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AIF POW theatre, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
This building had been a workshop and was used for about a year by an Australian POW Concert Party until it was required for accommodation. All seats were made from palm logs. Rear stalls made of rubb...ART26496
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AIF theatre, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
This drawing depicts an entertainment called '203' in progress with three of the cast on the stage - John Wood, Jack Smith and Harry Smith. The entertainment was suprisingly lavish considering the lac...ART26497
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A 100 metre hut, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men relaxing outside an atap hut, which is made from split bamboo, with the sides of hut raised for ventilation in November 1944. The garden beds out the front are those of individual prisoners. In 1...ART25063
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Australian Comforts Fund: don't let them down, the Blueys and Curleys
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Maker: Unknown Australian Comforts Fund Unknown
Depicts a 2nd Australian Imperial Force poster appealing for donations of reading matter (books and magazines) for distribution by the Australian Comforts Fund to soldiers. Soldiers are shown in the j...ARTV05272
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Battle casualties, Malaya
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Convalescent Depot for rehabilitation of men (all amputees) playing deck golf. It was located in part of barracks formerly occupied by Gordon Highlanders. The workshop run by the prisoners were able t...ART25088
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Bookbinding, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
When the Japanese gave permission for a stock of books to be brought into the camp from Raffles Library in Singapore, their constant repair was essential. This was carried out with odds and ends of ra...ART25062
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Changi library
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Stocked with books brought into the prison camp by the men, mainly in the march from Tanglin Camp in 1942. Later the Japanese allowed prisoners-of-war to bring in more books from Raffles Library, Sing...ART26501
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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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Listening to Music, Y.M.C.A. Hut, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
The YMCA representatives, Mr Ivor Hanger and Mr George Macheily, built this hut of palms logs and attap for recreational purposes and lectures. They were taken prisoners-of-war by the Japanese along w...ART26510
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The bathing beach, Mersa Matruh
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Lido Hotel near bathing beach. The artist writes, 'Troops bathing at Mersa Matruh. Their costumes are "birthday suits", the white "trunks" being the only portion unsunned. Intense colour of the wat...ART30064
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The first letter home, Gowrie House, Eastbourne
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Depicts a pencil drawing of an unidentified soldier writing letter back home, Gowrie House, Eastbourne.ART26276
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The long voyage home
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted, "All the boredom of life on a troopship destined for a long voyage. With nothing to do, and one tropical day so much like another, there is plenty of opportunity to sling one's hammock i...ART22054
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Troops bathing, Gaza Beach
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a beach scene at Gaza in Israeal during the Second World War. The guard looks longingly at his friends who are surfing or lazing on the beach. The refreshment tents, where voluntary workers se...ART30049
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Troops on deck
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts unidentified troops on deck of the transport ships, Free French SS Felix Roussel, Indian Ocean.ART23490
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Well-deck, aft. - in the Red Sea
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Maker: Dargie, William
A scene on board the transport ships, Free French HT "Felix Roussel", Red Sea, 1942. Dargie noted, "The troops sit or stand about, surrounded by a litter of half-read & discarded newspapers which hav...ART28402