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"Ah. . . the Seventh Division I presume!"
Art
Maker: Mercier, Emile
Two officers in uniform on the left encounter a group of soldiers on the right, in a jungle setting. The artist humorously implies that the soldiers have adapted to life in the jungle as they have aba...ART28267
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AIF graves, Lae
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Maker: Kingston, Hector
The artist used some of his supply of anti-malarial medication to execute this sketch of AIF graves at Lae. Both are marked with wooden crosses, and illegible inscriptions likely to be their names/ser...ART94216
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Air Support: Qantas Empire Airways
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Maker: Jardine, Walter Lacy Qantas W.M Brooks & Co. Ltd
Second World War propaganda poster designed for QANTAS by leading Australian commercial artist Walter Jardine. The image is a depiction of Australian soldiers and a Papua New Guinean in the valley of ...ARTV05158
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AMF [Australian Military Forces]
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
A composition consisting of four helmeted soldiers in a jungle setting wearing tin helmets and carrying rifles.ART28378.018
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Anderson, Frank Douglas (Lance Sergeant, b.1919 - d.1998)
Private Record
Maker: Anderson, Frank Douglas
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX151840 (V65884) Lance Sergeant Frank Douglas Anderson, 2 New Guinea Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, New Guinea...AWM2020.673.1
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Anti-mite precautions
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Troops applying the anti-mite fluid Di Butyl Thallali (DBT), an effective precaution against the bite of the mokka. Infected mokkas were the carriers of Scrub Typhus, a disease that caused many fatal ...ART21288
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Aussie foxhole as Jap ladder
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Sketch of a jungle setting, including trees and foliage.ART92262
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Australian Military Forces
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
A composition of four soldiers in a jungle setting wearing tin helmets and carrying rifles.ART28376.008
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Australian Military Forces
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
A composition of six soldiers in a jungle setting, wearing tin helmets and carrying rifle.ART28376.007
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11 Battery 2/3 Australian Tank Attack Regiment
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Crew from right section, "K" Troops, 11 Battery, 2/3 Australian Tank Attack Regiment, moving their 6-pounder gun into position at Arndt Point for beach defence task. They are framed by rocks on the le...ART26130
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Bomb crater
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Maker: Koehne, Kurt Casper Irwin
Depicts a local Malaysian person swimming in a bomb crater on Labuan, off the coast of Borneo.ART96207
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Bulldog-Wau Road
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
The view of Bulldog-Wau Road winding through the undergrowth in New Guinea.ART22553
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Climbing through the jungle
Art
Maker: Browning, George Julian
Sketch of servicemen carrying various kinds of equipment. He appears to be climbing through the jungle.ART92307
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Gaden, Edward William (Captain, b.1917 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth of Australia Gaden, Edward William Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX12543 Captain Edward William Gaden, 2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, Singapore, Malaya, Thailand, Burma, India, 1940-1949. Wal...AWM2016.40.3
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Giants' Combat
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Two giant banyan trees, a species of 'strangler' fig tree, are locked together in an epic struggle. Such trees were common in the Bougainville area, and often had huge trunks of extremely complex stru...ART21454
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Gillogly, John “Jack” (Private, b.1918-d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Gillogly, John
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX72989 Private John “Jack” Gillogly, 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion, Malaya, 1941. Collection consists of one letter from Private Gillogly ...PR05659
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Good-day master
Art
Maker: Rafty, Tony
An Australian soldier carrying a rifle and pack is being drenched by heavy rain in Papua New Guinea. A local man walks past using a large banana leaf for shelter from the downpour. This drawing was re...ART26817
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Great bloody sense of humour you blokes've got!
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Maker: Dargie, William
A rough sketch of the incident portrayed in picture ART22090. As Dargie recalled, "The essence of slap stick humour is still the dignified gent who steps on a banana skin. We were resting on the top ...ART25029
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"Hey Butch! Your discharge has just come through!"
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Depicts a Military Policeman seated on a box, with his head resting on a crutch having his beard shaved by another soldier during the Second World War. A second soldier stands near him with a piece of...ARTI03219
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"It's no good Gus, they've got too much start" drawing for illustration in 'Khaki and Green' 1943
Art
Maker: Rafty, Tony
Two stereotyped Japanese soldiers running from a bullet fired by two Australian soldiers hiding in the jungle.ARTI03529