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A Bren Gun Carrier of the 24th Infantry Brigade moving at full speed to attack its objective near ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
A Bren Gun Carrier of the 24th Infantry Brigade moving at full speed to attack its objective near Tobruk.020715
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A Bren Gun Carrier of the 24th Infantry Brigade, speeding through the heavy dust near Tobruk.
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
A Bren Gun Carrier of the 24th Infantry Brigade, speeding through the heavy dust near Tobruk.020709
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A Bren Gun Carrier of the 24th Infantry Brigade, speeds into action near Tobruk.
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
A Bren Gun Carrier of the 24th Infantry Brigade, speeds into action near Tobruk.020713
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A crash in the desert
Art
Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a desert landscape, with a small aeroplane on the ground and figure to the right of the plane. Aircraft such as this, possibly a BE12 or RE8, were used at the beginning of the war for reconnai...ART02684
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Adams, Arthur Talbot Scott, MM (Lieutenant. b.1885 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Adams, Arthur Talbot Scott
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Arthur Talbot Scott Adams MM, 12 Light Horse Regiment, Cairo and Palestine. Diaries mention Adams' personal health, activities of 12 Light Horse Regiment,...1DRL/0005
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A DESERT YACHT, USED AT THE FLYING SCHOOL, MOASCAR, TO ACCUSTOM GRADUATES TO "WIND DIRECTION". ...
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A DESERT YACHT, USED AT THE FLYING SCHOOL, MOASCAR, TO ACCUSTOM GRADUATES TO "WIND DIRECTION". THIS YACHT WAS IN USE FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS FROM 1917-02, AND IT IS PROBABLE THAT IT WAS USED ALL THE T...J02974
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A destroyed tank in sand dunes in the desert near the coast.
Photograph
Maker: Coleman, P
A destroyed tank in sand dunes in the desert near the coast.P01917.039
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Aerial view of this crazy network of tracks in the soft sands of the desert made by mechanised ...
Photograph
Aerial view of this crazy network of tracks in the soft sands of the desert made by mechanised forces thundering in pursuit of the retreating Axis columns. To the left can be seen an immobilised tank.MED0207
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A GENERAL VIEW OF THE LAUNDRY IN THE DESERT. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
Photograph
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
A GENERAL VIEW OF THE LAUNDRY IN THE DESERT. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).003781
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A gravel road in the desert, typical terrain.
Photograph
Maker: Coleman, P
A gravel road in the desert, typical terrain.P01917.014
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A horse drawn sand cart, with wide tyred wheels, for conveying sick and wounded men across the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A horse drawn sand cart, with wide tyred wheels, for conveying sick and wounded men across the desert. Two men are seated inside and one outside, all unidentified.C01003
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A.I.F. TANKS CREWS GET ACCUSTOMED TO CONDITIONS IN NORTH AFRICAN DESERT. (NEGATIVE BY PARER).
Photograph
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
A.I.F. TANKS CREWS GET ACCUSTOMED TO CONDITIONS IN NORTH AFRICAN DESERT. (NEGATIVE BY PARER).003400
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A.I.F. TRAINEES LEARNING TO HANDLE TRANSPORT IN DESERT COUNTRY. SEA LAKE SERIES TAKEN BY ...
Photograph
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
A.I.F. TRAINEES LEARNING TO HANDLE TRANSPORT IN DESERT COUNTRY. SEA LAKE SERIES TAKEN BY BOTTOMLEY.010249
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A.I.F. TRAINEES LEARNING TO HANDLE TRANSPORTS IN DESERT COUNTRY. SEA LAKE SERIES TAKEN BY ...
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Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
A.I.F. TRAINEES LEARNING TO HANDLE TRANSPORTS IN DESERT COUNTRY. SEA LAKE SERIES TAKEN BY BOTTOMLEY.010248
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A.I.F. TRAINEES LEARNING TO HANDLE TRANSPORTS IN DESERT COUNTRY. SEA LAKE SERIES TAKEN BY ...
Photograph
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
A.I.F. TRAINEES LEARNING TO HANDLE TRANSPORTS IN DESERT COUNTRY. SEA LAKE SERIES TAKEN BY BOTTOMLEY.010251
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Ain Nukhailah, Jebel (Jabal) Hamrin, Mesopotamia. 1918-10. A row of canvas water tanks filled ...
