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A Changi working party
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
A group of prisoners of war forming a working party, one carrying a fire bucket to provide fire or a light for cigarettes. A Japanese guard walks amongst them. The men not sent to the Burma-Thailand r...ART25051
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A Consolidated Catalina aircraft, serial number A24-100 and squadron code RK-L, of 42 Squadron, ...
Photograph
Maker: Department of Air
A Consolidated Catalina aircraft, serial number A24-100 and squadron code RK-L, of 42 Squadron, RAAF. This aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing on the sea, south of the South Western Celeb...NWA0693
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A delayed action device, commonly called a drip rifle, invented by Lance Corporal William Charles ...
Photograph
Maker: Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
A delayed action device, commonly called a drip rifle, invented by Lance Corporal William Charles Scurry (later Captain W C Scurry MC DCM) of the 7th Battalion, AIF, for firing a rifle by means of wei...G01291
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A display of Owen sub-machine guns, invented and manufactured in Australia, being transported on ...
Photograph
Maker: Monro, Ronald Keith
A display of Owen sub-machine guns, invented and manufactured in Australia, being transported on a truck in a procession through the streets of Sydney to show the immensity of the war effort in Austra...027530
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Africa Star ribbon bar made from a toothbrush handle : Sergeant D Robinson, 6 Division AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A yellow plastic rectangular shaped piece of plastic toothbrush handle with a light blue, red and dark blue plastic insets representing an Africa Star ribbon bar. The back of the ribbon bar has a sim...REL27541
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Agnone, Sicily, Italy. 1943. Flying Officer Stan Youl, No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, of ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Agnone, Sicily, Italy. 1943. Flying Officer Stan Youl, No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF, of Melbourne, Vic, sits in his makeshift camp and writes a letter home. His method of pitching camp is practic...MEA0451
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A LEWIS MACHINE GUN ON AN IMPROVISED MOUNT FOR ANTI-AIRCRAFT ACTION, AT HILL 70, IN 1916-06. ...
Photograph
Maker: Smith, Francis Henry
A LEWIS MACHINE GUN ON AN IMPROVISED MOUNT FOR ANTI-AIRCRAFT ACTION, AT HILL 70, IN 1916-06. (DONATED BY MR. F.H. SMITH.)J02899
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ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07. AN INGENIOUS RAT TRAP USED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF TYPHUS FROM ...
Photograph
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07. AN INGENIOUS RAT TRAP USED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF TYPHUS FROM ADJOINING AREAS TO HEADQUARTERS 8TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. THE BOTTLE, NECK STUFFED WITH CHEESE, IS PLACED ...080231
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ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-09. MEMBERS OF Z FIELD SECURITY SECTION ATTACHED TO 5TH DIVISION ...
Photograph
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-09. MEMBERS OF Z FIELD SECURITY SECTION ATTACHED TO 5TH DIVISION HOLD TWO OF FOUR JAPANESE WEAPONS IMPROVISED FROM AIRCRAFT GUNS. THEY SUGGEST AN ATTEMPT TO OVERCOME A...073103
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ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-04. ARMY TROOP COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ON ...
Photograph
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-04. ARMY TROOP COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ON MANOEUVRES. A CAMOUFLET CHARGE IS EXPLODED ON THE "ENEMY" BANK AFTER CROSSING THE RIVER BY THE IMPROVISED BRIDG...028423
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ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-04. ARMY TROOP COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ON ...
Photograph
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-04. ARMY TROOP COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ON MANOEUVRES. PERSONNEL OF THE COMPANY INDULGE IN A SWIM IN THE RIVER OVER WHICH THEY ARE BUILDING AN IMPROVISED ...028422
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ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-04. ARMY TROOP COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ON ...
Photograph
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-04. ARMY TROOP COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ON MANOEUVRES. A CAMOUFLET CHARGE IS EXPLODED ON THE "ENEMY" BANK AFTER CROSSING THE RIVER BY THE IMPROVISED BRIDG...028421
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An Australian Battery in the Uria Valley covers the Japanese road to Madang. Lance Bombardier J. ...
