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Not titled [mother and child, palms and village houses]
Art
Maker: Fort, Sidney James
Portrait of a woman carrying something on her head standing with young child surrounded by palms and village houses. Sidney Fort enlisted with the army during the Second World War in 1941. Serving m...ART94449
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Not titled [Papuan women in grass skirt]
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Maker: Fort, Sidney James
Portrait of a Papuan woman wearing a grass skirt and beads with a flower in her hair, palms in the background. Sidney Fort enlisted with the army during the Second World War in 1941. Serving mostly ...ART94437
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not titled [Portrait of a man, Lae]
Art
Maker: Burton, R
This portrait of Koho was painted by an Australian soldier on active service in Lae in 1945. It may well have been painted at the Lae Art Group, a program run by the Australian Army Education Service....AWM2021.233.1
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Not titled [portrait of a Polynesian man]
Art
Maker: Laughton, Daryl
Portrait of Polynesian man wearing a hair comb.ART96178
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Not titled [portrait of a woman in a green top]
Art
Maker: Fort, Sidney James
Portrait of a women with dark brown hair, big red lips and wearing a green top. Sidney Fort enlisted with the army during the Second World War in 1941. Serving mostly in New Guinea and Indonesia, he...ART94448
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Not titled [portrait of man]
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of a man drawn by R Emerson Curtis while on active service. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australian...ART96176
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not titled [Seated boy, Salamo, Fergusson Island]
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Seated portrait of a young boy wearing a sarong drawn by the arist whilst at Salamo on the southern coast of Fergusson Island. Fergusson Island is the largest Island of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, in...ART96147
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Not titled [seated man with hair comb]
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Seated profile portrait of a man with a decorative comb in hair. He has his back turned to the artist. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recordin...ART96142
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Not titled [sketch of Bride - 15 years old]
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait study of a young woman on transfer paper. A copy of ART96175, 'Bride - 15 years old', 1944. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording ...ART96175
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not titled [Trobriand Islander]
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of a man from Trobriand Island. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australian and American troops, Curtis...ART96140
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not titled [Trobriand Islanders]
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Two profile portraits of men from Trobriand Island. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australian and American tr...ART96139
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Not titled [villages and plantlife]
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Maker: Fort, Sidney James
Three local village huts amongst trees and grass. Sidney Fort enlisted with the army during the Second World War in 1941. Serving mostly in New Guinea and Indonesia, he also spent some time on the h...ART94436
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not titled [Woman and child]
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of a woman and child drawn by the artist on Fergusson Island. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australi...ART96144
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Not titled [Woman wearing a grass skirt]
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Three quarter length portrait of a woman drawn while the artist was on active service in New Guinea. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording ...ART96141
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Papuan boy of Fergusson Island
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Half length portrait of a young boy, with separate study of his face in profile. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of th...ART96146
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Papuan (one hair style!)
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Profile portrait of a man. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australian and American troops, Curtis took every op...ART96157
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Police boy "Hauko" Kokoda
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of Hauko, from Kokoda. Hauko worked for the Royal Papuan Constabularly. This portrait was one of two drawn by the artist on a visit to a prison camp while on active service with the Camouflag...ART96169
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Police Boy "Hinamali", Bwaidoga, Morata Island
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
This portrait of Hinamali was reproduced in R. Curtis ' Men of Morata', Walkabout, 1 October 1944. In his article Curtis wrote that Hinamali ' belongs to the native constabulary and represents the 'Gu...ART96150
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