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Able Seaman Hookway, Royal Australian Navy, inspecting a weed covered concrete block which is ...
Photograph
Maker: McInnes, Geoffrey
Able Seaman Hookway, Royal Australian Navy, inspecting a weed covered concrete block which is used to anchor a section of the anti submarine boom in Darwin Harbour.053451
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A Bofors gun crew on Batchelor Airfield at Darwin with their mascot lamb, goats and kittens.
Photograph
Maker: Lawrence, J R
A Bofors gun crew on Batchelor Airfield at Darwin with their mascot lamb, goats and kittens.134012
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A bomb crater beside a civilian house damaged by a Japanese air raid. A serviceman indicates the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A bomb crater beside a civilian house damaged by a Japanese air raid. A serviceman indicates the depth of the crater.012785
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A bomb crater beside a civilian house damaged by a Japanese air raid. A serviceman indicates the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A bomb crater beside a civilian house damaged by a Japanese air raid. A serviceman indicates the depth of the crater.012784
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Abraham, Ron (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Abraham, Ron
Letter written by Cpt Abraham at sea and finished at Darwin in February 1942, describing a battle between Japanese aircraft and a Australian-American convoy, and a later air raid on the unit's camp in...PR00423
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A civilian house damaged by a Japanese air raid.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A civilian house damaged by a Japanese air raid.012782
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Ack Ack plotting room
Art
Maker: Baird, John
A sketch of the Ack Ack (Anti Aircraft) plotting room is depicted, showing helmets and military equipment hanging from hooks on the wall, and an Ack Ack chart in the centre.ART27964
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[Activities in Darwin]
Art
Maker: Baird, John
Sketches illustrating military activities in Darwin, from upper left corner in clockwise direction: Spud Barber's sleeping pup is depicted with three figures behind; a defence officer is shown with a ...ART27972
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Adams, Harold Victor (Warrant Officer, b.1917 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Adams, Harold Victor Royal Australian Air Force
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 11061 Warrant Officer Harold Victor Adams, 43 Squadron, 112 Air-Sea Rescue Squadron, and 20 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and N...PR05173
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Adelaide River camp
Art
Maker: Murch, Arthur
The Adelaide River played a major role during the Second World War. It was in this area that the 119 Australian General Hospital and huge military base were established. The American and Australian ...ART27513
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ADELAIDE RIVER, DARWIN AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-09-01. A FIELD OF YOUNG CABBAGES ...
Photograph
ADELAIDE RIVER, DARWIN AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-09-01. A FIELD OF YOUNG CABBAGES IN THE MARKET GARDEN OF THE 1ST FARM COMPANY.069018
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ADELAIDE RIVER , NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-02. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY HOSPITAL ...
Photograph
ADELAIDE RIVER , NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-02. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY HOSPITAL TRAIN WHICH WAS PUT INTO SERVICE TO EVACUATE BOMB BLAST SUFFERERS DURING AIR RAIDS AND WAS USED AS AN AUXIL...068016
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ADELAIDE RIVER, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-02. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY HOSPITAL TRAIN ...
Photograph
ADELAIDE RIVER, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-02. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY HOSPITAL TRAIN WHICH WAS PUT INTO SERVICE TO EVACUATE BOMB BLAST SUFFERERS DURING AIR RAIDS AND WAS USED AS AN AUXILI...068015
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ADELAIDE RIVER, N.T. AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-14. GENERAL VIEW OF THE CORDIAL FACTORY OPERATED BY THE ...
Photograph
ADELAIDE RIVER, N.T. AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-14. GENERAL VIEW OF THE CORDIAL FACTORY OPERATED BY THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY CANTEEN SERVICES. THE MACHINERY WAS IMPRESSED BY THE ARMY FROM DARWIN AND ERECTED AT ADE...027270
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ADELAIDE RIVER, N.T. AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-28. ONE OF THE MAN'S TENTS AT N.T. FORCE DIVISION ...
