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AA Gun Position and Barrage Balloon, Marble Arch, London
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Maker: Norton, Frank
AA Gun Position and Barrage Balloon, Marble Arch, London. Presented under the tax incentives for the arts scheme 1999ART90983
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Ack Ack Battery in action
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This painting depicts two groups of soldiers from an artillery battery operating two guns at night.ART22433
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Ack Ack Sergeant
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts a portrait of VX73378 Sergeant W W Raft, in charge Gun L1, 400 Australian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Station.ART25815
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After deck - SS "Laconia"
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Looking aft from the Rangefinder Platform. In the foreground is a canvas wind scoop. On top of the deck house A.A crews near their protective gun posts. Right aft is a 3-inch A.A gun in a casement, Ar...ART21016
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Australian destroyers at Tobruk
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Preliminary drawing for larger painting. In the early part of the siege of Tobruk, the Inshore Squadron, including in which were the Australian "V" and "W" destroyers, did valiant work and many claim ...ART21270
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Beware...It may be a flak trap
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Maker: Unknown [S.L. : AIR FORCE, N.D.]
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...ARTV03291
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Bofor gun, HMT "Laconia"
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Maker: Norton, Frank
One of the two Bofors anti-aircraft guns mounted on the after deck of the troopship SS "Laconia". Note gunpost on deck above, Red Sea.ART21752
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Colonel Hudson
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Portrait of VX117083 Colonel Jack Gerard Varley Hudson , Officer Commanding of Anti Aircraft Group, Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART23655
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Control Position, AA Battery, London
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Control Position, AA Battery, London. Presented under tax incentives for the arts scheme in 1999.ART90985
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Malay type : John Timbang
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Maker: Friend, Donald
2/3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment; John Timbang, Malay rouseabout with 2/3 AA Bty, formerly forced labourer for JapaneseART23316
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Mobile 3.7-inch anti aircraft gun
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A mobile 3.7-inch anti aircraft gun at Georges Heights, Sydney is shown.ART23653
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No. 2, 3, 4 guns - 400 A. A. Bty
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Showing 3 of the four guns of 400 Australian Anti-Aircraft Heavy Gun Station. Purple patches on the left of the light coloured gun revetment was the beginning of some camouflage turfing that altered t...ART23623
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Pack donkeys, Mica Beach
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Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of Benno (later renamed 'Sancho Panza'), 65th Anti Aircraft Battery Searchlights, standing with two pack donkeys at Mica Beach, Darwin.ART27890
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Practice shoot - Bofors Gun
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Maker: Norton, Frank
The port Bofors anti-aircraft gun carrying out a practice shoot during the voyage of the troopship SS "Laconia" from Aden to Bombay with A.I.F. troops bound for Australia. Firing a smoke burst, the gu...ART21015
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2/3rd Australian Light Anti Aircraft Regiment
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A gun crew of 2/3rd Australian Light Anti Aircraft Regiment at Action Stations during an alarm at Sydney Harbour positions. Richard Ashton, an artist with the Military History Section, painted a numbe...ART23672
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Soldiers, trucks and tents
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Richard Ashton, an artist with the Military History Section, painted a number of works related to Australia's defences during the Second World War. This work depicts anti aircraft guns in place at Mi...ART23669
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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