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A and D tent in the scrub
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A sketch of an Admission and Discharge reception tent pitched in thick jungle scrub during exercises of 6th Australian Division Medical units.ART21284
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Army Workshop
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
An electrical and mechanical workshop of 12 Australian Army Troops Company. The central figure is QX41927 Sapper Edward "Shorty" Kellow, shown welding, assisting him is Q153295 Sapper Roy Edward Emery...ART22210
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Atherton mountains from a B17 lying fortress
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Maker: Annand, Douglas
An aerial view of mountains near Atherton, North Queensland as seen from a US Boeing B17 Flying Fortress.ART92431
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Auctioning army huts to Tableland farmers after the war, Atherton
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Tableland farmers who had worked hard and grown rich during the war years, looked with a shrewd eye on abandoned army buildings of doubtful value, and bidding was not high. Occasionally a large recrea...ART25635
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Australian troops swimming under Malanda Falls
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Before the war came to northern Australia, the people in Atherton Tableland lived somewhat remote lives. As the war progressed, the Tableland became the base camp for and northern training centre for...ART25636
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Backstage
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Two silhouetted figures working in the darkened backstage area of the 4th Australian Division concert party's base theatre at Rocky Creek Convalescent Depot, Atherton, Queensland. Housed in an 'igloo'...ART23748
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Bathers, Lake Barrine Convalescent Camp, Atherton Tableland
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Maker: Dargie, William
A scene at Lake Barrine Convalescent Camp in Atherton, North Queensland.ART22156
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Camp Cook (Private Leslie Kow)
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Portrait of Private (Pte) Leslie Kow, N181645, wearing a white cook's uniform and hat in a kitchen at the 3rd Field Bakery, Atherton camp, Queensland. Pte Kow's name is written in Chinese script at l...ART24077
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Captain Bernard Graham
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of VX112274 Captain Bernard Watson Graham, Officer Commanding 82 Australian Dental Unit, Australian Army Dental Corps, Atherton, Queensland.ART21251
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Car park, Main Street, Atherton
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
View from a verandah of a Barrett's Railway Hotel on the main street of Atherton. The street is lined with military vehicles, the post office on the right is surrounded by anti-blast barricades and t...ART23872
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Cartoon for Major Mollard's (2/24 Battalion) Story of Attack, Battle of El Alamein
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Maker: Dargie, William
Several soldiers lay wounded in the foreground, while in the background a line of armed Australian soldiers advances forward. This is a sketch for the story, as told by Major K. F. Hollard, DSO, of ...ART26203
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Centre of Atherton and old air raid shelter
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Hundreds and thousands of troops passed through the Atherton Tablelands district when the area was used as a vast camp and training area. This view is of the main street looking towards the Railway Ho...ART25641
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Chiropodist
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
At the end of a day's march the Chiropodist is a busy man, when he has to attend to many minor complaints such as blisters and abrasions. He also does massage where necessary. His work is frequently d...ART22296
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Convoy on road
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
A road showing several military three-ton vehicles travelling in convoy through the landscape near Atherton, North Queensland. Several army divisions camped on the Atherton Tablelands during the Secon...ART23758
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Corporal Dickinson operating wireless, Signal Store 1944
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Corporal Dickenson of 2/5th Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron testing a wireless set in the Signal Store of the Squadron in Atherton, North Queensland.ART21030
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Corporal William (old Bill) Green
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Corporal William Lindsay 'Old Bill' Green (VX4357). Corporal Green provided service overseas in both wars; he was a Pack store Corporal, 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. He saw action in th...ART21283
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Detail Issuing Depot (D.I.D)
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
View of a Detail Issuing Depot of the Australian Army Service Corps. It is at these Depots that Units drew their rations and stores daily, Atherton, Queensland.ART23757
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Drawing a Batch
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicts three soldiers baking bread, and removing the bread from oven. 3 Australian Field Bakery Company, General Details Issuing Depot; Corporal G A Moore, Private R K Brennan, Private C Oakes (all B...ART22291
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Erecting mobile stage
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Maker: Bush, Charles
An impression of the building of 4 Australian Division Concert Party's stage. The framework of girders with their truck as a base, when completed is covered with a green canvas cover that, pegged out ...ART26067
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Erecting mobile stage
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Maker: Bush, Charles
An impression of the building of 4 Australian Division Concert Party's stage. The framework of girders with their truck as a base, when completed is covered with a green canvas cover that, pegged out ...ART26066
