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Advanced dressing station near Tengah, February 1942
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
This advanced dressing station provided care to the Australian 8th Division forces during the Battle for Singapore. The hospital was located near the large airfield at Tengah in western Singapore.ART24478
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After bombardment on beach at Wewak
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A scene of the beach following bombardment at Wewak.ART29885
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A.I.F embarking - loading guns
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Maker: Norton, Frank
A busy scene on the wharf at Port Tewfik as guns (with their trailers), trucks and stores are loaded into the holds of a modern freighter, SS Empire Orral. She appears to be a recent vessel, well equi...ART21268
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AIF embarking - night scene
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Sketch was made at Port Tewfic, Suez Canal. Looking along the aft well deck on the M.V "Anna Odland". The last trucks have been placed in position on the hatches, the drivers already embarked, are pre...ART21058
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A.I.F engineers road building
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Engineers from the Australian Imperial Force are depicted as they build a road above Rouna, Port Moresby.ART29862
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A.I.F HQ baggage party
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Headquarters cases and baggage on a barge at Port Tewfik awaiting transfer to troopship SS"Laconia" in Suez Bay. Guard is from Headquarters, Middle East. A Motor Transport ship, very light, as trucks ...ART21059
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American signal headquarters, Dobodura
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Maker: Nicholls, John
A view of the American signal headquarters at Dobodura, with trucks parked in front and palm trees surrounding it. This work was drawn by soldier artist Lieutenant John Nicholls, NX160003, 2nd Austral...ART93254
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Any road in New Guinea
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Depicts palm trees & vehicles on the road with a tent in the lower right.ART29201.006
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A Queensland house goes for a ride
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
This house, which stood in the way of a newly planned airstrip, had to be hauled away to another site.ART25622
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Army truck
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
A notebook sketch of a truck pulled up at the back door of the canteen hut, Balcombe, Victoria.ART25354
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At sea off Cape York on "Manoora"; verso: Air raid shelter for HQ signals unit
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Two soldiers on board HMAS "Manoora" are shown resting in one of the cabins as the vessel sails at sea off Cape York. One soldier is lying on the floor reading a book, the other is sitting on a bunk b...ART29986
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7 Australian Division loading vehicles and stores
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Scene at Smith Creek as personnel of 7th Australian Division load stores and equipment onto L.S.T's (Landing Ships, tank) for transport to Morotai, the staging area of the "OBOE TWO", amphibious assau...ART25936
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Australian POWs embarking for home on the Largs Bay at Singapore docks
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23374
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Australian soldiers examining wrecked cars and trucks in dock area
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23380
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Australian troops boarding an LST
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts Australian troops disembarking trucks and boarding an LST (Landing ship/s tank), Goodenough Island, New Guinea. One of 8 drawings from a folio entitled by the artist ' Episodes in the life of ...ART28169.003
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Bailey Bridge
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A view of Wewak Point, NewGuinea, showing Bailey Bridge with a truck crossing it over the river and swamp. A sentry post stands to the right and native huts can be seen on the far side.ART28190
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Balanced Load: Safer Transport
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Maker: Mann, James Scrimgeour LONDON : MINISTRY OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION, [N.D.] (LONDON : JOHNSON RIDDLE FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE Ministry of Aircraft Production H.M. Stationery Office Johnson Riddle & Co
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of safely transporting loads. The poster depicts a worker balancing a 6-layered basket on his head in the foreground, with a series of truck...ARTV03481
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Bathing parade, Fall River
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Maker: Dargie, William
Men are naked and swimming in the Fall River, with trees and other plants filling the background.ART22076
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B17 being fuelled for raid on Rabaul
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A US Boeing B17 Flying Fortress is shown at 7 mile drome being fuelled for a raid on Rabaul. Located to the north of Port Moresby, seven miles from town, this aerodrome was first used by the Royal Aus...ART29912
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Bound for the Middle East
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A convoy of trucks is travelling down a street. The trucks have been painted with desert coloured camouflage pattern. Passersby include a woman and a young boy, while on the other side of the street...ART26225
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Bridge Building Engineers
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Road clearing and Bridge Building Engineers above Rouna Falls. Depicts two trucks in foreground and a figure of a man working on the Bridge in middle ground, with a hill to the left with two trucks in...ART28202
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Bridge near Pharsala
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Maker: Dargie, William
This bridge, which was on the mainline of withdrawal of the ANZAC Corps, was the scene of much congestion of traffic during the withdrawal. The German Air Force attempted to bomb the bridge, missed it...ART23995
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Building aerodrome
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
An aerodrome being built at Tanamerah, Dutch New Guinea, is depicted during the gravel screening operations.ART29961
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Captain Cook Dock under construction, lower elevation
