The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts felled trees and shelter in the forests of Scotland, where Australian Forestry Units were stationed during the Second World War. Sheila Hawkins visited Scotland on two-weeks' leave from her job in Secret Records for the RAF Headquarters, to draw the Australian Forestry Units. She later worked in a civilian capacity at RAAF Headquarters in London where she completed four portraits of RAAF members. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, she worked unofficially to produce a mural of the activities of Australian forestry units in Scotland, and drawings of women operating the coal barges on London canals.
A group composition of Australian and British Honduran forestry men felling trees in the remote forests of Scotland during the Second World War. Hawkins heard about the important, but largely unknown,
Shacklers were responsible for preparing wire ropes for forest harvesting. Using a group composition, Hawkins captures the dynamic movement of the expert woodsmen as they manoeuver the felled trees of
Depicts members of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, Royal Australian Engineers, Forestry Units, moving felled logs in the snow. The artist inscribed on the work that this was the workers' "first sno
Unfinished portrait of Flying Officer John William McManus (415349), DFC, No 466 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Bomber Command. During the Second World War, Sheila Hawkins worked in the Publi
Unfinished portrait of Squadron Leader David William McCormack (400232), DFC, No. 273 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. During the Second World War, Sheila Hawkins worked in the Public Relations
Unfinished portrait of Squadron Leader (later Group Captain) Hugh Birch, DFC, MID (x2), No. 10 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Coastal Command. During the Second World War, Sheila Hawkins work
