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Anti-aircraft gun and enemy bombers
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
An incident on the Beirut - Damour Road. Anti-aircraft gun in action against enemy planes. Allied naval vessels are in the distance. Banana, prickly pear and olive trees were the chief form of vegetat...ART30055
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Anywhere along the coast road
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts two graves, which are designated by small white crosses in the shadow of three poplar trees. In the background lies a town which has a mosque. This is part of his Syrian series painted in 19...ART30058
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Arthur Benton
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Arthur Benton, 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....ART91850
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Bill Le Fevre
Art
Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Bill LeFevre, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C', 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942. Le Fevre...ART91870
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Bill Officer
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Bill Officer, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Tripoli and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942. Of...ART91856
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Bill Tolliday
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Bill Tolliday, 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....ART91876
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Bill Weir
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Bill Weir, 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. Wei...ART91875
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'Bluey' Howell
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of 'Bluey' Howell, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' made in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon...ART91859
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'Bluey' Ledwidge
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of 'Bluey' Ledwidge, 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 19...ART91871
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Bob Dobie
Art
Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Bob Dobie, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Tripoli and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942. Dobie...ART91854
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Bob Hobbes
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Bob Hobbes, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Tripoli and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942. Hobb...ART91855
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Bob Taylor
Art
Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Bob Taylor, 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. Ta...ART91878
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Brigadier Sir Godfrey Havard
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of Brigadier Sir Godfrey Havard. Drawn for inclusion in the picture "Signing of Syrian Armistice, Aley, Syria 1941.ART26194
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'Buck' Carey
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of 'Buck' Carey, 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. ...ART91861
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Building anti tank gun position near Zboud
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Maker: Dargie, William
Near the village of Zboud - a different subject to paint. The better the subject is camouflaged, the less there is for the artist to record. One had to be right on top of this position before one real...ART22013
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'Bush Week' Coulson
Art
Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of 'Bush Week' Coulson, 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...ART91872
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Camouflaged artillery
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a 25 pounder gun camouflaged outside of Damour, Syria (now in Lebanon). Produced during the Syrian campaign and painted in July 1941. The artist wrote of the work 'Camouflaged artillery - Un...ART30090
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Charlie Robertson
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Charlie Robertson, 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 1...ART91860
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'Chiller' Chapman
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of 'Chiller' Chapman, 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 1...ART91865
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Claude Lyne
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Claude Lyne, 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. L...ART91858
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Col Burton
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Col Burton, 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. B...ART91864
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Colour sketch of incident in battle for Damour
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Maker: Dargie, William
Confusion as a bomb is detonated on the path ahead and men are under fire at Damour, Syria.ART22222
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Corporal Jerry O'Connell
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Corporal Jerry O'Connell, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Tripoli and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Leba...ART91885
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Damascus
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts Sultan Selim Mosque in Damascus, probably after the Battle of Damascus. This was the final conflict in the Syria-Lebanon campaign, in which Allied forces took the city from the Vichy french o...ART30297
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Don Funston
Art
Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Don Funston, 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. F...ART91868
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Drawing inside Fort Khiam
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Fort Khiam (or Al Khiam), previously part of Syria, is now within the borders of Lebanon. It has been the site of so many occupying armies from different nations that its name means tents in Arabic. B...ART30300
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Harry Bell
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Harry Bell, 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. ...ART91873
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How proud they'll be to pass around your snaps, Join the A.I.F
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Maker: Unknown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
One of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "JOIN THE AIF". This poster is subtitled 'How proud they'll be to pass around yo...ARTV09583
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How proud they'll be to pass around your snaps, Join the A.I.F
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Maker: Unknown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
One of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "JOIN THE AIF". This poster is subtitled 'How proud they'll be to pass around yo...ARTV09587
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How proud they'll be to pass around your snaps, Join the A.I.F
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Maker: Unknown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
One of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "JOIN THE AIF". This poster is subtitled 'How proud they'll be to pass around yo...ARTV09588
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How proud they'll be to pass around your snaps, Join the A.I.F
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Maker: Unknown Commonwealth of Australia Unknown
One of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "JOIN THE AIF". This poster is subtitled 'How proud they'll be to pass around yo...ARTV09542
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How proud they'll be to pass around your snaps, Join the A.I.F
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Maker: Unknown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
One of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "JOIN THE AIF". This poster is subtitled 'How proud they'll be to pass around yo...ARTV09543
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How proud they'll be to pass around your snaps, Join the A.I.F
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Maker: Unknown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
One of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "JOIN THE AIF". This poster is subtitled 'How proud they'll be to pass around yo...ARTV09544
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Infantryman with rifle
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Maker: Dargie, William
Infantryman with rifle. This is a preparatory sketch for the final painting 'Morning attack by 2/16 Australian Infantry Battalion' [ART22347].ART22037
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Inside Fort Khiam
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a scene in Khiam, Syria, of a large gun and a building behind it. It is a very rough sketch, with the finer work concentrating on the gun. It is probably an old Krupp gun that was produced d...ART30056
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Jim Benton
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Jim Benton, 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. B...ART91862
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Jim Marsland
Art
Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Jim Marsland, 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. ...ART91880
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Jock Mowat
Art
Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Jock Mowat, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C', 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942. Jock, a Sc...ART91869
