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And now!
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Maker: Uptton, Clive Ministry of Supply Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British poster number 167 poster depicting a British soldier advancing past the bodies of German soldiers towards Japanese soldiers, the horizon is obscured by a Japanese flag (under the 'Beat Hitler...ARTV00049
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An incident on the Burma railway
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Reconstruction of a scene witnessed by Colonel Dillon of the British Army, of the bashing of two British and one Australian prisoners of war by Japanese on the Burma-Thailand railway. Griffin original...ART26525
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Ansons on the Tarmac
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Avro Anson training planes at No.10 Air Observers School, a unit of the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), through which many trainees of the Royal Australian Air Force passed, on the tarmac ready to ...ART21983
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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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Anti-aircraft defence
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
A Bofors 40mm anti aircraft gun and a slit trench. Emplacements are sand - bagged for protection. In the foreground is an observer's position. The occupant left his steel helmet lying on the ground ou...ART30066
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Anti-aircraft defences, Marsa Matruh
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts unidentified Australian soldiers standing with a Bren gun mounted on a tripod for anti-aircraft defence in the Western Desert during the North African campaign. Hele was serving as a private i...ART22868
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Anti-submarine defences, Darwin
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
An unidentified crew on fo'csle of boom defence vessel looking towards the horns; second boom defence vessel in background. Anti-submarine boom across Harbour maintained and serviced by boom defence v...ART22740
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"A" party moves at dawn
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
In the distance, a Sunderland aircraft is preparing to land as air Force trucks are being loaded at an air base, possibly Plymouth, where Australian RAAF squadrons were based.ART26244
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Apparatus for final test for respirators (Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
At the Commonwealth Explosives Factory, which was the only factory in the Commonwealth where these masks were assembled and tested. The operation, which was hitherto performed at the Munitions Supply ...ART22600
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Apparatus for testing respirators (Cartridge Bundling Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of apparatus for testing respirators, government agencies, Commonwealth Expolsives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22601
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Appearance of a long-nosed Blenheim
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Maker: Nash, Paul
Depicts a Second World War Blenhein airplane emerging from a cloud filled sky. Nash was appointed as a British official war artist in March 1940 by the War Artists' Advisory Committee, working for the...ART26679
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Are your guards all present and correct
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
poster produced by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to increase awareness of need for safety guards on machinery, depicts a guardsman m...ARTV01682
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Arm operation at advanced Markham dressing station
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a scene in an Advanced Dressing Station of the Australian Army Medical Corps in the Markham area, New Guinea.ART22498
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Armourers (Warrant Officer James McMillan and Corporal Wilcox)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Warrant James McMillan (front), Corporal Wilson (or Wilcox) (rear); Browning testiing and cleaning .50 calibre machine guns of aircraft.ART21713
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Army Camp, Caulfield
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Mainwaring is likely to have painted this scene when he was an Australian army artist on probation. An Army camp established at Caulfield Racecourse, grandstands and track in view. In the background...ART23397
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Army command boat in building
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Army command boat under construction at Halvorsen's Yard, River, Ryde. All the craft are of timber construction and range from Fairmile motor launches to fast supply boats and search and rescue launch...ART21361
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Army Workshop
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
An electrical and mechanical workshop of 12 Australian Army Troops Company. The central figure is QX41927 Sapper Edward "Shorty" Kellow, shown welding, assisting him is Q153295 Sapper Roy Edward Emery...ART22210
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Artificial limb construction, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Showing some of the limbs manufactured a the AIF POW Convalescent Depot. Series of drawings showing construction of artificial leg, including knee and ankle joints, 'Limb Factory', under supervision o...ART26502
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Artificial Limb Factory, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
The 'factory' was housed in the coolie lines at rear of Convalescent Depot, Changi Goal. Depicts three unidentified men engaged in different aspects of making artificial limbs.ART26503
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Artillery Lieutenant (Lieutenant Graham)
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Graham, RAA, who served in Crete and Syria, where he was wounded.ART21490
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Artillery surveyors
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Artillery surveyors at the beginning of the traverse. The computor (seated) with binoculars and bandolier takes down the readings as the instrument man gives them. This sketch is a reconstruction of a...ART26097
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A shadow across Hitler's path
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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 likely produced for use in one of their factories. The poster is aimed at factory workers, attempti...ARTV02146
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Assembling a 3.7 anti-aircraft gun, Maribyrnong, Victoria
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
A heavy 3.7 inch heavy anti-aircraft gun in the course of construction, Ordnance Workshop, Maribrynong. Melbourne.ART23436
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Assembling gas masks (Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of unidentified women assembling gas masks and respirators, Government agencies, Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22598
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Assembly shops, Beaufort Division, Dept. of Aircraft production, Fisherman's Bend, Vic Victoria
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
Looking down on the Assembly shop, Beaufort Division's Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Fisherman's Bend, Victoria.ART26088
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A study for the trial of General Tojo
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Maker: Tucker, Albert
General Tojo became Prime Minister of Japan during the Second World War. As the most powerful leader in the government during this time, he approved the attack on Pearl Harbour and pushed the Japanes...ART91988
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A study for the trial of General Tojo
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Maker: Tucker, Albert
General Tojo became Prime Minister of Japan during the Second World War. As the most powerful leader in the government during this time, he approved the attack on Pearl Harbour and pushed the Japanes...ART91976
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A study for the trial of General Tojo
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Maker: Tucker, Albert
General Tojo became Prime Minister of Japan during the Second World War. As the most powerful leader in the government during this time, he approved the attack on Pearl Harbour and pushed the Japanes...ART91995
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A trailer party, Changi 1944
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Two prisoners dragging an improvised trailer loaded with full sacks and escorted by a Japanese guard.ART25100
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A trailer party passing through a Kampong
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men pushing trailer near a village well with Malay and Chinese children in the foregroundART25087
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Attack! Attack! Attack!
