The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Pencil sketch of a Papua New Guinean man from behind. He is standing with his legs wide apart and wearing a sarong. This pencil sketch has been drawn on the back of an 'Australian Comforts Fund' and 'YMCA' notepad. Robert Oliffe Gage (Oliffe) Richmond (1919-1977) was a sculptor and artist, born in Hobart. During the 1930s he won a prize for pencil sketching. After studying (1937-39) art and applied art at Hobart Technical College, and gaining a diploma in 1940, he worked for Amos Vimpany, Hobart's most prominent stonemason, in whose workshop he learned much about materials, tools and methods of carving. With the outbreak the Second World War he volunteered for the RAAF, but was rejected due to sight defect. Mobilized in the Militia on 19 August 1940, he rose to staff sergeant in the Intelligence Corps, Hobart, before serving (September to November 1944) in New Guinea with the Royal Australian Engineers. In this environment he captured the exotic flora and fauna, as well as different human physiological 'types'. He drew scenes of army life, with a 'sculptor's perception'. Returning to Australia, Richmond performed engineering staff duties until he was discharged from the Army in March 1946.
Depicts a figure study of a male wearing a sarong seen from behind, standing contra-posta with one hand on his hip and the other on a garden spade. This pencil sketch has been drawn on the back of an
Depicts a group of four soldiers laying down for a rest, four are wearing hats and one is holding a pack. This pencil sketch has been drawn on the back of an 'Australian Comforts Fund' and 'YMCA' note
On the recto is a pencil sketch of a soldier from behind. He is wearing his hat and pants, but no shirt and appears to be leaning across something like a bench or fence. On the verso are some sketched
Ink sketch of a male figure seated at a desk. On the verso of this page is a pencil sketch of two male figures leaning over a desk. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspo
5th page in a sketchbook of 42 pages of pencil drawings, diary entries and artist's notes. Recto: Study of a seated figure with head bowed; verso: five studies of heads in the mess.
Pencil study for watercolour drawing "Dropping supplies by air, Bougainville", featuring four servicemen preparing for an air-drop in front of the open side door of the plane. The supply containers, c