Photograph
Maker: Short, Gordon Herbert
An Australian Battery in the Uria Valley covers the Japanese road to Madang. Lance Bombardier J. Kenny of Essendon, Vic, and Sergeant F. McLaughlan of St Kilda, Vic, are cooking on an improvised stove...016053
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AN IMPROVISED COOKHOUSE AT ANZAC. (DONATED BY MRS. S.N. LAWRANCE.)
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AN IMPROVISED COOKHOUSE AT ANZAC. (DONATED BY MRS. S.N. LAWRANCE.)J05931
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An improvised Japanese 112 mm mortar and bomb on display at Headquarters 7 Division after being ...
Photograph
Maker: Rainsford, Ross John
An improvised Japanese 112 mm mortar and bomb on display at Headquarters 7 Division after being captured.111600
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An improvised Japanese 82 mm mortar bomb displayed at Headquarters 7 Division after being ...
Photograph
Maker: Rainsford, Ross John
An improvised Japanese 82 mm mortar bomb displayed at Headquarters 7 Division after being captured.111595
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An improvised net cacolet shown loaded on a camel for transport of casualties. A similar cacolet ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
An improvised net cacolet shown loaded on a camel for transport of casualties. A similar cacolet is carried on the other side of the camel.H00889
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An improvised 'sleeper-log' road across a ditch near Bapaume. Following the retirement of the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
An improvised 'sleeper-log' road across a ditch near Bapaume. Following the retirement of the enemy and his destruction of bridges and culverts, our engineers had the large task of repairing the roads...E00433
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An improvised tin notice (with the location spelt incorrectly) identifies the Advanced Dressing ...
Photograph
Maker: Halmarick, Colin Thomas
An improvised tin notice (with the location spelt incorrectly) identifies the Advanced Dressing Station established to cater for casualties from the 57/60th Infantry Battalion during their attack agai...070198
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An unidentified native man looks on while NX170988 Spr R Skidmore (standing), and NX79944 Sapper ...
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An unidentified native man looks on while NX170988 Spr R Skidmore (standing), and NX79944 Sapper (Spr ) E Nichols, both of the 17th Field Company, prepare to don their improvised diving gear while bui...079004
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An unidentified prisoner of war (POW) pouring hot water from a kettle into a makeshift coffee ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
An unidentified prisoner of war (POW) pouring hot water from a kettle into a makeshift coffee percolator, believed to be in Stalag 383, a special non-work camp for non-commissioned officers (NCOs) fro...P03726.002
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Arm operation at advanced Markham dressing station
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a scene in an Advanced Dressing Station of the Australian Army Medical Corps in the Markham area, New Guinea.ART22498
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Army cooks have to be resourceful and flexible. A meal is prepared on a makeshift stove served by ...
Photograph
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Army cooks have to be resourceful and flexible. A meal is prepared on a makeshift stove served by gas cylinders. The `kitchen' is surrounded by sandbags presumably to cut off wind and flying sand and ...150109
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1. Army tests compressed foods 2. RAAF departure. (Cinesound News No. 517)
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Extracts from Cinesound News newsreel No. 517. 1. (1 min 44 sec) Food briquettes compressed under a compression of one ton contain a square meal. May be the answer of iron rations for paratroops. Vic...F00546
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Artificial limb construction, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Showing some of the limbs manufactured a the AIF POW Convalescent Depot. Series of drawings showing construction of artificial leg, including knee and ankle joints, 'Limb Factory', under supervision o...ART26502
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Artificial Limb Factory, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
The 'factory' was housed in the coolie lines at rear of Convalescent Depot, Changi Goal. Depicts three unidentified men engaged in different aspects of making artificial limbs.ART26503
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1945. A sketch showing a soldier relaxing on a makeshift bed.
Photograph
1945. A sketch showing a soldier relaxing on a makeshift bed.100795
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Astrolabe Bay, Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08. Buildings and tents of Headquarters, RAAF Northern ...
Photograph
Maker: Griffiths, Allen
Astrolabe Bay, Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08. Buildings and tents of Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), nestle among a forest of tropical palm trees on the shores of a tranquil bay or lagoon....P02257.001
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Astrolabe Bay, Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08. 'Frog 'Ollow', a nickname for part of the officers' ...
