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A and D tent in the scrub
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A sketch of an Admission and Discharge reception tent pitched in thick jungle scrub during exercises of 6th Australian Division Medical units.ART21284
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'A and D' tent in the scrub
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
An Admission and Discharge tent during an exercise of the 6th Australian Division in New Guinea. Here patients and casualties were interviewed, classified and relieved of their kits and rifles.They we...ART22320
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Aftermath
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicting the destruction of the 100-metre huts at Changi Prisoner-of-War Camp which for three long years housed Australian and Allied troops captured by the Japanese. The huts took very little destro...ART24405
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After the pictures
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
This shows the crowd leaving at the end of the evening. The jeeps and various other vehicles waiting in the car park in 'Buna Square' light their headlights ready to start, when the pedestrians have p...ART21435
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Anti-mite precautions
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Troops applying the anti-mite fluid Di Butyl Thallali (DBT), an effective precaution against the bite of the mokka. Infected mokkas were the carriers of Scrub Typhus, a disease that caused many fatal ...ART21288
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Approach to Artillery Ridge
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The approach to Artillery Ridge is one that gives defenders maxiumum assistance in the form of a narrow ridge and steep slopes with little cover. The approach was made under a mortar and artillery bar...ART22655
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As the tree falls
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
This is not a particular wayside grave but is like many others that were seen. There would usually be a simple fence, a cross made from split bamboo or wood, and an inscription punched by mail on a sq...ART22487
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Attack on 'Pearl Ridge'
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Drawn from Artillery Ridge during the action. Pearl Ridge is on the skyline and from there it is possible to see the other side of Bougainville island. Air bombing and strafing were followed by artill...ART21452
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2/13 Australian General Hospital at Johor Bahru
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The hospital occupied by 2/13th Australian General Hospital at Tampoi, Johor Bahru.ART24416
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Bangkok Canal
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Many of the Australian and Allied prisoners-of-war who were sent by the Japanese to work on the Thailand-Burma Railway, passed through Bangkok. After the Japanese surrender, those still in the area sp...ART24419
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Between tent rows
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A characteristic scene in local camps. Australian tents are supported by rough posts to which cross pieces have been tied. The tents are attached to this frame work instead of to pegs in the ground, a...ART21446
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Bootmaker
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The bootmaker at work at his bench is surrounded with the implements of his trade, and boots in all stages of repair and disrepair. The horseshoes for the heels are on the sloping piece of board on th...ART22863
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Bougainville battlefield
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Showing the desolation of Artillery Ridge, which was captured by 9th Australian Infantry Battalion. A track has been cut around the side of the ridge by the Pioneers to avoid the steep climb over the ...ART22656
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Captain Hugh F. McCay
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Captain Hugh Finlay McCay (V354615), of the Volunteers Defence Corps. Done by the artist as a study for his painting ‘Recruits for mounted sub-units, Volunteer Defence Corps’ART22651
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Captured Japanese 150mm Howitzer
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Drawn on the day after capture when the site was comparatively undisturbed. This gun had been responsible for a certain amount of shelling during weeks previous to its capture. The gun had obviously b...ART21455
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Car park, Main Street, Atherton
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
View from a verandah of a Barrett's Railway Hotel on the main street of Atherton. The street is lined with military vehicles, the post office on the right is surrounded by anti-blast barricades and t...ART23872
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Carpenter's Shop
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
From the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 until 1953 Stonnington house and grounds were used by the Australian Red Cross Society as a convalescent hospital. Depicts the carpenter's workshop at...ART22335
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Chores by Lake Kathleen
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Situated just off the Perimeter Raod, this lake was the scene of much of the early fighting in Bougainville. It is typical of such lakes with their vivid greens and deep blues. The large tree on the r...ART23576
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Corporal Charles Rowe
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Corporal Charles William Rowe (V367531), 11 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps. Done by the artist as a study for his painting ‘Recruits for mounted sub-units, Volunteer Defence Corps’.ART21405
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Day Room
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicts Ward West 1, 115 Australian General Hospital. Sketched on visitor's day. Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital commenced on 13 March 1941, and was known as the 115th Heidelberg Military Hospital. T...ART23517
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Death at Slaters Knoll
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A reconstruction of the fanatical Japanese charge seen from the left flank of Slater's Knoll. The largest force attack the centre of the position, but this was the scene of bitter fighting. It was ear...ART23577
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Embarkation at Freddie Beach
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Freddie Beach is between Tsimba Ridge and Soraken peninsula, where the swell is broken by the various islands, coral, and otherwise that can be seen in the distance in the painting. The large island i...ART22489
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Entrance to Headquarters 2 Australian Corps
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The petrol dump at the entrance to Headquarters 2 Australian Corps in Bougainville. At the Headquarters different companies were utilised for providing specialised services, such as medical aid, techn...ART22652
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Ex POWs waiting for transport
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A group of ex POWs are waiting for Transport in Changi, Singapore. Changi was the main prisoner-of-war camp in Singapore where some 14,972 Australians captured at the fall of Singapore were imprison...ART22924
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Ex prisoners-of-war waiting to leave Changi