Photograph
ADELAIDE RIVER, N.T. AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-28. ONE OF THE MAN'S TENTS AT N.T. FORCE DIVISION ORDNANCE WORKSHOP CAMP AT THE 58 MILE PEG FROM DARWIN. NOTE HOW BUSH TIMBER HAS BEEN USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION ...027665
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ADELAIDE RIVER, NT. 1942-10-08. PRIVATE TOFFI, A NATURALIZED ITALIAN, IS THE GENERAL-DUTIES MAN ...
Photograph
ADELAIDE RIVER, NT. 1942-10-08. PRIVATE TOFFI, A NATURALIZED ITALIAN, IS THE GENERAL-DUTIES MAN OF NO. 12 AUSTRALIAN FIELD BAKERY, AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS. AMONG OTHER DUTIES, HE ATTENDS TO HIS ...027104
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ADELAIDE RIVER, N.T. 1942-10-14. THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY CANTEEN SERVICE MANUFACTURES ITS OWN ...
Photograph
ADELAIDE RIVER, N.T. 1942-10-14. THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY CANTEEN SERVICE MANUFACTURES ITS OWN CORDIALS FOR SALE IN THE CANTEENS OPERATED BY THE SERVICE. THE FACTORY IS EQUIPPED WITH MACHINERY IMPRESSED BY...027179
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ADELAIDE RIVER, NT. 1942-10-08. THE EMERGENCY BAKERY BEING ERECTED BY NO. 12 AUSTRALIAN FIELD ...
Photograph
ADELAIDE RIVER, NT. 1942-10-08. THE EMERGENCY BAKERY BEING ERECTED BY NO. 12 AUSTRALIAN FIELD BAKERY, AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS, WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH A STEEL OVEN SALVAGED FROM DARWIN. MEMBERS OF...027103
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ADELAIDE RIVER, NT. 1942-10-29. THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL CONCERT PARTY ARRIVES AT ADELAIDE ...
Photograph
ADELAIDE RIVER, NT. 1942-10-29. THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL CONCERT PARTY ARRIVES AT ADELAIDE RIVER TO SET UP FOR THE FIRST NIGHT'S PERFORMANCE. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE METHOD OF TRANSPORT USED. THE CO...027671
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Aerial port side view of the Dutch patrol boat, PMB 33, cutting across Darwin Harbour. This craft ...
Photograph
Aerial port side view of the Dutch patrol boat, PMB 33, cutting across Darwin Harbour. This craft is a 70 foot Motor Torpedo Boat which was manufactured by the Canadian Power Boat Company and is one o...302785
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Aerial starboard bow view of the Dutch patrol boat, PMB 33, at speed in Darwin Harbour. This ...
Photograph
Aerial starboard bow view of the Dutch patrol boat, PMB 33, at speed in Darwin Harbour. This craft is a 70 foot Motor Torpedo Boat manufactured by the Canadian Power Boat Company and is one of a numbe...302786
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1942. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT TENDER USS WILLIAM B.PRESTON. CONVERTED FROM A ...
Photograph
1942. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT TENDER USS WILLIAM B.PRESTON. CONVERTED FROM A FOUR STACK DESTROYER SHE HAS LOST TWO OF HER BOILERS AND CONSEQUENTLY TWO OF HER FUNNELS. HER TORPEDO TU...302774
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Aerial starboard side view of the American transport Willard A Holbrook, which brought US troops ...
Photograph
Aerial starboard side view of the American transport Willard A Holbrook, which brought US troops to Australia as part of the Pensacola convoy in 1941-12. She carried US troops to Darwin in 1942-01 and...303404
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AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN PASSENGER CARGO STEAMER MONTORO WHICH TRANSPORTED ...
