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Acre - Australians passed this way!
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Acre - Australians Passed this Way. The bay and town of Acre through which Australian troops passed during their advance towards Beirut. It was in this ancient town that the Armistice Convention was a...ART30092
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Advanced Field Dressing Station, near Damour, Syria
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts an advanced field dressing station near Damour (which is near Beirut and now located in Lebanon) during the Syrian Campaign. The Syrian Campaign involved Australian troops, mostly from the 7th...ART30073
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Air Commodore Leslie Brown
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait depicting Air Commodore Leslie Oswald Brown, RAF, later Air Vice Marshall Sir Leslie Brown. This was a study that Dargie sketched for his painting the 'signing of the Armistice at Acre'.ART22021
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Artillery Lieutenant (Lieutenant Graham)
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Graham, RAA, who served in Crete and Syria, where he was wounded.ART21490
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Australian infantryman (Staff Sergeant Ian Thomson)
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of Staff Sergeant Ian Thomson, shown in full uniform with day pack and bayonet in his left hand, Syria.ART22223
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Blown bridge, Litani River
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a ruined bridge over Litani River, near Marjayoun, Syria (now located in Lebanon). The bridge was blown up by retreating Vichy French forces. The artist wrote: "a serviceable low level bridg...ART30057
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Bombardment of Damour
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Bombardment of Damour. Evacuees leaving Damour with their packs and donkeys. Transport has stopped. The town is being shelled by the Navy and allied artillery. Large fires were started. The impression...ART30074
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Brigadier Murray Moten
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting Brigadier Murray John Moten, CBE, DSO and Bar, was in command of a Citizen Military Force unit at the outbreak of war and was second to command the 2/27th Australian Infantry Battal...ART26668
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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 P Chapman-Walker
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait depicting Captain P Chapman-Walker. This was a study that Dargie sketched for his painting the 'Signing of the Armistice at Acre'.ART22022
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Clearing the junction of the Beirut-Aley, and Beirut-Damascus roads of snow under the direction of RE
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Maker: Dargie, William
An exceptional fall of snow throughout the Lebanon dislocated transport for several days. Here is seen locals under the direction of Australian Army Engineers, clearing the snow from the junction of t...ART26960
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Colonel Edward (Weary) Dunlop
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Colonel (Ernest) Edward 'Weary' Dunlop, OBE, MS Melb, FRCS, FRACS. Perhaps Australia's most well known veteran of the Second World War, Edward Dunlop became well-known for his medical work with Austra...ART26999
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Entrance to Fort Khiam
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts the entrance to Fort Khiam (or Al Khiam), previously part of Syria, is now within the borders of Lebanon. It has been the site of so many occupying armies from different nations that its name...ART30091
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General Georges Catroux
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait depicting General Georges Catroux, free French leader in the Lavant. This was a study that Dargie sketched for his painting the 'signing of the Armistice at Acre'.ART22018
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General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
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Maker: Dargie, William
"Study of head". General Sir H. Maitland Wilson, Commander-in Chief, Allied Forces in Syria. Drawn for inclusion in oil painting Cat. No. 28 - Signing of Syrian Armistice, Syria.ART21308
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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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Head study (Lyndon Dadswell)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait depicting the official war artist Corporal Lyndon Dadswell 2 Australian Imperial Force, 7th Australian Division. Lyndon Dadswell, one of Australia's most accomplished sculptors, was the first...ART21899
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Head study of Sir John Lavarack (full face)
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of Lieutenant General Sir John Lavarack KBE, CB, CMG, DSO, Commanding 1st Australian Corps.ART22029
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Head Study (profile) of Gen Sir John Lavarack for Armistice picture
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait depicting Lieutenant General Sir John Lavarack. This was a study that Dargie sketched for his painting the 'Signing of the Armistice at Acre' [ART22221].ART22024
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Jack Smallshaw
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Garvey's cartoon portrait of Jack Smallshaw, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942...ART91863