Caricatures & Portraits

Lt Dann Painted by Ronald Searle (Sept 1944)

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Lt Dann Photo From His National Identity Card (Circa 1946)

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Lt. Dann (who features in many of Des’ paintings)

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Mad Dogs, given to Lt J. Fitzgerald, (could this be in fact him?)

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Mad Dogs, rear of page practice sketches, given to Lt J. Fitzgerald

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Sgt Wilfred Wolverson Sowter (Wilf) Photo (circa 1940)

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Sgt Wilfred Wolverson Sowter (Wilf), Changi Gaol Corridor (1945)

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Sgt Wilfred Wolverson Sowter (Wilf) With ‘Changi Chariot’ (1945)

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‘Well…After All Old Man, They Began It, You Know!’

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Captain R.M. Horner, ‘Jack’ Horner in the bath

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Captain R.M. Horner

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‘Jap Guard’, Changi Gaol (March 1945)

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‘Jap Guard’ see ‘preliminary sketch’, this page also

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1 ‘Jap Guard’, preliminary sketch, see finished painting this page

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Rough sketch of ‘Bert’ Butler & ‘Tiffy’ Dunstan

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Bursty (Wintersgill); George (Bate);Tiffy (Darby); Nobby (Nobblett); ‘Lile’ Gus (Wilson); Nobby (Clarkson) of D. Sub., Changi,Malaya (March 1942)

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Caricature of an Naval Officer Wearing a Monocle, Kuantan, Malaya

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A member of the the National Fire Service (NFS)

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Captain R.M. Horner ‘Jack’ Horner with a treat for a dog

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A Scottish officer (a character frequently painted by Des in other areas, see ‘Life as a POW’)

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Major Denis Houghton as a musician

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Happy pianist, hitting out a tune (1945)

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Another prisoner / actor / female impersonators to take part in one of the Theatre Programs

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All dressed up and no where to go (may have been an actor in some of the theatre productions)

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Lt. Col. S.C. D’Aubuz

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Willis Toogood, female impersonator & actor featured in many Theatre Program (Jan 1945)

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Harry Woods wearing a tuxedo, with cigarre

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Wray Gibson on stage playing the piano accordian

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Gil Mitchel and his violin

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Henri Ecoma female impersonator (1945)

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‘Jap Guard’, Changi (May 1942)

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Lt. Lawrence, Gordon Highlander

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Airforce chap ‘The Few’ (Dec 1941)

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Wray Gibon, (probably Wray Gibson), Changi (1943 & 1945)

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George King (1944)

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Portrait Of Des Bettany By Fellow Artist, Ronald Searle (Jan 1945)

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George King

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