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Graveyard, Tolga
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Maker: Bush, Charles
The 'graveyard' is the name by which the wrecked vehicles dumps at Tolga are known. It is a huge junk pile of useless wrecks of cars from all over the Atherton Tablelands. The ugly distorted vehicles ...ART23750
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Inside Officers' Mess
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Inside the Officers' Mess in Atherton, Queensland.ART21412
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Jeep Ambulance
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The subject is a Jeep ambulance of the 2/2 Field Ambulance climbing out of a creek bed. Jeeps were adapted for use as ambulances by the addition of a steel frame, which was placed in position after th...ART22295
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Kitchen and Mess
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
Grass thatched huts providing kitchen and mess of the 57th Battery, 2/7th Australian Field Regiment, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland.ART23762
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Lieutenant Charles Cullen
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Lieutenant Charles Kitchener Cullen (VX7516), Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), signal officer, 2/5 Australian Infantry Battalion. Lt Cullen served in Libya and Greece, was ...ART21419
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Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Allan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting NX12229 Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Trangmar Allan, OBE, MC, MID, Commanding Base Sub-Area, Finschhafen. Served with 30th and 5/45 Infantry Battalions and awarded Military Cross, 191...ART22685
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Lieutenant Darrell Kinna
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait of VX102393 Lieutenant Darrell Kinna, cinematographer, Military History Section, Atherton, Queensland.ART21598
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Lieutenant Edward Chilton
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of VX85107 Lieutenant Edward Isaac Chilton, Officer Commanding 20 Australian Field Bakery Platoon, Australian Army Service Corps, Atherton, Queensland.ART21252
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Lieutenant Gwendoline White
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Gwendoline A White, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS), Supervisor and second in command, 3rd Australian Army Canteens Service s' Club, Atherton, Queensland.ART21599
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Lieutenant Ian Harvey
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of NX8016 Lieutenant Ian Harvey, 2/1st Australian Field Regiment as a bombardier, Middle East. Ist Australian Corps Guard Battalion and later with Australian Army Pay Corps. In Char...ART21247
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Lieutenant Ian Hutchison
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of VX13966 Lieutenant Ian McLeod Hutchison, Commanding Military History Sub-Section, attached Headquarters, 1 Australian Corps Atherton, Queensland.ART21248
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Lieutenant Malcolm Wylie
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
WX11075 Lieutenant Malcolm Withers Wylie, 2/5 Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron, Atherton, Queensland.ART22687
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Lieutenant Margaret Stockwell
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of VFX60554 Lieutenant Margaret Stockwell, Australian Army Nurses Services (AANS), 2/2 Australian General Hospital (AGH), Atherton, Queensland.ART22148
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Lieutenant Ronald Ansell
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting NX140939 Lieutenant Ronald William Ansell, 2/5th Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron, Lae, New Guinea.ART22697
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Lieutenant Ronald Ansell
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts a standing portrait of a member of the 2/5th Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron, NX140939 Lieutenant Ronald William Ansell, 2/5 Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron during the Second World W...ART22686
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Lieutenant Stuart Heilbron
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Lieutenant Stuart Heilbrun (QX3723), an Intelligence Officer with 49th Australian Infantry Battalion in New Guinea. Lt Heilbrun later joined 2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion after being...ART21420
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Maintenancing Matildas, 2
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
One of set of three studies of Armoured Fighting Vehicle fitters doing maintenance work on a Matilda Mark IV tank. A view of a Maltilda Mark IV tank of the 2/9 Australian Armoured Regiment shown with...ART21425
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Maintenancing 'Matildas', 1
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
One of three studies of Armoured Fighting Vehicle fitters doing maintenance work on a Matilda Mark IV tank. A Matilda Mark IV tank of the 2/9 Australian Armoured Regiment is shown, three quarter rear ...ART21424
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Maintenancing 'Matildas', 3
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Front view of one of the Matilda Mark IV tanks of 2/9th Australian Armoured Regiment showing the partially removed tracks with one of the bogeys on the nearest track. The crew commander's cupola flaps...ART21286
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March-at-ease
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
An attempt to catch an impression of a route march, during which for miles one only sees the lower half of the man in front, particularly when climbing a hill. The small pack and water bottle are show...ART23874
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Member of AWAS, 2 Australian Corps Area (Sergeant Frazer)
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait depicting NF437575 Sergeant Lesley Edith Frazer of the AWAS, 2 Australian Corps Training area, Atherton Tablelands, north Queensland.ART22381
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Mobile Printers
