The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts the landscape and billowing smoke of burning oil wells at Seria (now in Brunei), during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon ('WEP') (1909-1981) was a painter, cartoonist, illustrator and newspaper critic. In 1926 as a 16 yr old, he became a cadet newspaper artist with the 'Sunday News' and began his professional career working for a number of newspapers. During the Second World War, he became a war correspondant with Consolidated Press, contributing illustrations that were published in the 'Australian Women's Weekly' magazine. His images, with their sardonic humour, richly conveyed the lives and personalities of Australian troops during the Second World War.
Depicts a Beaufighter airoplane on the airstrip at Morotai, Indonesia, about to take off. William Edwin Pidgeon ('WEP') (1909-1981) was a painter, cartoonist, illustrator and newspaper critic. In 1926
Depicts a number of Australian servicemen in a briefing room in northern Australia, during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon ('WEP') (1909-1981) was a painter, cartoonist, illustrator and ne
Depicts a view through damaged ruins of buildings in Borneo during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon ('WEP') (1909-1981) was a painter, cartoonist, illustrator and newspaper critic. In 1926
Depicts Beaufighters planes and ground crew at Morotai in Indonesia during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon ('WEP') (1909-1981) was a painter, cartoonist, illustrator and newspaper critic.
Depicts a number of Australian servicemen standing around in the outdoors, with palm trees in the background, have a 'smoko' (cigarette break) in northern Australia, near Darwin, during the Second Wor
Depicts a field gun under camouflage in a landscpe with a number of Australian servicemen loading and preparing the gun, during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon ('WEP') (1909-1981) was a pa