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Battle of Germany: join an air crew
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Maker: Holmes H.M. Stationery Office
This British war poster depicts RAF Halifaxes flying over a fire from a bomb-damaged German tower.ARTV07256
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Bombardment of Damour
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Bombardment of Damour. Evacuees leaving Damour with their packs and donkeys. Transport has stopped. The town is being shelled by the Navy and allied artillery. Large fires were started. The impression...ART30074
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Bomber crash
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
In 1941 Frank Hinder's Lockheed bomber, in which he was undertaking an aerial reconnaissance mission, crashed in Rabaul. The work 'Bomber crash' is a synthesis of the exotic environment in Rabaul, th...ART26924
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Bonfire at King's Cross
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Fires were started in garbage tins in the King's Cross area in celebration of the German surrender news early in the morning of the 9th May 1945. On the verso is a rough, incomplete pen and ink sketc...ART23290
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Burning cane before harvesting, Gordonvale
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Owing to the labour shortage in the cane fields during the war, practically all ripened cane was first fired to remove superfluous leaves and trash and so make cutting easier. Cane cutting follows wit...ART25652
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Crew bail out!
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A chaotic scene inside a burning bomber captures crew members as they attempt escape. In this work Adams draws on his own experience of a crash landing: "The aircraft rolled completely over as it cras...ART25693
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Devastation, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts the devastion and condition of a section of an oil refinery at Balikpapan, South East Borneo, showing oil tanks burnt out after the bombardment preceding the landing by 7th Australian Division...ART22997
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Flak busters
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicting an attack on a German "M" class minesweeper off the south coast on Norway by Australian rocket projectile Beaufighters based in Norfolk, England. They co-operated on many shipping strikes wi...ART22194
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Furniture store after fire - Stepney; verso: Not titled [study of female nude]
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Maker: Meeson, Dora
This sketch shows the burnt out and destroyed interior at the furniture store, Druce's, in Baker Street, London. Fragments of furniture are piled on top of each other. Verso: incomplete study of a fe...ART26906
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Help England's new homeless
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Maker: Warins Unknown Printers Ltd
patriotism; poster depicting a woman holding a baby, ruined buildings beneath, appeals for aid for victims of air raids inARTV02263
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HMAS Manoora sinking merchant vessel Romolo
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Two days after Italy entered the war, Australia struck her first blow against the new enemy on the high seas. On that day the armed Merchant Cruiser HMAS "Manoora" intercepted the Italian merchant ves...ART22328
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Japanese air attacks on Darwin Harbour, 19th February 1942
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Maker: Swain, Keith
This historical painting is a reinterpretation of the Japanese air raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942. Japanese aircraft fly overhead, while the focus of the painting is the Royal Australian Navy cor...ART28075
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Naval firefighters
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Maker: Ewers, Ray Gregory, E J
The Flinders Naval Depot staged a mock oil fire to facilitate the artist's accurate rendering of the subject. The artist recalls that they "[lit] a lot of oil and then put it out. It was very kind of ...ART26664
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[no title]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts a makeshift camp cooker and heater made from Klim (powdered milk) cans. It worked by lighting a fire and turning a fan in the bottom section while placing the food needing to be heated in the ...ART93156
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Palenie synagogi (The burning of the synagogue)
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Maker: Slawik, Bernard
A Jewish synagogue being burned by the Nazis in Poland. Several figures are watching the scene. The atmosphere is one of shock and disbelief. The buildings around the burning synagogue are reminiscent...ART90343
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Putting out the oil fire, Seria
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Maker: Flett, James
Overcoming great difficulties in the way of equipment, and the rationing and equipping of the Malay workers, Dutch-American Engineer Captain shown in Khaki in the centre of picture with Australian Eng...ART23351
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Remember Dec 7th...
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Maker: Saalburg, Allen Russell Office of War Information US Government Printing Office
Issued by the Office of War Information this emotive design, featuring a tattered US Flag flying amidst smoke from the burning Naval Base, was one of the first posters released to galvanize Americans ...ARTV02546
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Save Fuel for Battle: The Daughter Who Heaped on the Coal
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Maker: Bateman, Henry Mayo Ministry of Fuel and Power Chromoworks Ltd H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of using fuel economically. The poster is one of a campaign featuring humorous cartoons by Henry Bateman that involve a scenario with a cent...ARTV02038
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We Must Save More Fuel for Battle
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Flemings H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War proclamation-style poster encouraging people to economise their use of energy with regards to activities that use up fuel such as coal. Throughout the Second World War, govern...ARTV02037
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Where skill and courage count
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Maker: Schlaikjer, Jes Wilhelm Brown & Bigelow
Recruitment poster for the Signals Corps of the United States Army issued during the Second World War. This image of a signal corpsman using a field telephone in the foreground, and in the background ...ARTV05873