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Vehicle Outfit Log checker (Private Isobel Sanderson)
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Private Isobel Sanderson, AWAS, of, a Vehicle Outfit Log Checker at a Base Ordnance DepotART25318
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Vice-Admiral Sir Guy Royle
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Vice Admiral Sir Guy Royle, KGB, CMG, First Naval Member of Commonwealth Naval BoardART23432
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Vice Admiral Sir John Collins
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of Vice Admiral Sir John Collins, KBE, CB, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand, formerly commanding officer HMAS (1935-41); Mediterranean (Bartolomeo Colleoni), Gulf.ART27541
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Vic Honeyman
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Vic Honeyman. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 many prisoners had died an...ART28403.083
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Victor Martin, engine driver, Queensland railways
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a drawing of Mr Victor Martin, engine driver; part of foot plate of steam locomotive, Queensland.ART25560
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Vincent Hall, chief engineer of Queensland railways during war
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a portrait of Mr Vincent Hall, Chief Engineer Queensland Railways, Queensland.ART25559
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Voluntary worker (Mrs Desbrowe Annear)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Mrs Desbrowe Annear had been a voluntary worker at the Australian Comfort Fund established during this and the last war. She specialised in the making of shirts and pyjamas for the troops.ART23543
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VX 78902 L/Corporal R.B. Hartley
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Claremont; 1st Armoured Division Postal Unit, Leave and Transit Depot; VX78902 Lance Corporal R B Hartley, 1 Armd Div (Postal)ART25344
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WAAAF cook (Corporal Joan Whipp)
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Heysen's portrait of Corporal Joan Beatrice Whipp, depicts her as an immovable tower of strength as she stands, arms folded, in her mess kitchen. Whipp was a cook from the Women's Auxiliary Australia...ART24394
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Waiting for a Call
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Flight Sergeant Ronald Albert Steele, pilot No. 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, relaxes with a book in the Mess. A table just inside was always piled with magazines including well known Austra...ART24447
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Wal (Bill) Van Doorenmaalen
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Wal (or Hans) 'Bill' Van Doorenmaalen, of Fort de Kock, Kerk Straat 7. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Rai...ART28403.012
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Walker
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Maker: Kahan, Louis
Depicts a portrait of Walker, seaman, United States Navy, wearing a navy uniforn.ART29358
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Wally Stillwell
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Wally Stillwell, of 24 Kembla Grove. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 man...ART28403.051
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Warant Officer 2 Douglas (Jock) Taylor
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting VX5449 Warrant Class 2 Douglas R 'Jock' Taylor, DCM, original member of 2/7th Infantry Battalion, served with the unit through its campaigns in Libya, Greece and Crete. In the fierc...ART27529
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War Correspondent
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts a portrait of Melbourne Pratt, War Correspondent Sydney Morning Herald, typing a despatch to his paper one evening at the Public Relations cottage at Port Moresby.ART21503
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War of nerves (Captain Vernon Clarke and Private Norman Bowman)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
An Army Dental Surgeon of "D" Section, 2/1st Australian Dental Unit drilling a soldier's tooth by the aid of the dental treadle engine. The dental officer is SX27936 Captain H Vernon Clarke. The patie...ART21729
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Warrant Officer Alexander McLean
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Warrant Officer Alexander McLean, prisoner of war on the Burma Thailand Railway. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Tha...ART28403.049
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Warrant Officer 1 Arthur Purdon
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Warrant Officer Class 1 Arthur Henry Mason Purdon DCM (NX67447), Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant, 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese a...ART26445
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Warrant Officer 2 Ernest Probert
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of VP7203 Warrant (II) Ernest Kingsley Probert, Army Instructional Corps, an instructor at the Royal Australian Engineers Training Centre, Wagga Wagga, NSW.ART21175
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Warrant Officer 2 John Cox
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Warrant II John Fabian Cox (NX58736), Headquarters staff, Australian Army Survey Corps, 8th Australian Division. Cox became a prisoner-of-war following the fall of Singapore and ...ART26450
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Warrant officer 2 L Wainwright
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Alola; PX181 Warrant L A Wainwright, ANGAU, Alola Native Labour CampART25384
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Warrant Officer 2 William Dougall
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Royal Australian Artillery; VX101384 Warrant II William Reginald Dougall, RAAART25383
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Washing bottles (Private Dorene Lawrence)
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Australian Army Medical Women's Service, 2 Australian Blood and Serum Preparation Unit; Private Dorene Elvira Lawrence, AAMWS, 2 Aust Blood & Serum Prep UnitART22680
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Washing carboys
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
A pathologist from the Australian Army Medical Corps, 2nd Australian Blood and Serum Preparation Unit, washing carboys. Carboys are large glass or plastic bottles, usually encased in a protective bask...ART22121
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Washing carboys
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
A pathologist in the Australian Army Medical Corps, 2nd Australian Blood and Serum Preparations Unit, washing carboys. Carboys are large glass or plastic bottles, usually encased in a protective baske...ART22677
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Water Supply problems, Burma (Flight Sergeant Alan Kelly and Warrant Officer Neil Strongman)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
At the forward camp site of 194 Transport Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. To obtain water, a well was sunk and four large drums with the ends cut away were placed end on end in the well and the ...ART24263
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Weighing cordite, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts factory workers Miss Jessie James, Miss Ruby Swift, and Miss Mary Grace weighting cordite on scales in the Cartridge Bundling Section of the Commonwealth Explosives Factory at Marybyrnong in V...ART22136
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Wellington wireless operator
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Interior of a Wellington bomber, depicting Warrant Officer Norman Perry Marshall, RAAF, as a Flight Sergeant wireless operator with equipment which consists of T1154 transmitter and R1155 receiver, 37...ART22979
