The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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' 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.
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 '
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
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
Depicts a perspiring Australian soldier struggling to push a roller along the ground, with marching soldiers and a tent in the background of the scene. Roy George Herbert Fluke (b. 1921) served with t
This plaster model for a gargoyle depicts the head of a bearded dragon. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers.
Cook travelled to New Guinea in 1944; his observations there are the source for this painting. The resting patrol blends into the surrounding vegetation and appears at ease in the jungle. The painting