The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1. Black and white photocopy of 36 page typed document titled 'Report of service from December 1941 to September 1945 of Capt. J.J. Woodward, IMS/IAMC' written by Captain J J Woodward who worked as a Medical Officer with the Indian Medical Service as part of the Royal Army Medical Corps (British Army) during the Second World War. It is an account of his 44 months as a prisoner of war of the Japanese, from the fall of Hong Kong on 25 December 1941, until his release by American Forces on 31 August 1945. 2. Bound and typed memoir titled 'Hong Kong, Japan 1942-1945 - a POW Memoir', originally written by Captain J J Woodward, including a preface written by Woodward's son, John M Woodward in 1983. This item was incorporated into the original collection in August 2009.
1. Three page typed memoir titled '2000 kilometers as a stretcher case', written by VX43621 John Campbell Tosh. He provides details of his medical evacuation from Northern Greece to Egypt in April 19
Black and white photocopy of 4 pages titled 'Third Brigade Scout Troop', written by Henry Phillips Bostock. These pages were published as the Preface in Bostock's book titled 'The Great Ride' publishe
Photocopy of a typescript Second World War memoir (26 pp) titled 'Return From Singapore' written in 1986 by Clarence J Weir (formerly Wx4034/VX156487 Signaller Clarence J Weir) who served in M Section
Collection primarily consists of a 53-page typed memoir titled 'Life is for living', written by Lang Fraser covering his war time training, the fall of Singapore and his life as a prisoner of war in C
Typed memoir titled "That Patrol" written by Private Grainger relating to his experiences with "C" Company, 2/13 Battalion serving in North Africa: specifically related to Geoff Hewitt's patrol in the
Collection relating to Royal Australian Navy (RAN) service of F4229 Able Seaman (AB) Thomas Stewart. Comprises one original letter, handwritten on seven A4 pages by AB Stewart in the evening of 2 Sept