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Ace of Spades
Art
Maker: Meagher, Julian
Still life of an American Pattern Helmet. This painting is part of a war helmet series that Meagher produced in his continuing documentation of modern day masculinity. It explores men's engagement wi...ART94650
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Ack Ack plotting room
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Maker: Baird, John
A sketch of the Ack Ack (Anti Aircraft) plotting room is depicted, showing helmets and military equipment hanging from hooks on the wall, and an Ack Ack chart in the centre.ART27964
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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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AIF Malaya memorial
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Maker: Dowie, John Stuart Meridian Sculpture Founders
Statue in memory of the men and women of the AIF Malaya who held up the Japanese advance on Singapore 14 January - 15 Feburary 1942.ART41004
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Air Picquet (Gunner K Thompson)
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The subject of this drawing is 261617 Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth William Thompson, ED. Thompson died on 5 November 2001 aged 77 years (BS). Royal Australian Artillery, 14 Anti Aircraft Battery; Gunner...ART21686
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Allons-y [To Victory]
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Maker: Ministere des services nationaux de guerre
Canadian propaganda poster featuring a cartoon of a beaver, representing Canada, rushing to join a fight with a lion, representing Britain. Both have their swords drawn. This item has been digitised ...ARTV02579
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A soldier fixing his bayonet
Art
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
Art
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 fighter sector
Art
Maker: Baird, John
A portrait of an unidentified Air Force Officer shown wearing a 'pith' helmet.ART27911
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A.T.S.
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Maker: Games, Abram H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War recruitment poster by Abram Games. In December 1941, the British Parliament passed the National Service Act, which required unmarried women between 20 and 30 to join one of t...ARTV07142
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Attack
Art
Maker: Allen, George
Bronze sculpture representing Australian soldiers in New Guinea during WWII. One is holding a .303 rifle and the other an Owen gun.ART41006
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Attack
Art
Maker: Allen, George Purcell, R
Plaster cast of a sculpture representing Australian soldiers in New Guinea during the Second World War. One is holding a .303 rifle and the other an Owen gun. The plaster was cast from the original ce...ART26391
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Australian serviceman
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray
This statuette is a maquette originally made to assist with raising money for the relocation of Ewers 'Australian serviceman' sculpture from the Hall of Memory to the Memorial grounds, showing Ewers' ...ART90406
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Australian serviceman
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray Battaglia & Co, Milan, Italy
This sculpture was initially commissioned for the Hall of Memory in 1954. Leslie Bowles died in 1954 and it was originally he who had designed the proposed statuary to be the feature in the Hall of Me...ART40995
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Australian serviceman
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray Meridian Sculpture Founders
This statuette is the first in a series of a possible edition of 100, which were to be cast for sale through the Australian War Memorial shop. The maquette was originally made to assist in raising fun...ART90837
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Australian soldier
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of an unidentified Australian soldier wearing a tin helmet, Buna, New Guinea, 1943.ART25025
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Burning petrol dump near 7 mile drome
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Three Australian soldiers are pictured in the foreground with a burning petrol dump billowing black smoke near Jackson's Drome, Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART21312
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Calling for guard
Art
Maker: Walker, Ralph
Two unhappy looking figures dressed in long coats and hard hats stand for calling for the guard.ART29104
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Camouflage net
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts a portrait of an unidentified soldier wearing a protective helmet (tin hat) with camouflage netting.ART21305
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Cartoon for Major Mollard's (2/24 Battalion) Story of Attack, Battle of El Alamein
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Several soldiers lay wounded in the foreground, while in the background a line of armed Australian soldiers advances forward. This is a sketch for the story, as told by Major K. F. Hollard, DSO, of ...ART26203
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Casualty
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
This work shows three unidentified soldiers, two assisting a third who has been wounded. This work was reproduced in the Australian War Memorial publication 'Khaki and Green' in 1943 with the title '...ART25494
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Digger, Libya
Art
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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Digger walking
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian infantrymnan walking in the Western Desert in North Africa.ART21896
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Dreaming; verso: Thinking of leave
Art
Maker: Walker, Ralph
Depicts two soldiers, one is sitting elbow on knee, dreaming. The other is standing behind watching. To the left are two rifles. On verso of the work is an unfinished sketch of a soldier thinking of l...ART29144
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Forced march
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Maker: Dadswell, Lyndon F J Lemon, Frankston, Victoria
This sculpture depicts a soldier on a forced march over Mt Olympus in the intense winter cold. Troops had to cover great distances, with a complete lack of roads and suitably warm clothing and equipm...ART40988
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Freyberg addressing the troops amid the olives
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Maker: Winters, Michael
General Bernard Freyberg VC, a First World War hero, arrived on Crete with other soldiers from the New Zealand Division to command the British and Greek forces on the island. Freyberg was determined t...ART92797
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Front line trenches, Libya; verso: Study of a digger
Art
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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Greece
