The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A crew member, standing on scaffolding, working on an aircraft engine.
Khaki canvas bush hat with an adjustable cotton chin strap and toggle. The hat has a wide circular brim which is top stitched for extra reinforcement, and an oval shaped crown. Arabic characters are w
Plastic photographic identity pass with attached nylon cord. The pass is housed in a black plastic frame and the cord is attached to the frame with a metal clip. 'DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE' is printed on
Pair of khaki cotton drill trousers with front pleats and slash pockets on each hip. There is a single patch pocket on the right buttock with a navy and blue woven 'HARD YAKKA' tag sewn to the open le
Khaki drill cotton shirt with a pair of patch breast pockets. Arabic text is woven on cotton tape above the left breast pocket and translates as 'LEWIS MILLER ARTIST AUSTRALIA'. A rectangular woven pa
Olive green painted 15 gram tube of vegemite with a black screw lid. The tube has been opened and some of the contents used. One side of the tube is printed in black 'UNEX INTERNATIONAL (AUSTRALIA)'.
Rectangular woven cloth patch showing an Australian flag . The word 'AUSTRALIA' is woven in blue beneath the flag. Worn by Official War Artist Lewis Miller who accompanied Australian Defence Forces
U.S ground crew working on the engines of a Catalina - also testing bomb hoisting gear, part of the routine overhaul. American Catalina Base, Crawley, Western Australia.
Crew members working on the fuselage of an aircraft at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Lewis Miller was appointed official war artist in April 2003 to document Australia's involvement in the Second Gulf war
The work depicts a Mosquito engine nacelle on the jig at Richards Industries, Ltd, Adelaide. A nacelle is the enclosed part of an aeroplane in which the engine is housed or in which passengers are ca
On board HMS Queenborough, a British destroyer being refitted at Garden Island, Sydney. Shows the crew working on capstan while ship at Garden Island for refitting.
Crew members working on the Orions at Al Minhad, Qatar.
Men working on the engine of a Mosquito fighter aircraft at the works of the manufacturer, the DeHaviland Aircraft Company at Bankstown, Sydney.