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A bit of home news
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts soldier sitting on the deck of a small U.S. landing craft reading a paper. The landing craft is parked somewhere along the east New Guinea coast. One of 8 drawings from a folio entitled by the...ART28169.007
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A deck midships - HMT "Duntroon"
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Formerly the "A" Class dancing space on a coastal liner this deck now accommodates troops who sleep in hammocks and keep their gear in kit rakes built either side of the funnel uptake. When not in use...ART21061
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A fine day at last
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Maker: Brindley, John
Depicts a prisoner of the war relaxing on a chair in the garden between two rows of huts.ART28111
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Afternoon in the tropics
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Maker: Norton, Frank
From above the Compass Platform looking over "A" and "B" turrets onto the fo'castle. Officers and men are carrying out short range pistol practice at target rigged to the starboard guard rail of HMAS ...ART23515
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AIF ex-POWs on leave in Princes Street, Edinburgh
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Australians recently liberated from prisoner of war camps in Germany are seen enjoying civilization again after their repatriation to Great Britain en route to Australia. They are pictured taken in t...ART25725
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Allied servicemen around a Merry-goround in a northern town, 1944
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Maker: Crooke, Ray
Depicts a group of service men and women standing around a Merry-go-round at night.ART28605
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['All the nice girls love a sailor']
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Maker: Woolcott, Alfred Richard
This work describes through a series of eight cartoon sketches, the story of a young man seeing a sailor with his arm around two girls which motivates him to join the Navy. After much physical effort,...ARTI00542
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[An afternoon under Labuan palms]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts two war correspondents, Jimmy Smythe and Alan Dawes, reclining under palm trees in Labuan, Borneo, with William Pidgeon in the background. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was...ART96703
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Anjo Palace
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Maker: Flett, James
Talkie show of 14th Airfield Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Lightening, Douglas and Liberator aircraft taking off at nearby Pitoe airstrip added to the dramatic effect, Morotai, Ha...ART26655
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At Cards
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts four men on board ship, seated and playing a game of cards.ART93431
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Ball game practice at night at Morotai
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified soldiers playing basketball at night, Morotai.ART23222
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Barber's shop in a forward area
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts an unidentified group of 'off duty' soldiers, one having his hair cut by another, one reading, other soldiers watching barber. This painting was reproduced as the cover of the 'Australian Woma...ART29337
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[Bar scene]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
A study of an interior bar scene with notes about colouring. The verso of the page is a list of notes, with the first line reading '"Attention - 'Schun!" - Here comes / mad mick'. William Edwin Pidgeo...ART96491
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Bathing at Rapid Creek
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Maker: Baird, John
Two soldiers are depicted from behind, standing on the shores of Rapid Creek, preparing to bathe. Beside them is a large gnarled tree which hangs over the water and looms above the soldiers' heads.ART27943
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Bathing parade, Fall River
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Maker: Dargie, William
Men are naked and swimming in the Hagiti River. Dargie noted, "This bathing pool by the ford and swaying footbridge over the Hagiti River was possibly one of the most familiar sights to the troops of...ART21314
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Bathing parade, Fall River
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Maker: Dargie, William
Men are naked and swimming in the Fall River, with trees and other plants filling the background.ART22076
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Battery alarm
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
Five men are seated at a table and appear to be alerted by an alarm.ART28371.001
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Beach at Morotai
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified Australian soldiers on beach using a civilian canoe, Halmacheras Islands, Netherlands, East Indies. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunne...ART23221
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Beach doover, Suain Plantation
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldier in a beach doover at the Suain Plantation.ART26891
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Bill
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
A male is seated in a folding chair, with one leg crossed over the other.ART28374.007
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Boating, Lake Chuzenji
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Australian troops boating on Lake Chuzenji, in the Nikko area of Japan, 80 miles north of Tokyo during leave stay at the "Lakeside Hotel", one of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) chain...ART26540
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Boston pilots back from Salamaua (Flight Officer John McMaster, Flight Lieutenant Robert Wines and Flight Lieutenant Henry Craig)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
This picture tells its own story, showing four pilots of the Royal Australian Air Force just back from a strike over Salamaua and directly after the interrogation. Included in the picture are:- Flying...ART22742
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Bow river, Banff
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Royal Australian Air Force trainees in Canada under the Empire Air Training Scheme on leave at Banff, going canoeing on the Bow River. Portion of the Canadian Rockies can be seen in the background. Ra...ART21958
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[Boxing under the palms]
