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Japanese airman in a bomber cockpit
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Maker: Santa, Yasushi
A Japanese bomber pilot in the cockpit of a Japanese bomber.ART92893
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Japanese Corpse
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a corpse of unidentified Japanese soldier in Cantonment Road, Labuan, North Borneo.ART23225
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Japanese corpses
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The bodies of two Japanese who were of a party who, after eluding capture for ten days after the landing on Labuan, formed up under a Japanese Colonel and made a desperate march into the town with the...ART23272
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Japanese dead, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Unidentified Japanese corpses, Borneo campaign.ART22914
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Japanese Prisoners
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts three unidentified Japanese prisoners. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, Friend was selected for appointment as ...ART23251
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Japanese prisoners being searched
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Showing Japanese prisoners who have been concentrated in Balikpapan from outlying surrender areas, being searched on arrival in Balikpapan.ART23214
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Japanese prisoners being searched, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Japanese prisoners of war and their belongings being searched by Australian personnel on arrival at prison camp. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery ...ART22916
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Japanese prisoners getting medicine, Babiang
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Shows a group of unidentified Australian soldier providing medicine for unidentified Japanese prisoners, Babiang, New Guinea.ART26756
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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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Javanese [labourers] at work on the strip, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Javanese labourers working on airfield, supervised by unidentified Australians; campaignART23262
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Javanese slaves in the native compound, sick ward, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified Javanese labourers in the Native Compound Sick Ward, Labuan.ART22920
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John Timbang, rouseabout at the searchlights battery, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
2/3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment; John Timbang, Malay rouseabout with 2/3 AA Bty, formerly forced labourer for JapaneseART23259
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Kario Sendanoz, Javanese seaman
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a portrait of Kario Sendanoz, Javanese seaman. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, Friend was selected for appoint...ART23209
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Kitchen picquet
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The artist had six weeks to pass in Melbourne after his initial kitting out, and a further month in Sydney before his departure for New Guinea. He used his time to complete a number of drawings and pa...ART23213
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Kittyhawk inspection
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
Depicts unidentified ground crew working on Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk aircraft. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the RAAF Historical...ART26979
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Kittyhawks over mountain, Goodenough Island
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Two Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawks from No.75 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, are returning from a fighter patrol to their airfield on Goodenough Island, New Guinea.ART24331
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Koepang Street, Timor
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Koepang, in Dutch Timor, was the scene of the first landing by Australian troops in the occupation of the island in December 1941. In September 1945 it was the scene of the sighing of the Surrender In...ART26336
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Lake Tiberias
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts three Australian troops consulting a map with the stunning vista of Lake Tiberius (Sea of Galilee) as a backdrop. Herbert was appointed as an Official War Artist in February 1941, and served ...ART30089
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Lathe, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
2 Australian Imperial Force; lathe made from salvaged materials, set in heavy wooden bedART26523
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Launching the Sunderland
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Air Force, Coastal Command ground crew launch a Short Sunderland flying boat by holding onto the tail of the aircraft as it goes into the Plymouth harbour.ART25528
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Lewis gun attached to 14 Australian Anti-aircraft Battery, Darwin (Gunner Tommy Hill and Gunner Neil Cook)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Anti-aircraft defences of the 14th Anti-Aircaft Battery, gunners Thomas Hill (left) and Neil Cook operating a Lewis machine gun in a sandbagged gun pit.ART22720
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Lieutenant Don Brown and Sergeant John Ash
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Depicts Lieutenant D.N.B Brown and Sergeant J. Ash. Lieutenant D.N.B Brown, section commander of Anti-Aircraft, Light Machine Gun Section, 14th Australian Anti-Aircraft Battery who were defending the ...ART22722
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Lightnings on Nadzab Airstrip
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
A Lockheed P-38 Lightning, a United States aircraft, on the Nadzap Airstrip in New Guinea.ART25734
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Little boy lost
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Maker: Fleming, Ian
A young boy, the lone survivor of a bombing raid, stands forlorn beside the bodies of victims crushed by falling debris. Surrounded by the smoking ruins of homes, he stands with his mouth agape, clutc...ART29192
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Living Skeleton
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Drawn at the Japanese Naval Headquarters Hospital, Buka Passage. One of the many Japanese who died through lack of skilled medical attention and neglect.ART25262
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Loading shells
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Scene from the top of "X" turret of the crew transferring shells from Ammunition Ship HMAS Poyang to HMAS Shropshire, Royal Australian Navy, Aitape, New Guinea.ART21099
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Loading the L.S.T., Morotai
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Maker: Friend, Donald
loading Landing Ship Tank (LST) with suppliesART23323
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London leave
