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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 - Trenches and artillery bombardments (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.

Les Hall - 'frightfully cold' (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.

Les Hall - Flamethrower (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.

Les Hall - Capture of Captain Greville (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.

Les Hall - Orderly room burns down (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.

Les Hall - Patrolling (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), (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.

Stan Arneil (Audio file)

Stan Arneil was a sergeant in the 2/30th Battalion and a member of F Force when he became a prisoner of the Japanese at Singapore. In this audio interview he recollects an experience where an officer forced an unconscious, almost dead prisoner to be carri

Stick to your post

Because of the increasing threat of war with Japan, the Australian Trade Commissioner in Shanghai, China, Mr Vivian Bowden, was instructed to close the Shanghai post and to establish an Australian

Stolen years: Australian prisoners of war (Book)

This commemorative publication looks at what captivity was like during wartime. This book draws on documents, photographs and artefacts. It covers Australian prisoners of war in the hands of six…

The 'maimed and bloodstained' group: Parit Sulong

The first large massacre of Australian troops by Japanese forces occurred at Parit Sulong on the west coast of Malaya on 22 January 1942.

The dixie

Every man who worked on the railway, in whichever section, would have an automatic passport to Heaven. They have all done the requisite stretch in Hell.

The final hours...

Sergeant Jack O'Donnell, 10th Australian General Hospital (AGH), kept a diary during his imprisonment.

The Japanese guard takes a ride: Expressions - Commemoration through Art (Student activity), (Fact sheet), (Educational)

A printable activity sheet to help develop students' understanding of wartime artworks. Australian printmaker and painter Vaughan Murray Griffin created this artwork in 1945. In World War II, Griffin…

The marches

Approximately 455 prisoners of war (POWs) left Sandakan in the first march. They left the camp in different groups between January and March 1945.

The RAAF in Malaya

On 7 December 1941, Royal Air Force Command in Malaya had an operational strength of 164 first-line aircraft with 88 others in reserve.

Unconditional surrender

General Percival made the decision to surrender on 15 February 1942.

Vaughan Murray Griffin

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

Victory in the Pacific 1945 (Book)

This commemorative publication is a part of the series; Australians in the Pacific War. Its explores the end of the War. The Australian Government marked the day with a one-off holiday; marking it…

Victory in the Pacific Day 15 August

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