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The inauguration of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ANZAC Day 1929
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
McCubbin was commissioned to paint this work of the Australian War Memorial's Inauguration Ceremony, Canberra on 25th April 1929. The Memorial was the result of Charles Bean's vision for a place to re...ART09852
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The last of two diggers
Art
Depicts the bodies of two soldiers, their rifles with the bayonets driven into the ground, one with a tin helmet atop, in memoriam for fallen soldiers.ART03605.039.001
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The old 'O.G. 1' line [Old German 1 line] at Pozieres, France, looking north towards the Windmill ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
The old 'O.G. 1' line [Old German 1 line] at Pozieres, France, looking north towards the Windmill from a point about 200 to 400 yards north of the junction with Pozieres trench. The photograph illustr...E00011
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The ration limber: a Somme winter sketch
Art
Depicts a soldiers trudging through the mud on the Somme, during winter. George Benson (1886- 1960) studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne, from 1903 to 1904 and worked with the poster desi...ART03599
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The silence
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts an illustration for a poem entitled 'The Silence' for the 'The ANZAC Book', showing an infantryman, in uniform, holding a rifle, passing the figure of Death, who holds a scythe in one hand and...ART00068
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The Sniper
Art
Maker: Kohler, Edward
'The Sniper' relates to Edward Kohler's First World War experiences. Kohler was engaged for some of his time at Gallipoli as a sniper on the front line and the sculpture represents his experiences in ...ART92996
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The Sniper
Art
Maker: Kohler, Edward
'The Sniper' relates to Edward Kohler's First World War experiences. Kohler was engaged for some of his time at Gallipoli as a sniper on the front line and the sculpture represents his experiences in ...ART93143
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The Sorrento smile
Art
Maker: Vasco, Louis
Depicts an illustration of an Australian soldier sitting at a table with a woman, only her skirt and leg/shoe is visible. A bottle of wine and two wine glasses are on the table. An arrow points from t...ART90423
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The 5th Division rifle meeting at the YMCA on the range at Sivry.
Photograph
The 5th Division rifle meeting at the YMCA on the range at Sivry.H00420A
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The trumpet calls
Art
Maker: Lindsay, Norman W. A. Gullick, Government Printers
A soldier sounds his bugle for assistance on the front line while civilians listen in the background. Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) was a painter, draughtsman, illustrator, cartoonist, printmaker, writer...ARTV00039
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The victory campaign... Keep on buying national bonds and savings certificates
Art
Maker: Scottish War Savings Committee McLagan & Cumming
A First World War poster, issued by the Scottish War Savings Committee, encouraging the public to play a part in victory by purchasing national bonds and savings certificates. The poster depicts an an...ARTV00913
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This image is a British Admiralty official photograph which is held at G00408 and H10324. “In an ...
Photograph
Maker: Brooks, Ernest
This image is a British Admiralty official photograph which is held at G00408 and H10324. “In an Australian trench at Anzac showing a man using a periscope rifle, while a comrade ‘spots’ for him throu...G00408
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Through the saps to Pozieres
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
Soldiers wearing helmets and carrying rifles travelling across a snow covered battle field towards Pozieres. Frank Crozier (1883-1948) worked as a decorator and clerk and attended the National Gallery...ART00209
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Tired out
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts a number of fatigued Australian soldiers, wearing greatcoats and helmets, seated on a hillock, or standing in the background, in a war damaged landscape in the Somme, France. Frank Crozier (18...ART00214
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TRENCH OF BATTLE OUTPOST IN FRONT OF FIRING LINE ON LEFT CENTRE OF WIRE GULLY. THE MAN TO THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
TRENCH OF BATTLE OUTPOST IN FRONT OF FIRING LINE ON LEFT CENTRE OF WIRE GULLY. THE MAN TO THE LEFT OF RIFLE STANDING AGAINST PARAPET IS PRIVATE HONE WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 28 APRIL 1915.A01854
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Troops relieved
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts several Australian soldiers, holding rifles, moving across a war damaged landscape at night. Beside them is a small fire or flare. Frank Crozier (1883-1948) worked as a decorator and clerk and...ART02181
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Turkish Mauser Model 1893 Rifle : Captain R L Leane, 11th Battalion, AIF
Technology
German Mauser Model 1893 rifle. The receiver on the left side has a Turkish Arabic inscription that translates to Mauser Arms Works Oberndorf and has a date in Turkish Arabic of 1312 (1893). The bolt ...RELAWM00308
