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Air Force embarkation Melbourne
Film
Maker: Department of Information
RAAF personnel embarking on troopship at Port Melbourne. Air Vice Marshal Stanely James Goble, CBE, DSO, addresses RAAF personnel on upper deck of troopship.F01110
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1. Airgraph mail saves space and time 2. MacArthur speaks. (News From Home. No. 82)
Film
1. (1 min 8 sec) What happens to an airgraph letter and the saving of space and time by using the process 2. (4 min 36 sec) General MacArthur speaks at a dinner with Prime Minister John Curtin at Parl...F00772
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Air Gunner in Catalina blister (Flight Lieutenant Laurence Court)
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The port gunner is firing his .5 automatic Browning which has a mechanical feed and is warding off an enemy aircraft on the port quarter. The unidentified starboard gunner is shown in a disabled state...ART23151
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1. Air League Cadets march, Melbourne 2. Hurricane Aircraft 3. RAAF boxing 4. Australia's new armoured division in the making. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 12 No. 38)
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (39 sec) Air League Cadets march to the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne 2. (1 min 11 sec) Hurricane fighter aircraft in flight, and inspection by Group Captain Arthur Henry Cobby 3. (1 min 52 sec)...F00309
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Airman in nose turret of Liberator
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
This is the Emerson electrically operated power turret, fitted with two 0.5 inch Browning machine gun. In the sketch the airman can be seen through the sections of bullet resistant glass, which, toget...ART21048
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Airman (pattern)
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray
Figure of an airman in uniform, carrying a parachute. This sculpture was created as a souvenir for sale through the Australian War Memorial. There is a large scale version of this sculpture in the N...ART90972
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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 Marshal Sir Richard Williams KBE CB DSO, outside Australia House, where his office at the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams KBE CB DSO, outside Australia House, where his office at the RAAF Overseas HQ was located.A04552
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1. Airmen and women march through Melbourne. 2. Australian built ship for Indian Navy. 3. Dutch delegates watch Australia takes wings. (Cinesound News No. 520)
Film
Maker: Cinesound
1. (1 min 4 sec) RAAF and WAAAF march through Melbourne 2. (1 min 14 sec) Lady Gowrie christens first ship built in Australia for the Indian Navy, HMIS Punjab 3. (1 min 39 sec) Important Dutch press d...F00549
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Airmen are instructed during a Specialist Navigation Course. This is one of a collection relating ...
Photograph
Maker: Star Newspaper Service Unknown
Airmen are instructed during a Specialist Navigation Course. This is one of a collection relating to the service of O354 (154) Squadron Leader (later Group Captain) Ivan Stanley Podger. Enlisting with...P10380.009
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[Airmen's non-stop ball]
Art
Maker: James, William
A female angel wearing a purple dress kisses the cheek of a smiling airman. A green plane flies off to the left of the composition and the text advertises a ball for airmen at the Civic Hall Casino on...ART93976
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Airmen train in hard school
Film
Maker: Cinesound
News item showing RAAF trainees at various types of physical training including a five mile cross-country race.F02024
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[Airmen wearing headphones and study of headphones]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts studies of airmen wearing headphones, observed from the side and rear and studies of pairs of headphones. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, ca...ART96516
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Airocobra
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
A fighter plane of the United States Air Force stationed near Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART23675
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Air Operations Room Communications
Private Record
Signal ordering the cancellation of all operations against the enemy, sent on the 14th August 1945.PR00541
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[Airplanes on runway]; [Profile of man]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
This image contains several studies of spitfires on runway, and the verso contains two male caricatures with the subject unknown. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program...ART96562
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Air power is peace power
Film
Maker: Cine Service Productions
Cinesound Review produced to inspire enlistment in the RAAF Includes: Battle of the Bismark Sea. "Black Jack" Walker, "Torchy" Uren, "Bluey" Truscott, "Killer" Caldwell. Biscuit bombers. March past of...F02266
