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Air Vice-Marshal Frank McNamara
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Maker: Honisett, Ray
Depicts a montage portrait of First World War and Second World War No. 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corp and No. 5 Flying Training School; Air Vice Marshal Frank Hubert McNamara, VC, CBE, RAAF. The wo...ART29094
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An escape from Crete, with blankets for sails
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Maker: Winters, Michael
After the surrender, more than 600 soldiers were left behind on the island. Many of these men made their way back to Egypt in landing barges, fishing boats, or submarines. An Australian soldier who ...ART92802
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A soldier looking up
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Maker: Dargie, William
Drawing of an unidentified soldier looking up to the sky. He is shirtless and wears shorts and a tin helmet.ART22011
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Australian and New Zealand patients
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Maker: Dargie, William
Australian and New Zealand patients wait to board the hospital ship Oranje at Port Tewfik. The Oranje was a modern 20,000 ton vessel owned by the Netherlands government. In 1941 the ship was offered...ART24069
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2/32 Battalion holding German counter-attack, El Alamein, 31 October 1942
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Maker: Dargie, William
2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion holding German counter-attack at El Alamein, Western Desert, Egypt, on 31 October 1942. The men are from B Company and the tank depicted is a German Mark IV C mode...ART22251
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Bound for Suez
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Bound for Suez - Freighters bringing up supplies for the army. The canal is something to see, after journeying across the desert. One realises, all at once, how good is the smell of sea water, the sig...ART30081
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First convoy in the Indian Ocean
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Maker: Norton, Frank
HMAS Australia and HMAS Canberra (Flagship) parting company with the First Australian Convoy approximately 61/4 hours from Fremantle. Convoy consisted of 11 troopships carrying 6th Division of 2 Austr...ART27542
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General Sir Thomas Blamey
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of General Sir Thomas Blamey, CB, CMG, DSO, Deputy Commander in Chief Middle East Forces and General Commanding AIF seated and wearing field battle-coat. Blamey was a former school teacher wh...ART28252
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Haifa Wharf
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts camouflaged desert trailers that carry generators in Port Haifa, then Palestine, now Israel. In the middle foreground are the soldiers in charge of equipment. Drawn as part of the Syrian Cam...ART30281
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HMAS Parramatta at Port Said
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Maker: Norton, Frank
At anchor off Navy House, Port Said, while acting as anti-aircraft defence ship. Ship's camouflage is typical for this class of vessel and was designed by her first Fleet Lieutenant. Beyond the vessel...ART26930
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How she'll prize your letters from overseas
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Maker: Unknown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
One of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "JOIN THE AIF". This poster is subtitled 'How she'll prize your letters...' and ...ARTV04340
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Lance Corporal Frederick Paulson
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
WX1209 Lance Corporal Frederick Lawrence Paulson, after serving unscathed for two years in Egypt, Palestine and Syria with 2/2 Australian Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, finds himself well ...ART21616
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Lieutenant General Sir Iven Mackay
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
NX363 Lieutenant General Sir Iven Mackay, KBE, CMG, DSO VD, General Commanding, Sir Iven was created knight of the British Empire for his brilliant leadership of the 6th Australian Division in the Lib...ART23414
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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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Major General Leslie Morshead
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of Major General Morshead who fought in the Second World War in Cairo, Egypt as part of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, 9th Australian Division; NX8 Major General Leslie J Morshead, CMG, C...ART22864
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Operation Bulimba (2/15th Battalion attack near Tel el Eisa, Egypt), September 1942
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Tel el Eisa; 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion; QX5634 Corporal Horton Ford McLachlan (later Sergeant, DCM) 2/15 Btn 2 AIF, unidentified Australian and German soldiers; Operation, Battle of Alam el...ART27559
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Pathologist (Major Henry Lancaster)
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Depicts a portrait of NX35110 Major Henry Oliver Lancaster, AAMC, Pathologist 111 Aust Casualty Clearing Station, Australian Army Medical Corps, Alexischafen, New Guinea.ART22670
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Searchlight overhaul
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Search light overhaul - Late afternoon preparations for work at night. A felucca under sail is seen beyond an anti-aircraft gun in the distance'.ART30082
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Soldier fixing bayonet
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait depicting an unidentified soldier holding a Lee Enfield Rifle with fixed bayonet.ART22009
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South African whalers 'Sifgra' and 'Simbra' used by the Royal Navy Eastern Fleet, at Aden, Egypt, 1943
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Maker: McBryde, John
South African whalers 'Sifgra' and 'Simbra' moored at a jetty at Aden, Egypt, 1943. The ships are equipped with ASDIC (Anti-submarine Detection Investigation Committee), or Sonar, an underwater radar ...ART92768