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AIF cemetery, Changi: front entrance
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Griffin shows the entrance path to the AIF cemetery, with gardens and trees on either side. The AIF rising sun symbol strung on two poles at the path entrance.ART26477
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AIF cemetery, Changi: interior
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
In this cemetery are buried all the AIF prisoners-of-war of the Japanese who died in captivity in Changi Goal, Selerang. When this was drawn there was a great difference between the first start of the...ART26478
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AIF embarking at Stonewall Wharf, Sydney
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Maker: Norton, Frank
In April 1941 Norton recorded troops from 2 Australian Imperial Force disembarking from a train to board a ferry at Pyrmont in Sydney. The ferry would then take them out to a transport ship. Several...ART21100
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All services canteen Mackay
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
This canteen was the voluntary effort of the women of Mackay. It stood alongside the railway station and throughout the war it never closed, day or night. Its welcome hot meals will not be forgotten b...ART25616
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Anti-aircraft defence
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
A Bofors 40mm anti aircraft gun and a slit trench. Emplacements are sand - bagged for protection. In the foreground is an observer's position. The occupant left his steel helmet lying on the ground ou...ART30066
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At canteen
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Maker: Brindley, John
Lieutenant J.M. Brindley, Pioneer Platoon O.C. (NX70592) created this quick sketch while a member of the 2/19th Battalion in Malaya in 1941. The subject of the drawing is a line up of Australian sold...ART94503
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Aussie rules...
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 11 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. 'The Yanks have been teaching us baseball but of course the aussie boys have their own...ART94536.011
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Australian POWs embarking for home on the Largs Bay at Singapore docks
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23374
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Awaiting emergency landing
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Sketch of a tense moment on an airstrip in Northern Australia awaiting a plane reportedly coming in for emergency landing. Wep captured the activities of U.S Bomber Squadron 319 while on his first tou...ART29341
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Back to Aussie again [sketchbook containing 12 pages of humorous sketches relating to army life]
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Sketchbook of 12 pages relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Humorous incidents diary recorded in an Army training camp in Australia on return from...ART94536
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Battle equipment, Derna
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of an Australian soldier standing with rifle, head slightly lowered.ART22875
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Boer War - Last war - this war (Sapper Harold Knudsen)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Sapper Harold Ferdinand Knudsen (NX11833) served with the 2/1st Australian Forestry Company in Scotland during the Second World War. Note Knudsen is wearing ribbon bar indicating his previous service ...ART26227
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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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Camouflaged artillery
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a 25 pounder gun camouflaged outside of Damour, Syria (now in Lebanon). Produced during the Syrian campaign and painted in July 1941. The artist wrote of the work 'Camouflaged artillery - Un...ART30090
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Camp at Mena, Cairo
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Camp at Mena, Cairo - Tents are interesting, as the troops live underground, the floor level being well dug-in for anti-aircraft protection. Pyramids in the distance!'.ART30063
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Camp at Mena, Cairo
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Tents are interesting, as the troops live underground, the floor level being well dug down for anti-aircraft protection. Pyramids in the distance, Egypt.ART30061
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Camp Panorama
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Qastina encampment and water tower. The town was in what is now the Gaza Strip - it was totally destroyed, (in what conflict is not clear) and no longer exists. The artist writes, 'An extensive view o...ART30071
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Captain Albans
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of Captain Albans, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, 5th Camouflage Unit, AIFART29877
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Captain J A McNulty
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Captain John Albert McNulty, DX1, 2nd Australian Imperial Force. In August 1945, McNulty was appointed the Quarter Master of No. 1 AIF Reception Camp U.K. Following the liberation of priso...ART26291
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Captain L L Gilbert
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Captain L L Gilbert, 2nd Australian Imperial Force.ART26294
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Captain Sir James Bisset
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Maker: Allcot, John
Portrait of Captain Sir James Gordon Partridge Bisset, Kt, CBE, Commodore of Cunard White Star Company Ltd. He commanded SS Queen Mary from 1942, (during the war it was a troop ship carrying 2 Austral...ART27770
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Company Quarter Master Sergeant Carl Short
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Carl Short, Company Quarter Master Sergeant, WX271, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, 2/11 Australian Infantry Battalion.ART26284
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Conference at Morotai
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Maker: Jones, Vernon
2nd Australian Imperial Force, United States Army Air Force; included in work are: Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead, Commanding 1 Australian Corps, Major General G F Wootten, General Commanding ...ART27563
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Corporal Arnold Robinson
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Maker: Dowie, John Stuart
Depicts Corporal Arnold Robinson. Robinson went to the Middle East in 1940. Plaster cast by Dowie in 1942. This bronze was cast in 1985.ART40968
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Corporal Jim Watson
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Two portrait studies of Corporal Jim Watson are depicted; one profile and one three-quarter view. Corporal Watson was a driver for the Australian Imperial Force, attached to Correspondents, Middle Eas...ART29876
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Corporal Sammy Walsh
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of Corporal Sammy 'the wild Irishman' Walsh (NX52951) of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force.ART29879
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Deir Suneid Village, near Camp