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Air raid (ABC of ARP)
Film
Maker: Cinesound
An Air Raid Precaution (ARP) instruction film produced for the Department of Home Security by Cinesound Production Pty Ltd with technical instruction by the National Emergency Services of NSW. Live ac...F01245
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Air raid, Alexandria - HMAS "Hobart"
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
On receipt of yellow warning all H.M.Ships in Alexandria Harbour proceed to make smoke, thus causing a heavy pall of smoke over the harbour. This impression mad immediately after a raid, shows H.M.A.S...ART21149
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Air raid precaution (ARP) map of City of Sydney and Environs, NSW [Part 2 - Northern Sheet]
Published Collection
Air raid precaution (ARP) map of City of Sydney and Environs, NSW [Part 2 - Northern Sheet]. Scale: 1/8 Mile scale (notes include a scale of 10 chains to an inch) Legend includes markings for: Stat...AWM2022.597.26.2
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Air raid precaution (ARP) map of City of Sydney and Environs, NSW [Part 1 - Southern Sheet]
Published Collection
Air raid precaution (ARP) map of City of Sydney and Environs, NSW [Part 1 - Southern Sheet]. Scale: 1/8 Mile scale (notes include a scale of 10 chains to an inch) Legend includes markings for: Stat...AWM2022.597.26.1
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Air Raid Precaution Post
Private Record
ACCOUNT SHEETS FOR FIRST AID POST NO 59 LOCATED IN ALTONA (VIC) DETAILING OUTLAY ON STORES AND EQUIPMENTPR88/015
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Air raid shelter becomes swimming pool (News From Home. No. 75)
Film
Sydney, NSW, 1944. An air raid shelter becomes a swimming pool for local children.F00767
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Air raid warden
Film
Maker: United States Army Signal Corps
Official training film No. CD 6 Office of Civilian Defense. Produced by the United States Army Signal Corps in collaboration with the OOCD through the co-operation of the Research Council Academy of M...F01960
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Air raid warden's helmet : R E L Phillips
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black painted steel air raid warden's helmet with white painted 'W' at centre front and centre rear. Complete with rubber and vinyl interior liner with webbing chin strap and brass buckle. Painted in ...REL35503
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Air road to Mandalay
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Parked RAF B-24 Liberator bombers. Bombing-up, air and ground crew prepare for mission. Take off, interior shots of aircraft and bombing.F02168
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Airscrew
Film
Explains the manufacture of airplane propellers from raw material to the finished article. Also explains the mechanism of a variable-pitch airscrew.F02193
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Air sea rescue, 1943 (Flying Officer John Shelton, warrant officer Fred Ring, Flying Officer A Filear, Sergeant S.J. Bell, Lega and US Pilot Lieutenant George Wicks)
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Bootless Bay; air-sea rescue, launch; 45 Operational Base Unit, Air-Sea Rescue Unit; l-r: Flying A J Filear, Commanding RAAF Flying Boat Base and Marine Section, Sergeant G J Bell, coxswain of crash b...ART22745
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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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Airstrip at Maleme
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
From the hill to the south of the 'drome'. It was here that many German troops transports were landed during the attack on Crete. Troops of the 5th New Zealand Brigade strongly defended the area and i...ART23867
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[Airstrip construction, Noemfoor Island] (RAAF Batch 005)
Film
Maker: RAAF Cine Unit
Airstrip construction at Noemfoor Island showing No 62 Works Wing RAAF bulldozers and graders in operation. Local workers moving prefabricated metal airfield pieces. Airfield construction airmen throw...F02630
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Airstrip, Ozuki
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
2 New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF), area near Chofu and Shimoniseki. This aerodrome was used for the training of Japanese kamikaze pilots during the later stages of the war. From here they would...ART26382
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Air support control
Art
Maker: Flett, James
Air Support Control, RAAF at 24th Australian Infantry Brigade Headquarter, Brunei, Borneo.ART25467
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Air support, 57 mile down from Darwin
Art
Maker: Horne, Dave
Dave Horne was a soldier artist stationed in Darwin. In this work he has depicted two unidentified members of an air support unit outside Darwin, Australia. One is sitting at a table reading whilst t...ART29372
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Air Support: Qantas Empire Airways
Art
