War paintings exhibition catalogue 1946

ERIC THAKE Flying Officer R.A.A.F.—continued 43. KATE AND OSCAR . . . . . . G o u a c h e .. January, 1945 At Kamiri, Noemfoor Island, Japanese planes shot down and pushed on to the side of the strip by bulldozers. 49. LONG THOUGHTS . . . . . . G o u a c h e .. January, 1945 TAF. RAAF. Transport Section, Noemfoor Island. This pin-up gallery was started at Nadzah, went to Hollandia, Noemfoor and later to Morotai. 50. KITTYHAWKS WIGWAM . . . . G o u a c h e .. February, 1945 At No. 22 RSU. Kamiri, Noemfoor Island, the metal became so hot under the tropic sun that it was impossible to work without an awning. 51. A.C.S. DUMP . . . . T i iftic At Noemfoor Island, vehicle dump in the jun'! 52. LOADING BOMBS FOR VIOROTAI At Broe Bay, Noemfoor Island, 53. OASIS THEATRE . . . . . . G o u a c h e .. February, 1945 At Noemfoor Island, there was a picture show on at one of the half dozen theatres six nights a week. 54. MOROTAI . . . . . . . . . . G o u a c h e .. February, 1945 No. 31 Squadron Camp at Morotai, the land of continual mud and rain. 55. PIN-UP GALLERY . . . . . . G o u a c h e .. August, 1945 REVOLVING BEACON Eric Thake At No. 57 OBU. Alice Springs. Some of these collections were very extensive and their owners very proud of them. 61. RADIO TRANSMITTER . . . . G o u a c h e .. August, 1945 56. WA T E R T O W E R . . . . . . . . G o u a c h e .. August, 1945 At No. 57 OBU. Alice Springs. Mulga, Willie-willies, red sand and vast distances. No. 57 OBU. Alice Springs. 57. BLACK MITCHELL . . . . . . G o u a c h e .. September, 1945 62. BOMBED HOUSE DARWIN . . . . G o u a c h e .. October, 1945 At No. 14 ARD. Gorrie, dismantling a bomber on a northern airstrip. Some of the ruined buildings are now almost lost in the long grass and pandanus scrub. 58. STAGING CAMP LARRIMAH .. G o u a c h e .. September, 1945 Larrimah is at the northern end of the convoy route from Alice. The troops entrain here for Darwin. 63. WRECKED HOUSE DARWIN Gouache .. October, 1945 . . Bottles easily break the fbro-plaster walls and the pieces that remain are nice to draw on. 59. LENA . . . . . . . . . . G o u a c h e .. September, 1945 At Larrimah. She carries her thirsty passengers north through the ant-hills, broken bottles and bully beef tins. 64. GRECIAN DARWIN . . . . . . G o u a c h e .. November, 1945 The concrete piles of the bombed buildings of R.A.A.F. Darwin, the blue skies and the sun- 60. BANK OF N.S.W. DARWIN . . . . G o u a c h e .. September, 1945 tanned men playing volley-ball remind one of ancient Greece. 11 10