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US Fighter Ace
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
A portrait of Lieutenant Andrew J Reynolds, an American pilot with the 9th Fighter Squadron in the United States Air Force. He flew P40E Kittyhawks and was described as a fighter ace.ART22735
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US flag and cemetery, Lake Sentani, Dutch New Guinea
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Maker: Green, Douglas Allan
The United States flag raised next to a small cemetery, hills in the background, Lake Sentani, Sentani, Dutch New Guinea. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts ProgramART92725
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Using tunnel "Dick" as a disposal point for earth and sand from the main tunnel
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Maker: Comber, Albert
Australian prisoners of war using tunnel "Dick" for disposing earth and sand dug from the main tunnel at Stalag Luft III in Sagan Germany. Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) was a German priso...ART34781.020
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US submarine on the slip
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Maker: Norton, Frank
SS GAR (SS 206) one of the latest type of American submarines, and possibly one of the heaviest vessels to be placed on this slip-way, receiving the last touches of paint while the dockside cranes rem...ART21272
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Vale Waterhen (Sinking of HMAS Waterhen)
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Maker: Norton, Frank
HMAS Waterhen listing to port, prior to being taken in tow and later sinking.ART22327
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Valves For Defence Come First
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Maker: Jardine, Walter Lacy William Brooks & Co. Ltd
Australian Second World War poster designed by artist Walter Jardine. The poster highlights the importance of valves and that first priority for their use should be for defence purposes. Valves were a...ARTV02859
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V2 casualties, Smithfield Market, London
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Shows the removal of casualties caused by the explosion of a German V2 rocket in the famous Smithfield Meat Market, London.ART24365
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VDC hauling gun into position for coastal defence on North Queensland coast
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted, "This sketch depicts one of the activities of the VDC [Volunteer Defence Corp] in the danger period, before Australia's defences were properly organised against a Japanese attack on the ...ART26112
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VDC receiving Bofors instruction
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Against a Tasmanian landscape, five men from the Volunteer Defence Corps are in uniform and gathered around a Bofors anti-aircraft gun. They are receiving instruction on its use from a 6th Division Au...ART23527
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V. D. C. Spotter
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Maker: Bush, Charles
A full length profile portrait of a Volunteer Defence Corps aircraft Spotter in Hobart. The soldier is wearing a hard hat and reclining in an Australian made spotter's chair, his binoculars raised sky...ART25801
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VD Treatment must be continued...
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Maker: Bennett, Maurice V [LONDON] : MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND THE CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH EDUCATION, [N.D.] (LONDON : J. WEIN
British Second World War poster advertsing to women on the treatment of veneral disease. The poster was issued by the Ministry of Health and Central Council for Health Education in London. The first b...ARTV00342
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VE Day, Melbourne
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
In this work, civilians mingle with members of the Air Force, Navy and Army at the intersection of Flinders and Swanston streets, outside Flinders Street Station in central Melbourne. In the backgroun...ART24072
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VE Day, Narrabeen
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Depicts local citizens decorating Soldiers' Memorial for VE Day (Victory in Europe) celebrations in Narrabeen, New South Wales.ART24229
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VE Day service at the Shrine
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
V-E Day Service at the Shrine of Remembrance. View of the Shrine Service from a perch looking along St Kilda Road. Representatives of various religious denominations and the Service were on the dias. ...ART24073
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Vehicle Outfit Log checker (Private Isobel Sanderson)
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Private Isobel Sanderson, AWAS, of, a Vehicle Outfit Log Checker at a Base Ordnance DepotART25318
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Velvendos village
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Maker: Dargie, William
View of Velvendos village on Crete with buildings, and the lone figure of a woman on the road in foreground. Blue and grey hills in background; ice-capped hills in the distance.ART23834
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VE night, Piccadilly Circus
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A jubilant scene, as men and women dance in the street on VE night which heralded the end of the Second World War. English and American flags are flown from the windows of the buildings that line Picc...ART26250