Photograph
Maker: Griffiths, Allen
Astrolabe Bay, Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08. 'Frog 'Ollow', a nickname for part of the officers' lines at Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM). A narrow pathway runs between tents occupied by t...P02257.007
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ATHERTON TABLELAND, QUEENSLAND. 1944-10-18. CORPORAL B MARGETTS (1), AND PRIVATE WALLACE (2), IN ...
Photograph
ATHERTON TABLELAND, QUEENSLAND. 1944-10-18. CORPORAL B MARGETTS (1), AND PRIVATE WALLACE (2), IN THE CAMP GARDEN AT 1 HEADQUARTERS AREA COMMAND ATHERTON, WHICH PROVIDES LETTUCE, BEANS, CHINESE CABBAGE...081721
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A trailer party, Changi 1944
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Two prisoners dragging an improvised trailer loaded with full sacks and escorted by a Japanese guard.ART25100
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AT SEA. 1919. SOLDIERS IN A MAKESHIFT BATH ON HMAT TAKADA.
Photograph
AT SEA. 1919. SOLDIERS IN A MAKESHIFT BATH ON HMAT TAKADA.H01831
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At the prisoner of war (POW) hospital camp at Nakom Paton, an improvised alcohol still had been ...
Photograph
Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
At the prisoner of war (POW) hospital camp at Nakom Paton, an improvised alcohol still had been operating for a year and produced two litres of alcohol a day from rice. The still was set up by Mr Chap...118848
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At the prisoner of war (POW) hospital camp at Nakom Paton, an improvised alcohol still had been ...
Photograph
Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
At the prisoner of war (POW) hospital camp at Nakom Paton, an improvised alcohol still had been operating for a year and produced two litres of alcohol a day from rice. The still was set up by Mr Chap...118849
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Australian bush hat : Trooper D R Barnby, 2 Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Modified Australian Army issue cotton patrol 'giggle' hat with shortened brim and green nylon chin strap attached. The nylon chin strap is attached to the hat by a pair of holes made into the side of...REL/14214.002
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1. Australian engineers help build military railway 2. Owen Gun passes test 3. Thanksgiving Day (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 51)
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (1 min 44 sec) AIF, British and South African Troops construct Syrian link in strategic Middle East railroad 2. (1 min 57 sec) Owen Gun is demonstrated by the inventor 3. (43 sec) Thanksgiving day ...F00373
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Australian Practice Rifle : Captain L C Seton, 29 Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps
Technology
Australian practice rifle made with bush timber and has an iron butt. The butt is stamped 25. It is complete with bayonet, stamped XXV, and scabbard, capable of being unfixed and was made from part of...RELAWM24506
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Australians eat lunch in the desert at an improvised table setting dug into the sand.
Photograph
Australians eat lunch in the desert at an improvised table setting dug into the sand.P09130.006
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Ayliffe, Stuart Hamilton (Lieutenant, b.1892 - d.1947)
Private Record
Maker: Ayliffe, Stuart Hamilton
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Stuart Hamilton Ayliffe, 32 Battalion, France 1917-1918. Collection includes notebook with technical notes and later annotations made by Ayliffe of ga...1DRL/0077
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Baidoa, Somalia. c.1993-04. 362899 Warrant Officer 2 Richard Klima, Company Sergeant Major, ...
Photograph
Baidoa, Somalia. c.1993-04. 362899 Warrant Officer 2 Richard Klima, Company Sergeant Major, Support Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), serving with the Australian contingent...P01761.001
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Although the Japanese had directed that all sick and ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Although the Japanese had directed that all sick and debilitated were to be taken to Hainan from Ambon as hospital facilities would be available there, thi...030357/07
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. An example of the effect of beri-beri on the ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. An example of the effect of beri-beri on the genitals of an inmate of the improvised hospital, in the Japanese Bakli prisoner of war (POW) Camp.030358/03
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Dutch officers and men at the prisoner of war (POW) ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Dutch officers and men at the prisoner of war (POW) Camp with their improvised wooden box rat traps. The Dutch supplemented their rations with the aid of t...030366/03
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Dutch officers and men at the prisoner of war (POW) ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Dutch officers and men at the prisoner of war (POW) Camp with their improvised rat traps. The Dutch supplemented their rations with the aid of these traps.030366/04
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. NX46703 Sergeant F. S. Bates, of the Australian Army ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. NX46703 Sergeant F. S. Bates, of the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC), captured in Gull Force on Ambon, an inmate of the improvised hospital at the Bak...030358/02
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. QX16243 Private H. O. Robinson, a member of the ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. QX16243 Private H. O. Robinson, a member of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, who was captured on Ambon, in the Bakli prisoner of war (POW) C...030358/05
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Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. VX24673 Private S. A. Merlo, a member of the 2/21st ...
