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Kelliher, V.C. (Private Richard Kelliher)
Art
Maker: Browning, George Julian
Depicting QX20656 Private Richard Kelliher, VC, throwing grenades in the action that gained him the Victoria Cross at Nadzab, New Guinea. A sketch for a painting drawn from an account by Captain Whita...ART26002
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Kitchen of officers' mess, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
The room is in a building of the Selerang Barracks, previously a British Army establishment. One of the buildings has been set aside as a Convalescent Depot for prisoners-of-war of the Japanese, house...ART26500
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Kitchens and huts outside the gaol walls, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
A scene of the Changi camp with kitchens built from scrap materials, huts built of split bamboo and attap roofs, and an improvised trailer for moving goods around camp. In 1944 all the POWs, some 10,0...ART25083
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Kit issue at POW reception camp, Eastbourne
Art
Maker: Bowen, Stella
Kit issue at POW reception camp, Eastbourne.ART26271
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Kranji, Singapore, 1973. Memorial plaque to soldiers and airmen from the British Empire who lost ...
Photograph
Maker: Scriven, C
Kranji, Singapore, 1973. Memorial plaque to soldiers and airmen from the British Empire who lost their lives in the Asia-Pacific region during World War 2 and "who have no known grave". The inscriptio...P01859.004
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Kranji, Singapore, 1973. The entrance to Kranji War Cemetery where thousands of allied servicemen ...
Photograph
Maker: Scriven, C
Kranji, Singapore, 1973. The entrance to Kranji War Cemetery where thousands of allied servicemen and women who died during World War 2 are buried. (Original print housed in P run in AWM Archive Store...P01859.003
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Ladies watch : Corporal T R Neeman, 6 Divisional Signals, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Chronometer Crane
Ladies' watch with stainless steel case and small inset dial to show seconds. The watch has a 25cm oblong link chain attached to the case, the the other end of the chain having a metal button for atta...REL30770
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Lake Tiberias
Art
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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Lathe, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
2 Australian Imperial Force; lathe made from salvaged materials, set in heavy wooden bedART26523
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1914-40, Libya (Private Lance Rosser)
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of SX7048 Private Lancelot Frederick Rosser 'Pop', 6th Australian Division, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, North African campaign. When the artist was instructed by Blamey to select someone ...ART22881
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Lieutenant A Lapin
Art
Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Lieutenant Allenby A. Lapin (VX13848). Lapin was of Jewish faith and was enrolled university student in Melbourne at the time of his enlistment in May 1940. He served with the 2/6th Battal...ART26292
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Lieutenant Charles Thompson
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Lieutenant Charles O Thompson, 8 Div Postal Unit. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning...ART28403.041
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Lieutenant Colonel Arnold Brown
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of NX393 Lieutenant Colonel Arnold Brown, DSO, OBE, MC, Area Commandant, Bulldog Lines of Command area in New Guinea during the Second World War.ART26173
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Lieutenant Colonel Charles Anderson
Art
Maker: Godson, John Barclay
Depicts a portrait of NX12595 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson, VC, MC. Served during the 1914-18 War with British forces in East Africa against German led Askari, and was awarded the...ART31764
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Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Galleghan
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick G Galleghan, DSO, ED, commanding officer of the 2/30th Battalion of the 8th Division. 'Black Jack', as he was known, was given command of the AIF prisoners in August 1942 ...ART26547
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Lieutenant Colonel George Ramsay
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of NX34999 Colonel George Ernest Ramsay, Commanding 2/30 Btn; defence of Malaya and, 'A' Force Railway. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to con...ART28403.084
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Lieutenant Colonel George Ramsay
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
Depicts a portrait of NX34999 Lieutenant Colonel George Ernest Ramsay, ED, a prisoner of war of the Japanese captured at the fall of Singapore. He was Commanding Officer of the 1000 men of "A: Force, ...ART28535.018
