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A and D tent in the scrub
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A sketch of an Admission and Discharge reception tent pitched in thick jungle scrub during exercises of 6th Australian Division Medical units.ART21284
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After bombardment on beach at Wewak
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A scene of the beach following bombardment at Wewak.ART29885
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After the pictures
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
This shows the crowd leaving at the end of the evening. The jeeps and various other vehicles waiting in the car park in 'Buna Square' light their headlights ready to start, when the pedestrians have p...ART21435
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AGH Operating Theatre
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Maker: Thompson, Robert
Watercolour sketch of tents that form an Australian General Hospital theatre.ART28706
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A.I.F engineers road building
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Engineers from the Australian Imperial Force are depicted as they build a road above Rouna, Port Moresby.ART29862
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Airacobra being repaired
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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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Aiyau
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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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Aliakmon River and escarpment
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Maker: Dargie, William
View from the bridge at Aliakmon River, south west of Servia. The withdrawal of British forces, which included the ANZAC Corps, from Greece passed through this area in 1941.ART23974
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Alola
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Maker: Nicholls, John
A view of the signal station in Alola, New Guinea. This work was drawn by soldier artist Lieutenant John Nicholls, NX160003, 2nd Australian Jungle Trunk-Line Maintenance Section, during his service on...ART93197
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American signal headquarters, Dobodura
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Maker: Nicholls, John
A view of the American signal headquarters at Dobodura, with trucks parked in front and palm trees surrounding it. This work was drawn by soldier artist Lieutenant John Nicholls, NX160003, 2nd Austral...ART93254
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Amiens Cathedral
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Maker: Allen, Norman
A view of Amiens Cathedral in the middle distance, with houses depicted along the river.ART27494.002
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Ammunition hut
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Maker: Dargie, William
This piece of hardboard contains two watercolour drawings of Ratnap airstrip in India, showing the surrounding landscape, while in the foreground are trees, an aircraft and an ammunition hut. It seem...ART23558
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[An afternoon under Labuan palms]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts two war correspondents, Jimmy Smythe and Alan Dawes, reclining under palm trees in Labuan, Borneo, with William Pidgeon in the background. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was...ART96703
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Anywhere along the coast road
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts two graves, which are designated by small white crosses in the shadow of three poplar trees. In the background lies a town which has a mosque. This is part of his Syrian series painted in 19...ART30058
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Army camp building in France
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Maker: Bryant, Charles
Australian soldiers guarding a red army camp building in France. The building has a green door and is surrounded by trees. A sign about the building has been nailed to a tree and a path leads past t...ART91987
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A rocky jungle path
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Maker: Fletcher, Bruce
A rocky path through dense jungle in Vietnam.ART40518
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A Sagan Goon Box South Side [Germany]
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Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a Goon Box at a POW camp in Germany, backing onto a forest of trees. Goon Boxes were sentry boxes on stilts, stationed at regular intervals around POW camps in Germany during the Second World ...ART96062
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A street in Vung Tau
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Maker: Fletcher, Bruce
A street scene in Vung Tau, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. In the forefround there is a horse-drawn cart, with people, trees and buildings in the background.ART40568
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Attack on 'Pearl Ridge'
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Drawn from Artillery Ridge during the action. Pearl Ridge is on the skyline and from there it is possible to see the other side of Bougainville island. Air bombing and strafing were followed by artill...ART21452
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Aussie foxhole as Jap ladder
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Sketch of a jungle setting, including trees and foliage.ART92262
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Australian Corps Headquarters
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Depicts a detailed sketch of a series of buildings , in the French countryside, which served as the Australian Corps Headquarters, during the First World War. George Benson (1886- 1960) studied at the...ART03601