Maker: Jardine, Walter Lacy Qantas W.M Brooks & Co. Ltd
Second World War propaganda poster designed for QANTAS by leading Australian commercial artist Walter Jardine. The image is a depiction of Australian soldiers and a Papua New Guinean in the valley of ...ARTV05158
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Air Training Corps
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound production for the RAAF with the co-operation of the Department of Civil Aviation. The story deals with some of the major aspects of the Air Training Corps (ATC) training and activities. Ide...F02204
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Air training Corps poster
Art
Maker: Unknown
Air training Corps poster; from a collection of material relating to the service of Sgt Ronald Keith Douglas (63429), 2 Embarkation DepotART96678
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Air transport in New Guinea
Film
Maker: McKechnie, Frank
At Port Moresby wharf Australian soldiers take delivery of supplies, which they re-pack and load on to C-47 Dakota transport aircraft at Ward's Aerodrome. The transport planes take off and fly in sta...F07099
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Air transport Nadzab and 25 Brigade bathing
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Maker: Kinna, Darrell
Natives unload pre-fabricated girders from Dakota aircraft. Jeep being driven from an United States C-47 Dakota. Crowd of soldiers washing themselves in a creek pool. Two Australian soldiers smoking o...F07058
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Air transport service to Nauru and Ocean Islands
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Maker: Scale, Clement Stewart
A weekly Catalina air service took fresh food and mail to the Garrison Forces (31/51 Australian Infantry Battalion) from Torokina to Nauru and Ocean Islands. Scenes showing loading of fresh meat etc a...F07351
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Air travel - Lieutenant Ray Ewers
Art
Maker: Browning, George Julian
Depicts a drawing of Lieutenant Ray B Ewers, Official War Artist, his sleeves rolled down and groundsheet over his shoulders, against the cold. He passes the time by reading on board the Labuan - Moro...ART25869
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Air Vice Marshal Adrian Cole
Art
Maker: Dunstan, Granville
Adrian Lindley Trevor Cole (1895-1966) served during both world wars. During the First World War, he was posted to No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC). Cole was awarded the Military Cross fo...ART94053
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Air Vice-Marshal F.H. McNamara
Art
Maker: Gilbert, Donald
Plaster bust of Air Vice-Marshal Francis 'Frank' Hubert McNamara, VC, CBE (4 April 1894-2 November 1961). McNamara flew in the First World War with the No. 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps (AFC) an...ART34904
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Air Vice-Marshal George Jones
Art
Maker: Jones, Vernon
Depicts a caricature of Air Vice Marshal George Jones, CBE, DFC, MID, Chief of Air Staff, RAAF (also previously in First World War, No 4 Squadron AFC )ART27583
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Air Vice-Marshal George Jones
Art
Maker: Murch, Arthur
Air Vice Marshal (later Air Marshal Sir) George Jones, CBE, DFC, Chief of the Air Staff, RAAFART26120
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'A is for Animals' Temporary and Travelling Exhibition
Manuscript
Maker: Grant, Elspeth
Manuscript consists of five short papers: Horses in the Boer War, Camels in the First World War, Pigeons in the Second World War, Dogs in the Post-1945 era, and Donkeys and mules from the Boer War to ...MSS2077
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Aitape
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
An encampment in Aitape, New Guinea, can be seen surrounded by palm trees with a view of the sea in the background.ART28200
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Aitape to Wewak 1945
Art
Maker: Piper, Lloyd
Postcard size fold-out folder of drawings by NX129974 Gunner Lloyd William Piper, 2/2 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. The front cover features the title 'Aitape to Wewak 1945' and the colo...ART92997
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Aitchison, Alexander Malcolm (Sub Lieutenant, Beach Commandos, RAN)
Private Record
Maker: Various Aitchison, Alexander Malcolm
Collection relating to Sub Lieutenant Alexander M Aitchison, Beach Commandos, RAN, Second World War. Collection consists of two photographs of Aitchison; one photograph of the Tarakan landing; two ae...3DRL/3942
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Aitchison, Alexander Malcolm (Sub Lieutenant, Beach Commandos, RAN)
Private Record
Maker: Aitchison, Alexander Malcolm
From the collection relating to Sub Lieutenant Alexander M Aitchison, Beach Commandos, RAN, Second World War. Map of the southern island of Japan, inscribed "Presented to Lt Aitchison by members of t...3DRL/3942.001
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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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A Japanese Blue Bar Cock Pigeon, captured at Tor River, near Wadke, on 26 May 1944 by the ...