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Australian troops who had been prisoners-of-war in the hands of the Japanese for three and a half years are shown patiently waiting for transport to take them from Changi prison camp, where they had b...ART24404
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From the centre of Slater's Knoll defences
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The main Japanese attack was made directly on to this front at Slater's Knoll, however only one Japanese soldier penetrated beyond the barbed wire. There was thick foliage in the background.ART21463
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From the Observation Post
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Looking down from an Observation Post onto the many regular activities of a camp. The Officers' Mess is the long building, centre back, with the kitchen at the rear. Two lads are drawing water from a ...ART21456
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Fry's Crossing
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A rainstorm is starting just as the Pioneers are returning from the other side of the River Doiabi, where the artillery, engineers, Australian New Guinea Administration Unit and the Advanced Dressing ...ART21447
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General Blamey Drive, I
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Troops and natives can be seen walking along the drive which makes a sweep through the New Guinea Force Headquarters camp, past offices and messes to rejoin the Butibum Road. It is lined with a rich v...ART21431
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General Blamey Drive, II
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Looking down General Blamey Drive from 'Sanananda Corner' at the New Guinea Force Headquarters in Lae, New Guinea. The four messes on the left are 'Princes' (Officers'), 'Zeigfields' and 'Christies' (...ART21287
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Getting the 3-tonner ashore at Toko
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Whilst the Australian Landing Craft were invaluable for conveying personnel and equipment in this area, the heavy surf often created a great deal of trouble. In this case the vehicle, a 3-ton truck, s...ART21460
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Giants' Combat
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Two giant banyan trees, a species of 'strangler' fig tree, are locked together in an epic struggle. Such trees were common in the Bougainville area, and often had huge trunks of extremely complex stru...ART21454
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Hanging out the washing
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A scene of everyday camp life. A 'batman' hangs out his officer's washing and someone else is cleaning his teeth. A bucket, dish, and washing board are at the base of a palm. The tents are a pale gree...ART21443
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Haunted House
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The Haunted House, Headquarters 8th Australian Division, Johor BahruART24417
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Inside Officers' Mess
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Inside the Officers' Mess in Atherton, Queensland.ART21412
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Interior of chapel
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Looking across the transept during a church parade. The chancel is on the left. The alter is decorated with the cross of St George, only portions of which can be seen. Note the ubiquitous oil drums, t...ART21436
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Japanese shelter - Pearl Ridge
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
One of a group of Japanese shelters below Pearl Ridge on the far side of the hill, pictured on the third day after troops of A and D Companies, 25th Infantry Battalion captured the ridge. The roof and...ART21453
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Jeep
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A three-quarter back study of a Jeep, made mainly to show detail.ART21423
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Jeep Ambulance
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The subject is a Jeep ambulance of the 2/2 Field Ambulance climbing out of a creek bed. Jeeps were adapted for use as ambulances by the addition of a steel frame, which was placed in position after th...ART22295
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Jungle Light Aid Detachment
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
241 Light Aid Detachment (LAD), attached to 7th Australian Infantry Brigade show the workings of a typical LAD unit . The LAD units were responsible for the repair and maintenance of the regiment's ve...ART21461
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Knock-off time
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
At the staging camp, an old camp site built on the banks of the swift flowing Butibum River. Everyone's first thought at the end of the day is to get into the river as quickly as possible, where cloth...ART21438
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Lecture on 'A' Deck
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Drawn at sea on board SS Duntroon whilst it was conveying 2 Australian Prisoner-of-War Reception Group to Singapore to repatriate ex prisoners-of-warART24401
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Left flank at Slater's Knoll
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A study of the site used for Abbott's painting 'Death at Slater's Knoll'. The marks of the Projector Infantry Tank Attack (PITA) projectiles can be seen on the buttress roots of the big tree.ART21462
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Lieutenant Charles Cullen
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Lieutenant Charles Kitchener Cullen (VX7516), Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), signal officer, 2/5 Australian Infantry Battalion. Lt Cullen served in Libya and Greece, was ...ART21419
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Lieutenant Stuart Heilbron
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Lieutenant Stuart Heilbrun (QX3723), an Intelligence Officer with 49th Australian Infantry Battalion in New Guinea. Lt Heilbrun later joined 2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion after being...ART21420
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Maintenancing Matildas, 2
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
One of set of three studies of Armoured Fighting Vehicle fitters doing maintenance work on a Matilda Mark IV tank. A view of a Maltilda Mark IV tank of the 2/9 Australian Armoured Regiment shown with...ART21425
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Maintenancing 'Matildas', 1
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
One of three studies of Armoured Fighting Vehicle fitters doing maintenance work on a Matilda Mark IV tank. A Matilda Mark IV tank of the 2/9 Australian Armoured Regiment is shown, three quarter rear ...ART21424
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Maintenancing 'Matildas', 3
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Front view of one of the Matilda Mark IV tanks of 2/9th Australian Armoured Regiment showing the partially removed tracks with one of the bogeys on the nearest track. The crew commander's cupola flaps...ART21286
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Malaria control team
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A soldier using a 'Rega' knapsack sprayer is covering pools with malaria oil to kill the mosquito larvae. His relief stands by. The inevitable washing is in the background. Personnel are Corporal Wil...ART21441
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March-at-ease
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
An attempt to catch an impression of a route march, during which for miles one only sees the lower half of the man in front, particularly when climbing a hill. The small pack and water bottle are show...ART23874