The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts an unidentified cook preparing Christmas dinner of roast pork and apple sauce, potatoes and cabbage, and plum pudding in the galley of the HMAS "Cairns".
Frank Norton had joined HMAS Cairns on 19th December at Bombay and stayed on the ship until 20th January 1944. He lived with the crew and recorded the activities of the ship undertaking escort duties with the Eastern Fleet. Among the first group of artworks the artist sent back to the Memorial were a series of sketches made in the ship's galley on Christmas Day the subject "...DINNER, of course".
Norton wrote to Treloar that " the ratings held "Defaulters" on the for 'castle as a result of which the wardroom officers had to swill out the W.R flat after dinner - Norton of course was one of the 'mugs'. Also, the crew took great delight in making the officers pump salt water (for sanitation purposes) - a good time was had by all."
Depicting a group of unidentified fitters of No.450 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) enjoying a much-needed cup of tea in the snow. Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk are seen in the background of th
Two-line illustrations of routine activities to be observed on any Australian corvette or destroyer. Both drawn on HMAS "Cairns" the top drawing "In the galley" depicts a messman receiving the dinner
The caterer with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) in Korea 6239 Sergeant (Sgt) Alan Verdeen Midson, of Hobart, Tas, (extreme right) discusses the Christmas Day menu with his coo
The caterer with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) in Korea 6239 Sergeant (Sgt) Alan Verdeen Midson, of Hobart, Tas, (second from right) discusses the Christmas Day menu with his
Sketch of three trays containing food served to sailors on HMAS Cairns for Christmas dinner. Suggestion of pots and pans in the background. Drawn vertically on the page.
Looking across the Wardroom of this destroyer - officers censoring mail on board HMAS Quiberon, Trincomalee, Ceylon. Official war artist Frank Norton worked on HMA ships attached the Eastern Fleet fr
Christmas Day for Australian soldiers in Vietnam was the quietest since their arrival at Nui Dat, the rubber plantation home of the 1st Australian Task Force. And for a majority of the men, it was the
