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"After years in uniform, dear, aren't feminine clothes divine! "
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Maker: Woolcott, Alfred Richard
Depicts two women standing in front of a fire place , one wears a suit, with a tie, while the other wears a jumper and long trousers. This is the drawing for the cartoon that appreared in 'Salt' , vo...ARTI01326
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"And, gentlemen, if capture by the enemy appears imminent..."
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Maker: Little, George
Depicts a short senior officer providing instructions to two taller soldiers in uniform wearing their kits during the Second World War , in relation to being captured by the enemy.ARTI03069
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Aussie rules...
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 11 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. 'The Yanks have been teaching us baseball but of course the aussie boys have their own...ART94536.011
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Back to Aussie again [sketchbook containing 12 pages of humorous sketches relating to army life]
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Sketchbook of 12 pages relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Humorous incidents diary recorded in an Army training camp in Australia on return from...ART94536
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"Break down the noise!"
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Depicts two seated soldiers listening to Frank Sinatra on the radio while fighting, shells, bombs and explosions occur in the background behind them. Joseph Francis Garvey (b. 1912) was a commercial a...ARTI03256
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(Cartoon)
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Maker: Hetherington, Norman Frederick
Composite drawing of six individual cartoons making light of military life; inscribed: (upper right) - "Hey Bugler, can you tell me where the "Last Post" is? - I've come to paint it. (upper left) - "I...ART28295
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Don't be an ostrich! Use nets for concealment
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Maker: E G .T Camouflage Research Section, Department of Home Security
Hand coloured poster produced using a rotary stencil duplicator known as a Roneo copier. It was designed for the Camouflage Research Section , Department of Home Security, Canberra. A humorous depicti...ARTV05297
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"Don't get carried away, Fred!"
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Maker: Rice, N H
Depicts a number of servicemen watching a romantic film outdoors. One serviceman has put his arm around the shoulder of the serviceman beside him, much to this man's annoyance. This is the drawing for...ARTI00450.B
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"Goodnite my Lurv"
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Maker: Fluke, Roy George Herbert
Depicts a soldier, standing in the foreground, whistling to himself, with a coconut falling from a coconut palm above him onto his head. Roy George Herbert Fluke (b. 1921) served with the Australian A...ARTI03207
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Hi boot it Spanner
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 12 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Depiction of a humorous incident during a rugby game. The artist noted ' Lastly it woul...ART94536.012
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Illustration for "Salt cover"
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Maker: Mackie, Robert David
Depicts a very surprised soldier in uniform holding his hat in front of him while a young and attractive nurse holds two babies, possibly twins, in front of him. Robert David Mackie (b. 1903) enlisted...ARTI04585
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Jungle training 2
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 6 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Humorous depiction of a jungle training exercise involving carrying a wounded soldier on...ART94536.006
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Jungle training river crossing
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 5 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion.ART94536.005
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"Just a Montana Yank - said he'd enjoy his Christmas dinner better with the ol' home atmosphere!"
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Maker: Dujka, Joe
Depicts an American soldier, dressed in a great coat, scarf, ear muffs and heavy boots, cooking some food over a small stove in an ice room at 'Acme Ice Pty Australia Ltd' , at Christmas time, surroun...ARTI04012
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"Newspaper report - The Australian troops are now resting!"
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Maker: Fluke, Roy George Herbert
Depicts a perspiring Australian soldier struggling to push a roller along the ground, with marching soldiers and a tent in the background of the scene. Roy George Herbert Fluke (b. 1921) served with t...ARTI03209
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"Nippoff Nippon"
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Maker: Piper, Lloyd
Depicts a cartoon of a caricature of a Japanese officer as a monkey-like creature, suspended over a map of Asia, spreading its arms towards New Guinea and Rabual in one direction and Borneo in the oth...ARTI03168
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No offence meant
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 4 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Humorous depiction of the camp sign writer at work. Digger in tropical uniform stands in...ART94536.004
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not titled [Weeping Cipher Section AWAS]
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Maker: Murray, Betty
Half of an original sketch by Betty Murray (Nee Brymer) of the ‘Weeping Cipher Section AWAS' watched on by 'an impassive Iain Allan, [and]a puzzled Guard’ on the occasion of saying farewell to each ot...ART96830
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"Now Private, that's no way to hold a rifle!"
