The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A wounded soldier from the 58/59 Australian Infantry Battalion at Old Vickers Position, Bobdubi, New Guinea, lies on a stretcher waiting for bearers to remove him from the battlefield.
"It's the real thing all right. I've been up there and I know. [Hele's] a great artist and he's the type of artist the soldiers appreciate because he has obviously been right up close to the fighting. He couldn't have painted like that if he'd just sat back at base and talked to the boys as they come back. "
Private Henry Resnick, 1945
The nature of this work suggests that the artist drew it in his studio as a study for the large painting titled Taking Old Vickers Position, Bobdubi Ridge, 28 July 1943, perhaps using a model to pose
Depicts an image of the body of a young, dead Japanese soldier. This is a study for 'Taking Old Vickers Position, Bobdubi Ridge, 28 July 1943'.
Shows Australian soldiers holding a defensive position with a Vickers gun in the Markham River Area, New Guinea.
Soldiers seated near a wounded man lying on an improvised stretcher. The wounded man is NX49750 Private A B Gwynn, 2/3 Independent Company. Artist's notes contain a description of the incident - the r
The nature of this work suggests that the artist drew it in his studio as a study for the large canvas, perhaps using a model to pose for him. However, it is possible that the work was drawn earlier,
The nature of this work suggests that the artist drew it in his studio as a study for the large work titled 'Taking old Vickers position, Bobdubi Ridge, 28 July 1943', perhaps using a model to pose fo
The nature of this work suggests that the artist drew it in his studio as a study for the large work titled 'Taking old Vickers position, Bobdubi Ridge, 28 July 1943', perhaps using a model to pose fo
Study for 'Taking Old Vickers Position, Bobdubi Ridge, 28 July 1943'. The nature of this work suggests that the artist drew it in his studio as a study for the large canvas, perhaps using a model to
Depicts members of the 58/59 Australian Infantry Battalion taking an old Vickers position at Bobdubi Ridge, Wau Salamaua, New Guinea, on 28 July 1943.
Depicts three Australian soldiers in a crater after the taking of an old Vickers machine gun position in Bobdubi, New Guinea.
Soldiers seated near a wounded man lying on an improvised stretcher. The wounded man is NX49750 Private A B Gwynn, 2/3 Independent Company. Artist's notes contain a description of the incident - the r
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