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V.D.C.hauling gun into position
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Maker: Dargie, William
This sketch depicts one of the activities for the Volunteer Defence Corps in the danger period, before Australia's defences were properly organised against a Japanese attack on the northern mainland. ...ART26069
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verso: Australian soldiers in a tent, Vietnam
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Maker: Fletcher, Bruce
Verso: Figures of two Australian soldiers in a tent, Vietnam.ART45003.001
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[verso: Back view of the figure of a soldier with a female soldier's hand resting on his right shoulder]
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
verso: Back view of the figure of a soldier with a female soldier's hand resting on his right shoulder. The woman is only partly visible. This is obviously a preparatory study for the following drawin...ART92642.006
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[Vessel name censored] Townsville, 13 September 1944; verso: Not titled [Soldiers leaning overboard]
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Maker: Warren, Guy
A vessel docked in Townsville Harbour, the artist's inscription of the ship's name rendered illegible by the censor; verso: sketches of soldiers looking overboard.ART94334.020
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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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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
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Maker: Bell, George
Depicts George Bell's entry for the State Library of Victoria mural competition, held in 1922. The mural design was one of 13 entrants by artists including Hilda Rix Nicholas, George Lambert, A H Full...ART19836
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Vietnam memorial
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Maker: Howard, Ian
An artistic consideration of the subject of the Vietnam war and the public responses to it. The artist descibes it as quite figurative, even literal, particularly in terms of the Australian Army figur...ART92776
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View in Bardia
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Australian troops are walking along the cliff line, with town of Bardia in the background. Dargie recalled, "Situated on towering cliffs with the blue Mediterranean as a background, this town [Bardia...ART22374
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View of the Acropolis, Athens
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Maker: Dargie, William
Looking towards the Propyles in the distance. Study for a painting of Australian soldiers watching from the Acropolis the German bombing of Piraeus, Greece.ART23850
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Visions of war 1
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
A man seated in an armchair before a fireplace. Above the fireplace, appears two visionary scenes of soldiers marching in snow and of a ruined cathedral.ART19705
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Visions of war 2
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts a man smoking a pipe seated right foreground and the fireplace extending to the far left. The two visionary scenes in the background of soldiers marching in snow and of a ruined catherdral. A ...ART19706
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Visit fascinating fun capital of the world. Vietnam.
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Maker: Unknown
Screen print in format of a mock travel poster in blue and black ink. In the upper right corner is a silhouette of an Australian soldier in a bush hat carrying his pack and rifle. The southern cross i...ARTV10229
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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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Vziheo Fehervar [translated Hungarian: near Fehervar]
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Maker: Gardener, Arthur
Depicts two peasant women and cilivians in a group, a gentleman leaning against a wall and a soldier wearing a cap and jacket depicted near Fehervar in Hungary. The artist changed his name from Baumga...ART50045
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Waiting at H-Pod, Dili
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Maker: Cattapan, Jon
This image of a helicopter and soldiers at the H-pod at Dili airport is an amalgam of photographs Cattapan took whilst at Dili Airport on 14 July 2008. The two figures at the right are Rob Nugent (AWM...ART93984
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Waiting for draft, Redlynch
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Maker: Bush, Charles
This is a preparatory sketch for the final painting, 'Night draft'. It shows a typical scene at any Leave and Transit Office. Unidentified soldiers with their equipment lying and sitting on the groun...ART26589
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Waiting for orders; verso: not titled [sketch of figure]
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Maker: Walker, Ralph
Three male unidentified soldiers, all wearing slouch hats, are standing in a group. The left figure is turned away from the viewer, the middle figure holds a rifle and the right has his hands on his h...ART29115
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Waiting for sick parade
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Maker: Walker, Ralph
Two male, unidentified and sick soldiers sit one in front of the other, with the bushland in the background. Both figures are dressed in shorts and short sleeved shirts, while the foreground figure w...ART29130
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Waiting for transport
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Maker: Walker, Ralph
Sketch of a group of male, unidentified troops waiting for transport. The two central figures are drawn with details, while the surrounding figures are still very sketchy. Several soldiers are weari...ART29143
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Walking casualty being assisted back - 9th Batt.
