The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This sketch depicts a portrait of the artist's son, John Gardener, in Arthur Gardener's old Corporal uniform with two stars, sitting at a table with an open book. John Gardener wrote to the Memorial; 'The subject of my father's sketch, the seven year old boy in Austrian uniform, became Private No.NX179927 in the 2nd AIF at the age of 32 years' (he refers to himself.) The artist changed his name from Baumgarten to Gardener after he migrated to Australia at the age of 30 on the 8th of March 1938, landing at Fremantle. 'I was prompted to this decision by economic and political reasons, seeing no future for me and my wife in fascistic Austria under Schuschnig's government' he wrote. He had served as an artillery photographer with the Imperial Austra-Hungarian Army, and following this set up his own photographic studio. Following this he worked as a salesman at the Australian Fiat Automobile works in Vienna before being dismissed from office after the German occupation. In Australia, at the age of 58, Private Arthur Gardener, assisted in the efforts of the Second World War on the home front in the 3rd Australian Employment Coy (N303400).
Arthur Gardener's son, John Gardener, described this work as 'a watercolour painting depicting a soldier in Austrian uniform, lying on a makeshift bed covered with topcoats, father painted during mano
Studies of a Civilian and soldier and soldier in uniform including cap depicted in the Hungarian town of Szekesfehervar. The artist changed his name from Baumgarten to Gardener after he migrated to Au
A soldier is seating with his hands folded being shaved by a gentleman standing with a razor. This work was done while Arthur Gardener was in Hungary during the First World War. The artist changed his
A group of soldiers wearing caps seated relaxing in a room with arched windows. They are troops from an unidentified Austro-Hungarian unit in their billets. This work was done while Arthur Gardener wa
This drawing was created in 1915 and depicts a Russisher Gefangener which translates to Russian prisoner of war. It was drawn on-site at Jzikesferhervar, Military Camp, in Hungary. The artist changed
Depicts two peasant women and cilivians in a group, a gentleman leaning against a wall and a soldier wearing a cap and jacket depicted near Fehervar in Hungary. The artist changed his name from Baumga