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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
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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
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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
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Aisne Area, France. 1918-08-13. A French Army soldier at Coyolles shows the difference between a ...
Photograph
Aisne Area, France. 1918-08-13. A French Army soldier at Coyolles shows the difference between a German Army anti-tank rifle, on the right, and the French Army soldiers' rifle. (Donor French Governmen...H04456
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Aisne Area, France. c. 1917. A French soldier in a well sandbagged position at Pontaury using a ...
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Aisne Area, France. c. 1917. A French soldier in a well sandbagged position at Pontaury using a rifle fitted with a periscopic sight. (Donor French Government)H04465
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ALDERSHOT, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND. CA EARLY 1917. GROUP PORTRAIT OF PARTICIPANTS IN A TRAINING COURSE ...
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ALDERSHOT, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND. CA EARLY 1917. GROUP PORTRAIT OF PARTICIPANTS IN A TRAINING COURSE AT THE COMMAND BOMBING SCHOOL. THIRD FROM RIGHT, STANDING, LANCE CORPORAL ROBERT CHARLES SWANN OF THE ...P00276.015
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ALDERSHOT, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND. CA EARLY 1917. GROUP PORTRAIT OF SOME PARTICIPANTS IN A TRAINING ...
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ALDERSHOT, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND. CA EARLY 1917. GROUP PORTRAIT OF SOME PARTICIPANTS IN A TRAINING COURSE AT THE COMMAND BOMBING SCHOOL. 5TH FROM LEFT: LANCE CORPORAL ROBERT CHARLES SWANN OF THE 6TH CITY...P00276.016
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A man
Art
Maker: Nicholas, Hilda Rix
'The First World War left indelible scars on Hilda Rix Nicholas's psyche and her painting 'A man' is imbued with that experience. Rix Nicholas chose a returned serviceman as the model for 'A man'. But...ART19613
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Among the poppies
Art
Maker: Boyd, Penleigh
The crumpled body of a young fallen soldier lying near a tree amongst a tangle of poppies. He lies with arms outstretched, his slouch hat and rifle abandoned on the grass beside him. This work is one ...ART50232
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An appeal from the Dardanelles: will they never come?
Art
Maker: Hannan, Jim State Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Mason, Firth & McCutcheon, Pty. Ltd
Recruiting poster produced by the State Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in Victoria. This poster was described by 'The Argus' on the 5th July 1915 as 'the first recruiting poster produced in Austra...ARTV07583
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An Australian rifle which was destroyed when hit by a high explosive shell.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
An Australian rifle which was destroyed when hit by a high explosive shell.P09381.008
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An unidentified Australian soldier launching a rifle-grenade. An adaptor is attached to his ...
Photograph
Maker: Downes, Harry
An unidentified Australian soldier launching a rifle-grenade. An adaptor is attached to his rifle. One of a series of images in an album relating to the wartime service of Lieutenant Harry Downes MC M...P10688.025.007
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An unidentified Australian soldier reloading his rifle on a small, sheltered area of Pope's Hill. ...
Photograph
Maker: Gardiner, George Guyatt
An unidentified Australian soldier reloading his rifle on a small, sheltered area of Pope's Hill. There are two other rifles with bayonets attached leaning against the ground in this position, one of ...P05382.005
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An unidentified soldier operating a periscope rifle in a trench on the Apex, September 1915.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
An unidentified soldier operating a periscope rifle in a trench on the Apex, September 1915.C02420
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Assisting Queensland's patriotic day
Art
Maker: Templeton, P S Queensland Public Service A J Cumming, Government Printer
This early recruitment poster published by the Queensland government is a direct reference to Australia's involvement in the Dardanelles campaign. A kangaroo, dressed in the uniform of an Australian p...ARTV00150
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At Sea, 1916. AIF Heavy Artillery Reinforcements who won the rifle drill competition on board ...
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At Sea, 1916. AIF Heavy Artillery Reinforcements who won the rifle drill competition on board Troopship Aeneas (A60) during a voyage from Melbourne to Plymouth, England, from 3 October to 19 November ...H13868
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Aussie leaning on his rifle
Art
Maker: Williamson, Garnet Angus
Depicts a sketch of an Australian soldier leaning on his rifle.ART03573
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Australian Light Horse
Art
Maker: Pugh, Clifton
Australian light horseman with plumed hat carrying a rifle mounted on his horse against a red background containing white crosses. The horse's rib cage is exposed and there is a bandage on its left le...ART91983
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A voice from Anzac
Art
Depicts two ghostly figures of soldiers seated on a rock in front of Anzac Beach at Gallipoli. The soldier hold their rifles and look wistfully and melancholically out towards the viewer. They are bat...ART19662
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Behind the periscope rifle demonstrating its function is 1066 Sergeant William Charles Bullock ...
