The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Exhausted French troops, dressed in full marching order, rest beside a road. This dry point is based on Nevinson's painting of the subject, 'French troops resting', held in the Imperial War Museum, London. Nevinson's use of angular cubist-derived figures in this image of exhausted French troops, is typical of his war work. The images of dejected, wearied men resting on the roadside defy Futurism and its ideals of speed and machines in the new age. The faces and attitudes of the soldiers reflect disillusionment and dark despair.
French soldiers resting near a cave between combat. One is writing a letter by candlelight, a second is seated beside him, and a third is lying down, head not visible. Other soldiers are seen lying do
Sketch of 57/60 Australian troops, resting with their kits on the road to Bogadjim, jungle in background.
A group of soldiers are depicted resting, with their hats on and rifles beside them, under a palm tree. Other troops can be seen walking in the distance. N78097 Sergeant Arthur Harold Ballment, Lance
Hofa Sfakia, a small village situated on the bony south coast of Crete, was the point where allied ships evacuated what troops they could. The allied troops, tired, thirsty and threatened had to trud
Forty-eighth page of artist's sketchbook with two drawings. The upper drawing 'Cleaning guns 'depicts a group of figures cleaning rifles. The lower drawing 'Noggy sweepers waiting ' depicts a group of
Frank Hodgkinson's earlier sketch of this subject is dated October 1942 and has a direct correlation to the artist's experience with 7th Australian Division. Hodgkinson enlisted in May 1940, but was n