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2/13 Australian General Hospital at Johor Bahru
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The hospital occupied by 2/13th Australian General Hospital at Tampoi, Johor Bahru.ART24416
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2/24 Australian Infantry Battalion crossing the Busu River at night
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts soldiers of the 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion crossing the Busu River at night. Dargie noted, "This is only a rough note for a composition, and is to be developed later."ART26197
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Avro Anson wings being dismantled
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Maker: Ragless, Max
Two men are at work, undertaking the task of dismantling the wings of an Avro Anson at Essendon for Ansett Airways Pty Ltd.ART25926
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Bapaume from stormy trench, March 1917
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Depicts a panoramic, topographical view of Bapaume, on the Western Front, from Stormy Trench. Clusters of trees appear on the hills in the background and a grave marker is visible in the foreground ce...ART00133
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Base Depot, Koitaki, New Guinea
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A sketch of the Base Depot at Koitaki, New Guinea, with several soldiers shown seated in the foreground and native buildings in the background.ART29871
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Bathing at Rapid Creek
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Maker: Baird, John
Two soldiers are depicted from behind, standing on the shores of Rapid Creek, preparing to bathe. Beside them is a large gnarled tree which hangs over the water and looms above the soldiers' heads.ART27943
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Battery of 9.2 howitzers near St Souplet
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Maker: Bell, George
Depicts a large group of Howitzer field artillery guns resting in a field , with large trees nearby, near St Souplet on the Western Front.ART00115
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Battle of Mont St Quentin, sketched during battle
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
This painting was sketched during the battle of Mont St Quentin which took place on 29 August 1918. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from November 1917 wi...ART03116
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Beached Jap invasion barges, Waga Waga, site of original Jap landing
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Maker: Dargie, William
Beached Japanese invasion barges at Waga Waga, Milne Bay. There are trees and a low mountain range in the background.ART21313
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Beach head, Tarakan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Preliminary and unfinished sketch of a harbour view as seen from the water. Several boats, houses, mountains and trees have been drawn.ART29809
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Bean tree
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Maker: Baird, John
A large bean tree is depicted with two figures beneath it.ART27936
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"Ben", correspondents hut
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of "Ben", a Port Moresby native, as he sits and washes clothes in a large metal container for the correspondents hut.ART29857
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Big fire on the beach, Seria
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Maker: Flett, James
Oil tanks on fire along beach, fired by the Japanese shortly after the Australian landing at Brooketon, North Borneo.ART26014
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Billeting in Belgium
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
Billeting accommodation and soldiers in Belgium.ART02164
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Bismarck Range from the Ramu Valley
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Maker: Pratt, Douglas
Preliminary watercolour sketch in mauve and green of the view to the Bismarck Range from the Ramu Valley, New Guinea.ART28056
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[Blank]; verso: Landscape]
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts an incomplete landscape sketch. The page has some scribble on most probably by Streeton's young son Oliver. Purchased with the assistance of the Australian Government through the National C...ART93169.015
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[Blank]; verso: [View of Amiens]
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts a view of Amiens with wagons and encampments in the foreground. Purchased with the assistance of the Australian Government through the National Cultural Heritage Account, 2007ART93169.016
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[blank]; verso: [Villers-Bretonneux memorial cross]
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts the memorial cross at Villers-Bretonneux erected in memory of those who fell in battle from the 13 Australian Infantry Brigade on 24 and 25 April 1918. Purchased with the assistance of the ...ART93169.019
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Bois De Saufier
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Maker: [Sanilborn]
Depicts a badly war-damaged landscape, with smashed and burnt trees and birds circling overhead, in France. The foreground shows a broken wheel and what is presumably an empty trench. The lack of huma...AWM2017.162.12
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Bomb dumps, RAAF
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
This is a rough sketch of a bomb dump in Port Moresby during the Second World War.ART31016
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Bombed buildings
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketch of buildlings, trees and people in a town.ART29810
