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A captured Japanese naval civilian, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketched portrait of a captured Japanese naval civilian in Balikpapan, Borneo. The soldier's name, as translated from the Japanese characters written in cursive on the front of this work, is Yataroo I...ART22445
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Administering Japanese prisoner
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
An Australian serviceman administering medical aid to a Japanese prisoner of war.ART90279
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Admiral Samejima and party going to Sarnauso Island as PW's
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Vice-Admiral Baron Tomoshige Samejima, Commander-in-chief, Japanese Navy, Northern Solomons, travelling on one of the remaining remnants of Japanese sea power from Kahili to Sarnauso Island in the Fau...ART25244
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Admiral Tojo
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Maker: Hatori
Porcelain statue of Admiral Tojo which served as the 1941 Navy exam prize in Japan. Hideki Tojo (1884-1948) was the Japanese Prime Minister during the Second World War. He became Prime Minister in 194...ART40932
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After Japanese surrender
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Captured Japanese prisoners of war are shown arriving at Wewak for internment after marching under Australian guard for 20 miles.ART29927
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"Age" office with peace bulletins displayed
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Maker: Bush, Charles
A sketch drawn from the crowd outside the office of the Melbourne "Age" newspaper after the news had been posted that the Japanese had made overtures for Peace, Melbourne.ART25808
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Ambush of the enemy at night
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Maker: Dargie, William
A sketch that recalls a patrol by B Coy of the 57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion when they were ambushed by the Japanese and forced to take to the bush, and regain their lines by a long detour. Du...ART23817
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8am P Day Tarakan
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Maker: Lindsay, Peter H
As part of Operation Oboe One, the first stage of the Borneo campaign, the landing at Tarakan occurred 1 May 1945 'P Day' by 9 Australian Division's 26 Brigade and 2/7 Field Regiment. The landing was ...AWM2022.223.1
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Anshun and pontoon wharf
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Maker: Bush, Charles
On the right is the SS Anshun sunk and laying on her side in shallow water since she was sunk by Japanese naval gun fire. The pontoon jetty may be seen in the centre, Milne Bay, New Guinea.ART25796
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Approach to Artillery Ridge
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The approach to Artillery Ridge is one that gives defenders maxiumum assistance in the form of a narrow ridge and steep slopes with little cover. The approach was made under a mortar and artillery bar...ART22655
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2/6 Armoured Regiment Tanks in action at Cape Endaiadere
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Maker: Dargie, William
The tanks supported the 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion and cleaned up Japanese resistance in this area, Cape Endaiadere, New Guinea.ART23158
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope
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Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
A Thousand Stitches of Hope was a collaborative art project involving hundreds of Australian and Japanese women in stitching 75 commemorative senninbari belts. In a series of sewing workshops, the art...AWM2018.765.1
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [a change of heart]
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Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt hand-embroidered with a kangaroo, wattle and the Southern Cross in the centre, with a pattern of stripes leading towards each end. A Thousand Stitches of Hope was a collaborative art ...AWM2018.765.1.1
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [blackout]
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Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt with embroidery of two houses with blacked-out windows, and a tree between them, stitched in black thread. A Thousand Stitches of Hope was a collaborative art project involving hundr...AWM2018.765.1.3
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [it still fills me with horror!]
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Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt embroidered vertically with a Japanese rising sun flag, surrounded by the words 'it still fills me with horror! Dorothy age 89' in red. A Thousand Stitches of Hope was a collaborative...AWM2018.765.1.2
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [Mrs Matsuo's poem - English]
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Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt embroidered vertically with the a poem by Matsue Matsuo translated into English: 'A flower raised / That he might fall / For the Emperor's / sake. / But after the storm / The garden lo...AWM2018.765.1.5
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [Mrs Matsuo's poem - Japanese]
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Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt featuring a Japanese poem by Matsue Matsuo in calligraphy. A second belt, AWM2018.765.1.5, is embroidered with an English translation of the poem. It was stitched by a Japanese woman. ...AWM2018.765.1.6
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [symbols of lives lost]
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Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt featuring embroidered gum nuts and cherry blossoms in red and black thread. A Thousand Stitches of Hope was a collaborative art project involving hundreds of Australian and Japanese ...AWM2018.765.1.7
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [the dove]
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Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt embroidered horizontally with red flowers and two white doves in flight. A Thousand Stitches of Hope was a collaborative art project involving hundreds of Australian and Japanese wom...AWM2018.765.1.4
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [words of wisdom]
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Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt embroidered with the profile of a submarine concealed by a pattern of criss-crossed stripes. The text 'Lest We forget / May all forgive' is embroidered with the image in red. This belt...AWM2018.765.1.8
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A Thousand Stitches of Hope [year of the tiger]
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Maker: Belgiorno, Michelle
Senninbari belt horizontally embroidered in red with a Tasmanian tiger. On each side of the tiger is a square pattern made of 90 small knots. A coin has been sewn onto the seam of each tie. A Thousan...AWM2018.765.1.9
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Attack on 'Pearl Ridge'
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Drawn from Artillery Ridge during the action. Pearl Ridge is on the skyline and from there it is possible to see the other side of Bougainville island. Air bombing and strafing were followed by artill...ART21452