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Veteran
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait depicting an unidentified soldier. Dargie noted of this work, "VETERAN - of two wars, 1914-1948 and the present war. Whilst this study was being made the sitter was greatly perturbed because...ART22004
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Vevi Pass
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Maker: Dargie, William
Showing the railway line and main road as seen from the south. The Germans broke through the position of the 1st Rangers (British) in the centre and began to attack 2/8th Australian Infantry Battalion...ART23959
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Vice Admiral Sir John Collins
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of Vice Admiral Sir John Collins, KBE, CB, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand, formerly commanding officer HMAS (1935-41); Mediterranean (Bartolomeo Colleoni), Gulf.ART27541
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Vic Honeyman
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Vic Honeyman. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 many prisoners had died an...ART28403.083
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Vickers gunner
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Maker: Ewers, Ray Gregory, E J
New Guinea during the Borneo campaigns, a soldier leans back in the Kuni grass to hide from Japanese snipers. His gaunt body pulls back to engage the gun, drawing on all his physical strength. Origina...ART26416
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Vickers machine gun crew 57/60 Battalion
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
The three figures in this painting are Ken Connor behind the gun; Phil Saunders this side of the gun; Harold White far side of the gun. Harold White relates: "We had pursued the Japanese from the Shag...ART22277
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Victoria, Labuan Island
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
On his last assignment as war correspondent Wep was sent to Borneo. This painting depicts Victoria Town, Labuan Island. Visible are some damaged buoys and the only two buildings and a clock tower to s...ART29343
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Victory contingent marching through Melbourne
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Australia sent a contingent of 250 officers, men and women of the three services to participate in the Victory Parade in London, 8 June 1946. This painting depicts the Army detachment of the Australia...ART24379
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Victory March, London, 10 June 1946
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Representatives of Australian forces marching past saluting base in Pall Mall, during the victory celebrations in London on 10 June 1946. King George VI is standing on a podium taking the salute as he...ART26674
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Victory March, London, 10 June 1946
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Depicts a victory march, Royal Family; on dais l-r: Dowager Queen Mary, unidentified, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth (Queen consort), Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret, unidentified, tri-service C...ART26665
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Victory over the Jews (Warsaw ghetto 1944)
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Maker: de Kessler, Thomas
Victory over the Jews (Warsaw ghetto 1944) depicts a Jewish man with arms raised; behind him is a soldier pointing a gun at him.ART91474
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Victory parade
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Colahan depicts troops from the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Airforce marching past the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, as part of victory celebrations in 1...ART26364
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Victory! TASS No. 1243, May 12 1945
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Maker: Denisovskii, Nikolai Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS)
Large, hand stencilled poster produced by the Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) propaganda studio in Moscow at the end of the Second World War. This poster was designed and distributed app...ARTV10282
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View across the wadi near Alikarnassos
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Maker: Dargie, William
View across Wadi near Alikarnassos as seen from 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion positions during the fighting of May 1941.ART23863
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View from banana plantation
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Maker: Ueki, Shizu
View from the banana plantation at Rabaul, with soldier's quarters and barracks in background, bougainvillea bush in the middle ground, and soldiers digging a bomb shelter in the foreground.ART91552
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View from fever huts, Chungkai Base Hospital Camp; verso: [Landscape]
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Maker: Chalker, Jack
Three hospital huts; tree on left; hill right background. Verso: Trees, grass; hills in background.ART91822
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View from my window, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Prisoner of war urinating into bucket.ART26297
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View from Sisters' Mess, Finschhafen
