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Ack-Ack pit
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
A Bren Gun crew on the look-out for enemy aircraft in an Ack-Ack pit in Libya. The anti-aircraft gun is a Bren Light Machine Gun (LMG).ART21911
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Aircraft spotter
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts an Australian aircraft spotter holding a pair of binoculars in his right hand, clad in shorts, boots and a hard hat looking skywards. The spotter was crucial in alerting the troops to the immi...ART21903
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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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Back of a truck, moving up
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts several troops lying in the back of a truck in Libya.ART21890
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Bardia (action leading to the fall of Post 11)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
VX3511 Sergeant H B S 'Jo' Gullett, VX3495 V N Maloney, VX3497 Private H F Brockley, QX3118 Private F C Damm, all of 2/6th Btn 2 AIF, unidentified Australian and Italian soldiers. The first major camp...ART27576
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Battle equipment, Derna
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of an Australian soldier standing with rifle, head slightly lowered.ART22875
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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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Benghazi
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
The westernmost place of any size captured by the 6th Australian Division in it's advance through the Western Desert, and 360 miles from Australia's first battlefield of the campaign at Bardin.ART22202
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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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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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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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Crashed plane, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts the wreckage resulting from a crash of a Bristol Blenheim aircraft, flown by the Royal Air Force during the North Africa campaign, into a building at Tobruk, Libya. Aircraft and building are a...ART22201
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Digger and prisoners
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldier with prisoners of war in Libya.ART21885
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Digger in captured Italian strongpoint
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian digger manning an Italian Breda machine gun in a captured Italian stronghold.ART26207
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Digger, Libya
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Like many of his fellow official war artists, Hele painted portraits not only of high-ranking officers but also of the 'ordinary' men in the field, for whom he felt a great sense of empathy. The name...ART22879
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Diggers resting, Libya
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
A group of Australian diggers resting in Libya.ART21262
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Digger with captured Breda gun
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts an unidentified soldier wearing battle dress, captured 6.5 millimetre model 30 Breda light machine gun, 2 Australian Imperial Force, Libyan campaign, Western Desert, North African Campaign.ART21912
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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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Examining Italian prisoners, Libya 1941
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts several Australian soldiers with rifles examining Italian prisoners in Libya, North Africa in 1941.ART28481