colonel G Ramsay. The diary begins in May 1942 in Changi with the details of an announcement of a 3,000 strong working party to go overseas, and later entries discussing the voyage, conditions on board ship and communications with Japanese captors. The diary goes on to discuss camp conditions, daily life, names of individuals, the construction of an airfield, movement of men to Tavoy, deteriorating conditions and increasing casualties, and ends in September 1942. The collection also consists of an original document entitled 'House Rules for War Prisoners' relating to POWs and issued at No. 3 Branch Office of Thai War Prisoners at Thanbyuzayat, dated 15 September 1942; and seven photocopied letters and receipts relating to health issues at the POW camp, and the medical and food supplies supplied to the camp. Captain Hence was Camp Adjutant at Tamarkan, Thailand.
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX70153 Captain Arthur William Hence, 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion, May - September 1942. This file contains a handwritten diary and a nomina
Papers relating to the Second World War service of NX70153 Captain Arthur William Hence, 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion, 1942-1946. This file contains photocopied official correspondence and re
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX70153 Captain Arthur William Hence, 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion, May - September 1942. This file contains a handwritten diary and a nomina
Papers relating to the Second World War service of NX70153 Captain Arthur William Hence, 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion, 1942-1946. This file contains photocopied official correspondence and re
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX6306 Captain Frederick Edwin Stahl, 8 Division Signals, prisoner of war, Singapore, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - contains a diary kept by Stahl and c
Collection relating to the Second World War service and POW experience of NX70339 Captain Herbert Stanley Geldard, 1942. Wallet 1 of 1 contains a diary kept by Geldard during his posting as Liaison O
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 340025 (VX5865) Captain Frederick Lance Bruton, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Greece and Germany, 1941-194
Portrait of NX70153 Captain Arthur William Hence (later MBE), 2/18 Bn 2 AIF. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. B
