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Battlefield, South Bougainville
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Maker: Herman, Sali
This picture shows what bombing and artillery fire made the jungle look like, yet our men were living in dug-outs covered with heavy timber and a few painted tent flaps. On the day the artist sketched...ART22842
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Beaufort Navigator (of No.100 Squadron, RAAF)
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
This is a portrait of a pilot who was an expert in navigating using the Beaufort aircraft. Seven hundred of these aircraft were produced for the Royal Australian Air Force in the Second World War. The...ART21647
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Boomerang fighter
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
A Boomerang fighter aircraft standing in front of a hangar, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Fisherman's Bend, Melbourne.ART22126
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Boston pilots back from Salamaua (Flight Officer John McMaster, Flight Lieutenant Robert Wines and Flight Lieutenant Henry Craig)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
This picture tells its own story, showing four pilots of the Royal Australian Air Force just back from a strike over Salamaua and directly after the interrogation. Included in the picture are:- Flying...ART22742
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Bridging the Driniumor River, Aitape
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Bridging the Driniumor River, Aitape.ART25750
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Chapel service at Toko
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Maker: Herman, Sali
Toko; 3rd Australian Division; service in improvised chapel in jungleART22852
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Crashed fighter plane
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Maker: Herman, Sali
This plane was returning from a raid and about to land when it crashed at the end of the Torokina airstrip. The pilot was killed. It is a Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft.ART22843
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Early morning breakfast for patrol at Suain plantation
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Members of a patrol from 2/10th Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron have an early meal before setting out on a fighting patrol, Suain, New Guinea.ART25743
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Engineers bridge building
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Shows unidentified engineers lifting log into place for bridge building, Driniumor River, New Guinea.ART26764
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Firing a depth charge
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
A depth-charge crew of H.M.A.S Kapunda reloading a thrower after having fired one charge. Two of the crew are hoisting a depth-charge while a third hand steadies and guides the stalk into the thrower....ART22767
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From my window at Lae
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Maker: Friend, Donald
View from the artist's window of a native village in Lae, New Guinea. Donald Friend was in Lae the last week of May 1945. Of Lae he wrote in his Diary 24 May 1945; ' From the air it looked romantic, t...ART23218
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Graves of some native soldiers
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Maker: Herman, Sali
Herman depicts five white-painted crosses carved by natives, surrounded by grass and flowers.ART22836
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Hauling dead Japanese from foxholes
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts the 2/3 Australian Independent Company removing dead Japanese from Foxholes, Timbered Knoll, New Guinea.ART22558
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How's your cousin getting on?
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Maker: Gurney, Alex
Alex Gurney produced the 'Bluey and Curley' cartoons initially for the magazine 'Picture News' in 1940. It was then transferred to the 'Melbourne Sun' where it was syndicated to newspapers all over Au...ART90468
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Japanese prisoners getting medicine, Babiang
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Shows a group of unidentified Australian soldier providing medicine for unidentified Japanese prisoners, Babiang, New Guinea.ART26756
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Japanese ship blasted out of the sea, Lae
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Maker: Herman, Sali
The painting depicts a Japanese ship grounded a few miles outside Lae, New Guinea. The ship the 'Myoko Maru' (also called the 'Malahang wreck') was in direct line with the airstrip at Lae so Australia...ART22839
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Kitchen picquet
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The artist had six weeks to pass in Melbourne after his initial kitting out, and a further month in Sydney before his departure for New Guinea. He used his time to complete a number of drawings and pa...ART23213
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Living Skeleton
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Drawn at the Japanese Naval Headquarters Hospital, Buka Passage. One of the many Japanese who died through lack of skilled medical attention and neglect.ART25262
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Natives carrying wounded soldier
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depictd a group of unidentified natives carrying wounded soldier on improvised stretcher through jungle, Aitape, New Guinea.ART26133