Photograph
AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN PASSENGER CARGO STEAMER MONTORO WHICH TRANSPORTED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS TO NEW GUINEA IN 1941 AND WITHDREW DEPENDENTS FROM DARWIN IN 1942-01. (NAVAL HISTORICAL...303374
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1941-02-10. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE BRITISH CARGO VESSEL MV MULIAMA WHICH, WITH OTHER ...
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1941-02-10. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE BRITISH CARGO VESSEL MV MULIAMA WHICH, WITH OTHER SMALL VESSELS, RAN A SHUTTLE SERVICE BETWEEN CAIRNS AND DARWIN FROM 1942-03 AND LATER SERVED IN NEW GUIN...303658/01
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1941-12-24. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE FILIPINO PASSENGER MOTOR VESSEL DON ISIDRO. SHE WAS ...
Photograph
1941-12-24. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE FILIPINO PASSENGER MOTOR VESSEL DON ISIDRO. SHE WAS BEACHED IN FLAMES AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT EN ROUTE TO BOMB DARWIN ON 1942-02-19. HER...303204
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AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE US CARGO VESSEL SS ADMIRAL HALSTEAD WHICH WAS DAMAGED IN THE ...
Photograph
AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE US CARGO VESSEL SS ADMIRAL HALSTEAD WHICH WAS DAMAGED IN THE FIRST JAPANESE RAID ON DARWIN ON 1942-02-19. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)302848
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Aerial view of the USAT Meigs, sunk in Darwin Harbour during the first Japanese bombing raid on ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Aerial view of the USAT Meigs, sunk in Darwin Harbour during the first Japanese bombing raid on 19 February 1942.027328
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[Aeroplane - Hudson bomber 'Houdini']
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts the front and sides of a Hudson bomber aeroplane named 'Houdini', with details of the camouflage netting. The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance airc...ART96514
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[Aeroplane maintenance]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts several men around an aeroplane in Drarwin, during the Second World War. A sketch of ambulance trucks and cloud studies appears on the verso of this sketch. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), ...ART96451
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[Aeroplanes]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Studies of Beaufighter aeroplanes with notes about colour. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illustrator. During the Second World War m...ART96469
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A F P Lukin
Art
Maker: Murch, Arthur
A F P Lukin, of Hyde Park, sitting on bed(?), smoking pipeART25976
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A GENERAL VIEW OF ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941. WHEN THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN A ...
Photograph
A GENERAL VIEW OF ALICE SPRINGS, NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1941. WHEN THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN A COMBINED PARTY OF NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN WERE UPDATING THE OVERLAN...045020
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A group of Australian troops at Darwin man one of the guns installed for coastal defence of the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A group of Australian troops at Darwin man one of the guns installed for coastal defence of the area.012039/13
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A group of No. 77 Squadron pilots in front of one of the squadron's P-40E Kittyhawk aircraft at ...
Photograph
A group of No. 77 Squadron pilots in front of one of the squadron's P-40E Kittyhawk aircraft at the Batchelor airfield. Left to right, standing and sitting on the wing: Sergeant (Sgt) McEwan; Sgt Har...P01370.002
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A group of RAAF personnel at the site of the wreckage of a Japanese 'Betty' bomber aircraft shot ...
Photograph
Maker: McNeil, John Earl (Earl)
A group of RAAF personnel at the site of the wreckage of a Japanese 'Betty' bomber aircraft shot down by Squadron Leader R C Cresswell during a night raid on Darwin. The bodies of nine Japanese were l...013716
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[A Hudson aeroplane]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a study of an aeroplane, a Hudson bomber. The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force shortly before the ...ART96513
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AIF AT DARWIN. (NEGATIVE BY D. MCNEIL).
Photograph
Maker: McNeill, D
AIF AT DARWIN. (NEGATIVE BY D. MCNEIL).011898
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AIRCRAFT SPOTTING UNIT AT WORK IN THE DARWIN AREA WHERE THEIR EFFICIENCY HAS DONE MUCH TO ...
