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Airman in nose turret of Liberator
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Maker: Dargie, William
This is the Emerson electrically operated power turret, fitted with two 0.5 inch Browning machine gun. In the sketch the airman can be seen through the sections of bullet resistant glass, which, toget...ART21048
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Ammunition hut
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Maker: Dargie, William
This piece of hardboard contains two watercolour drawings of Ratnap airstrip in India, showing the surrounding landscape, while in the foreground are trees, an aircraft and an ammunition hut. It seem...ART23558
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Australian captain of a liberator (Pilot Officer Leslie Hendy)
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of A410333 Pilot Leslie Arthur Hendy, Australian captain of a B24 Liberator, No 159 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force, Burma campaign.ART22386
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A Winter's Day
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
No. 450 Squadron (unidentified), pilots' mess in EPIP (European Privates' n Pattern) tent. Into one side of this the pilots had built a chimney from bricks. Firewood or coke was almost unobtainable bu...ART26115
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Bofors gun position
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Maker: Dargie, William
Scene near Ratnap airstrip, showing Indian soldiers, tents and a bunker. Part of the Aerodrome Defence, this gun is manned by Indian A.A gunners, Ratnap, India.ART23557
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Boiler cleaner, HMAS Cairns, Bombay
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Maker: Norton, Frank
HMAS "Cairns" alongside the dockyard wall of Royal Indian Dockland, Bombay. Secured to "Cairns" are HMS "Tulip" (English corvette) and HMIS "Madras" (Australian-built corvette of Indian Navy). Left fo...ART21274
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B24s on concrete strip
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Maker: Dargie, William
These planes of No. 159 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, with which many Australians are serving, are awaiting instructions to taxi up to the take-off strip. They are already bombed up, and the c...ART23908
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Calcutta leave
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Maker: Dargie, William
Two unidentified Australians from the RAAF turn to watch a Eurasian woman who has passed them in the street.ART22389
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Indian beggar and child
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Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of an Indian begger and child sitting down on the ground, Ratnap, India.ART23200
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Indian [labourers] working on Drome construction
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Maker: Dargie, William
Loose rocks and earth are carried on the labourer's head, in baskets as the one which may be seen in this sketch, Digri, India.ART23155
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Indian watercart on aerodrome
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Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of an Indian water cart. The water was used for mixing the concrete used in construction work on the aerodrome. It was carried in these two oil drums lashed to the top of the native wagon. Th...ART25047
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Mess deck life on a Corvette
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
This drawing is timed at 1600 hours - 4 pm - teatime, when the matelot "wets the leaves" and the day's deck work is over. Hammocks may then be slung and those off watch can get their heads down for an...ART22774
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Nose and wing of a B-24
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Maker: Dargie, William
One of the ground crew of No. 215 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force can be seen working on the outer motor of the starboard wing of a Liberator bomber after it's return from an operational flight o...ART23195
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Out of their own mouths
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Maker: Claridge & Co., Bombay
Depicts a map of the Japanese offensive between 1941-42. A caricature of Prime Minister Tojo illustrates the course of the War with Japan. Occupied territories marked on the map include Thailand, Suma...ARTV00024
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Planes grounded by the 'Chota' monsoon
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Maker: Dargie, William
'Chota in the Urdu language means 'little' and the chota monsoon is the week or ten days of rain and high winds which breaks the winter spell of fine weather in the Arakan in January of every year. Th...ART23910
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Portrait Kuldip Singh Malhi
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Maker: Aubrey-Crowe, George
Depicts a portrait of Kuldip Singh Malhi, who was an Indian POW released by the Allies on the occupation of the Admiralty Islands. He was a former patient of 112 (Brisbane) Military Hospital, Greenslo...ART25499
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Portrait Piara Singh Aulkh
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Maker: Aubrey-Crowe, George
Portrait of Piara Singh Aulkh, who was an Indian POW released by the Allies on the Occupation of the Admiralty Islands.ART25500
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Study of Indian bullock
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Maker: Dargie, William
This type of hump-backed cattle is used to haul the native wagons.ART23196
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Tail section of a Liberator
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Maker: Dargie, William
This sketch shows the large fins and rudder of a B24. The height of the tail unit, measured from ground to top, is 18-20 feet in normal taxing position, Digri, India.ART22387
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The Empire's Strength: India
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Maker: Batty, Dora M LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D] (LONDON : LOWE & BRYDONE)
The Empire's Strength posters are a series designed to promote the work conducted in Britain, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, and the Colonies with the statement "these are the sinews of ...ARTV05127