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Adelaide River camp
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
The Adelaide River played a major role during the Second World War. It was in this area that the 119 Australian General Hospital and huge military base were established. The American and Australian ...ART27513
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Air Picquet (Gunner K Thompson)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The subject of this drawing is 261617 Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth William Thompson, ED. Thompson died on 5 November 2001 aged 77 years (BS). Royal Australian Artillery, 14 Anti Aircraft Battery; Gunner...ART21686
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Americans and Aborigines
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Originally titled 'Australian Aborigines rescue shot down U.S. pilot'. Depicts the story associated with the rescue of 2nd Lieutenant Clarence T Johnson, 7th Squadron, 49th Fighter group, USA. On 15 J...ART22732
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Anti aircraft all the way
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Maker: Gilman, Don Office of AC of S, G-2, 14th Antiaircraft Command 650th Engineering Battalion
A poster issued by the Assistant Chief of Staff of the 14th Anti aircraft Command. The poster depicts a broad arrow heading towards a Japanese flag, on the flag is a listing of a number of battles, ...ARTV00538
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Anti-submarine defences, Darwin
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
An unidentified crew on fo'csle of boom defence vessel looking towards the horns; second boom defence vessel in background. Anti-submarine boom across Harbour maintained and serviced by boom defence v...ART22740
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Army officer and haversack
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Maker: Baird, John
A portrait of an unidentified army officer, seated, with a haversack hanging on the wall beside him.ART27919
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Assault course
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Maker: Baird, John
A group of bayonet practice dummies on gibbets are depicted at the Darwin Harbour foreshore assault course, Anti Aircraft.ART27872
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14 Australian Anti-aircraft Battery (Bombardier William Richards)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Bombardier William Charles Richards, NX146567, of the 14th Australian Anti-Aircraft Battery, carrying a 3.7 inch anti-aircraft shell. He is standing in front of an ammunition storage recess in a gun ...ART22724
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14 Australian Antiaircraft Battery (Militia) Fixed Defences, Darwin
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
14 Australian Antiaircraft Battery (Militia) Fixed Defences, Darwin. This crew saw action when the Japanese first bombed Darwin. The Battery of 4 guns had, shot down 2 planes certain, one probable. Th...ART22719
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Australian Nursing Sister
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
An unfinished sketch of an unidentified Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), Darwin.ART25973
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Australian soldiers playing cards, Darwin
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Maker: Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth
Three Australian soldiers playing cards, Robertson Barracks, Darwin. 'Robertson Barracks is a large army base near Darwin. It is quite spread out and very comfortable, though hot and humid. At the tim...ART91128
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Australian soldiers playing cards, Robertson Barracks, Darwin
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Maker: Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth
Two Australian soldiers playing cards, Robertson Barracks, Darwin. The soldier on the left is not wearing a shirt; the one on the right is wearing a black singlet. The soldiers were in Darwin being tr...ART91159
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Battin' the breeze (Sergeant Frederick Nielsen (USAAF) and Private Sam Brook (Australian))
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy Cecil
Depicts Sergeant F. K. Nielsen, 9 Fighter Squadron USAAF on the left chatting with Private Sam Brook, returned for Middle East, Darwin. The objective of this drawing was to capture a typical American ...ART21346
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Be Deadly - NORFORCE
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Maker: Albert, Tony
In 2012 Tony Albert became the Australian War Memorial's first official war artist to be attached to the Army's Regional Surveillance Force North West Mobile Unit (NORFORCE). 'I saw the recruits as ev...ART94987
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Bill Coombes, Flying Officer
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Maker: Baird, John
A portrait of Flying Officer William Michael 'Bill' Coombes (O21987), Spitfire pilot, RAAF.ART27907
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Bomb Damage, Darwin
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Depicts two unidentified Australian soldiers, one bending forward, the other smoking a cigarette, near a bomb crater and wrecked house in Darwin, Australia during the Second World War.ART28042
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Bomb damage, 19 February 1942
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The wreckage of the Post Office and Post Master's house in Darwin. The damage was caused through bombing by the Japanese on 19 February 1942. The postmaster and his daughter along with other post of...ART22723
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Bomb damage to Darwin township, 19 February 1942
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Depicts an image of the coast and city of Darwin and the bomb attacks as a result of Japanese attacks 19 February 1942.ART22736
