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  1. 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

  2. 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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    Chinese coolie 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

  4. 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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    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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    Lance Corporal M Nisbet

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    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Lance Corporal M. Nisbet, Volunteer Defence Corps, No 3 Platoon, B Company, receiving final orders for night patrol. Done by the artist as a study for his painting 'Volunteer Defence Corp...

    ART21400

  8. Lieutenant Charles Cullen

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    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Lieutenant Charles Kitchener Cullen (VX7516), Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), signal officer, 2/5 Australian Infantry Battalion. Lt Cullen served in Libya and Greece, was ...

    ART21419

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    Lieutenant Charles H. Johnson

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    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Lieutenant Charles Hamilton Johnson, Volunteer Defence Corps, receiving final orders as a section leader before taking up a position for attack. Done by the artist as a study for his paint...

    ART21399

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    Lieutenant Commander Leon Goldsworthy

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    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Lieutenant Commander Leon Verdi Goldsworthy, GC, DSC, GM. A mining engineer from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Goldsworthy's initial attempt to enlist in the navy was thwarted by his small stature. Hi...

    ART27503

  11. Lieutenant Stuart Heilbron

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    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Lieutenant Stuart Heilbrun (QX3723), an Intelligence Officer with 49th Australian Infantry Battalion in New Guinea. Lt Heilbrun later joined 2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion after being...

    ART21420

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    Murray Griffin

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    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of official war artist Murray Griffin in uniform. Griffin was the first member of the Contemporary Art Society to be appointed an official war artist. In November 1941 he arrived in Singapore...

    ART22926

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    Patient awaiting plastic surgery (Private Mark O'Bryan)

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    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Private Mark James O'Bryan, VX34394, 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion, 6th Australian Divisional Army Service Corps, with a deep scar on his left cheek.

    ART22207

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    Portrait of an MO

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    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait depicting medical officer Major Douglas William (Dougal) MacPherson, WX3357, Australian Army Medical Corps. Major MacPherson served in Greece as a medical officer with 2/5 Australian Infantr...

    ART22319

  15. Private A. B. Bell

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    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Private A. B. Bell, a hospital patient in Ward West 1, 115 Australian General Hospital, Melbourne.

    ART21408

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    Private James Troup

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    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Private James Binnie Troup (NX81305). Pte James Troup enlisted in the Australian Army in June 1941 and spent six months as an instructor in demolitions at Canungra Training Camp with 2/5th...

    ART21421

  17. Private Keith Drabble

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    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Private Keith Drabble (WX13303), 17th Australian Infantry Brigade, done by the artist as a study for his painting 'H-5 Hours'.

    ART21411

  18. Private Patrick (Paddy) Kealy

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    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Private Patrick Thomas Andrew (Paddy or "Battle axe") Kealy (VX45209), 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. He enlisted in early 1940 and joined his unit in April 1941. He saw action in the Mid...

    ART21416

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    Private Richard Passey

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    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Private Richard Dawson Passey (NX92357), 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. Pte Passey saw service in both wars, he enlisted in 1915 and served in France during the First World War, and in th...

    ART21413

  20. Private Roderick Algie

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    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Portrait of Private Roderick Algie (V367523), 11 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps. Done by the artist as a study for his painting ‘Recruits for mounted sub-units, Volunteer Defence Corps’

    ART21406

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