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A rainy day in London during the Second World War. A bus looms large in the wetness; a grouping of three women wearing high heels stand at the left and two men in Airforce uniform can be seen walking ...ART25523
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Main Street, Brunei
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts a view of Brunei, the remains of wrecked buildings caused by naval gunfire and aerial bombing in main shopping street of Brunei when Australian troops occupied the town. Douglas Watson joined...ART22994
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Major-General Wootten's quarters
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Maker: Friend, Donald
9th Australian Infantry Division; campaign; house used as headquarters by Major- General G F Wootton, CBE, DSO, General Commanding 9th Australian DivisionART23252
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Making camp, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified soldiers unloading trucks to establish camp.ART23226
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Making smoke, HMAS Quiberon
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Destroyers making smokescreen, exercises and manouevres; unidentified destroyer making smoke as part of an exercise during a sweep of the, part of HMAS Quiberon in foreground.ART24181
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Making the Strip
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Unidentified personnel from the No 62 Works Supply Unit of the Royal Australian Air force are using earthmoving equipment, such as tractors, to build an airfield.ART23302
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Malay boy in the native compound
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a portrait of unidentified Malay refugee, used as slaves, Labuan, North Borneo.ART23307
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Malays in native compound
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Maker: Friend, Donald
These Malays were amongst those shipped to Borneo from Java by the Japanese as slaves. They were shown in a compound in which they were congregated after deliverance from the Japanese.ART23249
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Malay type : John Timbang
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Maker: Friend, Donald
2/3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment; John Timbang, Malay rouseabout with 2/3 AA Bty, formerly forced labourer for JapaneseART23316
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Marine section, Point Cook
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Marine Section of Point Cook Air Station in morning light. This section is used for air-sea rescue work.ART21823
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Matuhi Volcano, Rabaul
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
At the end of Laksunai airstrip is Matuhi volcanoe. In the foreground is a wrecked Japanese aircraft and a small group of men.ART25264
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Mechanisation means war on wheels
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Maker: General Motors Holden
This Australian Second World War poster was created by General Motors Holden (GMH), likely for display in one of their Australian factories. The poster is designed to promote the production of the new...ARTV02152
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Memorial windows All Saints' Church, Collingwood
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Depicts two drawings related to the All Saints' Church, in Collingwood, Ontario memorial windows. The windows, (upper image) depict on l: Saint Michael, and on r: Saint George, dedicated to Leading Ai...ART25496
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[Men resting]
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Maker: Richmond, Oliffe
This drawing depicts a group of nine men sitting and leaning along a narrow deck space on a ship.ART28339.003
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Mess deck life on a Corvette
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
This drawing is timed at 1600 hours - 4 pm - teatime, when the matelot "wets the leaves" and the day's deck work is over. Hammocks may then be slung and those off watch can get their heads down for an...ART22774
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Mess deck of HMAS Nepal, 7th Destroyer Flotilla
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Showing four unidentified sailors, of the crew HMAS Nepal, in the confined space of their living quarters. One is ironing a shirt, one sewing on a button, one is "flaked out", or relaxed, on a form, w...ART22776
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Mid winter - 40 below
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Early mornings at extreme temperatures produce interesting results. Warm air from the warmed buildings causes steam on contract with the cold air and the rising sun tints this to a rosy pink, with the...ART22812
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Mobile Printers
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicts the 1 Australian Army Mobile Printing Unit which was formed in 1942 to operate with Headquarters 1st Australian Army. Its function, in accordance with Field Service Regulations, to print order...ART22861
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Mosquito net
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Maker: Friend, Donald
unidentified male nude sleeping under a mosquito netART23278
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Mosquito on the tarmac
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Viewed from above, Adams depicts a de Havilland Mosquito aircraft standing on the tarmac, painted in RAF camouflage scheme.ART23474
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Mount Carmel Road
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a panoramic view from Mount Carmel Road. In the distant harbour (probably Port Haifa, now in Israel) freighters and oil tankers can be seen at the moorings. The main shipping wharf is on the...ART30065
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Mount Painter mining camp
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Maker: Ragless, Max
The view from the entrance of the Mount Painter uranium mine. This mine, in the Flinders Ranges, was the first known uranium deposit in Australia and it was the first target of intensive exploration ...ART23422
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Moving through jungle towards Namling Ridge
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Hele depicts Australian soldiers moving through the jungle at Bobdubi Ridge towards Namling Ridge, Salamaua, New Guinea.ART23820
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Mughar Village
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts five soldiers outside of the town of Mughar, Palestine. Three of the soldiers in the foreground are standing under pencil pines sketching, while two in he middle ground are simply looking. T...ART30040
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Mural of Australian military aircraft, early 1939-1945 period
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
Mural of Australian military aircraft, early 1939-1945 period. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the RAAF Historical War Records...ART27777.002