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Maker: Woods, Leonard Thomas
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. VX24673 Private S. A. Merlo, a member of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, who was captured on Ambon, in the Bakli prisoner of war (POW) Camp...030358/06
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BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO. 1945-08-17. PRIVATE P.F. GRAHAM, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, PLAYING HIS ...
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BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO. 1945-08-17. PRIVATE P.F. GRAHAM, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, PLAYING HIS MOUTH ORGAN WHILE TREACLE, A SMALL NATIVE LAD, ACCOMPANIES HIM ON DRUMS IMPROVISED FROM MESS TINS AND SH...113265
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BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO. 1945-08-17. PRIVATE P.F. GRAHAM, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, PLAYING HIS ...
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BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO. 1945-08-17. PRIVATE P.F. GRAHAM, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, PLAYING HIS MOUTH ORGAN WHILE TREACLE, A SMALL NATIVE LAD, ACCOMPANIES HIM ON DRUMS IMPROVISED FROM MESS TINS AND SH...113264
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE IMPROVISED DEMOLITION CHARGE. THE CHARGE IS CONTAINED IN A ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE IMPROVISED DEMOLITION CHARGE. THE CHARGE IS CONTAINED IN A CREPE RUBBER COVERED GALVANISED CONTAINER. INITIATION IS ACHIEVED BY A MATCH HEAD COMPOSITION AND A LENG...069560
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE IMPROVISED FLAME THROWER MADE FROM TWO LIGHT GAUGE STEEL ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE IMPROVISED FLAME THROWER MADE FROM TWO LIGHT GAUGE STEEL CYLINDERS. THIS WEAPON IS MUCH LIGHTER THAN THE IMPROVISED MODEL 93, FLAME THROWER.069558
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE IMPROVISED FLAME THROWER PATTERNED ON THE MODEL 93, FLAME ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE IMPROVISED FLAME THROWER PATTERNED ON THE MODEL 93, FLAME THROWER. ALTHOUGH THIS FLAME THROWER IS MADE OF LIGHT GAUGE STEEL IT IS VERY HEAVY AND CUMBERSOME TO HAND...069559
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE IMPROVISED 85MM MORTAR.
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE IMPROVISED 85MM MORTAR.069554
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE IMPROVISED 112MM MORTAR AND BOMB.
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE IMPROVISED 112MM MORTAR AND BOMB.069556
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE IMPROVISED 112MM MORTAR BOMB FOR USE IN THEIR IMPROVISED ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE IMPROVISED 112MM MORTAR BOMB FOR USE IN THEIR IMPROVISED 112MM MORTAR (PHOTOGRAPH NO. 69556). AN INDICATION OF SIZE IS GIVEN BY THE COMPARISON OF A MATCH TIN ON TH...069557
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE 85MM IMPROVISED MORTAR BOMB FOR USE IN THEIR IMPROVISED 85MM ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE 85MM IMPROVISED MORTAR BOMB FOR USE IN THEIR IMPROVISED 85MM MORTAR (PHOTOGRAPH NO. 69554). AN INDICATION OF THE SIZE IS GIVEN BY THE COMPARISON OF A MATCH TIN ON ...069555
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE 20MM, OERLIKON FIXED MAGAZINE FED AIRCRAFT MACHINE CANNON ON ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE 20MM, OERLIKON FIXED MAGAZINE FED AIRCRAFT MACHINE CANNON ON AN IMPROVISED MOUNT ADAPTED FOR GROUND USE.069552
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-01. A POLE OF THE LINE ROUTE BUILT ACROSS THE KLANDASAN SWAMP BY ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-01. A POLE OF THE LINE ROUTE BUILT ACROSS THE KLANDASAN SWAMP BY MEMBERS OF 7TH DIVISION SIGNALS OFFICE SHOWING THE IMPROVISED METHOD OF TRANSPOSITION BY THE USE OF SWAN NE...114795
