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AIF embarking at Suez
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Maker: Norton, Frank
AIF troops and members of the Australian Army Nursing Service embarking into Nile ferries which will take them out to the big transports in Suez Bay. (These troops were going to "Strathallan", a forme...ART21012
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Air Vice-Marshal Frank McNamara
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Maker: Honisett, Ray
Depicts a montage portrait of First World War and Second World War No. 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corp and No. 5 Flying Training School; Air Vice Marshal Frank Hubert McNamara, VC, CBE, RAAF. The wo...ART29094
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An escape from Crete, with blankets for sails
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Maker: Winters, Michael
After the surrender, more than 600 soldiers were left behind on the island. Many of these men made their way back to Egypt in landing barges, fishing boats, or submarines. An Australian soldier who ...ART92802
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Anti-aircraft defence
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
A Bofors 40mm anti aircraft gun and a slit trench. Emplacements are sand - bagged for protection. In the foreground is an observer's position. The occupant left his steel helmet lying on the ground ou...ART30066
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A soldier fixing his bayonet
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Maker: Dargie, William
An Australian soldier stands, wearing a tin helmet and is fixing his bayonet to his rifle.ART22008
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A soldier looking up
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Maker: Dargie, William
Drawing of an unidentified soldier looking up to the sky. He is shirtless and wears shorts and a tin helmet.ART22011
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At Matruh Habour
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
A river gun-boat disembarking troops at Mersa Matruh, Egypt.ART30291
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Australian and New Zealand patients
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Maker: Dargie, William
Australian and New Zealand patients wait to board the hospital ship Oranje at Port Tewfik. The Oranje was a modern 20,000 ton vessel owned by the Netherlands government. In 1941 the ship was offered...ART24069
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2/32 Battalion holding German counter-attack, El Alamein, 31 October 1942
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Maker: Dargie, William
2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion holding German counter-attack at El Alamein, Western Desert, Egypt, on 31 October 1942. The men are from B Company and the tank depicted is a German Mark IV C mode...ART22251
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Bound for Suez
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Bound for Suez - Freighters bringing up supplies for the army. The canal is something to see, after journeying across the desert. One realises, all at once, how good is the smell of sea water, the sig...ART30081
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Camp at Mena, Cairo
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Camp at Mena, Cairo - Tents are interesting, as the troops live underground, the floor level being well dug-in for anti-aircraft protection. Pyramids in the distance!'.ART30063
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Camp at Mena, Cairo
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Tents are interesting, as the troops live underground, the floor level being well dug down for anti-aircraft protection. Pyramids in the distance, Egypt.ART30061
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Canal, Helwan
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a group of Egyptians carrying water away from a freshwater canal in Helwan, which is near Cairo. Other groups are working in the fields. In the distance are hot baking chalk-white hills. Th...ART30045
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Desert
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Just desert - Typical of the unpleasant Sinai crossing, with its never-ending strip of tarmac!ART30075
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First convoy in the Indian Ocean
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Maker: Norton, Frank
HMAS Australia and HMAS Canberra (Flagship) parting company with the First Australian Convoy approximately 61/4 hours from Fremantle. Convoy consisted of 11 troopships carrying 6th Division of 2 Austr...ART27542
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General Sir Thomas Blamey
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of General Sir Thomas Blamey, CB, CMG, DSO, Deputy Commander in Chief Middle East Forces and General Commanding AIF seated and wearing field battle-coat. Blamey was a former school teacher wh...ART28252
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Haifa Wharf
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts camouflaged desert trailers that carry generators in Port Haifa, then Palestine, now Israel. In the middle foreground are the soldiers in charge of equipment. Drawn as part of the Syrian Cam...ART30281
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HMAS Parramatta at Port Said
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Maker: Norton, Frank
At anchor off Navy House, Port Said, while acting as anti-aircraft defence ship. Ship's camouflage is typical for this class of vessel and was designed by her first Fleet Lieutenant. Beyond the vessel...ART26930
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How she'll prize your letters from overseas
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Maker: Unknown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
One of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "JOIN THE AIF". This poster is subtitled 'How she'll prize your letters...' and ...ARTV04340
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H. Q. 2/25 Battalion, Mersa Matruh
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
A view across the street from the headquarters of the 2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion at Mersa Matruh in Egypt.ART30280
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Lance Corporal Frederick Paulson
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
WX1209 Lance Corporal Frederick Lawrence Paulson, after serving unscathed for two years in Egypt, Palestine and Syria with 2/2 Australian Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, finds himself well ...ART21616
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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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Lieutenant Margaret Stockwell