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a drawing of a boxing match under the palms, New Guinea.ART90432
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Bridge to the leave hostel, Beppu
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
The Leave Hostel at Beppu, named "Hakuum Hostel", was a former favorite holiday place for Hirohito. British Commonwealth Occupation Force troops now relax in the once very exclusive holiday rendezvous...ART26734
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Calcutta leave
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Maker: Dargie, William
Two unidentified Australians from the RAAF turn to watch a Eurasian woman who has passed them in the street.ART22389
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Camouflage RAAF Defence Unit, Darwin
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
A group of men from the Camouflage Defence Unit sit outside tents.ART28374.001
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Camp concert
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
Depicts a view of concert in a camp, audience sitting beneath a 'rain' tree, Townsville, Queensland.ART28373.002
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Canteen
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
A drawing of a group of five men sitting at a table drinking and smoking.ART29329
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Canteen chorus
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
A group of men are seated around a table singing, with accordian, trombone and trumpet, at West Head Battery, Sydney.ART28371.004
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Cape Puss rest camp, 2/8 Field Company
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Soldiers of the 2/8th Field Company are depicted relaxing on the beach at Wewak, New Guinea.ART29900
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Caricature around the bar
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Officers if the 11th Air-Sea Rescue Flight, Royal Australian Air Force, Cairns.ART25667
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Cinema LTD, Redlynch
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Sketch of soldiers at Redlynch, North Queensland as they sit, or stand waiting for a film to commence showing. This is a preparatory study for the painting 'Early comers, Redlynch LTD cinema, Cairns'....ART26588
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Class
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
This drawing shows two men sitting on the ground, one is smoking a pipe. Three other portraits sketches are also on the same sheet.ART29307
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[Communication]; [P.T. Concert Room]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Study of men bent over a table being supervised while a single man sits at a table wearing head phones and speaking into a radio microphone. The P.T. Concert room with seating and a drum and two figur...ART96327
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Conference, Sydney to Lae
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts four men on board ship ,on of whom is smoking a pipe, sitting on the deck resting and talking.ART93441
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Corporal Geoff Hunt
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a seated portrait of Corporal Geoff Hunt, Royal Australian Air Force, in New Guinea during the Second World War.ART93711
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Cover artwork for 'Films No 5' an Australian Army Education Service pamphlet
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Maker: Hanna, John
Depicts various film genres including slapstick, westerns, gangster, film noir, femme fatale, with a director and stage hand overseeing all these depictions in the work. The work was created as a cove...ART93117
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Crowd outside a pub
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Maker: Friend, Donald
A group of soldiers and sailors crowd under the verandah of a closed pub on Victory in Europe Day. There was no relaxation of the austerity regulations when news was received of the German surrender.ART23289
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Darwin
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
A male figure is seated in chair, with his legs over one arm of chair.ART28374.006
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Diggers relaxing on deck off shore
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Maker: Cooper, Daniel
Depicts a drawing of nine soldiers sunbaking on the deck of USAT "Sea Barb" on the way to Morotai, New Guinea.ART27752
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"Don't get carried away, Fred!"
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Maker: Rice, N H
Depicts a number of servicemen watching a romantic film outdoors. One serviceman has put his arm around the shoulder of the serviceman beside him, much to this man's annoyance. This is the drawing for...ARTI00450.B
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Drawing for headpiece for 'Xmas picnic at Casey's lagoon' in 'Khaki and Green' 1943
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
In the upper left a group of soldiers have been disturbed by a running race, and in the foreground an Aboriginal man is chasing a lizard.ARTI03534
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Dreaming; verso: Thinking of leave
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Maker: Walker, Ralph
Depicts two soldiers, one is sitting elbow on knee, dreaming. The other is standing behind watching. To the left are two rifles. On verso of the work is an unfinished sketch of a soldier thinking of l...ART29144
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Early morning breakfast for patrol at Suain plantation
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Members of a patrol from 2/10th Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron have an early meal before setting out on a fighting patrol, Suain, New Guinea.ART25743
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Eight sketches of RAAF men
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts eight small sketches of RAAF men, viewed from the front and behind, either seated, reading or standing.ART93437
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[Figure studies]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Figure studies of men in a food queue Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Peter and Elizabeth Pidgeon in memory of William Edwin Pidgeon 2014ART96334
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Forward observation post overlooking cracking plant feature, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
A field artillery battery commander and another soldier sit with their backs to the viewer, behind a row of plants, in this position of forward observation post. One of the men is using a portable te...ART22448