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Aircraft spotter
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts an Australian aircraft spotter holding a pair of binoculars in his right hand, clad in shorts, boots and a hard hat looking skywards. The spotter was crucial in alerting the troops to the immi...ART21903
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Australian soldier, Libya (Sergeant Frank Collins)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of NX2630 Sergeant Frank Robert Collins, 6th Division 2nd Australian Imperial Force, in Tobruk. Like many of the official war artists, Hele painted portraits not only of high-ranking officers...ART28474
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Corporal John Edmondson
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Maker: Smith, Joshua
Portrait of NX15705 Corporal John H Edmondson, VC, 2/17 Battalion, AIF, was in a small group that attacked with the bayonet a party of Germans which had broken through a point of the Tobruk defences i...ART27532
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Digger, Libya
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Like many of his fellow official war artists, Hele painted portraits not only of high-ranking officers but also of the 'ordinary' men in the field, for whom he felt a great sense of empathy. The name...ART22879
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Digger with captured Breda gun
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts an unidentified soldier wearing battle dress, captured 6.5 millimetre model 30 Breda light machine gun, 2 Australian Imperial Force, Libyan campaign, Western Desert, North African Campaign.ART21912
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Head study (Lieutenant Colin Wade)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a portrait of SX2610 Lieutenant Colin Angus Wade, 6th Cavalry Regiment; 2/9th Armoured Regiment, Giarabub, North African campaign Sollum, 2 Australian Imperial Force. The artist had a chance...ART22866
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Lieutenant Colonel George Warfe
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting VX186 Lieutenant Colonel George Radford Warfe, DSO, MC, served with the 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion in Libya and Greece in 1941 and in 1942 became commander of the 2/3rd Ind...ART27517
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Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Lawrence Andrew Kelly
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Lawrence Andrew Kelly, NX12214, DSO, MID, Commanding 31st/51st Australian Infantry Battalion, 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion, Commander Occupation Fo...ART24253
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Lieutenant Frank Reiter
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting VX4024 Lieutenant Frank A Reiter, MC, MM, enlisted in the 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion soon after the outbreak of war in 1939 and served with the unit in Greece and Crete,whe...ART31767
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Lieutenant General Sir Frank Berryman
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Maker: Smith, Joshua Allen & Unwin
VX20308 Lieutenant General (later Sir) Frank Horton Berryman, (KCVO), CB, CBE, DSO, Chief of Staff at Australian Advanced Land Headquarters, General Headquarters; North Africa, and campaigns, previous...ART27533
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Lieutenant General Sir Iven Mackay
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
NX363 Lieutenant General Sir Iven Mackay, KBE, CMG, DSO VD, General Commanding, Sir Iven was created knight of the British Empire for his brilliant leadership of the 6th Australian Division in the Lib...ART23414
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Lieutenant General Sir Stanley Savige
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Maker: Cook, Alfred
2nd Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Australian Corps; VX13 Lieutenant General Sir Stanley George Savige, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, Commanding II Corps, 2 AIF;, (also in First World War,, and [Dunsterforce], Fo...ART27535
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Major General Ivan Dougherty
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Maker: Carter, Norman
Depicts a portrait of NX148 Major General Ivan N Dougherty, CBE, DSO, ED, after a period with the 2/2nd Infantry Battalion he was appointed to command the 2/4th Battalion, which he led in Libya, Greec...ART31773
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Nazi, Sollum
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of an unidentified German prisoner of war, from the armoured corps, captured during the North African campaign near Salum (Sollum), Libya. Hele was impressed by the prisoner's ability to sit ...ART26656
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Sergeant William Williams
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
7th Australian Imperial Division, Royal Australian Army Survey Corps; VX27459 Sergeant (later Captain) William Henry, MHS, formerly editor of Truth; North AfricaART25301
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Study of a digger
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a seated Australian soldier with rifle in hands, wearing uniform and helmet.ART21898
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Tin hat
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of an unidentified soldier from the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, wearing a protective tin helmet, during the North African campaign. Hele was serving as a private in the AIF, when in Janu...ART22872
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Warant Officer 2 Douglas (Jock) Taylor
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting VX5449 Warrant Class 2 Douglas R 'Jock' Taylor, DCM, original member of 2/7th Infantry Battalion, served with the unit through its campaigns in Libya, Greece and Crete. In the fierc...ART27529