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A battle day photograph taken during the attack by the Australian and American troops at Hamel. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A battle day photograph taken during the attack by the Australian and American troops at Hamel. Hamel Wood is seen in the background on the left. Two parachutes can be seen just previously dropped fro...E03840
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1918-08. A BRITISH OBSERVATION BALLOON FALLING IN FLAMES AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY GERMAN AIRMEN, ...
Photograph
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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Aerial drop in Vietnam
Film
Caribou transport aircraft of No 35 Squadron, RAAF supported by Iroquois helicopters of No 9 Squadron RAAF rushed urgently needed supplies to the First Australian Task Force who were on a search and d...F02718
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Airman
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray Battaglia & Co, Milan, Italy
An airman from the Second World War wearing full flying kit, (flying suit and helmet) and carrying his parachute over his shoulder.ART40978
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Airman (pattern)
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray
Figure of an airman in uniform, carrying a parachute. This sculpture was created as a souvenir for sale through the Australian War Memorial. There is a large scale version of this sculpture in the N...ART90972
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Airmen and gear (Flying Officer Skinner and Flying Officer Harold Rowell)
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Depicts Flying Officer Skinner and 406958 Flying Officer Harold M Rowell, both of No 22 Squadron RAAF, preparing for air attack, May 1943 at Ward's Drome.ART21709
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Air supply drop Malaya
Film
Maker: RAAF Public Relations
RAAF transport support flight operating out of Butterworth air base, Malaya, drops food and medical supplies to Malaysian police outposts and Malaya villagers. This item shows loading of stores into C...F02739
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Air Support: Qantas Empire Airways
Art
Maker: Jardine, Walter Lacy Qantas W.M Brooks & Co. Ltd
Second World War propaganda poster designed for QANTAS by leading Australian commercial artist Walter Jardine. The image is a depiction of Australian soldiers and a Papua New Guinean in the valley of ...ARTV05158
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Aitape, New Guinea. Lord and Lady Wakehurst accompanied by Lady Blamey, paid an official visit to ...
Photograph
Maker: Fitzpatrick, Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim)
Aitape, New Guinea. Lord and Lady Wakehurst accompanied by Lady Blamey, paid an official visit to troops in the operational area of Aitape. Lord Wakehurst (standing, centre), Governor of New South Wal...018326
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ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-11. AN UNEXPLODED PARACHUTE BOMB HANGS SUSPENDED FROM A TREE ...
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ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-11. AN UNEXPLODED PARACHUTE BOMB HANGS SUSPENDED FROM A TREE NEAR THE ALEXISHAFEN NO.1 AIRSTRIP. TWO SIMILAR BOMBS WERE DISCOVERED SUSPENDED FROM TREES IN THE AREA. TH...073137
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A local man and his son watch Private (Pte) G. Wheeler and Pte K. Wilson, Members of Headquarters ...
Photograph
A local man and his son watch Private (Pte) G. Wheeler and Pte K. Wilson, Members of Headquarters Supply Depot Company. The two men are fastening a parachute on top of a "Storpedo" after Australian Co...093974
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American airmen rescued
Film
Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
American airman rescued with parachute from sea. Rescue craft races across to aircraft to rescue crew from coral reef.F01266
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Ammunition parachute used by 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force at Vaire Wood : 13 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Small brown-dyed cotton parachute made from eleven panels, each joined by a vertical rib. At the base of each rib is a brass eyelet to which is tied a length of twisted hemp twine; there are twelve le...RELAWM11629
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AN ARMY EXERCISE WAS CARRIED OUT TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF RATIONING TROOPS FROM THE AIR. THE ...
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AN ARMY EXERCISE WAS CARRIED OUT TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF RATIONING TROOPS FROM THE AIR. THE FIELD TROOPS WERE THE 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, COMMANDED BY BRIGADIER D. A. WHITEHEAD DSO MC, TH...052989
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An unidentified officer entering the basket of an observation balloon prior to ascending near ...
Photograph
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
An unidentified officer entering the basket of an observation balloon prior to ascending near Ypres. Note the 'SJ' on the parachute harness that the officer is wearing.E01175
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A parachute, used as an ammunition carrier, caught in the trees at Vaire Wood, during the Battle ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A parachute, used as an ammunition carrier, caught in the trees at Vaire Wood, during the Battle of Hamel on 4 July 1918, when the supply of ammunition to the infantry by means of parachutes was a fea...E03845
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A parachute used to deliver ammunition to front-line troops by RFC/RAF units from mid-1918. This ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A parachute used to deliver ammunition to front-line troops by RFC/RAF units from mid-1918. This type of parachute was used by 3 Squadron AFC, who dropped supplies during the Battle of Amiens in Augus...P09378.012
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A RAAF TRAINEE HAS HIS PARACHUTE ADJUSTED BY A LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BEFORE A FLIGHT IN A ...
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Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
A RAAF TRAINEE HAS HIS PARACHUTE ADJUSTED BY A LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BEFORE A FLIGHT IN A DEHAVILLAND TIGER MOTH. (PHOTOGRAPHER C. BOTTOMLEY)002297/01
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A RAAF TRAINEE HAS HIS PARACHUTE ADJUSTED BY A LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BEFORE A FLIGHT IN A ...
Photograph
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
A RAAF TRAINEE HAS HIS PARACHUTE ADJUSTED BY A LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN BEFORE A FLIGHT IN A DEHAVILLAND TIGER MOTH. (PHOTOGRAPHER C. BOTTOMLEY)002297
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ARCHERFIELD, QLD? C.1941. PROBABLY AERO DELIVERY TRIALS USING PARACHUTE STORES. (ORIGINAL HOUSED ...
Photograph
ARCHERFIELD, QLD? C.1941. PROBABLY AERO DELIVERY TRIALS USING PARACHUTE STORES. (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE)P00264.007