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Action at Parit Sulong, January 1942
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
This work depicts the fighting at Parit Sulong by the men of the 2/15th Australian Field Regiment. A 25 pounder gun is in the lower right corner. This battle became the scene of a massacre at the hand...ART24477
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A trailer party passing through a Kampong
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men pushing trailer near a village well with Malay and Chinese children in the foregroundART25087
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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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Battle casualties, Malaya
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Convalescent Depot for rehabilitation of men (all amputees) playing deck golf. It was located in part of barracks formerly occupied by Gordon Highlanders. The workshop run by the prisoners were able t...ART25088
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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 Hubert Lucas
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Brigadier Hubert Francis Lucas, OBE, in charge of Administration Headquarters.ART26424
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Cable-laying in a jungle clearing
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Before the introduction of reliable portable radios, army signallers maintained communications by telephone. As shown in this painting, the AIF had to lay the cables connecting positions. Murray Grif...ART24488
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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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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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Cutting boot repair nails, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
'A recital of all the inventions and improvisations would become wearisome; it is hoped that the pictures will show something of the range of activities'. Griffin later turned to depicting the inventi...ART26456
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Cutting up rubber logs for firewood, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Three men from the 2 Australian Imperial Force cutting rubber tree logs with an axe for firewood. Providing firewood for the camp was one of the main activities for the prisoners, as without wood ther...ART26487
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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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Harry Smith strikes a light
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Portrait of Private Harry Smith, a prisoner of war at the Changi camp in Singapore, seated using flint, tinder and a spinning wheel, to strike a light for the cigarette held by another prisoner seated...ART24485
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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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HMAS Perth fights to the last, 28th February, 1942
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts HMAS Perth fighting her last battle on 28 February 1942. There were survivors of the sinking of HMAS Perth who were rescued and sent to Changi as prisoners of war, where Griffin, official war...ART24483
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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 Charles Kappe
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Henry Kappe (VX48789), Commanding officer 8 Division Signals and General Staff 2 (Operations). Taken a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese.ART26437
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Lieutenant Colonel Charles Osborn
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Harwood Osborn (VX42966), Senior Surgeon in Charge 2/13 Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Medical Corps. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japane...ART26442
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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 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 ...ART26547
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Lieutenant Colonel Hedley Summons
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Hedley Francis Summons (VX40219), Commanding 2/9th Australian Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall...ART26447
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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 (Cotter) Harvey
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of General physician Lieutenant Colonel William Cotter Burnell Harvey (NX70668) of Australian Army Medical Corps, 2/10 Australian General Hospital. Taken a prisoner-of-war by the Ja...ART26441
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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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Men of F and H Force on return to Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A group of figure studies of emaciated men and their limbs and torsos. The figures are of men returned from the Burma-Thailand railway. This is one of a small collection of works on paper by Murray Gr...ART26514
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25-pounders in action at Gemas, 15 January 1942
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
At this stage the guns of "C" Troop, 30th Battery, 2/15th Australian Field Regiment, here depicted, are ahead of the infantry, firing at 300 yards at Japanese advancing through the rubber plantation. ...ART24498
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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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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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Selarang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Selarang Barracks of the Changi camp compound. The AIF were quartered in this area for majority of their time in captivity. The building in the foreground of this work housed the 8th Division Signals.ART26469
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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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Sergeant Paddy Quirk
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
One of the Australian who were inmates of Changi Goal as prisoner-of-war of the Japanese, and who was with the forestry group at its beginning and worked right through. Sergeant Paddy Quirk (VX48296),...ART26491
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St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A few days before the fall of Singapore to the Japanese, on the 12th February, St Andrew's Cathedral was cleared of its seats and taken over by 2/9th and 2/10th Field Ambulances. The Cathedral buildin...ART26531
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The ambush at the bridge over the Gemencheh River, beyond Gemas, 14th January 1942
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
An ambush at the bridge over the Gemencheh River, beyond Gemas, in Malaya on 14 January 1942. In this ambush, which lasted 36 hours, over 1000 Japanese were killed and less than 50 Australians were k...ART24500
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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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Warrant Officer 2 John Cox
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Warrant II John Fabian Cox (NX58736), Headquarters staff, Australian Army Survey Corps, 8th Australian Division. Cox became a prisoner-of-war following the fall of Singapore and ...ART26450
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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