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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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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 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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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 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 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 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 Wilfred Kent-Hughes
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Colonel Wilfred Selwyn Kent-Hughes (VX26600), KBE, MVO, MC, MID, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General of the AIF 8th Division. Kent-Hughes served as a member of the 7 Infantry Battalion in the...ART26205
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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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Durian tree, Changi camp
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
This painting depicts an old tree near the Changi camp gardens under which many of the prisoner-gardeners ate their midday rice. The lush tropical forest of the Malay Peninsula fascinated Griffin. As...ART24468
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Fighting on the edge of a jungle mangrove swamp
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a group of unidentified soldiers fighting at edge of jungle and mangrove swamp in the defence of Malaya and Singapore.ART26528