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1918-08. A BRITISH OBSERVATION BALLOON FALLING IN FLAMES AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY GERMAN AIRMEN, ...
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1918-08. A BRITISH OBSERVATION BALLOON FALLING IN FLAMES AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY GERMAN AIRMEN, NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX. THE PARACHUTE OF THE OBSERVER CAN BE SEEN TO THE RIGHT OF THE BALLOON (DONATED ...H15987
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A captive balloon falling in flames having been set on fire by German airmen.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A captive balloon falling in flames having been set on fire by German airmen.A03634
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A Church of England hut burning, at Rollestone Camp. One of a series of images in an album ...
Photograph
Maker: Downes, Harry
A Church of England hut burning, at Rollestone Camp. One of a series of images in an album relating to the wartime service of Lieutenant Harry Downes MC MM, 48th Battalion.P10688.007.002
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"A KITE BALLOON IN FLAMES" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG292)
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"A KITE BALLOON IN FLAMES" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG292)H12039
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An RE8 machine in flames after a crash at Leighterton Aerodrome.
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An RE8 machine in flames after a crash at Leighterton Aerodrome.C04673
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An unidentified soldier standing at the supply dump on the foreshore at North Beach, prior to the ...
Photograph
Maker: Tooth, Stuart Archibald
An unidentified soldier standing at the supply dump on the foreshore at North Beach, prior to the fire on the 18 December 1915. The caption written below the image, "ready for the match", provides an ...P10595.017.001
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Baghdad, Mesopotamia. 1917-03-11. Extensively damaged buildings and equipment in the yard of the ...
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Baghdad, Mesopotamia. 1917-03-11. Extensively damaged buildings and equipment in the yard of the railway station. Note the smoke rising from stores in the background set alight by the retreating Germa...P00562.042
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BEERSHEBA, PALESTINE, 1917-11. THE MAIN STREET OF BEERSHEBA SHORTLY AFTER ITS CAPTURE BY GENERAL ...
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Maker: Macaulay, D
BEERSHEBA, PALESTINE, 1917-11. THE MAIN STREET OF BEERSHEBA SHORTLY AFTER ITS CAPTURE BY GENERAL SIR EDMUND ALLENBY'S FORCES. THE BUILDINGS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET WERE IN FLAMES WHEN ALLENBY'S F...P01668.005
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Bildet Deutsche Volksrate [Form German People's Councils]
Art
Maker: Hadank, O H W Werbedienst Gmbh, Berlin
German interwar poster urging farmers to create German People's Councils. The slogan translates as 'If the harvest is to turn out well for you, German farmer, protect crops you have sown!'ARTV08918
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BOYELLES. AN OBSERVATION BALLOON FALLING TO THE GROUND IN FLAMES. (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTO D2571)
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BOYELLES. AN OBSERVATION BALLOON FALLING TO THE GROUND IN FLAMES. (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTO D2571)H09328
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1918-02-19. BOYELLES. BALLOON FALLING IN FLAMES. (IWM Q11971)
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1918-02-19. BOYELLES. BALLOON FALLING IN FLAMES. (IWM Q11971)H12211
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BRITISH KITE BALLOON FALLING IN FLAMES AFTER ENEMY ACTION. (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTO)
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BRITISH KITE BALLOON FALLING IN FLAMES AFTER ENEMY ACTION. (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTO)H19206
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Burning the stores, evacuation of Anzac
Art
Maker: Allfree, Geoffrey
Depicts a fighter ship sailing away from the coastline at Gallipoli at dawn. On the coast a large fire is raging where stores have been burned, before the ship's departure.ART14046.007
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Diary of Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 1914-1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Cunningham, Alexander Jackson
Diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 2nd Field Company Engineers. In this diary, kept between 17 October 1914 and 4 July 1916, Cunningham describes hi...RCDIG0000917
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'Emden beached and done for', 9 November 1914
