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  • Africa: Egypt (22)
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  • Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne (21)
  • Africa: South Africa, Cape Colony, Mafeking (20)
  • Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory (20)
  • Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Wagga Wagga, Kapooka (18)
  • Oceania: Australia, Western Australia (18)
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  • Europe: United Kingdom, England (16)
  • Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin (15)
  • Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Stuart Highway (15)
  • Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul (15)
  • Africa: Somalia (14)
  • Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island (13)
  • Middle East: French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon, Lebanon, Beirut Tripoli Area, Tripoli (13)
  • Asia: Borneo, Balikpapan (12)
  • Asia: Japan (12)
  • Asia: Japan, Nagano, Haramura (12)
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  • Africa: Egypt, Cairo (11)
  • Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk (11)
  • Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London (11)
  • Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine (11)
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  • Middle East: Syria (11)
  • Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Perth (11)
  • Africa: South Africa, Cape Colony, Cape Town (10)
  • Asia: Malaya (10)
  • Europe: Western Front (10)
  • Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae (10)
  • Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville (10)
  • Asia: Vietnam, Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat (9)
  • Europe: Germany (9)
  • Oceania: Australia, South Australia (9)
  • Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Herbertshohe (9)
  • Asia: Borneo, Tarakan (8)
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  • Main Bld: First World War Gallery: Western Front 1916: Weaponry (6)
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  • Main Bld: First World War Gallery: The Anzac Story: Gallipoli: The Grand Plan (1)
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  • Main Bld: Korea, Malaya & Indonesia Gallery: Lower Level: Malayan Emergency (1)
  • Main Bld: Korea, Malaya & Indonesia Gallery: Upper Level: RAR/Chinese (1)
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  • Gittoes, George Noel (17)
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  • Bush, Charles (9)
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  1. Able Seaman Jason Dolan, HMAS Kanimbla boarding team

    Art

    Maker: Miller, Lewis

    Portrait of Able Seaman Jason Dolan, part of the boarding team on HMAS Kanimbla. Dolan is seated, facing the viewer holding his rifle, Persian Gulf.

    ART92054

  2. ABLE SEAMAN R. A. RICKARD OF COTTESLOE, WA, FROM HMAS TAMWORTH, SHOULDERS A SHORT MAGAZINE LEE ...

    Photograph

    ABLE SEAMAN R. A. RICKARD OF COTTESLOE, WA, FROM HMAS TAMWORTH, SHOULDERS A SHORT MAGAZINE LEE ENFIELD MARK III RIFLE AS HE POSES WITH CONSTABLE MALLAWA OF THE CEYLON POLICE FORCE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL C...

    304680

  3. 1966. A COLT COMMANDO XM-177 RIFLE. THIS WEAPON IS A SHORTENED VERSION OF THE M16 AND WAS USED IN ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Prosper, Bruce Michael

    1966. A COLT COMMANDO XM-177 RIFLE. THIS WEAPON IS A SHORTENED VERSION OF THE M16 AND WAS USED IN VIETNAM EXTENSIVELY BY MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SPECIAL FORCES.

    P01268.018

  4. A conference held at the head office of the Frankfurt Red Cross Society, Frankfurt. This ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    A conference held at the head office of the Frankfurt Red Cross Society, Frankfurt. This conference was arranged for the purpose of assisting the English and Australian representatives to trace missin...

    J00177

  5. A day in the trenches

    Art

    Maker: Elliott, Dudley Marwood

    A small sketch of soldiers sleeping in a trench, surrounded by piles of supplies, clothing and their weapons. The drawing is by Lt. Dudley Marwood Elliott. He served with the 11th Battalion, Austral...

    ART09447.016

  6. Adelaide, Australia. March 1943. Soldiers receiving instruction in the corect use of the SMLE ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Halmarick, Colin Thomas

    Adelaide, Australia. March 1943. Soldiers receiving instruction in the corect use of the SMLE (Short, Magazine Lee Enfield) No. 1 Mk III* .303 rifle at the Infantry Training School at Victoria Park, n...

    030201/02

  7. Adelaide, Australia. March 1943. Soldiers receiving instruction in the corect use of the SMLE ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Halmarick, Colin Thomas

    Adelaide, Australia. March 1943. Soldiers receiving instruction in the corect use of the SMLE (Short, Magazine Lee Enfield) No. 1 Mk III* .303 rifle at the Infantry Training School at Victoria Park, n...

