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Aircraft spotter
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts an Australian aircraft spotter holding a pair of binoculars in his right hand, clad in shorts, boots and a hard hat looking skywards. The spotter was crucial in alerting the troops to the immi...ART21903
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Australian soldier, Libya (Sergeant Frank Collins)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of NX2630 Sergeant Frank Robert Collins, 6th Division 2nd Australian Imperial Force, in Tobruk. Like many of the official war artists, Hele painted portraits not only of high-ranking officers...ART28474
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Back of a truck, moving up
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts several troops lying in the back of a truck in Libya.ART21890
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Bardia (action leading to the fall of Post 11)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
VX3511 Sergeant H B S 'Jo' Gullett, VX3495 V N Maloney, VX3497 Private H F Brockley, QX3118 Private F C Damm, all of 2/6th Btn 2 AIF, unidentified Australian and Italian soldiers. The first major camp...ART27576
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Benghazi
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
The westernmost place of any size captured by the 6th Australian Division in it's advance through the Western Desert, and 360 miles from Australia's first battlefield of the campaign at Bardin.ART22202
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Blown bridge, Libya
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Demolished by the retreating Italians on the road between Tobruk and Derna, Libya.ART27550
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Captured Italian guns, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a captured Italian Ansaldo Cannone da 75/40 CA anti aircraft gun in emplacement at Tobruk, near Libya.ART22873
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Central Square, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Buildings in the main square in Tobruk soon after Allied troops had taken the town; on the left is a church. The colours are the dry reds of the desert sand.ART22865
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Corporal John Edmondson
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Maker: Smith, Joshua
Portrait of NX15705 Corporal John H Edmondson, VC, 2/17 Battalion, AIF, was in a small group that attacked with the bayonet a party of Germans which had broken through a point of the Tobruk defences i...ART27532
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Crashed plane, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts the wreckage resulting from a crash of a Bristol Blenheim aircraft, flown by the Royal Air Force during the North Africa campaign, into a building at Tobruk, Libya. Aircraft and building are a...ART22201
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Digger, Libya
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Like many of his fellow official war artists, Hele painted portraits not only of high-ranking officers but also of the 'ordinary' men in the field, for whom he felt a great sense of empathy. The name...ART22879
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Digger with captured Breda gun
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts an unidentified soldier wearing battle dress, captured 6.5 millimetre model 30 Breda light machine gun, 2 Australian Imperial Force, Libyan campaign, Western Desert, North African Campaign.ART21912
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Head study (Lieutenant Colin Wade)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a portrait of SX2610 Lieutenant Colin Angus Wade, 6th Cavalry Regiment; 2/9th Armoured Regiment, Giarabub, North African campaign Sollum, 2 Australian Imperial Force. The artist had a chance...ART22866
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2/12 Infantry Battalion 18 Brigade AIF at Oro Bay
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Showing the 2/12 Australian Infantry Battalion setting out on a march to Cape Endaiadere in the Buna battle area. They arrived from Milne Bay by sea transport and marched 15 miles through swamp, river...ART21700
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Italian prisoners
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Showing some of the thousands of Italians who surrendered to the 6th Australian Division at Tobruk, on their way back to the Prisoner-of-War cage. Over 25,000 prisoners were taken on the first day and...ART23700
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Libya: Help them finish the job
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Maker: Stone, Marcus Her Majesty's Stationary Office LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (S.L. : FOSH & CROSS)
As an Italian colony from 1911, Libya was of great strategic important during the North African campaign. This battle would result in an Allied victory on 13 May 1943. This British Second World was ...ARTV02205
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Lieutenant Colonel George Warfe
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting VX186 Lieutenant Colonel George Radford Warfe, DSO, MC, served with the 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion in Libya and Greece in 1941 and in 1942 became commander of the 2/3rd Ind...ART27517
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Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Lawrence Andrew Kelly
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Lawrence Andrew Kelly, NX12214, DSO, MID, Commanding 31st/51st Australian Infantry Battalion, 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion, Commander Occupation Fo...ART24253
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Lieutenant Frank Reiter
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting VX4024 Lieutenant Frank A Reiter, MC, MM, enlisted in the 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion soon after the outbreak of war in 1939 and served with the unit in Greece and Crete,whe...ART31767
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Lieutenant General Sir Frank Berryman
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Maker: Smith, Joshua Allen & Unwin