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Maker: Dargie, William
Walking casualty being assisted back. These soldiers are from the 9th Battalion.ART21316
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Walking through the jungle
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Sketch of a soldier carrying a gun as he strides through the jungle. There are other soldiers depicted in the background.ART92309
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Walking wounded
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Maker: Ewers, Ray Gregory, E J
Bronze head of a wounded soldier. The soldier has a patch over his left eye and wears a slouch hat. This piece was cast in bronze in 1959 from a plaster bust made by the artist in 1945.ART26417
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Walking wounded
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Depicts two soldiers seen from behind, the one on the right has his head bandaged beneath his helmet, while the soldier on the left has his uniform tunic over his shoulders, and his right arm over the...ART02370
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Walking wounded at dressing station
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Maker: King, W L
Depicts the wounded from the Front Line in motor lorries being unloaded at the Casualty Clearing Station at St Brie on the morning of the advance over Mont St. Quentin Canal. Shows soldiers of various...ART02667
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Walking wounded receiving tea and refreshments from a YMCA Field Post near the Front
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Maker: Dargie, William
Australian soldiers are pictured receiving refreshment at Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) post near the front. The soldiers sit in a jeep, and one has his arm in a sling. Dargie noted, "Thi...ART26198
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War memorial in a country town
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Maker: Friend, Donald
A war memorial in the centre of town features a soldier on a plinth, gallantly striding out. People stand around the memorial, some in uniform, while others look out from the balconies of nearby build...ART28129
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Warrant Officer McCrystal seated in left profile, Robertson Barracks, Darwin
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Maker: Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth
Warrant Officer McCrystal seated in left profile, Robertson Barracks, Darwin. The soldiers were in Darwin being de-briefed and trained before moving on to East Australian soldiers being briefed in the...ART91187.019
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Warrant Officer Watego talking to three East Timorese girls who want some sugar, Dili, East Timor
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Maker: Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth
Warrant Officer Watego talking to three East Timorese girls who are asking for some sugar to make a cake, Dili, East Timor. Page from large sketchbook no. 2.ART91187.051
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War's aftermath
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Maker: Kilgour, J. Noel
The design, influenced by El Greco, is based on the X structure with a column of smoke to help contain and separate the different parts, with the clouds, to separate the spiritual from the earthly asp...ART28273
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Wartime interlude along the waterfront
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Servicemen and servicewomen of nearly all Allied nations were stationed in Townsville at one time or another during the war.ART25649
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Washdown
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A naked man stands with his arms raised in front of several tents. Another man, dressed in a uniform, is lifting a bucket to wash down the naked man.ART26245
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Washing in the Butibum River
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicting the Butibum River. The batmen are busy doing the daily wash whilst others bathe or enjoy the sun on the pebbles on the opposite bank.ART21440
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Watering horses, Hindenberg Line
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Maker: Macqueen, Kenneth
Horses are drinking from a trough near the tunnel along the Hindenberg Line. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the Macqueen family in 2009ART93954
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Water tank
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Scene at the Water Point in the Sogeri Valley, New Guinea.ART25793
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Water transport
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Maker: Baird, John
Three soldiers are depicted near the gunwale of a small water transport vessel.ART27923
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Water Transport
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Maker: Baird, John
Sketch of a soldier from the Water Transport unit, wearing a slouch hat.ART27980
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"We aim to dig in within a stone's throw of the enemy's trenches"
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Maker: Dunne, Frank
Depicts a drawing of a group of soldiers in a trench. Officer: "We aim to dig in within a stone's throw of the enemy's trenches". Digger: "Wot for, ain't we usin' our rifles".ART12449
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We can't leave them facing these odds!