Art
Maker: Burgess, Arthur
For the title of this painting the artist chose the text of the signal from HMAS Sydney to HMS Minotaur announcing victory in the Royal Australian Navy's first fight. As the convoy carrying the first ...ART00191
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Extract from Intelligence Report:- "Yesterday two of our pigeons failed to return"
Art
Maker: Gould, Charles Henry
Depicts two Australian soldiers in a trench cooking two pigeons over a fire on the ends of their bayonets. This cartoon, reproduced in 'From the Australian Front', is accompanied by the caption 'Extra...ART02555
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Extracts from letters written by John Stanley Bannon, 1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Bannon, John Stanley Unknown
Typescript extracts of letters relating to the First World War service of 27163 Gunner John Stanley Bannon, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade. These extracts cover Saint Patrick's Day in 1917 with Bannon’s ...RCDIG0001168
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Forward to victory : Enlist now
Art
Maker: Kemp-Welch, Lucy Elizabeth David Allen & Sons Ltd
British Parliament Recruiting Committee poster, number 133, depicting a cavalryman charging, his sword pointing forward, while buildings burn in the background. Issued with the simple injunction 'Forw...ARTV00442
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German prisoners, just captured, hurrying past Susan Wood, in fear of the fire of their own ...
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Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
German prisoners, just captured, hurrying past Susan Wood, in fear of the fire of their own artillery north of the Somme, which could see them from an observation balloon as they topped the hill. The ...E03017
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"Get into khaki" We are doing our bit...
Art
Maker: Burton, H M Unknown Gullick, W A
Australian First World War recruitment poster produced by the Government of New South Wales. Encourages the viewer to enlist and help those already fighting. In the foreground on the left of the poste...ARTV01135
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"Get into khaki" We are doing our bit
Art
Maker: Burton, H M Unknown W A Gullick, Government Printer
Australian Army First World War recruitment poster. Encourages the viewer to enlist and help those already fighting. In the foreground on the left of the poster is an Australian soldier facing the vie...ARTV00152
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Haubourdin, France. 1918-10-17. Aerial photograph of smoke billowing from hangars set on fire ...
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Haubourdin, France. 1918-10-17. Aerial photograph of smoke billowing from hangars set on fire during bombardment by aircraft of No. 80 Wing, RAF. The Wing included No. 2 and No. 4 Squadrons, Australia...P02163.003
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Hit, Mesopotamia. 1918-03. Two members of No. 3 Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, ...
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Hit, Mesopotamia. 1918-03. Two members of No. 3 Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, with their horses, visiting the bitumen pits near the town. Pitch drawn from th...P00562.089
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Incendie des Halles d'Ypres
Art
Maker: Unknown
Ypres Cloth Hall, or Lakenhalle, was set on fire in November 1914 by German artillery shells. Cloth Hall was eventually reduced to rubble by 1917, but has since been restored. Belle smith, who served...AWM2018.617.7
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Journee des régions libérées [collection day for the liberated regions of France]
Art
Maker: Fouqueray, Dominique Charles Devambez Imprimerie
This poster depicts a family group of wife, husband who comfort a daughter and a son standing before a landscape with smoke haze and in the distance there are several destroyed and burnt out buildings...ARTV06605
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MacKay, Ronald Grey (Gunner, b.1894 - d.1921)
Private Record
Maker: Mackay, Ronald Grey
Collection relating to the service of 39668 Gunner Ronald Grey MacKay, 11 Field Artillery Brigade, Egypt, England, France, Belgium, 1918-1919. Collection consists of photostat copies of ten letters w...1DRL/0445
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Marcq, Belgium. 1918-11-09. Aerial photograph of smoke billowing from buildings on fire at Marcq ...
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Marcq, Belgium. 1918-11-09. Aerial photograph of smoke billowing from buildings on fire at Marcq Aerodrome after bombardment by aircraft of No. 80 Wing, RAF. The Wing included No. 2 and No. 4 Squadron...P02163.001
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Near Villers-Bretonneux, France. 2 May 1918. Australians in a support trench protected by newly ...