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicts the 1 Australian Army Mobile Printing Unit which was formed in 1942 to operate with Headquarters 1st Australian Army. Its function, in accordance with Field Service Regulations, to print order...ART22861
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Night exercises, 9th Australian Division, Atherton Tableland
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, 9th Division on night training exercises near Atherton, Northern Queensland.ART22380
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Occupation of Hill B1
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Occupation of Hill B1 at Millaa Millaa in the Atherton Tablelands, Queensland. Troops of 2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion are taking part in a 17th Australian Infantry Brigade exercise. The time is...ART24080
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Oil sketch of two soldiers for No 238
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Maker: Dargie, William
Two soldiers, a Bren gunner (right) and loader (left), holding a German counter-attack at El Alamein in the Western Desert, Egypt. This is a sketch for the painting '2/32 Battalion holding German coun...ART22157
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Playground for recovery
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Once a peace time resort, well known to Tableland visitors, this hostel is now being used by 2/1st Australian Convalescent Depot as a recuperative spot for recovering cases, mainly malarial. The dense...ART23749
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Portrait of an MO
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait depicting medical officer Major Douglas William (Dougal) MacPherson, WX3357, Australian Army Medical Corps. Major MacPherson served in Greece as a medical officer with 2/5 Australian Infantr...ART22319
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Preliminary monochrome sketch for No 238 [ART22251]
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Maker: Dargie, William
This is a preparatory study for the final painting '2/32 Battalion holding German counter-attack, El Alamein, 31 October 1942' [ART22251]'. The sketch is adhered to a large piece of paper that has st...ART26200
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Preliminary watercolour sketch for No 238 [ART22251]
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Maker: Dargie, William
A sketch of the 2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion holding German counter-attack at El Alamein 1942. This is a preparatory study for the final painting '2/32 Battalion holding German counter-attack,...ART26201
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Printing 'Table Tops'
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The printing office of the "Tableland Examiner", Atherton is shown, which has been taken over and supplemented with modern equipment by the First Australian Army Press Unit. The Unit printed 'AIF News...ART22862
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Private James Troup
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Private James Binnie Troup (NX81305). Pte James Troup enlisted in the Australian Army in June 1941 and spent six months as an instructor in demolitions at Canungra Training Camp with 2/5th...ART21421
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Private Keith Drabble
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Private Keith Drabble (WX13303), 17th Australian Infantry Brigade, done by the artist as a study for his painting 'H-5 Hours'.ART21411
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Private Patrick (Paddy) Kealy
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Private Patrick Thomas Andrew (Paddy or "Battle axe") Kealy (VX45209), 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. He enlisted in early 1940 and joined his unit in April 1941. He saw action in the Mid...ART21416
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Private Richard Passey
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Private Richard Dawson Passey (NX92357), 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. Pte Passey saw service in both wars, he enlisted in 1915 and served in France during the First World War, and in th...ART21413
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Pushing a convoy through, Atherton
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Even in such typical Australian atmosphere, convoys always have an air of drama and force about them. A Military Policeman controls the movement on a rising bend. The background is dominated by Mount ...ART24078
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RAP sick parade
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A scene at Atherton General Details Depot showing the Medical Officer, Captain Neville Francis Babbage ( NX140308 ), of 2/12th Australian Field Ambulance attached to 2 Australian Corps Reception Camp,...ART22290
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Repairing jack hammer drill
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Two soldiers are shown at work repairing a jack hammer drillART21409
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Road to Atherton
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Atherton Tableland was, for a long period of the war, a vast camp area and hundreds of thousands of troops passed through the various camps. From August 1945 in his capacity as official war artist Eme...ART25640
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Rough oil sketch of position of 2/24 Battalion on morning 31 October '42
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Maker: Dargie, William
Position of the 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion on morning 31/10/42.ART22382
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Self portrait (Lieutenant Geoffrey Mainwaring)
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a self portrait of Official War Artist; SX13471 Lieutenant Geoffrey Mainwaring, Atherton Queensland.ART21250
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Sergeant Arnold Robinson
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of QX9436 Sergeant Arnold Newton Robinson, Military History Section, Atherton, Queensland.ART21249
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Sergeant James McKenzie
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Sergeant James McKenzie (VX7161), Red Cross Sergeant, 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. Sgt McKenzie served in the Middle East, Greece, Syria and New Guinea.ART21418
