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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
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Front line trenches, Libya; verso: Study of a digger
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
recto: Australian soldiers in the front line trenches, Libya. verso: Seated Australian soldier with rifle in hands, wearing uniform and helmet.ART21897
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Guns moving up in the desert
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldiers moving guns in the desert in Libya.ART21887
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Head study (Lieutenant Colin Wade)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a portrait of SX2610 Lieutenant Colin Angus Wade, 6th Cavalry Regiment; 2/9th Armoured Regiment, Giarabub, North African campaign Sollum, 2 Australian Imperial Force. The artist had a chance...ART22866
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Hit in head
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
A soldier lying injured on the ground clutching his head while another soldier looks on.ART21910
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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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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
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
An endless column of Italian prisoners taken by the 6th Australian Division in the Western Front in Libya, 1941.ART23430
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Italian prisoners
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Rear view of the figures of two prisoners of war walking.ART21904
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Italian prisoners leaving Tobruk, Libya
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Italian prisoners of war marching out of Tobruk, Libya, en route to prisoner of war cages, January 1941. Prisoners captured by 6th Australian Division at fall of Tobruk.ART21913
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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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Italian prisoners of war moving forward
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Italian prisoners of war moving foward carrying large packs on their backs.ART90264
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1914-40, Libya (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 ...ART22881
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Lieutenant General Sir Iven Mackay
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
NX363 Lieutenant General Sir Iven Mackay, KBE, CMG, DSO VD, General Commanding, Sir Iven was created knight of the British Empire for his brilliant leadership of the 6th Australian Division in the Lib...ART23414
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Nazi, Sollum
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of an unidentified German prisoner of war, from the armoured corps, captured during the North African campaign near Salum (Sollum), Libya. Hele was impressed by the prisoner's ability to sit ...ART26656
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On the road to Derna
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a group of unidentified soldiers of the 6th Australian Division in battledress, waiting for transport, Libya.ART28476
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Patrol setting out, Western Desert
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
A group of Australian soldiers setting out on patrol in the Western Desert in Libya. Ivor Hele accompanied the men on their patrols through the dust and heat of the desert during the 1941 North Africa...ART21891
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Patrol waiting, Western Desert
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Patrol of Australian soldiers in the prone position poised for action.ART21884
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25-pounder in action, Sollum
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicting a 25-pounder field gun in action near Sollum in the Western Desert, Egypt.ART26566
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25-pounder in action, Sollum
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Members of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force manning a 25 pounder gun in Sollum, Libya during the North African Campaign.ART28472
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Prisoners in a sandstorm
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldier with Italian prisoners of war caught in a sandstorm, Libya.ART21260
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Seated digger
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Bare-chested seated Australian soldier seen from behind.ART21902
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Soldier digging
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldier, bare-chested, seen from the rear digging.ART21901
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Stretcher bearers, Libya
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldiers carrying wounded soldiers on stretchers in Libya.ART26995
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Stretchers bearers in the desert
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldiers carrying a wounded man on a stretcher in the desert in Libya.ART21895
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[study for Convoy pulled up on Derna Road]
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Convoy of trucks pulled up along the Derna road to, North Africa.ART90263
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Study of a digger
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of an unidentified soldier from 2 Australian Imperial Force, wearing a protective tin helmet during the North African campaign in the Western Desert.ART22870
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Study of a digger
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a seated Australian soldier with rifle in hands, wearing uniform and helmet.ART21898