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 11 JULY 1945. A CAPTURED JAPANESE IMPROVISED 112MM MORTAR AND BOMB ON DISPLAY ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 11 JULY 1945. A CAPTURED JAPANESE IMPROVISED 112MM MORTAR AND BOMB ON DISPLAY AT HEADQUARTERS 7 DIVISION.111601
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 5 JULY 1945. A JAPANESE OERLIKON 20MM AIRCRAFT CANNON, MOUNTED, WITH MAGAZINE ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 5 JULY 1945. A JAPANESE OERLIKON 20MM AIRCRAFT CANNON, MOUNTED, WITH MAGAZINE IMPROVISED FOR FIELD USE. SHOWN DURING A DISPLAY OF ENEMY EQUIPMENT AT HEADQUARTERS 7 DIVISION.110871
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 5 JULY 1945. A JAPANESE OERLIKON 20MM AIRCRAFT CANNON WITH MAGAZINE ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 5 JULY 1945. A JAPANESE OERLIKON 20MM AIRCRAFT CANNON WITH MAGAZINE IMPROVISED FOR FIELD USE, SHOWN DURING A DISPLAY OF ENEMY EQUIPMENT AT HEADQUARTERS 7 DIVISION.110869
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 8 JULY 1945. AN IMPROVISED 85MM JAPANESE MORTAR. THE MORTAR CONSISTS OF A ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 8 JULY 1945. AN IMPROVISED 85MM JAPANESE MORTAR. THE MORTAR CONSISTS OF A BARREL WITH FOLDING TRIPOD LEGS ATTACHED AND A BASE PLATE. THE CONSTRUCTION IS SIMPLE WITH NO SIGHTING OR ...111276
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 8 JULY 1945. AN IMPROVISED 85MM JAPANESE MORTAR. THE MORTAR CONSISTS OF A ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 8 JULY 1945. AN IMPROVISED 85MM JAPANESE MORTAR. THE MORTAR CONSISTS OF A BARREL WITH FOLDING TRIPOD LEGS ATTACHED AND A BASE PLATE. THE CONSTRUCTION IS SIMPLE WITH NO SIGHTING OR ...111277
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 5 JULY 1945. IMPROVISED JAPANESE ANTI VEHICLE MINES, APPARENTLY MANUFACTURED ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 5 JULY 1945. IMPROVISED JAPANESE ANTI VEHICLE MINES, APPARENTLY MANUFACTURED AT BALIKPAPAN. FOUND IN A TUNNEL BY TROOPS OF 7 DIVISION DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.110873
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 19 JULY 1945. TROOPER R. L. SPRATT, 2/3RD COMMANDO SQUADRON, 2/7TH CAVALRY ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 19 JULY 1945. TROOPER R. L. SPRATT, 2/3RD COMMANDO SQUADRON, 2/7TH CAVALRY (COMMANDO) REGIMENT, PREPARING A MEAL IN THE IMPROVISED UNIT COOKHOUSE.111722
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. NEAR SIDE VIEW OF A JAPANESE 20MM, OERLIKON FIXED MAGAZINE FED AIRCRAFT ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. NEAR SIDE VIEW OF A JAPANESE 20MM, OERLIKON FIXED MAGAZINE FED AIRCRAFT MACHINE CANNON ON AN IMPROVISED MOUNT ADAPTED FOR GROUND USE. THIS GUN IS MOUNTED UPSIDE DOWN AND ALTH...069553
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. SIDE VIEW OF A JAPANESE 20MM, TYPE 99, MARK 1, OERLIKON FIXED BELT FEED ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. SIDE VIEW OF A JAPANESE 20MM, TYPE 99, MARK 1, OERLIKON FIXED BELT FEED AIRCRAFT CANNON ON AN IMPROVISED MOUNT ADAPTED FOR GROUND USE.069551
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-11. THE FIRST BATCH OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO ARRIVE AT BALIKPAPAN. ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-11. THE FIRST BATCH OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO ARRIVE AT BALIKPAPAN. NUMBERING ABOUT 400 THEY WERE BROUGHT TO BROWN BEACH BY LCM'S (LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED) FROM THE HEADWAT...118668
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-08-31. THE PETERSHAM JUNCTION OF 7TH DIVISION SIGNALS OFFICE SHOWING THE ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-08-31. THE PETERSHAM JUNCTION OF 7TH DIVISION SIGNALS OFFICE SHOWING THE IMPROVISED METHOD USED FOR JOINING THE 8 WAY AND THE 14 WAY ROUTES.114790
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BANAK, AITAPE-WEWAK SECTOR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-21. COOKS OF 2/1 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ...
