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Debout, les morts! (Wake the dead)
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Maker: Forain, Jean-Louis
A German soldier dances through a cemetery with hats on top of wooden crosses. The man is trying to arouse the dead buried in the graveyard. He is possibly holding a tambourine above his head. This wo...ART50129
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Devant Verdun: leur consolation (In front of Verdun: their consolation)
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Maker: Forain, Jean-Louis
Innumerable graves mark those of German soldiers killed at Verdun. The Crown Prince stands and places his hand on the shoulder of Bethmann-Hollweg who kneels in prayer, and consoles him with the remar...ART50141
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Frontispiece of "Where the Australians Rest"
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Maker: Goodchild, John
'Where the Australians Rest: A description of many of the Cemeteries overseas in which Australians, including those whose names can never now be known, are buied' was illustrated by John C. Goodchild ...ART02535
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German sniper's post
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Maker: Macqueen, Kenneth
A German sniper's post has been constructed up a tree. It is accessibly by a wooden ladder that curves around the tree. At the base of the tree are several crosses marking graves. Donated through...ART93964
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Grave of an unknown soldier
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts a grave of an unknown British soldier, with the soldiers rifle and helmut stuck in the grave and other personal belongings beside the grave. In the background is a large crucufix, duckboards ...ART02522
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Graves in a battlefield
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Maker: Chapman, Evelyn
Makeshift war graves in a battlefield in France. The bright red flowers suggest vegetation re-growth. In 1918, only a few weeks after the end of the First World War, Chapman travelled to the battlefie...ART19587
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[Headpiece for 'The graves of Gallipoli']
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A view of hills in Gallipoli with crosses visible. This work was published in 'The ANZAC Book', which was first printed in 1916 from illustrations, poems, stories and other creative works from the so...ART00021.002
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Journee des regions liberees: que votre aide a vos freres malheureux soit genereuse (Liberated Regions Day: May your help to our unfortunate brothers be generous!)
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Maker: Steinlen, Theophile Alexandre Lapina Printers, Paris
In 1919 two thirds of the French population was affected by a loss or several losses of close family members. This powerful postwar image shows a single wooden cross - a battlefield grave with a disin...ARTV07345
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La philosophie du front (The philosophy of the front)
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Maker: Forain, Jean-Louis
One soldier, in front of a comrade's simple wooden cross, asks another soldier: 'What do you want?...That's life...'. Coutin 1987 (19D).This work was published in 'L'Opinion, 3rd April 1915, p. 216-21...ART50148
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Lyssenthoek Military Cemetery
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts the Lyssenthoek Military Cemetery with a number of various crosses visible and a grove of trees beside the cemetery. The painter, teacher and etcher John Goodchild was born in London and arriv...ART02526
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Memoir
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Maker: Macnamara, Shirley
Inspired by the commemorative events held to mark the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign, "Memoir" commemorates the service of Indigenous soldiers who fought overseas and were never recognise...ART96854
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Model for base of 'Simpson and his donkey', Melbourne Shrine
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Maker: Oliver, Charles
This maquette features a large structure resembling rocks and masonry bricks. On the front is a large, smooth cross and up the top is a small figure of Simpson, his donkey and a wounded man. Charles...ART19608
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Not titled [German Army: a chalk carving]
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Maker: Unknown
Chalk carving created by a member of the German army. The object is incised with the image of an ironcross and the initials and surnames of German soldiers. The piece was found in a dugout near the ...ART00745
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One of the old platoon
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Depicts an Australian soldier in full uniform, with a large pack on his back, standing in a war damaged landscape bending over to pay tribute at the grave of a dead Australian soldier in Pozieres. The...ART02245.002
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Panorama of Dernancourt (four sections)
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
A wrecked landscape at Dernancourt, Western Front, with crosses marking graves.ART11423.001
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Rue Petillon Cemetery, Fleurbaix
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts the wooden gate and bridge into the Rue Petillon Cemetery with the war graves visible behind the fence. The painter, teacher and etcher John Goodchild was born in London and arrived in Adelaid...ART02547
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Shell green, Gallipoli
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Depicts a landscape, with the beach and sea with a number of soldiers standing and walking along the cliffs, carrying provisions and water containers, near Gallipoli in Turkey. George Courtney Benson ...ART00136
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Shrapnel Gully, Gallipoli
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts a view of the crosses and war graves erected in Shrapnel Gully, with hills and valleys surrounding the cemetery. The painter, teacher and etcher John Goodchild was born in London and arrived i...ART02553
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Somme - March 1917
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Watercolour sketch from artist's sketchbook attached to scrapbook leaf, depicting the Somme battlefields, near Delville Wood. In the foreground is a large shell casing. A cross in the centre of the sk...ART03605.032
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Stained glass window design (for 'War Memorial')
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Maker: Woollcott, Henry
A rough sketch of a stained glass window design for a War Memorial. Henry Woollcott served with the First A.I.F. , at the 3rd Australian Hospital in Abbeville, France. After the end of the of the Fir...ART93191