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Airman
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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)
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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)
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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 Support: Qantas Empire Airways
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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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Attack with me says Potato Pete
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food Unknown
British Second World War Ministry of Food poster. The poster depicts the cartoon character Potato Pete as a parachutist. Potato Pete was a character created to advertise the use of potatoes in the pla...ARTV07940
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2/1 Australian Infantry Battalion positions
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Maker: Dargie, William
On a spur overlooking the airstrip at Rethymnon (or Retimo) showing the mountains to the south east. Very bitter fighting between an Australian infantry battalion and the German parachutists took plac...ART24056
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2/4 Australian Infantry Battalion positions at near Alikarnassos
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Maker: Dargie, William
The Australian positions were on extreme top right of picture, the meteorological station at hight point at left. In the depression running up the centre of the scene was a cornfield in which the Germ...ART24048
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British positions near the air-strip, Iraklion
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Maker: Dargie, William
Sketched at the town of Iraklion, also known as Heraklion. Showing the positions of the 14th (British) Infantry Brigade during the attack on the airfield by German parachutists and glider-borne troops...ART24045
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Captain Henry Nicholls
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Captain Henry William Nicholls MC (NX15737) 'Z' Special Unit (formerly of 1st Australian Parachute Battalion and 2/1st Australian Pioneer Battalion). Served in Benghazi and Tobruk, ...ART24249
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[Details of a parachute pack]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts the details of the padding, strapping and bag of a parachute pack, used by airmen during the Second World War. On the verso is a study of a parachute clip. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), k...ART96444
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Down through the night
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
The pilot of a stricken aircraft who has just bailed out. Having exited head-first out of the escape hatch, he is free falling in the glare of searchlights. His right hand grips the rip cord handle r...ART22192
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Fighter pilot
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Maker: Ewers, Ray Gregory, E J
Figure of an airman wearing shorts and carrying a parachute. This sculpture of a fighter pilot was commissioned in late 1948 and cast in 1952. It is a larger version of a statuette, 'Airman' (ART909...ART40997
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German paratroopers flight to Crete
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Maker: Winters, Michael
Within a plane flying over Crete German paratroopers sit and await their fate, around them swirls a dark spectre of death.ART92804
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Greek Caique in Iraklion harbour
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Maker: Dargie, William
Iraklion is also known as Heraklion in the Official War History, the airfield there was strongly defended by the 14th (British) Infantry Brigade, to which 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion was attac...ART24046
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Gunner (Sergeant Frank Craig) with parachute harness
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of Sergeant Frank Craig from the Royal Australian Air Force, Bombing and Air Gunnery School, wearing a parachute harness. Hele was serving as a private in the AIF, when in January 1941 he was...ART25891
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High or low. You can go places in today's scientific army
Art
Maker: Unknown
This Australian Army recruitment poster relates directly to the re-establishment of the defence forces into the Pentropic Division of organisation. The Pentropic Division was formally announced and i...ARTV10128
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Incident in which Flight Sergeant Rawdon Middleton [VC] lost his life
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Maker: Smith, David T.
This eerie scene depicts the final moments of Middleton's life. Despite the painting being based on a true story, Smith has evoked an unreal modernist seascape. The falling parachutes of the survivin...ART27538
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It's the finish that counts...