VX20308 Lieutenant General (later Sir) Frank Horton Berryman, (KCVO), CB, CBE, DSO, Chief of Staff at Australian Advanced Land Headquarters, General Headquarters; North Africa, and campaigns, previous...ART27533
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Lieutenant General Sir Iven Mackay
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
NX363 Lieutenant General Sir Iven Mackay, KBE, CMG, DSO VD, General Commanding, Sir Iven was created knight of the British Empire for his brilliant leadership of the 6th Australian Division in the Lib...ART23414
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Lieutenant General Sir Stanley Savige
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Maker: Cook, Alfred
2nd Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Australian Corps; VX13 Lieutenant General Sir Stanley George Savige, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, Commanding II Corps, 2 AIF;, (also in First World War,, and [Dunsterforce], Fo...ART27535
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Major General Ivan Dougherty
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Maker: Carter, Norman
Depicts a portrait of NX148 Major General Ivan N Dougherty, CBE, DSO, ED, after a period with the 2/2nd Infantry Battalion he was appointed to command the 2/4th Battalion, which he led in Libya, Greec...ART31773
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Nazi, Sollum
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of an unidentified German prisoner of war, from the armoured corps, captured during the North African campaign near Salum (Sollum), Libya. Hele was impressed by the prisoner's ability to sit ...ART26656
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On the road to Derna
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a group of unidentified soldiers of the 6th Australian Division in battledress, waiting for transport, Libya.ART28476
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25-pounder in action, Sollum
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Members of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force manning a 25 pounder gun in Sollum, Libya during the North African Campaign.ART28472
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Scene in Halfaya Pass
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted, "Shortly after we had re-taken it [Halfaya Pass] from the Italians and Germans in January '42. Behind the knocked-out British tank can be seen one of the large guns, with French markings...ART23894
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Section of the Camp, El Gazala
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Maker: Norton, Frank
After living in flat country for weeks, to camp on the edge of a big wadi (creek) was a welcome change. The wadi runs roughly West by North-west joining the sea at Gazala Bay. The landing ground is to...ART26961
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Senussi and wrecked Ju 87 Stuka
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Maker: Dargie, William
A Senussi man with a donkey stands looking at a crashed German Junkers Ju 87 Stuka. The code 'T6' visible on the rear fuselage of the wrecked Stuka is a specific Luftwaffe unit code, for Sturzkampfge...ART23893
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Sergeant William Williams
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
7th Australian Imperial Division, Royal Australian Army Survey Corps; VX27459 Sergeant (later Captain) William Henry, MHS, formerly editor of Truth; North AfricaART25301
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Study of a digger
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a seated Australian soldier with rifle in hands, wearing uniform and helmet.ART21898
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Tin hat
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of an unidentified soldier from the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, wearing a protective tin helmet, during the North African campaign. Hele was serving as a private in the AIF, when in Janu...ART22872
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Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
The town and harbour of Tobruk after capture by Allied forces, 2 Australian Imperial force, 6th Australian Division and before the siege began. Less than two weeks after his appointment as an official...ART28482
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Troops debussing in sandstorm, Libya
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
2nd Australian Imperial Force during the Libyan campaign in the Western Desert, North African. Troops unloading in forward area during a sandstorm, 1941.ART28480
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Troops in back of truck, Libya
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
This work captures on canvas the physical and mental exhaustion of troops who have coped with endless marching, dust storms and lack of sleep. The bodies and uniforms piled on top of one another tell...ART28479
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Underground telephone exchange Tobruk
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Maker: Norton, Frank
West of Admiralty House is a tunnel into the rock just above the harbour level, and linking up by means of another long and narrow tunnel, linking Admiralty House 40 or 50 feet above. At the extreme e...ART21743
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Warant Officer 2 Douglas (Jock) Taylor
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting VX5449 Warrant Class 2 Douglas R 'Jock' Taylor, DCM, original member of 2/7th Infantry Battalion, served with the unit through its campaigns in Libya, Greece and Crete. In the fierc...ART27529
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Wireless tender, Libya
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Maker: Norton, Frank
One of the communication sections of No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Three men off duty warm themselves in the winter sun, the fourth, with headphones, keeps contact with Headquarters. Acc...ART21152
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Wounded digger
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Two views of unidentified soldier, one full length and one from waist upwards, right arm in sling, uniform tunic slung over shoulders during the North African campaign. There is an indiscernible drawi...ART21894