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Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
Depicts Australian soldiers fighting Japanese soldiers at close range. A tank flying the Japanese flag is moving towards the Australian soldiers and planes are flying overhead dropping bombs.ART92353
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Wecome back to the Somme
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Depicts a group of marching troops in the Somme district. Beside them, on the side of the road, are a group of women and children welcoming Australian troops as they returned to the Somme area to coun...ART02252.004
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We do not know this Australian's name and we never will
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Maker: Unknown
Commemorative poster issued by the Commonwealth Government of Australia featuring a transcript of the eulogy delivered by the Prime Minister, The Hon. P. J. Keating MP, at the funeral service of the U...ARTV09192
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Welcome back to the Somme
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Maker: Vincent, Day, Brooks and Sons
Depicts a group of marching troops in the Somme district. Beside them, on the side of the road, are a group of women and children welcoming Australian troops as they returned to the Somme area to coun...ART02252.001
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Welcome back to the Somme
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Depicts a group of marching troops in the Somme district. Beside them, on the side of the road, are a group of women and children welcoming Australian troops as they returned to the Somme area to coun...ART02252.012
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Welcome back to the Somme
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Depicts a group of marching troops in the Somme district. Beside them, on the side of the road, are a group of women and children welcoming Australian troops as they returned to the Somme area to coun...ART02252.013
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Welcome back to the Somme
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Depicts a group of marching troops in the Somme district. Beside them, on the side of the road, are a group of women and children welcoming Australian troops as they returned to the Somme area to coun...ART02252.003
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Welcome back to the Somme
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Depicts a group of marching troops in the Somme district. Beside them, on the side of the road, are a group of women and children welcoming Australian troops as they returned to the Somme area to coun...ART02252.002
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Welcome home digger
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Maker: Moore, Peter
Three figures stand below the words 'Welcome Home Digger'. A soldier is on the far left, being kissed by a figure playing the guitar and displaying a 'peace symbol' tattoo on their arm. A headstone ...ART45048
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"Wharf sitting"
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Members of the Royal Australian Air Force and one American, all with island postings after peace with Japan was declared, wait dejectedly for air transport.ART25629
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What's happened...? Have we run out of enemies?
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Maker: Kenna, Bart
Two soldiers stand next to a message board containing note such as 'Anti Malaria Camp'. The words 'What's happened...? Have we run out of enemies?' appear below.ART90250
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"What's your Battalion?"
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Maker: Boyd, Penleigh
Depicts two soldiers one standing smoking, pointing a stick at the other who is seated with a respirator pouch around his neck. Group of soldiers further along the trench.ART19823
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What we have, we hold!
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Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
A cartoon depicting members of the Australian Defence forces- a soldier, airman and sailor- marching behind the figure of a goddess, a symbolic depiction of Australia as a woman, wearing a helmet and ...ART92345
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Wheel of fortune; verso: Not titled [Sleeping soldier]
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Maker: Warren, Guy
A packed Wheel of Fortune stall at a fairground, the crowd being mostly airmen and soldiers with an officer talking with a woman turned away from the action. Verso: rough pencil sketch of sleeping sol...ART94334.013
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When you're a long long way from home
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Paper sculpture of an Australian soldier sitting on a post, smoking a cigarette, his legs are crossed and he looks longingly into the distance. The post is inscribed 10,000 MILES. The soldier appears ...ART40953
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Where Aussie shines
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Depicts a paper sculpture of a caricature of an Australian digger wearing a blue hospital suit and a slouch hat, with cigarette in his mouth. A bottle of brasso sits on the ground while he scrubs the ...ART40935
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Where the Aussies passed along Vasey Highway
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Maker: Dimmack, Max
Depicts the destruction to palm trees, houses and cars and the general devastation in Balikpapan area, Borneo, 1945. Max Dimmack (1922-2020) is a celebrated modern Australian landscape painter, former...ART26921
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Where we come in
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Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
Depicts a cartoon of a Japanese soldier holding a world globe, attempting world domination, while an Australian soldier, the 'offensive spirit' climbs through a window behind him, calling out to him t...ART92344
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Who called the cook a B-?
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
'Who called the cook a B-?' is a comment on the quality of food that the soldiers were served at camp.AWM2018.148.1.6
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"Who could feel happy in these circumstances?"
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Maker: Dunne, Frank
Depicts a drawing of three soldiers sitting in a Nissen hut as a shelter from the rain. First digger: "Who could feel happy in these circumstances?" Second digger: "A bloke who sings in this bath."ART12444
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"Why ought I join the tunnellers?"