Photograph
Maker: Rogers, M B
A Japanese Blue Bar Cock Pigeon, captured at Tor River, near Wadke, on 26 May 1944 by the American 27th Command Engineers Battalion. On the identification ring is No 9456, English numerals, also Japan...073817
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A Japanese sergeant
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
Depicts a portrait of a Japanese Sergeant of the Imperial Japanese Army.ART28535.023
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A JORDENS , J S KLAN , A INGLIS , L FOSTER , P Van den DUNGEN , Drew COTTLE , F L McDougall , J ZIMMER , M STURMA , K SAUNDERS & H TAYLOR , W J BREEN , R BOSWORTH , D H CLOSE , J A MOSES , J TAMPKE & J PERKINS , B HUPPAUF , E M ANDREWS
Manuscript
17 papers presented at the Melbourne University "History '84 Conference" in August 1984. "The Home Front in four official histories" by Ann-Mari Jordens. "Luther's resistance teaching and the German C...MSS1033
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Akiu
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of a young boy, Akiu, a local guide in Portuguese Timor during the Second World War.ART26152
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A Kookaburra Sang in the Western Desert
Manuscript
Maker: de Fraga, Chris
Typed copy of "A Kookaburra Sang in the Western Desert" by Chris de Fraga. Includes information on the activities of the Amenities Services' Mobile Studio.MSS1898
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A. K. 95 Water transport ketch
Art
Maker: Hanke, Henry
Water transport ketch. Liberty ships in the background, Lae, New Guinea.ART22131
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Akyab
Film
Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Akyab Island airfield Burma.F02150
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Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA. 1945-07-16. Aerial view of the site of the explosion of the first ...
Photograph
Maker: Life
Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA. 1945-07-16. Aerial view of the site of the explosion of the first atomic bomb which was detonated in the US desert.P02018.395
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Alan Evans working upon the construction of an air raid shelter at his residence on Sydney's ...
Photograph
Maker: Evans, Alan A
Alan Evans working upon the construction of an air raid shelter at his residence on Sydney's North Shore. Evans, a keen photographer before the war, was employed at the time by the Cockatoo Docks and...P05601.004
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Alan Mildenhall
Art
Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Alan Mildenhall, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 194...ART91866
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Alan Moore, as Official Artist, Second World War, interviewed by Michael Grant
Film
Maker: Moore, Alan
Alan Moore, as Official Artist, Second World War, interviewed by Michael Grant.F11846
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Alan Watson Moore interviewed for "Mud Between the Toes" History Project
Film
Maker: Moore, Alan Watson (Kanga) 39th Australian Infantry Battalion (1941-43) Association Inc.
Alan Watson Moore interviewed for "Mud Between the Toes" History Project.F08019
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A large group of eager Arab tribesmen on horseback riding in company with Prince Aly Khan also ...
Photograph
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
A large group of eager Arab tribesmen on horseback riding in company with Prince Aly Khan also known as the Prince, en route to a reception for him.001821/01
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A large group of eager Arab tribesmen on horseback surround several of the vehicles carrying ...
Photograph
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
A large group of eager Arab tribesmen on horseback surround several of the vehicles carrying Prince Ali Khan, also known as the Privel, escorting him to a reception for the Prince.001821/05
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A large, roughly cut rock with a bronze plaque embedded, marks the 1942-1945 memorial to members ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A large, roughly cut rock with a bronze plaque embedded, marks the 1942-1945 memorial to members of 2/22 Battalion. The memorial was unveiled on 16 September 1993. The battalion was sent to garrison R...P04302.001
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Albacore I (Aircraft recognition)
Film
A military training film produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by Analysis Films Ltd, June 1942. This film, using an animated model, illustrates the identification features of the Britis...F05251
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Albemarle (Aircraft recognition)
Film
A military training film produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by Analysis Films Ltd, July 1942. This film, using an animated model, illustrates the recognition features of the British A...F05249
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Alberts Collison
Art
Maker: Milgate, Eric Lovell
Portrait depicting Albert Sylvester Collison (NX4127), drawn while in a POW camp in Grupignano, Italy. Collison also signed the image and gave his address.ART29255.005
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Albinski, Henry Stephen
Private Record
Maker: Albinski, Henry Stephen
Thesis examines Australia's search for regional security in South East Asia; historical perspective on trade and security protection and search for allies. Includes chapter on the rise of Japan and WW...PRMF0071
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Album [Autograph book belonging to Alan Raymond Thomson]
Published Collection
Maker: Various