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Behind the periscope rifle demonstrating its function is 1066 Sergeant William Charles Bullock Beech. Others pictured are unidentified. This appears to be the "factory on the beach" recorded in the Of...P00600.001
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Berthier Mle 07/15 Rifle : Greek Army
Technology
Berthier Model 1907/15 bolt action rifle. Blued steel action engraved Chatellerault Mle 1907-15 on the left side. One piece wooden stock with a single barrel band and an end cap that incorporates a st...REL/02159
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Berthier Modele 1916 Rifle : French Army
Technology
Berthier Model 1916 bolt action rifle. Polished bolt and a blued action engraved on the left side St Etienne Mle M.16. It has a one piece full length wooden stock and top hand guard with a stacking lu...REL/05766
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Bomber
Art
Maker: Gilbert, Charles Web Gregory, E J
Depicts an Infantryman in uniform about to throw a Mills bomb grenade. Bronze cast 1936, Melbourne, from plaster cast 1921, Melbourne.ART09832
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BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND. C. 1915. THE RIFLE RANGE AT THE BRISBANE EXHIBITION CAMP.
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BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND. C. 1915. THE RIFLE RANGE AT THE BRISBANE EXHIBITION CAMP.H02214
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British intelligence and instructional papers relating to James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1915-1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown Various
British intelligence and instructional papers relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant-Colonel James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1915-1917. This file is comprised of British intelligence and...AWM2018.785.68
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British military pamphlets relating to James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1916-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown
British military pamphlets relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant-Colonel James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1916-1918. This file contains: Pamphlet titled 'General Instructions for the O...AWM2018.785.74
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Burnt remains of Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III (SMLE) Rifle : ANZAC Ordnance Depot, North Beach, Gallipoli
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield No I Mk III (SMLE) Rifle. Woodwork burnt off, bolt and rear sight missing. Part of the trigger guard magazine plate has broken off. Manufacturer marks unreadable and serial ...RELAWM00431
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CA 1917?. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEN OF 'E' COMPANY OF THE 1ST/6TH CITY OF LONDON RIFLES. ROBERT ...
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CA 1917?. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEN OF 'E' COMPANY OF THE 1ST/6TH CITY OF LONDON RIFLES. ROBERT CHARLES SWANN IS STANDING FAR LEFT, 2ND BACK ROW BELOW X.P00276.017
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Cameleer
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie
Camel and rider, standard issue saddlery and uniform, Sinai-Palestine campaign.ART12563
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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, 1900. SKIRMISH DRILL, NEW SOUTH WALES MOUNTED RIFLES. (ORIGINAL ...
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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, 1900. SKIRMISH DRILL, NEW SOUTH WALES MOUNTED RIFLES. (ORIGINAL STEREOGRAPHIC IMAGE HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE) (ANOTHER COPY AT P0044/72/03)A05235
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Carcano Model 91 Rifle
Technology
Carcano Model 91 bolt action rifle. Breech stamped TURIN and the serial number. The butt has a hexagon arsenal stamp with FABBA D'ARMI DE TERNI 17 surrounding a crown over a shield with a cross and un...REL/02158
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Carcano M1891 Rifle : Italian Army
Technology
Maker: Fabbrica d'Armi Terni
Carcano Model 1891 bolt action rifle. Barrel knox form stamped 17 TERNI and the serial number. The butt has the Terni arsenal stamp and the serial number. The butt of the stock has some water damage f...REL/05756
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C.1903. A studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Leslie C. Maygar VC DSO. Lt Maygar was the first ...
Photograph
C.1903. A studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Leslie C. Maygar VC DSO. Lt Maygar was the first Victorian to be awarded the Victoria Cross. He won his VC at Geelhoutboom in South Africa on 1901-11-23 se...P01285.002
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Chailak Dere, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 1915. It was in this gully that the Mounted Rifles ...
Photograph
Maker: Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
Chailak Dere, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 1915. It was in this gully that the Mounted Rifles were seriously blocked by an enemy trench on the night of 6/7 August 1915. The barbed wire in front of it ...G01155
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Chailak Dere, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 1915. Near the apex of the centre point, a little on ...
