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Cold day, Kapooka
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Maker: Walker, Ralph
Four male unidentified soldiers sit slumped on a beach, while a fifth sits on the ground in the lower right corner of the composition. The soldier on the far left is smoking, the next has his hands in...ART29101
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Colour tests
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
This drawing was made at the Richmond Air Base. The title 'colour tests' indicates that the artist and camofleur, Frank Hinder, was testing colours on aircraft. Three men attend to the aircraft while ...ART29268
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Colour tests on aircraft
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
There are three small sketches on the same sheet, and this could possibly be demonstrating the different stages of testing camoulflage, of which the artist was involved in. The upper sketch shows fou...ART29267
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Convoy
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
An impression of a truck convoy, Townsville, Queensland.ART28373.005
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Convoy
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Maker: Drysdale, Russell
Illustration for the wartime publication 'The Australian Soldier - A Portrait'. Depicts of a convoy of military trucks travelling along a road. In 1944 Russell Drysdale was commissioned to illustrate...ART28309.009
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Copy of an sketch titled Selarang 'Poverty Point'. Unknown artist. Possibly George Napier Sprod.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Copy of an sketch titled Selarang 'Poverty Point'. Unknown artist. Possibly George Napier Sprod.043933
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Copy of a sketch of Changi Gaol Playhouse. The theatre was built by Prisoners of War (POWs) in ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Copy of a sketch of Changi Gaol Playhouse. The theatre was built by Prisoners of War (POWs) in Changi Gaol. Possibly George Napier Sprod.043932
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Copy of a sketch titled 'Waiting'. The initials FFB are in the bottom left corner, presumably the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Copy of a sketch titled 'Waiting'. The initials FFB are in the bottom left corner, presumably the original artist, but unable to verify a name.043931
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Cutting off
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Designed to be published in a daily newspaper, this drawing depicts leader of the German Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler, cutting the cord on the telephone representing the German/United States diplomatic li...ART95083
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Dardi from Java
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of a native from Tanamerah, Java by the name of Dardi.ART29875
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Darwin
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
A male figure is seated in chair, with his legs over one arm of chair.ART28374.006
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Das War Smolensk [That was Smolensk]
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Maker: Unknown
The town of Smolensk is located in western Russia close to the Russian/Belarus border. In 1941, Operation Barbarossa saw the German forces advancing on Soviet territory and panzer armies were closing ...AWM2018.844.2
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Dawson, Herbert Henry “Smoky” (Private, b.1913 - d.2008)
Private Record
Maker: Dawson, Herbert Henry "Smoky"
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX126714 Private Herbert Henry “Smoky” Dawson, Australian Amenities Service, Entertainment Unit, Borneo and Darwin, 1944-1945. Collection consis...PR05495
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Dear Daddy... don't get accidented
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
casualty; cautionary poster produced for the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, depicting a child's letter to her father, which includes a s...ARTV01712
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Derkenne, Edward Gerrard (Staff Sergeant, b.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Derkenne, Edward Gerrard
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX45942 Staff Sergeant Edward Gerrard Derkenne, 2/20 Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF. Collection consists of two original handwritten letters ...PR04447
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Design for Centograph
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Depicts three different sketches of a centograph.ART92321
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Design for Hall of Memory, mosaic pendentive
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Maker: Beaumont, Walter Gilbert
Cartoon for Hall of Memory depicting a group of infantrymen.ART29398
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Design for Hall of Memory, mosaic pendentive
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Maker: Beaumont, Walter Gilbert
A design for the Hall of Memory mosaic. Beaumont has depicted a group of airmen, pilots, air and ground crew and the design has a strong vertical line. The pendentive figures of the mosaic commemorate...ART29397
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Design for Hall of Memory, mosaic pendentive
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Maker: Beaumont, Walter Gilbert
Beaumont has depicted the infantry pendentive and he envisaged the finished mosaic to have a strong vertical line. The pendentive figures of the mosaic commemorates the services of the Second World Wa...ART29400
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Design for Hall of Memory, mosaic pendentive
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Maker: Beaumont, Walter Gilbert
Design for Hall of Memory of infantryman with rifle standing before a blue background.ART29395
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Destroyed Government Offices and Japanese A.A Defence - Madang
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Destroyed government offices and Japanese defences, Madang, New Guinea.ART22707
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Destroyed Japanese planes
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Several Japanese planes are depicted alongside Wewak aerodrome; all of them were destroyed by US and Australian bomber aircraft.ART29918
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Dick Ashton sketching Japanese Warrant Officer doing batman duties
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Maker: Thompson, Robert
Dick Ashton, most likely official war artist with the Army Military History Section, Julian Richard Ashton, sketches a Japanese prisoner of war undertaking batman duties.ART28711
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Diggers
