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AA (Happy) Hawkins
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of A A 'Happy' Hawkins, of 'Falor', Yarran Road, Oatley, New South. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. B...ART28403.039
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Able Seaman, Torpedoes
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of an unidentified Able Seaman from the Royal Australian Navy.ART23554
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A brisk day off Yokohama, HMAS Hobart
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Flying the Royal Naval ensign, light cruiser HMAS Hobart is moored in Tokyo Bay, Japan. Mount Fuji is seen in the background symbolising Japan territory. In the foreground and under a brisk wind, a sa...ART25503
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AB Seaman, Flinders Naval Depot [Cecil Frank Barlow]
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Maker: Dargie, William
A portrait of a typical seaman from the Royal Australian Navy. The work is based on Able Seaman Cecil Frank Barlow from the Flinders Naval Depot in Victoria.ART26931
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Action stations - flag deck, HMAS Shropshire
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Unidentified signalmen, wearing tin hats (protective helmets) and anti-flash hoods on Flag deck HMAS Shropshire, at routine action stations off the Admiralty Islands.ART22281
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Admiral Sir Guy Royle
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Maker: Wilkinson, Jeffery
Plaster portrait of Admiral Sir Guy Royle, KCB, CMG. Royle was the first naval member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board and was also Chief of the Naval Staff from 1941 to 1945. A wooden rod...ART23957
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Admiral Sir Guy Royle
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Maker: Wilkinson, Jeffery Meridian Sculpture Founders
Bronze portrait of Admiral Sir Guy Royle, KCB, CMG. Royle was the first naval member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board and was also Chief of the Naval Staff from 1941 to 1945. This bronze ed...ART90537
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Admiral Sir Ragnar Colvin
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Admiral Sir Ragnar Colvin (1882-1954) was a long-serving British naval officer who headed the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) at the outbreak of the Second World War. After a long and illustrious career,...ART26262
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After deck - "Queen Elizabeth"
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Part of the Naval Draft paraded on the 4-inch gun deck of HMT "Queen Elizabeth". Draft at Divisions and being addressed by the Naval Officer-in-Charge, Indian Ocean.ART23512
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Afternoon in the tropics
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Maker: Norton, Frank
From above the Compass Platform looking over "A" and "B" turrets onto the fo'castle. Officers and men are carrying out short range pistol practice at target rigged to the starboard guard rail of HMAS ...ART23515
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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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[Aircraft bombardment]
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Maker: Hall, Alan
A group of men in a small boat coming under air attack. The artist Alan Hall enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During the Second World War he served on sever...ART93353
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Alongside in Tokyo docks
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
vessel, warship, destroyer, sentry, harbour; RAN River Class destroyer HMAS Warramunga at wharf in, 40mm Bofors gun on deckART25678
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A.M.C. on fire
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Armed Merchant Cruiser (ex Blue Funnel Liner) on fire and sitting on Colombo Harbour bottom as the result of a Japanese air-raid a day or so previously. Smoke fills the right side of the image. Drawn ...ART23453
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A Message from the Admiral: "We Need Supplies - Especially Food. We Know You Will Not Let Us Down"
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Maker: Commonwealth Food Control
Australian Second World War Royal Australian Navy (RAN) poster, issued by the Commonwealth Food Control. The poster depicts a photograph of the British Admiral, Sir Bruce Fraser, with a convoy of batt...ARTV02124
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A 'nor easter' or 'not entitled' (Lieutenant Peter Martin, Petty Officer George Howe)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Shows a situation during open muster payment on HMAS Napier. The bos'n's mate pipes "clear lower decks, hands fall in for payment abaft the tubes. A sailor is seen standing in the correct manner ready...ART22779
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Anti-submarine defences, Darwin
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
An unidentified crew on fo'csle of boom defence vessel looking towards the horns; second boom defence vessel in background. Anti-submarine boom across Harbour maintained and serviced by boom defence v...ART22740
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Arrival of the Duke of Gloucester (Mr Ross Wood (Fox Movietone Cameraman) and Petty Officer Alex Stewart)
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Arrival of the Duke of Gloucester. HRH The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester approaching Man O' War Steps, Sydney Harbour, in the Admiral's Barge. A British cruiser lies in the roadstead surrounded by al...ART25198
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Australian libertymen landing from HMAS 'Kalgoorlie' on Rara Island, Seeadler Harbour, Admiralty Islands
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Maker: McBryde, John
Australian sailors, stripped to there waist, arriving ashore on Rara Island, Seeadler Harbour, Manus Island in the Admiralties, in landing boats from HMAS 'Kalgoorlie'. The men seem to be at leisure, ...ART92755