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Maker: Dunne, Frank
Depicts a drawing of two soldiers with rifles and wearing tin helmets. Pauchy one: " Why ought I join the tunnellers?" Sentry: "To 'ide yourself it ain't fair for you to go wavin' that target in the b...ART12442
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William Brewster, Champion Enfield Shot, N.S.W.
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Maker: Mason, Walter George Illustrated Sydney News
Portrait of Private William Brewster.ART19866
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Willows by a stream near Argos
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Maker: Dargie, William
According to local inhabitants, troops of the 6th Australian Division sheltered in this rambling shelter during daylight whilst awaiting evacuation during the British withdrawal from Greece in April 1...ART24033
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Winter at Comforts Fund, Delville Wood
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Depicts a soldier in uniform, with a cape over his shoulders and chest to protect against the winter cold, holding a tin cup outstretched in one hand to receive coffee from the Comfort Funds Coffee st...ART02251
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Winter near Flers
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts a number of Australian soldiers, wearing tin helmets and great coats , working in a war damaged landscape, during winter, near Flers. Frank Crozier (1883-1948) worked as a decorator and clerk ...ART02187
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Wiring party
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
This drawing shows three men wrapping wire around a frame.ART28366
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With Manton's Guns, Hill 60
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Depicts several soldiers seated in trenches and dugouts, some checking over canteen accounts, on the battlefield, while explosions go off on the horizon. The soldiers are members of the 1st Australian...ART02262.001
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With the machine guns
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Maker: Barker, David Crothers
Depicts a figure of a digger crouched behind a machine gun, aiming at an aircraft in the sky above. This work was used to illustrate a written work by NWH Beaven. The illustration appeared in 'The Kia...ART94675
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Wohlauf, kameraden - Farewell Comrades - Extrablatt - Special Edition
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Maker: Liebermann, Max
Depicts a German soldier who is about to mount his horse, and in the left background is a column of german soldiers holding flags. On the verso is the cover for the pro-war journal "Kriegszeit" with a...ART50226
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Woman leading blind soldier
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Maker: Sheridan, Clare
This plaster statue of a woman leading a blind Australian soldier in uniform is an endearing image of war life in London. The piece was made in London at St Dunstan's Hospital for the Blind, as a comm...ART19568
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Working drawing for No.304
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Maker: Bush, Charles
This is a study for the painting, Group of Timor Guerillas, that depicts several soldiers, recalling the Australian activities on the island of Timor during the Second World War. Behind the group of ...ART26597
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Working men, Konyu River camp
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Maker: Chalker, Jack
Two men in Konyu River Camp. Chalker became a Japanese Prisoner of War when Singapore fell in 1942. Jack Chalker was serving in the Royal Artillery when he was captured at the fall of Singapore. In ...ART29420
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Working on camouflage nets
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Maker: Walker, Ralph
Four male unidentified soldiers are crouched in a group over a camouflage net they are constructing. All four are wearing shorts and are shirtless, while two are wearing hats.ART29120
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Working party at Flers
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts a soldier walking through a badly war damaged landscape, surrounded by debris. In front of him is shell hole filled with water. Frank Crozier (1883-1948) worked as a decorator and clerk and ...ART00212
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Working party constructing a bunker
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Maker: Fletcher, Bruce
A large working party of Australian soldiers making a sandbag wall during the construction of a bunker. A soldier at left is removing building materials from the back of a truck.ART40614
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Working party in trenches
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
This depiction of the Western Front shows Australian soldiers on the move across the landscape littered with the remnants of battle. In the right foreground, a medical officer searches the battle grou...ART00238
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Work party, 2nd Field Ambulance
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Maker: Fletcher, Bruce
Sketch of several members of a 2nd Field Ambulance working party standing with shovels in hand, Vung Tau, Vietnam.ART45001.003
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Wounded Boche
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Depicts a wounded German soldier, sitting beside a fallen comrade, lying on his side, possibly dead.ART03605.053.001
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Wounded mate
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Maker: Somerville, Alan
This bronze sculpture relates to the Vietnam War and depicts a soldier carrying another wounded soldier. This maquette was a submission for the National Vietnam Memorial competition, Canberra, 1989. ...ART41012
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[Wounded soldier: study for 'Roll call']
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Maker: Silas, Ellis
Wounded soldier in semi reclining position. This a study for the painting 'Roll Call' 1920.ART90823
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Writing home
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of an unidentified soldier writing a letter home.ART22006
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Writing home
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Maker: Dargie, William
An Australian soldier sits on a crate and is writing a letter. He is wearing a tin helmet and his kit and rifle are next to him. A second Australian soldier sits in the background holding his rifle....ART22005
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Wytschaete Ridge, YMCA near the line
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Maker: Macqueen, Kenneth
A small hut, managed by the YMCA, stands alongside a road surrounded by a desecrated landscape. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the Macqueen family in 2009ART93945
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Xmas memories
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Depicts a central figure, an ex-serviceman, now a swaggie carrying a swag and billy and followed by his dog. Beside him are two ghostly figures of servicemen, possibly his former mates. The serviceman...ART09933
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Xmas party in the Sergeant's Mess
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie recalled of this work, "The squadron has been stood down from operations. There is Australian and Canadian beer to be had, and the boys who are not teetotalers let themselves go".ART26134
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Yanks and a veteran ('As long as you are there to tell us what to do!')