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Bomber Pilot (Flying Officer Edward Harding)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Royal Australian Air Force, No 13 Reconnaisance Bomber Squadron; Flying E A Harding, Captain Pilot of Hudson bomber, RAAF; raids on, and shipping in nearby watersART21348
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Bomber under camouflage
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Depicts a Lockheed Hudson bomber and airfield tractor under camouflage netting, Darwin.ART29703
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Bombing of Darwin
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Maker: Wanji Wanji, Susan
Susan Wanji Wanji lives and works on Melville Island which is the largest of the two Tiwi Islands. The experience of the planes and the bombings on the island came as a shock to many Tiwi Islanders an...AWM2016.251.1
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Bombing of Darwin
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Maker: Wanji Wanji, Susan
The presence of planes and the bombing of Darwin came as a shock to many Tiwi Islanders and it is an event which still has resonance today through traditional songs and dance. Originally from Maningri...AWM2016.251.2
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Briefing, lecture theatre, Rowell Centre, Robertson Barracks, Darwin
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Maker: Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth
Australian soldiers, seen from behind, being briefed in the lecture theatre at Rowell Centre, Robertson Barracks, Darwin. The soldiers were in Darwin being de-briefed and trained before moving on to E...ART91187.005
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Caldwell in the cockpit
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Maker: Baird, John
Sketch portrait of Wing Commander Clive Robertson 'Killer' Caldwell (402107), DSO, DFC, Commander No 1 Wing, Royal Australian Air Force, seated in the cockpit of a Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraf...ART27858
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Caricature of Bill Coombes
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Maker: Baird, John
A caricature portrait of Flying Officer William Michael 'Bill' Coombes (O21987), Spitfire pilot, RAAF.ART27908
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Clive Caldwell
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Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of Wing Commander Clive Robertson 'Killer' Caldwell (402107), DSO, DFC, Commander No 1 Wing, Royal Australian Air Force, depicted reclining on a canvas chair in Darwin.ART27853
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Coastal defence gun
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Artillerymen from the Australian Military Forces crew a 6 inch naval gun on the coast in Darwin. The gun is one that was manufactured before 1914 and is probably off one of the First World War ships, ...ART22186
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Commander Alexander Fowler, RAN
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Potrait depicting Commander Alexander Earle Fowler, RAN, Naval-Officer-in-Charge North Solomons, operating Bougainville Naval Force, supporting 2 Australian Corps. Was present at Surrender Ceremony at...ART24255
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Commodore John Collins
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Maker: Baird, John
Commodore (later Admiral Sir) John Collins, RAN, portrait used for cover of 'Woman' magazine, 28 August 1944; Mediterranean Sea, Gulf, Pacific.ART27893
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Corporal Nicolas Karras
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Portrait of D602 Corporal Nicolas Karras, 4th Australian Docks Operating Company, Australian Military Forces.ART25972
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Corporal Phyllis Huggins, Robertson Barracks, Darwin
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Maker: Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth
Corporal Phyllis Huggins in the office at Robertson Barracks in Darwin.ART91185
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Crew of Hudson Bomber on return from Ambon attack (Sergeants Mossop, Frith, Madin, Flight Lieutenant Ian McCombe and Flight Sergeant Baker)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
l-r: Sergeant Mossop, Wireless rear-gunner, Sergeant Firth, wireless air-gunner, Sergeant Madin, observer/ navigator/ bomb aimer, 250813 Flight Lieutenant (later Squadron Leader, DFC) Ian A McCombe, p...ART22731
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Darwin harbour
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Maker: Wood, C Dudley
The time is 1941-2. This is a general view of Darwin Harbour, prior to attacks by the Japanese. The artist has depicted a variety of craft, ranging from merchant vessels, to a warship, and barge. A...ART29218
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Deserted trenches, Darwin
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Maker: Wood, C Dudley Wood, C Dudley
The trench has a dark, shaded entrance which is supported by pilasters of piled stones. It is accessed by a broken ladder, which descends from high ground of red dirt. The trench is located amongst s...ART29212
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Female soldiers playing cards, Robertson Barracks, Darwin
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Maker: Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth
Four unidentified female Australian soldiers playing cards, Robertson Barracks, Darwin. 'What immediately struck me was how young most of the women were. I don't think I came across anyone older than ...ART91123
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Filipino boy, Private Tom Mayo
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Private Tom Mayo, interpreter of Japanese, originally a pearl diver from Thursday Island.ART22825
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First air-raid on Australia, 19 February 1942
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
This work was drawn from a small set of photographs taken by an able seaman on a corvette on the day that the Japanese first bombed Darwin. The SS Neptuna was bombed whilst berthed at the Darwin Jett...ART22831
