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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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AA (Happy) Hawkins

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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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A.A. lookout, Red Sea [Donald Hambleton-Johnson and Reginald Ward]

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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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AAMWS (Private Gwynneth Patterson)

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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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2/3 A.A. Regt Searchlight Bty site

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Maker: Friend, Donald
anti-aircraft; 2/3rd Australian Anti-Aircraft Regiment; campaign; anti-aircraft searchlight
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AASL on maintenance work

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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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A battle-scarred warrior

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Maker: Heysen, Nora
A large pandanus tree scarred by mortar and rifle fire, Finschhafen, Huon Peninsula, New Guinea, August 1944.
ART22123
"Abendico" Italian cook, No. 454 Squadron

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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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Abi

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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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Able Seaman

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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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Able Seaman Kenneth McIntyre

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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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Able Seaman, Torpedoes

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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of an unidentified Able Seaman from the Royal Australian Navy.
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Able Seaman Wallace Montrose Ross

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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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A brisk day off Yokohama, HMAS Hobart

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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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AB Seaman, Flinders Naval Depot [Cecil Frank Barlow]

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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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Absence makes the war grow longer...

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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...
ARTV02274
Ace of Spades

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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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ACF gives and can keep on giving!

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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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A.C.F. : Give to the comforts fund: The Fund that looks after all the men and Women of Australia's Fighting Services

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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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A Changi working party

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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A group of prisoners of war forming a working party, one carrying a fire bucket to provide fire or a light for cigarettes. A Japanese guard walks amongst them. The men not sent to the Burma-Thailand r...
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