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Ain Nukhailah, Jebel (Jabal) Hamrin, Mesopotamia. 1918-10. A row of canvas water tanks filled with fresh water by a pump connected to a well. The horse troughs were made ready for the cavalry brigades...P00562.136
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AL JUBAYL, SAUDI ARABIA, 1991-01-08. BRITISH SEA KING HELICOPTERS IN THE DOCKYARDS WHICH SERVED ...
Photograph
Maker: McWatters, Anthony J
AL JUBAYL, SAUDI ARABIA, 1991-01-08. BRITISH SEA KING HELICOPTERS IN THE DOCKYARDS WHICH SERVED AS THE FORCE MAINTENANCE AREA OR ASSEMBLY POINT FOR ALLIED COALITION FORCES ARRIVING IN SAUDI ARABIA PRI...P01663.001
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AL JUBAYL, SAUDI ARABIA, 1991-04-05. CAPTAIN ANTHONY MCWATTERS, ROYAL CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ...
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Maker: McWatters, Anthony J
AL JUBAYL, SAUDI ARABIA, 1991-04-05. CAPTAIN ANTHONY MCWATTERS, ROYAL CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (RAEME), SITTING ON THE BUMPER BAR OF HIS WRECKED LAND ROVER. THE VEHICLE ...P01663.112
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AL JUBAYL, SAUDI ARABIA, 1991-01-08. LIEUTENANT (LT) ANTHONY MCWATTERS (LEFT), ROYAL CORPS OF ...
Photograph
Maker: McWatters, Anthony J
AL JUBAYL, SAUDI ARABIA, 1991-01-08. LIEUTENANT (LT) ANTHONY MCWATTERS (LEFT), ROYAL CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (RAEME), WITH CAPTAIN MARK MUNDAY, ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MEC...P01663.002
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AL JUBAYL, SAUDI ARABIA, 1991-01-09. NEW CHALLENGER ARMOURED REPAIR AND RECOVERY VEHICLES IN THE ...
Photograph
Maker: McWatters, Anthony J
AL JUBAYL, SAUDI ARABIA, 1991-01-09. NEW CHALLENGER ARMOURED REPAIR AND RECOVERY VEHICLES IN THE DOCKYARDS WHICH SERVED AS THE FORCE MAINTENANCE AREA OR ASSEMBLY POINT FOR ALLIED COALITION FORCES ARRI...P01663.003
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AL JUBAYL, SAUDI ARABIA, 1991-01-27. SEA STALLION HELICOPTERS BELONGING TO THE US MARINES, IN THE ...
Photograph
Maker: McWatters, Anthony J
AL JUBAYL, SAUDI ARABIA, 1991-01-27. SEA STALLION HELICOPTERS BELONGING TO THE US MARINES, IN THE DOCKYARDS WHICH SERVED AS THE FORCE MAINTENANCE AREA OR ASSEMBLY POINT FOR ALLIED COALITION FORCES IN ...P01663.012
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Al Udeid Airbase, Qatar
Art
Maker: Miller, Lewis
Buildings and airforce camp at Al U Deid Qatar airbase, Al Udeid Airbase, Qatar. Lewis Miller was appointed official war artist in April 2003 to document Australia's involvement in the Second Gulf War...ART92072
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AN ALLIED PATROL OF THE LONG RANGE DESERT GROUP IN THE WESTERN DESERT. THESE PATROLS CONSIST OF ...
Photograph
Maker: Keating, Geoffrey
AN ALLIED PATROL OF THE LONG RANGE DESERT GROUP IN THE WESTERN DESERT. THESE PATROLS CONSIST OF SMALL PARTIES OF HEAVILY ARMED OFFICERS AND MEN EXPERIENCED IN DESERT WARFARE, WHO TREK FOR HUNDREDS OF ...007068
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Anderson, Cauldwell Hamilton (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1870 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Anderson, Cauldwell Hamilton
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Colonel Cauldwell Hamilton Anderson, Australian Army Medical Corps, Egypt, 1916. Collection includes typewritten report on Anderson's experiences with...1DRL/0032
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An Iraqi 2S1 self-propelled artillery piece destroyed by coalition forces during the Gulf War. ...
