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'A and D' tent in the scrub
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
An Admission and Discharge tent during an exercise of the 6th Australian Division in New Guinea. Here patients and casualties were interviewed, classified and relieved of their kits and rifles.They we...ART22320
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A biography of Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Morshead
Manuscript
Maker: Coombes, David
"'The Greatest Rat': a biography of Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Morshead". PhD thesis.MSS1795
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A bit of home news
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts soldier sitting on the deck of a small U.S. landing craft reading a paper. The landing craft is parked somewhere along the east New Guinea coast. One of 8 drawings from a folio entitled by the...ART28169.007
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Adams, Peter W DSC (Sub-Lieut. b: 1923)
Manuscript
Maker: Adams, Peter W
Autobiography, including service in RAN with HMAS Shropshire during WW2. Discusses training, refitting of Shropshire including anti-aircraft radar, active service in waters off New Guinea and Philippi...MSS1428
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After the battle - Waga Waga, Milne Bay
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted, "A soldier looks at a comrade's grave. Actually, this was one of three graves of prisoners who had been bayoneted by the Japanese. The graves were discovered by the patrol with which t...ART22083
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Agar, Stephen L (Lieutenant, 2/4th Aust Fld Regt)
Private Record
Maker: Agar, Stephen L
Four pay books and wallet of Lieutenant Agar. Certificate of service. Declaration regarding loss of pay book. Papers regarding discharge and war related disability. Commissioning warrant.PR85/346
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Airacobra being repaired
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
A group of men are shown repairing a Bell P39 Airacobra fighter aircraft on an airfield in New Guinea. A cluster of petrol drums can be seen in the foreground.ART23682
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Aircraftman C C Coombes
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman C C Combes, RAAF. A prolific painter and printmaker, Kenneth Jack (b.1924) served with the RAAF as a survey and cartographic draughtsman in New Gui...ART93471
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Aircraftman I (Bluey) Edmonds
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman 1 'Bluey' Edmonds, RAAF wearing a hat, during the Second World War in New Guinea.ART93539
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Aircraftman I P Connelly
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman P Connelly, RAAF, wearing a cap. The portrait was painted on board a Navy ship between Sydney and Lae, New Guinea. A prolific painter and print ma...ART93480
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Aircraftman I P Connelly
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders profile portrait of Aircraftman P Connelly, RAAF.ART93458
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Aircraftman Kevin H Kelly
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman Kevin Henry Kelly, RAAF. A prolific painter and print maker, Kenneth Jack (b.1924) served with the RAAF as a survey and cartographic draughtsman in...ART93477
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Aircraftman P Connelly
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman P Connelly, RAAF.ART93457
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Aircraftman R G Clifford
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman Reginald Glendinning Clifford, RAAF, wearing a cap.ART93459
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Aircraftman Robert T Chapman
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a portrait of Aircraftman Robert Thomas Chapman, RAAF. A prolific painter and print maker, Kenneth Jack (b.1924) served with the RAAF as a survey and cartographic draughtsman in New Guinea, B...ART93476
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Aircraftman Wong Yen
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Chinese Aircraftman Wong Yen, RAAF. A prolific painter and print maker, Kenneth Jack (b.1924) served with the RAAF as a survey and cartographic draughtsman in ...ART93478
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Air Marshal Sir Frederick Scherger
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Air Marshal Sir Frederick Rudolph William Scherger, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).ART27540
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Air sea rescue is not confined to open water