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Depicts a young soldier, wearing a tin helmet and carrying a rifle, standing talking to two other soldiers, in the trenches. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front ...ART02426
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YMCA hut at Vaux, April 1917
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Maker: Lindsay, Daryl Ernest
Depicts a ruined Y.M.C.A.hut at Vaux, Western Front. Daryl Lindsay was the youngest member of the talented Lindsay family that included the artists Lionel, Norman, Percy and Ruby. Lindsay enlisted in ...ART02960
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You can relax now sir. . .
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Maker: Faulkner, Bob
Cartoon of an officer sitting at a desk, his hands clenched and eyes tightly shut in consternation as a hulking soldier noisily stomps through the grass towards him, a bird and rabbit fleeing in his w...ART92877
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[Young Digger]
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Maker: Barker, David Crothers
Depicts the head of a young Australian digger with a grid-like pattern behind him. This work was used as a illustration in the 'Kia-ora Coo-ee'. The Kiaora Cooee was written and illustrated by Austral...ART94781
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Young sappers; verso: not titled [three sketches of overcoats]
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Maker: Walker, Ralph
Three male, unidentified soldiers sit on a seat in a row, leaning against a wall made of wooden boards. Each figures wears a long overcoat, slouch hat and sits with his arms folded and gaze downcast;...ART29131
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Young soldiers; verso: not titled [two male soldiers]
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Maker: Walker, Ralph
Three male, unidentified soldiers are seated in a group, with some bushland behind them. Each is wearing shorts and boots, two figures are shirtless and each is wearing a tin hat. Verso: sketch of t...ART29139
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"You oughta try and 'ide that; yer might want it to sit on."
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Maker: Dunne, Frank
Depicts two soldiers crouching down on the ground with bullets flying over head. "You oughta try and 'ide that; yer might want it to sit on."ART12445
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You P.O.W's are lucky blighters going home
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
A former prisoner of war is at the docks heading towards a transport vessel, when he passes a recently arrived Australian soldier, who says to him "you POWS are lucky blighters going home". The forme...ART90389
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Ypres
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts soldiers and horsedrawn wagons outside the damaged Ypres Cloth Hall at night with a search light in the background. Frederick Leist was a painter, illustrator and teacher. He studied at the Sy...ART16894
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Zapisujcie sie na czlonkow Czerwonego Krzyza [Polish Red Cross]
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Maker: Unknown
Polish post-First World War poster for the Red Cross. The Polish Red Cross, Polski Czerwony Krzyz in Polish, abbreviated to PCK, was founded in 1919 by Dr. Benjamin Reschovsky of Warsaw City Hospital ...ARTV10344
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Zero hour (8th August, 1918)
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Maker: Bowles, Leslie
Three infantrymen, depicting the neat, tidy, steady-going, public school boy; the tall, rangy, country lad; and the hard, industrial, larrikin 'Ginger Mick' type. The central figure is carrying a Lewi...ART12504