Photograph
Maker: McWatters, Anthony J
An Iraqi 2S1 self-propelled artillery piece destroyed by coalition forces during the Gulf War. The wreckage of other military equipment is scattered on the ground.P01663.042
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ANTELAT, LIBYA. 1942-01-17. A NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF UTILITY TRUCK BEING TOWED BY AN ARMY TRUCK ...
Photograph
ANTELAT, LIBYA. 1942-01-17. A NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF UTILITY TRUCK BEING TOWED BY AN ARMY TRUCK THROUGH A VERY STICKY PATCH AFTER HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WESTERN DESERT.023321
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ANTELAT, LIBYA. 1942-01-17. MEMBERS OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF RECENT HEAVY ...
Photograph
ANTELAT, LIBYA. 1942-01-17. MEMBERS OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF RECENT HEAVY RAINS TO GET AN ACCUMULATION OF WASHING DONE. WATER IS NORMALLY A LUXURY IN THE WESTERN DESERT.023325
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Anti-aircraft defences, Marsa Matruh
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts unidentified Australian soldiers standing with a Bren gun mounted on a tripod for anti-aircraft defence in the Western Desert during the North African campaign. Hele was serving as a private i...ART22868
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A PICTURE THAT ILLUSTRATES THE TREACHEROUS NATURE OF THE LAND SURFACE OVER WHICH BATTLES ARE NOW ...
Photograph
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
A PICTURE THAT ILLUSTRATES THE TREACHEROUS NATURE OF THE LAND SURFACE OVER WHICH BATTLES ARE NOW BEING FOUGHT IN THE WESTERN DESERT. PATCHES OF LOOSE QUICKSAND PROVE TRAPS FOR THE UNWARY TANK DRIVER A...013277
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AQUEDUCTS DATING BACK TO THE ROMAN OCCUPATION OF SYRIA OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO ARE STILL IN ...
Photograph
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
AQUEDUCTS DATING BACK TO THE ROMAN OCCUPATION OF SYRIA OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO ARE STILL IN USE. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS FOUND THEIR COOL WATERS REFRESHING AFTER ARDUOUS DESERT MARCHES. ARMY COOKS ERECT...008259
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Army cooks have to be resourceful and flexible. A meal is prepared on a makeshift stove served by ...
Photograph
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Army cooks have to be resourceful and flexible. A meal is prepared on a makeshift stove served by gas cylinders. The `kitchen' is surrounded by sandbags presumably to cut off wind and flying sand and ...150109
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Army's most precarious job
Film
Bomb disposal in the Western Desert. Royal Engineers bomb disposal unit receive a report that a UXB (unexploded bomb) has been dropped in a certain camp area. The bomb disposal officer is sent to inve...F01828
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Artillery in the desert
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldiers and artillery in the desert in the Middle East.ART26902
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Artillery in the desert
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldiers and artillery in the desert in the Middle East.ART26899
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Artillery moving up in the desert
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldiers with artillery moving up in the desert in the Middle East.ART26903
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Attack by 2/24th Battalion, El Alamein at night, 25-26 October 1942
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Attack on Fig Orchard, El Alamein campaign, Egypt 1942. 'C' Company of the 2/24th Battalion is seen under fire on its start line prior to the attack, with the 2/48th Battalion holding Trig 29 at left...ART27821
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A TYPICAL SCENE IN THE WESTERN DESERT. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
Photograph
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
A TYPICAL SCENE IN THE WESTERN DESERT. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).003779
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Australian flag patch : Bessie Bardot
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Dark and light brown embroidered Australian flag patch with Arabic writing underneath the flag. For use with Australian Defence Force issued Disruptive Pattern Desert Uniform (DPDU) shirt.REL33797
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Australian Light Horseman using a sledge to transport goods and equipment over the heavy sand ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Australian Light Horseman using a sledge to transport goods and equipment over the heavy sand near Romani.J01101
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AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSEMEN CAMPED IN AN OASIS NEAR ROMANI, 1916. THESE OASIS' OFFERED GREAT ...
