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14 Results
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Catalina Rescue
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
Members of the Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) rescue a Catalina forced down in the sea off Townsville.ART22236
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Colour Sergeant Milton
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Maker: Reay, William
When Colour Sergeant William Henry Milton resigned from the Volunteers after 20 years of service his fellow soldiers presented him with a life size portrait of himself. Sergeant Milton resplendent in...ART91170
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Corporal George Haliday
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
V357200 Corporal George Crompton Haliday, 5th Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps, Queenscliff, Victoria.ART25136
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Four types of VDC (Corporal Tom Goodall, Corporal Joseph Gill and Sergeant Alfred Thomson)
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
V357389 Corporal Tom Goodall, unidentified, V356444 Corporal Joseph Aloysius Gill, V357842 Sergeant Alfred Thomson, 5th Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps, Queenscliff, Victoria.ART25135
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Gilbert (Gilly) Bates of Cairns
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a portrait of Sergeant Gilbert 'Gilly' Bates, VDC, also senior field officer Bureau of Sugar Experiment, Cairns.ART25651
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Lance Corporal Henry John Dixon
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
V354744 Lance Corporal Henry John Dixon, 5th Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps, Queenscliff, Victoria.ART25137
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Lance Corporal M Nisbet
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Lance Corporal M. Nisbet, Volunteer Defence Corps, No 3 Platoon, B Company, receiving final orders for night patrol. Done by the artist as a study for his painting 'Volunteer Defence Corp...ART21400
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Lieutenant Charles H. Johnson
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Lieutenant Charles Hamilton Johnson, Volunteer Defence Corps, receiving final orders as a section leader before taking up a position for attack. Done by the artist as a study for his paint...ART21399
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Searchlights, Tasmania
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Maker: Bush, Charles
A searchlight on the coast of Tasmania, these searchlights formed an important part of Australia's anti aircraft defences.ART23525
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Three typical volunteers, Volunteer Defence Corps
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicts three volunteers of the Volunteer defence Corps; Private Jennyns (left) worked for essential industry, Sergeant Gibson (centre) was in permanent forces and served in the First World War, and S...ART22209
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VDC hauling gun into position for coastal defence on North Queensland coast
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted, "This sketch depicts one of the activities of the VDC [Volunteer Defence Corp] in the danger period, before Australia's defences were properly organised against a Japanese attack on the ...ART26112
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VDC receiving Bofors instruction
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Against a Tasmanian landscape, five men from the Volunteer Defence Corps are in uniform and gathered around a Bofors anti-aircraft gun. They are receiving instruction on its use from a 6th Division Au...ART23527
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V. D. C. Spotter
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Maker: Bush, Charles
A full length profile portrait of a Volunteer Defence Corps aircraft Spotter in Hobart. The soldier is wearing a hard hat and reclining in an Australian made spotter's chair, his binoculars raised sky...ART25801
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Volunteer Defence Corps Night Patrol
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicts the Volunteer Defence Corps night patrol, No 3 Platoon, B Company being given orders by their commanding officer; l-r: Lance Corporal M Nisbet, Lieutenant C H Johnson (seated), Sergeant G Edy...ART22208