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A cholera case, Changi
Art
Maker: Chalker, Jack
An emaciated cholera victim lies propped against a wall at Changi prisoner of war camp, Singapore.ART90852
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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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Aerial view of Changi POW Camp, Singapore Island
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Maker: Korsch, John Donald
The buildings were originally the barracks of the Gordon Highlanders, a regiment of the British Regular Army. The square and surrounding buildings were used by the Japanese to house all the Australian...ART28535.001
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AIF cemetery, Changi: front entrance
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Griffin shows the entrance path to the AIF cemetery, with gardens and trees on either side. The AIF rising sun symbol strung on two poles at the path entrance.ART26477
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Aircraft at Singapore airport with First Aid Nursing Yeomanry canteen
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23382
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Alf Garland
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Maker: Pugh, Clifton
Brigadier Alf Garland, National President RSL, member of 75th anniversary pilgrimage to Anzac Cove. Garland was born in 1932 and graduated from Duntroon in 1953 before going on to serve in Korea, Born...ART29506
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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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At the pictures
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A scene on board SS Duntroon during the voyage to Singapore taking personnel of 2 Australian Prisoner-of-War Reception Group to repatriate liberated Australian prisoners-of-war.ART24403
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Australian POWs embarking for home on the Largs Bay at Singapore docks
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23374
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Australian soldiers examining wrecked cars and trucks in dock area
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23380
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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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1 BN Officers Mess, Havelock Rd
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Maker: Brindley, John
Depicts a prisoner of war seated reading at a table inside the mess, also at the Working Party Camp, Havelock Rd. The intersection of River Valley Road and Havelock Road, Singapore, was the site of tw...ART28113
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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 Hubert Lucas
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Brigadier Hubert Francis Lucas, OBE, in charge of Administration Headquarters.ART26424
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Brigadier K Torrance
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
British Brigadier K S Torrance, OBE, MC, General Staff CommandART26426
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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 Ray Griffin
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of NX34712 Captain Ray S Griffin, 2/18 Btn, prisoner of war (killed in air raid while prisoner), defence of and, 'A' Force Railway. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of t...ART28403.086
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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 A Derham
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Colonel Alfred Plumley Derham (VX13486), MC, ED, Assistant Director Medical Services. He had served in the First World War. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at Singapore, 19...ART26429
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Colonel Charles Anderson
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of NX12595 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson, VC, MC, Commanding 2/19 Btn, 2AIF; defence of Malaya and, Muar River, 'A' Force Railway (also First World War in German East Afri...ART28403.087
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Colonel Edward Holmes
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of British Lieutenant Colonel Edward Barclay Holmes, MC, commander of British and Australian troops, after the departure of General Percival from Changi in August 1942.ART26430
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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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Colonel Thomas Hamilton
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of NX70505 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas, MB ChM, FRACS, FACS, Commanding 2/4 CCS; defence of Malaya and, 'A' Force Railway, (also First World War 30 Btn AIF). The artist, Jim Collins, was a memb...ART28403.085
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Commodore John Collins
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Maker: Baird, John
Commodore (later Admiral Sir) John Collins, RAN, portrait used for cover of 'Woman' magazine, 28 August 1944; Mediterranean Sea, Gulf, Pacific.ART27893
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Convalescent soldiers at 2/14 Australian General Hospital
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23378
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Corporal Geoffrey John Walter Bingham
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Corporal Geoffrey John Walter Bingham (NX51770), DCM, 8 Division signals. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at Singapore. Bingham was awarded his Distinguished Conduct Medal...ART26453
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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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Defeat, Singapore
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Infantryman, his gun emptied of ammunition, looks over his shoulder at a burning building in the background - the Fall of Singapore, February 1942. The surrender of Singapore was one of the largest a...ART22927