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Joe Garvey
Art
Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon self-portrait, 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. Garvey, wit...ART91882
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'Kid' Beatton
Art
Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of 'Kid' Beatton, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Tripoli and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942. B...ART91853
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Lieutenant General John Lavarack
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
VX20310 Lieutenant General Sir John Dudley Lavarack, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO, General Commanding 7th Australian Division. Painted at Mersa Matruh and unfinished owing to troops movements at short notice, Eg...ART23616
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Major General Roy King
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Maker: Koyoshi, K
Head and shoulders portrait of Major General Roy King, CBE, DSO, MID, who was the commanding officer of 2/5 Battalion, 6 Division, 17 Brigade, A.I.F and served in the Western Desert and North Africa c...ART28109
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Morning attack by 2/16th Australian Infantry Battalion
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Maker: Dargie, William
On El Atique, near Damour, Syria.ART26630
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Muleteers under mortar fire
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Maker: Dargie, William
Study for Muleteers under mortar fire. Second version.ART22039
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'Nugget' Foster, chef
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of 'Nugget' Foster, 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 194...ART91857
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On the Verandah
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Maker: Dunsmuir, Robert
Depicts an Australian soldier wearing hospital blues and an Australian hat with plumes. He is being tapped on the shoulder by a nurse because he is wearing slippers and his shirt is unbuttoned. He is ...ART94712
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Owen Priest
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Owen Priest, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Tripoli and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942. Pri...ART91852
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Paddy Sawyer
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Paddy Sawyer, 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. ...ART91867
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Patrol in banana plantation, Syria
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Three Australian Infantry carry their weapons up high as they thrash through the undergrowth during patrol of a banana plantation in Syria.ART26568
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Platoon Commander and Infantryman
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
This is a preparatory sketch for the large work, 'Morning Attack by 2/16th Australian Infantry Battalion' [ART22347], at El Atique near Damour, Syria 1942.ART25913
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Portrait of General Herring
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Maker: Dargie, William
This is a portrait of Major General Edmund Francis Herring CBE DSO MC ED, General Office Commanding 6th Australian Division. He stands, dressed in full military uniform and holding a map. Dargie me...ART23428
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Private Alexander Hazel
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Maker: Hayward, John E
Depicts a portrait of NX21444 Private Alexander Thomas 'Tunnelmouth' Hazel, 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion, Syria.ART28186.024
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Private Patrick (Paddy) Kealy
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Private Patrick Thomas Andrew (Paddy or "Battle axe") Kealy (VX45209), 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. He enlisted in early 1940 and joined his unit in April 1941. He saw action in the Mid...ART21416
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recto: Second Infantryman; verso: not titled [study of a soldier]
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Maker: Dargie, William
recto: Shows of a sketch of an advancing second infantryman in Syria. verso: incomplete sketch of an Australian infantryman advancing, holding a rifle and wearing a tin helmet. This is a preparatory...ART22038
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'Robbie'
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of 'Robbie', 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. 'Ro...ART91877
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Ron Wiffen
Art
Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Ron Wiffen, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Tripoli and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942. Seen...ART91851
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Sergeant Dalziel
Art
Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Sergeant Dalziel, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Tripoli and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942...ART91884
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Sergeant James McKenzie
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Sergeant James McKenzie (VX7161), Red Cross Sergeant, 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. Sgt McKenzie served in the Middle East, Greece, Syria and New Guinea.ART21418
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Sergeant James Nyland
Art
Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Sergeant James Michael John Nyland (VX2432), who was a stretcher bearer for 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance in the Second World War. Sgt Nyland served in the Middle East, Greece, Crete, Syr...ART21417
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Signing of the Syrian Armistice at Acre (in progress)
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Maker: Dargie, William
Light sketch of the signing of the Syrian Armistice at Acre. This event ended the hostilities between the Allies and the Vichy French in Syria, Acre, Palestine, 1941.ART26102
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Sketch for 'The Mad Mile', Syria
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Troops and vehicles under shell-fire, just outside the town of Jezzine (now Lebanon). View from the top of a road winding down to the town below. A truck is parked at the top of the road and hills see...ART27983
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Sound indicating equipment
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts Australian soldiers manning a very early prototype of a radar, except that it detects radio waves. The machine would detect the approach of an airplane, allowing troops to prepare for the adv...ART30288
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Study of wounded soldier
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Maker: Dargie, William
Study of a wounded soldier. He is falling forward and has dropped his rifle. This is a preparatory sketch for the final painting 'Morning attack by 2/16 Australian Infantry Battalion' [ART22347].ART22035
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Supply column, Haifa
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a convoy of trucks (a supply column) belonging to the Australian Imperial Force leaving Haifa (then in Palestine, now in Israel) for Syria. The broad panoramic sky combines with the sharp per...ART30068
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Syrian border
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
View of Ras en Naqoura, the promontory that forms the coastal point of definition between Syria and Palestine. Rounding the point at sea, are units of the British Fleet, out of Haifa Bay en route to b...ART30047
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Syrian mule train
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Two Australian AIF soldiers direct two mules carrying packs up a rugged mountain track in Syria.ART26567
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'The Mad Mile', Jezzine, Lebanon 1941
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts the 7th Australian Division travelling along a section of the road west of the town of Jezzine in Lebanon, which was accurately ranged along most of its length by Vichy French artillery and m...ART27683
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Tomahawk
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk fighter in the foreground with two British airplanes in the middleground at Rosh Pinna, Palestine (now in Israel). The Syrian Campaign involved Australian troops, mos...ART30054
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Tom Monger
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Tom Monger, 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. Mo...ART91879
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Tom Moroney: the man who came back
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Tom Moroney, 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. ...ART91883
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top image: Operation in progress at 2/3 CCS, Beirut ; bottom image: not titled [Beirut street scene]
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Maker: Dargie, William
The top image is dated 8 January 1942 and was drawn in Beirut. It shows a scene from the 2/3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, where a surgeon, assistant and anaesthetist (all unidentified) are p...ART22027
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Transport on Beirut-Damascus road
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted, "The one type of military activity which never ceases, even during those comparatively long periods of quiet which have become typical of this war, is the continual movement of convoys a...ART22152
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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