In 1946, James Wieneke published 6th Div. Sketches: Aitape to Wewak, a collection of sketches, drawings and notes from his 1944–45 campaign in New Guinea with the Royal Australian Engineers of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). The book was received favourably, with the critic from the Melbourne Age newspaper describing it as:

. . . an admirable volume telling . . . something of the soldier’s life in New Guinea . . . [Wieneke] has portrayed that cheerful, adventurous and somewhat careless person with dignity and competence . . . Every drawing is crisp and full of substance . . . Based on part of the life of one of Australia’s most representative Divisions, the book breathes the spirit of the AIF at its best.