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Australian infantry attack in Polygon Wood
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Maker: Leist, Fred
In the third battle of Ypres the Australians encountered reinforced concrete blockhouses, known as 'pillboxes', that were largely resistant to shell-fire; some had machine-guns firing from loopholes. ...ART02927
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Brigadier General Harold Elliott
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Portrait of Brigadier General Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott, CB, CMG, DSO, DCM, Commanding 15th Brigade (earlier also 7th Battalion and 1st Brigade), 1st Australian Imperial Force. Elliott was at the...ART03182
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Captain Bean typing despatches after a hard day at Polygon Wood
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Depicts a profile portrait of the head of Charles Bean, official war correspondent, wearing glasses. Australian-born, though raised in Britain, Charles Bean returned to Australia in 1904. He became a ...ART09931
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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Christie
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Maker: Bell, George
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Christie (1883-1957) , DSO and BAR, Commanding 51st battalion, at Villers- Bretonneux and later Air Commander, RAAF, wearing a slouch hat. He served wit...ART00099
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Major General Joseph Talbot Hobbs
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Portrait of Major General (later Lieutenant General Sir) Joseph John Talbot Hobbs, General Officer Commanding 5th Division Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front during the First World War. Fr...ART02926
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Pill box, Polygon Wood
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Watercolour sketch depicting the Polygon Wood Area at the Western Front with pill boxes and wrecked landscape. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from Nove...ART03149
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Polygon Wood and Nonne Boschen
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Watercolour sketch depicting the Polygon Wood, Nonne Boschen Area on the Western Front with a totally devastated landscape. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in Fra...ART03148