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Maker: Nicholls, John
Three sketch portraits of diggers wearing their uniforms and hats, depicted from three different viewpoints. This work was drawn by soldier artist Lieutenant John Nicholls, NX160003, 2nd Australian Ju...ART93246
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Digger's N.G
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Maker: Pratt, Douglas
Pencil studies of soldiers, or as the artist refers to them 'Diggers'. In the sketch at the top four Australian soldiers are standing casually, while three other sketches show a soldier handling a lo...ART28065
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Digger with Owen Gun
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
A rough pencil sketch of an Australian soldier looking down carries an Owen Gun across his body with his right hand on the trigger. This drawing was used for reference purposes and was to be used late...ART25902
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Digging in, Artillery Hill
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldiers 'digging in' on Artillery Hill, Bougainville, New Guinea.ART26890
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Dillon, Hubert Noel (Leading Aircraftman, b.1909 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Hubert Noel Dillon
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 426063 Leading Aircraftman Hubert Noel Dillon, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - collection consists of 6 lette...AWM2022.1284.1
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Documents relating to the service of Alexander Roland Campbell Johnstone
Digitised Collection
Maker: Johnstone, Alexander Roland Campbell (Alex) Wilkinson, John D
Documents relating to the Second World War service of NX20572 Corporal Alexander Roland Campbell Johnstone, 2/15th Field Regiment and Audit Office, Command Pay Staff of the AIF in Malaya. This file c...AWM2019.22.193
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Double trouble
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Maker: Mahony, Will
This drawing, made to be published in a daily newspaper, depicts Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini signing the Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Germany and Italy, otherwise known as the Pact of...ART95081
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Douglas transport in the sea at Red Beach
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Maker: Flett, James
Douglas transport plane in the sea at Red Beach, Morotai, 1945.ART26021
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Drawing for dinkus for "The trained man always wins"
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Maker: Belcher, Douglas Leonard
Two profile head studies of Australian soldiers, Ted (top) and Carl (bottom), wearing 'giggle' hats. 'Giggle' hats and their accompanying 'giggle' suits, a loose fitting pyjama-style khaki drill jacke...ARTI04081
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drawing for headpiece for "Ack-I-Foofs"
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Drawing by Herbert for the inaugural header for the 'ACK-I-FOOFS' page 5 in the 'A.I.F News'. Launched in July 1941 the page was to be a 'Diggers page' for the A.I.F. Readers were invited to send in '...ARTI03458
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Drawing from "These Eagles" published 1942
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
Drawing by artist Harold Freedman for the 1942 publication "These Eagles, Story of the R.A.A.F at War' prepared by the R.A.A.F Directorate of Public Relations, published by the Australian War Memorial...ART28035
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Drawing inside Fort Khiam
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Fort Khiam (or Al Khiam), previously part of Syria, is now within the borders of Lebanon. It has been the site of so many occupying armies from different nations that its name means tents in Arabic. B...ART30300
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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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Dreaming; verso: Thinking of leave
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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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Driver washing his jeep in a sidewater of the river, Upper Ramu Valley
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Maker: Dargie, William
An Australian soldier is pictured standing naked and waist deep in the river, where he has driven in his jeep to be washed. Dargie has noted, "Here the river runs over a bed of waterworn pebbles, the...ART25028
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Dropping supplies by air, Bougainville
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Maker: Warren, Guy
Four dispatchers about to drop supplies by air over a jungle clearing in Bougainville. Three crew members steady the container, called "storepedoes", in front of the open side door of the plane while ...ART94348
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Dutch nun at the camp hospital, Palembang
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Maker: Gunther, Pat
The left side of a nun walking is beside the words 'Dutch nun at the camp hospital'. Gunther was one of 32 Australian nurses who became prisoners of the Japanese in Sumatra. Together with approximatel...ART29445
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Early 1940's Army Days
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Maker: Marcuse, Ernest Henry
A sketchbook with a black cover, one of several used by Ernest Marcuse (1900 – 1985) during his service in the Australian Army during the Second World War. It contains 37 pencil drawings and studies ...AWM2018.254.5
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Early 40's Army Time and Bonegilla?
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Maker: Marcuse, Ernest Henry
All Schools brand excercise book, one of several used as a sketchbook, by Ernest Marcuse (1900 – 1985) during his service with the Australian Army during the Second World War. It contains 37 pencil s...AWM2018.254.3
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Edwards, Stanley
Private Record
Maker: Edwards, Stanley
Collection consists of 55 loose-leaf pencil sketches of soldiers (Australian & British) serving in the Second World War, drawn by Stanley Edwards, 1942-43. Collection also contains a small canvas cov...PR03007
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Elasson
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Maker: Dargie, William
This sketch shows two men walking along a path on the side of a hill, overlooking the Greek town of Elasson from the north during a storm. Elasson was on the line of withdrawal of the ANZAC Corps, whi...ART23977
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Engineers digging tunnel
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Engineers are depicted digging a tunnel for signals equipment to protect from bombing at Port Moresby.ART29854
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