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Aliakmon River and escarpment
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Maker: Dargie, William
View from the bridge at Aliakmon River, south west of Servia. The withdrawal of British forces, which included the ANZAC Corps, from Greece passed through this area in 1941.ART23974
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Armoured cars of British Reconnaissance Regiment in Tempe, Greece
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Maker: Dargie, William
Tempe in 1941, was the scene of a very heavy attack by German armoured units against the rearguard of the British withdrawal from Greece. The 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion and New Zealand units ...ART23984
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2/1 Australian Infantry Battalion positions
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Maker: Dargie, William
On a spur overlooking the airstrip at Rethymnon (or Retimo) showing the mountains to the south east. Very bitter fighting between an Australian infantry battalion and the German parachutists took plac...ART24056
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Australian rear guard positions on hills above Kreikouki
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Maker: Dargie, William
Kreikouri is named as "Erithrai" in the Official War History. The covering force at Erithrai on 22nd April 1941 consisted of the 4th New Zealand Infantry Brigades, 2/3rd Australian Field Regiment of A...ART24021
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Beaufighters strafing Lae strip
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Maker: Dargie, William
Pencil sketch of Japanese bombers burning on the ground.ART21322
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Blown bridge
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Maker: Dargie, William
This bridge was on the road east of Delphi and was destroyed by sappers of the Royal Australian Engineers during the withdrawal of British forces from Greece in 1941.ART24013
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Blown bridge at Brallos Pass
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Maker: Dargie, William
It was in Brallos Pass that units of ANZAC Corps fought a successful rearguard action against a German armoured attack during the withdrawal of British troops from Greece in 1941.ART24009
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Bombs on Lae strip
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Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of an aerial attack of bombs falling on Lae airfield during a straf by Australian Beaufighters. Japanese bombers are burning on the ground, Lae, New Guinea, 1943.ART25024
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Bridge on road East of Delphi
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Maker: Dargie, William
This picture gives some idea of the type of country through which the 6th Australian Division had to withdraw when it was decided to withdraw British forces from Greece in April 1941.ART24019
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British heavy tank knocked out on the beach a Perevolia
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Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of a British tank abandoned on the beach, that had been knocked out during the German invasion of Crete in May 1941, near Retimo, Crete.ART24060
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Church and village of Pigi
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Maker: Dargie, William
Pigi and the Wadi Pigi lay between the positions of the 2/1st and 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalions at the time the German paratroops made their first attack on Retimo airstrip (Crete) in 1945.ART91041
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Church on Hill 'C' above the village of Perivolia, Crete
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Maker: Dargie, William
The scene of heavy fighting between the German paratroops and 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion supported by Greek troops during the invasion of Crete by the Axis forces in May 1941.ART24054
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Driver washing his jeep in a sidewater of the river, Upper Ramu Valley
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Maker: Dargie, William
An Australian soldier is pictured standing naked and waist deep in the river, where he has driven in his jeep to be washed. Dargie has noted, "Here the river runs over a bed of waterworn pebbles, the...ART25028
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Elasson
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Maker: Dargie, William
This sketch shows two men walking along a path on the side of a hill, overlooking the Greek town of Elasson from the north during a storm. Elasson was on the line of withdrawal of the ANZAC Corps, whi...ART23977
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Excavations below the Acropolis, Athens
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Maker: Dargie, William
Excavations below the Acropolis, Athens.ART24027
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Great bloody sense of humour you blokes've got!
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Maker: Dargie, William
A rough sketch of the incident portrayed in picture ART22090. As Dargie recalled, "The essence of slap stick humour is still the dignified gent who steps on a banana skin. We were resting on the top ...ART25029
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Greek cart
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Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of an ox-drawn cart near Vevi in Northern Greece. The 2/4th and 2/8th Australian Infantry Battalions held positions south of Vevi during the Allied withdrawal in Greece, 1941.ART23960
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Greek peasant
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Maker: Dargie, William
This Greek peasant is wearing scraps of German and Italian uniforms after the German occupation of Greece had ended.ART23962
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In line of German advance in Brallos Pass, 1941
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Maker: Dargie, William
The Pass was the scene of a very determined delaying action fought by units of Anzac Corps, which included the 6th Australian Division, during the withdrawal of British forces in Greece to the evacuat...ART24011