Photograph
Maker: Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
Chailak Dere, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 1915. Near the apex of the centre point, a little on the left, was situated a Turkish trench which seriously blocked the advance of the Mounted Rifles on the...G01153
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Chinese Labour Corps
Art
Depicts a double row of Chinese laborers walking through a street in the French village of Coisy. A soldier stands in front of the Chinese men. George Courtney Benson (1886-1960) was a painter and mur...ART00135
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CODFORD, SALISBURY PLAIN, ENGLAND. 1918. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS MAKING USE OF THE YMCA SOUP KITCHEN ...
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CODFORD, SALISBURY PLAIN, ENGLAND. 1918. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS MAKING USE OF THE YMCA SOUP KITCHEN AT THE RIFLE RANGE.H01171
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Collection of First World War negatives purchased from Eric Keast Burke (Keast Burke)
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Members of the No 9 station (known as Sweet's column) between Khanikan and Quizil Robat. The rear half of the wireless wagon, receiving and purely wireless instruments. The front limber contains engin...J02073
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Collection relating to 81 Staff Sergeant Major William Hopkins 'Hop' James 1st Light Horse Regiment
Photograph
Maker: James, William Hopkin
Members of 1st Light Horse Regiment in a trench preparing to attack Turkish forces located 50 yards away. One of a series of photographs from an album relating to the service of Lieutenant William Hop...P12050.037.002
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Collection relating to 81 Staff Sergeant Major William Hopkins 'Hop' James 1st Light Horse Regiment
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
81 Staff Sergeant Major (SSM) William Hopkin 'Hop' James, 1st Light Horse Regiment, aiming his rifle during a practice drill. SSM James was promoted to Lieutenant (Lt) in October 1916 and was awarded ...P12050.018.002
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Collection relating to the service of Clifton Wilson
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Members of the Australian Army Rifle Team on range. One of the team is Lieutenant Clifton Wilson MM, 10th Field Company Engineers.P09135.002
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Collection relating to the service of Clifton Wilson
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Signed group portrait of members of the Australian Army Rifle Team. Signatures include: Wm W King; H B Ogilvie; H White; George F S Lee; Wm Gribble; Clifton Wilson; Chas Edwards; Stan Edwards; W Keith...P09135.003
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Come!
Art
Maker: Unknown Unknown William Brooks & Co. Ltd
An Australian First World War recruitment poster . This design is a good example of a simple message combined with an straightforward image, which recruiting authorities believed characterised the mos...ARTV01122
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Coming back from Passchendaele
Art
Depicts a group of weary Australian soldiers from either the 2nd or 3rd Australian Division walking along the road in Passchendaele. The soldiers are carrying personal and military equipment, one has ...ART02255
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2585 Corporal Ernest Lionel Bailey, 51st Battalion and later Australian Corps Salvage AIF, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
2585 Corporal Ernest Lionel Bailey, 51st Battalion and later Australian Corps Salvage AIF, tagging battlefield trophies for the Australian War Museum at the Hoograaf Collecting Depot. The battlefield ...E01085
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Correspondence from Henry Miller Lanser to his family, 1914-1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Lanser, Henry Miller
Correspondence relating to the First World War service of 712 Second Lieutenant Henry Miller Lanser, 1st Australian Infantry Battalion, 20 August 1914 - 16 June 1916. In this collection of correspond...AWM2018.19.19
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Daylight raid, France
Art
Depicted here is a raiding party incident during occupation of Strazeele Front by Australian 1st Division at Strazeele, Lys Area, Western Front. Winter was well and truly over when April arrived in ...ART03384
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Dead beat
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
A solitary soldier sits in the middle of the Somme landscape with his knees drawn up to his chin; his rifle and pack lay on his left side as he stares out into the distance across the solitary and bar...ART94231
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Dead figures writhe and beckon in my dream
Art
Maker: Pugh, Clifton
Dead figures writhe and beckon in my dream, one with AIF badge and emu plume, officers' swords, rifle, corpse, hands, arms and barbed wire, against background of cliffs.ART29537
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Death of Second Lieutenant N J Greig 12 July 1915
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
This work was commissioned from the artist for 250 pounds. The subject is the death of Second Lieutenant N J Greig of the 7th Battalion who was killed on 12 July 1915 at Gallipoli. CEW Bean suggested ...ART02191