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First 'Zero' Japanese fighter brought down on Australian mainland
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The wreckage of an aircraft shot down over the mainland in Darwin on 19 February 1942. This aircraft is not actually a Zero as it is referred to by the artist but instead is a Aichi D3A carrier based...ART21687
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Flight Lieutenant Adrian 'Tim' Goldsmith
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Maker: Baird, John
A portrait of Flight Lieutenant (later Squadron Leader) Adrian Philip 'Tim' Goldsmith (402500), DFC, DFM, 452 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Flight Lieutenant Goldsmith was the only RAAF recipi...ART28624
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Flight-Lieutenant Adrian ('Tim') Goldsmith
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Maker: Honisett, Ray
Portrait of 402500 Flight Lieutenant (later Squadron Leader) Adrian Philip 'Tim' Goldsmith, DFC, DCM, No 452 Sqdn RAAF, also unofficial awards of Cross of for Valor (the only RAAF recipient) and a 'go...ART29256
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Flight Sergeant Jeffrey King
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Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of Flight Sergeant (later Flight Lieutenant) Jeffrey Cecil King (401823), Spitfire pilot, 452 Squadron, RAAF; North West Area, sitting in a deck chair, reading and smoking.ART27866
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Flying officer Bill Lloyd
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Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of Flying Officer Clive Percival 'Bill' Lloyd (404690), Spitfire pilot, RAAF, Northern Australia.ART27857
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Flying Officer Richard Overhue
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Portrait depicting Flying Officer Richard F. Overhue, of the Royal Australian Air Force, relaxed, writing home in the Darwin bush outside his tent, with his feet propped on his improvised bathroom rig...ART21689
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Flying Officer Turnbull
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Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of Flight Sergeant Frank Turnbull, 452 Squadron, RAAF, in Darwin.ART27862
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Gun and webbing and perve show
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Maker: Baird, John
A sketch of a gun and webbing in front of a backdrop of posters and pictures depicting female nudes.ART27916
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Hauling up a buoy on the boom ship, Darwin Harbour
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Maker: Baird, John
Four sailors are shown hauling up a buoy on the boom ship at Darwin Harbour.ART27975
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Helicopter, Darwin
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Maker: Amor, Rick
Close-up view of the front of a helicopter. This is Amor's appropriated version of the image by Eric Thake 'Liberator's face' (ART26970).ART91050
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Helicopter maintenance on HMAS Tobruk, Darwin Harbour. Timor Crisis
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Maker: McRae, Robert
Depicts an image of helicopter maintenance on HMAS Tobruk, Darwin Harbour during the East Timor Crisis.ART91456
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HMAS Darwin and HMAS Adelaide at HMAS Stirling, WA, prior to departure for the Gulf, 22/8/90
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Maker: Norton, Lynne
Depicts the ships HMAS Darwin and HMAS Adelaide at HMAS Stirling, Cockburn Sound, in Western Australia. The ships are two RAN guided missile frigates, alongside the wharf at shore station HMAS Stirlin...ART29484
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HMAS Tobruk with a Canadian Transport at Fort Hill Wharf, Timor Crisis
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Maker: McRae, Robert
Depicts the Australian ship HMAS Tobruk with a Canadian Transport at Fort Hill Wharf , Darwin, during the East Timor Crisis.ART91455
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HMAS "Voyager" wrecked and burning at Betano Bay
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Maker: Bush, Charles
In February 1942 Japanese forces invaded Dutch and Portuguese Timor, overwhelming the defending forces except for the 2/2nd Australian Independent Company in Portuguese Timor which withdrew into the h...ART26358
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Hospital marquee at 119th Field Hospital
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Depicts a partial view of hospital bed and personnel inside marquee encampment, 119th Field Hospital, Darwin.ART29704
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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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Kitchen, Robertson Barracks, Darwin
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Maker: Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth
Depicts a chef at Robertson Barracks, Darwin, in the kitchen, preparing food at a stove. The Australian soldiers were based at Robertson Barracks in Darwin being briefed before moving to East Timor. W...ART91155
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Lance Corporal Frederick Paulson
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
WX1209 Lance Corporal Frederick Lawrence Paulson, after serving unscathed for two years in Egypt, Palestine and Syria with 2/2 Australian Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, finds himself well ...ART21616
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Liberator's face
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Maker: Thake, Eric
Thake's view of a Consolidated B24 Liberator aircraft in Darwin, seeing the machine as some sort of crouching giant insect. Eric Thake was one of three artists appointed by the RAAF Historical Section...ART26970
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Lieutenant Fishlock