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N'achetez que le necessaire (Don't buy it unless it is necessary)
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Maker: McLaren Information Service, Ministry of National War Services Unknown
Second World War thrift poster depicting a man and a woman looking at a white elephant which is for sale: 'buy only what is necessary'.ARTV05260
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Natives carrying wounded soldier
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depictd a group of unidentified natives carrying wounded soldier on improvised stretcher through jungle, Aitape, New Guinea.ART26133
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Naval patrol boat
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Maker: Norton, Frank
This work depicts one of the naval auxiliary patrol boats at Whyalla. The vessel formerly belonged to Adelaide. Behind the vessel is a 150-ton fitting-out crane in the course of erection.ART21779
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Navy Inspectress (Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Drawing made from a sketch, two Naval personnel inspect items in the TNT bay for quality control at the Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong for quality control.ART28162
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Night encounter, HMAS Sydney and HMAT Zealandia
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Maker: Norton, Frank
While escorting SS "Zealandia" in the Indian Ocean, opportunity was taken to carry out an exercise using the transport as a suspicious vessel. Leaving her charge and returning at high speed on a new c...ART30017
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Night train in wartime
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Maker: Medworth, Frank
Depicts a man and woman asleep in a railway carriage during the Second World War. The woman wears a hat with a wide brim covering her face, while the man wears a three piece suit with a 'Returned fr...ART26926
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No. 1 Forge (Commonwealth ordnance factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
No. 1 Forge (Commonwealth Ordnance Factory, Maribyrnong). Ordnance workshop, forge, civilians, technology, tools and machines, unidentified men in forging team. 1500 tons hydraulic press, porter bar, ...ART22205
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Not titled [Native houses a) coconut groved b) natives resting]
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
top: houses in coconut grove, bottom: natives resting near house. Drawn in Singapore whilst the artist was interned there as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese.ART28404.006
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Not titled [POW life: a) guard b) listening to lecture c) chunkling d) borehold piece]
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Four sketches of life in camp: top l-r: guard, prisoner seated on stool, bottom i-r: two men using Malay chunkels (large hoe) when gardening, two men at latrinesART28404.004
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Not titled [POW scenes: a) Burial scene b) Native building c) Natives outside shop]
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Three pen and ink drawings depicting scenes from Changi POW camp during the Second World War. The first depicts a number of Australian soldiers burying a fellow serviceman. The second is an example of...ART28729
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Not titled [Seven heads of various types]
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
sketches of heads, with variety of hats and caps (top l-r: slouch hat, air force forage cap, 2nd row l-r: slouch hat, army officer's cap, middle: army officer's cap, bottom l-r: slouch hat, naval offi...ART28404.007
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Not titled [Tamils]
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Tamils are an Indian low-caste sect, many of whom inhabit Singapore and Malaya. The drawing shows a Tamil worker carrying his tool of trade - a chunkel or large hoe, the Malayan equivalent of a shovel...ART28404.005
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Not titled [two prisoners working in a garden]
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A black and white sketch of two emaciated POWs working in a garden, drawn after the artist was repatriated to Australia after being incarcerated in Changi POW camp for three and a half years. This i...ART28404.001
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Not titled [Two prisoners working in garden (frontispiece for proposed 8th Division book)]
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Colour sketch of two Australian prisoners of war toiling in a garden. Originally designed to be the frontispiece for a proposed book about the 8th Division AIF's experiences in Malaya, it was drawn af...ART28404.002
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Observation Post, Darwin
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Depicts two unidentified men standing at the entrance of defence observation post or pill box, camouflage netting and triangle for alarm signal post, Darwin.ART28400
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Observation Post interior
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Depicts unidentified group inside observation post looking through window slits and using telescope, 9 Battery Observation Post, Darwin.ART26996
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Occupation of Tank Knoll, Tarakan
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
The first troops on the summit are shown here. They are members of 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion who occupied the hill after landing at Green Beach, Tarakan, Borneo, 1945.ART26032
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Oerlikon gunners
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
20 M.M.H.M.G. means 20 mm. heavy machine gun, that is, the Oerlikon. H.M.A.M.L. stands for His Majesty's Australian Motor Launch. The left figure in the drawing has been identified as R.M.J. Stutsel (...ART21731
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Officer's mess, home of the flying-boat squadrons, Cairns
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
From this typical North Queensland house, young fliers of the Royal Australian Air Force went out nightly on bombing missions over New Guinea, to return when the sun was up, to a meal and a long sleep...ART25627
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Off Yokohama, HMAS Shropshire and HMAS Swiftsure
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The Australian cruiser, HMAS Shropshire, in the foreground, and the British cruiser HMS Swiftsure, part of the British Pacific Fleet, standing off Yokohama, Japan, during the occupation of that count...ART25506
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On Cartridge Bundling Section (Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a view of the Old Cartridge Bundling Section at the Commonwealth Explosives Factory in Maribyrnong, Victoria during the Second World War.ART22606
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On guard
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Australian soldier standing sentry at an encampment. This work was produced as part of the artist's Syrian Campaign series. The artist writes, 'On guard - Typical scene at any Australian camp betwee...ART30051
