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Be Deadly - NORFORCE
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Maker: Albert, Tony
In 2012 Tony Albert became the Australian War Memorial's first official war artist to be attached to the Army's Regional Surveillance Force North West Mobile Unit (NORFORCE). 'I saw the recruits as ev...ART94987
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Bombs on Lae strip
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Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of an aerial attack of bombs falling on Lae airfield during a straf by Australian Beaufighters. Japanese bombers are burning on the ground, Lae, New Guinea, 1943.ART25024
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Death dive
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Maker: Norton, Frank
A view of the upper part of the ship HMAS 'WESTRALIA', including the mast and rigging, as a Kamikaze plane attacks from above. The plane is white and showers of sparks and gunfire tear through the nig...ART24231
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Diggers in the South Pacific
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Maker: McLaren, Gus
A four-panel mural painting for the 2/9th Australian General Hospital recreational hut for the amusement of the patients. This panel depicts six vignettes of diggers in the South Pacific. A group of s...ART27775.003
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Extraordinary incident
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Depicts a Japanese Zero being shot down by an Australian Wirraway, Pilot Officer J. S. Archer of No. 4 Army Co-Operational Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. The Wirraway was on a reconnaissance f...ART22743
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"FULL AUTO"!
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Maker: Gray, Malcolm Neil Forsythe
A drawing by VX124920 Sergeant Malcolm Neil Forsythe Gray, 112 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment that depicts the actions of a Bofors gun crew during a Japanese air raid near Darwin.AWM2021.831.4
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Gaps in Hon. ranks
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Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
A cartoon depicting a Japanese general speaking to his troops. Not all of his troops have returned from bombing Darwin, as shown by gaps in the line-up.ART92362
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Hudsons over Oro Bay
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Depicting an incident which happened whilst the artist was sitting on the beach at Oro Bay. Two Hudson's of the Royal Australian Air Force had taken off from Dobodura, with wounded and sick for genera...ART21695
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Japanese wrecks, Sentani, Dutch New Guinea
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Maker: Green, Douglas Allan
Two wrecked Japanese army aircraft at the Sentani airstrip, Sentani, Dutch New Guinea. In the foreground is a Nakajima Ki-049 bomber known as "Helen" and in the background a Kawasaki Ki-48 bomber know...ART92692
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not titled [Bofors gun pit]
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Maker: Gray, Malcolm Neil Forsythe
A drawing by VX124920 Sergeant Malcolm Neil Forsythe Gray, 112 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment that depicts the actions of a Bofors gun crew during a Japanese air raid near Darwin.AWM2021.831.1
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OO! Look! Rockets!
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Maker: Hall, Alan
A group of sketches depicting responses and reactions to Japanese kamikaze attacks. The artist Alan Hall (1919-1979) enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During...ART93335
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Ordinary Seaman Edward Sheean, HMAS 'Armidale'
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Maker: Marsh, Dale
Depicts the figure of Ordinary Seaman Edward Sheean, HMAS 'Armidale' from back half prone on deck at stern of ship dressed only in shorts and boots, a wound on his right thigh, firing an Oerlikon anti...ART28160
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Sketch at end of Turnbull Strip
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
A red sandy beach with two palm trees to the left and mountains in the distance marks the place of the Japanese landing at Milne Bay, New Guinea.ART26113
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The attack
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Maker: Senbergs, Jan
Jan Senbergs collaborated with Col Madigan, one of the Armidale survivors to create this work which forms part of a series of ten paintings depicting the sinking of HMAS Armidale on 1 December 1942. H...ART91493
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Two wrecked Japanese planes
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
After the capture of Lae in September 1943, allied forces repaired the bomb damaged airfield located in the centre of the city. Mainwaring depicts two Japanese aircraft pushed off the edge of the stri...ART21226
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Zero attacking airstrip
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
A Japanese Zero air attack on an airstrip at Milne Bay, New Guinea.ART23711
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Zero, Lake Sentani airstrip, Dutch New Guinea
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Maker: Green, Douglas Allan
Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft, known generally as 'Zero', on the Lake Sentani airstrip, Sentani, Dutch New Guinea. The aircraft depicted is not actually the more well known Navy 'Zero' but a Imperi...ART92701
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Zero, Lake Sentani airstrip, Dutch New Guinea; verso: Study for 'Zero, Lake Sentani airstrip, Dutch New Guinea'
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Maker: Green, Douglas Allan
Japanese army aircraft, known generally as "Zero", on the Lake Sentani airstrip, Sentani, Dutch New Guinea. It is a Nakajima Ki-43 bomber known as "Oscar". The fuselage in the background appears to be...ART92716