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Australian doctors inspecting Japanese sick reports
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts Australian Medical Officers inspecting Japanese medical records, Dutch Timor.ART26148
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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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Bangkok Canal
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Many of the Australian and Allied prisoners-of-war who were sent by the Japanese to work on the Thailand-Burma Railway, passed through Bangkok. After the Japanese surrender, those still in the area sp...ART24419
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Beached Jap invasion barges, Waga Waga, site of original Jap landing
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Maker: Dargie, William
Beached Japanese invasion barges at Waga Waga, Milne Bay. There are trees and a low mountain range in the background.ART21313
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Beaufighters strafing Lae strip
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Maker: Dargie, William
Pencil sketch of Japanese bombers burning on the ground.ART21322
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Bell P39 Airacobra and Catalina aircraft
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Two aircraft damaged by Japanese attacks at Port Moresby are shown. In the foreground is a US Bell P39 Airacobra which crashed into the sea after an encounter with a Japanese Zero fighter. The Consoli...ART28025
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Blasted Japanese anti aircraft gun, Madang
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts a destroyed Japanese anti aircraft gun in Madang, Papua New Guinea, accompanied by hand written details of the gun's camouflage.ART22712
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Bombs on Lae strip
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Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of RAAF beaufighters bombing the Japanese drome at Lae, New Guinea.ART23174
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Boram night work
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Maker: Thompson, Robert
Painting of a crashed Japanese aircraft. The red hinamoru circle of the Japanese flag is prominent against the dark night sky. The artist, Robert Thompson wrote: "Night Shift, bulldozer pushing wrec...ART28721
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'Britcom Base' labour pool, Kure
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
A large amount of Japanese labour is employed by the occupation forces and casuals and new people signed in are sorted out early in the morning at the pool.ART26378
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Burying dead Japanese, Arty Hill
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldiers burying dead Japanese soldiers at Artillery Hill, Bougainville, New Guinea.ART25757
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Camouflaged Jap lighter, Tenau submarine base
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Camouflaged Japanese lighter at the Submarine Base, Tenau, Timor.ART26144
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Captured Japanese 150mm Howitzer
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Drawn on the day after capture when the site was comparatively undisturbed. This gun had been responsible for a certain amount of shelling during weeks previous to its capture. The gun had obviously b...ART21455
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[cartoon drawing of Cpl. Komoto]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a cartoon drawing of of the Japanese Corporal Komoto's face, with notes about his capture in Borneo. On the verso are 3 cartoon drawings of Corporal Komoto's face. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-...ART96633
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Cathedral at Dilli, through columns of the town hall
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Maker: Bush, Charles
The Cathedral was, prior to the Japanese occupation, a dazzling white edifice with twin towers and reputed to have cost a million pataacas, or about 160,000 pound sterling. Dilli was occupied by Dutch...ART26168
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"Chariots of the Sons of Heaven"
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Maker: Bush, Charles
A pile of discarded Japanese bicycles heaped in a room of the wrecked house of Portuguese General at Same in Portuguese Timor.ART26159
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Chinese dwellings, Koepang
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Maker: Bush, Charles
View of the Chinese quarter on the waterfront after the Japanese had occupied Koepang for a three years. This work was executed on the same day Bush arrived in Koepang, Timor via Catalina flying boat,...ART26136
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Coming to the boil over
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Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
Japanese man stirs a boiling couldron labelled 'Southward Concoction' containing enemy ships, planes and tanks. The couldron is lit by the 'flames of early successes'.ART92343
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Commander Japanese Imperial Navy
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Maker: Casey, Gordon Brown
Portrait of Commander of the Japanese Imperial Navy of the Marine Section, Ikegama Iwao.ART94051
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Community singing at Flinders street station
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Maker: Bush, Charles
After receipt of the news that the Japanese had made overtunes for Peace, Melbourne.ART25807
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Crashed Japanese bomber, NW Australia
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a crashed Japanese bomber, a number of men and a Jeep in north-western Australia. William Edwin Pidgeon ('WEP') (1909-1981) was a painter, cartoonist, illustrator and newspaper critic. In 1926...ART95011
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Damaged Zero Belly tanks captured at Waga Waga
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Maker: Dargie, William
The Japanese were so confident of capturing Milne Bay that they landed from the sea large numbers of these belly tanks for use on planes as soon as they were required.ART23491
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Dead Japanese
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
A drawing related to the series known as the 'Patrol Sequence'. This series relates specifically to Ivor Hele's observations of the activities of the 2/10th Cavalry Commando Squadron. This drawing...ART26760
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Dead Japanese in foxhole, Timbered Knoll
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
A dead Japanese soldier lying in a foxhole at Timbered Knoll, Salamaua, New Guinea.ART22505
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Death at Slaters Knoll
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A reconstruction of the fanatical Japanese charge seen from the left flank of Slater's Knoll. The largest force attack the centre of the position, but this was the scene of bitter fighting. It was ear...ART23577
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Dick Ashton sketching Japanese Warrant Officer doing batman duties
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Maker: Thompson, Robert
Dick Ashton, most likely official war artist with the Army Military History Section, Julian Richard Ashton, sketches a Japanese prisoner of war undertaking batman duties.ART28711