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Australia whilst under fire
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Maker: Hall, Alan
Depicts three sailors huddle under a table during an attack on their ship. The artist Alan Hall(1919-1979) enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During the Secon...ART93338
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Baker, HMAS "Shropshire"
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts an unidentified baker removing bread from oven on board the HMAS Shropshire.ART25675
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[Banishment]
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Maker: Hall, Alan
This work depicts the artist on an island north of Australia. He was sent there for approximately 6 months to help guard the area as a punishment for an unknown indiscretion during the Second World Wa...ART93344
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Barge landing, Oro Bay, New Guinea
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Oro Bay; troop movements; unidentified Australian soldiers landing on beach from barges, naval vessels standing out to sea; Sanananda, and campaigns; second man is carrying mortar tube, man bebind him...ART22739
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Battleship screen, HMAS Napier
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Australian destroyers H.M.A.S 'Napier', 'Nizam' and 'Vendetta', with British destroyer and battleship, at sea off Alexandria. Having steamed line ahead down the 'Swept Channel', the destroyers are now...ART21002
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Beachcomber (Able Seaman Keith Walsh)
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of ON18875 Able Seaman Keith Walsh, Rending Mines Safe Unit, Royal Australian Navy, with which he served for 16 years, Salamaua, New Guinea.ART21222
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Beacon at Basilisk passage
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Maker: Hall, Alan
Depicts a beacon at Port Moresby. The artist Alan Hall (1919-1979) enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During the Second World War he served on several differe...ART93331
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Boat deck, HMAS Diamantina
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Showing the boat deck and bridge of HMAS Diamantina. The surrender of the Japanese forces in Nauru Island and Ocean Island was signed on her decks.ART24241
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Boiler cleaner, HMAS Cairns, Bombay
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Maker: Norton, Frank
HMAS "Cairns" alongside the dockyard wall of Royal Indian Dockland, Bombay. Secured to "Cairns" are HMS "Tulip" (English corvette) and HMIS "Madras" (Australian-built corvette of Indian Navy). Left fo...ART21274
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Bombing up, HMAS Australia
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Unidentified aircraftsmen bombing up Walrus aircraft on HMAS "Australia", with backward facing Pegasus engine, Tasman Sea. The aircraft is W2755 and was onboard HMAS Australia from 19 January - 23 Jun...ART21773
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Bridge works, HMAS Shropshire
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Maker: Norton, Frank
View from starboard chains of Bridge superstructure of this cruiser. Dusk stand to, Admiralty IslandsART24186
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British Pacific fleet from HMAS Nepal at Manus, Seeadler Harbour
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Maker: Goodchild, John
A view, from HMAS "Nepal" of the vessels that made up themajour units of the British Pacific Fleet at Manus Island. HMS King George V, Aircraft Carriers "Implacavble", "Victorious" and "Formidable" as...ART22784
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British Pacific fleet, King George V carriers and escorts returning from strike against Japan
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Represents typical scene of aircraft carriers and escorts as major units of the British Pacific Fleet return from strike. This particular one was the last major strike prior to the commencement of pea...ART22922
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Camouflage, HMAS Sydney
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Maker: Norton, Frank
The war time upper deck of a hard worked cruiser presents a very different scene to the same deck in peace time. Splinter mats, carlie floats and above all, dull grey paint have bought about the chang...ART30019
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Captain 'D' (Captain Herbert Buchanan, First Lieutenant Gordon Crabb and Lieutenant Commander James Ramsay)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Captain Buchanan is seen on his seat on the bridge of HMAS Napier studying a suspicious ship which has appeared and the First Lieutenant, First Lieutenant Gordon John Branstone Crabb, Royal Australian...ART23165
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Captain H Buchanan, RAN
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts a portrait of Captain H Buchanan, RAN, in charge of Headquarters of landing forces of British Pacific Fleet, Nokasuka Naval Base.ART22794
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Captain Hector Waller
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Maker: Smith, Joshua
Captain Hector MacDonald Laws Waller, DSO and Bar, was a distinguished Royal Australian Navy officer who saw war service in the First and Second World Wars. In the Second World War he was given comman...ART27505
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Captain Henry Showers
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Royal Australian Navy; Commodore Henry Arthur Showers, CBE, RAN; member of Australian Victory Contingent, 1946ART26667
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Captain Stanley Darling
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Maker: Rousel, Roy
Commander (later Captain) Stanley Darling, DSC and two Bars, RAN, commanding Royal Navy escort vessels on anti-submarine patrols; Atlantic Ocean, East IndiesART31768
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Career for young men!
