The collection is divided into five sections. Toggle down to see each section.
- Groups
- Individuals
- Sports and Recreation
- The Camp
- Work Parties and Camp Duties
- Theatre Groups
- Klagenfurt War Cemetery Headstone Photos
Groups
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John O'Malley, Edward Peake and John Warburton, Jan 1942 |
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H Wilton, R Reihana, R Smith, John Smith, B Paku. Kneeling: R McGlashen, ?, J Dowrick, C Browne, DR Elliott. Nov 1942 |
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Christmas 1942: Back: Kevin Byrne, Jack Holman, ‘Scotty’ McLeod, ‘Jeff’ Gilbert, ‘Lofty’ Windsor. Front: Fred Payne, R. Bartlett, Wilfred Bailey |
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Christmas 1942 |
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Back: John O’Malley, Lofty Windsor, Rob Adams. Middle: George Richardson, Ted Bradburn, Alan Eason. Front: Eric Green. 1943. Alan Eason and Eric Green were killed in the bomb raid on 19 Feb 1945 |
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Bill Bailley, Kevin Byrne, Bob Smith, 20 Jan 1943 |
Individuals
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Leslie Bullard (Shirley Jorritsma) |
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Kevin Byrne, Apr 1943 |
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Kevin Byrne, Jun 1943 |
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George Richardson, Jan 1942 |
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Charles Endacott, Apr 1943 |
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'Lofty' Windsor |
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Ron McGlashen, Jan 1942 |
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Alan Guthrie Glass, 14 Apr 1943 (Ian Brown's website) |
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Michael Cister (Shirley Jorritsma) |
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Charlie Macauley (Ian Brown's website) |
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Sgt Stewart Stubbings, Man Of Confidence (Ian Nowell) |
Sports and Recreation

Empire Games May 1943. Back row: Haines, Copping, Highton, Paku, Merrilees, Prendergast, Dawson, Thorpe, Spooner, Parker, Gilman, Bell, B Smith, McCallum. Second row: Bradley, Morgan, Robertson, Pitt, McLeod, Gordon, Rogers, Petersen, Wilton, R. Elliott, Woodhouse, Thomas, Kershaw, Cassidy, Lymburn, Endacott. Third row (sitting and kneeling) Johnson, Bartlett, Hudson, Brittingham, Hallas, Minarapa, Reihana, Scott, Woolmer, Sutherland, Lipset, Owens, Adams, J Smith, Michie, Tilling, T Taylor, Green, Midwood, Sudden, Cooper, McNeill, O’Leary, Jenkins, Fisher, Filmer, Skinner, McGlashen, T Williams.
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"Our Girls" Football Team, May 1943. Back: Leo Turton, Len Chadwick, John Dawson, Pat Kershaw, ‘Darkie’ Reynolds. Front: Ken Kewel, Don Michie |
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Empire Games Football. 27 Jun 1943 |
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Empire Games Football. 27 Jun 1943. Lofty Windsor in foreground. |
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Back: JH 'Jock' Woods, F ‘Blossom’ Linford, Don Winter, Johnny Dawson, Frank Woods, Ken Kewell, Front: John Samuels , R 'Kinder' Bartlett, Reg Holford. 1943 |
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Quigan's Bar, 1943 |
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'Brewing Up. Jul 1944 |
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Cricket Match Scorers, June1944. Back: Harry Mitchell and ‘Dixie Colebrook Front: Bill Cassidy, Taffy Griffiths and Jock McGechie.
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Aussie Tug o' War Team. 1944 Empire Games. Standing: Roy Thorpe, Les Wood, ‘Tiny’ Petersen, ‘Lofty” Windsor, Sitting: Bill Cassidy, Jock Nowell, Alan Eason, Mick Thomas, Les Eliott |
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Stan Pendlebury (Australia) finishing first in the 75 yards sprint. Aug 1944 Empire Games. |
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Two-Up School. 1944. Facing Camera: J Montgomery, A. McKee, Fred 'Snow' McGorrery, Tom 'Butch' Day, C Wood. 'Tiny' Petersen (spinning), Dave Adams (seated). |
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Two-Up School. 1944 |
The Camp
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Armistice Day Parade, 11 Nov 1942 |
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Mick Cister's Funeral Parade, 9 Feb 1944 |
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Jock Gordon and Don Westbrook at the Camp Switchboard. 1944. |
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Churchill, the Camp dog |
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Standing by the Slit Trenches, 19 Mar 1944 |
Work Parties and Camp Duties
Pipe Laying Work Party
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From left: Kevin Byrne (sitting in pipe) , C Browne, Chas Endacott, Colin Morris, Herb Adcock, Dave Adams, Ron McGlashen |
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'Swinging the banjo.' Kevin Byrne, left foreground. Aug 1942 |
Stadtbaumt Work Party
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Bahnbetreebswerk
Waterworks Party
Camp Vegetable Garden
Cookhouse Duty
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Waterworks Party, 1943 |
Camp Vegetable Garden
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James Alexander 'Lofty' Windsor. 1943 |
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Tom Laracy and Dick McInnes in the Camp Vegetable Garden, 1943. Tom and Dick worked full time in the camp kitchen. |
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Reg Seaman, Sid Martin and Pat McLean. Peeling Spuds. Aug 1943 |
Cookhouse Duty
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Temporary Cookhouse, Jan 1943. The original kitchen burned to the ground on 9 Nov 1942 |
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From Left: Fred Payne, Jeff Gilbert , Kevin Byrne, Lofty Windsor, Jack Holman, Scotty McLeod |
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Bluey Brookes and Tubby Haines. Jul 1944 |
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Sergeant Stewart Ambrose Stubbings, the Camp's 'Man of Confidence' is not looking very regimental in his slippers. 1943. |
Theatre Groups
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Rookery Nook - Play
12 February 1944
The play was originally scheduled for the 22nd and 23rd of January but was held over due to an Air Raid on the opening day.
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Characters not identified. |
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Characters not identified. |
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Characters not identified. |
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Characters not identified. |
The Ghost Train - Play
12 March 1944
The Ghost Train is a theatre mystery thriller, written in 1923 by the English actor and playwright Arnold Ridley. It depicts a group of travellers stranded at a remote railway station, reacting with various degrees of credulity to the station master's warning of death to anyone who sets eyes on the ghostly train that haunts the line.
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Cam Grinter and Len Charters (Miss Willis) |
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Cam Grinter, Ron De Knock, A. Lawton, I. Hudson, K. Kewell, Mo McCartney, R. Richards, F. Lee, E. O’Leary, L. Charters. |
Soft Lights and Sweet Music - Musical
10 July 1944
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Taffy Jones, Taffy Jenkins, Ernie Midwood, Jack Wilmot, Ralph Dennis, Bert Tilling, M Fisher, R Linford, T Powell, J Dawson, R Bartlett, Bob Douglas, Bob Roberts |
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Johnny Dawson |
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