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  1. Aaaaaaa-tention!

    Art

    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 ...

    ART29762

  2. AA (Happy) Hawkins

    Art

    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...

    ART28403.039

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

    Art

    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...

    ART22053

  4. AAMWS (Private Gwynneth Patterson)

    Art

    Maker: Heysen, Nora

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

    ART22822

  5. 2/3 A.A. Regt Searchlight Bty site

    Art

    Maker: Friend, Donald

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

    ART23260

  6. AASL on maintenance work

    Art

    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...

    ART25109

  7. A battle-scarred warrior

    Art

    Maker: Heysen, Nora

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

    ART22123

  8. "Abendico" Italian cook, No. 454 Squadron

    Art

    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.

    ART26614

  9. Abi

    Art

    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 ...

    ART93214

  10. Able Seaman

    Art

    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 ...

    ART23212

  11. Able Seaman Kenneth McIntyre

    Art

    Maker: Goodchild, John

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

    ART22787

  12. Able Seaman, Torpedoes

    Art

    Maker: Dargie, William

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

    ART23554

  13. Able Seaman Wallace Montrose Ross

    Art

    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...

    AWM2018.1066.1

  14. A brisk day off Yokohama, HMAS Hobart

    Art

    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...

    ART25503

  15. AB Seaman, Flinders Naval Depot [Cecil Frank Barlow]

    Art

    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.

    ART26931

  16. Absence makes the war grow longer...

    Art

    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

  17. Ace of Spades

    Art

    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...

    ART94650

  18. ACF gift socks help when the mud's at it's worst...

    Art

    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...

    ARTV02491

  19. ACF gives and can keep on giving!

    Art

    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...

    ARTV06426

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

    Art

    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 ...

    ARTV06096

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