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Maker: Jose, Ellen

In 1992 Ellen Jose (b.1951) held an exhibition in Melbourne titled "Black Diggers-Ghost Fighters" to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the Kokoda campaign in New Guinea, as well as ...

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Maker: Collins, James

Portrait of A A 'Happy' Hawkins, of 'Falor', Yarran Road, Oatley, New South. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. B...

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Maker: Dargie, William

Depicts Reginald Ward DX621 (N76513) standing, Donald Hambleton Johnson QX18024 2/25th Battalion, 2 A.I.F, part of superstructure of ships during the voyage to Australia of H.M.T "Felix Roussel" a fr...

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Maker: Heysen, Nora

Portrait of NFX173196 Private Gwynneth Patterson, Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS), 2nd Australian Blood and Serum Preparations Unit.

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Maker: Friend, Donald

anti-aircraft; 2/3rd Australian Anti-Aircraft Regiment; campaign; anti-aircraft searchlight

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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey

From Wagga Wagga in 1943, Mainwaring wrote to Treloar: 'There is a good deal of interesting subject matter here, and I would like to be able to spend more time to capture the spirit of the place? I h...

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Maker: Heysen, Nora

A large pandanus tree scarred by mortar and rifle fire, Finschhafen, Huon Peninsula, New Guinea, August 1944.

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Maker: Moore, Alan

The Italian cook for No. 454 Squadron, Abendico, stands with his hands on his hips. He wears an apron tied at the waist, a waist coat, tie, cap and glasses.

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Maker: Nicholls, John

A portrait of 'Abi', a native Papuan man, depicting orange, black and yellow markings on his face, and yellow and gold flowers adorning his hair. This work was drawn by soldier artist Lieutenant John ...

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Maker: Friend, Donald

Portrait of a sailor reclining. Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, Friend was selected for appointment as official war artist. He ...

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Maker: Goodchild, John

Able Seaman Kenneth McIntyre, RAN on watch at the Oerlikon gun aboard HMAS Nepal, Pacific Ocean.

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Maker: Dargie, William

Portrait of an unidentified Able Seaman from the Royal Australian Navy.

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Posthumous portrait of 22982 Able Seaman Wallace Montrose Ross, Royal Australian Navy, who was killed in action when the HMAS Canberra (I) was sunk off the coast off Savo Island in the Solomon Islands...

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Maker: Adams, Dennis

Flying the Royal Naval ensign, light cruiser HMAS Hobart is moored in Tokyo Bay, Japan. Mount Fuji is seen in the background symbolising Japan territory. In the foreground and under a brisk wind, a sa...

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Maker: Dargie, William

A portrait of a typical seaman from the Royal Australian Navy. The work is based on Able Seaman Cecil Frank Barlow from the Flinders Naval Depot in Victoria.

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Maker: Unknown Department of War Organisation of Industry Unknown

An Australian poster issued by the Department of War Organisation of Industry to discourage workers at home in Australia from taking unnecessary leave, investing in war loans and following austerity m...

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Maker: Meagher, Julian

Still life of an American Pattern Helmet. This painting is part of a war helmet series that Meagher produced in his continuing documentation of modern day masculinity. It explores men's engagement wi...

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Maker: Australian Comforts Fund [AUSTRALIAN] : AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND, [N.D.]

The Australian Comfort Fund (A.C.F) formed in January 1940, worked in conjunction with the Salvation Army, the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A. Its 'comforts' ranged from hostels, clubs and canteens in Aust...

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Maker: Unknown Australian Comforts Fund Unknown

Second World War Australian Comforts Fund poster, depicting defence force members reciving gifts from a giant pair of hands. The Australian Comforts Fund was re-established on 9 January 1940. Based on...

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Maker: Queensland Patriot Fund QUEENSLAND : QUEENSLAND PATRIOTIC FUND : AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND (QLD. DIV.), [N.D.]

An Australian poster depicting a happy soldier being handed a parcel. The words 'Give to the comforts fund' refers to the Australian Comforts Fund (ACF), Queensland division. The Australian Comforts ...

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