The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant Colonel Norman Eadie, 2/3 Australian General Hospital and 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station. PAPERS DESCRIBE EXPERIENCES OF POW IN JAVA, SINGAPORE, THAILAND, BORNEO, SUMATRA, INDO-CHINA AND JAPAN. MOST RELATE TO CAMPS ALONG THE RAILWAY IN THAILAND. TWO DOCUMENTS COVER THE HISTORY OF 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION AFTER CAPITULATION IN 1942 AND CONDITIONS DURING TRANSPORT OF POWS FROM JAVA TO BURMA IN 1942. ALSO INCLUDES EADIE'S RECOLLECTIONS OF CAPTIVITY WRITTEN IN 1945
PORTRAIT OF VX14845 MAJOR NORMAN M. EADIE. A CONSULTANT SURGEON IN CIVILIAN LIFE, HE WAS CO OF THE 2/2 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION 1941-1942. HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE ON JAVA WHILST ATTACHED TO H
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX76556 Lieutenant Rae Norman Nixon, 8 Australian Division Signals, Australian Army, Burma and Thailand, 1942-1994. Wallet 1 of 7 contains mate
Bound carbon copy of transcript of Barrett's experiences as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. It was written by Barrett after the war from memory. He describes the capitulation in Java, travels, work
Letters, service-related documents, POW postcards and related personal records of NX40490 Lieutenant George Frederick Arnold Nichols, who served with 2/18 Battalion and subsequently as a prisoner of w
VERY DETAILED DIARY ENTRIES DESCRIBE ACTIONS AT LONE PINE, GIVE DETAILS OF TRENCH WARFARE AND INFORMATION ON THE EVACUATION. INFORMATION ON FRANCE, REGULAR BUT LESS DETAILED. COVER 1915-1918. SCRAPBOO
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX40389 Major James 'Jim' William Jacobs, Australia, Thailand, Burma, Japan, Indonesia, Malaya, 1945-2002. Wallet 1 of 1 - consists of three not