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Depicts an unfinished drawing of Lieutenant George Fredrick Norman Fishlock, 2/8 Australian Infantry Battalion, seated in a wheelchair, Darwin.ART25977
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Lieutenant R S Mews
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Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of Lieutenant Ronald Sydney 'Bunny' Mews, Navy Liaison Officer with the Fighter Sector, RAAF.ART27867
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Looted house, Darwin
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Maker: Thake, Eric
Features a bomb-damaged house with graffiti on the partially demolished walls. This drawing illustrates the relatively unknown story of the events following the Japanese bombing of Darwin during the S...ART96844
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[Mechanics working on a fighter plane]
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Maker: Baird, John
Leading Aircraftmen Guy and Holden are depicted adjusting the air screws on a Supermarine Spitfire figther aircraft, in Darwin.ART27854
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Night air raid
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Maker: Wood, C Dudley
This image is of men leaving their tent to shelter in a slit trench during a raid by the Japanese Air Force. Two men crouch forwards; one is in shorts and another in pyjama bottoms. A third man fac...ART29214
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Night boarding operation, HMAS Armidale
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Maker: McRae, Robert
Night scene of a boarding operation conducted by patrol boat HMAS Armidale during Operation Cranberry, a joint ADF and Coastwatch co-ordinated civil maritime surveillance program in northern Australia...ART92980
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Notes on aerial warfare over Port Darwin, 4th April 1942
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Aerial warfare over Port Darwin. U.S. Air Corps, 5 Fighter Command of 49 Group, 9 Squadron, went up to meet a force of Japanese bombers and Zero fighters. The 14th Australian Anti-Aircraft Battery fir...ART29708
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[Oil tanks ablaze, 16 June 1942]
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The Japanese patterned-bombed the township of Darwin. On this occasion the oil tanks were hit, burning furiously for 3 days. In the foreground are the workshops and yards attached to the Boom Defence ...ART26629
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Paddy Padula
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Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of Flight Lieutenant Paul Angelo 'Paddy' Padula (411813), 452 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Spitfire pilot, Northern Australia.ART27856
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Padre Dwyer
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Portrait depicting Padre Dwyer, Australian Military Forces, Darwin.ART30135
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Pillbox, Darwin
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Maker: Wood, C Dudley
The Pillbox has an open door, which rests against sandbags. The building is surrounded by tropical foliage, including small palm trees. There is a suggestion of ropes or netting attached to the build...ART29209
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Pilot Officer Douglas McKenzie
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Portrait depicting Pilot Douglas McKenzie, RAAF, observer, gunner, bomb aimer and navigator, seated on a bed in the soldiers encampment Darwin, pulling on his boots.ART21690
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Pilot Officer Paul Tulley
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Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of Pilot Officer (later Flight Lieutenant) Paul Dominic Tully (404998), Spitfire pilot, 452 Squadron RAAF, North West Area.ART27864
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Post office ruin, Darwin
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
This painting shows a bomb damaged Post Office in Darwin. Sections from the roof are destroyed and the building is surrounded by rubble and a broken fence. Dark clouds loom over the scene.ART26121
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Private Samuel Fejo
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
D11 Gunner Samuel Fejo, CMF, Fixed Defences Citizen Military Forces, Darwin. Fejo was a gunner in the Fixed Defences Citizen Military Forces, Darwin, and an Aboriginal member of the Militia. While in ...ART29415
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Reconnaissance
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Maker: McManus, Pip
Pip McManus was commissioned by 24 Hr Art, Darwin to make this work for a group exhibition about ancestral stories at the Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center in Manila, the Philippi...AWM2019.1262.1
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Relic of Feb '42
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Rare depiction of Darwin a little over a year after the 1942 bombings. It shows the damaged American HQ, corner of Peel and Smith Streets, Darwin. The building was wrecked by a crashing spitfire. Orig...ART94593
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Salvation Army Officer
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Portrait depicting unidentified Salvation Army officer, standing in front of 'Drop In' sign Philanthropic organisations - Salvation Army, Darwin.ART30134
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Sea kings on the San Giusto preparing for Timor
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Maker: McRae, Robert
Depicts two helicopters on the back of the 'Regia Marina' (Italian navy ship ) and assault ship 'San Giusto' (L9894) berthed in Darwin Harbour. The ship is preparing to transport supplies to East Timo...ART91458
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Self-portrait, Darwin
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Maker: Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth
