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Admiralty House
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
"The road to the sea-front, Mersa Matruh". Admiralty House on left, a destroyer in the harbour. The destroyer made trips from Tobruch, landing wounded for the Mersa Matruh hospital or for train transp...ART30086
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Admiralty House, Tobruk
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Originally the Headquarters of the Italian Regia Marina, now British Naval Headquarters. Building was damaged by bombing, causing the collapse of the western wing. The red flag is a warning to town an...ART21741
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Australian destroyers at Tobruk
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Preliminary drawing for larger painting. In the early part of the siege of Tobruk, the Inshore Squadron, including in which were the Australian "V" and "W" destroyers, did valiant work and many claim ...ART21270
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Australian soldier, Libya (Sergeant Frank Collins)
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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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Battle rig, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Figure of a soldier looking to the right, carrying a rifle. 'This was drawn at Tobruk on the day after the tower was captured. This infantryman, like many at this stage of the campaign, had a fancy fo...ART22869
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Blown bridge, Libya
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Demolished by the retreating Italians on the road between Tobruk and Derna, Libya.ART27550
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Brigadier William Windeyer
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Maker: Godson, John Barclay
Depicts a portrait of NX396 Brigadier William John Victor Windeyer, CBE, DSO and Bar, MID (x3), joined the AIF to command the 2/48th Battalion during its training and in the siege of Tobruk in 1941, w...ART31763
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Captain Eric Carter
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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 Henry Nicholls
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Captain Henry William Nicholls MC (NX15737) 'Z' Special Unit (formerly of 1st Australian Parachute Battalion and 2/1st Australian Pioneer Battalion). Served in Benghazi and Tobruk, ...ART24249
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Captain John Searle
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting Captain John Edward Searle, NX21876, DCM, Liaison, 9th Australian Division Headquarters, formerly 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion.ART22440
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Captured Italian guns, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a captured Italian Ansaldo Cannone da 75/40 CA anti aircraft gun in emplacement at Tobruk, near Libya.ART22873
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Central Square, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Buildings in the main square in Tobruk soon after Allied troops had taken the town; on the left is a church. The colours are the dry reds of the desert sand.ART22865
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Clodhoppers, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Italian guns captured at Tobruk. They were nicknamed clodhoppers because of their cumbersome appearance.ART22878
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Convoy pulled up on Derna Road
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a convoy of trucks and men stopped on Derna Road in Libya.ART21263
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Corporal John Edmondson
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Maker: Smith, Joshua
Portrait of NX15705 Corporal John H Edmondson, VC, 2/17 Battalion, AIF, was in a small group that attacked with the bayonet a party of Germans which had broken through a point of the Tobruk defences i...ART27532
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Dead [Italian], Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
(The Road to Victory). A dead Italian soldier lying where he fell in the desert sand near Tobruk.ART22882
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Drawing of Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
The town of Tobruk laid out in the background; the figure of a crouching man seen from the rear in right foreground.ART26208
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Enemy guns
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Tobruk defence system after its capture by Australian soldiers of the 6th Division. The guns pictured are Italian naval guns in a coastal battery in Tobruk, Libya.ART28475
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Flares over the docks, Tobruk
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Maker: Norton, Frank
The destroyers night visit over, men of Docks Operating Unit proceed to remove the precious supplies from the destroyer berths and quais to dumps outside the town. Time is important for in the light o...ART27549
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Fort Pilastrino and since
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Maker: James, Louis
'Fort Palastrino and since' was painted in 1974, twenty-nine years after the Second World War. It is a considered reflection of the artist's wartime experience, and its impact on his post-war life. It...ART91199
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HMS "Wolborough" on passage
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Maker: Norton, Frank
After the sinking of H.M.S "Latona", the "Tobruk Run" was cancelled until the next moonless period. Having been forced back to Tobruk on this occasion, HMS "Wolborough"made a second attempt on the fol...ART21150