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Near Villers-Bretonneux, France. 2 May 1918. Australians in a support trench protected by newly erected barbedwire entanglements, near Villers-Bretonneux. The smoke above the village is from a burning...E04828
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North Beach, Anzac Area, Gallipoli. 1915-12-19. Elevated view of the beach area and smoke rising ...
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North Beach, Anzac Area, Gallipoli. 1915-12-19. Elevated view of the beach area and smoke rising from fires burning unconsumed bully beef stores before the evacuation. Note the communications trench i...P02226.031
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not titled [soldiers creating souvenirs]
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Maker: Meldrum, J B
Three soldiers are kneeling down, each making their own souvenirs to take away from the Mametz Wood. In the background are shattered tree stumps and in the foreground are some empty bomb shells. One...ART03192.008
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Officer's Mess, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Nalin
Art
Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a sketch of four officers seated about a makeshift table on which are plates and mugs in an ancient cave or tomb. Between 18-22 February 1918 Lambert visited the 7th Light Horse regiment stati...ART02761
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Opfertag in Bayern (Day of sacrifice in Bavaria)
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Maker: Unknown [S.L. : S.N.], 1916 (MUNCHEN : O. CONSEE) 'O Cons?e, Munchen' lower right
sword, globe, patriotism; poster with globe of the world behind sword from the handle of which an olive branch is growing, advertising a 'day of sacrifice' inARTV06641
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Paris burning
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Maker: Fraiponth, G
The city of Paris under attack, with buildings destroyed and burning. A dog is seen in the foreground.ART92523
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Paris under attack
Art
Maker: Fraiponth, G
The city of Paris under attack, with a building on fire. Small figures of people are running from the scene.ART92524
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Peronne. Heavy artillery advancing through the town
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
The 1st Australian Imperial Force going through the ruins of Peronne with heavy artillery such as 8 inch howitzers. A biplane can be seen flying overhead. Smoke from burning villages is visible in t...ART03043
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Portrait of 4 Staff Quarter-Master Sergeant (SQMS) Walter Randolph Brownhill MSM, 5th Division ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Portrait of 4 Staff Quarter-Master Sergeant (SQMS) Walter Randolph Brownhill MSM, 5th Division Headquarters, on the roof of Australia House, London, looking at the fires resulting from a daylight air ...J00671
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recto: not titled [kitchen interior with two men smoking]; verso: [blank with inscription] [page 3]
Art
Maker: Addison, Reginald Harwood
recto: An interior view of the Third Field Company Engineers drivers' cookhouse, with steaming pots next to a fire and two men smoking.; verso: blank with inscription.ART92338.003
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Robozak, Kurdistan. 1919-09. Elevated view of clouds of smoke billowing up from the village of ...
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Robozak, Kurdistan. 1919-09. Elevated view of clouds of smoke billowing up from the village of Robozak which was set on fire by members of Major General Nightingale's Column (Nightcol), Mesopotamian E...P00562.168
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Salonica, Greece. 1917-08. A small section of the area in the town which was destroyed by a great ...
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Salonica, Greece. 1917-08. A small section of the area in the town which was destroyed by a great fire in 1917-08.H03711
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Schutz die Heimat...
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Maker: Bernhard, Lucian [BERLIN : S.N., N.D.] (BERLIN : G.M.B.H.)
German First World War poster depicting a large clawed hand looming, as smoke, above burning buildings. The poster text translates as ; 'Protect the Homeland' and asks people to join the Voluntary Arm...ARTV06119
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Smoke rising from a burning dump, fired by the retreating Germans, at Tincourt. On this date the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Smoke rising from a burning dump, fired by the retreating Germans, at Tincourt. On this date the Germans were falling back on the defences of the Hindenburg system, where a few days later the enemy re...E03239
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Stores burning at Anzac Cove, taken from an unidentified battleship in the early morning just ...
