The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sketch of unidentified Japanese killed by AIF patrol during the Second World War. This is a preparatory sketch for the final painting, 'Japanese dead from suicide raid, Labuan' [ART22857].
Donald Friend accompanied the Australian forces which landed on the island of Labuan, off the coast of Borneo, in June 1945. The first drawings Friend produced on Labuan depicted the devastated lands
This work depicts the remains of a party of Japanese who crossed in canoes from the mainland of Borneo to the island of Labuan and hid in the swamps of Garankak. After carrying on commando tactics for
Depicts a dead soldier and a mule. Muleteers under mortar fire at Damour, Syria. This sketch was intended as a preparatory study for a final painting of a scene from the Battle for Damour.
An unidentified platoon sergeant, shown advancing with a Thompson submachine gun. This is a preparatory sketch for the final painting 'Morning attack by 2/16 Australian Infantry Battalion' [ART22347]
Infantryman with rifle. This is a preparatory sketch for the final painting 'Morning attack by 2/16 Australian Infantry Battalion' [ART22347].
recto: Shows of a sketch of an advancing second infantryman in Syria. verso: incomplete sketch of an Australian infantryman advancing, holding a rifle and wearing a tin helmet. This is a preparatory
This is a preparatory sketch for the final painting, 'Night draft'. It shows a typical scene at any Leave and Transit Office. Unidentified soldiers with their equipment lying and sitting on the groun