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Dutch interior, Changi
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Soldiers from the Netherlands East Indies Army were captured by the Japanese on Java and later transferred to Singapore where they were imprisoned in Changi. Completed shortly after the liberation of ...ART23950
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Ed Attridge
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Maker: Pugh, Clifton
A profile sketch of the chairman of the Gallipoli task force, Ed Attridge, drawn on route from Singapore to Istanbul. Pugh was appointed official war artist for the 75th Anniversary of the Gallipoli l...ART29507
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Entering Singapore
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Maker: Parkin, Ray
A large steamship entering Singapore Harbour, with clouds overhead. A lighthouse on rocks is prominent at right. This print was included in a folio of drypoints that were made from the original drawin...ART90933.014
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Entrance to the Cathay Building, Singapore
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23370
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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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Flight Lieutenant Peter Wright, Port Pirie
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of Flight Lieutenant Peter Wright, commanding officer of 54 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, wearing flying jacket and helmet. Flight Lieutenant Peter Wright was previously of 21 Squadr...ART21266
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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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Furniture (by POW)
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Maker: Brindley, John
Depicts seven groups of make-shift furniture acquired or made by prisoners of war at the River Road Camp: a plank chair, a rope swinging bed, a suspended slat bed, a cigarette lighter, a dressing tabl...ART28114
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Gaiety theatre
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Maker: Brindley, John
Depicts the interior at a camp theatre designed by the artist/donor as 'Camp Architect' at Changi, with a group of prisoners of war on the stage.ART28112
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Gian Singh (Indian Army)
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
One of the seven Indian prisoners-of-war of the Japanese who escaped while working on the airstrip at Wewak. Four died during their trek and the remaining three were found by Allied troops in poor hea...ART21630
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Gian Singh (Indian Army)
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of Gian Singh, taken prisoner by the Japanese at Singapore, a member of the Indian Army, was transported to New Guinea to work for the Japanese. A few of these soldiers were re-capt...ART21629
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851598 Gnr. Hill, E.J. - skin graft foot
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Maker: Chalker, Jack
Two feet, one before and the other after a skin graft. Jack Chalker was serving in the Royal Artillery when he was captured at the fall of Singapore. In October 1942 he was in a party sent to Thaila...ART90899
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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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Hold accommodation, en route Java to Singapore
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Maker: Parkin, Ray
A full hold of prisoners of war travelling in a ship from Java to Singapore. This print is included in a folio of dry points that were made from the original drawings that Ray Parkin entrusted to Wear...ART90933.012
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Hold it, we're with you, buddy
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Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
A cartoon depicting an Australian soldier pushing on a door labelled 'Singapore', while the figure of the US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, stands behind him, with a clenched fist and right hand...ART92347
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Ian Croft and Lindsay McSkimming
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Maker: Baird, John
Stoker Ian Campbell Croft (34578), HMAS Cerberus, and Pilot Officer Lindsay Gordon Skimming (26177), HMAS Moreton are depicted reclining on seats sleeping on board Flying Boat VH-ABG "Coriolanus" fro...ART27889
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In hospital, Sime Rd
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Maker: Brindley, John
Depicts three prisoners of war resting on beds in the corner of a convalescent camp hospital, Sime Road, Singapore, after working on the Thailand-Burma Railway.ART28116
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Interior of St Paul's Church, Havelock Road Labour Camp, Singapore; verso: Exterior of St Paul's Church
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Maker: Chalker, Jack
Interior of St Paul's Church, with raftered roof, nave and pews. Verso: exterior of St Paul's Church, with grass roofed building, figure at right, and structual notes.ART91806
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Interior of the artist's hut, Havelock Road labour camp, Singapore
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Maker: Chalker, Jack
Seated figure in artist's hut looking out towards other hut interiors. The huts were one metre width per man. Chalker lived in the upper part of the hut, alive with bed bugs and lice. The hut was in H...ART91844
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Interior of ward 5, 2/14 A.G.H, Singapore
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23379
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Interior of ward at 2/14 A.G.H
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23377
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Japanese civil internment camp at Jurong, Singapore
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23384
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"Keep it under your hat!"