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Army transport, on the wrong side of the road, has pulled up to give "Baksheesh". A typical native village, through which runs a military tarmac road, Palestine.ART30050
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Dick Ashton sketching Japanese Warrant Officer doing batman duties
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Maker: Thompson, Robert
Dick Ashton, most likely official war artist with the Army Military History Section, Julian Richard Ashton, sketches a Japanese prisoner of war undertaking batman duties.ART28711
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drawing for headpiece for "Ack-I-Foofs"
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Drawing by Herbert for the inaugural header for the 'ACK-I-FOOFS' page 5 in the 'A.I.F News'. Launched in July 1941 the page was to be a 'Diggers page' for the A.I.F. Readers were invited to send in '...ARTI03458
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[Escaping from explosion]
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Maker: Hall, Alan
Depicts several soldiers quickly escaping from a surprise explosion. The artist Alan Hall (1919-1979)enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During the Second Worl...ART93342
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Ex-POWs leaving Eastbourne for return to Australia via Liverpool
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Maker: Moore, Alan
AIF ex-prisoners of war boarding the train at Eastbourne, England, bound for Liverpool and Australia. Moore was an official war artist who served in New Guinea, the Middle East and Europe before retur...ART26068
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Flares over the docks, Tobruk
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Maker: Norton, Frank
The destroyers night visit over, men of Docks Operating Unit proceed to remove the precious supplies from the destroyer berths and quais to dumps outside the town. Time is important for in the light o...ART27549
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Flight Lieutenant John Hipwell
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A portrait of Flight Lieutenant John Buckland Hipwell from the Royal Australian Airforce radar unit in Gusap, Papua New Guinea.ART28167.003
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For you the war is over
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Pencil sketch created in Ekali, Greece depicting the capture of an Australian officer and one soldier by German troops at an Australian hospital camp in 1941. The men had stayed behind to look after t...ART94378
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Fred Anderson
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Maker: Milgate, Eric Lovell
Portrait depicting NX46224 Fred E Anderson, 2nd A.I.F, probably drawn while a prisoner of war.ART29251
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Greece [first version]
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Maker: Dadswell, Lyndon
Originally entitled 'Patrol', this is the first version of 'Greece' produced by Dadswell while in the Middle East. The sculpture shows three soldiers of the 16th Brigade of the 6th Division on a forc...ART26395
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Harry Pike and Ken Joseph
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Portrait drawings of Harry Pike, Driver, Mid East AIF (left) and Ken Joseph, Militiaman, 5th Camouflage Unit (right) are depicted.ART29868
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Head of soldier - dyed for jungle camouflage
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of an Australian soldier with green face paint for camouflage and concealment in the jungles of New Guinea during the Second World War.ART29390
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Head study
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Portrait depicting an unidentified serviceman, wearing slouch hat.ART26574
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Helping a wounded comrade
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Infantryman of the 9th Australian Infantry Division helping his comrade to the Regimental Aid Post. This is often a necessary occurrence when, owing to a temporary shortage of stretcher bearers, a wou...ART22765
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Hi boot it Spanner
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 12 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Depiction of a humorous incident during a rugby game. The artist noted ' Lastly it woul...ART94536.012
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How proud they'll be to pass around your snaps, Join the A.I.F
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Maker: Unknown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
One of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "JOIN THE AIF". This poster is subtitled 'How proud they'll be to pass around yo...ARTV09583
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How proud they'll be to pass around your snaps, Join the A.I.F
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Maker: Unknown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
One of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "JOIN THE AIF". This poster is subtitled 'How proud they'll be to pass around yo...ARTV09587
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How proud they'll be to pass around your snaps, Join the A.I.F
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Maker: Unknown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
One of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "JOIN THE AIF". This poster is subtitled 'How proud they'll be to pass around yo...ARTV09588
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How proud they'll be to pass around your snaps, Join the A.I.F
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Maker: Unknown Commonwealth of Australia Unknown
One of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "JOIN THE AIF". This poster is subtitled 'How proud they'll be to pass around yo...ARTV09542
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How proud they'll be to pass around your snaps, Join the A.I.F
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Maker: Unknown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
One of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "JOIN THE AIF". This poster is subtitled 'How proud they'll be to pass around yo...ARTV09543
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How proud they'll be to pass around your snaps, Join the A.I.F
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Maker: Unknown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
One of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "JOIN THE AIF". This poster is subtitled 'How proud they'll be to pass around yo...ARTV09544
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In a section post, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a group of soldiers in Section Post during air attack (blitz), North African.ART21883
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Into action
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Maker: Dargie, William
Painting of three unidentified male Australian soldiers going into action in the Middle East. This work was reproduced in the frontispiece of the 1942 Australian War Memorial publication 'Soldiering ...ART22232
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Japanese guards buying vegetables, March 1945
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
This composition depicts the Japanese guards from the prisoner-of-war camps in Changi area purchasing the better class vegetables for themselves from Chinese stalls, Australians providing improvised t...ART25082