Art
Maker: Dadswell, Lyndon Meridian Sculpture Founders
Dadswell completed the plaster model for 'Greece' in July 1943, in time for the touring exhibition which opened in Melbourne that year. It was his second, larger and more finished interpretation of a ...ART40925
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Guard with dog at Mica Beach
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Maker: Baird, John
Sketch depicting a guard and dog at Mica Beach. The guard is holding a bayonet and wearing a steel helmet as he stands to attention. In the background (left) is a male nude carrying a box of supplies ...ART27949
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Half Past Eleven Square, Armentieres
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Maker: Sennett, Henry Joseph
Depicts the central square and buildings in the Northern French town of Armentieres, with a small group of soldiers in the foreground. From April until October 1918, Armentieres was occupied by the Ge...ART92814
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Height and range finder
Art
Maker: Baird, John
Three soldiers wearing steel helmets are depicted operating a range finder, against a backdrop of straw.ART27922
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Infantryman, 9th Division, El Alamein, July - November 1943 [Captain Edward Harty]
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
This is a portrait of a seated figure of Infantryman VX46436 Captain Edward Harty wearing leather jerkin and other equipment that he wore during his final battle. The painting was entered in the Archi...ART26087
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Infantryman with rifle
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Maker: Dargie, William
Infantryman with rifle. This is a preparatory sketch for the final painting 'Morning attack by 2/16 Australian Infantry Battalion' [ART22347].ART22037
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Jungle patrol
Art
Maker: Allen, George
Stone sculpture of Australian troops with rifles climbing through jungle, weapons 'at the ready'. They are expectant, alert, conscious of potential danger ahead. This sculpture captures the undulating...ART90393
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Junglers
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Reconstruction from photograph of troops' activities in Malaya. Two Australian soldiers are on patrol in the jungle.ART30103
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"Keep it under your hat!"
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Maker: Gilroy, John H.M. Stationery Office J. Weiner Ltd.
British Second World War poster cautioning against careless talk. In the top quarter of the poster is an image of a British steel helmet, with the title printed underneath and the message appearing in...ARTV01618
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"Keep it under your hat!"
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Maker: Gilroy, John H.M. Stationery Office J Weiner Ltd
British Second World War poster cautioning against careless talk. In the top quarter of the poster is an image of a British steel helmet, with the title printed underneath and the message appearing in...ARTV07925
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"Keep it under your hat!"
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Maker: Unknown Singapore Government Government Printing Office Singapore
Singaporese Second World War poster cautioning against careless talk. In the top quarter of the poster is an image of a British steel helmet, with the title printed underneath and the message appearin...ARTV07926
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Man digging
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
A drawing of an unidentified man digging, and wearing a protective helmet.ART29323
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[Marching at ease]
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Maker: Richmond, Oliffe
This print depicts ten Australian soldiers with rifles and packs marching in a loose group. The group is seen from behind, and a soldier in the centre of the pack takes a drink from his flask. This im...ART90777
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Member of 1st Australian Independent Bomb Disposal Unit
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
A portrait of Lieutenant, identified only as 'Jack', from the 1st Australian Independent Bomb Disposal Unit. He holds bag containing bomb disposal tools.ART22068
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Mr Frank Norton in battle dress
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Maker: Dargie, William
A portrait of Mr Frank Norton, an Official War Artist, who was attached to Royal Australian Navy. In this drawing he wearing a tin helmet and an anti-flash hood.ART22010
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Not titled [head of soldier]
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Maker: Walker, Ralph
Portrait of male, unidentified soldier wearing a tin helmet.ART29168
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Not titled [soldier marching]
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Maker: Walker, Ralph
Sketch of unidentified male soldier wearing a helmet, marching.ART29181
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Not titled [Study of a soldier, three quarter figure]
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Maker: Drysdale, Russell
Illustration for the wartime publication 'The Australian Soldier - A Portrait'. Portrait of the three-quarter figure of a soldier with his hands in his pockets. 'Not titled [Study of a soldier, thre...ART28309.008
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Not titled [Study of seated soldier]
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Maker: Drysdale, Russell
Illustration for the wartime publication 'The Australian Soldier - A Portrait'. Depicts rear view of seated soldier wearing a steel helmet. In 1944 Russell Drysdale was commissioned to illustrate t...ART28309.004
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Not titled [workman]
Art
Maker: Hinder, Frank
Drawing of a workman wearing a hardhat and holding a bottle.ART29271
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Platoon sergeant
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
An unidentified platoon sergeant, shown advancing with a Thompson submachine gun. This is a preparatory sketch for the final painting 'Morning attack by 2/16 Australian Infantry Battalion' [ART22347]...ART22036
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Prisoner of War! Did your Careless Chatter Put Him There!
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Australian Second World War poster highlighting the importance of being careful about conversations that are overheard and that seemingly 'careless chatter' can negatively impact the Allied war effort...ARTV02493
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[Profile of man wearing shorts, boots and two studies of back view];[Study of helmet]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Recto:[Profile of man wearing shorts and long boots and two further studies of the back view of men, one wears a vest. Verso:Study of a man's head wearing a helmet and another single helmet. Donate...ART96556