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Battlefield, South Bougainville
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Maker: Herman, Sali
This picture shows what bombing and artillery fire made the jungle look like, yet our men were living in dug-outs covered with heavy timber and a few painted tent flaps. On the day the artist sketched...ART22842
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Chapel service at Toko
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Maker: Herman, Sali
Toko; 3rd Australian Division; service in improvised chapel in jungleART22852
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Crashed fighter plane
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Maker: Herman, Sali
This plane was returning from a raid and about to land when it crashed at the end of the Torokina airstrip. The pilot was killed. It is a Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft.ART22843
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Graves of some native soldiers
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Maker: Herman, Sali
Herman depicts five white-painted crosses carved by natives, surrounded by grass and flowers.ART22836
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Japanese ship blasted out of the sea, Lae
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Maker: Herman, Sali
The painting depicts a Japanese ship grounded a few miles outside Lae, New Guinea. The ship the 'Myoko Maru' (also called the 'Malahang wreck') was in direct line with the airstrip at Lae so Australia...ART22839
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Parade of Papuan police boys
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Maker: Herman, Sali
Depicts a group of Papuan Police boys at a native compound outside Torokina, Bougainville.ART22848
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POW compound, Torokina
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Maker: Herman, Sali
The artist painted this picture before the surrender. At that time there were only about eight prisoners in the compound. A whitish-looking dead tree, with angular branches against the background was ...ART22845
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Two fresh graves, South Bougainville
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Maker: Herman, Sali
These are the graves of V121019 Private Eric Charles Young, AMF, and NX179388 Private Henry Charles Hanratty, AIF, both killed in action and buried on Bougainville Island, New Guinea. The artist sta...ART22851