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Three women from 106 Australian Casualty Clearing Station are depicted seated around a table relaxing outside the Sisters' Mess in Finschhafen, New Guinea. Behind them an open view of the New Guinea l...ART22392
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View of a railway bridge with a train passing
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Maker: Emery, James
A highly graphic work: in the foreground is a viaduct on which a steam engine is travelling, in the mid ground is a bridge for cars and pedestrians. Below the bridges pass local men and donkeys. The...ART27666
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View of Gilli Gilli, with reconditioned Jap invasion barge, and American ship unloading stores
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted, "The Liberty ship is moored in the space between the wharf and the sunken Anchen [SS Anshun]. This latter ship was sunk by Japanese naval gunfire one night. Fortunately, the Bay hereab...ART23904
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Village of Skamnos
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Maker: Dargie, William
Drawn near the positions held by 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion during the rearguard action in the Brallos Pass when a German armoured thrust was halted by troops of the ANZAC Corps in Greece in...ART24003
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Vincent Hall, chief engineer of Queensland railways during war
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a portrait of Mr Vincent Hall, Chief Engineer Queensland Railways, Queensland.ART25559
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Vitamin race
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Maker: Slawik, Bernard
Once a week a vitamin race was organised from the train station to the barracks. The object of the race, called 'vitamin race', was to weed out the weak and sickly. The vitamins were B for belki [beam...ART90355
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Volcanic island in the middle of Rabaul Bay
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Maker: Ueki, Shizu
Depicts a volcanic island in Rabaul Bay. Shizu Ueki was a Japanese nurse who worked as a civilian nurse with the 8th Naval Hospital in Rabaul, New Guinea from 1942-43. She presented a photo album cont...ART91553.005
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Voluntary worker (Mrs Desbrowe Annear)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Mrs Desbrowe Annear had been a voluntary worker at the Australian Comfort Fund established during this and the last war. She specialised in the making of shirts and pyjamas for the troops.ART23543
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Voluntary workers, Australian Comforts Fund, Melbourne
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a painting of two women volunteers of the Australian Comfort Fund, l-r Mrs Oxley, Mrs Desbrowe Annear, in the clothing and textiles industry.ART22590
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Volunteer Defence Corps Night Patrol
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicts the Volunteer Defence Corps night patrol, No 3 Platoon, B Company being given orders by their commanding officer; l-r: Lance Corporal M Nisbet, Lieutenant C H Johnson (seated), Sergeant G Edy...ART22208
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Volunteer for victory! Come overseas with the A.I.F
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Maker: Australian Imperial Force
Australian Second World War recruiting poster by Ralph Warner. The poster depicts a line of soldiers with kit bags, all giving the 'V for Victory' sign against a bright yellow background. The Australi...ARTV06732
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Volunteer for victory! Come overseas with the A.I.F
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Maker: Australian Commonwealth Military Forces
Australian Second World War recruiting poster by Ralph Warner. The poster depicts a line of soldiers with kit bags, all giving the 'V for Victory' sign against a bright yellow background. The Australi...ARTV03923
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Volunteer for victory! Come overseas with the A.I.F
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Maker: Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
Australian Second World War recruiting poster by Ralph Warner. The poster depicts a line of soldiers with kit bags, all giving the 'V for Victory' sign against a bright yellow background. The Australi...ARTV04330
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Volunteer for victory! Come overseas with the A.I.F
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Maker: Warner, Ralph Malcolm Australian Imperial Force Unknown
Australian Second World War recruiting poster by Ralph Warner. The poster depicts a line of soldiers with kit bags, all giving the 'V for Victory' sign against a bright yellow background. The Australi...ARTV00844
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Volunteer for Victory! Come overseas with the A.I.F
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Maker: Warner, Ralph Malcolm Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruiting poster by Ralph Warner. The image is a graphic illustration of a line of Australian soldiers with kit bags, all giving the 'V for Vi...ARTV09535
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Voorzichtig (Careful)
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Maker: Van Grondelle, Connie
The boys had to do all the heavy lifting in the kitchen at Camp Karees, Bandoeng. The woman is Mrs Hessels van Zalm and she is warning the boys to be careful. Often 'the boys would stumble, fall in th...ART91971