Content on Prisoners of war

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Australian internees and prisoners of war in World War I

Captured at sea A short time after the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) landed on Gallipoli peninsula,

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Bart Richardson - World War II veteran (Army) (Oral history)

Bill Ennis - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Charles Groves Wright Anderson

South-African born New South Wales farmer, Charles Anderson, was the highest-ranked Australian soldier to receive a Victoria Cross (VC).

Endurance: Stories of Australians in wartime captivity (Book), (Educational)

This commemorative publication is a part of the Century of Service series. It explores the stories of several Australians who were captured as prisoners of war. Each story highlights examples of…

Ernest Brough - World War II veteran (Video)

Ernest Brough enlisted at Dandenong, Victoria, in March 1940.

Ernest Edward Dunlop

An Australian hero...everyone that came in front of Weary - a no-hoper, anybody, was a person. And he was an equal of Weary's in Weary's mind — he was a person to be helped.

Fall of Singapore: In Their Own Words (Video), (Online lesson), (Student activity), (Educational)

Australian veteran experiences of the Fall of Singapore in WWII

Internment camps in Australia during World War I

Merchant navy 'prizes' and interned crews At the beginning of the war, all German and Central Power ships coming into, or already in Australian ports were seized as 'war prizes'.

Jack Bell - World War II veteran (Video)

John Bell, known as Jack to his friends, joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in May 1940.

John Pope - World War II veteran (Army) (Video)

John Campbell Pope had been a member of the citizens' militia since January 1939. Then in July 1940, he enlisted in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force at Claremont, Western Australia.

Norman Ginn - World War II veteran (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Prisoners of War: In Their Own Words (Online lesson), (Video), (Student activity), (Educational)

Veterans share harrowing experiences of captivity during WWII

Private Edgar Adams: Australians at Gallipoli (Video)

Two brothers from Mildura, Victoria, enlisted in the 8th Australian Infantry Battalion in 1914. When they landed on the beach at Gallipoli on 25 April, Private Frederick James Adams was shot on the…

Research an Australian veteran's war service

To start, you'll need to know some basic details, such as:

Seizing and decoding the secret HVB codebook

Capturing 'prizes' of war Australia and other nations in the British Empire adopted a policy to seize enemy vessels in their ports at the start of the war.

Vaughan Murray Griffin

Early life Murray Griffin was born in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern in 1903.

Weary Dunlop: Stories of Service (Online lesson), (Video), (Student activity), (Educational)

Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop's story is one of care, compassion, hardship and suffering. Weary enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force after studying medicine. This tells his story as an army doctor…
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