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of VFX60554 Lieutenant Margaret Stockwell, Australian Army Nurses Services (AANS), 2/2 Australian General Hospital (AGH), Atherton, Queensland.ART22148
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Life line
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Pencil sketch of a row of telegraph lines and poles, with the mountains in the distance.ART30294
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Major General Leslie Morshead
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of Major General Morshead who fought in the Second World War in Cairo, Egypt as part of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, 9th Australian Division; NX8 Major General Leslie J Morshead, CMG, C...ART22864
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Muddle Easters
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Maker: Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes Achvah Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes
Navy, Army, and Air Force Institute poster promoting 'The Bigger Better Brighter Muddle Easters' show for the troops in Egypt during the Second World War.ARTV05190
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Muddle Easters
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Maker: Achvah Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes
Navy, Army, and Air Force Institute poster promoting 'The Bigger Better Brighter Muddle Easters' show for the troops in Egypt during the Second World War.ARTV05191
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Not titled [portrait of a man]
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Pencil sketch of an unidentifed man wearing a hat.ART30296
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Not titled [profile portrait of a man]
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Profile portrait of an unidentified man wearing a hat.ART94224
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Operation Bulimba (2/15th Battalion attack near Tel el Eisa, Egypt), September 1942
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Tel el Eisa; 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion; QX5634 Corporal Horton Ford McLachlan (later Sergeant, DCM) 2/15 Btn 2 AIF, unidentified Australian and German soldiers; Operation, Battle of Alam el...ART27559
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Pathologist (Major Henry Lancaster)
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Depicts a portrait of NX35110 Major Henry Oliver Lancaster, AAMC, Pathologist 111 Aust Casualty Clearing Station, Australian Army Medical Corps, Alexischafen, New Guinea.ART22670
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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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Soldier fixing bayonet
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait depicting an unidentified soldier holding a Lee Enfield Rifle with fixed bayonet.ART22009
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South African whalers 'Sifgra' and 'Simbra' used by the Royal Navy Eastern Fleet, at Aden, Egypt, 1943
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Maker: McBryde, John
South African whalers 'Sifgra' and 'Simbra' moored at a jetty at Aden, Egypt, 1943. The ships are equipped with ASDIC (Anti-submarine Detection Investigation Committee), or Sonar, an underwater radar ...ART92768
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South African whalers 'Sifgra' and 'Simbra' used by the Royal Navy Eastern Fleet, at Aden, Egypt, 1943
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Maker: McBryde, John
South African Whalers used by the Royal Navy Eastern Fleet moored at a jetty in Aden, Egypt in March 1943. These ships are equipped with ASDIC (Anti-submarine Detection Investigation Committee), or So...ART92763
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Stretcher bearers
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Maker: Dadswell, Lyndon Meridian Sculpture Founders
Bronze statue of a soldier lying on a stretcher with two stretcher bearers tending him. This edition was cast in bronze in 1985 by Meridian Sculpture Founders, Melbourne.ART40930
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Study for 'Australian troops disembarking after the evacuation of Greece'
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Seated soldier in right profile.ART21907
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Study for 'Australian troops disembarking at Alexandria after the evacuation of Greece'
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Rear view of seated soldier.ART21908
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Study for 'Australian troops disembarking at Alexandria after the evacuation of Greece'
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a rear view of soldier in a supine position. He is wearing a uniform and tin helmet.ART21909
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Study for 'Australian troops disembarking at Alexandria after the evacuation of Greece'
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Rear view of standing figure turned towards the left.ART21906
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The Air Force comes on board at Tewfik
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Maker: Dargie, William
Pencil sketch, intended as a preparatory sketch for a later painting, of men from the Royal Air Force boarding the transport vesesl, HT Felix Roussel. Darige noted, "Carrying their gear & with their ...ART22055
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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
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Transport column
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Convoy of trucks and other vehicles crossing through the Sinai desert.ART30053
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Two men with a Bren gun
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts two unidentified soldiers with a Bren gun, Egypt.ART21882
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Typical digger seated (George Budd, 6th Division, AIF)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Seated portrait of George Budd, 6th Australian Division, AIF. Budd is in full uniform with his rifle, holding a cigarette in his right hand.ART22355
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Untitled [sketch of four men]
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Pencil sketch of four unidentified men.ART30293
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Waltzing Matilda
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Italian ambulance captured near Tobruk in the first Libyan campaign and now used by No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. During the withdrawal it was driven by an Italian Prisoner-of-war who was...ART23529