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A Boston crew, 22 Squadron, RAAF (Flight Sergeant Alexander Mackay, Sergeant Phoenix, Wing Commander Charles Learmonth)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Flight Sergeant Alexander Mackay, Sergeant Phoenix (?), and the Commanding Charles Learmonth, 22 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force are seen walking to aircraft to take off from Ward's Drome to bomb...ART21711
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African American soldiers washing
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Two African American soldiers are depicted at Port Moresby; one is washing himself beneath a water hydrant while the other stands watching.ART29858
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AIF Engineers making a road, Kokoda
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Royal Australian Engineers; group of Engineers standing at side of road as convoy of Army trucks passesART23677
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Airmen and gear (Flying Officer Skinner and Flying Officer Harold Rowell)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Depicts Flying Officer Skinner and 406958 Flying Officer Harold M Rowell, both of No 22 Squadron RAAF, preparing for air attack, May 1943 at Ward's Drome.ART21709
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Airocobra
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A fighter plane of the United States Air Force stationed near Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART23675
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Air sea rescue, 1943 (Flying Officer John Shelton, warrant officer Fred Ring, Flying Officer A Filear, Sergeant S.J. Bell, Lega and US Pilot Lieutenant George Wicks)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Bootless Bay; air-sea rescue, launch; 45 Operational Base Unit, Air-Sea Rescue Unit; l-r: Flying A J Filear, Commanding RAAF Flying Boat Base and Marine Section, Sergeant G J Bell, coxswain of crash b...ART22745
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American ack-ack gunners defending Kila Kila Aerodrome
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Maker: Dargie, William
American anti-aircraft gunners manning a Bofors gun on Kila Kila Aerodrome. They soldiers sit in bunkers wearing helmets.ART21319
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Andoga, Orokaiva Tribe
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
Depicts a portrait of Andoga, Orokaiva tribesman, one of the original carriers on the Kokoda Trail, Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART23773
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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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Armourers (Warrant Officer James McMillan and Corporal Wilcox)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Warrant James McMillan (front), Corporal Wilson (or Wilcox) (rear); Browning testiing and cleaning .50 calibre machine guns of aircraft.ART21713
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Army sawyers and pioneers
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A sketch of Army sawyers and pioneers cutting timber to build a bridge in the jungle behind Port Moresby.ART29872
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At sea off Cape York on "Manoora"; verso: Air raid shelter for HQ signals unit
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Two soldiers on board HMAS "Manoora" are shown resting in one of the cabins as the vessel sails at sea off Cape York. One soldier is lying on the floor reading a book, the other is sitting on a bunk b...ART29986
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Australian Military Forces
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
A group of five soldiers from the Australian Military Forces are grouped closely together wearing helmets and tropical kits. This drawing has been completed in Hinder's cubist inspired style.ART28375.012
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B17 being fuelled for raid on Rabaul
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A US Boeing B17 Flying Fortress is shown at 7 mile drome being fuelled for a raid on Rabaul. Located to the north of Port Moresby, seven miles from town, this aerodrome was first used by the Royal Aus...ART29912
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Behind Konedobu
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
View of the hills behind Konedobu in Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART28375.002
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Bell P39 Airacobra
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A US Bell Aircobra aircraft is depicted in a Dispersal Bay at Seven-Mile Drome near Port Moresby, New Guinea. The Bell P39 Airacobra fighter aircraft used for aircraft was used in the Second World War...ART28026
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Bell P39 Airacobra and Catalina aircraft
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Two aircraft damaged by Japanese attacks at Port Moresby are shown. In the foreground is a US Bell P39 Airacobra which crashed into the sea after an encounter with a Japanese Zero fighter. The Consoli...ART28025
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"Ben", correspondents hut
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of "Ben", a Port Moresby native, as he sits and washes clothes in a large metal container for the correspondents hut.ART29857
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"Ben" Gamoga, Houseboy
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of Gamoga, or 'Ben' for short, the houseboy at the Correspondent's hut in Port Moresby.ART29974
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Bernard McDonell
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of Bernard Joseph ''Bernie" McDonell (QX44935), Signals Operator, Headquarters.ART29850
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Biscuit bombers on way to Salamaua
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Study for oil painting showing how low these planes, Douglas DC 3's which were referred to as "Biscuit Bombers", fly when on supply dropping operations. This name doubtless has some relationship to th...ART25775
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Bomb dumps, RAAF
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
This is a rough sketch of a bomb dump in Port Moresby during the Second World War.ART31016
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Bombing up a Boston (Flying Officer Francis Fethers and Corporal Athol Bulmer)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Members of the Royal Australian Air Force loading bombs into a Boston aircraft, Port Moresby, New Guinea. Depcits Corporal Athol Bulmer on the left and Flying Officer Richard Francis Fethers on the ri...ART21715
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Boy
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
Shows a portrait of an unidentified Papuan boy at Port Moresby.ART29300
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Bridge above Rouna Falls
