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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Natives carrying wounded
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Maker: Herman, Sali
This work was painted in the studio from sketches made in either Bougainville or New Britain. The painting possesses a powerful and dramatic sense of movement. The viewer is drawn into the picture a...ART22885
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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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Soldier in dugout
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Maker: Herman, Sali
Australian soldier in improvised shelter or dugout. 'I made the sketch while living there at Battalion Headquarters (15 Australian Infantry Battalion, 29 Brigade). The small space, covered with some h...ART22841
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Study for 'The road to Buin, South Bougainville'
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Maker: Herman, Sali
Study for natives building corduroy road through jungle, often in extreme conditions of heat and torrential rain. Hundreds of natives, some chopping trees and splitting wood, others laying them across...ART28555
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Surrender ceremony, Bougainville, 8 September 1945
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts the Surrender ceremony at Bougainville (Torokina) in 1945. Lieutenant General Kanda, commander of the XVIII Japanese Army (seated left) surrenders to General Savige, GOC II Australian Corps at...ART26675
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The road to Buin, South Bougainville
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Maker: Herman, Sali
Depicts a scene of natives building corduroy road through jungle, often in extreme conditions of heat and torrential rain. Hundreds of natives, some chopping trees and splitting wood, others laying th...ART22837
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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
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Unloading boats at Torokina
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Maker: Herman, Sali
The artist painted this picture because it shows a scene of important activity and the close co-operation between the Australias and Americans. It shows two landing ships tanks, Torokina, Bougainville...ART22846