| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART94334 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 17.6 x 12.6 cm; 17.6 x 25.6 cm (open) |
| Object type | Sketchbook |
| Physical description | pencil on paper, and pen and wash on paper |
| Maker |
Warren, Guy |
| Place made | At sea, Australia |
| Date made | 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Sketchbook containing 44 pages of drawings of soldiers at training and on voyage to New Guinea
Description
Sketchbook containing 44 pages of drawings of soldiers on voyage to New Guinea. The sketchbook begins in the Staging camp at Yeerongpilly, Queensland, and includes drawings while the artist was at Canungra for jungle warfare training, along with some troopship drawings of soldiers on the troopship. Inside back cover is a pencil sketch of soldiers with inscriptions.
- "Union Jack" club
- Not titled [Soldier sitting at desk]
- Staging camp, Yeerongpilly
- Not titled [Soldier's leg and a crouching soldier]
- Not titled [Rear view of a seated soldier]
- From the canteen window, Canungra
- Camp barber, Canungra
- Not titled [Soldier reading]; verso: Not titled [Soldier sketching]
- Not titled [Shirtless soldier]; verso: Not titled [Soldier]
- Not titled [Figures]; verso: The men's mess
- "Nuts" Coy Sergeants' Mess; verso: Central Station, Brisbane
- Brisbane, September 1944; verso: Not titled [Boots]
- Wheel of fortune; verso: Not titled [Sleeping soldier]
- Jim Harmey; verso: Not titled [Figure studies]
- Not titled [Figure study]; verso: Not titled [Head studies]
- On board the [vessel name censored]; verso: Not titled [Soldier reading on board a ship]
- [Vessel name censored] sketches; verso: Not titled [Figure studies]
- Not titled [Three soldiers]; verso: Not title [Soldier reclining]
- Not titled: [Soldiers relaxing on deck]; verso: Concert on the [Vessel name censored]
- [Vessel name censored] Townsville, 13 September 1944; verso: Not titled [Soldiers leaning overboard]
- AAMWS on the [Vessel name censored]; verso: Bashing the spine
- Not titled [Figure studies]; verso: Not titled [Seated soldier]