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'After the war', Bougainville bomb scared ruins, Rabaul
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Situated near the site of the old town at Rabaul are the remains of Japanese installations. Japanese parties can be seen cleaning up the mess, New Britain.ART23724
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Aizawa Torayoshi
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Maker: Warren, Guy
Portrait of Japanese prisoner of war, Aizawa Torayoshi, made after the Japanese surrender. The Japanese gradually emerged from different parts of the Bougainville jungle and surrendered to the Austral...ART94342
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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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Arm injury - amputation
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Maker: Aubrey-Crowe, George
Australian Military Forces, Services Reconnaissance Department, Native Constabulary; R416 Warrant 1 Yauwiga (or Yauwika) DCM, M Special, AMF, with loyalty medal, left arm amputated below elbow, wearin...ART24397
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Army type
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Maker: Beck, Richard
A sketch of an unidentified soldier in Bougainville. The seated man is wearing shorts and a singlet top.ART25957
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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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Auster airstrip near Puriata River, Bougainville - Oxley Field, Bougainville
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Auster airstrip of the Royal Australian Air Force near Puriata River, Bougainville - Oxley Field, Bougainville.ART22418
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Austers
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Maintenance on Austers "Butch IV, No.9, Royal Australian Air Force,( RAAF), Oxley Field, near Puriata River, South Bougainville.ART25211
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Australian Army Major
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Maker: Beck, Richard
A sketch of an unidentified Major, AMF, a telephone is placed in front of him.ART25961
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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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Beaufort
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
A Beaufort aircraft at 10 Local Air Supply Unit, (L.A.S.U), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF),Piva, Bougainviulle, August 1945.ART25219
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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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Bomb Dump
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Dispersed in a cutting through the jungle, the bombs are conveyed to the airstrip for loading on the small trolleys and drawn by a tractor, seen right middle distance. A plane on the strip awaiting lo...ART22422
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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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Burial of a soldier
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Maker: Herman, Sali
A group of Australian soldiers burying a dead comrade in a jungle clearing in New Guinea.ART22891
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Captain George Renwick
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Captain George W Renwick, Brigade Major (Learner), 11th Australian Infantry Brigade. Appointed Staff to Brigadier J R Stevenson, DSO, to accept the surrender of Japanese forces on ...ART24315
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Captain Hota
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Captain Hota, of the 17th Japanese Army, a Japanese prisoner-of-war on board the transport "River Glenelg" en route from Nauru Island to Bougainville for internment.ART24246
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Captain W D Watson
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of Captain Walter Derrick Watson, VX20422, second in charge of 2/8th Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron. Captain Watson previously served with the 2/1st Australian Independent Company as Se...ART25754
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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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Carrier pigeons at Toko
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Maker: Herman, Sali
Depicts carrier pigeons in clearing in the jungle at Toko, 3rd Australian Division, Bougainville.ART22847
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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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Commander Alexander Fowler, RAN
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Potrait depicting Commander Alexander Earle Fowler, RAN, Naval-Officer-in-Charge North Solomons, operating Bougainville Naval Force, supporting 2 Australian Corps. Was present at Surrender Ceremony at...ART24255
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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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Commodore John Collins
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
Portrait of Commodore John Augustine Collins, CB, later Vice Admiral, KBE. In the early war years, Collins commanded HMAS 'Sydney' in the Mediterranean. Australians celebrated a great naval victory wh...ART22617
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Corporal Reid
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Piva; No 5 Mobile Works (later Airfield Construction) Squadron; Corporal Reid, Fitter 2E, No 5 Sqdn RAAFART25248
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Corsair maintenance
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
A Vought Corsair aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force under repair at 31 Servicing Unit, R.N.Z.A.F at Piva Airstrip, Bougainville.ART25227
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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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Deserted camp
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Maker: Beck, Richard
The remains of a deserted camp on Bougainville including an abandoned tent and sheets of corrugated iron are shown.ART26091
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Disembarkation at Toko
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A frequent scene ay Toko during the Second World War; men, equipment and stores are hurriedly disembarked and the stores hastily stacked all ready to be carried on to the forward areas within half an ...ART22485
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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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Felling trees for block houses, Artillery Ridge
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldiers felling trees to make block houses, Artillery Ridge, Bougainville.ART90286
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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 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 Kanda's house, Buin
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Lieutenant-General Masatane Kanda, commanded 17th Japanese Army and was Officer-in-Charge of all Japanese Forces on Bougainville and adjacant islands.ART25237
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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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Head of a surgeon (Major Thomas Wilson)
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Portrait of NX113199 Major Thomas Edward Wilson, a surgeon with 111 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC), wearing a mask, cap and gown for operating.ART22406
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HMAS "Westralia"
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Landing Craft Vehicle-Personnel in rough weather at Bougainville. Drawn form HMAS "Westralia".ART21139
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Jaba River, building a boom
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicts a group of sappers preparing to construct a boom across the Jaba River to arrest the force of logs coming downstream that could damage the piers of the bridge. Mt Bagana, an active volcano nic...ART22483
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Japanese prisoner, (Bougainville)
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Maker: Herman, Sali
Portrait of a Japanese soldier at Bougainville, New Guinea. 'At this time prisoners were very scarce and our Intelligence objected for reasons of their own to portraying any of them. The one I painted...ART22850
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Jungle Light Aid Detachment
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
241 Light Aid Detachment (LAD), attached to 7th Australian Infantry Brigade show the workings of a typical LAD unit . The LAD units were responsible for the repair and maintenance of the regiment's ve...ART21461
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Kana Suai, Bougainville
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Maker: Herman, Sali
Constable Kana Suani, RPC (under heavy enemy fire rescued Lieutenant A Roodakoff, 31/51 Btn, Roodakoff, 31/51 Btn, who was severely wounded).ART22849
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Landing Japanese on Fauro Island
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Approximately 18,000 Japanese from the Buin area were transported over 60 kilometers by sea to the Fauro Group. Australian barges carred the main body and this picture shows the scene on one of the be...ART25245
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Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Lawrence Andrew Kelly
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Lawrence Andrew Kelly, NX12214, DSO, MID, Commanding 31st/51st Australian Infantry Battalion, 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion, Commander Occupation Fo...ART24253
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Lieutenant Frank Reiter
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting VX4024 Lieutenant Frank A Reiter, MC, MM, enlisted in the 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion soon after the outbreak of war in 1939 and served with the unit in Greece and Crete,whe...ART31767
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Lieutenant General Masatane Kanda
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Lieutenant General Masatane Kanda during the Surrender Ceremony at Torokina, Commanding 17th Japanese Army, on Bougainville and Commander of all the adjacent islands, surrendered to...ART24247
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Lieutenant Marjorie Trott
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Lieutenant Marjorie Trott, Australian Army Medical Women's Service, 2/1st Australian General Hospital, 115 Australian General Hospital, Boungainville, New Guinea.ART24254
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Life on Slater's Knoll
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Showing Slater's Knoll a week after the Japanese attack on the morning of 5 April 1945. The front had now been pushed forward and life was quiet again on Slater's Knoll; the 25th Australian Infantry B...ART23875