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AIF Ex-POW
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
A portrait of an unidentified member of the AIF recently recovered from a German prisoner of war camp. Alan Moore was appointed an official war artist in November 1943 and his commission was to depict...ART25724
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Air gunner
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
A full length drawing of an unidentified air gunner from the No. 454 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force.ART25004
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Australian Forresters, Scotland
Art
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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Be in the fashion - cover your hair
Art
Maker: Rothholz, Hans Arnold Ministry of Labour and National Service Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
British Second World War work safety poster commissioned by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and issued by the Ministry for Labour and National Service featuring photographs of women ...ARTV01036
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[Figures on stretchers inside an aircraft]; verso: [Two seated men and figures inside an aircraft]
Art
Maker: Heysen, Nora
Figures on stretchers loaded into an aircraft; verso: Two seated men, one wearing a hat; and figures seated inside an aircraft.ART29199.018
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Jap internees harvesting pyrethrum
Art
Maker: Ragless, Max
Japanese civilian internees are harvesting the pyrethrum daisy grown at the No. 14 Prisoner of War and Internee Camp. From the blossoms is extracted pyrethin, the basic element in insecticides used by...ART23407
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Lone sailor
Art
Maker: Bleifeld, Stanley
This is a statuette replica of the original Lone Sailor that is a feature of the United States Navy Memorial in Washington DC. The young man is a sturdy figure, and "the founders of the Navy Memorial...ART41015
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Mister, here's your hat! Join the A.I.F now!
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Maker: James, Richard Haughton Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment poster by R.H James. One of a series titled "JOIN THE AIF" this poster is subtitled " Mister, here's your hat!" . It features a bla...ARTV06443
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Netherlands East Indies sailor (Jacques Mason)
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts a portrait of Jacques Mason, a sailor of the Royal Netherlands Navy in the Netherlands East Indies during the Second World War.ART25804
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RAAF fitter
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
A full length drawing of an unidentified fitter from the Royal Australian Air Force. He is wearing a hat, shorts and sandals.ART25001
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recto: [no image]; verso: [Studies for figures, a head and a stretcher]
Art
Maker: Heysen, Nora
recto: no image; verso: Studies for figures, one wearing a hat; a hat and a stretcherART29199.017
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Refugees in Melbourne
Art
Maker: Bergner, Yosl Bergner, Yosl
Two male refugees wearing heavy coats and hats, one carrying a satchel, standing in a Melbourne street, a row of shabby two-storied buildings on the left.ART29579
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Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop
Art
Maker: Corlett, Peter Meridian Sculpture Founders
This sculpture of Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop (1907-1993) commemorates all Australian doctors and other medical staff who served Australian prisoners of war in the Asia Pacific region between 1939-1945....ART90407
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Skids on the Highlands
Art
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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[Standing figure on crutches and seated figure with head in his hand]; verso: [Figures near an aircraft]
Art
Maker: Heysen, Nora
Standing figure on crutches and seated figure with head in his hand; verso: Figures standing near an aircraft possibly in the process of loading goods (image inverted).ART29199.019
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Study of a Man with Peaked Cap
Art
Maker: O'Brien, Justin
This portrait was produced at POW camp Torun in Poland during the Second World War, and depicts a prisoner at the camp. The identity of the man is unknown; however there is another portrait in a priva...AWM2019.347.1
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The drunks [War profiteers]
Art
Maker: Purves Smith, Peter
Satirical depiction of two men's joviality at their success in deceit, having taken advantage of the war situation to make money. The alternative title 'Drunks' describes their celebratory mode. The t...ART91571
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Vickers gunner
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray Gregory, E J
New Guinea during the Borneo campaigns, a soldier leans back in the Kuni grass to hide from Japanese snipers. His gaunt body pulls back to engage the gun, drawing on all his physical strength. Origina...ART26416
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WO II 42 LAD
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of a Warrant Officer, second class, of the 42nd Light Aid Detachment, Baalbeck, Syria.ART22016