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Maker: British Official Photograph
Stores burning at Anzac Cove, taken from an unidentified battleship in the early morning just after the evacuation.A03312
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That liberty shall not perish from the Earth buy Liberty Bonds...
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Maker: Pennell, Joseph US Government Alco-gravure Inc
Poster depicts a headless Statue of Liberty in front of burning buildings after an air raid, poster quotes from the Declaration of Independence: 'That liberty shall not perish from the earth' and urge...ARTV00825
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The incident for which Lieutenant F.H. McNamara was awarded the VC
Art
Maker: Power, H Septimus
Lieutenant F H McNamara and Captain D W Rutherford were returning from an aerial bombing near Gaza on 20 March 1917 when Captain Rutherford was forced down. Although wounded and under heavy rifle fire...ART08007
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The Kaiser's burnt offering to the war god
Art
Maker: Lindsay, Norman
Illustration depicting the burning bodies of the German dead being offered by the Kaiser, who stands warming himself at the flames, to the German War-God. The War-God stands enormous in the background...ART19607
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The remains of a British Spad aircraft which crashed in flames alongside the body of a dead ...
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The remains of a British Spad aircraft which crashed in flames alongside the body of a dead German, near Broodseinde Ridge in the Ypres Sector. Only the tail remains.E04648
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The remains of a fire which broke out in the supply dump at North Beach between 1am and 2am, the ...
Photograph
Maker: Tooth, Stuart Archibald
The remains of a fire which broke out in the supply dump at North Beach between 1am and 2am, the day before the final evacuation. Image from the collection of Major Stuart Archibald Tooth DSO, 6th Aus...P10595.017.002
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The remains of a German AEG IV bomber which was brought down in flames near Proyart. A close ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The remains of a German AEG IV bomber which was brought down in flames near Proyart. A close look reveals two lanterns attached to left and right lower wing, suggesting that the bomber was recovered ...A01895
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The thrilling story of the Old Emden
Digitised Collection
Maker: Harmes-Emden, Hans Heinz Nell, Bryan Various
Account relating to the First World War service of Petty Officer Hans Heinz Harmes-Emden, Imperial German Navy. This account was originally written by Harmes-Emden in 1931 for the North China Daily Ne...RCDIG0001152
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Transcript of diaries of Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 1914-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Cunningham, Alexander Jackson
Transcript of diaries relating to the First World War service of Captain Alexander Jackson Cunningham 2nd Field Company Engineers. The transcripts cover of all four diaries, from 19 October 1914 to 17...RCDIG0000916
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Trummer oder aufbau? Aufklarungs - Schriften durch die antibolschewistische liga
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Maker: Unknown BERLIN : BERL. ALLGEM REKL. GES, [N.D.]
German post First World War anti-Bolshevism poster offering a choice between fire and chaos or rebuilding and prosperity. The 1919 campaign for the German National Assembly stimulated propagandists on...ARTV00133
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Two unidentified members of the 2nd Division viewing the remains of a British aircraft which came ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Two unidentified members of the 2nd Division viewing the remains of a British aircraft which came down in flames at Chateau Wood whilst taking part in the attack by the Australian troops in the Ypres ...E00912
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Verteidigt euer vaterland euer heim, eure lieben gege den Bolschewismus... [Defend our Fatherland, our home, our lives because Bolshevism means death]
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Maker: Safis, Johannes Vereinigung zur Bekampfung des Bolscheivismus [Alliance to Combat Bolshevism] Unknown
Post First World War German anti-bolshevist poster issued by Vereinigung zur Bekampfung des Bolscheivismus [Alliance to Combat Bolshevism] c.1919. The poster features the image of a skeleton, encased ...ARTV00131
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Would you stand by while a bushfire raged?
Art
Maker: Weston, Harry J NSW Recruiting Committee and Win the War League Unknown
First World War recruiting poster depicting a 'Cornstalk' or typical farmer in the foreground, calmly walking away from a scene in which men are desperately attempting to try and extinguish a grass fi...ARTV00148