Photograph
AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSEMEN CAMPED IN AN OASIS NEAR ROMANI, 1916. THESE OASIS' OFFERED GREAT CONCEALMENT FROM HOSTILE AIRCRAFT, AND GAVE GOOD SHADE TO THE TROOPS AND HORSES, A GREAT RELIEF FROM THE BURN...J02639
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AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS ON LEAVE IN ATHENS TAKE THE ROAD TO THE ACROPOLIS TO GET A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF ...
Photograph
Maker: Silk, George
AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS ON LEAVE IN ATHENS TAKE THE ROAD TO THE ACROPOLIS TO GET A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THEIR NEW SURROUNDINGS. THE A.I.F. IN GREECE. MEN OF THE A.I.F., AFTER MONTHS IN THE DESERT, EMBARKED ...006792
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A view of the city of Damascus, looking from above the Headquarters of the Desert Mounted Corps.
Photograph
Maker: Campbell, James Pinkerton
A view of the city of Damascus, looking from above the Headquarters of the Desert Mounted Corps.B00304
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A VIEW OF THE RAILWAY STATION AT TEL ELEISA, SCENE OF SOME OF THE MOST INTENSIVE FIGHTING ...
Photograph
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
A VIEW OF THE RAILWAY STATION AT TEL ELEISA, SCENE OF SOME OF THE MOST INTENSIVE FIGHTING EXPERIENCED BY OUR FORCES AT PRESENT ENGAGED IN THE WESTERN DESERT. TEL EL EISA IS THE ARABIC FOR "HILL OF JES...013347
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A water dump established by the Army near Wadi Nikhabir and supplied by pipeline. Troughs ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A water dump established by the Army near Wadi Nikhabir and supplied by pipeline. Troughs constructed near the dumps were used for watering horses.H00800
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A wrecked Signals Office at 26th Australian Infantry Brigade. It blew over in a dust storm. ...
Photograph
Maker: Cumpston, John S
A wrecked Signals Office at 26th Australian Infantry Brigade. It blew over in a dust storm. Troops are wearing glasses to protect their eyes from the dust.020119
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Ayliffe, Maurice (Sapper, b.? - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Ayliffe, Maurice
Collection relating to service of 2160A Private Maurice Ayliffe, 2 Field Squadron Engineers, Palestine, 1918. Collection includes letters to family in England. Copies made by Australia House, London...1DRL/0076
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Ayliffe, Maurice (Sapper, b.? - d.1918)
Digitised Collection
Maker: Ayliffe, Maurice
Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection relating to service of 2160A Private Maurice Ayliffe, 2 Field Squadron Engineers, Palestine, 1918. Collection includes letters to family in England. Copies made by Austra...AWM2021.7.51
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Backhouse, Nigel A'Beckett Talworth, (Chaplain Major, b.? - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: Backhouse, Nigel A'Beckett Talworth
detailed papers discuss the role of chaplains and the need for adequate army back-up. Includes narratives of the Light Horse actions at Beersheeba and Amman. Various monographs contain a detailed an...1DRL/0617
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Barada Gorge from road level
Art
Maker: Lambert, George
The main route from Damascus west to Beirut runs beside the Barada river through a steep gorge. On 30 September 1918 Australian troops had trapped and killed Turkish troops in Barada Gorge who were f...ART02818
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Barada Gorge, looking down the road to Damascus
Art
Maker: Lambert, George
In June 1919 Lambert travelled to Barada Gorge north west of Damascus and where on 30 September 1918 a column of Turkish troops and transports, endeavouring to flee from Damascus, were intercepted by...ART02836
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Barada Gorge, looking from Damascus
Art
Maker: Lambert, George
West of the Barada Gorge with the road and railway on the route through the eastern mountains to Syria. In 1926, some years after painting this sketch, George Lambert wrote to Charles Bean: "The origi...ART02845
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Barada Gorge, 30 September 1918
Art
Maker: Lambert, George
A section of the Barada Gorge, showing the road and railway route through the eastern mountains where fleeing Turkish troops and German machine-gunners were confronted by the 5th Australian Light Hors...ART09755
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Bardia (action leading to the fall of Post 11)
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
VX3511 Sergeant H B S 'Jo' Gullett, VX3495 V N Maloney, VX3497 Private H F Brockley, QX3118 Private F C Damm, all of 2/6th Btn 2 AIF, unidentified Australian and Italian soldiers. The first major camp...ART27576
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BARDIA - ANOTHER VIEW OF THE TOWN SHOWING THE HARBOUR IN THE FOREGROUND TAKEN FROM THE PRIME ...