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BANAK, AITAPE-WEWAK SECTOR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-21. COOKS OF 2/1 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, USING AN IMPROVISED OVEN MADE FROM A JAPANESE OIL DRUM. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SAPPER H....091151
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BANGKOK, THAILAND, 1945. (PROBABLY 30 SEPTEMBER) FORMER POW'S FROM SAIGON ON ARRIVAL AT BANGKOK ...
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BANGKOK, THAILAND, 1945. (PROBABLY 30 SEPTEMBER) FORMER POW'S FROM SAIGON ON ARRIVAL AT BANGKOK AFTER THEIR RELEASE. THE DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT (ARMY) CREW WAS: AUSTRALIAN PILOT, ENGLISH NAVIGAT...P00235.002
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BARMERA, SA 1944-10-20. NO. 14 GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. JAPANESE INTERNEES ON A TRACTOR ...
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Maker: Cullen, Hedley Keith
BARMERA, SA 1944-10-20. NO. 14 GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. JAPANESE INTERNEES ON A TRACTOR TOWED AUTOMATIC TOMATO SEEDLING PLANTER. THE MACHINE UTILISED A BURSTER ATTACHMENT FOR MAKING IRRIGATI...122933
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BARRON RIVER, QUEENSLAND. 1944-10-15. SERGEANT N.B. BROWN, 2/13 (COMPOSITE) ANTI-AIRCRAFT ...
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BARRON RIVER, QUEENSLAND. 1944-10-15. SERGEANT N.B. BROWN, 2/13 (COMPOSITE) ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT ADJUSTS WATERPROOFING ON THE JEEP AFTER CROSSING THE RIVER. MATCH STICKS, IMPROVISED AS PLUGS ON THE ...081673
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BATAVIA, JAVA 1945-09-24. "BARBECUE" PRISONER OF WAR STYLE AT BICYCLE CAMP. THREE AUSTRALIAN EX ...
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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John
BATAVIA, JAVA 1945-09-24. "BARBECUE" PRISONER OF WAR STYLE AT BICYCLE CAMP. THREE AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR PREPARE A MEAL OF FRIED RICE OVER A CHARCOAL FIRE FANNED BY AN INGENIOUS CONTRAPTION MA...123667
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Battle casualties, Malaya
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Convalescent Depot for rehabilitation of men (all amputees) playing deck golf. It was located in part of barracks formerly occupied by Gordon Highlanders. The workshop run by the prisoners were able t...ART25088
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BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 6 JULY 1945. IMPROVISED SHELTERS UNDER A HOUSE SHOWING HOW MEMBERS OF B TROOP, ...
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BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 6 JULY 1945. IMPROVISED SHELTERS UNDER A HOUSE SHOWING HOW MEMBERS OF B TROOP, 2/12TH FIELD REGIMENT, RAA, LIVE NEAR THEIR GUN POSITIONS.111806
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BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 6 JULY 1945. IMPROVISED SHELTERS UNDER A HOUSE SHOWING HOW MEMBERS OF B TROOP, ...
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BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 6 JULY 1945. IMPROVISED SHELTERS UNDER A HOUSE SHOWING HOW MEMBERS OF B TROOP, 2/12TH FIELD REGIMENT, RAA, LIVE NEAR THEIR GUN POSITIONS.111807
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BEIT JIRJA, PALESTINE. ?1941. HARVEY WALTERS, OF 2/104 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY, ...
