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Working crew on capstan
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
On board HMS Queenborough, a British destroyer being refitted at Garden Island, Sydney. Shows the crew working on capstan while ship at Garden Island for refitting.ART25192
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Working in the snow, Australian Forestry Unit, Scotland
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Maker: Hawkins, Sheila
Depicts members of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, Royal Australian Engineers, Forestry Units, moving felled logs in the snow. The artist inscribed on the work that this was the workers' "first sno...ART26918
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Working in the tunnel, Sulmona
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Maker: Comber, Albert
A greyscale wash drawing of two Prisoners of war working in a tunnel. At Sulmona the artist joined the Escape Team and tunnel-digging crew. Over two months they worked many hours underground, however...ART34781.008
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Working men, Konyu River camp
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Maker: Chalker, Jack
Two men in Konyu River Camp. Chalker became a Japanese Prisoner of War when Singapore fell in 1942. Jack Chalker was serving in the Royal Artillery when he was captured at the fall of Singapore. In ...ART29420
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Working on a Le Blond shell-boring machine, Commonwealth Ordnance Factory, Maribyrnong
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts an unidentified woman working Le Blond Shell Boring machine in the ordnance workshop at the Commonwealth Ordnance Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22369
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Working on a Thailand railway cutting, July 1943
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Reconstruction of scene of 'F' Force men excavating earth for the railway cutting, lit by fires, with Japanese guard watching. The billowing fire and the men in shadows gives the illusion of being in ...ART25081
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Working on Wau-Bulldog Road
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a sketch of the 11th Australian Division working on Wau-Bulldog road, Bobdubi Ridge area, New Guinea.ART22540
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Working party returning to Changi camp
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A group of men from a work party returning. Many of the men wear little clothing and some are shod in sandals that were manufactured by the Changi workshop. The deprivation in diet is apparent in the ...ART25108
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Work, Save, Fight and so Avenge the Nurses!
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Maker: Whitmore, Bob
Depicts the Hospital ship, 'Centaur' being attacked by the Japanese off the coast of Queensland, during the Second World War. In the water below the ship are a number of nurses and sailors from the sh...ARTV09088
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Workshop at Selerang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts Sergeant Alexander Barclay, 2/10 Field Coy RAE and Staff Sergeant J S Whelan, 2/10th Field Coy RAE in an improvised workshop. Selerang Barracks were former British Army Barracks and were used...ART26628
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Workshop decor (Flight Sergeant B. Love)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Flight Sergeant Bruce Robertson Love (service no. 3537) of the Royal Australian Air Force, Coastal Command, No 10 Squadron is pictured here in his blue overalls standing in front of posters and photog...ART26360
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World War II Australia-Japan
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Maker: Gende, Simon
Simon Gende is a contemporary artist from Papua New Guinea (PNG) whose practice focuses on international events and the social and political issues that frame them. This is a commemorative painting o...ART93025
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World War II supply ships, Darwin
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Maker: Wainburranga, Paddy Fordham
Two supply ships at Darwin being unloaded by Aboriginal labourers during the Second World War. Before the completion of the Stuart and Barkly Highways, the bulk of supplies needed for the troops arriv...ART29718
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Woronesk [Voronezh]
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Maker: Gulitz, A
The city of Woronesk now known as Voronezh, is located in the southwest region of Russia along the Don and Voronezh Rivers. In 1942, Voronezh was beseiged and captured by the Germans advancing on the ...AWM2018.844.3
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Wounded, among the olives
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Maker: Winters, Michael
An Australian soldier lies bleeding to death among the olive trees in Crete.ART92792
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Wounded at the church, Imvros
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Maker: Winters, Michael
A church at Imvros was used by the Allied troops as a shelter in which to treat the wounded and the dying during the retreat.ART92788
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Wounded digger
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Two views of unidentified soldier, one full length and one from waist upwards, right arm in sling, uniform tunic slung over shoulders during the North African campaign. There is an indiscernible drawi...ART21894
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Wounded gunner home from Lae (Sergeant David Duncan and Flying Officer Harold Rowell)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