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Turkish Mauser Model 1893 Rifle : Turkish Army
Technology
German Mauser Model 1893 rifle. The receiver on the left side has a Turkish Arabic inscription that translates to Mauser Arms Works Oberndorf and has a date in Turkish Arabic of 1312 (1893). The bolt ...RELAWM00308.001
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Turkish projectiles : Krithia, Gallipoli
Technology
Fifteen spent 7.65 x 53 mm Mauser projectiles.RELAWM07831
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[Turkish soldier with rifle]
Art
Maker: Lambert, George
Turkish soldier with rifle crouching on the ground with gun across his chest and head facing toward the ground.ART11391.022
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Two diggers entering a destroyed village
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
Two Australian soldiers entering a war-torn French village on foot. In front of them are burnt trees, damaged buildings and a vehicle.ART00228
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[Two soldiers in Gallipoli landscape]
Art
Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Two soldiers, one with rifle, in Gallipoli landscape with blue sea and hills.ART91218
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Two soldiers of the 20th Battalion in a trench at Gallipoli. The soldier at left is using a ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, Thomas Sydney
Two soldiers of the 20th Battalion in a trench at Gallipoli. The soldier at left is using a periscope rifle, his legs on either side of a soldier sleeping in the trench, while the soldier at right, se...P09871.008
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[Two studies of mounted riflemen]
Art
Maker: Lambert, George
Rough pencil sketches of two men wearing uniform on horseback.ART11391.004
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[Two studies of soldiers with rifles]
Art
Maker: Lambert, George
Two soldiers, one a Turkish soldier with rifle and the other an Australian soldier lying down.ART11391.001
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Typescript of diaries of Henry 'Harry' Langtip, 1916-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Langtip, Henry
Typescript of diaries relating to the First World War service of 2347 Staff Sergeant Henry 'Harry' Langtip, 4th Light Horse Regiment. In this series of diaries Langtip details his service with 4th Lig...RCDIG0000897
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"U" are wanted in the Sport's Unit
Art
Maker: Weston, Harry J Sportsmen's Recruiting Committee Unknown
An Australian First World War recruitment poster by Harry J Weston designed to target the Australian love of sport and recruit men for a unit manned entirely by sportsmen. A soldier in full uniform s...ARTV05666
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Um Aushlage (On guard)
Art
Maker: Liebermann, Max
Depicts three German soldiers with rifles on guard in a trench on a battlefield. Max Liebermann (1847-1935) was a German-Jewish painter and printmaker, and one of the leading proponents of Impressioni...ART50230
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Un arrêt pendant la retraite Sept 1914 (A stop during the retreat Sept 1914)
Art
Maker: Abel-Truchet, Louis
French soldiers taking a break during the retreat from battle on the Somme in France in September 1914.The tail end of a wagon is seen at right with several soldiers seated on it. Other soldiers are s...ART92966
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Under difficulties
Art
Maker: Lindsay, Daryl Ernest
Depicts an Australian soldier carrying a load of wood in the rain and through the mud. Conditions on the Western Front were harsh, with many soldiers suffering from diseases in the trenches. A note by...ART02948
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"Unexploded 9in [inch] shell and Turkish rifle." This image is from the collection of Major David ...
Photograph
Maker: Croll, David Gifford
"Unexploded 9in [inch] shell and Turkish rifle." This image is from the collection of Major David Gifford Croll, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance.P10522.019.003
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Untitled II [Gallipoli soldier with barbed wire]
Art
Maker: Pugh, Clifton
Depicts the skeletal body of a wounded soldier laying on the red ground with one bandaged hand grasping his rifle. The figure is encircled with real barbed wire.ART91980
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Untitled VIII [Gallipoli soldiers on a Union Jack]
Art
Maker: Pugh, Clifton
Four Gallipoli soldiers lying across and are sinking into a representation of the Union Jack flag. Elements of the soldiers uniform including the slouch hat, ammunition belts, the 303 rifle with bayo...ART91982
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U.S. Marines : active service on land and sea...
Art
Maker: Riesenberg, Sidney H US Marine Corps Unknown
First World War recruitment poster issued for the U.S Marine Corps.The image which takes up the whole is of a Marine marching on a quayside his rifle over his right shoulder. A warship is visible dire...ARTV06140
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U.S. Marines: another notch Chateau Thierry
Art
Maker: Treidler, Adolph United States Marine Corps Recruiting Publicity Bureau Unknown
First World War recruitment poster one of 5 designed for the U.S. Marines by artists working for the Division of Pictorial Publicity. It features a three quarter length portrait of a smiling marine cu...ARTV06138
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U.S. Marines " Soldiers of the Sea"...