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In a section post, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a group of soldiers in Section Post during air attack (blitz), North African.ART21883
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2/12 Infantry Battalion 18 Brigade AIF at Oro Bay
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Showing the 2/12 Australian Infantry Battalion setting out on a march to Cape Endaiadere in the Buna battle area. They arrived from Milne Bay by sea transport and marched 15 miles through swamp, river...ART21700
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Italian prisoners
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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, Libya
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Italian prisoners of war rest during their march en route to prisoner of war cages. The prisoners were captured by the 6th Australian Division at the fall of Tobruk.ART22880
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Lieutenant Colonel Francis Cook
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting SX1225 Lieutenant Colonel Francis W Cook, DSO, MC, Chief Instructor Army Leaders School, BCOF, 2/10th Australian Infantry Battalion, Army Instructional Corps.ART27510
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Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Allan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting NX12229 Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Trangmar Allan, OBE, MC, MID, Commanding Base Sub-Area, Finschhafen. Served with 30th and 5/45 Infantry Battalions and awarded Military Cross, 191...ART22685
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Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Lawrence Andrew Kelly
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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 Thomas Daly
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Maker: Dunlop, Brian
Second World War, Korea 1950-1953, Vietnam 1962-1973; 1980; Chief of General Staff, Australian Defence Force; Lieutenant General Thomas Joseph Daly, KBE, CB, DSO, Second World War - 2/10th Battalion, ...ART28349
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Major General Ivan Dougherty
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Maker: Carter, Norman
Depicts a portrait of NX148 Major General Ivan N Dougherty, CBE, DSO, ED, after a period with the 2/2nd Infantry Battalion he was appointed to command the 2/4th Battalion, which he led in Libya, Greec...ART31773
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Major General Roy King
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Maker: Koyoshi, K
Head and shoulders portrait of Major General Roy King, CBE, DSO, MID, who was the commanding officer of 2/5 Battalion, 6 Division, 17 Brigade, A.I.F and served in the Western Desert and North Africa c...ART28109
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New arrivals in Tobruk
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Maker: Dowie, John Stuart
A line of new arrivals, loaded with their packs and rifles, marching past a soldier seated by the side of the dirt road whilst examining his bare foot. Behind him is a tank and broken powerlines, and ...ART23911
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No.4 Quay
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Maker: Norton, Frank
SS Urana (Greek steamer) wrecked by explosion while alongside jetty. Gangways have been built across wrecked fore and aft well decks and camouflaged with netting, and the vessel is now used as a berth...ART21004
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Old and Bold (Private James Burke and Private Arthur Goodall
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Shows WX4401 Private James Patrick Burke, (left), VX28963 Private Arthur Ernest Goodall, both 26 Brigade Australian Military Force. Private Burke's legs are bandaged because of infected mite bites, ne...ART22757
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Patient awaiting plastic surgery (Private Mark O'Bryan)
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Private Mark James O'Bryan, VX34394, 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion, 6th Australian Divisional Army Service Corps, with a deep scar on his left cheek.ART22207
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Platoon Commander's carrier
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
An Australian soldier driving the Platoon Commander's armoured personnel carrier in Tobruk.ART90260
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'Pop', a veteran to two wars (Private Lance Rosser)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of SX7048 Private Lancelot Frederick Rosser 'Pop', 6th Australian Division, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, North African campaign. When the artist was instructed by Blamey to select someone ...ART22874
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Portrait of an MO
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait depicting medical officer Major Douglas William (Dougal) MacPherson, WX3357, Australian Army Medical Corps. Major MacPherson served in Greece as a medical officer with 2/5 Australian Infantr...ART22319
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Raid on Carrier Hill (by a company of the 2/48th Battalion), 22 April 1941
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
A retrospective representation of the raid on Carrier Hill during the North Africa campaign of the Second World War. Carrier Hill was a small feature about a thousand metres outside the Australian per...ART27551
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Resting
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
