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Wrecked M.E 109
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Maker: Dargie, William
A German Messerschmitt aircraft brought down near a mine field in the Western Desert, Libya.ART22052
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Wrecked oil tank, Balikpapan
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Maker: Newton, Max
This work depicts a destroyed oil tank in Balikpapan within a landscape. Max (Thomas Maxwell) Newton enlisted with the AIF. He was seconded to the RAAF War History Section as an Official War Artist in...ART26808
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Wrecked radio station, Dili
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Maker: Bush, Charles
This radio station was taken by Australians when the Dutch-Australian Force landed at Dili in 1941. It was later wrecked by Allied aircraft during the Japanese occupation.ART26345
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Wrecked ships, Tobruk
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Maker: Norton, Frank
To date there are 48 known wrecks in this harbour, including the old Italian battleship "San Georgia", Italian destroyers, merchantmen, tugs and lighters. Many allied vessels rest on the bottom. On th...ART26962
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Wrecked truck
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
An overturned and wrecked truck on the ground in North Africa.ART90270
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[Writing home]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Soldiers seated at wooden tables writing letters. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Peter and Elizabeth Pidgeon in memory of William Edwin Pidgeon 2014ART96432
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[Writing home]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Two studies of soldiers writing home. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Peter and Elizabeth Pidgeon in memory of William Edwin Pidgeon 2014ART96433
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Writing home
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Maker: Dargie, William
An Australian soldier sits on a crate and is writing a letter. He is wearing a tin helmet and his kit and rifle are next to him. A second Australian soldier sits in the background holding his rifle....ART22005
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Writing home [Salt, vol.7, no.2]
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Maker: Belcher, Douglas Leonard
Portrait of a soldier writing a letter home. This illustration was published in 'Salt', vol. 7, no. 2. 'Salt' was a small journal that informed and entertained Australian servicemen and women during t...ARTI04412
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Writing home [Salt, vol.4, no.8]
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Maker: Belcher, Douglas Leonard
Portrait of an Australian soldier poised in thought by candlelight as he writes a letter home. The soldier wears a hat with the rising sun badge visible on the brim. This illustration was published in...ARTI03901
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Ww the peoples of the United Nations...
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Maker: United Nations Information Organisation
Typographic poster produced for the United Nations bearing the Preamble the the Charter of the United Nations.ARTV01515
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'X' ammunition lobby, HMAS Hobart
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Mediterranean Sea; HMAS; Centre: Able Seaman (later Lieutenant) Graham P Russell (reading newspaper), other six men unidentified; view of barbette, situated directly beneath gun turret, shell hoist fo...ART21054
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X gun, 4" gun on HMAS Swan
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
One of the three 4-inch guns which form the main armament of this RAN Slooth. The designation "X" is derived from the breach mechanism of the mounting on "X" deck which in British naval ships is a rai...ART22298
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Xmas party in the Sergeant's Mess
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie recalled of this work, "The squadron has been stood down from operations. There is Australian and Canadian beer to be had, and the boys who are not teetotalers let themselves go".ART26134
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XVIB Looking South
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Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts an agricultural landscape with trees without leaves, possibly as seen from Oflag XVIB, the POW camp at Dossel in Germany. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. I...ART96066
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Yank engineers Bulk Store, 593rd Headquarters
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Maker: Friend, Donald
United States Army, 593 (Airborne) Engineers Regiment; campaign; buildings used for US Army bulk storeART23247
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'Yank' Larkin
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of 'Yank' Larkin, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942....ART91881
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Yarning at the water front
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Personnel of 1st Australian Water Transport Group are shown relaxing at the waterside near their camp at Clifton Garden, Sydney. Richard Ashton was appointed an official war artist to the Military Hi...ART23680
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Yauwila
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
Depicts a portrait of Yauwila, decorated for loyal service, New Guinea.ART23561
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25 Years of the U.S.S.R. and the Red Army