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BEIT JIRJA, PALESTINE. ?1941. HARVEY WALTERS, OF 2/104 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY, WRITING AT A MAKESHIFT DESK SET UP IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK.P00057.015
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BEIT JIRJA, PALESTINE. ?1941. H.R. BONHAM OF 2/104 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY WRITING ...
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BEIT JIRJA, PALESTINE. ?1941. H.R. BONHAM OF 2/104 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY WRITING AT A MAKESHIFT DESK SET UP IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK.P00057.014
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BEIT JIRJA, PALESTINE. ?1941. PRIVATE NX67590 KEVIN DARCY COOK, OF 2/104 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL ...
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BEIT JIRJA, PALESTINE. ?1941. PRIVATE NX67590 KEVIN DARCY COOK, OF 2/104 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY, WRITING AT A MAKESHIFT DESK SET UP IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK.P00057.016
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BEIT JIRJA, PALESTINE. 1941? R.A RIGNEY OF 2/104 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY WRITING AT ...
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BEIT JIRJA, PALESTINE. 1941? R.A RIGNEY OF 2/104 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY WRITING AT A MAKESHIFT DESK SET UP IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK.P00057.013
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BEN HET, KONTUM PROVINCE, VIETNAM, 1970. SIDE VIEW OF A SOUTH VIETNAMESE M41 A3 TANK, WITH ...
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BEN HET, KONTUM PROVINCE, VIETNAM, 1970. SIDE VIEW OF A SOUTH VIETNAMESE M41 A3 TANK, WITH IMPROVISED SUN SHIELD, DISABLED BY A MINE. (FORMERLY 200322)P01011.031
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Biferno, Italy. 10 February 1945. No. 249 (Mustang) Squadron RAF which had two RAAF commanding ...
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Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Biferno, Italy. 10 February 1945. No. 249 (Mustang) Squadron RAF which had two RAAF commanding officers in succession, is maintaining the high reputation it built up for itself during the Malta blitz ...MEB0249
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'Bob' Mutton's hut, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Improvised housing accommodation in Changi prison. The men were housed in an area with buildings not large enough to accommodate them all. They built their own atap huts with what ever materials could...ART25060
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BONIS PENINSULA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-15. MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS, PREPARED FOR ...
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BONIS PENINSULA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-15. MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS, PREPARED FOR SURRENDER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE JAPANESE, WENT ASHORE AT JAPANESE NAVAL HEADQUARTERS, BONIS PENINSULA. SHOWN, JA...096632
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Bookbinding, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
When the Japanese gave permission for a stock of books to be brought into the camp from Raffles Library in Singapore, their constant repair was essential. This was carried out with odds and ends of ra...ART25062
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-16. CORPORAL A.R. ERBS, C COMPANY, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, LIFTING A DISH OF ...
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-16. CORPORAL A.R. ERBS, C COMPANY, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, LIFTING A DISH OF BREAD AND BUTTER CUSTARD FROM AN IMPROVISED CAMP OVEN CONSTRUCTED FROM A 44 GALLON DRUM AT C COMPANY P...092049
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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-19. QX55363 SERGEANT K. ROBERTS, SIGNALS SECTION, 61ST INFANTRY ...
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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-01-19. QX55363 SERGEANT K. ROBERTS, SIGNALS SECTION, 61ST INFANTRY BATTALION TESTING TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES SLUNG ON IMPROVISED POLES ACROSS THE JABA RIVER.078525
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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-08. TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION LOADING A TANK ATTACK GUN ...
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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-08. TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION LOADING A TANK ATTACK GUN ON TO IMPROVISED RAFT (WIRE MESH AND A TENT FLY) FOR TRANSPORT TO ONE OF THE UNIT FORWARD COMPANIES SOU...079455
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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-08. TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION PUSHING AN IMPROVISED RAFT ...
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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-08. TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION PUSHING AN IMPROVISED RAFT (WIRE MESH AND A TENT FLY) ACROSS THE PURIATA RIVER WHILE TRANSPORTING A TANK ATTACK GUN TO A FORWARD ...079456
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-16. SAPPERS OF 15 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, CONSTRUCT A ...
