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Australian War Memorial


Cowra POW Bugle c.1930s

See the bugle that Japanese prisoner of war TOYOSHIMA HAJIME used to signal the start of the mass escape of Japanese POWs from Cowra POW Camp in 1944.


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Japanese Himitsu-Bako Puzzle Box c.1939 -40

Discover the Japanese Himitsu-Bako puzzle box which was recovered from one of the Japanese midget submarines that was involved in the attack on Sydney Harbour on the night of 30-31 May 1942.