401641 Flight Sergeant David O Duncan, wireless operator, 22 Squadron RAAF, (being lifted from gunner's cockpit), 406958 Flying Harold M Rowell, pilot, 22 Squadron RAAF (astride the plane), six uniden...ART21353
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Wounded native carrier
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of Kanjingai, a native carrier for Australian New Guinea Administration Unit (ANGAU), was with a patrol of Commandos when he was wounded in an encounter with the Japanese in a villa...ART21613
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Wounded native carrier (Kanjingai)
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of Kanjingai, a native carrier for Australian New Guinea Administration Unit (ANGAU), was with a patrol of Commandos when he was wounded in an encounter with the Japanese in a villa...ART21614
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WRAN writing
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Maker: Russell, Elsa
Portrait depicting an unidentified WRAN (Women's Royal Australian Navy Service) writing.ART29006
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Wrecked Lodestar
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Maker: Thake, Eric
The wings and fuselage of a wrecked Lockheed Lodestar transport aircraft, formerly owned by Dutch and then later owned by the Americans and the RAAF. When the plane was discovered there were nests fr...ART26790
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Wrecked ships, Tel Aviv
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts the hulks of two steamers, the Parita and the Tiger Hill with the seaport of Jaffa, Palestine (now Israel) in the background. This work is part of the Syrian campaign series that was produced ...ART30088
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Writing home
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of an unidentified soldier writing a letter home.ART22006
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Writing home
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Maker: Wood, C Dudley
The main image is of an unidentified RAAF officer writing by the light of hurricane lamp, with Wolseley pattern helmet with RAAF colours on band on the table. To his right, a second man lies on a bed,...ART29215
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Writing home, tent mate "Coop", Lake Sentani, Dutch New Guinea
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Maker: Green, Douglas Allan
Three head and upper body studies of Green's tent mate "Coop" writing a letter home, Sentani, Dutch New Guinea.ART92699
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Wstepne dochodzenia w Gestapo [Preliminary investigations...]
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Maker: Toegel, Stanislaw Markiewicz, Antoni F W Dobereiner
Depiction of a interrogation of a civilian by an officer in the Gestapo. The officer is seated behind a desk in the centre of the image. He is smiling and has a baton in his left hand, papers are scat...ART96183.002
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XXIB Schubin Poland looking East Sportzplatz; verso: XXIB Shubin [Szubin, Poland]
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Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a view across the open area at the POW camp at Schubin, Poland. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In late 1936 he joined the RAAF and was seconded to the RAF...ART96075
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XXIB Shubin [Szubin, Poland]; verso: XXIB Schubin Poland looking East Sportzplatz
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Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a number of single storey buildings in the Oflag XXIB POW camp, with two men leaning against a wall. Oflag XXIB was a POW camp in Schubin, Poland, that operated between 1940-43. Guy Grey-Smith...ART96076
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Yahida, Japanese prisoner of war
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of Yahida a Japanese prisoner of war who could understand English and make himself understood. His name appears in Japanese character's and in English, as written by himself in the ...ART21627
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Yes Sir
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Maker: Hirschfeld-Mack, Ludwig
This work was carved whilst the Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack was an internee in Australia. Born in Germany in 1893, after the First World War the artist studied at the progressive art and design school, the...ART28158
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"Yes you've camouflaged the truck alright, Bingham, but what about the men?"
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Maker: Cook, Noel
Two officers stand in the foreground and one points to the camouflaged vehicle behind them containing a driver and seven soldiers wearing uniform.ARTC00095
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Ygosse's boat yard, Toowong, Brisbane River
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Perhaps because the owner of this yard was a Dutchman, most of his wartime output was turned over to the Dutch Army in the Pacific. Almost completely screened by luxuriant vegatation, this was typical...ART25584
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Yield not an inch! Waste not a minute!
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Maker: Strube, Sidney H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British war poster depicting a factory in Britain, tanks and aeroplanes in action in Russia, with a British and Russian hand gripped in the middle. Close to the drawing of the British factory are the...ARTV02320
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Yield not an inch! Waste not a minute!