Art
Maker: Leyendecker, Joseph Christian United States Marine Corps Recruiting Publicity Bureau Unknown
American First World War recruitment poster issued by the U.S Marine Corps. It features at its centre a colour reproduction of a painting by Joseph Christian Leyendecker depicting two marines standing...ARTV06143
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Verses written by Charles Harold Breckell, c.1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Breckell, Charles Harold
Verses relating to the First World War service of 2924 Private William Reid, 16th Battalion. These copies, made from originals by Australia House in London in 1928, are of verses compiled by Reid whil...AWM2016.30.12
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VIC, C. 1912. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL RESERVE ON THE RIFLE RANGE. ...
Photograph
VIC, C. 1912. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL RESERVE ON THE RIFLE RANGE. (DONOR H.J. YORK)P01241.002
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VIC, C. 1912. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL RESERVE POSED WITH RIFLES ...
Photograph
VIC, C. 1912. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL RESERVE POSED WITH RIFLES AT THE READY. (DONOR H.J. YORK)P01241.001
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VICTORIA GULLY, GALLIPOLI, 1915. FOUR AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS AT AN ARTILLERYMAN'S POSITION, POSED ...
Photograph
VICTORIA GULLY, GALLIPOLI, 1915. FOUR AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS AT AN ARTILLERYMAN'S POSITION, POSED EITHER SIDE OF A PAIR OF CROSSED LEE ENFIELD RIFLES WITH FIXED BAYONETS. (DONOR F. GILSHENAN)P01336.010
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Violin made from war relics in France: Private Max Nicholls, 30 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Nicholls, Maximillian
Violin made from war relics collected in France during the First World War by 2407 Private Max Nicholls, 30 Battalion AIF. The body of the violin is made from a German field telephone box of glued a...RELAWM14432
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Voennyi zaem [War loan]
Art
Maker: Semenoff, G.
The First World War was a catalyst for Russian poster art. Typically incorporating nationalistic symbols, sentimental themes and realistic imagery, the first posters to appear provoked intense emotion...ARTV10350
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Wallaby Sniping Cage : Gallipoli
Technology
The front of the sniping cage is made from a rectangular piece of steel with a thickness of about 18 mm which has been curved and has the remains of olive green paint on the front. In the centre is a ...RELAWM00376.002
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War special: We have the money, we have munitions, what we have not is the men...
Art
Maker: State Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Unknown
Australian First World War recruitment poster issued by the State Parliamentary Recruitment Committee. It features a depiction of an Australian Soldier in full military uniform, his rifle at the ready...ARTV01072
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"We aim to dig in within a stone's throw of the enemy's trenches"
Art
Maker: Dunne, Frank
Depicts a drawing of a group of soldiers in a trench. Officer: "We aim to dig in within a stone's throw of the enemy's trenches". Digger: "Wot for, ain't we usin' our rifles".ART12449
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"We are Saving You, You Save Food" : Well Fed Soldiers Will Win the War
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Maker: Henderson, F [S.L.] : CANADA FOOD BOARD, [N.D.] (HAMILTON : HOWELL LITH)
Canadian First World War poster depicting a soldier, his rifle on his right shoulder, pointing with his left to the word 'food', with explosions in the background. The poster was intended to encorage ...ARTV05650
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Which? Man you are wanted! in the Sportsmen's 1000
Art
Maker: Unknown Sportsmen's Recruiting Committee Troedel & Cooper Pty. Ltd. [Melbourne]
Australian First World War recruitment poster issued by the Sportsmen's Recruiting Committee. In the lower half of the poster is a three quarter length portrait of an AIF soldier in full military unif...ARTV05005
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"Why ought I join the tunnellers?"
Art
Maker: Dunne, Frank
Depicts a drawing of two soldiers with rifles and wearing tin helmets. Pauchy one: " Why ought I join the tunnellers?" Sentry: "To 'ide yourself it ain't fair for you to go wavin' that target in the b...ART12442
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Will they never come?
Art
Maker: Unknown Associated Newspapers Limited Associated Newspapers Limited
Depicts a British soldier with a bandaged head standing over the body of his comrade, who has been fatally shot. Blood pools from the dying man's head into the snow. Although the surviving soldier i...ARTV05328