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Attack on Japanese tanks on the Bakri-Parit Sulong Road
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Reconstruction of action against Japanese tanks by 2/4th Anti Tank Regiment along Bakri-Parit Sulong Road. This was the scene of intense fighting by withdrawing Australian troops as the Japanese rapid...ART27570
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Back from Thailand
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Figure studies of recently returned men from the Burma-Thailand railway, with emaciated limbs and bodies, showing their physical condition. Griffin documents the tropical skin diseases that ravaged ma...ART25103
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Barrack square, Selerang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
View of makeshift kitchen built in Selerang Barrack Square, with the former British Army barracks in background. This is one of the few works in which Griffin portrayed the austerity of camp life. Alt...ART26475
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'Bob' Mutton's hut, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Improvised housing accommodation in Changi prison. The men were housed in an area with buildings not large enough to accommodate them all. They built their own atap huts with what ever materials could...ART25060
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Brigadier Arthur Varley
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Brigadier Arthur Leslie Varley (NX35005), MC, commanding officer of 2/18 Battalion and later of 22nd Australian Infantry Brigade. Varley was interned in Changi until May 1942 when he was appointed to ...ART26425
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Brigadier Duncan Maxwell
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A portrait of Brigadier Duncan Struan Maxwell (NX12610) of the 27th Australian Infantry Brigade.ART26422
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Brigadier Harold Taylor
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Commander of 22nd Australian Infantry Brigade, Brigadier Harold Burfield Taylor, MC, VD (NX34724). Taylor had served in the First World War. When he was imprisoned in Changi, Taylor established and gu...ART26428
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Captain John Vernon
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Griffin has composed this portrait to tell the story of Captain John Murray Vernon (NX34879), MC, of the 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion. He is posing in front of the Kranji river at the place wh...ART24496
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Captain William Ronald Magarry
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Set against the landscape where Captain William Ronald Magarry, MC, of D Company, 2/26 Battalion was awarded his MC for bravery, Griffin has portrayed the rugged terrain and grim determination of Maga...ART24497
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Carrying in the last log
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Members of work party carrying log for firewood. Collecting firewood was one of the most important requirements, as the prisoners needed the wood for cooking. As the years progressed, the men had to h...ART24475
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Changi gaol
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Interior of Changi gaol. In 1944 all the POWs, some 10,000 men, held at Selarang Barracks and surrounds had to move to Changi goal proper, which was designed to accommodate 600 men. 5,000 men were eve...ART25090
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Changi prison camp, early days
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Members of the Australian Imperial Force, 8th Australian Division in Changi prison camp. Of this work he noted; 'I started to paint the life around me. Men showering under the eaves of buildings in ra...ART24480
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Changi trailer party carrying logs
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
This party of prisoners-of-war in Japanese hands in Changi POW Camp, are seen carting coconut tree logs into camp for firewood. The logs have been cut just outside the camp by troops of the Australian...ART26488
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Chaplain Matthew Jones
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Matthew Kenneth Jones (NX70156), Senior Chaplain Church of England, 8th Division. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore, 1942. Drawn in Changi POW Camp.ART26427
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Chaplain Michael Dolan
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Michael Joseph Dolan, Senior Roman Catholic Chaplain of the AIF 8th Division.ART26423
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Colonel James Thyer
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Colonel James Hervey Thyer (VX12755), member of General Bennett's staff and GOC1. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at Singapore.ART26431
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Concert party, Changi camp, 1942
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Four members of a concert party perform on a makeshift stage. Murray Griffin was an official war artist appointed in 1941 with 8th Division AIF in Malaya. He was prisoner of war at the fall of Singapo...ART24467
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Cutting firewood for Changi camp
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men of the AIF Forestry unit cutting wood. This work party was established in the very early days of the men's captivity, as wood for fuel for cooking and wood for structures of the camp were required...ART24476
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Digging bore hole latrines, Changi camp
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men using improvised auger to dig bore-hole latrines, a necessity in a camp that housed thousands of men.ART24493
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Education centre, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
In the early days of their internment and before they were required by the Japanese to work, the majority of the men of the 8th Division who had been captured at the fall of Singapore, passed many of ...ART26486
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Electric rice grinder, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men from 8 Division Ammunition Sub-Park and left to right: Private W F Kelly, Private A J Cooper, Private L M Bover, Corporal J Warren. The inset figure is Private L J Slee who designed the grinder us...ART25089
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First Australian prisoners of war from Malaya arrive in Cairns by catalinas
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Large numbers of Australian prisoners of war are arriving at the wharf in Cairns and being greeted by Australian officers and soldiers in uniform. A genial major reassures a POW who has misplaced his ...ART25628
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Frying rice cakes, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Two prisoners of war at the Changi camp frying rice cakes on a makeshift stove consisting of a metal plate , under a native style shelter. This is one of a small collection of works on paper by Murray...ART26489
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Grass extract shed, Changi camp
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Showing two Australian POW men in Changi prison crushing and soaking grass for beri beri preventitive. The prisoners received few medicines from the Japanese and had to experiment with their own mixtu...ART24471
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Hello, Joe
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A Chinese boy greeting a member of the 8th Australian Division in the manner universal to children in Malaya, the salutation 'Hello Joe!' accompanied by the 'thumbs up' sign. This was before the Japan...ART24479
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Inside Changi camp
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Australian men sawing log with crosscut saw on a saw horse with an improvised trailer lying nearby. The wood would form a part of the camp, such as a hut, for the POWs. Physical work such as this was ...ART24472
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Lieutenant Colonel Charles Anderson VC MC