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Boom across channel opening
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A view looking East showing boom across Channel opening. The 9th Division's return on "Queen Mary" with escorting destroyers and cruisers are depicted as they enter Sydney Harbour.ART29874
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Bougainville battlefield
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Showing the desolation of Artillery Ridge, which was captured by 9th Australian Infantry Battalion. A track has been cut around the side of the ridge by the Pioneers to avoid the steep climb over the ...ART22656
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Broodseinde and Zonnebeke
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Depicts an image of the war damaged landscape of Broodseinde and Zonnebeke, on the Western Front, France and Belgium. The son of artist Frederick McCubbin, Louis McCubbin was born in Melbourne in 1890...ART13320
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Bush camp near Laloki River
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A view of a bush encampment near the Laloki River, New Guinea. Two soldiers are carrying buckets to the left and there are huts and tents scattered around the area.ART29965
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Butte de Warlencourt, Somme
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Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts a wrecked, war damaged landscape, with a few smashed trees, at Warlencourt, on the Somme, France. Charles Bryant had some early art lessons before beginning his career as a clerk in the Bank o...ART00160
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Cairns staging camp
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A view of a staging camp in Cairns, which was used for many of the Australian Army Military personnel on their way to New Guinea during Second World WarART29967
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Camouflaged buildings
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Maker: Ragless, Max
A row of huts at a Royal Australian Air Force camp have been covered with camouflaged nets. One hut has a small rain tank attached to it. Thick bushland and a cloudy sky fill the background.ART23120
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Camouflaged gun position
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Camouflaged machine gun position of the training wing at Georges Heights, Sydney. On the verso is a charcoal sketch of a truck.ART23683
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[Camp]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Rudimentry studies of camp. Verso: Mangrove branches Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Peter and Elizabeth Pidgeon in memory of William Edwin Pidgeon 2014ART96414
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Camp area designed as homestead for camouflage purposes
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Maker: Ragless, Max
A camp in an unknown location designed to resemble a homestead and outbuildings for camouflage purposes. This is one of six drawings purchased from the artist in 1944 prior to his appointment as an o...ART30199
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Camp Scene, mid-afternoon, 62 A.C.W. Noemfoor
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts the Royal Australian Air Force, No. 62 Airfield Construction Wing's encampment and temporary shelters among the trees at Noemfoor during the Second World War.ART93725
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Cape Moem
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Two sketches at Moem, New Guinea: above is a depiction of the 3/14 Field Ambulance casualty clearing station at Moem Point; and below is a topographical landscape of Cape Moem, with Muchu Island visib...ART29984
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Cappy
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Depicts a semi-ruined bridge at Cappy. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from November 1917 with the 10th Field Ambulance. He undertook a camouflage course...ART03120
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Cappy
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Depicts a church in the town of Cappy in Picardie, France, viewed through trees in the foreground and a small lake. The son of artist Frederick McCubbin, Louis McCubbin he enlisted with the 14th Batta...ART03117
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Captured Japanese camp
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A captured Japanese camp position at Wewak Heights, New Guinea is depicted. On the verso there are sketches of an island and a landscape.ART29869
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Cartoon for transport mural (Airship I)
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Maker: Millen, M J
Depicts a mural design of a stylised airship, with a large Zeppelin like balloon and two figures waving flags, rising in the air above a garden and rows of terraced buildings. The design was originall...ART28516
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Church and village of Pigi
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Maker: Dargie, William
Pigi and the Wadi Pigi lay between the positions of the 2/1st and 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalions at the time the German paratroops made their first attack on Retimo airstrip (Crete) in 1945.ART91041
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Civil Aid Station, Brunei
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Maker: Flett, James
The Civil Aid Station operated by 2/13th Australian Field Ambulance attached to British Borneo Civil Administration Unit at Brunei.ART26039
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Civilian cemetery on the Somme battlefield
Art
Depicts a war damaged and smashed tree and a number of broken tombstones in the civilian cemetery on the Somme battlefield, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the...ART02358