Photograph
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
BARDIA - ANOTHER VIEW OF THE TOWN SHOWING THE HARBOUR IN THE FOREGROUND TAKEN FROM THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. MENZIES' PLANE DURING A FLIGHT OVER THE WESTERN DESERT. (NEGATIVE BY D. PARER).005862
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Battle of Romani, 4 August 1916
Art
Maker: Lambert, George
A desert landscape with light horsemen dismounting and preparing for battle. Two soldiers place a stretcher into an ambulance wagon (in the centre right of the image). A dead white horse lies in the f...ART09556
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BEIT JERJIA. BLANKETS SPREAD ACROSS TRENCHES AS PROTECTION AGAINST THE SUN. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
Photograph
Maker: Silk, George
BEIT JERJIA. BLANKETS SPREAD ACROSS TRENCHES AS PROTECTION AGAINST THE SUN. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).002258
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Bell, William John (Sergeant, b.1890 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Bell, William John
Collection relating to service of 53 Sergeant William John Bell, 1 Light Horse Field Ambulance, ANZAC and Egypt, 1914-1917. Collection includes diary kept by Bell with movements and locations.1DRL/0110
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Biddle, Frederick Leslie (Major, b.1885 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Biddle, Frederick Leslie
Collection relating to the First World War service of Major Frederick Leslie Biddle DSO, 2 Field Artillery Brigade, Egypt, Gallipoli and France, 1914-1917. Collection consists of seventy-five letters...1DRL/0119
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Blown bridge, Libya
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Demolished by the retreating Italians on the road between Tobruk and Derna, Libya.ART27550
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"BOSTON AIRCRAFT ON PATROL IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THESE FAST AND EASILY HANDLED AMERICAN BOMBERS ...
Photograph
"BOSTON AIRCRAFT ON PATROL IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THESE FAST AND EASILY HANDLED AMERICAN BOMBERS HAVE ALREADY PROVED THEIR WORTH IN DESERT WARFARE." WWII.P00150.023
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Bowman, Vincent Ambrose (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Bowman, Vincent Ambrose
Collection relating to First World War service of 2787 Private Vincent Ambrose Bowman 9th Infantry Battalion, France 1916. Collection includes memoir of 9th Battalion activities at Pozieres and Mouqu...1DRL/0141
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Bren gun carrier
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
A Bren gun carrier in North Africa during the Second World War.ART90271
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Bren Gun Carriers of the 24th Infantry Brigade going into action near Tobruk. This picture was ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Bren Gun Carriers of the 24th Infantry Brigade going into action near Tobruk. This picture was taken from a high observation tower.020714
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Bren Gun Carriers of the 24th Infantry Brigade in action near Tobruk.
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Bren Gun Carriers of the 24th Infantry Brigade in action near Tobruk.020719
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Bren Gun Carriers of the 24th Infantry Brigade ready for action near Tobruk.
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Bren Gun Carriers of the 24th Infantry Brigade ready for action near Tobruk.020712
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Bren Gun Carriers of the 24th Infantry Brigade, speeding through the heavy dust near Tobruk.
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Bren Gun Carriers of the 24th Infantry Brigade, speeding through the heavy dust near Tobruk.020711
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Bren Gun Carriers of the 24th Infantry Brigade stirring up clouds of dust as they move into ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Bren Gun Carriers of the 24th Infantry Brigade stirring up clouds of dust as they move into positions near Tobruk.020710
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Brickhill, Paul Chester Jerome (Flight Lieutenant, b.1916 - d.1991)
Private Record
Maker: Brickhill, Paul Chester Jerome
Collection relating to 403313 Flight Lieutenant Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill, 92 Squadron, RAAF, Second World War. Collection comprises three letters from Brickhill to "Del" written in 1939, 1943 an...PR03099
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Brigadier-General Granville de Laune Ryrie, Commanding Officer (CO) of the 2nd Light Horse ...
