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A and D tent in the scrub
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A sketch of an Admission and Discharge reception tent pitched in thick jungle scrub during exercises of 6th Australian Division Medical units.ART21284
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'A and D' tent in the scrub
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
An Admission and Discharge tent during an exercise of the 6th Australian Division in New Guinea. Here patients and casualties were interviewed, classified and relieved of their kits and rifles.They we...ART22320
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Aftermath
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicting the destruction of the 100-metre huts at Changi Prisoner-of-War Camp which for three long years housed Australian and Allied troops captured by the Japanese. The huts took very little destro...ART24405
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After the pictures
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
This shows the crowd leaving at the end of the evening. The jeeps and various other vehicles waiting in the car park in 'Buna Square' light their headlights ready to start, when the pedestrians have p...ART21435
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Anti-mite precautions
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Troops applying the anti-mite fluid Di Butyl Thallali (DBT), an effective precaution against the bite of the mokka. Infected mokkas were the carriers of Scrub Typhus, a disease that caused many fatal ...ART21288
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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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Army Workshop
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
An electrical and mechanical workshop of 12 Australian Army Troops Company. The central figure is QX41927 Sapper Edward "Shorty" Kellow, shown welding, assisting him is Q153295 Sapper Roy Edward Emery...ART22210
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As the tree falls
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
This is not a particular wayside grave but is like many others that were seen. There would usually be a simple fence, a cross made from split bamboo or wood, and an inscription punched by mail on a sq...ART22487
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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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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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2/13 Australian General Hospital at Johor Bahru
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The hospital occupied by 2/13th Australian General Hospital at Tampoi, Johor Bahru.ART24416
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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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Between tent rows
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A characteristic scene in local camps. Australian tents are supported by rough posts to which cross pieces have been tied. The tents are attached to this frame work instead of to pegs in the ground, a...ART21446
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Bootmaker
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The bootmaker at work at his bench is surrounded with the implements of his trade, and boots in all stages of repair and disrepair. The horseshoes for the heels are on the sloping piece of board on th...ART22863
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Bougainville battlefield
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Showing the desolation of Artillery Ridge, which was captured by 9th Australian Infantry Battalion. A track has been cut around the side of the ridge by the Pioneers to avoid the steep climb over the ...ART22656
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Bren Gunner (Sergeant Reginald Rattey) VC
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A portrait of Sergeant Reginald Roy Rattey VC, NX102964, A Company, 25th Battalion Australian Military Force holding a Bren gun. Corporal Rattey was an exceptional rather than a typical member of the ...ART22486
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Captain Hugh F. McCay
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Captain Hugh Finlay McCay (V354615), of the Volunteers Defence Corps. Done by the artist as a study for his painting ‘Recruits for mounted sub-units, Volunteer Defence Corps’ART22651
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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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Car park, Main Street, Atherton
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
View from a verandah of a Barrett's Railway Hotel on the main street of Atherton. The street is lined with military vehicles, the post office on the right is surrounded by anti-blast barricades and t...ART23872
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Carpenter's Shop
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
From the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 until 1953 Stonnington house and grounds were used by the Australian Red Cross Society as a convalescent hospital. Depicts the carpenter's workshop at...ART22335
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Chinese [labourer] from Malaya
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of a Chinese-born labourer from Malaya. The subject has been pictured after his liberation from the Japanese who had pressed him, along with many of his compatriots, into labour gangs for shi...ART24415
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Chinese [labourer] from Malaya
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of a Chinese-born labourer from Malaya. The subject has been pictured after his liberation from the Japanese who had pressed him, along with many of his compatriots, into labour gangs for shi...ART24414
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Chinese [labourer] from Malaya
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of a Chinese-born Malay labourer. The subject was one of many natives from Malaya whom the Japanese forced into labour gangs for shipment to territories under Japanese occupation.ART24409
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Chinese [labourer] from Muar Malay
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of a Chinese-born Malay labourer from the Muar River area. The subject has been pictured after his liberation from the Japanese who had pressed him, along with many of his compatriots, into ...ART24412
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Chinese [labourer] from Muar Malay
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of a Chinese-born Malay labourer from the Muar River area. The subject has been pictured after his liberation from the Japanese who had pressed him, along with many of his compatriots, into ...ART24411
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Chiropodist
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
At the end of a day's march the Chiropodist is a busy man, when he has to attend to many minor complaints such as blisters and abrasions. He also does massage where necessary. His work is frequently d...ART22296