A portrait of a soldier from the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, 6th Australian Division wearing battle dress and a protective tin helmet, drawn after the capture of Tobruk.ART22877
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Road to Derna
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Scene on the road between Tobruk and Derna during the rapid advance of the AIF across the western desert, Libya.ART21889
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Sergeant, 2/24 Australian Infantry Battalion
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of an unidentified Sergeant from the 2/24 Australian Infantry Battalion. Dargie noted, "A type of Australian NCO [Non Commissioned Officer] who has seen service at El Alamein as we...ART21042
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Sergeant William (Billy) Williams
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts a portrait of Sergeant W (Billy), formerly editor of the famous "Tobruk RatsNews", who left the Military History Section for the Department of Public Relations, Melbourne.ART25829
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Sergeant William Williams
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
7th Australian Imperial Division, Royal Australian Army Survey Corps; VX27459 Sergeant (later Captain) William Henry, MHS, formerly editor of Truth; North AfricaART25301
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Sergeant William Williams
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of Sergeant W.H Williams (Billy), formerly editor of "TobrukTruth", a newsheet circulated amongst the garrison. Being a competent stenographer, Sergeant Williams was able to record ...ART21572
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Small craft anchored off Napa Napa, awaiting repairs
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted "The lugger occupying the foreground of this painting has been used for some time by the Americans as a means of supplying troops in isolated forward areas. I was interested to note that ...ART22254
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Study for 'Raid on Carrier Hill (by a company of the 2/48th Battalion), 22 April 1941'
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
A study of an Italian field gun for the oil painting 'Raid on Carrier Hill (by a company of the 2/48th Battalion), 22 April 1944'. The field gun was used in Tobruk in the North African campaign.ART90269
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Tobruk
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Maker: Ewers, Ray
The most bombed town in North Africa during the Second world war, Tobruk ranks with Gallipoli as one of the outstanding names in the annals of Australian military history, for the AIF played the great...ART41035
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Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
The town and harbour of Tobruk after capture by Allied forces, 2 Australian Imperial force, 6th Australian Division and before the siege began. Less than two weeks after his appointment as an official...ART28482
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Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
The town and harbour painted from drawings made in Tobruk at the beginning of February 1941, two weeks after the town had been captured by Allied Forces and before the Siege of Tobruk began. Less than...ART22233
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Tobruk from Admiralty House
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Looking through the scaffolding of the unfinished Admiralty House can be seen one of "Bardia Bill's" shells bursting in the town. This section contained the homes of various Italian officials. In the ...ART27520
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Truce at Tobruk
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Maker: Dowie, John Stuart
Depicts the truce between the Germans and Australians at Tobruk on 4 August 1941 which enable each side to venture out into no man's land and collect their dead and wounded. The Australian soldier hol...ART26654
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Underground sick bay
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Adjoining the Army Casualty Clearing Station is the Royal Naval Sick Bay in a deep shelter some 40-50 feet underground. This tunnel in concrete lined with a tiled floor and lit by electricity. All wat...ART21742
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Underground telephone exchange Tobruk
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Maker: Norton, Frank
West of Admiralty House is a tunnel into the rock just above the harbour level, and linking up by means of another long and narrow tunnel, linking Admiralty House 40 or 50 feet above. At the extreme e...ART21743
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Vale Waterhen (Sinking of HMAS Waterhen)
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Maker: Norton, Frank
HMAS Waterhen listing to port, prior to being taken in tow and later sinking.ART22327
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Waltzing Matilda
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Italian ambulance captured near Tobruk in the first Libyan campaign and now used by No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. During the withdrawal it was driven by an Italian Prisoner-of-war who was...ART23529
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Waterfront, Tobruk
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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
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Wrecked ships, Tobruk
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Maker: Norton, Frank
To date there are 48 known wrecks in this harbour, including the old Italian battleship "San Georgia", Italian destroyers, merchantmen, tugs and lighters. Many allied vessels rest on the bottom. On th...ART26962