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A scene of bridge repairs by engineers over Rouna River, Port Moresby.ART29911
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Burial of an airman killed in action
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Padre Flight Lieutenant Campbell Begbie of 22 Squadron RAAF, conducts the funeral of Sergeant Arthur Taylor, also of 22 Squadron, who was killed in action on 24 May 1943. The pall bearers and mourner...ART21708
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Burning petrol dump near 7 mile drome
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Maker: Dargie, William
Three Australian soldiers are pictured in the foreground with a burning petrol dump billowing black smoke near Jackson's Drome, Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART21312
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Captain Peter Moyes
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of Captain Peter Moyes, NX17148, 49th Australian Infantry Battalion, reclining on a chair with a hat resting beside him. He is wearing shin guards.ART29932
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Catalina in dock
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Maker: Bush, Charles
‘Catalina in dock’ depicts a Catalina aircraft undergoing dry dock repairs in Port Moresby. The slipway was also undergoing some repairs.ART25841
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Catalina, Port Moresby
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts unidentified men of the Australian Military Forces waiting to proceed on leave aboard a Consolidated Catalina flying boat at Port Moresby.ART22145
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Catalina taking off from Port Moresby for Kavieng
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Shows a Catalina Flying Boat, bombed up, taking off from Port Moresby Harbour at 1700 hours to bomb Kavieng.ART26122
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Chalk study for General Macarthur's leather flying jacket
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of General Douglas MacArthur, wearing leather flying jacket. Dargie noted, "For reason which developed later, this study was not used in the final portrait".ART25916
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Charcoal study of General MacArthur's head
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Maker: Dargie, William
Study for the finished portrait of General Douglas MacArthur, Commander of Allied Forces, South West Pacific Area. Dargie noted, "The final and careful study for the finished portrait. It was made l...ART21327
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Chester Wilmot
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of possibly Chester Wilmot, a war correspondent. verso: Sketches of Japanese insignia and a 96 Brent type Light Machine GunART29947
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Colonel Hudson
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Portrait of VX117083 Colonel Jack Gerard Varley Hudson , Officer Commanding of Anti Aircraft Group, Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART23655
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Consummatum Est
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
Consummatum est - (It is finished). Crashed aircraft stand gauntly in a graveyard at Port Moresby, their forms symbolising the sacrifice of the men who flew them. During the Second World War Freedman ...ART26772
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Control tower, Laloki Drome
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Maker: Dargie, William
Scene at Laloki Drome in Port Moresby. Dargie noted, "A peculiar native structure from which aircraft landing and taking off took their instructions. During an air raid, a large red flag was flown".ART23905
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Convalescent camp
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Convalescent camp Q store at Koitaki compound, 48 km from Port Moresby.ART29861
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Converted fishing trawler as minesweeper
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A fishing trawler which was converted for use as a Minesweeper is depicted in the waters near Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART29970
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Corporal Jim Watson
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Two portrait studies of Corporal Jim Watson are depicted; one profile and one three-quarter view. Corporal Watson was a driver for the Australian Imperial Force, attached to Correspondents, Middle Eas...ART29876
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Corporal Pat Horan
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts a portrait of WX16805 Corporal Pat Horan, former commando, air guide for 'biscuit bomber' supply dropping aircraft, 2/5 Independent Company.ART25846
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Corporal Pat Horan
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts a portrait of Corporal Pat Horan, guide for 'biscuit bomber' supply dropping aircraft, during the Salamaua campaign.ART25833
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Coxswain, Air-Sea Rescue Launch, RAAF Marine Section 45 OB Port Moresby [Sergeant Arie Smelt]
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of Sergeant Arie Albert Smelt, service no. 75164, coxswain, of the Royal Australian Air Force Marine Section, 45 Operational Base Unit. He is wearing a slouch hat and smoking a cigarette. D...ART22314
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Creatures of the air
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
Bell Airacobra dumped at Moresby take on an atmosphere of strange bird-like creatures of another age. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attach...ART26771
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Damaged B26 bomber; verso: Jack Ahern, 7 Mile Drome
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A damaged United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B26 Martin Marauder bomber, showing the tail gun turret. verso: A portrait of Private, first class (USA) Jack Ahern, at 7 Mile Drome, New GuineaART29946
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Damaged Catalina
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
An RAAF Consolidated Catalina aircraft, which has been damaged by gunfire in a raid on Port Moresby, is shown. The Catalina was the most widely used flying boat of the war. It flew in all of the major...ART29944
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Damaged Zero Belly tanks captured at Waga Waga
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Maker: Dargie, William
The Japanese were so confident of capturing Milne Bay that they landed from the sea large numbers of these belly tanks for use on planes as soon as they were required.ART23491
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Death valley
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Drawn from the Military History tent at Headquarters, Death Valley, New Guinea.ART25776