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Maker: Northfield, James Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
A poster produced for the Beaufort Division of the Department of Aircraft production during the Second World War. The poster depicts Beaufighters attacking Japanese naval vessels. The text below the ...ARTV09059
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Attack by No 3 and 450 Squadrons on enemy shipping near Venice
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Maker: Moore, Alan
This was a precision attack by four squadrons of Mustang and Kitty hawk fighter bomber. including No.3 and 450 Squadrons, Royal Australian Air Force, against shipping and installations at Venice durin...ART27619
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Attack by 2/24th Battalion, El Alamein at night, 25-26 October 1942
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Maker: Dargie, William
Attack on Fig Orchard, El Alamein campaign, Egypt 1942. 'C' Company of the 2/24th Battalion is seen under fire on its start line prior to the attack, with the 2/48th Battalion holding Trig 29 at left...ART27821
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Attack on Japanese tanks on the Bakri-Parit Sulong Road
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Reconstruction of action against Japanese tanks by 2/4th Anti Tank Regiment along Bakri-Parit Sulong Road. This was the scene of intense fighting by withdrawing Australian troops as the Japanese rapid...ART27570
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At the Churchill Club, large and small worlds
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Portrait of Flying Officer Maurice O'Sullivan, RAAF, with a large terrestrial globe, in a room overlooking part of an enclosed garden of the Churchill Club, London. The Churchill Club was established ...ART26269
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At the Controls of a Bombay
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Squadron Leader Cyril Robin Broome, Commanding Officer No. 1 Air Ambulance, Royal Australian Air Force, part of wing and landing strut of transport aircraft used as air ambulance.ART24442
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A united 'fighting mad' Australia can never be enslaved
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Maker: Northfield, James Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
A Second World War Australian poster depicting a European man pulling a rickshaw, in which a Japanese man is sitting, past the Flinders Street Railway Station in Melbourne. A Japanese flag flies abov...ARTV09053
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Australian action at Buna
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
This painting shows an attack by troops of the 18th Australian Infantry Brigade, supported by General Stuart tanks of the 2/6th Australian Armoured Regiment during the struggle for Buna. The combined ...ART27547
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Australian and Greek soldier
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Maker: Drysdale, Russell
Illustration for the wartime publication 'The Australian Soldier - A Portrait'. Depicts two Allied soldiers leaning in toward one another. The Australian soldier is smoking and is offering a cigarett...ART28309.005
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14 Australian Anti-aircraft Battery (Bombardier William Richards)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Bombardier William Charles Richards, NX146567, of the 14th Australian Anti-Aircraft Battery, carrying a 3.7 inch anti-aircraft shell. He is standing in front of an ammunition storage recess in a gun ...ART22724
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14 Australian Antiaircraft Battery (Militia) Fixed Defences, Darwin
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
14 Australian Antiaircraft Battery (Militia) Fixed Defences, Darwin. This crew saw action when the Japanese first bombed Darwin. The Battery of 4 guns had, shot down 2 planes certain, one probable. Th...ART22719
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Australian Comforts Fund: don't let them down, the Blueys and Curleys
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Maker: Unknown Australian Comforts Fund Unknown
Depicts a 2nd Australian Imperial Force poster appealing for donations of reading matter (books and magazines) for distribution by the Australian Comforts Fund to soldiers. Soldiers are shown in the j...ARTV05272
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Australian commandos attacking Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour, September 1943
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Dennis Adams was commissioned to depict Operation Jaywick, a bold raid by members of Special Operations Australia from Z Special Unit. Fifteen men under the command of a British officer, Major Ivan L...ART27649
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2/14 Australian Field Regiment (Jungle Division)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Second World War; 1944; Sio Bogadjim area, Huon Peninsula, New Guinea. Depicts five unidentified Australian soldiers involved in jungle operations, members of the Royal Australian Artillery, 2/14th Au...ART21354
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Australian Forresters, Scotland
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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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Australian Lancasters loading ex-POWs for England
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Maker: Moore, Alan
A group of ex-POWs boarding a converted Avro Lancaster bomber used to return POWs to England; the group includes Australians and Indians.ART24325
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Australian Military Forces, Rabaul
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
Depicts three Australian Military Force personnel in jungle wearing tin helmets and carrying rifles.ART28376.006
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Australian officers around the stove at night, Sulmona, Italy
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Maker: Comber, Albert alpha lithograph
Interior of hut, German prisoner of war camp at Base POW Campo 78 at Sulmona, Italy. Prisoners seated on boxes around large heating stove. Comber and other officers were held prisoner there from Octob...ART34781.005
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Australian POWs embarking for home on the Largs Bay at Singapore docks
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23374
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Australian POWs homeward bound on HMT Highland Brigade
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23386