    030201/01

  8. ADELAIDE RIVER, N.T. AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-28. MEMBERS OF 5 AUSTRALIAN ADVANCED AMMUNITION DEPOT ...

    Photograph

    ADELAIDE RIVER, N.T. AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-28. MEMBERS OF 5 AUSTRALIAN ADVANCED AMMUNITION DEPOT UNLOADING 303 (RIFLE) AMMUNITION AT FIELD AMMUNITION DEPOT.

    027666

  9. A delayed action device, commonly called a drip rifle, invented by Lance Corporal William Charles ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)

    A delayed action device, commonly called a drip rifle, invented by Lance Corporal William Charles Scurry (later Captain W C Scurry MC DCM) of the 7th Battalion, AIF, for firing a rifle by means of wei...

    G01291

  10. Advance

    Art

    Maker: Hinder, Frank

    This work is indicative of Hinder's style, abstract and dynamic. During the war he was a camoufleur – a military camouflage artist – designing camouflage to disguise buildings, vehicles and equipment....

    ART29026

  11. Afghani boys watch as members of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, ? Marine Regiment, United States ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Dupont, Stephen

    Afghani boys watch as members of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, ? Marine Regiment, United States Marine Corps (USMC) carry out a search for weapons and suspected Taliban fighters, in and around houses i...

    P05353.025

  12. Afghanistan drawing no.2

    Art

    Maker: Sapper G.

    An Australian soldier wearing a hat for warmth is seated on a collapsable chair as he reads a pamphlet. His backpack is at his feet and his gun is located behind him.

    ART96004

  13. Afghanistan Drawing no.1

    Art

    Maker: Sapper G. Sapper G.

    Seated in the niche of a building, an Australian soldier looks down as he writes in a journal, his legs are crossed and he is deep in thought, he is surrounded by three weapons and his kit lays at his...

    ART96003

  14. Afghan war rug ('classic red' war rug)

    Art

    Maker: Unknown

    The 'classic red war rug' is a stylistically intricate rug, with a complex and dense design layout, using rich red, orange and green colours. The rug is dominated by images of Soviet weaponry, especia...

    ART92730

  15. Afghan war rug (Turkoman)

    Art

    Maker: Unknown

    A small Afghan war rug (Turkoman), depicting images of Soviet helicopters and mounted Afghan horseman carrying rifles. Turkoman rugs were originally produced by nomadic groups inhabiting western Turke...

    ART91933

  16. After a brief contact with a single Viet Cong (VC) fighter along a jungle trail in Phuoc Tuy ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Flynn, Sean L

    After a brief contact with a single Viet Cong (VC) fighter along a jungle trail in Phuoc Tuy Province during Operation Ingham, an unidentified patrol leader (holding radio handset, left) of 6th Battal...

    P05565.029

  17. After losing his house and belongings to a random act of arson at Comora, a young man is ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Parker, David Dare

    After losing his house and belongings to a random act of arson at Comora, a young man is comforted by an Australian soldier, armed with a Steyr F88 assault rifle, outside the location of Prime Ministe...

    P05381.002

  18. After losing his house and belongings to a random act of arson at Comora, a young man voices his ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Parker, David Dare

    After losing his house and belongings to a random act of arson at Comora, a young man voices his discontent outside the location of Prime Minister Alkatiri's party meeting and press conference. Two un...

    P05381.008

  19. After the battle, 1918

    Art

    Maker: Macqueen, Kenneth

    Unidentified location showing the aftermath of a battle. Soldiers lay deceased with the rifles bayonneted into the ground next to them. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts P...

    ART93957

  20. After the students of the 3rd Division Jungle Training School successfully assaulted and captured ...

    Photograph

    Maker: McInnes, Geoffrey

    After the students of the 3rd Division Jungle Training School successfully assaulted and captured Bivouac Knoll, they consolidated their positions in preparation for a counter-attack. Portrait of QX5...

    065369

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Treloar Crescent

Campbell ACT 2612

Australia

 

Opening Hours

10 am to 5 pm daily (except Christmas Day)

 

In preparation for the daily Last Post Ceremony,

galleries are progressively closed from 4 pm.

 

Public entrance via Fairbairn Avenue, Campbell ACT 2612

Book your ticket to visit: awm.gov.au/visit

 


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