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AASL on maintenance work
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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
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Care costs you nothing and saves National Resources... Put it out ! Prevent Bush Fires!
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Maker: Unknown NSW Bush Fires Advisory Committee Unknown
Australian poster produced shortly after the end of the Second World War to promote fire safety. As resources were still in short supply as a result of the war, bushfires only acted to further drain e...ARTV02507
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George Sprod Official War Dairy
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
Frontispiece of the sketchbook created using the inside front cover which is page 1. The title 'Official War Diary' is written in black ink from the centre left to centre right. This is counter balan...AWM2018.148.1.1
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Give them comforts!...
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The Australian Comforts Fund (A.C.F.), formed in January 1940, and 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 i...ARTV02495
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Help! The Sar-Major's fallen down the grease trap!
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
This cartoon depicts a soldier running to another, asking for help as their sergeant major has fallen down a grease trap. His hand can be seen sticking out of it, waving for help. The second soldier's...AWM2018.148.1.16
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Kapooka Camp
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Maker: Herman, Sali
Depicts an Australian landscape with soldiers at a make-shift encampment of white tents, surrounded by gum trees. A small dog appears in the foreground of the painting. At Kapooka army camp, recruits ...ART92141
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Lieutenant John Ewen
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Maker: Balfour, Lawson
Portrait depicting Lieutenant John Carr Ewen, MC, DCM, MM, enlisted in AIF in 1915 and arrived in France in 1916. His subsequent service as a gunner gained him the MM at Pozieres in August 1916, and ...ART09741
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Linemen erecting power pole in excavation, Sydney graving dock
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Scene of four men working to erect power lines at Sydney Graving. In the background below a group of work around a crane. The four men in the foreground are exerting a large amount of energy though pu...ART30257
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Look! a gunner, let's put him to work!
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
This cartoon depicts three men chasing down a gunner.AWM2018.148.1.14
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Matron Muriel Doherty, RAAFNS
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Maker: Marcovitch, Alfreda
Portrait of Matron Muriel Doherty, Principal Nursing officer, New South Wales and Queensland, Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service. Until 1940, RAAF sick were nursed by male nursing orderlies o...ART29580
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not titled [artist notes]
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
handwritten notes by Sprod that indicate his working for the cartoon book. The list of titles suggests Sprod may have been working on titling each cartoon, but changed his ideas in the final versions....AWM2018.148.1.18
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not titled [marching off to our quarters] [getting a uniform is like winning the lottery]
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
'Marching off to our quarters' and 'Getting a uniform is like winning the lottery' is a two page illustration of men arriving at camp, and settling in to their surrounds, such as learning the layout a...AWM2018.148.1.3
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not titled [men admiring new uniforms]
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
This cartoon features six men admiring their new uniforms. A camp building is visible in the background.AWM2018.148.1.4
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not titled [potato peeler]
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
This cartoon features a man sitting down, peeling potatoes. Two men to his right laugh at this behavior, stating it was because he used to work in the sergeants mess.AWM2018.148.1.10
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not titled [sergeant's mess]
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
In this cartoon, two soliders are seen discussing how they've run out of alcohol rations. The scene in the foreground is the sergeants mess, stocked full with bottles of alcohol. A number of jovial me...AWM2018.148.1.13
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not titled [sergeant's orders]
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
In this cartoon, a sergeant orders a soldier to go to town to buy boot polish. The soldier can be seen thinking about beer, suggesting that he will make a detour for a drink while out on sergeant's or...AWM2018.148.1.15
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not titled [we'll make bread pudding]
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
This cartoon is a comment on the food that was produced for the soldiers. Rather than letting the state bread go to waste, the chef decides to make bread pudding with it.AWM2018.148.1.11
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Professor Dakin
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
Depicts a portrait of Professor John William Dakin, DSc, Professor of Zoology, University of, seconded to Commonwealth Government 1941-45 as Technical Director of Camouflage.ART29275
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Short Arm Parade
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
This cartoon features five men standing in line to talk to a seated serviceman (doctor).AWM2018.148.1.5
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Sketchbook containing 19 pages of drawings, compositions and notes relating to the service of NX34279 Gunner George Napier Sprod
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
Sketch book relating to the service of NX34279 Gunner George Napier Sprod. It is a small, brown sketchbook of 20 leaves, 40 pages and 17 cartoons. The cartoons date from the period between his enlistm...AWM2018.148.1