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AB Seaman, Flinders Naval Depot [Cecil Frank Barlow]
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Maker: Dargie, William
A portrait of a typical seaman from the Royal Australian Navy. The work is based on Able Seaman Cecil Frank Barlow from the Flinders Naval Depot in Victoria.ART26931
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Balikpapan
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Three studies of Australian soldiers carrying their kits including rifles and shovels. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Mrs Kate Hodgkinson in memory of Frank H...ART94183
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...because somebody talked!
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Maker: Heyman, Wesley WASHINGTON : OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, 1944 (WASHINGTON : U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1944)
This is a cautionary poster urging people to take care with the conversations they have with others. Pictured is spaniel dog resting its head and tear filled eyes on a seamen's square rig collar that...ARTV00047
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Bertha Alexander Ross
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Maker: Jerrold-Nathan, Reginald Henry
Portrait of Bertha Alexander Ross who joined the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) and became the Admiral's driver in Sydney following the death of her son. Able Seaman Wallace Montrose R...AWM2018.1066.2
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Chlopcy jak brzytwy [Boys like razors]
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Maker: Toegel, Stanislaw Markiewicz, Antoni F W Dobereiner
Caricature of three new Polish Army soldiers 'stepping out' in their brand new uniforms. One of four humorous cartoons by Stainslaw Toegel (1905 - 1953) about the new Polish Army. The print has been m...ART96188
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Colonel Kathleen Best
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
This portrait depicting Colonel Kathleen A L Best, AAMWS, WRAAC (1928-1957) was posthumously commissioned by Colonel Sybil Irving, Australian Army Medical Women's Service. On 12 February 1951, Best be...ART29229
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Combine forces with the Australian Comforts Fund...
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Maker: Unknown
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...ARTV02483
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Corporal Jim Gordon
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Maker: Dargie, William
William Dargie was commissioned to paint the portrait 'Corporal Jim Gordon' [5900231 (WX2437)], shortly after Gordon was awarded the Victoria Cross. Born in Western Australia in 1909, James Gordon, a...ART26993
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Digger walking
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian infantrymnan walking in the Western Desert in North Africa.ART21896
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"Doing a grand job!" Join the WAAAF
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Maker: Northfield, James RAAF Publications Unit Unknown
Australian Second World War recruitment poster by James Northfield. The poster depicts a young Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force recruit. In the background to the right of the main figure is a mo...ARTV05170
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Do nas nalezy caly swiat i ... wszystkie plantacje kawy
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Maker: Toegel, Stanislaw Markiewicz, Antoni F W Dobereiner
Three Polish servicemen showing off in their new uniforms. The Polish title translates roughly as 'To us belongs the whole world and all the coffee plantations ...'. One of four humorous cartoons by S...ART96187
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Field Marshal 'Potato Pete'
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food James Hawthorn & Brother Ltd
British Second World War poster depicts a potato dressed as a Field Marshal taking the salute as ranks of potato soldiers, carrying forks, march past. 'Potato Pete' was the product of a campaign for h...ARTV01362
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Field Marshal 'Potato Pete'
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food James Hawthorn & Brother Ltd
British Second World War poster depicts a potato dressed as a Field Marshal taking the salute as ranks of potato soldiers, carrying forks, march past. 'Potato Pete' was the product of a campaign for h...ARTV02019
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Flight-Lieutenant Adrian ('Tim') Goldsmith
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Maker: Honisett, Ray
Portrait of 402500 Flight Lieutenant (later Squadron Leader) Adrian Philip 'Tim' Goldsmith, DFC, DCM, No 452 Sqdn RAAF, also unofficial awards of Cross of for Valor (the only RAAF recipient) and a 'go...ART29256
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Flight Lieutenant Charles Leister
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Maker: Tribe, Barbara
Bronze bust of Flight Lieutenant Charles Leister (Service no. 420472). Leister was born at Bondi, NSW on 7 September 1909. He enrolled with the RAAF on 8 November 1941 training as a Navigator, befor...ART40972
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For The Soviet Country
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Maker: Kukryniksy USSR government Unknown
A lithographic edition of the stencilled TASS poster No. 534 from the 6th of August 1942 designed by the Kukryniksy group. It depicts a Red Army soldier attacking a German soldier who is standing on a...ARTV00229
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Housewives W.V.S. needs your help: Don't delay, enquire today
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British recruitment poster for the Housewives Section of the Civil Defence urging women to join up to support the work of Wardens and their neighbours. This item has been digitised with funding provi...ARTV02106
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[Interior of huts with beds]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts the relatively comfortable living and sleeping conditions of the officer's POW camp Oflag 7B in Germany. Three beds are shown and the occupants military uniforms hang on the walls along with o...ART93149
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[Interior of POW camp hut with beds]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts the interior living conditions of POWs at Oflag 7B camp. Two single beds are shown against a wall from which the inmates personal belongings, including their military uniforms, hang. A cupboar...ART93165
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Japanese airman
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Maker: Santa, Yasushi
A Japanese airman in flying uniform; timber control tower in background, Rabaul, New Guinea.ART92891