The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
George Browning was attached to the Military History Section during the Second World War. Initially, he was employed to contribute to the Army's Christmas book. Once this was completed, he was to be sent to New Guinea. During the weeks of training for the journey north, Browning decided to practice his skills by depicting home front scenes in Melbourne. These included tanks at the repair shops on Sturt Street, and the people and buildings at the Williamstown Rifle Range. This work features servicewomen of the Australian Women's Army Service on their way to report for duty at the Land Headquarters Signals in Melbourne.
No. 10 Squadron, RAAF, was the first Australian unit to be deployed and the only unit to serve continuously for the duration of the Second World War. Formed in 1939, they joined the RAF Coastal Comman
This Second World War recruitment poster appeals to women to enlist in the Corps of Signals. The Australian Women's Army Service was formed in 1941 and designed to alleviate the military duties of men
Sick men strung out along the railway bed on their way to their work site. These men are straggling behind the main body of men that can be seen in the distance. One of five surviving drawings by Gu
Depicts Australian soldiers and horses carrying ammunition carts through the snow, on their way to the Somme in late Autumn, 1916. On the right edge of the painting is the remains of a wood; inside th
Depicts a portrait of a female ADF member painting the names of the countries of fallen soldiers on the Memorial Wall at Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. The Memorial Wall commemorated the names of soldiers f
Depicts a portrait , from behind, of a female ADF member painting the names of the countries of fallen soldiers on the Memorial Wall at Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. The Memorial Wall commemorated the name
Depicts graves of soldiers from the Australian Mounted Divisions 4th Light Horse Brigade, overlooking the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias). The painter, teacher and etcher John Goodchild was born in Lon