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Sergeant James Nyland
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Sergeant James Michael John Nyland (VX2432), who was a stretcher bearer for 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance in the Second World War. Sgt Nyland served in the Middle East, Greece, Crete, Syr...ART21417
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Sergeant J Tait
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of QX10596 Sergeant J Tait, Official photographer, Military History Section (MHS), (formerly 6th Division Signals despatch rider)also served in the Middle East in 1941-43 and in RAN...ART21595
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Sergeant Keith McLean
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Sergeant Keith Hallam McClean (VX6617), of the Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. Sgt McClean saw action in the Middle East, the Western desert...ART21415
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Sergeant Leslie Ralph McCole
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Sergeant Leslie Ralph McCole (VX13459), veteran of Libya, Syria and New Guinea in battle order, done by the artist as a study for his painting 'H-5 Hours'.ART21282
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Sergeant Norman Macintyre
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of NX4050 Sergeant Norman Struan MacIntyre, 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion, (recipient of The Order of Patriotic War, First Class, awarded by the Council of the High Presidium ...ART22147
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Sergeant (Sergeant Lorenzo Nolan)
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Portrait of Sergeant Lorenzo Nolan, VX109709, originally with the 4th Australian Division Army Service Corps. He was later a caterer for the same unit and also sang with the 4th Australian Divisional ...ART24079
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Sergeant William (Mick) Morgan
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Sergeant William John "Mick" Morgan (VX2495), a nursing sergeant in 2/2 Australian Field Ambulance. Sgt Morgan's conscientiousness and interest in the treatment of patients under his care ...ART21414
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Soldiers in trench study for No 238 [ART22251]
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Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of three soldiers in a trench with machine guns peering over the top of the sandbags. This work is a preparatory study for the final painting, '2/32 Battalion holding German counter-attack, El...ART26202
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Staff Sergeant Thomas E Gawn
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicts a portrait of QX41929 Staff Sergeant Thomas Emmins Gawn, in charge of 12 Australian Army Troops workshop. It shows a machine on the left which was made in the workshop.ART26095
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Study of head of soldier for figure in No 245 [ART26203]
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of an unidentified soldier, field dressing over left eye and ear, protective (tin) helmet.ART22159
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Telegraph Room at Signals Centre
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The inside of a signal station, including telegraphists and a dispatch rider in the 89 Australian Operating Section, Advanced Land Headquarters Signals. Seated in the foreground are Signaller Lorna M...ART22292
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The Inhalation
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
This work depicts a soldier using an inhalation treatment at Atherton Details Camp. One of the most frequent sights in any Regimental Aid Post during treatment time was the use of inhalation for cold...ART23531
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The Jeep and the Air Raid Alarm
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Through a clump of palm trunks a jeep can be seen on one of the tracks running through the area of Headquarters, New Guinea Force. The air raid alarm is an old petrol drum hung from a cross beam. Vari...ART21428
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The Koala club, 7 Aust Division Camp
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A recreation club for all non-commissioned ranks, it was known throughout the tablelands.ART25637
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The Malanda Road, Atherton Tableland
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Maker: Dargie, William
Malanda Road, Atherton, Queensland.ART22158
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The mobile blacksmith
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Showing the interior of the 2/9 Australian Armoured Regiment mobile blacksmith truck with a craftsman using the heavy pedestal grinder. The cylinder on the left is an acetylene generator for welding....ART21427
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The Thomas Splint
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Four stretcher bearers are practising the application of the Thomas splint (used for severe leg injuries). It's application is the most frequently used life saving measure available to stretcher beare...ART24081
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The workshop section
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
An attempt to catch the atmosphere of the mobile workshop section of the 2/9 Australian Armoured Regiment. All the heavy machinery is mounted on 4x4 trucks enabling it to be put to use at short notice...ART21426
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Troops moving in M.T
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Maker: Dargie, William
Troops moving in M.T. Tents in background, Atherton, Queensland.ART22383
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War memorial in a country town
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Maker: Friend, Donald
A war memorial in the centre of town features a soldier on a plinth, gallantly striding out. People stand around the memorial, some in uniform, while others look out from the balconies of nearby build...ART28129
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Washed up
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
An anti-aircraft gun awaiting disposal after the war, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland.ART25638