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
This painting depicts a "spotter" plane dropping a message to a RAAF Air Sea Rescue Launch carrying out a rescue in an inland Papuan river. A plant with colourful red flowers appears down the right ed...ART22413
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Aiyau
Art
Maker: Belcher, Douglas Leonard
Depicts an Australian campsite at Aiyau in Yaula, New Guinea. Two soldiers are crouching beside a tent in the foreground, and more tents can be seen behind, with a mountainous backdrop. Sergeant Belc...ART28249
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1 album of 58 pages comprising 167 photographs relating to the service of 369 Arthur Thomas ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
1 album of 58 pages comprising 167 photographs relating to the service of 369 Arthur Thomas 'Garry' Jenkins who served with the AN&MEF in Rabaul, and later with the 20th Battalion. For selected phot...P10509
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Allen, Arthur Samuel 'Tubby' (Major General, b.1894 - d.1959)
Private Record
Maker: Allen, Arthur Samuel 'Tubby'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Major General Arthur Samuel 'Tubby' Allen CB CBE DSO VD, Commander 7th Australian Division. Collections consists of material relating to the New...3DRL/2381
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Allen, Arthur Samuel 'Tubby' (Major General, b.1894 - d.1959)
Private Record
Maker: Allen, Arthur Samuel 'Tubby'
Collection relating to the First and Second World War service of Major General Arthur Samuel 'Tubby' Allen, CB, CBE, DSO, VD, 16 Infantry Brigade, 1918-1958. The collection consists of First World Wa...3DRL/4142
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Allied troops on beach at Otomata Point
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Watercolour sketch of Papuans launching small vessels off the beach, while soldiers sit, or stand on the beach looking on. As Dargie noted, "There was an American listening post here [Otomata Point] ...ART25021
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Ambush, Mabelebu; verso: Kofobi River
Art
Maker: Belcher, Douglas Leonard
A Vickers medium machine gun placement is shown at Mabelebu, near Yaula on the Bogadjim Road, New Guinea. verso: A view of hilly terrain with Kofobi River indicated in the left foreground, meandering...ART28220
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A. M. F. [Australian Military Forces]
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
A semi abstract composition of six soldiers standing in a group wearing tin helmets and holding rifles.ART28378.019
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AMF [Australian Military Forces]
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
A composition consisting of four helmeted soldiers in a jungle setting wearing tin helmets and carrying rifles.ART28378.018
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A. M. F. [Australian Military Forces]
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
A semi abstract composition of five soldiers wearing tin helmets.ART28378.020
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Anchor chains, HMAS 'Sharon'
Art
Maker: Quinn, Arthur
Anchor chains and winches on the deck of HMAS 'Sharon', Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART92632
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Anonymous
Private Record
Maker: Anonymous
Collection consists of a bound, cloth-covered notebook written in Japanese, possibly by somone with the name Yuto Tabei or Isata Tabei. It contains a couple of illustrations and some pages are though...PR01879
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Anonymous Japanese Soldier (80th Regiment, Ija)
Private Record
COPY OF TRANSLATION OF DIARY TAKEN FROM THE BODY OF A JAPANESE SOLDIER. NOTES HUNGER, CASUALTIES, FEVER, AUSTRALIANS AND BOMBING BY THE AMERICANS. VERY DESPAIRING - COVERS PERIOD 1 OCT - 16 NOV, 1943PR84/143
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Apsley , Mr Gordon J
Manuscript
"My silver wake : being the memoirs of one who served as a chaplain of the Royal Australian Air Force in the 1939-1945 war". Covers periods in Australia, New Guinea and at his demobilsation posting. H...MSS1112
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Arden, J
Private Record
Maker: Arden, Joe
Letters sent to Joe Arden by various former railway workmates, now serving in 2nd AIF.3DRL/3472
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Area in which sketches were made
Art
Maker: Belcher, Douglas Leonard
A title page to VX109068 Sergeant Douglas Leonard Belcher's collection of sketches, depicting a map of the area the artist covered during his time serving with 1 New Guinea Infantry Battalion at Dumpu...ART28211
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Arm injury - amputation
