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not titled [HMAS Warrego]
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Frank Norton (1916-1983) official war artist painted this work of HMAS Warrego U73 on 22 September 1944. Norton has depicted the ship with its camouflage colours in a disruptive pattern of brown and g...AWM2019.974.7
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Office gharry Interior
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Inside the mobile office of No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Looking forward seated at his desk if Flying Officer Barney Terry, Adjutant, No.3 Squadron Base Party. This office is fully equip...ART21056
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Office gharry - No.3 Squadron
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Part of the camp of No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, at Gazala, Libya. On the edge of the escarpment are the office gharry (a small truck for carrying troops) and operations tent, and a "Don...ART23792
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Off to the "fishing grounds"
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Maker: Norton, Frank
It is likely the artist has used the term "fishing grounds" here to refer to enemy waters. Reproduced 'HMAS', Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1942, p.82.ARTI00082
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Operation at sea - HMT "Duntroon"
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Maker: Norton, Frank
An emergency appendix operation on a member of the ship's company during the voyage from Durban to Fremantle. Army doctors, assisted by nursing sisters did the operation in the First Class Dining Salo...ART21756
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Operation - HMAS "Shropshire"
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Medical officers of HMAS "Shropshire", assisted by Sick Bay attendants, removing the appendix from a member of the ship's crew, while the ship was on passage from Milne Bay to Admiratly Islands.ART21169
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Pom Pom Crew, HMAS Arunta
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Maker: Norton, Frank
The crew of a quick-firing anti-aircraft gun of HMAS "Arunta" in Second Degree Readiness, Surigao Strait, Philippines.ART24214
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Porcupines
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Maker: Norton, Frank
A rescue aircraft flies over a small vessel struggling with the weight of passengers in rough seas. Reproduced in 'These Eagles', Australian War Memorial, 1942, p.61.ARTI00104.A
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Port Tewfik
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Maker: Norton, Frank
From HMH "42", anchored in the bay. Extreme right is the entrance to the Canal with the Indian War Memorial on the point, followed by a section of the town and on the left, the Army Fortress Headquart...ART21148
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Port Tewfik
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Maker: Norton, Frank
From the end of the South Mole (making an inner basin). The dockyard and ship repairing wharves and the new wharves with two Polish steamers alongside, Suez Canal, Egypt.ART21736
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Practice shoot - Bofors Gun
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Maker: Norton, Frank
The port Bofors anti-aircraft gun carrying out a practice shoot during the voyage of the troopship SS "Laconia" from Aden to Bombay with A.I.F. troops bound for Australia. Firing a smoke burst, the gu...ART21015
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Prom deck at night
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Maker: Norton, Frank
HMT "Zealandia" troops playing cards before climbing into hammocks on a closed in deck, Australian Bight.ART21760
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"Queen Mary"
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Maker: Norton, Frank
While embarking troops the transfer receives a coat of light grey paint. Harbour craft are dwarfed by this giant and the floating crane "Titan" appears to have lost much of its bulk. HMT "Queen Mary" ...ART30032
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R.A.N. Slipway and Wharf
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Maker: Norton, Frank
This paintings depicts a Royal Australian Navy slipway and wharf.ART22283
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Ras-el-tin, HMAS "Stuart"
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Maker: Norton, Frank
HMAS "Stuart" alongside the depot ship "Woolwich", prior to her departure for Australia. In the background is the lighthouse and Naval Headquarters on Ras-el-tin, Alexandria, Egypt.ART23514
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Receiving deck cargo
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Maker: Norton, Frank
An Australian Landing Ship Detachment receiving deck cargo (truck and guns) in No.2 Hatch of HMAS "Westralia", Bougainville.ART21133
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Re-fuelling HMT Queen Elizabeth Red Sea
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Trincomalee; tanker, anti-aircraft, refuelling; British Merchant Navy; unidentified soldiers watching refuelling operations; Shell Company tanker Scalantor, part of upper deck of SS Queen Elizabeth (b...ART21267
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Sea patrol
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Maker: Norton, Frank
View from the window of an airplane across the engine looking down on a flotilla of ten ships moving away from a storm. Reproduced in 'RAAF Log', Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1943, p.25.ARTI00076
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Servicing engines
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Overhauling the engines of aircraft No.DG 842, B Hangar, No.73 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. The aircraft is an Avro Anson used for sea patrols, Nowra, New South Wales.ART21782
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Servicing Rima II, Libya
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Maker: Norton, Frank
A typical Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk, "Rima II" is flown by Pilot Officer L. Spence of No. 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. (The name "Rima" dates to the last war when a fighter aircraft of that na...ART26051