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Australian officers' compound, Sulmona, Italy
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Maker: Comber, Albert
Officers relaxing at the German prisoner of war camp at Base POW Campo 78 at Sulmona, Italy. Mountain, house and road in background. Comber and other officers were based there from October 1942 to Jun...ART34781.004
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Barrack square, Selerang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
View of makeshift kitchen built in Selerang Barrack Square, with the former British Army barracks in background. This is one of the few works in which Griffin portrayed the austerity of camp life. Alt...ART26475
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Barracks, sleeping figures, Wangaratta
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Maker: Tucker, Albert
Two unidentified figures asleep under greatcoats, on floor of barracks.ART29698
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Bomb damaged quarters, Selarang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Buildings used at Selarang to house the prisoners of war. The prisoners repaired the bombed buildings as best they could with what scraps they could find, as the Japanese did not provide any materials...ART26471
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Changi gaol from the 100 metre huts
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicted is a prisoner hanging out washing with the concrete structure of Changi gaol in the background. Griffin captured the scene in October 1944. In 1944 all the POWs, some 10,000 men, held at Ser...ART25067
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Cookhouse, Stalag Luft III, Germany
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Maker: Taylor, Howard
A black and white study of the grounds of Stalag Luft II with the 'cookhouse' in the midground, and with several drums or barrels in front of it. In the foreground is a basketball backing board, th...ART28574
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Corner of the old Duntroon homestead
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Built of stone and hand wrought timbers, this sturdy old home is now Military Staff Headquarter and Officers Mess of the Royal Australian Military College, Duntroon, Canberra.ART21398
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Dormitory 14, Pootung Camp
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Maker: Lindsay, Arthur
Pencil sketch of a group of inmates working in dormitory 14 of Pootung Camp, Shanghai. Rays of sunlight shine through the partially incomplete ceiling as the men work at repairing the floor, windows a...ART92956
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From the officer's ward, Changi Hospital
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
The buildings in the foreground were, before the war, quarters for Officers of the British Regiments garrisoning Singapore and now in use as a hospital for officer prisoner-of-war. The buildings and t...ART26459
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General view from Selerang Square
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Selarang was the location where the AIF prisoners were originally housed upon their captivity. In mid 1944 all Allied POWs, some 10,000 men, were transferred to Changi gaol proper.ART26511
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Goon box and Russian work cart, Stalag Luft III, Germany
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Maker: Taylor, Howard
A view from within the camp looking out through a high, double fence. Guard box on right of the image, and through the fence, two figures in a horse-drawn wagon can be discerned against a forest backd...ART28570
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Huts, Stalag Luft III, Germany
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Maker: Taylor, Howard
A view of huts and fences at Stalag Luft III after rain and with sun breaking through clouds. Taylor set himself the task of describing atmospheric effects - in this case, the sky with rays of light a...ART28571
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Infantry returning from training ground (Bull Ring)
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Maker: Rae, Iso
The `Bull Ring', as it was referred to, was infamous for the extreme severity of the training which took place there. A night scene.ART19599
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Interior with bunks, Stalag Luft III, Germany
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Maker: Taylor, Howard
Unidentified prisoners of war in a bunk room at Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Poland. This is one of three works by Taylor held by the Memorial of this subject. Verso of ART28567 seems to have been his ini...ART28572
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Merdjayoun & Fort Khiam
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
This work was painted from the police post near Metulla and shows the vastness of the surrounding countryside. In the distance on the far left the barracks at Merdjayoun can be seen atop a hill. To th...ART94180.005
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One of Selarang Square buildings
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Forming part of the pre-war British Army Barracks for the Singapore garrison. The barracks were used by the Japanese to house some of the prisoners-of-war captured at the fall of Singapore. The view i...ART26470
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POW Camp, Germany
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Maker: Taylor, Howard
Howard Taylor was interned as a prisoner of war from 1940 until 1945. During this period he took up drawing to help pass the time. The Red Cross provided rudimentary art supplies and among those int...ART28573
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recto: not titled [Skaters, Oflag VIB, Germany]; verso: not titled [Study for 'Interior with bunks, Stalag Luft III, Germany']
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Maker: Taylor, Howard
recto: In this study Taylor captures transitory atmospheric effects, while maintaining the focus of the composition on the skaters in the foreground. The fence that runs from the right mid ground int...ART28567
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Roberts Hospital, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
It is almost certain that Griffin first conceived the subject of 'Roberts Hospital, Changi' early in 1942, although the painting was not completed until the following year. In the painting all three m...ART24491
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Selarang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Selarang Barracks of the Changi camp compound. The AIF were quartered in this area for majority of their time in captivity. The building in the foreground of this work housed the 8th Division Signals.ART26469