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Maker: Fluke, Roy George Herbert
Depicts a soldier hitting a Japanese soldier on the head with his rifle and being told off for this by a senior officer. Roy George Herbert Fluke (b. 1921) served with the Australian Army during the S...ARTI03210
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O.C.: Retreat! preposterous sir, not me
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 2 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion.ART94536.002
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Scene of operations W.C.C.
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 1 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Humorous sketch of a group of soldiers constructing the timber frame of a hut.ART94536.001
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Soldier wearing an ill fitting uniform
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts a standing soldier wearing an ill-fitting uniform, with trousers too big for him and a jacket that does not fit him properly, during the Second World War.ARTI03115
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"Stoo!"
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Maker: Goss, Frederick Charles
Depicts a series of vignettes, in rows of cartoons, of a soldier going from waking, looking for his stew pannier, running, tripping over, and pushing into a queue in order to obtain his 'Stoo'. This i...ARTI04019
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Studio B, Quiet
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Maker: Fluke, Roy George Herbert
Depicts a nervous man, standing beside a microphone, in a radio station studio during the Second World War. Roy George Herbert Fluke (b. 1921) served with the Australian Army during the Second World ...ARTI03208
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Taking no chances
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A cartoon strip from "Wally and the Major" syndicated cartoon. Two men are seated at a building site. One goes to tell the other that more American transport is due to arrive, but is hastily cut off b...ART90002
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The evil of mixed bathing
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Depicts a young couple, the man in a Life Saving Club bathing suit, holding the hand of a small child, while beside him stands a woman in a bathing suit holding a large bird. Behind them are other bat...ARTC00003
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The main worry
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A cartoon strip from "Wally and the Major" syndicated cartoon, set in a prison cell. One of the prisoners - Private Jones - is told that he is free to leave but misconstrues this as a finalisation of ...ART28386
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"They say Jerry don't like cold steel"
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Depicts a seated Australian soldier, wearing shorts and a tin helmet heating the bayonet on the end of his rifle in a small camp fire, while another standing soldier, holding a rifle and smoking a cig...ARTI02903
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untitled [Ar! Now I've caught you!...]
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 7 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun BattalionART94536.007
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untitled [How far to camp now sir?...]
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 3 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Depiction of a soldier carrying a full kit, trooping through the bush and gasping for br...ART94536.003
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untitled [These smokeless days...]
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 9 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion.ART94536.009
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Untitled [What's he got that I aint got?]
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 8 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Of this image Wilesmith wrote on the interleaving sheet 'Davy Robinson and Dick Neal two...ART94536.008
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Wassa matter Doug?
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 10 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Of this image the Wilesmith noted ' The Concert party would not be worth anything witho...ART94536.010
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"Welcome back to the firm"
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Maker: McGilvray, J C
Depicts four cartoon vignettes- the first is of a soldier peeling potatoes, but dreaming of a civilian life. In the next cartoon, he has left military life and become a civilian again. In the followin...ARTI03224
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"What's all this about a 'dog fight' Ryan"
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Depicts a priavte, wearing a tin helmet and shorts, being spoken to sternly by a senior officer, who holds a pair of binoculars. Behind them are a number of other soldiers looking up into the air, sea...ARTI02898
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"Why is your towel so much whiter than mine?"
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Maker: Fraser, J W
Depicts a cartoon of two soldiers hand washing their clothes in buckets of dirty water. This cartoon appeared in "Salt", vol.11, no.9, December 1945. 'Salt' was a small journal that informed and enter...ARTI01542
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Why no one tella us something?
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Maker: Rafty, Tony [S.L. : S.N.], 1943
Australian propaganda posters during the Second World War were used to instil anti-Japanese attitudes. Using racial stereotypes and derogatory humour the posters harboured fear and caution amongst Aus...ARTV05975
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Woosh!!
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A cartoon strip from "Wally and the Major" syndicated cartoon. "Wally and the Major". Wally is interviewed on a radar programme, and asked a trivia question. He determines that the Chinese first enabl...ART28385