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Afternoon sun - SS "Laconia"
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Looking into the glaring afternoon sun as SS "Laconia" steams across the Arabian Sea to Bombay. Submarine look-outs find the light very trying; to sunbathers it is a paradise, although dangerous. In t...ART21014
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Changing engines, 3 Squadron
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Maker: Norton, Frank
At a desert advanced landing ground close to the dividing wire, between Egypt and Libya, riggers of 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, prepare to install a new engine in a Tomahawk. A mobile cra...ART21006
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HMAS Stuart in the Battle of Matapan, 1941
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Maker: Norton, Frank
During the movement of some 58,000 troops from North Africa to Greece, an Italian fleet ventured to strike at the convoy route. Pre-warned, three British and an Australian cruiser (HMAS Perth) of the ...ART27623
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Sub in the bag, Bay of Biscay
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Maker: Norton, Frank
No. 10 Squadron, RAAF, was the first Australian unit to be deployed and the only unit to serve continuously for the duration of the Second World War. Formed in 1939, they joined the RAF Coastal Comman...ART22329
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Sunday Divisions, HMAS Hobart and HMS Neptune, Alexandria
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Maker: Norton, Frank
A ship's company was divided into sub-units called divisions. Frank Norton depicts a regular Sunday morning inspection of divisions on the warships HMAS Hobart and HMS Neptune, moored in the harbour a...ART23791
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Sydney - Bartolomeo Colleoni action, 19 July 1940
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Maker: Norton, Frank
This large painting commemorates Sydney's place as one of Australia's most famous warships and its role in Australia's major naval success of the Second World War. In July 1940 a 90 minute battle bet...ART28486