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Australian soldier, Libya (Sergeant Frank Collins)
Art
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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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
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Demolished by the retreating Italians on the road between Tobruk and Derna, Libya.ART27550
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Captain Eric Carter
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of NX12286 Captain Eric Joseph Bryce Carter, Camp Commandant, 6th Australian Division, Wondecla, Queensland.ART21259
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Captain James Mellor
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting Captain James Corry Mellor, SX13831, Camp Commandant, Headquarters, 9th Australian Division, formerly Royal Australian Artillery, 2/7th Australian Field Regiment, 7th Australian Div...ART22438
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Casualty clearing station, Mersa Matruh
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Scene in an underground casualty clearing station at Mersa Matruh. The clearing station was filled with wounded from forward areas mostly from two Australian battalions, with a few from British units....ART28473
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Crashed plane, Tobruk
Art
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 walking
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian infantrymnan walking in the Western Desert in North Africa.ART21896
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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)
Art
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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Italian prisoners
Art
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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Italian prisoners
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Italians; 6th Australian Division; n campaign, n campaignART22356
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Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Lawrence Andrew Kelly
Art
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 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
Art
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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On the road to Derna
Art
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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Section of the Camp, El Gazala
Art
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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Sergeant J Tait
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of QX10596 Sergeant J Tait, Official photographer, Military History Section (MHS), (formerly 6th Division Signals despatch rider)also served in the Middle East in 1941-43 and in RAN...ART21595
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Squadron Sergeant Major Charles Greenway
Art
Sergeant Major Charles Greenway, DCM, MID, an infantryman in the 23rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces, but in 1916 transferred to the Camel Corps, with which he served in the Western Desert. Whe...ART06343
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Waterfront, Tobruk
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Drawing made as a study for background to be used in painting depicting Australian destroyers disembarking men and store in full moon-light during the early stages of the siege. Later trips were made ...ART21151