Exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculpture by Australian Official War Artists

11. SNOW- BOUND IN SYRIA, 1 6 . CAMOUFLAGED FOR JUNGLE D E C EMB E R , 1 9 4 1 . WARFARE. Oil. Oil. A n Australian soldier with his face Australian units in the Lebanon became made up for jungle warfare. snow-bound for days at a time during their one severe winter there. The scene is at Aley, within sight of the Mediter- 17. A T T A C K A T C A P E ENDAIADERE. ranean, where the clearing of the road to Damascus was directed by Australian Oil. engineers. Tanks and infantry attacking Japanese pillbox defences in the fighting at Buna. 1 2 . T H E M O L E , BARDIA. Oil. 18. IN T H E O W E N S T AN L E Y JUNGLE. Seen after the recapture of the town in Oil. November, 194 1. 1 9 . A B L E SEAMAN, R.A.N. 13. " N ICKY," D.F.C. This young able seaman is the counter- Oil. part of thousands of Australian naval ratings serving in ships and establishments This portrait was painted in the open of the R A N . and also with the Royal at Gambut, in Libya, on the airman's Navy. return from an operational flight. The glare was so strong at the time that the subject was obliged to keep his eyes closed. W I L L I AM DOBELL. 2 0 . EMERGENCY LOADING A T NIGHT. 14. A F I T T E R O F No. 3 SQUADRON, Oil. R.A.A.F. Oil. A n emergency crew of the Civil Con- structional Corps unloading a barge while Member of the ground staff at Gambut the day shift catches fish for breakfast. aerodrome, Libya. His tangled hair is laden with desert dust and his beard is four months old. 2 1. KNOCK I NG OFF. Oil. C.C.C. workers leaving the job at the 1 5 . W E L L D E C K , A F T . I N T H E end of the day. R E D SEA. Water Colour. 22. "BILLY Boy." Leisure moments on a transport return- Oil. ing to Australia, April, 1942. A portrait of a workman in the C.C.C. D E N N I S ADAMS. Sikorsky Kingfisher and R . A . N . Cruisers. 4