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry for Aircraft Production stressing the importance of smooth finishes during aircraft production to ensure aircraft reach their full speed capacity...ARTV01580
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It's the Finish That Counts
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry for Aircraft Production stressing the importance of smooth finishes during aircraft production to ensure aircraft reach their full speed capacity...ARTV03479
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left: Not titled [food queue]; right: Wonder which the P.O.W's want drop't first
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
left image: Australian prisoners of war stand in a queue waiting to be served food. right image: View of two helicopter pilots sitting in a cockpit with beer and parachutes as cargo. The captions jok...ART90380
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Looking towards the lines, Somme Valley
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Watercolour sketch depicting a graveyard with the Somme Valley in the background and parachutes in the skyline. The two crosses in the left hand corner of the work mark the graves of two Australian so...ART03058
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Not titled, TASS No. 756, 23 June 1943
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Maker: Kukryniksy Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS)
A Russian propaganda poster created under the TASS news agency, this image depicts the Fascist leader Benito Mussolini sitting in a boot, representing Italy, that is attached to a damaged hot air ball...ARTV07494
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Parachutes in the drying Shed
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Whenever practical, parachutes were dried out of doors, but wetness of climate necessitated construction of special drying sheds in which the parachutes were hung. Pictured, the canvas buckets are on ...ART21434
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Parachute store, No 31 Squadron, Morotai
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Maker: Thake, Eric
Royal Australian Air Force, No 31 Squadron, parachute store, Morotai. From a sketch done one rainy night at 31 Squadron Camp, Morotai.ART26789
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[Pilot in deckchair]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Recto:Man relaxing in a deck chair Verso:Man with a pack Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Peter and Elizabeth Pidgeon in memory of William Edwin Pidgeon 2014ART96547
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Pilot with parachute, winter gear
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian pilot wearing winter gear, carrying a parachute, RAAF Station, Port Pirie, South Australia.ART25966
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RAAF Pilots Headquarters
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
The Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) Pilots Headquarters on the beach at Wewak, New Guinea. A parachute has been used to create an awning under which a personnel member stands nude enjoying a drink; t...ART29910
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Refolding parachutes for Kai-Bombers
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The store of 43 Field Ordinance Depot, in which the parachutes for supply dropping are stored and refolded. Two long tables are used for each parachute, a broad one on which the actual folding is done...ART22480
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Shipping at the wharf in Suda Bay
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Maker: Dargie, William
As seen from Suda village. The 2/2nd and 2/3rd Australian Field Regiments held positions on the outskirts of Suda during the German parachutists attack. Suda figures prominently in the defence of Cret...ART24067
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The Battle of Retimo
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Maker: Jones, Vernon
This painting depicts the Battle of Retimo in Crete. A large part of the Allied force evacuated from Greece at the end of April 1941 was disembarked on Crete in order that the ships could return quick...ART27776
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The Fight for Freedom Exhibition is Coming
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Maker: Unknown
Little is known about this all-text Second World War poster. It aims to promote an exhibition called "Fight for Freedom" and judging by the nature of the items in the exhibition as described on the po...ARTV02311.002
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The "Fight for Freedom" Exhibition is Coming
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Maker: Unknown
Little is known about this all-text Second World War poster. It aims to promote an exhibition called "Fight for Freedom" and judging by the nature of the items in the exhibition as described on the po...ARTV02311.001
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The incident for which Flight Sergeant Middleton was awarded the Victoria Cross
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Maker: Turner, Charles R.
This work shows the incident for which Flight Sergeant Middleton was awarded the Victoria Cross. A Liberator ploughs into the ocean, as two parachutes float in the background. Middleton was awarded th...ART26707
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The sigs go into action!
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
A cartoon drawing of a group of soldiers running for shelter in a bunker while the war rages overhead.ART29864
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Three of ours down
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Maker: Kearton, William Frederick
Depicts three Australian soldiers standing in the right corner of the image on the edge of a verdant landscape. A large plume of smoke emanates from a wreckage nearby. In the sky, a zeppelin is in fla...ART93359.009
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View from 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion positions, near Alikarnassos
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Positions held by the Battalion when it was attached to 14th (British) Infantry Brigade in the defence of Heraklion in May 1941 against the German glider-borne and parachute troops. The picture shows ...ART24037
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View looking S.E from 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion positions near Alikarnassos
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Showing landing areas of parachutists and glider-borne troops during the German invasion of Crete in May 1941. The landings were made in the middle distance.ART24049
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View of Iraklion air-strip
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Iraklion is described in the Official War History as Heraklion. View of the airfield as seen from the east. The 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion, while attached to the 14th (British) Infantry Briga...ART24047
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Warrant Officer Francis Gould
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of A414671 Warrant Francis Harrison Gould, pilot, No 134 Squadron Royal Air Force, shown carrying his parachute and oxygen mask out to his plane, Ratnap, India.ART23156
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Watch out on the Rhine
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Maker: Mahony, Will
This cartoon comments on the airborne invasion of Holland and Operation Market Garden. In September 1944 the German occupation of Holland and Germany itself, represented in this cartoon by Hitler with...ART94325
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Where Our Men Are Fighting Our Food Is Fighting: Food Workers Are Key Workers
Art
Maker: Commonwealth Food Control
Australian Second World War poster. The poster states 'food workers are key workers'. During the Second World War, food was a vital commodity. This poster emphasises the importance of Australian food ...ARTV02125