The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts the front facade of the building of the Lithgow Small Arms Facory with trees and cars in the foreground. New administration buildings as well as many other additions and alterations were made at the Commonwealth Small Arms Factory at Lithgow to cope with tremendously increased output required during the Second World War. This modern factory with its background of wooded hills was the nerve of small arms production in New South Wales. R. Malcolm Warner was appointed Official War Artist in 1943, covering the activities of the RAAF in Canada, United States and the Bahamas. His first mission was in Papua New Guinea recording Australian operation against the Japanese. In 1945 Warner continued to work as a war artist recording civil and industrial war efforts and food production in areas of New South Wales and Victoria. After the war he returned to commercial art, designing posters, murals and postage stamps and illustrating books.
Depicts heated forgings being straightened by hand before going to the lathes for machining, drilling and filing at the Lithgow Small Arms Factory, New South Wales. Ralph Malcolm Warner (1902-1966) wa
Before assembly, rifle barrels are checked and straightened by human eye being the final arbiter, Commonwealth Small Arms Annexe, Orange, New South Wales. Depicts a quality control inspector at the Co
Depicts a wartime Ammunition Factory set amid grazing paddocks in Goulburn, New South Wales, during the Second World War. The Mulwaree River can be seen on the right of the sketch. The tower in the di
A view of the jetty, unloading stores and equipment, Port Moresby. Ralph Malcolm Warner (1902-1966) was appointed Official War Artist in 1943, covering the activities of the RAAF in Canada, United Sta
Depicts the dense jungle at Goldie River crossing near Owen's Corner, New Guinea, during the Second World War. Ralph Malcolm Warner (1902-1966) was appointed Official War Artist in 1943, covering the
Avro Anson trainers being flown by RAAF personnel near the Canadian Rockies, a short distance from Calgary. Ralph Malcolm Warner was appointed Official War Artist in 1943, covering the activities of t