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On leave, Banff
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Banff in the Canadian Rockies, was a favourite leave haunt of the Royal Australian Air Force training in Alberta and Sadkatchewan under the Empire Air Training Scheme, and in Summer, canoeing on the B...ART21970
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On the beach at Okinawa
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Maker: Tucker, Albert
This study is of a US army protective (tin) helmet, glove and 30 calibre machine gun link belt discarded on the beach at Okinawa.ART91449
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Opening fire, HMAS Warramunga
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
One of Australia's three Tribal Class destroyers at battle practise and opening fire with her main armament.ART23687
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Operation at 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station (Colonel CWB Littlejohn)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
A rapid sketch of Colonel C. W. B Littlejohn, Consultant Surgeon to Land Headquarters, operating on an unidentified patient, unidentified orderly assisting him obscures anaesthetist, campaigns Austral...ART22759
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Overhaul
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts the aeroplane engine maintenance, part of Rolls Royce Merlin engine in a Spitfire aeroplane. They served in every combat area, operating as fighters, fighter-bombers, reconnaissance aircraft a...ART21530
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Over St Catherines, Ontario
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
A Harvard aircraft from No.6 Service Flying Training School, Dunville, flying in showery weather over the vineyards at St. Catherine, near Niagara. The Flying School is operated under Empire Air Train...ART22817
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Painting detonators (Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Painting the first coat, pistol trip detonators, Government agencies, Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22581
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Painting tins for mortar shells (High Explosives Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of a woman painting tins for mortor shells, each tin contain 12 shells which were packed in 3 carriers. High Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria. It is likely the subject of thi...ART22573
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Palms and gardens, Richon
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a man in a red pot-like hat (called a tarboosh) and a group of Australian soldiers gathered near the Eagle Brewery Annex at Rishon le Zion. The scene is one of a lush oasis in the heat. with ...ART30043
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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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Patrol resting
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Maker: Cook, James
Cook travelled to New Guinea in 1944; his observations there are the source for this painting. The resting patrol blends into the surrounding vegetation and appears at ease in the jungle. The painting...ART30667
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People dancing in the street V-E night, Sydney 1945
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified people dancing in a King's Cross street on V-E Night, Sydney.ART23201
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Percy Vere no.15
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Maker: Mendoza, Montague Philip Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
one of a series of cautionary posters from the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, depicting workers observing (or not observing) safety and ...ARTV01772
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Pioneer patrol passing through a native village at Tanjongg, Rancharancha, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depict a group of unidentified Australian Pioneer Unit on patrol in native village, Labuan. The Australian Pioneer Unit was part of the 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion. In 1942, Donald Friend enli...ART23237
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Plane Crash, Rabaul
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
Representation of crash of Lockheed Hudson aircraft on take-off for aerial reconnaissance, with three figures in the body of the aircraft.ART28377.003
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Please let passengers off the car first
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Maker: London Underground Railways Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicts a man in a rush to board a train, knocks over an alighting passenger. This one of a series of posters by Cyril Kenneth Bird (1887-1965) that focus on public man...ARTV02505
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Pom Pom Crew, HMAS Arunta
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Maker: Norton, Frank
The crew of a quick-firing anti-aircraft gun of HMAS "Arunta" in Second Degree Readiness, Surigao Strait, Philippines.ART24214
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Portion of Maribyrnong factory (Commonwealth explosvies factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Commonwealth Explosives Factory; view of part of factoryART22138
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25-pounder in action, Sollum
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicting a 25-pounder field gun in action near Sollum in the Western Desert, Egypt.ART26566
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POW (bookjacket for proposed 8th Division book)
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A colour drawing featuring the letters "P.O.W." entangled in barbed wire against a striped background reminiscent of prisoner's costumes. This work was originally intended to be the book jacket forART28404.003
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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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POW Quarters, Selerang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Elegant but crowded and no mod cons. Selerang was near the famous Changi Gaol, another POW Camp. Both camps were occupied at various times by Australian prisoners-of-war. Buildings of Selarang Barrack...ART26472
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Prince Edward Island
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Navigation flight from the Navigation School, Chartottetown Prince Edward Island, Avro Anson aircraft heading out to sea over the red soil coast. The School is part of the Empire Air Training Scheme (...ART23084
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Prisoners gardening at Changi, 1942
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Landscape looking south to the Singapore Harbour in the distance. In the foreground right and centre groups of prisoners are engaged in gardening to grow their own food. In the foreground left a priso...ART28104
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Pumping out bomb crater
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Pumping out a bomb crater. In the early days of the job, when water was a rarity and there was none to spare, the deep green pools in the craters were used as laundries and swimming baths, so that eve...ART22896