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Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Allan
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting NX12229 Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Trangmar Allan, OBE, MC, MID, Commanding Base Sub-Area, Finschhafen. Served with 30th and 5/45 Infantry Battalions and awarded Military Cross, 191...ART22685
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Lieutenant Colonel John Williams
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel John, Commanding 2/2 Pioneer Battalion. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the ...ART28403.046
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Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Honner
Art
Maker: Murch, Arthur
Portrait depicting WX15 Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Honner, DSO, MC, Commanding 39 Battalion when battalion was fighting on the Kokoda Track 2 Australian Imperial Force, 2/11th Australian Infantry Battal...ART31769
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Lieutenant C R Pittaway
Art
Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of VX5253 Lieutenant Callum Ridley Pittaway, 2/5th Battslion, 2nd Australian Imperial Force.ART26287
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Lieutenant E Armstrong
Art
Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of VX6205 Lieutenant Ernest Charles Armstrong, 2nd Australian Imperial Force. Lieutenant Ernest Charles Armstrong (VX6205) served with the 2/8th Battalion before being captured in Greece. Arm...ART26290
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Lieutenant E Leonard Isherwood
Art
Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Lieutenant Eric Leonard Isherwood, VX9728, 6th Division Australian Army Service Corps, Second Australian Imperial Force.ART26293
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Lieutenant General John Lavarack
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
VX20310 Lieutenant General Sir John Dudley Lavarack, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO, General Commanding 7th Australian Division. Painted at Mersa Matruh and unfinished owing to troops movements at short notice, Eg...ART23616
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Lieutenant General Sir Frank Berryman
Art
Maker: Smith, Joshua Allen & Unwin
VX20308 Lieutenant General (later Sir) Frank Horton Berryman, (KCVO), CB, CBE, DSO, Chief of Staff at Australian Advanced Land Headquarters, General Headquarters; North Africa, and campaigns, previous...ART27533
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Lieutenant General Sir Iven Mackay
Art
Maker: Smith, Joshua
Portriat of NX363 Lieutenant General Sir Iven Giffard Mackay, KBE, CMG, DSO and Bar, MID (x2), General Commanding Force; Middle East, North Africa, also previously First World War, Western Front 2nd A...ART27537
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Lieutenant General Sir Stanley Savige
Art
Maker: Cook, Alfred
2nd Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Australian Corps; VX13 Lieutenant General Sir Stanley George Savige, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, Commanding II Corps, 2 AIF;, (also in First World War,, and [Dunsterforce], Fo...ART27535
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Lieutenant H Henderson
Art
Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Lieutenant Hugh Hunter Henderson, 2nd Australian Imperial. Lieutenant H Henderson (VX9994) served in the 2 Advanced Ordnance Workshop. Henderson was a prisoner of war, held captive in seve...ART26295
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Lieutenant John Varley
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Lieutenant John Ashton Varley, MC, 2/19 Battalion, NX0090, Burma Thailand Railway prisoner of war (son of Brigadier Arthur Varley MC and Bar, CO 22 Bde, who was in same camp). The artist w...ART28403.048
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Lieutenant Norman Harris
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of NX8804 Lieutenant Norman Alexander Harris, MBE, 2 Australian Imperial Force, 6th Australian Division, Australian Intelligence Units,Libya.ART22871
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Lieutenant S R B Hardy
Art
Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of QX6094 Lieutenant S R B Hardy, 2nd Australian Imperial Force.ART26289
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Listening to Music, Y.M.C.A. Hut, Changi
Art
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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Looking into a hospital hut
Art
Maker: French, James
A hospital hut at a camp in Kanchanaburi. One of five surviving drawings by Gunner James Joseph French (1920 - 1986) produced while a POW under the Japanese. French enlisted in June 1941 in Brisbane...ART92690
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MacDougal, David Campbell (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1918 - d.2018)
Manuscript
Maker: MacDougal, David Campbell
Manuscript titled `British Military Mission 204 to China 1941-1942: a personal retrospect'. Discusses the background to the mission; Australian participation; training; the move into China; relations ...MSS1434
