The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts a painting of the Sergeants mess (old and new) of the BCOF Headquarters with the Roman Catholic church in the background. It was not until 1949-1950 that Colville became an official war artist. The Australian War Memorial facilitated Colville's joining the Australian troops occupying Japan. His project was to provide a record of the life and activities of the British Commonwealth Occupational Forces, which had been largely an Australian exercise. By the time Colville arrived in Japan, however, the Occupational Forces were being reduced; by June 1950 the remaining troops were sent to fight in the Korean War. Colville travelled with the troops, painting landscapes and scenes of Kure (near Hiroshima), Osaka, Tokyo and Yokohama in his inimitable impressionistic style of oil painting. Colville depicted barracks and buildings occupied by the troops, as well as hospitals, hostels and press rooms. Colville also depicted local sites such as Mount Fiji and the Temple at Osaka and the war's aftermath - the bomb sites of Hiroshima and the ANZAC war graves. Twenty-one of these works were donated to the Memorial upon Colville's return and remain part of the Memorial's collection.
Depicts a Japanese pagoda in Osaka, Japan. It was not until 1949-1950 that Colville became an official war artist. The Australian War Memorial facilitated Colville's joining the Australian troops oc
The Kawana Hotel at Izu, Japan, is a leave centre visited by members of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) and allied civilians. It was not until 1949-1950 that Colville became an offic
A rare image of an auxiliary unit of the colonial navy of Victoria depicted at a port in Melbourne. The Steamship Lady Loch was built for the Victorian Government as a customs cruiser and lighthouse t
Depicts a damaged building in Petly Place, Chelsea in London during the Second World War. Of this work, the artist inscibed on the back of the painting; 'Petyl Place. Chelsea. 1941 just after April 16
This painting shows the road to Lamia from Brallos Pass as seen from the Australian positions of April 1941. In 1945 official war artist William Dargie was deployed to Greece and Crete to record batt
Hundreds and thousands of troops passed through the Atherton Tablelands district when the area was used as a vast camp and training area. This view is of the main street looking towards the Railway Ho