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson (NX12595), VC, MC, 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion at Muar River. Taken prisoner by the Japanese.ART26436
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Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Galleghan
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick G Galleghan, DSO, ED, commanding officer of the 2/30th Battalion of the 8th Division. 'Black Jack', as he was known, was given command of the AIF prisoners in August 1942 ...ART25070
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Lieutenant Colonel Leon Stahle
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Leon Rossiter Dalgleish Stahle (VX24581), Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Stores. Taken prisoner by the Japanese.ART26434
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Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Bryne
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Leslie James Austin Byrne (NX34829), Commanding Australian Army Service Corps. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26443
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Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Pond
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Austin Frank Pond (VX44770), OBE, Commander 2/29 Battalion at Muar River. Taken a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26440
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Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel William Watt Leggatt (VX44907), MC, Commanding 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion, 'Sparrow Force'. Taken prisoner by the Japanese.ART26435
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Looking towards home
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Weary Australian prisoners of war, after climbing to the top of a water tower in Changi POW Camp, gaze across the seas around Singapore towards home. View to south-east from top of water tower at Chan...ART24470
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Major Campbell
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Major Peter Campbell, 8 Div Headquarters; defence of Malaya and, Railway. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand R...ART28403.088
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Major Phillip Head
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Major Phillip Lyburn Head (NX34763), Deputy Assistant Adjutant General and Legal Staff of Australian 8th Division. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26448
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Matron Vivian Bullwinkel
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Maker: Bourne, Shirley
Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel AO, MBE, ARRC, ED (1915-2000) served with the 8th Division’s 2/13th Australian General Hospital. She was the sole survivor of the infamous Banka Island massacre an...ART28389
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Pantomime production, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Scene from 'Dick Whittington' pantomime, which was written by Leslie Greener, produced by John Wood. The actors from left to right are Charlie (Chas) 'Sexy' Wiggins, unknown, unknown, Doug Peart, unkn...ART24474
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Preparing rice for pastry, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
In the top picture Australian POW's are seen mincing cooked rice for pastry. In the second picture men are shown grinding rice with a home made grinder manufactured form odds and ends of scraps. Rice ...ART25065
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Private Cyril Croft
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait Private Cyril Croft (VX39686), 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion. Originally from Coventry, England (b.1903) Croft enlisted on 3rd January 1941 at Royal Park Victoria. He served ...ART26451
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Pte 'Jock' Campbell smokes the fish
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
By running smoke through a metal locker, the nearly-rotten fish issued as rations were preserved and given a more edible flavour. Private 'Jock' Campbell, like many others, wears an artificial leg man...ART25075
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Repairing trailer, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A portion of a motor vehicle, the engine of which ad been hidden in pieces by prisoners, so that, in an emergency a moveable vehicle could be got ready. In its present condition it is used as a manual...ART26490
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Reunion at Changi
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Showing one of the members of 8th Australian Division greeting one of his countrymen who had just arrived in Singapore to release and succour those who have been incarcerated in the Gaol at Changi, th...ART23949
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Roberts Hospital, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
It is almost certain that Griffin first conceived the subject of 'Roberts Hospital, Changi' early in 1942, although the painting was not completed until the following year. In the painting all three m...ART24491
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Sapper Albert West
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Sapper Albert Edward Gay West (VX31236) of 2/10 Field Company. Prisoner of war with Griffin in Changi.ART28986
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Sergeant Geoffrey Cyril Bingham
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Sergeant Geoffrey Cyril Bingham (NX32437), 8 Division Signals. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore. After his liberation, Bingham was awarded a Militar...ART26452
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The rice grinders, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
The first effort to grind rice into flour were made with bottles as shown in this drawing. Later, improved types of grinders were invented. Changi Prisoners-of-War Camp, Singapore. Men grinding rice, ...ART25054
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The shower, Changi, early days
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A scene in the Selerang prisoner-of-war camp in the early days of captivity. There was no water laid on for the first year at Selerang and all ablutions were carried out at improvised water-points, an...ART25085
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Trailer party bringing in rubber tree logs, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Members of working party hauling a trailer load of firewood. The trailer had been improvised from a truck chassis and pulled by manpower. The strength demanded by this task became beyond the reach of ...ART24473
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Transport problems in Malaya
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a reconstructed view of transport problems in Malaya, and based on photographs. The artist wrote in a letter on 31 August 1942 of the work '...watercolour of an incident in Malaya...I have no...ART30101
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Two men carrying basket of Ceylon spinach, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men working in vegetable gardens with an improvised basket. Ceylon spinach was one of the few plants that grew well for the prisoners of Changi. With the rice ration received from the Japanese, the sp...ART26499
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Water tower, Selarang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Near the engineers' quarters in Selerang prisoner-of-war camp in which many Australians were housed. Selerang was adjacent ot Changi. The water tower as a part of Selerang Barracks and near the engine...ART26466
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Withdrawal from Parit Sulong
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Australian soldiers withdrawing from Parit Sulong on the Muar River during the defence of Malaya and Singapore. A scene typical of many in the fight down the Peninsular. Troops, being cut off by Japan...ART26529
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Workshop at Selerang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts Sergeant Alexander Barclay, 2/10 Field Coy RAE and Staff Sergeant J S Whelan, 2/10th Field Coy RAE in an improvised workshop. Selerang Barracks were former British Army Barracks and were used...ART26628