The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The rear verandah of one of the dirty, dilapidated huts which was used as a staging camp for Australian and Allied prisoners of war during their shift from Tavoy up country to work on a Japanese railway project. Drawn by Korsch in early December 1942.
'3rd December saw 200 of us leave by truck for Ye arriving in the afternoon to be accomodated in a delapidated building, the flooring of the verandah where I, and others slept, hardly had a full board. It looked as if some timber eating monster had been at work. We were crowded in, having approximately 100 to our hut and the Dutch had 95 crammed into theirs. Three days after our arrival we were joined by another 200.' extract from P.O.W. diary of John D. Korsch
One of the dirty dilapidated huts as temporary accommodation for Australian and Allied prisoners of war, captured at Singapore, during their move from Tavoy to work in the Japanese railway project. Ap
First World War poster issued by the Canadian Government to sell Victory Bonds. Depicts a soldier standing in reflection at a grave site on a poppy strewn field in France. In the background to the lef
Eleventh page of the sketchbook titled 'Book B' which was used by George Lambert. It features a rough sketch of three horses within a rectangular outline; the primary horse drawn in profile above two
Recto: a pencil sketch of a soldier sitting on the ground and watching as other figures till the land. Verso: the details of Lieutenant Leonard Gooding, a young soldier who enlisted with the AIF and w
A number of small sketches and pencilled captions overlapping and glued to a single sheet of paper. The small sketches of the hats, champagne bottle, and other miscellaneous items were used to illustr
This work on paper is double-sided. The striking recto image painted in ink and gouache vividly depicts in black and white the contradictory forces of humanity of creation and destruction. At the cent
