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A Bitter Fate—Australians In Malaya & Singapore (Book)

The commemorative publication is part of a series; A Bitter Fate. It explores theatres of war and campaigns during the Second World War. The publication concentrates on Australia’s involvement in the…

A Bitter Fate—Australians In Malaya & Singapore: Educational Activities (Book), (Educational)

This booklet of teaching activities for students complements the book, A Bitter Fate—Australians In Malaya & Singapore.

A war correspondent in Indo-China

I was fortunate that I'd had more than 16 years experience as a journalist in Australia, Britain and Papua New Guinea before becoming an ABC News correspondent in south east Asia in December 1967. I…

Australian Prisoners of War 1940-1945

More than 30,000 Australians became prisoners of war (POWs) between 1940 and 1945. The Germans and Italians captured Australians during the Mediterranean and Middle East campaigns, and also at sea in…

Australian Prisoners of War 1941-1945 (Book)

This is a part of the series, Australians in the Pacific War. It gives a narrative and pictorial account of life in POW camps north of Australia during World War II. Includes Changi, the Burma-…

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

Bart Richardson - World War II veteran (Army) (Video)

Barton (Bart) Richardson enlisted at Rutherford, New South Wales, in June 1940.

Battle for Australia Day

Prime Minister John Curtin used the term 'Battle for Australia' after the fall of Sing

Bill Ennis - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Bill Ennis - World War II veteran (Video)

Bill Ennis was 18 years old and working as a clerk when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in June 1940.

Bill Monaghan and Frank Cook - Korean War veterans (Video)

Bill joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in February 1949

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).

Derek Holyoake - HMAS Hobart under fire (Video)

Derek Holyoake was three months old when his parents moved to Australia from England in 1924

Derek Holyoake - Rescue at sea (Video)

Derek Holyoake was three months old when his parents moved to Australia from England in 1924

Dixie Lee - World War II veteran (RAN) (Video)

Dixie Lee's father and uncle both served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during and after World War I.

Dreaming of home kept him going on railway of death

Dreaming of home and the wonderful things he would do when he got there was what kept Sapper Clarrie Williams going while he slaved away on the Burma-Thailand Railway.

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 short film (Video)

Created to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Fall of Singapore, this film includes reflections from 8 veterans who served in the Malaya and Singapore. Some were taken prisoner and were allocated to…

Fall of Singapore

By 31 January 1942, all British Empire forces had withdrawn from the Malay peninsula onto Singapore Island.

FALL OF SINGAPORE (1942) newsclip (Image)

This article tells us about the capture of Singapore island by Japanese forces during World War II.

Fall of Singapore short film (Oral history)

Created to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Fall of Singapore, this film includes reflections from 8 veterans who served in the Malaya and Singapore. Some were taken prisoner and were allocated to…

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

Australian veteran experiences of the Fall of Singapore in WWII

Forced marches

Some 5000 Australian soldiers arrived in Germany in 1941 after long journeys through Eastern Europe from Greece. In 1943 another 1000 men crossed the Alps from Italy.

Found

… It was lovely, it was Australia…I just started to howl…[Sylvia Muir]

Gary McKay (Australian Army), Combat (Video)

Gary McKay went to Vietnam as a national serviceman and commanded an infantry platoon. He saw battle first hand.

Gordon Jamieson - World War II veteran (Video)

Gordon Jamieson was just 19 years old when he enlisted in July 1940.

Gunner Cleary

If you escape the same thing will happen to you.

Guy Griffiths - Navy veteran (Video)

Guy Griffiths was born in Sydney on 1 March 1923 and grew up in the Rothbury-Pokolbin district in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales.

Invasion of Malaya

The invasion of Malaya began shortly after midnight on 8 December 1941. Two hours later, No 1 Squadron RAAF, based at Kota Bahru, in north-east Malaya, was airborne.

Jack Thomas - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Jack Thomas - World War II veteran (Video)

Jack Thomas was born in Broken Hill on 4 November 1919. He worked as a grocer's assistant before enlisting in Broken Hill in June 1940.

James Kerr - World War II veteran (Army) (Video)

James Kerr was underage when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in March 1941. He was accepted, nevertheless.

John Abrahams - World War II veteran (RAN) (Video)

John Abrahams enlisted in January 1941 and was drafted to HMAS Manoora in May 1941.

John Gilmour - World War II veteran (Video)

Scottish-born John Gilmour enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in October 1940 in Western Australia.

Kathleen Jean Mary Walker

Leslie Glover - World War II veteran (Army) (Video)

Leslie Glover enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) at Bowen, Queensland, on 24 June 1940.

Les Hall - Korean War veteran (Video)

Les Hall was born in Brisbane in 1929. After school, he worked for the Western Pacific High Commission in the Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Gilbert and Ellice Islands.

Leslie James Morshead

Early life Sir Leslie James Morshead was born on 18 September 1889 in Ballarat East, Victora. He was one of 6 children to William Morshead and Mary Eliza.

Leslie Thomislav Starcevich

Maurie Deed - World War II veteran (Video)

Allan Morris 'Maurie' Deed enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 9 May 1940. He served as an aircraft hand and later as a motorcyclist and a fitter.

Mostyn Berryman

Early life Moss Berryman was born in Kent Town, South Australia, on 9 November 1923. He attended primary schools at Glencoe and Mount Gambier and then Mount Gambier High School.

Norm Dillon - World War II veteran (Video)

Norm Dillon enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in 1941.

Norman Anderton - World War II veteran (Video)

Norman joined the army in Sydney in 1940 at the age of 19, and served in the 8th Division Signals.

Ordered to leave

Fearing for the safety of the nurses after the fall of Singapore, General Bennett ordered their evacuation from the island.

RAAF Butterworth upgraded by No 2 Airfield Construction Squadron

Australia's major area of strategic concern in 1953-54 changed from the Middle East to South-East Asia with the threat of communism and the domino theory uppermost in the minds of the government.

Robert Goodwin - World War II veteran (Video)

Robert 'Bob' Molesworth Goodwin OAM was an insurance clerk in Brisbane before he enlisted in July 1940 with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF).

Roy Cornford - World War II veteran (Video)

Roy Cornford, a 19-year-old labourer, enlisted into the Second Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in September 1941

Secret diary of life in Changi

When Sgt Jack O'Donnell was taken prisoner at the fall of Singapore, he was, quite naturally, rather depressed about life. But rather than give in to melancholy, he decided to document his…

Shifting Tides: Australia and the Pacific in the Second World War (Book), (Student activity), (Educational)

This introduces students to significant campaigns in the Allies' war against Japan in Asia and the Pacific, as well as the effects on Australia. The content aligns with the Australian Curriculum and…

Signaller lucky to escape from Singapore

For someone who was a signaller trained to keep things short and to the point, Allan Quick wrote remarkably thoughtful and detailed letters home from the war.
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