b'1441098A REMARKABLE ARTWORK CREATED BY CAPTAIN JOHN EDWARD DOWLING (SWAN HILL) VX6835 : A.A.S.C. 6th AUSTRALIAN DIVISION.A wall hanging created from discarded parts of Army uniforms and other material to hand, 50 x 138cm and affixed to backing card, the image depicts a Middle-Eastern camel train.Born in 1917, Dowling enlisted in November 1939 and was discharged in October 1945. He created this work of art to commemorate his service in Palestine and other Middle Eastern battlefields.$1,0001,5001099Ancestral spirit figure, carved wood, shell, natural earth pigments and fibre, Papua New Guinea origin,collected by John Lean Pender, an Australian ex-pat living in New Guinea in the 1930s and 40s who returned to Australia in 1942 upon the Japanese invasion,38cm high 1102$250350 1100 Barry John Thompson was born on the 13/9/1947 at Goulburn, Two tribal masks, carved wood and fibre with remains of earthN.S.W. He was working as a shearer/shed hand when he was pigment decoration, Papua New Guinea origin, called up for National Service at Dubbo on 1/5/1968. After collected by John Lean Pender, an Australian ex-pat living incompleting training, he was deployed to Vietnam 11/2/1969 New Guinea in the 1930s and 40s who returned to Australia into the 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Nui Dat. Transferred 1942 upon the Japanese invasion, to Headquarters 1st Australian Logistic Support Group at 33cm and 26cm high (2) Vung Tau with the Defence & Employment Platoon 17/3/1969. $250350Charged fail to appear on parade 9/6/1969 and posted to the 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit 17/6/1969. 30/6/1969 posted 1101 to C Coy, 5 R.A.R. where he was frequently the forward scout for his section. His tour in Phouc Tuy Provence included four A tribal dagger, carved cassowary bone with inscriptionweeks of night patrols in Operation Bondi II, the Crookwell We Wekio; together with a bamboo arrowhead, Gazette gives more detail: According to his comrades he was collected by John Lean Pender, an Australian ex-pat living ina likeable larrikin and very good in this role. On February 1 in New Guinea in the 1930s and 40s who returned to Australia in1970 he was hit by an exploding hand grenade, dying in the 1942 upon the Japanese invasion, arms of a comrade. It appears his death - which came a week 33cm and 26cm high (2) before he was due to return home - was caused by a planted $120200hand grenade secreted in an area of recently burned grass. Thompson was given a Military funeral in Gunning, complete 1102 with gun carriage and his name is inscribed on several AN AUSTRALIAN CASUALTY IN VIETNAM memorials including the Gunning Cenotaph and Seymours A rare VIETNAM WAR casualty medal pair to Private B.J.Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk.THOMPSON, who died as a result of wounds sustained atNB: 521 Australian Soldiers were killed during the Vietnam Nui Dat, whilst serving with the 5th Battalion of the RoyalWar.Australian Regiment on the 1st February 1970. $3,0004,000Vietnam Medal 1964, impressed named 2789920 B.J. Thompson; Republic Vietnam Campaign Medal (South1103Vietnamese issue), retaining date clasp to ribbon,Assorted military buttons, badges etc. being un-named as issued. An eclectic accumulation (qty)The medals are accompanied by copied photographs and research. $120200 1098'