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Inside Fort Khiam
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a scene in Khiam, Syria, of a large gun and a building behind it. It is a very rough sketch, with the finer work concentrating on the gun. It is probably an old Krupp gun that was produced d...ART30056
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Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Australian Imperial Force units arrived in Palestine (then a British mandate territory) early in 1940. They trained there before entering action in North Africa early in 1941. In this watercolour, whi...ART30046
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Lake Tiberias
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts three Australian troops consulting a map with the stunning vista of Lake Tiberius (Sea of Galilee) as a backdrop. Herbert was appointed as an Official War Artist in February 1941, and served ...ART30089
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Mosques and minarets, Damascus
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts mosques in Damascus, after the city was taken from the Vichy French by Allied forces. The Battle of Damascus was the final conflict in the Syria-Lebanon campaign, and ended on the 21 June 19...ART30298
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Mount Carmel Road
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a panoramic view from Mount Carmel Road. In the distant harbour (probably Port Haifa, now in Israel) freighters and oil tankers can be seen at the moorings. The main shipping wharf is on the...ART30065
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Mughar Village
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts five soldiers outside of the town of Mughar, Palestine. Three of the soldiers in the foreground are standing under pencil pines sketching, while two in he middle ground are simply looking. T...ART30040
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On guard
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Australian soldier standing sentry at an encampment. This work was produced as part of the artist's Syrian Campaign series. The artist writes, 'On guard - Typical scene at any Australian camp betwee...ART30051
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Palms and gardens, Richon
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a man in a red pot-like hat (called a tarboosh) and a group of Australian soldiers gathered near the Eagle Brewery Annex at Rishon le Zion. The scene is one of a lush oasis in the heat. with ...ART30043
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Pyramids
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts the pyramids at Giza with the pyramids of Cheops [Khufu] in the foreground. Because Egypt was a protectorate of Britain until 1952, it was a major strategic base for the Allied forces during...ART30044
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Raider, Mersa Matruh
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Raider, Mersa Matruh - German raider over Mersa Matruh at dawn. Steel-helmeted troops in a slit trench. White puffs of smoke indicate anti-aircraft fire'.ART30083
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Road into the town, Mersa Matruh
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts view of the road leading into the town of Mersa Matruh in the Western Desert, Egypt. Mersa Mutrah was a key port during the conflict, and was taken by German commander Rommel in 1942. Follo...ART30085
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Route march
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a route march through the village of Gedera. The artist writes: ' This was produced as part of the artist's Syrian Campaign series. The campaign involved Australian troops, mostly from the 7...ART30078
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Searchlight
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Searchlight - Final touches before evening manoeuvres. Time is about sunset'.ART30087
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Searchlight overhaul
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Search light overhaul - Late afternoon preparations for work at night. A felucca under sail is seen beyond an anti-aircraft gun in the distance'.ART30082
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Spell during route march, Palestine
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a route march near Deir Suneid, with unidentified soldiers gathered in the shade of a tree. The artist wrote 'Under a venerable sycamore tree near Deir Suneid. These trees are famous from Gaz...ART30041
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Supply column, Haifa
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a convoy of trucks (a supply column) belonging to the Australian Imperial Force leaving Haifa (then in Palestine, now in Israel) for Syria. The broad panoramic sky combines with the sharp per...ART30068
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Syrian border
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
View of Ras en Naqoura, the promontory that forms the coastal point of definition between Syria and Palestine. Rounding the point at sea, are units of the British Fleet, out of Haifa Bay en route to b...ART30047
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The town, Mersa Matruh
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
The town - The colourless town of Mersa Matruh from the hills on the outskirts near the railway yards. With the exception of a few renovated buildings, villas etc, the town is a mass of crumbling ruin...ART30080
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Tomahawk
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk fighter in the foreground with two British airplanes in the middleground at Rosh Pinna, Palestine (now in Israel). The Syrian Campaign involved Australian troops, mos...ART30054
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Transport column
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Army transport in the desert. One of the transport columns was several miles long. "One is hardly visible because of a sandstorm. Transport often had to contend with big sand-drifts which made passage...ART30069