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  1. Corporal William (old Bill) Green

    Art

    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Corporal William Lindsay 'Old Bill' Green (VX4357). Corporal Green provided service overseas in both wars; he was a Pack store Corporal, 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. He saw action in th...

    ART21283

  2. Lieutenant Charles Cullen

    Art

    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Lieutenant Charles Kitchener Cullen (VX7516), Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), signal officer, 2/5 Australian Infantry Battalion. Lt Cullen served in Libya and Greece, was ...

    ART21419

  3. Lieutenant Stuart Heilbron

    Art

    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Lieutenant Stuart Heilbrun (QX3723), an Intelligence Officer with 49th Australian Infantry Battalion in New Guinea. Lt Heilbrun later joined 2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion after being...

    ART21420

  4. Portrait of an MO

    Art

    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait depicting medical officer Major Douglas William (Dougal) MacPherson, WX3357, Australian Army Medical Corps. Major MacPherson served in Greece as a medical officer with 2/5 Australian Infantr...

    ART22319

  5. Private James Troup

    Art

    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Private James Binnie Troup (NX81305). Pte James Troup enlisted in the Australian Army in June 1941 and spent six months as an instructor in demolitions at Canungra Training Camp with 2/5th...

    ART21421

  6. Private Keith Drabble

    Art

    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Private Keith Drabble (WX13303), 17th Australian Infantry Brigade, done by the artist as a study for his painting 'H-5 Hours'.

    ART21411

  7. Private Patrick (Paddy) Kealy

    Art

    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Private Patrick Thomas Andrew (Paddy or "Battle axe") Kealy (VX45209), 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. He enlisted in early 1940 and joined his unit in April 1941. He saw action in the Mid...

    ART21416

  8. Private Richard Passey

    Art

    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Private Richard Dawson Passey (NX92357), 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. Pte Passey saw service in both wars, he enlisted in 1915 and served in France during the First World War, and in th...

    ART21413

  9. Sergeant James McKenzie

    Art

    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Sergeant James McKenzie (VX7161), Red Cross Sergeant, 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. Sgt McKenzie served in the Middle East, Greece, Syria and New Guinea.

    ART21418

  10. Sergeant James Nyland

    Art

    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Sergeant James Michael John Nyland (VX2432), who was a stretcher bearer for 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance in the Second World War. Sgt Nyland served in the Middle East, Greece, Crete, Syr...

    ART21417

  11. Sergeant Keith McLean

    Art

    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Sergeant Keith Hallam McClean (VX6617), of the Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. Sgt McClean saw action in the Middle East, the Western desert...

    ART21415

  12. Sergeant William (Mick) Morgan

    Art

    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Sergeant William John "Mick" Morgan (VX2495), a nursing sergeant in 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. Sgt Morgan's conscientiousness and interest in the treatment of patients under his care ...

    ART21414

  13. Staff Sergeant Thomas E Gawn

    Art

    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Depicts a portrait of QX41929 Staff Sergeant Thomas Emmins Gawn, in charge of 12 Australian Army Troops workshop. It shows a machine on the left which was made in the workshop.

    ART26095

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