Photograph
Maker: McNeil, John Earl (Earl)
AIRCRAFT SPOTTING UNIT AT WORK IN THE DARWIN AREA WHERE THEIR EFFICIENCY HAS DONE MUCH TO HANDICAP THE OPERATIONS OF THE JAPANESE BOMBERS. (NEGATIVE BY MCNEIL).012740
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AIR MARSHAL WILLIAMS (ENTERING CAR) WAS AMONGST THE PASSENGERS TO DISEMBARK FROM THE FIRST FLYING ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
AIR MARSHAL WILLIAMS (ENTERING CAR) WAS AMONGST THE PASSENGERS TO DISEMBARK FROM THE FIRST FLYING BOAT INTO SYDNEY FROM DARWIN FOLLOWING THE JAPANESE AIR ATTACKS ON THAT CITY. HE IS SEEN HERE WITH WIN...011656
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[Airmen wearing headphones and study of headphones]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts studies of airmen wearing headphones, observed from the side and rear and studies of pairs of headphones. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, ca...ART96516
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Air Picquet (Gunner K Thompson)
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The subject of this drawing is 261617 Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth William Thompson, ED. Thompson died on 5 November 2001 aged 77 years (BS). Royal Australian Artillery, 14 Anti Aircraft Battery; Gunner...ART21686
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Air support, 57 mile down from Darwin
Art
Maker: Horne, Dave
Dave Horne was a soldier artist stationed in Darwin. In this work he has depicted two unidentified members of an air support unit outside Darwin, Australia. One is sitting at a table reading whilst t...ART29372
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A JAPANESE POW (THE ONLY ONE WE PICKED UP). HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE CHEST AND WAS DELIVERED TO ...
Photograph
Maker: Hopman, Aart
A JAPANESE POW (THE ONLY ONE WE PICKED UP). HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE CHEST AND WAS DELIVERED TO INTELLIGENCE IN DARWIN. HE WROTE A NICE THANK YOU LETTER IN JAPANESE WHICH ALSO WENT TO INTELLIGENCE (WE CO...P00039.010
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Alcock, Geoffrey Trevor (Warrant Officer, b.1924 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Alcock, Geoffrey Trevor
Collection relating to the Second World War service of A4426 Warrant Officer Geoffrey Trevor Alcock, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, United Kingdom and Malaya, 1943-1952. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consi...AWM2017.17.1
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Alert in the east
Film
Maker: British Movietone News
A Ministry of Information film produced by British Movietone News. Covers the defences of the British Empire in the East. Singapore and its importance as a naval base. Aden which guards the enterance ...F01491
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ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-02. FOUR TANK TRANSPORTERS OF THE 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN MECHANICAL ...
Photograph
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-02. FOUR TANK TRANSPORTERS OF THE 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. THESE VEHICLES ARE 18-WHEELERS, WEIGHT, EMPTY, 14 TONS AN...027889
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ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-02. FOUR TANK TRANSPORTERS OF THE 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN MECHANICAL ...
Photograph
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-02. FOUR TANK TRANSPORTERS OF THE 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. THESE VEHICLES ARE 18-WHEELERS, WEIGHT, EMPTY, 14 TONS AN...027890
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ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-09-28. MEMBERS OF THE 14TH SUPPLY PERSONNEL COMPANY AND 110TH ...
Photograph
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-09-28. MEMBERS OF THE 14TH SUPPLY PERSONNEL COMPANY AND 110TH GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY, AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS, UNLOADING MATERIAL AT ALICE SPRINGS FOR CONSIGNME...026763
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ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-09-28. MEMBERS OF THE 14TH SUPPLY PERSONNEL COMPANY AND 110TH ...
Photograph
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-09-28. MEMBERS OF THE 14TH SUPPLY PERSONNEL COMPANY AND 110TH GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY, AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS, UNLOADING MATERIAL AT ALICE SPRINGS FOR CONSIGNME...026762