The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two Australian soldiers are depicted sitting in the entrance of their tent. The figure on the left wears a hat and glasses and is smoking a pipe while the other sits in a relaxed position, feet turned out and is handling an object in his lap. Arthur Gardener changed his name from Baumgarten after he migrated to Australia at the age of 30 on the 8th of March 1938, landing at Fremantle. "I was prompted to this decision by economic and political reasons, seeing no future for me and my wife in fascistic Austria under Schuschnig's government" he wrote. In Australia, at the age of 58, Private Arthur Gardener, assisted in the efforts of the Second World War on the home front in the 3rd Australian Employment Coy (N303400). Gardener worked as a picket at Mascot Unit Headquarters in Sydney at the time this work was done, and spent a lot of time outside his work at the American Red Cross Club where drawing classes were held.
One study depicts two soldiers casually sitting together. The figure to the left smokes a pie and has a bent leg which rests on the seat while the figure to the right has his legs crossed. There is a
Portrait of a soldier in uniform. Arthur Gardener changed his name from Baumgarten after he migrated to Australia at the age of 30 on the 8th of March 1938, landing at Fremantle. "I was prompted to th
Two soldiers are pictured sleeping in hospital beds. In the distance a third soldier is sitting up in bed and a group of three people can be seen conversing near him. This drawing was done or inclusio
Portrait of a man in profile. Arthur Gardener changed his name from Baumgarten after he migrated to Australia at the age of 30 on the 8th of March 1938, landing at Fremantle. "I was prompted to this d
A group of four soldiers are pictured in the sketch on the left playing cards and smoking. In the image to the right is a sketch of a man in a dressing gown sitting on a hospital bed eating food out a
This drawing depicts two soldiers seated on a piano stool. One wears a coat and faces away from the viewer and plays the piano while the other faces the viewer and play the accordian. Arthur Gardener