Photograph
Brigadier-General Granville de Laune Ryrie, Commanding Officer (CO) of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade, smoking a pipe whilst mounted on his favourite horse, ‘Plain Bill’. The horse was exceptionally stur...P01778.009
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Brind, Eric Thomas (Major, b.1884 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Brind, Eric Thomas
Collection relating to service of Major Eric Thomas Brind, 23 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes copies of diary for 1916 and copies of letters to family in Austra...1DRL/0153
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Broad brimmed DPDU bush hat : 4 Battalion (Commando), Royal Australian Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: S.O.S. Marine
Broad brimmed bush hat in Disruptive Pattern Desert Uniform (DPDU - Iraq pattern).REL32417
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Brown, Francis Cecil (Private, b.? - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Francis Cecil
Collection relating to service of 3212 Private Francis Cecil Brown, 55 Battalion, Egypt and France. 1916-1918. Collection includes letters written home to family in England. Copies made 1928 by Aust...1DRL/0160
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Burgess, Joseph Bird (Gunner, b.1892 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Burgess, Joseph Bird
Collection relating to service of 11920 Gunner Joseph Bird Burgess, 53 Battery Australian Field Artillery, Egypt and France, 1916-1917. Collection includes copies of letters sent home to family in A...1DRL/0163
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Burrett, Athol Frederick (Major, b.1894 - d.1965)
Private Record
Maker: Burrett, Athol Frederick
Collection relating to service of Major (Maj) Athol Frederick Burrett DSO, 3 Battalion, France, 1915-1916. Collection includes diary for period 29 December 1915-4 May 1916 when 3 Battalion trained in...1DRL/0165
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Burton, Francis James (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Burton, Francis James
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Francis James Burton, 4 Light Horse Regiment, Egypt, Gallipoli and Palestine, 1914-1917. Collection includes copies of letters written home to family in A...1DRL/0168
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Cairo, Egypt. 12 February 1942. Interior view of one of the workshops at a RAF Repair and Salvage ...
Photograph
Cairo, Egypt. 12 February 1942. Interior view of one of the workshops at a RAF Repair and Salvage Unit. Mechanics and tradesmen of the RAF are at work on repairs and replacements to Hurricane Mk II ai...MED0352
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Callary, Philip Ignatius (Captain, b.1886 - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Callary, Philip Ignatius
Collection relating to service of Captain Philip Ignatius Callary, 9 Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection includes letters written home to family in Petersburg, South Australia.1DRL/0178
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Camel Corps at Magdhaba
Art
Maker: Power, H Septimus
Depicts the Camel Corp 'Cameliers' at the point where they were dismounting to advance on foot at Magdhaba. The Imperial Camel Corps Brigade was raised from the Australian, New Zealand and British Arm...ART09230
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Camels in the Persian Gulf
Art
Maker: Gardiner, Mal
Two camels strolling through the desert in the Persian Gulf.ART92095
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Camels loaded with fantasses (water tanks). This was the usual method of carrying water across ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Camels loaded with fantasses (water tanks). This was the usual method of carrying water across the desert. This is one half of a stereo image. The full image is held at B02415A.B02415
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CAMELS OF THE 3RD A.L.H. FIELD AMBULANCE RESTING BESIDE AN OASIS NEAR KATIA, DURING THE DESERT ...
Photograph
CAMELS OF THE 3RD A.L.H. FIELD AMBULANCE RESTING BESIDE AN OASIS NEAR KATIA, DURING THE DESERT CAMPAIGN IN 1916. (DONATED BY MR. R. SILLETT.)J02622
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Camel train
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Loaded camel train heads into the desert from Gamli to Esani on the next stage of the supply lines progress, 1930. This is the second in a series of eight paintings accompanying the Palestine dioramas...ART91021
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Cameramen at war
Film
Maker: Glendenning, Raymond Lye, Leonard Charles Huia
A Ministry of Information film produced by the Realist Film Unit with acknowledgement to the Newsreel companies, the Services film units and the Trustees of the Imperial War Museum. The story of Briti...F01419
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Camouflage played an important part in the Western Desert campaign as shown in this scene from ...
