The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Page 10 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Of this image the Wilesmith noted ' The Concert party would not be worth anything without its female impersonator but its crook when the boys are starting to fall for him...' This image depicts a lovesick digger seated on a log staring at a concert party poster for a performance featuring a female impersonator called "Sadie". His mate has come up to ask him what's the matter.
Page 8 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Of this image Wilesmith wrote on the interleaving sheet 'Davy Robinson and Dick Neal two
Page 4 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Humorous depiction of the camp sign writer at work. Digger in tropical uniform stands in
As part of being exhibited for the inaugural Napier Waller Art Prize exhibition (2018), this female anonymous artist provided the following artist statement about her work: "Last year I spent a few w
Standard violin, missing bow. There is no maker's label visible. A wooden sound post attached to the inside supports the bridge. The varnished finish is scratched and dried, with significant scratchin
Discusses Americans; Vietnamese currency; C-130 transport aircraft; New Zealand Special Air Service (SAS); camp conditions; tour of duty; weather; training; equipment; concert parties; No. 1 Australia
Slate headstone from site of the siege of Elands River in Transvaal with a roughly shaped triangular apex. The stone has shallow chiselled writing: 'IN/ MEMORY OF/ S.SGT. MAL. MITCHELL/ TpR. DUFF TpR.