Art
Maker: Aubrey-Crowe, George
Australian Military Forces, Services Reconnaissance Department, Native Constabulary; R416 Warrant 1 Yauwiga (or Yauwika) DCM, M Special, AMF, with loyalty medal, left arm amputated below elbow, wearin...ART24397
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Armstrong, Arthur (Private, b.1914 - d.1980)
Private Record
Maker: Armstrong, Arthur
DIARY OF SERVICE. OUTLINES EVENTS AT TOBRUK AND IN NEW GUINEA. PHOTOGRAPH OF PTE ARMSTRONGPR85/165
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Arthur Bullard 'War Correspondent' 1943-1948
Manuscript
Maker: Bullard, Betty
Bound manuscript containing images from the wartime service of Arthur Bullard. Australian-born Bullard joined the American Red Cross as a photographer and travelled to the Papua New Guinea, the Philip...MSS1698
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Assault on the Pimple, Shaggy Ridge, New Guinea
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Scattered figures of Australian soldiers attempting to climb the steep slopes of The Pimple, a prominent landmark, as they carry out an assault on Shaggy Ridge, New Guinea.ART26065
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Astrolobe Bay
Art
Maker: Belcher, Douglas Leonard
An Australian soldier is depicted sitting down, with a cigarette in hand, overlooking a view of Astrolobe Bay with mountains in the background. A machine gun can be seen propped up on rocks beside him...ART28247
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At Cards
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts four men on board ship, seated and playing a game of cards.ART93431
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At 2/3rd Australian Independent Company's Regimental Aid Post
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Hele shows the medical officer of the 2/3rd Australian Independent Company attending a wounded man in the Regimental Aid Post, Salamaua, New Guinea. A second man is assisting. The wounded man is lying...ART22545
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At the Wheel
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
A man at the wheel of an Australian Merchant Ship or Australian Corvette HMAS Wagga. The bridge of these ships consisted mainly of a covered and glassed-in wheel house. Within this again the man at th...ART23584
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Aussie foxhole as Jap ladder
Art
Maker: Browning, George Julian
Sketch of a jungle setting, including trees and foliage.ART92262
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Austin, Ernest George (Private, b.1915 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Austin, Ernest George
COVERING LETTER RE SERVICE. 2 ANECDOTES RE INCIDENTS IN CEYLON (SRI LANKA) AND NEW GUINEA. POEM BY AUSTIN - "MUSINGS OF A SENTRY : UNDER THE NEW GUINEA MOON"PR85/243
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Australia hessian supply parachute for a Storepedo
Heraldry
Maker: Michaelis Hallenstein & Co Pty Ltd
Hession supply parachute with integral green dyed hemp ropes and a maker's tag sewn to lower edge.REL44827.001
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2/6 Australian Cavalry (Commando) Regiment
Private Record
Large hand-drawn map by unknown artist of area from Aitape to Wewak in New Guinea. Includes signatures, and nominal roll of those wounded or killed from 2/7, 2/9, and 2/10 Australian Commando Squadron...PR00529
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Australian "Commander"
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of Lieutenant Peter Cossey of the 1st Independent Company.ART92134
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Australian Military Forces
Manuscript
COPIES OF CORRESPONDENCE DESCRIBING MEMORIALS (PLAQUES, CAIRNS) AT SITES IN NEW GUINEA WHERE AUSTRALIANS FOUGHT IN WW2. DETAILS THE ACTION, UNIT, LOCATION OF MEMORIALMSS0688
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Australian Military Forces
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
Shows a group of three native women and two children standing chatting as two new arrivals of the Australian Millitary Forces stand nearby.ART28375.014
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Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF)
Private Record
ACCOUNT OF THE CANING OF GERMAN OFFICIALS IN RABAUL FOLLOWING AN ASSAULT ON REV COX OF THE METHODIST MISSION, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS RELATED TO COL WILLIAM HOLMES AND TWO POEMS SEN...PR84/304
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Axtens, John William (Lieutenant, b.1895 - d.1980)
Private Record
Collection relating to the First World War service of 13 Lieutenant John William Axtens, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 8 Machine Gun Company. Collection consists of o...2DRL/0308