Photograph
Maker: Fisher, Thomas
Camouflage played an important part in the Western Desert campaign as shown in this scene from above the 2/17th Infantry Battalion Headquarters area looking north west towards the Derna Road. The cam...020287
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Captured Iraqi M577 Armoured command vehicle
Photograph
Maker: McWatters, Anthony J
KUWAIT DESERT, 1991-03-04. A CAPTURED IRAQI ARMOURED COMMAND VEHICLE IN THE ENEMY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION POINT (EECP) THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE BRITISH 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE AT THE CLOSE OF THE GULF WA...P01663.064
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Captured Italian guns, Tobruk
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a captured Italian Ansaldo Cannone da 75/40 CA anti aircraft gun in emplacement at Tobruk, near Libya.ART22873
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Captured, old fashioned, Italian 155mm guns. Note the wooden shoes fitted to some that assist ...
Photograph
Maker: Cumpston, John S
Captured, old fashioned, Italian 155mm guns. Note the wooden shoes fitted to some that assist moving them over the desert sands.020082
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Captured, old fashioned, Italian 155mm guns. Note the wooden shoes fitted to some that assist ...
Photograph
Maker: Cumpston, John S
Captured, old fashioned, Italian 155mm guns. Note the wooden shoes fitted to some that assist moving them over the desert sands.020081
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Carriers and infantry
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Armoured personnel carriers and Australian infantry in the desert in the Middle East.ART26898
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Cavalcade of victory
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
For some months British Allied Forces and the Axis Army, lay locked in stalemate in the desert of Quatara and El Alamein. Rommel's thrust to conquer Egypt had failed, but he was massing for another d...F01825
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Changing engines, 3 Squadron
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
At a desert advanced landing ground close to the dividing wire, between Egypt and Libya, riggers of 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, prepare to install a new engine in a Tomahawk. A mobile cra...ART21006
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Coen, Francis (Captain, b.1884 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Coen, Francis
Collection relating to service of Captain Francis Coen, 18 and 19 Battalion, Gallipoli, Egypt and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes typewritten copies of letters sent home to his mother in Yass,...1DRL/0203
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Collection of First World War negatives purchased from Eric Keast Burke (Keast Burke)
Photograph
Maker: Burke, Eric Keast
In the summer of 1919, 19486 Sapper William B Nelson, of D Troop, 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron, taking photos of a group of desert bedouins, in their encampment on the outskirts of Baghdad.J01994
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Collection of First World War negatives purchased from Eric Keast Burke (Keast Burke)
Photograph
Maker: Burke, Eric Keast
In the summer of 1919, 19486 Sapper William B Nelson, of D Troop, 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron, showing a camera to a group of desert bedouins, in their encampment on the outskirts of Baghd...J01993
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Collins, Thomas Patrick (Private, b.? - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Collins, Thomas Patrick
Collection relating to service of 1250 Private Thomas Patrick Collins, 16 Battalion, Egypt, 1915? Collection includes a printed newspaper clipping of a copy of a letter written by Collins home to his...1DRL/0207
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Condon, Richard Merrick (Second Lieutenant, b.? - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Condon, Richard Merrick
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Richard Merrick Condon, 22 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes diaries of Condon written while on service and letters w...1DRL/0210
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Conquerors of the desert
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Eight illustrious months at Tobruk and a highly successful campaign amid the wastes of Alamein entitled the men of the AIF to this distinction [i.e as "Conquerors of the desert"]. This film gives a fe...F01830
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Cooper, Gordon Colin (Lance Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Cooper, Gordon Colin
Collection relating to 475 Private Gordon Colin Cooper, 1 Australian Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine, 1916-1918. Typescript copies of diaries contain brief entries covering Cooper's time wi...2DRL/1114
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Cooper, Gordon Colin (Lance Corporal, b.1893 - d.1948)
Private Record
Maker: Cooper, Gordon Colin
Collection relating to the First World War service of 475 Private Gordon Colin Cooper, 1 Australian Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine, 1916-1918. Collection consists of three original diaries...1DRL/0211
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Cotterill, Eric Roland (Lieutenant, b.1892 - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Cotterill, Eric Roland
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Eric Roland Cotterill, 13 Battalion, Egypt and Gallipoli, 1915. Collection includes copies of letters written by Cotterill home to family in Australia...1DRL/0217