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A Map of the British Army with Battle Honours and Military Achievements
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Maker: Belfast Ulster Savings Committee Edinburgh Scottish War Savings Committee London National Savings Committee Field Sons and Co. Ltd.
Issued by the National Savings Committees of England, Scotland and Northern Island this poster is a map of the United Kingdom with inset vignettes of the different local regiments with their battle ho...ARTV02115
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Australian Forresters, Scotland
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A group of four members of the Australian forestry unit manually saw the felled wood into smaller pieces for transport. Two men saw the wood while one holds the log in place and the other is lining up...ART25524
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British Centre (British WRENS, VAD Joan Farquharson and VAD Katherine Elwood)
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
The British Centre provided entertainment and meals for the large forces of British personnel who were in Australia. The two British WRENS seated at the table had only been in Australia for two days. ...ART25184
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Burning off in Scotland
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Several men toil in the foreground alongside some tall trees. A large fire burns in the back ground in efforts to burn off the remains of the de-forestation area and preparing the ground for replantin...ART22310
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Bush Mill in Scotland
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A figure stands in front of a saw mill preparing a log in preparation for rail transport. The 3rd Coy, Australian Forestry Unit based in Canonbie, Dumfrieshire, Scotland is situated in close proximity...ART23538
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Buy Your Savings Here: This Is Thanksgiving Week
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Maker: National Savings Committee, London and Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh The Whitwell Press Ltd.
British Second World War poster promoting national savings and the sale of savings/bond certificates. This poster was issued on 'Thanksgiving Week' - various weeks given this title around September an...ARTV02114
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Convoy Your Country to Victory: Buy Defence Bonds at Banks and Post Offices
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Hilder, Rowland National Savings Committee, London and Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh, Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast J. Weiner Ltd.
British Second World War poster promoting the sale of defence bonds. The poster depicts a British Merchant Navy convoy at sea, seen from the deck of a British warship. Two sailors stand on the deck, u...ARTV02080
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Join the Crusade: Buy National Savings Certificates
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Maker: Unknown National Savings Committee, London and Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast H.M. Stationery Office
The crusades were a series of medieval military expeditions in the middle ages to recover the Holy Land from Islamic rule. They were, in essence, a fight for what was believed to be the forces of good...ARTV02081
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Scotch Sunday, church parade of 2nd Coy of Foresters
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A group of figures, participating in a church parade, march down a Scottish street with buildings to one side and trees to the other. A view of the countryside is evident above the parade. The men de...ART23539
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Scottish Idyll
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
An Australian in uniform talks to a local woman as they lean on a wall overlooking a river, bridge and town centre of Dumfries, Scotland.ART26224
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[Scottish soldier]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Shows the back view of a POW inmate, most probably Scottish. He is dressed in traditional Scottish clothing, including a kilt and cap. There were many British POWs at the Oflag 7B camp, which would ha...ART93153
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Shacklers, Australian Forestry Unit, Scotland
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Maker: Hawkins, Sheila
Shacklers were responsible for preparing wire ropes for forest harvesting. Using a group composition, Hawkins captures the dynamic movement of the expert woodsmen as they manoeuver the felled trees of...ART29388
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Skids on the Highlands
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Australian Forestry Units working in Dumfriesshire in Scotland move felled and cut wood which are then loaded onto trucks and transported to the saw mill for further processing. The use of skids or p...ART25525
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Tree felling, Australian Forestry Unit, Scotland
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Maker: Hawkins, Sheila
A group composition of Australian and British Honduran forestry men felling trees in the remote forests of Scotland during the Second World War. Hawkins heard about the important, but largely unknown,...ART29389
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We at Home Have a Battle to Win... Support Your Savings Group
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Chromoworks Ltd
British Second World War poster encouraging women to support the war effort by purchasing savings stamps from their local savings group. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwe...ARTV02079
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Wings for Victory: more savings - more wings
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Maker: Wootton, Frank Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast H.M. Stationery Office Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd.
In May 1943, London celebrated 'Wings for Victory" week. This poster, featuring a flight of four Avro Lancaster B Mk.1s. At least one of the depicted aircraft in this poster (VN-N) was a member of No....ARTV06787
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Working in the snow, Australian Forestry Unit, Scotland
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Maker: Hawkins, Sheila
Depicts members of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, Royal Australian Engineers, Forestry Units, moving felled logs in the snow. The artist inscribed on the work that this was the workers' "first sno...ART26918