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Maker: Ministry of Information
British poster advertisment of an exhibition in 1943 marking the 25th Anniversary of the U.S.S.R. and the Soviet Red Army. The poster was produced by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Information on b...ARTV02260
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Ye Burma
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Maker: Korsch, John Donald
One of the dirty dilapidated huts as temporary accommodation for Australian and Allied prisoners of war, captured at Singapore, during their move from Tavoy to work in the Japanese railway project. Ap...ART28535.028
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Ye're see Les, its this way - I told my girl I'd be home even if I had to walk
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
One Australian soldier is pushing a wheel barrow, while the other sits in it, holding a suitcase and swag.ART90390
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Yer tellin' me
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Maker: Bowles, Leslie Gurney, Alex
Depicts the famed cartoon characters 'Bluey and Curley' from the series designed and created by Alex Gurney in 1943. During the Second World War, Bluey and Curley were synonymous with the male larriki...ART93936
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YMCA Darwin
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Maker: Baird, John
Gunner Alan Leslie Walker (NX67342), Cryptographer William Stuart Thomson (26388), Able seaman Cyril Samuel Healey (PA/V84), Driver E. Pratt and Signaller Neville Hugh Marshall (S6356) are depicted st...ART27880
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You are helping to win the war
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Maker: General Motors Holden
This Australian Second World War poster was produced by General Motors Holden (GMH) in 1941. The wholly text-based poster targets workshop workers. Specifically designed for General Motors Holden work...ARTV02140
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You are on War Work
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : THE ADMIRALTY, [N.D.] (LONDON : MULTI MACHINE PLATES FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE) The Admiralty Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster targeted for display within factories. The poster highlights that even the most menial of tasks contributes in a very important way to the overall production of war-rel...ARTV01538
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You Are on War Work
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Maker: Unknown The Admiralty H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster targeted for display within factories. The poster highlights that even the most menial of tasks contributes in a very important way to the overall production of war-rel...ARTV03441
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You are wanted too! Join the A.T.S
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Maker: A.C. Ltd
British Second World War Recruitment poster for the ATS. The ATS, or Auxiliary Territorial Service, was the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World War, with numbers reaching 65,000...ARTV00273
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You are wanted too! Join the A.T.S
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office A.C. Ltd
British Second World War Recruitment poster for the ATS. The ATS, or Auxiliary Territorial Service, was the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World War, with numbers reaching 65,000...ARTV01300
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"You betcha digger!"
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Maker: Millar, Ivan Geoffrey
Illustration published for the cover of the 1944 Army Christmas Book. Original illustration with editorial and publishing notes in the margin. Depicts two servicemen, one wears a tin helmet and a smil...ARTI03316
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You Can Help to Build Me a Ship: You Can Learn Quickly and You Will Be Working to Win
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Labour and National Service H.M. Stationery Office J. Weiner Ltd.
British Second World War poster produced to be displayed in factories. The poster depictings a Royal Navy sailor in the upper half pointing out at the viewer. The lower half of the poster contains tex...ARTV03500
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You Loose Miles of Rubber Every Time You Jam on Your Brakes!
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Supply H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
During the Second World War, to lighten the pressures of production for civil resources and thus allow greater resources to be pulled into war-related production, most governments around the world put...ARTV03404
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You love them fight for them: Join the A.I.F now!
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Maker: Unknown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
Australian Second World War recruitment poster features a woman against a light blue background holding her baby who is swaddled in a pink blanket. The image takes up the left half of the poster; on t...ARTV10106
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You love them, fight for them! Men and more men urgently wanted!
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Maker: Victorian State Recuiting Committee
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War Victorian recruitment poster. One of a series in a publicity campaigns featuring the slogan " You Love Them, Fight for Them" issued by the Stat...ARTV05258
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You love them, fight for them! Men and More Men Urgently Wanted!