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Maker: Unknown Singapore Government Government Printing Office Singapore
Singaporese Second World War poster cautioning against careless talk. In the top quarter of the poster is an image of a British steel helmet, with the title printed underneath and the message appearin...ARTV07926
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Lecture on 'A' Deck
Art
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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Liberated Singapore
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23383
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Lieutenant Charles Thompson
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Lieutenant Charles O Thompson, 8 Div Postal Unit. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning...ART28403.041
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Lieutenant Colonel Charles Anderson
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Maker: Godson, John Barclay
Depicts a portrait of NX12595 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson, VC, MC. Served during the 1914-18 War with British forces in East Africa against German led Askari, and was awarded the...ART31764
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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 Cranston McEachern
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Cranston McEachern (QX6176), Commanding 2/24th Anti-Tank Regiment, RAA at Muar River. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26444
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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 George Ramsay
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of NX34999 Colonel George Ernest Ramsay, Commanding 2/30 Btn; defence of Malaya and, 'A' Force Railway. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to con...ART28403.084
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Lieutenant Colonel George Ramsay
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Maker: Korsch, John Donald
Depicts a portrait of NX34999 Lieutenant Colonel George Ernest Ramsay, ED, a prisoner of war of the Japanese captured at the fall of Singapore. He was Commanding Officer of the 1000 men of "A: Force, ...ART28535.018
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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 Ian O'Donnell
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Ian John O'Donnell (VX43938), OBE, Commanding 2/10 Field Company, RAE. Taken prisoner by the Japanese.ART26433
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Lieutenant Colonel John (Glyn) White
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel John George Glyn White (VX21434), OBE, Deputy Assistant Director Medical Services, Administrative Headquarters. Taken a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese.ART26438
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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 Robert Webster
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Marriott William Webster (TX2107), MC, ED, Commanding 2nd Australian Convalescent Depot, Australian Army Medical Service. Taken a prisoner-of-war by the...ART26439
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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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Lieutenant Colonel William Jeater
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel William David Jeater (NX34992), commanding officer of 2/20th Battalion. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese.ART26432
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Lieutenant Max Shean
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Lieutenant Max H Shean, DSO and Bar, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1941 went overseas to serve in ships of the Royal Australian Navy on Gibraltar convoys. He was then posted to special duties with th...ART27531
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Major Alexander Thompson
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Alexander Norman Thompson (NX34974), Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, AIF Headquarters, 8th Division. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26446
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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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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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Mergui landing stage, Burma
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Maker: Korsch, John Donald
A force of 3000 men left Singapore. Some of the Australians and Allied prisoners of war, under the command o NX34999 Colonel G.E. Ramsey, ED., who left Singapore on the 15 May, 1942. This move was dec...ART28535.006
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“67 ½ mile peg, Mersing road”
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Unidentified Australian Medical Officers tending wounded by the roadside. A recess in the jungle which had been built for the purpose.ART24469
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Military trucks in the drive at Cathay Building, Singapore
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23371
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Mrs Boyd Moriatry, Commandant Red Cross Field Force, U.K.
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Maker: Marie, Desiree
Portrait depicting Barbara (Mrs Boyd) Moriarty, Commandant, Australian Red Cross Field Force in, (formerly Australian Comforts Fund, Middle East, 2nd Australian General Hospital (Red Cross), later 3rd...ART28178
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Murray Griffin
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of official war artist Murray Griffin in uniform. Griffin was the first member of the Contemporary Art Society to be appointed an official war artist. In November 1941 he arrived in Singapore...ART22926
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Native labourers beginning to move burnt-out wreckage in dock area
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23376
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Not titled [Native houses a) coconut groved b) natives resting]
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
top: houses in coconut grove, bottom: natives resting near house. Drawn in Singapore whilst the artist was interned there as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese.ART28404.006
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Not titled [POW scenes: a) Burial scene b) Native building c) Natives outside shop]
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Three pen and ink drawings depicting scenes from Changi POW camp during the Second World War. The first depicts a number of Australian soldiers burying a fellow serviceman. The second is an example of...ART28729
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Not titled [Seven heads of various types]
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
sketches of heads, with variety of hats and caps (top l-r: slouch hat, air force forage cap, 2nd row l-r: slouch hat, army officer's cap, middle: army officer's cap, bottom l-r: slouch hat, naval offi...ART28404.007
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Not titled [Tamils]
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Tamils are an Indian low-caste sect, many of whom inhabit Singapore and Malaya. The drawing shows a Tamil worker carrying his tool of trade - a chunkel or large hoe, the Malayan equivalent of a shovel...ART28404.005
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On the boat deck, HMT Duntroon
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Members of 2 Australian Prisoner of War (POW) reception group travelled to Singapore aboard HMT Duntroon to establish reception camps for Australian prisoners of war released from Japanese prison camp...ART24400
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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