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The Australian army is not to be sneezed at...
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Maker: Unknown LHQ Cartographic Coy, Australian Survey Corps
'Coughs and sneezes spread diseases' was an Australian Second World War campaign aimed at stopping the spread of diseases and other ailments, such as the common cold. This poster was one of a series p...ARTV02259
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The Australian army is not to be sneezed at...
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Maker: Unknown LHQ Cartographic Coy, Australian Survey Corps
An Australian Second World War cautionary poster that echoes the British 'coughs and sneezes spread diseases' campaign. The title text frames the poster at the top and bottom. The centre of the poste...ARTV02479
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The Awful End of Oscar the Orderly
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Maker: Marcuse, Ernest Henry
Oscar the Orderly was a character in brief poster comic strip attributed to Australian artist Ernst Marcuse. Oscar the Orderly is the cartoon story of an orderly who accidentally consumes some deadly ...ARTV02472
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The Battle of China
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Maker: Department of Information
This Second World War poster was created to promote Frank Capra's film 'The Battle of China', one of seven films commissioned by the United States government during the Second World War to explain the...ARTV02270
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The bugler
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A sketch believed to have been submitted by the artist as an example of his work when he applied for an appointment as a war artist.ART26883
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The cost of preventable sickness
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Maker: Unknown LHQ Cartographic Coy, Australian Survey Corps
This Australian Army-issued Second World War poster was produced to highlight the cumulative effect of preventable illness. The poster highlights that just one man in hospital from each corps at a cer...ARTV02480
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The cost of preventable sickness
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Maker: Unknown L.H.Q. Cartographic Coy., Aust. Survey Corps.
This Australian Army-issued Second World War poster was produced to highlight the cumulative effect of preventable illness. The poster highlights that just one man in hospital from each corps at a cer...ARTV02258
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The cost of preventable sickness
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Maker: Unknown LHQ Cartographic Coy, Australian Survey Corps
This Australian Army-issued Second World War poster was produced to highlight the cumulative effect of preventable illness. The poster highlights that just one man in hospital from each corps at a cer...ARTV04091
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The Digger
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Maker: Blackman, Charles
A sketch of a digger wearing a slouch hat and standing in front of a tree stump with his hands by his side.ART28521
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The Diggers' Reunion
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Maker: Blackman, Charles
A group of ten Australian soldiers, reunited, stand togetether in a group formation as though they are posing for a photograph. The artist has inscribed the words 'one for the album' alongside the wor...ART28523
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The Empire's Strength: Australia
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Maker: Henderson, Keith LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D] (LONDON : LOWE & BRYDONE)
The Empire's Strength posters are a series designed to promote the work conducted in Britain, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, and the Colonies with the statement "these are the sinews of ...ARTV05134
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The Empire's Strength: Australia
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Maker: Henderson, Keith LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D] (LONDON : LOWE & BRYDONE)
The Empire's Strength posters are a series designed to promote the work conducted in Britain, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, and the Colonies with the statement "these are the sinews of ...ARTV05133
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The examinee
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The back view of a seated soldier in a greatcoat is shown as he is sitting an examination paper. This work was made for an Australian War Memorial publication, however it did not make it to print.ART28050
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The Firebug Thrives on Neglect!
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Maker: Kelly, Harry Garnet LHQ Cartographic Coy, Australian Survey Corps LHQ Cartographic Coy, Australian Survey Corps
Australian Second World War cautionary poster produced by the Allied Land Forces Headquarters (LHQ formed in 1942) to stress the vital necessity for the care and preservation of ammunition during stor...ARTV10080
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The Firebug Thrives on Neglect!
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Maker: Kelly, Harry Garnet LHQ Cartographic Coy, Australian Survey Corps
Australian Second World War poster produced by the Allied Land Forces Headquarters (LHQ formed in 1942) to stress the vital necessity for the care and preservation of ammunition during storage, handli...ARTV10079
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The main worry
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A cartoon strip from "Wally and the Major" syndicated cartoon, set in a prison cell. One of the prisoners - Private Jones - is told that he is free to leave but misconstrues this as a finalisation of ...ART28386
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The Major
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Portrait of Major Daniel James Toomey (N58725 ), 2/14th Field Regiment, 54th Artillery Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, at Base Hospital.ART29846
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The men behind the men behind the gun
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Maker: General Motors Holden
This Australian Second World War poster was created by General Motors Holden (GMH), likely for display in one of their Australian factories. This poster depicts munitions worker in light orange and ...ARTV02142
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The mud oven
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Maker: Ballment, Harold
Two cooks are depicted baking bread in a mud oven beneath a camouflage net. N78097 Sergeant Arthur Harold Ballment, Lance Sergeant, 1 Pioneer Training Battalion, was a self taught artist. Ballment rec...ART28617
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Then ... and now!
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Maker: Batten, Theo
Depicts two cartoon vignettes. The top cartoon depicts a soldier trudging through water, in the rain and surrounded by barber wire, dreaming of relaxing in civilian life. The bottom cartoon depicts th...ARTI00353