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Machine thread manufacture, Changi camp
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Sketch showing improvised machine for manufacturing cotton thread from Japanese Army issue socks. The prisoners in Changi established a workshop within the camp to produce most items, such as shoes, c...ART25079
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Main yeast distribution centre, Selerang
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
The yeast, at this time, was given as a small issue to everyone to help in the battle against malnutrition. Later, only the sick received it. It was made from rice polishings, sweet potatoes, sugar an...ART26506
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Major Campbell
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Major Peter Campbell, 8 Div Headquarters; defence of Malaya and, Railway. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand R...ART28403.088
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Major Frederick Howard
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
A portrait of Major Frederick James Howard of the military history records section, 2 Australian Imperial Force. At the time this drawing was executed, Frederick James Howard was a temporary Major. ...ART29729
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Major General Cecil Callaghan
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Before the fall of Singapore, Brigadier Callaghan was in command of the Royal Australian Artillery of the 8th Division located in Malaya. His immediate superior was Lieutenant General Henry Gordon Ben...ART25078
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Major General Edmund Herring
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of Major General Edmund Francis Herring KCMG, KBE, CBE, DSO, MC, ED, the General commanding the 6th Division, 2nd Australian Imperial Force with snow-covered mountains in background. There i...ART22225
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Major General George Vasey
Art
Maker: Bale, A M E
Portrait, painted posthumously, of VX9 Major General George Alan Vasey, CB, CBE, DSO and Bar, General Commanding the 6th Division AIF. A Duntroon graduate, Vasey served in the First World War with art...ART26932
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Major General Ivan Dougherty
Art
Maker: Carter, Norman
Depicts a portrait of NX148 Major General Ivan N Dougherty, CBE, DSO, ED, after a period with the 2/2nd Infantry Battalion he was appointed to command the 2/4th Battalion, which he led in Libya, Greec...ART31773
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Major Gerald O'Day
Art
Maker: Nakanishi, J
Portrait of Major (later Colonel) Gerald O O'Day, VX14097, (later OBE), 2/14th Infantry Battalion 2 AIF.ART27784
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Major Rupert Barraclough
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Major Rupert 'Rupe' Barraclough, 2 AIF. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 m...ART28403.006
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Making rice cakes, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men of 2/29th Battalion kitchen unit making rice cakes. Rice was provided by the Japanese and was a staple of the prisoners diet.ART25071
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Malaria Control, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men spraying to control mosquitoes. He is using a 'Rega' knapsack sprayer and is covering pools with malaria oil to kill the mosquito larvae. His relief stands by. Malaria was a major problem for the ...ART25086
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Medical inspection, Morotai
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Painted by Consolidated press's war correspondent ,Wep, this painting is a depiction of a medical inspection tent at night in Morotai. One of a series of paintings the artist did showing various aspec...ART29345
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Melbourne hails AIF men (Cinesound News No. 483)
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Extracts from Cinesound newsreel No.483 . Four thousand two hundred diggers of the 2nd AIF march six abreast through Melbourne streets, the Governor-General Lord Gowrie takes the salute.F00514
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Members of the 2nd AIF Railway Construction Company building a railway from Beirut to Tripoli, Lebanon in record time
Art
Maker: Emery, James
Australian soldiers constructing a railway in rocky, mountainous country. In the foreground seven men work with crowbars and hammers. As the railway line recedes into the distance, many more Austral...ART92874
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Men of AIF Concert Party (Doug Peart, Slim de Grey, Fred Brightfield, John Wood, Doug Mathers, Eric Beattie, Harry Smith and Keith Stevens)
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Members of the 8th Division Signals and Australian Concert Party formed in Changi to entertain. Top: Doug Peart and Slim de Grey. Centre: Fred Brightfield, Corporal John Wood (NX65819), Doug Mathers. ...ART26495