Self-portrait of the artist wearing a black bra seated at a table drawing in the Robertson Barracks, Darwin. The Australians were based at Darwin for briefing prior to moving to East Timor as part of ...ART91140
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Self portrait in a ballistic helmet, Robertson Barracks, Northern Territory
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Maker: Amor, Rick
Self portrait wearing ballistic helmet.ART91079
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Sergeant Efremoff in dug-out, Darwin
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Maker: Baird, John
A sketch portrait of Sergeant Nicholas Efremoff (NX162631), sitting at a desk and writing, at an Anti Aircraft dug-out in Darwin.ART27918
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Sister Lorna Laffer
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Portrait depicting Sister Lorna Laffer, Australian Army Nurses Service (AANS), wearing 'walking out' uniform, Darwin.ART30137
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Sister Quinlan
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Portrait depicting Sister Quinlan, Australian Army Nurses Service (AANS), Darwin.ART30136
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[Soldier]
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Maker: Baird, John
A portrait of an unidentified Australian soldier wearing a slouch hat.ART27917
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Soldier resting
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Portrait depicting Sergeant Francis George Innes Ker, Royal Australian Artillery, 2/14th Australian Field Regiment.ART22116
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Some members of No 2 Squadron
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Maker: Baird, John
Group portrait depicting some of the airmen from No 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, casually seated around with a poster of a nude woman seen pinned up on the wall behind. From left to right: ...ART27860
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Spitfire of the 'Grey Nurse' squadron, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Air crew of the No 457 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force at work on a Supermarine Spitfire VIII. Nicknamed the 'Grey Nurse' Squadron, the nose of this Spitfire has been painted as the face o...ART23346
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Spitfires attacking Japanese raiders over Darwin, 6 July 1943
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
Depicts a squadron of Supermarine Spitfires in action against Japanese aircraft over Darwin towards the end of the Second World War. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was a...ART27577
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Squadron Leader Ronald Macdonald
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Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of Squadron Leader Ronald Sommerville Macdonald (270812), Commanding 452 Squadron, Spitfire pilot, convalescing from burns after being shot down in action. Baird noted alongside this work tha...ART27861
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Telephone booth, Darwin
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Maker: Baird, John
A shattered telephone booth surrounded by debris is depicted, illustrating the damage caused by the Japanese air raids on Darwin. A figure can be seen standing in the background, observing the ruins.ART27895
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The commissioning of HMAS Armidale
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Maker: McRae, Robert
The commissioning of HMAS Armidale, showing the Darwin Navy band playing in front of a large crowd of naval personnel and guests at Darwin wharf. HMAS Armidale was the first of 12 new Armidale Class P...ART92979
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The French destroyer Prairial with HMAS Jervis Bay preparing for Timor, Darwin Harbour
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Maker: McRae, Robert
Depicts the French destroyer 'Prairial' with Australian Navy ship HMAS Jervis Bay preparing for INTERFET movement into East Timor, at Darwin Harbour.ART91457
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The gun crew
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Maker: Wood, C Dudley
The crew of a Bofors anti-aircraft gun in a sand bagged gun position in Darwin, in action against enemy aircraft.ART92137
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Three seated soldiers, Robertson Barracks, Darwin
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Maker: Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth
Depicts three seated Australian soldiers, Robertson Barracks, Darwin. The soldiers were being debriefed and trained before moving on to East Timor as part of the Interfet Peacekeeping Force, December ...ART91187.020
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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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Water truck
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Near the 46 mile post. Water would be drawn from pipes 10 miles away and then filled into 44 Gallon drums; a drum placed outside each tent in the area, Darwin.ART25142
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Wing commander Clive Caldwell
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Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of Wing Commander Clive Robertson 'Killer' Caldwell (402107), DSO, DFC, Commander No 1 Wing, Royal Australian Air Force, depicted wearing the flying suit worn by 'Bluey' Truscott.ART27852
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Wing commander Hannock
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Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of Wing Commander Hannock, No. 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.ART27859
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World War II supply ships, Darwin
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Maker: Wainburranga, Paddy Fordham
Two supply ships at Darwin being unloaded by Aboriginal labourers during the Second World War. Before the completion of the Stuart and Barkly Highways, the bulk of supplies needed for the troops arriv...ART29718