Autograph book belonging to Alan Raymond Thomson. The album consists primarily of the signatures of US Defence Force personnel during the Second World War.PUB02085
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Album [Autograph book belonging to Lindley (Len) and Eileen Langsford]
Published Collection
Maker: Various
Autograph book containing autographs and messages of recuperating soldiers billeted with families in Dulwich (Adelaide) prior to returning to their homes. Signatures were collected by Len and Eileen L...PUB04722
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Album [Autograph book belonging to WX11128 Padre Ernest John Miles]
Published Collection
Maker: Various
Autograph book relating to WX11128 Padre Ernest John Miles, including signatures from those on board H.M.A.H.S Wanganella, 2 March 1943.RC08382
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
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"On the blue waters of dear old Galilee."P00525.019.004
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
Photograph
"Where the shell landed. Standing in the shell hole. Wireless shattered, window blown out & two of us wounded."P00525.034.002
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
Photograph
"Tel Aviv. Col Sandells, self [Albert Moore] and Jock [VX48007 Corporal William "Jock" Inglis]."P00525.024.003
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
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"2/14 Bn band Tripoli."P00525.042.004
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
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"2/14 BTN HQ in the snow."P00525.047.005
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
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"To Palestine. Near Latani River."P00525.027.005
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
Photograph
"Dr and Mrs Shabb, Sidon. Real friends to us all."P00525.028.001
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
Photograph
"Adj Tibbs, self [Albert Moore], Major Oakley, Corporal Hatter, Jock [VX48007 Corporal William 'Jock' Inglis] and our Arab guide and driver on shores of Galilee."P00525.020.004
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
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"Outside French Barracks Beirut."P00525.045.004
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
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Another resting placeP00525.059.002
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
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"We lift up our eyes to the hills."P00525.043.004
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
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"Jock and Arabs on Nazareth Road." VX48007 Corporal William "Jock" Inglis was batman to Major Albert Moore.P00525.013.004
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
Photograph
Photograph of a small dog standing in the snow. Caption identifies dog as 'Piggy', the unit mascot.P00525.047.001
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
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"Our home or where we lived near Aley Syria."P00525.033.006
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
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"Major Oakley, Jock [VX48007 Corporal William 'Jock' Inglis], Adj Tibbs, self and Corporal Hatter in Garden of Bethesda, Jerusalem."P00525.007.002
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
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"On the way to Merj-a-Youn."P00525.035.005
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
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"Another dwelling, place near Ain-a-Noor."P00525.035.006
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
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"At the border. Frontier Post Palestine = Syria."P00525.032.001
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
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"Jock [VX48007 Corporal William 'Jock' Inglis] barters, Beirut."P00525.049.006
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Album compiled by Chaplain Albert E Moore, Salvation Army
Photograph
"Entrance to Jezzeen and approach to Mad Mile."P00525.034.001
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Album containing 99 black and white photographs, relating to the service of 422768 Flying Officer ...
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Album containing 99 black and white photographs, relating to the service of 422768 Flying Officer (FO) Roy Frederick Turner, 570 Squadron RAAF, whilst in training at the No.2 Wireless Air Gunners Scho...P08216
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Album containing memorabilia relating to Dorothy Iris Osmond (VF389761)
Photograph
Album of 114 black and white photographs relating to the service of VF389761 Sergeant (Sgt) Dorothy Iris Osmond, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS).P12608
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Album containing photographs of several RAAF personnel compiled by Dudley and Ruby Livingstone
Photograph
Album containing 64 black and white portraits of family members and RAAF servicemen taken at the Livingstone family residence at 58 Morris Street, Williamstown, Victoria, where they hosted members of ...P11342
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Album containing 162 photographs relating to the service of 402252 Sergeant (Sgt) Frank ...
Photograph
Album containing 162 photographs relating to the service of 402252 Sergeant (Sgt) Frank Richardson RAAF, No. 104 Squadron RAF. Sgt Richardson was the pilot of a Wellington aircraft W5362 EP-J that was...P12557
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Album from the collection of Leslie Morshead
Photograph
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Second World War album of photographs and montages by Frank Hurley. In the style of a presentation album.P06113