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  1. A. A. and submarine lookout, Red Sea

    Art

    Maker: Dargie, William

    Ack Ack and submarine lookout, Red Sea. The sketch was completed during Dargie's voyage to Australia aboard the HMT "Felix Roussel". This was a Free French ship which, in company of the US ship "Holb...

    ART23898

  2. "A/A Battery on duty near our mess - Note 8th Army flash or badge on shoulder of Tommy seated in ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    "A/A Battery on duty near our mess - Note 8th Army flash or badge on shoulder of Tommy seated in the foreground. These flashes are being issued to all members of the victorious 8th Army & no doubt the...

    P08442.036

  3. AA Gun Position and Barrage Balloon, Marble Arch, London

    Art

    Maker: Norton, Frank

    AA Gun Position and Barrage Balloon, Marble Arch, London. Presented under the tax incentives for the arts scheme 1999

    ART90983

  4. (a) Alimentary Group

    Digitised Collection

    RCDIG1070336

  5. AAMWS on the [Vessel name censored]; verso: Bashing the spine

    Art

    Maker: Warren, Guy

    Two members of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service, and a soldier. Verso: two soldiers lie shirtless on board transport vessel, known as 'bashing the spine', one with his hat over his face.

    ART94334.021

  6. A and D tent in the scrub

    Art

    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

  7. '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

  8. A.A.N.S embarking at Bombay

    Art

    Maker: Norton, Frank

    Leaving the troopship SS "Laconia" which had brought the Australian Army Nurses from Suez to Bombay, troops of the A.I.F and members of the Australian Army Nursing Service transferred to three smaller...

    ART21017

  9. Aart Hopman as a Lieutenant Commander, Royal Netherlands Navy, 1939-1952, and Royal Australian Navy 1954-1977, interviewed by Ian Fulton

    Sound

    Maker: Hopman, Aart Fulton, Ian Fulton, Ian

    Aart Hopman was a submariner with the Royal Netherlands Navy and was based in Western Australia during the Second World War. He married an Australian girl and they later settled in Australia, where Aa...

    S05091

  10. AASC supplying drinking water

    Film

    Maker: Parer, Damien Peter

    Australian Army Service Corps (AASC) motor water tanker supplies gun crews with drinking water.

    F01025

  11. Abadjieff, Nikola A (First Officer, Royal Bulgarian Air Force)

    Private Record

    Maker: Abadjieff, Nikola A

    Graduation diploma from His Majesty's Kingdom of Buglaria Military Academy with translation, officer's calling card and personal reference written by the resettlement officer (United States zone Germa...

    PR87/239

  12. Abandoned concrete observation post, Castle Hill

    Art

    Maker: Curtis, R Emerson

    Abandoned concrete observation post, Castle Hill, Townsville.

    ART25646

  13. Abandoned scout car, Manikin River, Timor

    Art

    Maker: Bush, Charles

    Depicting a scout car abandoned on the Manikin River; February 1942.

    ART26342

  14. A battalion of the French Foreign Legion drawn up on parade in a hollow square for the initial ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Parer, Damien Peter

    A battalion of the French Foreign Legion drawn up on parade in a hollow square for the initial ceremony of annual celebrations to mark the victory of the Legion at the Battle of Camerone in 1863.

    001818/24

  15. A battleship's propellors

    Art

    Maker: Ragless, Max

    Looking under the hull of the British battleship HMS Duke of York, showing two of the four huge propellors. The battleship is in dry dock at Garden Island, undergoing a refit.

    ART23133

  16. Abaya

    Art

    Maker: Curtis, R Emerson

    Portrait of Abaya, from Daru, Western Papua with palm trees in background. Abaya worked for the Royal Papuan Constabulary. This portrait featured in R Curtis, 'Papuan Profiles: inside a Prison Yard', ...

    ART96168

  17. Abbotsmith, John (Sergeant, 2/4th Field Park Coy Rae, AIF b.1918)

    Private Record

    Maker: Abbotsmith, John

    TWO PHOTOGRAPHS OF AIF SCHOOLS AND COURSES CERTIFICATES DATED 1942 PRESENTED TO J ABBOTSMITH FOR INSTRUCTION IN SKIING FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE COURSE AT LES CEDRES, LEBANON

    PR85/415

  18. Abbott, Bruce Gidley (NX66389, Warrant Officer, 2/15 Field Regiment)

    Manuscript

    Maker: Abbott, Bruce G.

    "Wartime diary of B.G. Abbott 1908-1995: While a Prisoner of the Japanese 1942-1945" by Bruce Gidley Abbott (NX66389, Warrant Officer, 2/15 Field Regiment). This manuscript is bound in two parts. Deta...

    MSS1731

  19. Abbott, William Neville (Sapper, b.1919 - d.2012)

    Manuscript

    Maker: Abbott, William Neville

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX67491 Sapper William Neville Abbott. Consists of a typed memoir written in six chapters describing William (Bill) Abbott's service with the 2/4...

    MSS2182

  20. ABCA: the story of Army Bureau of Current Affairs

    Film

    Maker: Ministry of Information

    This film was produced by the British Ministry of Information for the War Office. Show the formation and operations of Army Bureau of current affairs (ABCA) together with examples of discussion groups...

    F01284

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