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Maker: Unknown ISSUING BODY: ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY. PUBLISHER ADDRESS: AGPS GPO BOX 84 CANBERRA 2601
Australian Second World War recruitment poster depicting a smailing sailor carrying his belongings as he boards his ship.ARTV04234
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Carriers at dawn
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Maker: Hall, Alan
Sketch of a convoy of warships at dawn off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines. The artist Alan Hall enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During the Second World...ART93337
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Change of escort, Sunda Straits
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Maker: Norton, Frank
With AIF and a small party of AANS aboard bound for Singapore, the liner SS "Zealandia", still retaining her peace time colours, was escorted by HMAS "Sydney" from the Great Australian Bight to Sunda ...ART30093
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Changing evaporation coils, HMAS Westralia
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Engineers and engine room staff changing evaporator coils for fresh water supply in No 5 Hold, HMAS" Westralia". These supply fresh water (rationed) for ship's company and troops, Bougainville.ART21140
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Chief Petty Officer Arthur Cooper
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Chief Petty Officer Arthur W F Cooper, DSM, Greek Medal, Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Mediterranean, Gulf. Awarded the Greek Medal for outstanding acts for service in the Greek Camp...ART27530
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Chief Shipwright Alfred William Robinson
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Portrait of ex-Chief Shipwright Alfred William Robinson DSM, RANR ON 10635, Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Australia.ART27506
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Chief Stoker Charles Mikoni
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Royal Australian Navy, British Pacific Fleet; 16092 Chief Stoker Charles Waldemar Mikoni, RAN, HMAS NizamART21879
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Chipping ship's side, HMAS Napier
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The task of chipping and painting an iron ship is endless. Whenever possible, hands suspend themselves over the side in large numbers with shipping hammers, red leads and grey paint to fight the corro...ART22778
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Choir, HMAS 'Australia'
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Maker: Hall, Alan
A group of sailors gather around the piano as a choir, with an accordion accompanying them. The artist Alan Hall (1919-1979)enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years....ART93343
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Christmas dinner, HMAS "Cairns"
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Maker: Miller, Lewis Norton, Frank Norton, Frank
Depicts an unidentified cook preparing Christmas dinner of roast pork and apple sauce, potatoes and cabbage, and plum pudding in the galley of the HMAS "Cairns".ART21798
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Col Madigan leaves the Armidale
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Maker: Senbergs, Jan
Jan Senbergs collaborated with Col Madigan, one of the Armidale survivors to create this work which forms part of a series of ten pastel drawings depicting the sinking of HMAS Armidale on 1 December 1...ART91495
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Commander Alexander Fowler, RAN
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Potrait depicting Commander Alexander Earle Fowler, RAN, Naval-Officer-in-Charge North Solomons, operating Bougainville Naval Force, supporting 2 Australian Corps. Was present at Surrender Ceremony at...ART24255