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[Scene in Labuan tent as in Darwin]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a caricature of the artist looking through a tent door to see his two fellow war correspondent colleagues asleep on camp beds with empty bottles beside them. This sketch formed part of a lette...ART96704
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Scene of operations W.C.C.
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 1 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Humorous sketch of a group of soldiers constructing the timber frame of a hut.ART94536.001
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Scene on arrival, any strip - anywhere
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a caricature of the war correspondent Pidgeon with two other war correspondents, Eddie Dunstan and Jack Hickson, begging for a cup of tea on arrival at an air strip. This drawing accompanied a...ART96695
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She's thinking of me my ear's burning
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Maker: Clegg, Wilfred
Cartoon ink and colour drawing of naval figure in uniform, lying down with head next to a loudspeaker. Sound vibrations are marked coming our of the loudspeaker, and the figure looks to be day dreamin...ART96229
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Sick parade
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Maker: Stone, Alexander
An illustration depicting a humorous parade of sick soldiers and a Sergeant making a sick report; one in an oversized coat with 'consumption' inscribed underneath, one with very high-waisted pants and...ART03461
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[Soldier digging whilst dreaming of home and a man digging whilst dreaming of Army life]
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Maker: Smith, I
Depicts two cartoon vignettes. the top vignette depicts a soldier digging a pit under the stern instruction of a senior officer, while he dreams of relaxing at home back in civilian life. The bottom v...ARTI03188
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Soldier wearing an ill fitting uniform
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts a standing soldier wearing an ill-fitting uniform, with trousers too big for him and a jacket that does not fit him properly, during the Second World War.ARTI03115
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"Stoo!"
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Maker: Goss, Frederick Charles
Depicts a series of vignettes, in rows of cartoons, of a soldier going from waking, looking for his stew pannier, running, tripping over, and pushing into a queue in order to obtain his 'Stoo'. This i...ARTI04019
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Studio B, Quiet
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Maker: Fluke, Roy George Herbert
Depicts a nervous man, standing beside a microphone, in a radio station studio during the Second World War. Roy George Herbert Fluke (b. 1921) served with the Australian Army during the Second World ...ARTI03208
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Surprised woman and maid washing fur coat
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Maker: Tabei, K
Depicts a surprised woman watching a Japanese maid who is about to wash the woman's fur coat in a laundry sink. This is one of 15 cartoons by a Japanese artist of miltary life in Japan, capturing the ...ART95092
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Taking no chances
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A cartoon strip from "Wally and the Major" syndicated cartoon. Two men are seated at a building site. One goes to tell the other that more American transport is due to arrive, but is hastily cut off b...ART90002
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The DO didn't return a signed copy!
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Maker: Hall, Alan
Depicts a sailor running into an office with the text 'The DO didn't return a signed copy!' The artist Alan Hall(1919-1979)enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. ...ART93347
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The evil of mixed bathing
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Depicts a young couple, the man in a Life Saving Club bathing suit, holding the hand of a small child, while beside him stands a woman in a bathing suit holding a large bird. Behind them are other bat...ARTC00003
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The jungle is full of a strange sort of green ant
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Maker: Troppo
Depicts a soldier walking through a jungle area, initially in his full uniform, possibly in New Guinea during the Second World War. Through three cartoon-like strips, he slowly gets attacked by some a...ARTI03220
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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 Minesweeper
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Maker: Clegg, Wilfred
Cartoon ink and colour drawing on envelope paper of naval figure in uniform, standing on floating mine, holding a broom. Horizon and ship are in the distant background.ART96231
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The scarecrow: 'It's a bloomin' civvy!'
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Depicts two soldiers, one wearing a tin helmet and rain cloak, the other with a bandaged head, encountering a scarecrow in a field. A wrecked and overturned canon appears in the background. The irony...ART02429
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"---- these ration blades, another chip off the old block!"
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Maker: Hetherington, Norman Frederick
Cartoon of a tank operator under heavy artillery fire attempting to shave his face, and complaining about the quality of the razorblades. Norman Frederick Hetherington OAM (1921 - 2010) was an Austra...ARTI01263
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"These V.D.C. blokes make me see green." drawing for illustration in 'On Guard' 1944
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
A bull charging a group of three soldiers, who are running away.ARTI00739
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The Staff & 3 Wretched Creatives, The H'actor, The H'artist, The Cook
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Maker: Crozier, Frank Rossiter
A humorous pencil drawing by official war artist Frank Crozier. This is one of a small collection of sketchers and watercolours by Crozier which were donated to the Memorial in memory of Major Reginal...AWM2021.304.10
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The Woodbine cannot grasp it but "Digger" can
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
This sculpture shows a group of three servicemen in uniform; one a British officer, nicknamed "Woodbine" because this is the tobacco he would have smoked, who is unable to comprehend the bond of frien...ART40948
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"They say Jerry don't like cold steel"
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Depicts a seated Australian soldier, wearing shorts and a tin helmet heating the bayonet on the end of his rifle in a small camp fire, while another standing soldier, holding a rifle and smoking a cig...ARTI02903
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This vacation visit beautiful VIETNAM
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Maker: Pandora productions
American anti-war poster in the form of a satirical travel poster. It shows two caricatured American soldiers advancing amidst bomb blasts with military and civilian planes flying overhead. The slogan...ARTV10420
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Tired climbers in Japan
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Maker: Tabei, K
Depicts a group of tired and exhausted men and women, walking along a trail, after climbing a mountain. In front, a young woman can be seen leaning out of a window, laughing at the tired walkers below...ART95095
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To Owers' Corner 21/2 mile - Sorry! No taxi's
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Maker: Dargie, William
An instance of the Diggers' sardonic humour on the Kokoda Trail, New Guinea. A soldier stands in front of a sign, "To Owers' Corner 21/2 [two and a half] miles by foot. Sorry, No Taxi's", with his kit...ART23173
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Trench geography
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Maker: Stone, Alexander
A humorous illustration of two new sappers asking a veteran private for directions, which he tells them to ask someone else.ART03466
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untitled [Ar! Now I've caught you!...]