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-16. SAPPERS OF 15 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, CONSTRUCT A TIMBER BRIDGE OVER SINDOU CREEK, USING AN IMPROVISED PILE DRIVER MOUNTED ON A 3 TON WINCH TRUCK. IDENTIFI...092053
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BRAYBROOK, VIC. 1945-09-21. MAJOR W. EARWAKER, DIRECTORATE OF ARMY INVENTIONS, DEMONSTRATING THE ...
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BRAYBROOK, VIC. 1945-09-21. MAJOR W. EARWAKER, DIRECTORATE OF ARMY INVENTIONS, DEMONSTRATING THE DRIVERS POSITION ON A BREN GUN CARRIER WHICH HAS BEEN MODIFIED FOR USE AS A FARM TRACTOR.115734
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BULLDOG ROAD, NEW GUINEA. 1943-07-10. SX2663 SERGEANT E. E. SMITH ELOQUENTLY SHOWS HIS ...
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Maker: Irving, Robert Bruce
BULLDOG ROAD, NEW GUINEA. 1943-07-10. SX2663 SERGEANT E. E. SMITH ELOQUENTLY SHOWS HIS DISAPPROVAL OF AN IMPROVISED TOILET AT THE 7 MILE POST.054743
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Burg-el-Arab, Egypt. c. 1942-10. Orderlies of the 2/3rd Casualty Clearing Station (2/3rd CCS), ...
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Maker: Vines, Dorothy Alexander
Burg-el-Arab, Egypt. c. 1942-10. Orderlies of the 2/3rd Casualty Clearing Station (2/3rd CCS), located south east of Alexandria, prepare food in the open air hospital kitchen littered with buckets and...P02212.081
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Burma. c. 4 April 1945. Marie Burke, the Australian actress, on a makeshift stage singing to RAAF ...
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Burma. c. 4 April 1945. Marie Burke, the Australian actress, on a makeshift stage singing to RAAF and RAF personnel of an RAF fighter squadron during her visit to forward RAF fighter airstrips.P02491.027
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CABOOLTURE AREA, QLD. 1945-02-06. SIGNALMAN B SCARR, (1), WITH GUNNER A J DEVESON, 2/6 BATTERY, ...
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CABOOLTURE AREA, QLD. 1945-02-06. SIGNALMAN B SCARR, (1), WITH GUNNER A J DEVESON, 2/6 BATTERY, 2/3 COMPOSITE ANTI AIRCRAFT REGIMENT, (2), AND SIG. C CASSERLY, 18 OPERATIONS SECTION, (3). THE MEN ARE ...086254
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. IMPROVISED COOKING UTENSILS AND DRINKING MUG COLLECTED BY THE NO. 10 ...
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. IMPROVISED COOKING UTENSILS AND DRINKING MUG COLLECTED BY THE NO. 10 FIELD TEAM, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY SECTION AT THE SANDAKAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, BORNEO, AFTER THE ...069806
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CANUNGRA, QUEENSLAND. 1945-04-05. THE ENTRANCE TO THE JUNGLE GARDEN, HEADQUARTERS 3 REINFORCEMENT ...
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CANUNGRA, QUEENSLAND. 1945-04-05. THE ENTRANCE TO THE JUNGLE GARDEN, HEADQUARTERS 3 REINFORCEMENT TRAINING BATTALION, (JUNGLE WARFARE). THE JUNGLE GARDEN CONTAINS EDIBLE AND POISONOUS JUNGLE PLANTS AN...088055
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63507 CAPTAIN SANDY (A. H.) MACGREGOR, MC, OFFICER COMMANDING 3 FIELD TROOP, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ...
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Maker: Unknown
63507 CAPTAIN SANDY (A. H.) MACGREGOR, MC, OFFICER COMMANDING 3 FIELD TROOP, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, SITTING ON AN IMPROVISED OUTDOORS TOILET.P01595.080
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Cardboard Australian flag improvised for the visit of Prime Minister W M Hughes to France : 7 Infantry Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: 7th Infantry Brigade Staff
Improvised Australian flag made from reddish brown cardboard, giving a 'red' Australian ensign effect to the 'flag'. The stars, each with seven points, have been cut from paper and pasted onto the car...RELAWM01068