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Admiralty House
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
"The road to the sea-front, Mersa Matruh". Admiralty House on left, a destroyer in the harbour. The destroyer made trips from Tobruch, landing wounded for the Mersa Matruh hospital or for train transp...ART30086
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Australian soldier, Libya (Sergeant Frank Collins)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of NX2630 Sergeant Frank Robert Collins, 6th Division 2nd Australian Imperial Force, in Tobruk. Like many of the official war artists, Hele painted portraits not only of high-ranking officers...ART28474
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Blown bridge, Libya
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Demolished by the retreating Italians on the road between Tobruk and Derna, Libya.ART27550
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Brigadier William Windeyer
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Maker: Godson, John Barclay
Depicts a portrait of NX396 Brigadier William John Victor Windeyer, CBE, DSO and Bar, MID (x3), joined the AIF to command the 2/48th Battalion during its training and in the siege of Tobruk in 1941, w...ART31763
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Captain Eric Carter
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of NX12286 Captain Eric Joseph Bryce Carter, Camp Commandant, 6th Australian Division, Wondecla, Queensland.ART21259
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Captain Henry Nicholls
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Captain Henry William Nicholls MC (NX15737) 'Z' Special Unit (formerly of 1st Australian Parachute Battalion and 2/1st Australian Pioneer Battalion). Served in Benghazi and Tobruk, ...ART24249
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Captured Italian guns, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a captured Italian Ansaldo Cannone da 75/40 CA anti aircraft gun in emplacement at Tobruk, near Libya.ART22873
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Central Square, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Buildings in the main square in Tobruk soon after Allied troops had taken the town; on the left is a church. The colours are the dry reds of the desert sand.ART22865
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Corporal John Edmondson
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Maker: Smith, Joshua
Portrait of NX15705 Corporal John H Edmondson, VC, 2/17 Battalion, AIF, was in a small group that attacked with the bayonet a party of Germans which had broken through a point of the Tobruk defences i...ART27532
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Fort Pilastrino and since
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Maker: James, Louis
'Fort Palastrino and since' was painted in 1974, twenty-nine years after the Second World War. It is a considered reflection of the artist's wartime experience, and its impact on his post-war life. It...ART91199
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2/12 Infantry Battalion 18 Brigade AIF at Oro Bay
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Showing the 2/12 Australian Infantry Battalion setting out on a march to Cape Endaiadere in the Buna battle area. They arrived from Milne Bay by sea transport and marched 15 miles through swamp, river...ART21700
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Italian prisoners
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Showing some of the thousands of Italians who surrendered to the 6th Australian Division at Tobruk, on their way back to the Prisoner-of-War cage. Over 25,000 prisoners were taken on the first day and...ART23700
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Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Lawrence Andrew Kelly
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Lawrence Andrew Kelly, NX12214, DSO, MID, Commanding 31st/51st Australian Infantry Battalion, 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion, Commander Occupation Fo...ART24253
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Lieutenant General Sir Frank Berryman
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Maker: Smith, Joshua Allen & Unwin
VX20308 Lieutenant General (later Sir) Frank Horton Berryman, (KCVO), CB, CBE, DSO, Chief of Staff at Australian Advanced Land Headquarters, General Headquarters; North Africa, and campaigns, previous...ART27533
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Major General Ivan Dougherty
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Maker: Carter, Norman
Depicts a portrait of NX148 Major General Ivan N Dougherty, CBE, DSO, ED, after a period with the 2/2nd Infantry Battalion he was appointed to command the 2/4th Battalion, which he led in Libya, Greec...ART31773
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Patient awaiting plastic surgery (Private Mark O'Bryan)
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of Private Mark James O'Bryan, VX34394, 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion, 6th Australian Divisional Army Service Corps, with a deep scar on his left cheek.ART22207
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Portrait of an MO
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait depicting medical officer Major Douglas William (Dougal) MacPherson, WX3357, Australian Army Medical Corps. Major MacPherson served in Greece as a medical officer with 2/5 Australian Infantr...ART22319
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Sergeant William (Billy) Williams
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts a portrait of Sergeant W (Billy), formerly editor of the famous "Tobruk RatsNews", who left the Military History Section for the Department of Public Relations, Melbourne.ART25829
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Sergeant William Williams
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
7th Australian Imperial Division, Royal Australian Army Survey Corps; VX27459 Sergeant (later Captain) William Henry, MHS, formerly editor of Truth; North AfricaART25301
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Sergeant William Williams
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of Sergeant W.H Williams (Billy), formerly editor of "TobrukTruth", a newsheet circulated amongst the garrison. Being a competent stenographer, Sergeant Williams was able to record ...ART21572