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2/3 A.A. Regt Searchlight Bty site
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Maker: Friend, Donald
anti-aircraft; 2/3rd Australian Anti-Aircraft Regiment; campaign; anti-aircraft searchlightART23260
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Adelaide River camp
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
The Adelaide River played a major role during the Second World War. It was in this area that the 119 Australian General Hospital and huge military base were established. The American and Australian ...ART27513
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Airstrip Dunkerque
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Depicts the temporary airstrip on the beach at Dunkerque containing a fence and barbed wire which stretches out along the beach Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by...ART94189
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American ack-ack gunners defending Kila Kila Aerodrome
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Maker: Dargie, William
American anti-aircraft gunners manning a Bofors gun on Kila Kila Aerodrome. They soldiers sit in bunkers wearing helmets.ART21319
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Anti aircraft all the way
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Maker: Gilman, Don Office of AC of S, G-2, 14th Antiaircraft Command 650th Engineering Battalion
A poster issued by the Assistant Chief of Staff of the 14th Anti aircraft Command. The poster depicts a broad arrow heading towards a Japanese flag, on the flag is a listing of a number of battles, ...ARTV00538
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Back them up! Heavy Stirling bombers raid the Nazi Baltic part of Lübeck and leave the docks ablaze
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Maker: Nockolds, Roy Ministry of Information Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British poster depicting an air raid on the German port of Lübeck, showing fires and damage to the docks area and appealing to the public for support. The subtitle is 'Heavy Stirling bombers raid the ...ARTV02297
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Barbed wire entanglements
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Barbed wire entanglements along a beach in Melbourne. Edward Albert Douglas Watson born 1920, served as an official war artist in Australia, New Guinea and Borneo from 1943 to 1946. He became the youn...ART22195
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Benghazi
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
The westernmost place of any size captured by the 6th Australian Division in it's advance through the Western Desert, and 360 miles from Australia's first battlefield of the campaign at Bardin.ART22202
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Bomber under camouflage
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Depicts a Lockheed Hudson bomber and airfield tractor under camouflage netting, Darwin.ART29703
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Camouflage, HMAS Sydney
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Maker: Norton, Frank
The war time upper deck of a hard worked cruiser presents a very different scene to the same deck in peace time. Splinter mats, carlie floats and above all, dull grey paint have bought about the chang...ART30019
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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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Deserted trenches, Darwin
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Maker: Wood, C Dudley Wood, C Dudley
The trench has a dark, shaded entrance which is supported by pilasters of piled stones. It is accessed by a broken ladder, which descends from high ground of red dirt. The trench is located amongst s...ART29212
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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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Erecting camouflage tree, Menangle
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Maker: Dobell, William
Members of the Civil Construction Corps (CCC) erect camouflage netting and a dummy tree at Menangle, near Bankstown, Sydney. Originally built as a racecourse, Menangle Park was converted into a milita...ART30251
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Fragment of battlefield at Sanananda, New Guinea
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Depicts the Sanananda Track (Road), with a General Stuart tank, abandoned Japanese foxholes and equipment.ART21702
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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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Japanese air attacks on Darwin Harbour, 19th February 1942
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Maker: Swain, Keith
This historical painting is a reinterpretation of the Japanese air raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942. Japanese aircraft fly overhead, while the focus of the painting is the Royal Australian Navy cor...ART28075
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Kamiri searchlight
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Maker: Thake, Eric
Eric Thake wrote to Captain John Treloar on 9 November 1947: 'The searchlight, I think belonged to the 16th American Anti-Aircraft Battery as they were camped on the other side and at the opposite end...ART26787
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Night air raid
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Maker: Wood, C Dudley
This image is of men leaving their tent to shelter in a slit trench during a raid by the Japanese Air Force. Two men crouch forwards; one is in shorts and another in pyjama bottoms. A third man fac...ART29214
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One Sunday afternoon in Townsville
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
A Sunday afternoon on a beach in the heart of Townsville. The unidentified men and women on the beach represent the Australian Military Forces, United States Provost Corps, Australian Army Intelligen...ART21350