The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dargie noted, "A soldier looks at a comrade's grave. Actually, this was one of three graves of prisoners who had been bayoneted by the Japanese. The graves were discovered by the patrol with which the artist was working. Around the graves of the murdered men their equipment was scattered and from one of the graves, which was very shallow, protruded a length of cord which had been used to bind the wrists of the dead men. With the knots still in it, this was taken back to Headquarters by Lieutenant Freeman, of Intelligence".
Dargie noted, "This patrol provided local defence whilst the Japanese dump was destroyed near the shore. This defence was necessary as, although the main body of Japs had been defeated and dispersed,
Dargie noted, "One of the native men scrapes a shallow hole in the earth with a pointed stick. The police boy places the child in this and the earth is pushed back. The mother squats down beside it an
Scene of two partially destroyed Japanese landing barges listing in the water, with trees and a low mountain range in the background. Dargie noted, "These barges were strafed by Australian Kittyhawks
A ship, the Anshun at pontoon wharf, Milne Bay. This illustration was created for 'Salt' magazine and was published in volume seven, number 11 on 31 January 1944. On 6th September 1942 the Dutch owne
A scene on board the transport ships, Free French HT "Felix Roussel", Red Sea, 1942. Dargie noted, "The troops sit or stand about, surrounded by a litter of half-read & discarded newspapers which hav
Harry Noel Hollole served with the Australian Army from 1940-1945 as part of the 2/16 Australian Field Company. A painter and sign writer by trade, when Hollole returned to Australia he published a bo