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Captain Cook Dock under construction showing the lower left elevations.ART29866
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Captain Cook Graving Dock
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
General view of the Captain Cook graving dock under construction at Garden Island, Sydney, NSW. On the verso there are three sketches of vessels.ART29988
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Cargo on board ship bound for New Guinea
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts two covered military trucks chained to the deck of a ship. Seated beside the trucks are a number of men.ART93430
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Car park, Main Street, Atherton
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
View from a verandah of a Barrett's Railway Hotel on the main street of Atherton. The street is lined with military vehicles, the post office on the right is surrounded by anti-blast barricades and t...ART23872
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Carrying wounded into trucks
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldiers carrying the wounded onto trucks in North Africa.ART90274
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Centre of Atherton and old air raid shelter
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Hundreds and thousands of troops passed through the Atherton Tablelands district when the area was used as a vast camp and training area. This view is of the main street looking towards the Railway Ho...ART25641
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Christmas 1942
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This Australian Second World War poster was created by General Motors Holden (GMH), likely for display in one of their Australian factories. The poster conveys a message from J.R. Holden, the managi...ARTV02141
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[Commercial Bank, Darwin with truck, buildings and water tower]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts the Darwin Commercial Bank, in a landscape, including a water tower, and a truck. The verso of the image depicts studies of buildings and palm trees. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known a...ART96359
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Complete the jigsaw puzzle
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Maker: General Motors Holden
This all-text Australian Second World War poster was produced by General Motors Holden (GMH) likely in early 1942. It is aimed at factory workers, attempting to make workers be careful and take pride ...ARTV02145
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Concrete workers, graving dock, August 1943
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Construction of the Sydney Graving Dock, showing a landscape of cranes and electric gantry. McClintock's focus on the immensity of these structures demonstrates the scale of the project being underta...ART30268.005
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Conduit Street
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Maker: Meeson, Dora
Depicts a number of wrecked buildings in Conduit Street in London after an air raid during the Second World War. Despite being recommended by Arthur Streeton as an official war artist for the First Wo...ART26913
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Constructional work in progress at 1B.O.D, Bandiana
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23394
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Control tower, Laloki Drome
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Maker: Dargie, William
Scene at Laloki Drome in Port Moresby. Dargie noted, "A peculiar native structure from which aircraft landing and taking off took their instructions. During an air raid, a large red flag was flown".ART23905
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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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Convoy on road
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
A road showing several military three-ton vehicles travelling in convoy through the landscape near Atherton, North Queensland. Several army divisions camped on the Atherton Tablelands during the Secon...ART23758
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Convoy pulled up on Derna Road
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a convoy of trucks and men stopped on Derna Road in Libya.ART21263
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Corner of Bond and Bruton Streets
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Maker: Meeson, Dora
View of wrecked buildings on the corner of Bond and Bruton Streets in the West End after an air raid. Despite being recommended by Arthur Streeton as an official war artist for the First World War, Me...ART26910
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Crushed metal, QLD
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Maker: Wood, C Dudley Wood, C Dudley Wood, C Dudley
The image is of two men standing near industrial equipment. They wear short sleeved shirts, trousers and hats. A conveyer belt, linked to a large machine for crushing metal, is located nearby. A lo...ART29206
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Crushing metal for runways
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Maker: Wood Wood, C Dudley Wood, C Dudley
The main image is of two men, industrial machinery, and a truck. The men are shovelling crushed metal. One figure is wearing a hat, singlet and long pants; the other wears a hat, singlet and shorts....ART29216
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Destroyed Japanese lorries, Madang
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Two Japanese lorries are seen overturned into Merio River, Madang, Papua New Guinea. The bridge was constructed by the Japanese.ART22261
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[Diggers climbing on a truck]
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Maker: Richmond, Oliffe
Six soldiers are on the back of a truck, and four more are in the process of climbing onto the truck with their packs.ART28339.004
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Disembarkation of 9th Division
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Maker: Dargie, William
This Division, which fought at El Alamein as its last action in the Middle East, was the last Division to return to Australia from the theatre.ART22250
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8 Division truck on Brunei-Tutong road
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Maker: Flett, James
A truck of the 8th Australian Division, captured by the Japanese at Singapore in February 1942 and taken by them, with many others, to Borneo. Found abandoned and burnt by the Japanese retreating befo...ART25879
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Dock under construction
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
A scene from above of a graving dock under construction. McClintock's focus on the immensity of these structures is demonstrative of the scale of the project being undertaken.ART30268.011