The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 foreground. The Australian Red Ensign flies in the background. This flag was traditionally officially used at sea. 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 - Wewak campaign from January to May 1945. Piper was an Australian cartoonist and art teacher who drew Wolf for the Sunday Telegraph, and later Ginger Meggs. The folder contains 12 joined fold-out pages of watercolour drawings that depict various sites visited by the 2/2 Field Regiment during the Aitape-Wewak campaign from January to May 1945.
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 -
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
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
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
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
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