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Platoon Commander's diary compiled by Lieutenant Austin Y Ellerman containing nominal roll for A Company, 2/29 Battalion and accounts of two separate patrols against the Japanese in Northern Johore in January 1942: Londah Halt Patrol and Muar Road. Also a casualty book (compiled in an 'Admission and Discharge Book', Army Book 27) of the deaths of men of the 2/29 Battalion as prisoners of war through illness and mistreatment at Kanchanabri, Kanchanabri New Hospital Camp, Tarbaya, Kamai Sonkurai and other locations in Thailand between 1943 and 1944. The details include date, place and cause of death. Collection includes a 29 page typescript memoir ('Austin in the Army - Reminiscences') of Ellerman's Second World War service, covering his training in the Bathurst area, active service against the Japanese in Malaya and Singapore, unwilling surrender and experiences as a POW in Changi, forced labour on the Burma Thailand Railway, return to Changi in 1944 and subsequent release.
Casualty book relating to the Second World War service of VX50052 Lieutenant Austin Yeats Ellerman, 2/29 Battalion, Malaya and Thailand, 1942-1944. A casualty book of the hospitalisation and deaths o
Engraved aluminium container with a hinged lid. The top of the container has a stippled background and is engraved with a sunflower design and 'A Y ELLERMAN'. The back of the container is engraved wit
Platoon Commander's diary relating to the Second World War service of VX50052 Lieutenant Austin Yeats Ellerman, 2/29 Battalion, Malaya, 1942. The diary includes an approximate company rolls for A Com
Small rectangular aluminium identity disc with a 4 mm mounting hole. The disc is marked in black along the top with Japanese characters which translate as 'AUSTRALIAN OFFICER'. Impressed beneath these
Memoir relating to the Second World War service of VX50052 Captain Austin Yeats Ellerman, 2/29 Battalion, Australia, c 1955. The 29-page typescript, entitled 'Austin in the Army - Reminiscences', des
British 1914 emergency pattern khaki cotton webbing haversack. The brown leather 1914 shoulder strap is adjusted by a brass buckle on each side and is attached to the haversack with galvanised steel r
Casualty book relating to the Second World War service of VX50052 Lieutenant Austin Yeats Ellerman, 2/29 Battalion, Malaya and Thailand, 1942-1944. A casualty book of the hospitalisation and deaths o
Platoon Commander's diary relating to the Second World War service of VX50052 Lieutenant Austin Yeats Ellerman, 2/29 Battalion, Malaya, 1942. The diary includes an approximate company rolls for A Com
Memoir relating to the Second World War service of VX50052 Captain Austin Yeats Ellerman, 2/29 Battalion, Australia, c 1955. The 29-page typescript, entitled 'Austin in the Army - Reminiscences', des
Engraved aluminium container with a hinged lid. The top of the container has a stippled background and is engraved with a sunflower design and 'A Y ELLERMAN'. The back of the container is engraved wit
Small rectangular aluminium identity disc with a 4 mm mounting hole. The disc is marked in black along the top with Japanese characters which translate as 'AUSTRALIAN OFFICER'. Impressed beneath these
Small escape compass with a brass body and glass top. Within is a 'floating' steel star with a point painted red to indicated north. Associated with the service of VX50052 Lieutenant Austin Yeats El
