The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts a Japanese POW asleep on the floor on a thin mattress, his body covered in a blanket and his head resting on a traditional hard pillow. When catalogued in 1945, this work was accompanied by the following text; 'Drawing shows a cell lined in threeply. This was only recently erected over an open framework, through which rain and wind added to the discomfiture of prisoners. Ofuna camp, near Kamakura, Japan, September 1945'. John G Goodchild joined the AIF on 30 April 1945 as a Lieutenant and was subsequently appointed an official war artist. His Second World War attachment took him to Point Cook, Victoria, Jervis Bay, New South Wales and Sydney and in June 1945 he departed for the South-West Pacific area. He also went to Japan to cover the Japanese surrender and the activities of the allied occupation forces.
Depicts a Japanese soldier in uniform holding a large piece of wood in his left hand. When catalogued in 1945, this work was accompanied by the following text; 'Drawing shows common type of Jap soldie
Depicts a Japanese soldier in uniform holding a large piece of wood in his left hand. He stands in front of a fenced verandah like area with a vine curling up the verandah post. Behind him is another
A serviceman is asleep on the floor with a patched blanket pulled up over himself, his boots neatly place by his feet and his rifle against the wall behind his head.
TOKYO AREA, JAPAN, 1945-08-31. A JAPANESE VILLAGE EN ROUTE FROM YOKOSUKA TO OFUNA. THE BRITISH LANDING FORCE WAS TRAVELLING TO OFUNA PRISONER OF WAR CAMP TO ASSIST ALLIED EX PRISONERS OF WAR. (PHOTOGR
Depicts the monument erected at Pozieres cemetery to the 1st Australian Division AIF. The painter, teacher and etcher John Goodchild was born in London and arrived in Adelaide in 1913. He was initiall
Depicts the crosses and graves in the Communal Cemetery at Peronne. The painter, teacher and etcher John Goodchild was born in London and arrived in Adelaide in 1913. He was initially employed as a si