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Maker: Piper, Lloyd

The Advanced Dressing Station (ADS) of the 2/7 Field Ambulance at Suain mission, New Guinea. Tents are interspersed amongst palm trees, and a large Red Cross crate is visible behind a vehicle at left....

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Maker: Piper, Lloyd

Postcard size fold-out folder of drawings by NX129974 Gunner Lloyd William Piper, 2/2 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. The front cover features the title 'Aitape to Wewak 1945' and the colo...

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Maker: Piper, Lloyd

A small landscape sketch, this drawing depicts the view looking towards Muschu and Kairiru from Cape Karawop. This is one of a series of drawings by NX129974 Gunner Lloyd William Piper, 2/2 Field Regi...

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Maker: Piper, Lloyd

View of Dogreto Bay, New Guinea. This is one of a series of drawings by NX129974 Gunner Lloyd William Piper, 2/2 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, depicting various scenes from the Aitape - ...

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Maker: Friend, Donald

'Gunner's Canteen' shows a group of Australian soldiers from the 2nd Artillery Training Regiment dressed in their khaki uniforms sitting outside the camp canteen. In the background are white tents (th...

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Maker: Piper, Lloyd

An Australian soldier inspects the remnants of the Japanese caves at Wewak Point. The scene is one of disarray, with pieces of wrought iron and wood scattered on the ground, which is coloured by what ...

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Maker: Piper, Lloyd

Australian soldiers looking into a Japanese hut which appers to have been deserted. The inside of the hut is in disarray with planks of wood scattered about and parts of the roof missing. This is one ...

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Maker: Piper, Lloyd

The graves of Australian soldiers killed during the advance on Japanese positions at Matapau. The grave site is surrounded by a fence, with several tents situated directly behind. This is one of a ser...

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Maker: Piper, Lloyd

This illustration depicts a small church, the frame of which is clearly visible. Atop its skeletal structure stands a steeple. A tropical landscape surrounds the church and the sea is visible in the b...

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Maker: Piper, Lloyd

This image depicts an Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron. There is an encampment of tents in the background, and Australian soldiers making their way through the bush towards the camp in the foregro...

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Maker: Piper, Lloyd

An airplane making a supply drop. Three parachutes are visible below the plane, and a tent in the foreground indicates the destination of the supplies. This is one of a series of drawings by NX129974 ...

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Maker: Piper, Lloyd

A car driving along a dirt road dwarfed by the steep, tall hill in the background. There is a staircase leading up the hillside. This is one of a series of drawings by NX129974 Gunner Lloyd William Pi...

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Maker: Bush, Charles

Against a Tasmanian landscape, five men from the Volunteer Defence Corps are in uniform and gathered around a Bofors anti-aircraft gun. They are receiving instruction on its use from a 6th Division Au...

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Maker: Piper, Lloyd

This sketch is a small landscape depicting Wewak Point. Wewak Point was initially a Japanese strong hold during the Second World War which came under attack by Australian Battalions during early May 1...

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Maker: Piper, Lloyd

View of Wirui, Mission Hill, near Wewak Point. Wirui was the site of a former Lutheran Mission which stood upon a hill looking over the Wewak airstrip. It was captured by Australian soldiers in early ...

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