The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Painted after Lambert's return from accompanying the 1919 Australian Historical Mission to Gallipoli. The Mission was headed by WWI war correspondent CEW Bean. Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, MA, BCL (Oxon), LittD (Melb), journalist and historian, was the official war correspondent for Australia 1914-1918, and official historian of Australia in the First World War. He conceived the idea for an Australian War Memorial Museum. He was on the Committee and Board of the Memorial from 1919, and was Acting Director. The portrait depicts Bean wearing an army-style trench coat and holding a pencil and notebook.
Privately purchased khaki cotton gabardine double-breasted trench coat with fall collar. The collar points are rounded, and there is a tab under the left lapel with four brass eyelets. A brass buckle
Bronze bust of C.E.W. Bean. Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, MA, BCL (Oxon), LittD (Melb), journalist and historian, Official War Correspondent for Australia 1914-1918, official historian of Australia in t
Informal portrait of journalist, historian and Australia's official war correspondent during the First World War, Captain Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, standing in a doorway aboard HMT Kildonan Castle.
Informal portrait of journalist, historian and Australia's official war correspondent during the First World War, Captain Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W) Bean, standing in a paddock near Tuggranong (Tug
Cylindrical brown leather telescope case. A lid is secured to the case with a leather tab and brass stud. Stamped on the tab is 'CAPT C E W BEAN'. A maker's label is attached inside the lid. An adjust
Brown cowhide leather briefcase with hinged leather covered steel opening, and a central leather closing tab with an adjustable aluminium clasp and lock. There is a semi-circular leather handle on eac
Small wooden storage chest with flat, hinged, lift up lid. The interior, but not the lid, is lined with galvanized steel, joined with solder in the lower corners. A 95 mm high wooden band is attached