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Chores by Lake Kathleen
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Situated just off the Perimeter Raod, this lake was the scene of much of the early fighting in Bougainville. It is typical of such lakes with their vivid greens and deep blues. The large tree on the r...ART23576
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Commando weaving
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A portrait of Private Paul Leonard (Peter) Friemel (VX76296), of 2/5th Australian Independent Company, weaving in the occupational therapy department of 115 Australian General Hospital. Private Frieme...ART22318
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Corporal Charles Rowe
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Corporal Charles William Rowe (V367531), 11 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps. Done by the artist as a study for his painting ‘Recruits for mounted sub-units, Volunteer Defence Corps’.ART21405
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Corporal William (old Bill) Green
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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
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Day Room
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicts Ward West 1, 115 Australian General Hospital. Sketched on visitor's day. Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital commenced on 13 March 1941, and was known as the 115th Heidelberg Military Hospital. T...ART23517
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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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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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Drawing a Batch
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicts three soldiers baking bread, and removing the bread from oven. 3 Australian Field Bakery Company, General Details Issuing Depot; Corporal G A Moore, Private R K Brennan, Private C Oakes (all B...ART22291
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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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Embarkation at Freddie Beach
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Freddie Beach is between Tsimba Ridge and Soraken peninsula, where the swell is broken by the various islands, coral, and otherwise that can be seen in the distance in the painting. The large island i...ART22489
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Entrance to Headquarters 2 Australian Corps
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The petrol dump at the entrance to Headquarters 2 Australian Corps in Bougainville. At the Headquarters different companies were utilised for providing specialised services, such as medical aid, techn...ART22652
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Ex POWs waiting for transport
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A group of ex POWs are waiting for Transport in Changi, Singapore. Changi was the main prisoner-of-war camp in Singapore where some 14,972 Australians captured at the fall of Singapore were imprison...ART22924
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Ex prisoners-of-war waiting to leave Changi
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Australian troops who had been prisoners-of-war in the hands of the Japanese for three and a half years are shown patiently waiting for transport to take them from Changi prison camp, where they had b...ART24404
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Forward Scout
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Maker: Abbott, Harold Ward, Leslie
Portrait of Private Thomas Hanley, N452848, Forward Scout in 9 Australian Infantry Battalion, his rifle slung across his left shoulder and wearing a green beret. At the time when this portrait was pa...ART24085
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From the centre of Slater's Knoll defences
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The main Japanese attack was made directly on to this front at Slater's Knoll, however only one Japanese soldier penetrated beyond the barbed wire. There was thick foliage in the background.ART21463
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From the Observation Post
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Looking down from an Observation Post onto the many regular activities of a camp. The Officers' Mess is the long building, centre back, with the kitchen at the rear. Two lads are drawing water from a ...ART21456
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Fry's Crossing
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A rainstorm is starting just as the Pioneers are returning from the other side of the River Doiabi, where the artillery, engineers, Australian New Guinea Administration Unit and the Advanced Dressing ...ART21447
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General Blamey Drive, I
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Troops and natives can be seen walking along the drive which makes a sweep through the New Guinea Force Headquarters camp, past offices and messes to rejoin the Butibum Road. It is lined with a rich v...ART21431
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General Blamey Drive, II
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Looking down General Blamey Drive from 'Sanananda Corner' at the New Guinea Force Headquarters in Lae, New Guinea. The four messes on the left are 'Princes' (Officers'), 'Zeigfields' and 'Christies' (...ART21287
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Getting the 3-tonner ashore at Toko
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Whilst the Australian Landing Craft were invaluable for conveying personnel and equipment in this area, the heavy surf often created a great deal of trouble. In this case the vehicle, a 3-ton truck, s...ART21460
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Giants' Combat
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Two giant banyan trees, a species of 'strangler' fig tree, are locked together in an epic struggle. Such trees were common in the Bougainville area, and often had huge trunks of extremely complex stru...ART21454
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"Guinea Gold" on the press
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The four-page printed newspaper 'Guinea Gold' was published daily, seven days a week with an American edition of 40,000 and an Australian of 20,000. It was first published on 19 November 1942 with 6,7...ART22884
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'Guinea Gold' print shop
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A linotype machine, operated by Private Sidney Francis Hughes (QX50863) is seen in the back. In the foreground is compositer Private V Henderson (N251189 ), working on the composing stone, while the o...ART21429
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Hanging out the washing
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A scene of everyday camp life. A 'batman' hangs out his officer's washing and someone else is cleaning his teeth. A bucket, dish, and washing board are at the base of a palm. The tents are a pale gree...ART21443