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Convalescent camp
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Convalescent camp Q store at Koitaki compound, 48 km from Port Moresby.ART29861
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Corbie
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Corbie is situated near the Somme battlefield and was the stage for the third battle for the Somme. The painting shows a panoramic view of this area that includes a church in the far left, trees in th...ART11425
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Damaged Zero Belly tanks captured at Waga Waga
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Maker: Dargie, William
The Japanese were so confident of capturing Milne Bay that they landed from the sea large numbers of these belly tanks for use on planes as soon as they were required.ART23491
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Daphni
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Maker: Dargie, William
Showing pines and church. Most of the trees in the Dephni area had been cut down by the Germans.ART23852
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Death at Slaters Knoll
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A reconstruction of the fanatical Japanese charge seen from the left flank of Slater's Knoll. The largest force attack the centre of the position, but this was the scene of bitter fighting. It was ear...ART23577
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Delville Wood, looking towards Flers
Art
Depicts the war damaged and bomb blasted landscape of Delville Wood, looking towards Flers on the horizon. In the foreground are the remains of a number of damaged trees and some barbed wire. Will Dys...ART02242
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Deniki signal station
Art
Maker: Nicholls, John
A view of the signal station at Deniki along the Kokoda Trail, New Guinea. This work was drawn by soldier artist Lieutenant John Nicholls, NX160003, 2nd Australian Jungle Trunk-Line Maintenance Secti...ART93202
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Devastated landscape
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Landscape with a bomb crater in the foreground, surrounded by a war damaged landscape with stark and leafless trees and tree stumps.ART29840
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Diggers bathing in the Somme
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Depicts naked diggers on the edge of a river about to bath. One sits to the rear of the group, still wearing his helmet as though keeping watch for signs of the enemy.ART03605.040.001
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Discovering Australia
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Maker: Annand, Douglas Farmer & Company Ltd SYDNEY : FARMER'S, [N.D.]
Australian poster depicting a peaceful country scene near Camden. The text reads: Discovering Australia... "It is still early. I turn off the highway near Camden and take on of the red clay roads t...ARTV05427
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Discovering Australia
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Maker: Annand, Douglas Farmer & Company Ltd SYDNEY : FARMER'S, [N.D.]
Australian poster depicting a peaceful country scene near Camden. The text reads: Discovering Australia... "It is still early. I turn off the highway near Camden and take on of the red clay roads t...ARTV05426
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Drawing inside Fort Khiam
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Fort Khiam (or Al Khiam), previously part of Syria, is now within the borders of Lebanon. It has been the site of so many occupying armies from different nations that its name means tents in Arabic. B...ART30300
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Durian tree, Changi camp
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
This painting depicts an old tree near the Changi camp gardens under which many of the prisoner-gardeners ate their midday rice. The lush tropical forest of the Malay Peninsula fascinated Griffin. As...ART24468
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Early morning on the Bazentin Road
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Depicts a road winding through a war damaged landscape in France, with smashed trees along the edge. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World W...ART02345
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Engineers repairing bridge, Wewak, N.G.
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Maker: Rowed, Reg Rowed, Reginald
Australian Army Engineers repairing a bridge at Wewak, New Guinea, about a mile from Cape Worn on the road to Wewak Point. A wrecked Japanese truck can be seen in the stream below the road.ART23726
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Eora Creek Falls
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Maker: Nicholls, John
A view of Eora Creek falls, showing the water as it tumbles over the rocks and into the river. A small section of the log crossing is visible in the lower left corner. This work was drawn by soldier a...ART93249
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Eora Creek signal station
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Maker: Nicholls, John
A view depicting the signal station at Eora Creek along the Kokoda Trail, which was operated by the 23rd Line Section, 18th Lines of Communication Signals. This work was drawn by soldier artist Lieute...ART93198
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Fairey Battle, A.N.A. Workshop, Parafield
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Maker: Ragless, Max
Aircraft are under construction at the Australian National Airways workshops at Parafield Airport, South Australia. This is one of six drawings purchased from the artist in 1944 prior to his appointm...ART30197
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Fallen idol, Hiroshima
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Ruined masonary and a fallen Buddah, are all that remain of a one time shrine.ART26372