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Maker: Unknown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War Victorian recruitment poster. One of a series of publicity campaigns featuring the slogan " You Love Them , Fight for Them" issued by the State...ARTV10074
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You love them, fight for them! [the whole state will join in an A.I.F. recruiting drive]
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Maker: Unknown Victorian State Recuiting Committee Unknown
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War Victorian recruitment poster. One of a series in a publicity campaign featuring the slogan " You Love Them , Fight for Them" issued by the Vict...ARTV04337
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You need foods from each group daily to keep you fighting fit
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food Fosh & Cross Ltd.
During the Second World War, perhaps the most far-reaching effect of the war was rationing, central to which was food. With a reduction in food supplies, it became necessary to educate the population ...ARTV02333
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You need to be tough in Changi
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Maker: Thompson, Bert
"Caricature of one of our surgeon[sic]. The patient has neuritic beri-beri and thus has no feeling of pain. The orderley[sic] has paralysis of the eyes due to diphtheria; he cannot open and cannot clo...ART32369
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Young English Lieutenant; verso: View north from above camp at Cairns
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
recto: A head portrait of an unidentified English Lieutenant, depicted from two different angles. verso: A view north from above the camp at Cairns is depictedART29919
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Young sappers; verso: not titled [three sketches of overcoats]
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Maker: Walker, Ralph
Three male, unidentified soldiers sit on a seat in a row, leaning against a wall made of wooden boards. Each figures wears a long overcoat, slouch hat and sits with his arms folded and gaze downcast;...ART29131
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Young soldier
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Head and shoulders portrait of a seated Australian soldier.ART29833
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Young soldiers; verso: not titled [two male soldiers]
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Maker: Walker, Ralph
Three male, unidentified soldiers are seated in a group, with some bushland behind them. Each is wearing shorts and boots, two figures are shirtless and each is wearing a tin hat. Verso: sketch of t...ART29139
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Young South Africans, from 16 to 19, prepare to serve South Africa
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Maker: Montgomery VOORTREKKERHOOGTE : YOUTH TRAINING BRIGADE, [N.D.]
South African recruitment poster in English and Afrikaans. During the Second World War, South Africa was plagued by a shortage of eligible men for military service. Its race-based policies limited rec...ARTV00098
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You P.O.W's are lucky blighters going home
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
A former prisoner of war is at the docks heading towards a transport vessel, when he passes a recently arrived Australian soldier, who says to him "you POWS are lucky blighters going home". The forme...ART90389
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Your battleship and her requirements..
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Maker: Army Information Branch NEW YORK : ARMY INFORMATION BRANCH, ARMY SERVICE FORCES, 1944 (WASHINGTON : U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING U.S. Government Printing Office
Second World War American United States Army poster depicting a large battleship steaming across over the surface of an American flag. The battleship is firing, with smoke and fire bellowing out from ...ARTV05887
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Your blood will save a life!
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Maker: Northfield, James AUSTRALIA : AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, [N.D.] (S.L. : F.W. NIVEN PTY)
Australian Red Cross poster urging civilians to donate blood to help save lives during the Second World War. The poster depicts a woman wearing a red shawl draped around her shoulders lying in a hospi...ARTV05055
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Your blood will save a life
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Maker: Northfield, James
Australian Red Cross poster urging civilians to donate blood to help save lives during the Second World War. The poster depicts a woman wearing a red shawl draped around her shoulders lying in a hospi...ARTV05054
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Your Books Are Wanted: For the Services, for Blitzed Libraries, for Salvage
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Maker: Unknown National Book Recovery and Salvage Appeal Greycaines Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
During the Second World War, many libraries, both public and private, were destroyed by bombings. This poster calls for people to donate their books to causes such as rebuilding the collections of des...ARTV03387
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Your country needs you! join the A.I.F now!
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Maker: Ternes Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces (AIF) Second World War recruiting poster. A black and white image of Winston Churchill 's head and left hand pointing toward the viewer dominates the majority o...ARTV07620