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Camouflaged Gun Positions, Middle Head, Sydney
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
Richard Ashton, an artist with the Military History Section, painted a number of works related to Australia's defences during the Second World War. This work depicts anti aircraft guns in place at Mi...ART23665
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Cleaning No.2 gun, Middle Park, Melbourne
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Shows camouflaged entrances to guns 2 and 3. Melbourne's skyline as a background, with Government House and The Shrine of Remembrance predominating. Middle Park, unidentified soldier cleaning 3.7 inch...ART26082
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[Extracts from German newsreels: French and Norwegian campaigns, 1940]
Film
Maker: Universum Film AG
Extracts from various German UFA newsreels with commentary in Spanish or English. Stories covered are: Dunkirk (Spanish commentary). French campaign, destruction of Beligium forts at Lille, fall of Va...F01943
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Gun positions of 2/6 Australian Field Regiment
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Gun position of 2/6th Australian Field Regiment. Robinson's Hill with Kila Kila Drome in the distance. These guns were placed so as to command one of the approaches by sea to Port Moresby fortress, Ne...ART23906
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Inside Fort Khiam
Art
Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a scene in Khiam, Syria, of a large gun and a building behind it. It is a very rough sketch, with the finer work concentrating on the gun. It is probably an old Krupp gun that was produced d...ART30056
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Interview with John Slee and stills (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
At the outbreak of war, Mr Slee was an engineering student at Melbourne University. He left university, joined a Militia engineer unit and trained compulsory trainees. He discusses the policy of wirin...F04073
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Lewis gun attached to 14 Australian Anti-aircraft Battery, Darwin (Gunner Tommy Hill and Gunner Neil Cook)
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Anti-aircraft defences of the 14th Anti-Aircaft Battery, gunners Thomas Hill (left) and Neil Cook operating a Lewis machine gun in a sandbagged gun pit.ART22720
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Medieval castle at Navplion
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Described in the Official War History as Navplion, which was one of the evacuation beaches in the withdrawal of British forces from Greece in April 1941.ART24032
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RAAF Kittyhawks bombing Japanese positions
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
RAAF Kittyhawks bombing Japanese positions. No.76 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fighter bombers were the first aircraft to operate from Monote airstrip, which was captured from the Japan...ART22274
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2/3rd Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Sydney
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
A gun crew of the 2/3rd Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun rushes to Action Stations on the sounding of an alarm at the Regiment's position, Sydney Harbour.ART23659
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Savige, Sir Stanley George (Lieutenant General, b.1890 - d.1954)
Private Record
Maker: Savige, Stanley George
Collection relating to the Second World War service and post-war career of VX13 Lieutenant General Sir Stanley George Savige, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, ED, II Corps (formerly 17 Infantry Brigade, 3 Division, ...3DRL/2529