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Maker: Strube, Sidney H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British war poster depicting a factory in Britain, tanks and aeroplanes in action in Russia, with a British and Russian hand gripped in the middle. Close to the drawing of the British factory are the...ARTV02322
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YMCA Dobodura
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Maker: Anderson, Ivan
Image depicts YMCA Dobodura. Ivan Anderson was at Dobodura in 1943 - 1944. During the Second World War the YMCA established mobile canteens to deliver refreshments to the troops. In Australia, the YMC...AWM2017.1456.16
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YMCA sergeant (Sergeant Ray Galloway)
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts a portrait of Q130024 Sergeant Ray Galloway, YMCA, philanthropic organisations. Drawn at Townsville when on his way north with the unit.ART25837
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YMCA Walton hut
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Maker: Rae, Iso
Depicts the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Walton hut. The building was provided and run by the YMCA as an amenities centre for soldiers in the Etaples Army Base Camp, Etaples, France.ART19598
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You and only you can put "I" in victory
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Maker: General Motors Holden
This Australian Second World War poster was created by General Motors Holden in 1941 and likely produced for display in one of their Australian factories. The poster depicts a red background letter 'V...ARTV02150
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You Are in the Battle for Fuel: Are You Keeping inside Your Target?
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Fuel and Power J. Weiner Ltd.
British Second World War poster emphasizing the need for people on the home front to keep within their coal targets. Posters such as this one were common in the Second World War and aimed to link beha...ARTV02059
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You Can Lick Runaway Prices
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Maker: Flagg, James Montgomery Office of War Information Unknown
United States Second World War poster by James Flagg. Using the image of Uncle Sam, this poster lists the 7 keys to holding down prices. During their involvement in the Second World War, the United St...ARTV02834
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You can't slope arms with a lathe!
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Maker: General Motors Holden
This Australian Second World War poster was produced by General Motors Holden (GMH) in 1941, and was produced for use in one of their factories. The poster depicts a munitions worker carrying a lath...ARTV02147
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"You know, Major, if there's one thing I like about Japan, it's the white Christmas"
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Maker: McLaren, Gus
Cartoon published in the Australian War Memorial publication 'As you were', 1950, p. 114. Depicts a major and lieutenant looking out through a window onto a snow-covered landscape. Just outside, a ser...ARTI00143.001
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"You know, Major, if there's one thing I like about Japan, it's the white Christmas" [colour overlay]
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Maker: McLaren, Gus
Work on blue vellum representing area for colour overlay of ARTI00143.001 "You know, Major, if there's one thing I like about Japan, it's the white Christmas".ARTI00143.002
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You loose miles of rubber every time you jam on your brakes!
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Supply Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Supply, warning of the damage to tyres and loss of rubber when brakes on motor vehicles are applied suddenly.ARTV01477
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You loose miles of rubber every time you jam on your brakes!
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Maker: Ministry of Supply Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Supply, warning of the damage to tyres and loss of rubber when brakes on motor vehicles are applied suddenly. This item has been d...ARTV02422
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You love them, fight for them!
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Maker: Unknown Department of the Army
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment poster. The image of a woman holding her baby wrapped in a pink blanket dominates the majority of the poster. The image is highligh...ARTV04314
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You love them fight for them: Join the A.I.F now!
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Maker: Unknown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
Australian Second World War recruitment poster features a woman against a light blue background holding her baby who is swaddled in a pink blanket. The image takes up the left half of the poster; on t...ARTV03921
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You Mined This Mine: It Takes 4 Tons of Coal to Make This Mine and 40 or More to 'Fill' It
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Fuel and Power Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster aimed for display at coal production and mining sites. The poster depicts a sea mine, likely in an attempt to play on the dual meaning of the word 'mine' as both a verb...ARTV02063
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Young and Jackson's corner
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Donald Friend enlisted in June 1942. He served as gunner, in a labour battalion and briefly in army intelligence. In March 1945 he was appointed an Official War Artist between 23.5.45 and 10.9.45 and ...ART23202