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William (Bill) Paterson
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of William L 'Bill' Patterson, of 1 Carwar Avenue, Carss Park, New South. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Rail...ART28403.054
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William Davies
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of William R 'Bill' Davies, of 112 Church Street, Hawthorn. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the b...ART28403.060
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William McCann
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of William 'Bill' McCann, of 23 Weld Street. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 194...ART28403.071
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William Wells
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Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of William T 'Billy' Wells. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 many prisoners h...ART28403.014
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William W Leggatt
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Maker: Dent, Aileen
Portrait of VX44907 Lieutenant Colonel (later Sir) William Watt Leggatt, DSO, MC, MID, Commanding 2/40th Battalion, 2nd A.I.F also First World War, Western Front. Aileen Rose Dent (1890-1978) was an...ART28531
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Wing Commander Allan Mumchin
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting 270916 Wing Commander W Allan Minchin, Chief Signals 9 Group and Northern Command, later RAAF Signals Liaison Fifth Air Force and 10 Grouop, Chief Signals Southern Area Royal Austra...ART22701
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Wing Commander Andrew Henderson
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Portrait depicting Wing Commander (later Group Captain) Andrew Dill Henderson, Commanding No.454 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Cassinatico, Italy.ART26573
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Wing Commander Brian Eaton
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Wing Commander Brian Eaton, DFC, DSO, was at one time the Commanding Officer No. 3 Squadron, RAAF. He later went to Mobile Operations Room.ART23460
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Wing Commander Charles Falkinder
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of Wing Commander Charles William Jackson Falkinder, DSO, DFC and Bar, Commandant of the Air Training Corps; also in Bomber Command Pathfinders in Europe. He is wearing his Pathfinder badge b...ART27502
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Wing Commander Clive Caldwell, DSO, DFC and Bar
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
An early product of the Empire Air Training Scheme, Clive Caldwell became a notable Spitfire fighter pilot whose air victories earned him the nickname "Killer". He served in the United Kingdom and Mid...ART26990
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Wing Commander (Dizzy) Crawford
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
This sketch of Wing Commander Crawford, a Canadian and Commanding Officer of 194 Transport Squadron, Royal Air Force, was made shortly before he was killed when his aircraft crashed into a hill on Ram...ART24313
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Wing Commander Gynes Ramsbottom-Isherwood
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Wing-Commander Henry Neville Gynes Ramsbottom-Isherwood, DFC, Air Force Cross, RAF. Born in Blenheim, New Zealand, Ramsbottom-Isherwood went to Britain to join the Royal Air Force in the 1930s. He led...ART26129
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Wing Commander Jack Davenport
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A portrait of Wing Commander Jack Napier Davenport, DSO, DFC and Bar, GM, No 455 Squadron, Coastal Command.ART23475
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Wing Commander John Lerew
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Wing Commander John Margrave Lerew, DFC, RAAF, was well known as the Commanding Officer at Rabaul at the time of the Japanese advance and invasion of that base. This sketch was made in December 1943 w...ART21536
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Wing Commander Norman Ford
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Portrait depicting Wing Commander Norman Ford 113, AFC, Commanding Base, RAAF.ART21831
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Wing Commander Rollo Kingsford-Smith
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait of Wing Commander Rollo Kingsford-Smith, DSO, DFC, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) member of Australian Victory Contingent, London, 1946. Commanding Officer of No 463 Squadron, the nephew o...ART26666
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Wing Commander William McLean
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Depicts Wing Commander W. J McLean, DFC, AFC, Royal Australian Air Force, No. 117 Squadron, Royal Air Force, slumped easily in a camp chair after returning from "dicing with the monsoon," while his pe...ART24267
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Wireless Telegraphist Operator on Douglas Transport (H T Mozeley)
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Royal Australian Air Force, No 55 Transport Carrier Squadron, 375 Group; Wireless Telegraphy Operator H T Mozelay, 55 Tspt Sqdn, RAAF; in Douglas transport aircraft.ART25161
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WO II 42 LAD
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of a Warrant Officer, second class, of the 42nd Light Aid Detachment, Baalbeck, Syria.ART22016
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"Wokira" Native Police Boy
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Portrait depicting "Wokira", native police boy, New Guinea Constabulary, Bougainville, NewART26059
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Woman's head
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of an unidentified woman, Melbourne.ART21585
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Women correspondents interview Surgeon Commander D Steele - Perkins and Royal Navy Sisters of Navy Evacuation Unit, at 'Fleet's In' Club
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Royal Navy, Royal Navy Evacuation Unit; two unidentified women journalists interviewing three unidentified RN Sisters and Surgeon Commander D D Steele-Perkins, of RN Evacuation Unit.ART25207
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Working a lathe (Miss Florence Sandiford)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Miss Florence Sandiford, a lathe operator in the Fuze Section of the Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong is shown working on her lathe in the paper room.ART22614
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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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Wounded Airman Leading Airccraftman James Danks
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Leading Aircraftman James Gordon Danks, RAAF, with head bandaged, during the Second World War.ART93503
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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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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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Yauwila
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
Depicts a portrait of Yauwila, decorated for loyal service, New Guinea.ART23561
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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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Young dairy farmer, Monto (Norman Greenup)
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a portrait of Mr Norman Brodie Greenup, was drawn after he had returned to the land following services in North Africa, Malta and England as a Royal Australian Air Force volunteer with the Roy...ART25612