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 7 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun BattalionART94536.007
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untitled [How far to camp now sir?...]
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 3 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Depiction of a soldier carrying a full kit, trooping through the bush and gasping for br...ART94536.003
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untitled [These smokeless days...]
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 9 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion.ART94536.009
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Untitled [What's he got that I aint got?]
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 8 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Of this image Wilesmith wrote on the interleaving sheet 'Davy Robinson and Dick Neal two...ART94536.008
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"V.D.C. Daze" drawing for illustration in 'On Guard' 1944
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
A series of five humorous cartoons. The first one shows four men in a bathroom. Two watch on as the man who is shaving speaks to a large, angry bald man who is about to leave. In the second cartoon tw...ARTI00098
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Victory is sure but you must help crush the war dogs
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Maker: Chaubal, Nalini Unknown Unknown
Indian Second World War poster featuring a humorous satirical depiction of Winston Churchill as a lion followed by the nations of the Commonwealth as lion cubs taking on the 'War Dogs' Hitler (dachshu...ARTV10397
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"WALDE" [caricature of Lieutenant Walde Gerard Fisher]
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Maker: Vasco, Louis
Caricature portrait of Lieutenant Walde Gerard Fisher, 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion, pictured here with a white A frame tent numbered '606' and a soldier with the words 'LA LA LA LA' floating in...ART96789
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Wassa matter Doug?
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 10 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Of this image the Wilesmith noted ' The Concert party would not be worth anything witho...ART94536.010
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"Welcome back to the firm"
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Maker: McGilvray, J C
Depicts four cartoon vignettes- the first is of a soldier peeling potatoes, but dreaming of a civilian life. In the next cartoon, he has left military life and become a civilian again. In the followin...ARTI03224
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[Well dressed and netting insects]
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Maker: Tabei, K
Depicts a number of well dressed men in top hats and women in formal dresses near the edge of a lake (or river) with nets. The clothing of the men and women is not appropriate for the activity they ar...ART96040
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"Well - how about makin' a cup o' tea?"
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Depicts soldier, wearing a tin helmet and shorts standing , surrounded by bombs and explosions, while two of his fellow soldiers cower on the ground in front of him covering their ears against the noi...ARTI03046
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Wewak Garrison
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Maker: Mercier, Emile
Man in uniform polishing his shoes with his own long black beard, outside a hut in Wewak, Papua New Guinea.ART28266
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"What, no lather?" drawing for illustration in 'Khaki and Green' 1943
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
A soldier, ready to have his beard clipped and shaven, is sitting on a box of bully beef. He is startled to see the man who is going to clip his beard approaching with a hand held mower. There is a pa...ARTI03517
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"What's all this about a 'dog fight' Ryan"
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Depicts a priavte, wearing a tin helmet and shorts, being spoken to sternly by a senior officer, who holds a pair of binoculars. Behind them are a number of other soldiers looking up into the air, sea...ARTI02898
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"Whoa boy"
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Maker: Unknown
One of 8 humorous cartoons collected by O216731 Squadron Leader James Henry Cox, RAAF, while attached to RAAF Base Woomera crica 1955. Collectively the cartoons provide insight into the attitudes and ...AWM2021.178.11
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"Why is your towel so much whiter than mine?"
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Maker: Fraser, J W
Depicts a cartoon of two soldiers hand washing their clothes in buckets of dirty water. This cartoon appeared in "Salt", vol.11, no.9, December 1945. 'Salt' was a small journal that informed and enter...ARTI01542
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Why no one tella us something?
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Maker: Rafty, Tony [S.L. : S.N.], 1943
Australian propaganda posters during the Second World War were used to instil anti-Japanese attitudes. Using racial stereotypes and derogatory humour the posters harboured fear and caution amongst Aus...ARTV05975
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Woosh!!
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A cartoon strip from "Wally and the Major" syndicated cartoon. "Wally and the Major". Wally is interviewed on a radar programme, and asked a trivia question. He determines that the Chinese first enabl...ART28385
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Yanks and a veteran ('As long as you are there to tell us what to do!')
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Depicts a young soldier, wearing a tin helmet and carrying a rifle, standing talking to two other soldiers, in the trenches. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front ...ART02426