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Felling timber behind Moresby
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A scene depicting trees being felled behind Moresby, New Guinea.ART29979
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Felling trees for block houses, Artillery Ridge
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldiers felling trees to make block houses, Artillery Ridge, Bougainville.ART90286
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Field Engineers
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A scene showing the 1st Field Engineers building a road over a hill near Bootless Inlet, Port Moresby.ART29853
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Field Hospital, Moresby
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Looking west from the Signal Headquarters in Moresby at the Field Hospital. The hospital was housed in a stone building and was later destroyed by a Japanese raid.ART29860
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[Field kitchen and tent gallery]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Sketches of two interior scenes; a field kitchen and a tent gallery. The verso of the page features several smaller sketches of trees and a Beaufighter plane (A19-70). William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981...ART96466
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First house bombed in Moresby
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
The first house to have been bombed in Port Moresby is depicted, with severe damage to the roof evident.ART29969
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First Japanese envoys for surrender negotiations arrive at Balikpapan
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Japanese envoys Captain Tsujihashi, Lieutenant Commander Tsuneyo Nanda, Lieutenant Yoshifumi Kubota, all naval officers, and interpreters Nagashima and Ohdone with attendants bearing a basket of banan...ART25905
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[Foliage and young trees]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts studies of tree leaves and foliage on young trees in the Northern Territory, during the Second World War. On the verso is a study of folded deckchairs. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known...ART96443
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Forgotten beach head
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Maker: Scott-Findlay, James
Sketch of a beach head with barbed wire and boats in the distance; depicts the beach near the Australian base at Vung Tau. The image was painted by Dr. J Scott-Findlay, a doctor in Canberra, appointed...ART40859
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From an Australian Battalion Headquarters in Marrett Wood
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Depicts a view of a landscape, with a winding road, trees, piles of debris and a seated and standing soldier from the Australian Battalion's Headquarters in Marriot Wood, France. Will Dyson was the fi...ART02365
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From the centre of Slater's Knoll defences
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The main Japanese attack was made directly on to this front at Slater's Knoll, however only one Japanese soldier penetrated beyond the barbed wire. There was thick foliage in the background.ART21463
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From the Observation Post
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Looking down from an Observation Post onto the many regular activities of a camp. The Officers' Mess is the long building, centre back, with the kitchen at the rear. Two lads are drawing water from a ...ART21456
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Fry's Crossing
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A rainstorm is starting just as the Pioneers are returning from the other side of the River Doiabi, where the artillery, engineers, Australian New Guinea Administration Unit and the Advanced Dressing ...ART21447
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Gas holder
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Maker: Ragless, Max
Looking across a vista of suburban houses, roofs and chimneys in Brompton is a large gas holder. This is one of six drawings purchased from the artist in 1944 prior to his appointment as an official ...ART30200
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General Blamey Drive, I
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Troops and natives can be seen walking along the drive which makes a sweep through the New Guinea Force Headquarters camp, past offices and messes to rejoin the Butibum Road. It is lined with a rich v...ART21431
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General Blamey Drive, II
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Looking down General Blamey Drive from 'Sanananda Corner' at the New Guinea Force Headquarters in Lae, New Guinea. The four messes on the left are 'Princes' (Officers'), 'Zeigfields' and 'Christies' (...ART21287
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Giants' Combat
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Two giant banyan trees, a species of 'strangler' fig tree, are locked together in an epic struggle. Such trees were common in the Bougainville area, and often had huge trunks of extremely complex stru...ART21454
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"Goodnite my Lurv"
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Maker: Fluke, Roy George Herbert
Depicts a soldier, standing in the foreground, whistling to himself, with a coconut falling from a coconut palm above him onto his head. Roy George Herbert Fluke (b. 1921) served with the Australian A...ARTI03207
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Grave of Lance Corporal Roath
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Maker: Moore, Alan
The grave of Lance Corporal Roath (Service no. 1941820) lay in the foreground of the drawing. It has a simple Christian cross headstone with a wreath hanging from it. In the background is a small vi...ART26623