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AAMWS (Private Gwynneth Patterson)
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Portrait of NFX173196 Private Gwynneth Patterson, Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS), 2nd Australian Blood and Serum Preparations Unit.ART22822
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Abdul again
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This is the original poster 'Abdul again', for an Australian show produced in 1942 at the non labour prisoner of war camp, Fort 15, Stalag 20A. Created with a strong graphic design, including decorat...ART29544
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A.C.F. : Give to the comforts fund: The Fund that looks after all the men and Women of Australia's Fighting Services
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Maker: Queensland Patriot Fund QUEENSLAND : QUEENSLAND PATRIOTIC FUND : AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND (QLD. DIV.), [N.D.]
An Australian poster depicting a happy soldier being handed a parcel. The words 'Give to the comforts fund' refers to the Australian Comforts Fund (ACF), Queensland division. The Australian Comforts ...ARTV06096
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Afdeeling Schilsters (The vegetable peelers)
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Maker: Van Grondelle, Connie
Many women are cutting and peeling vegetables at tables in a building at Camp Karees, Bandoeng. This is one of 28 drawings created by internees of Camp Karees and presented to Mrs Frederika Hessels Va...ART91966
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"After years in uniform, dear, aren't feminine clothes divine! "
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Maker: Woolcott, Alfred Richard
Depicts two women standing in front of a fire place , one wears a suit, with a tie, while the other wears a jumper and long trousers. This is the drawing for the cartoon that appreared in 'Salt' , vo...ARTI01326
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A good time, an unguarded word, comrades lost, Hitler served
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Maker: Unknown Australian Government Unknown
This poster is an Australian adaptation of the English 'Careless talk costs lives' and the US Office of War Information's 'Loose lips sink ships' campaigns. The poster outlines the dangers of passing ...ARTV00372
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A Good Time, an Unguarded Word, Comrades Lost, Hitler Served
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Maker: Unknown Australian Government Unknown
This poster is an Australian adaptation of the English 'Careless talk costs lives' and the US Office of War Information's 'Loose lips sink ships' campaigns. The poster outlines the dangers of passing ...ARTV03221
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AIF ex-POWs on leave in Princes Street, Edinburgh
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Australians recently liberated from prisoner of war camps in Germany are seen enjoying civilization again after their repatriation to Great Britain en route to Australia. They are pictured taken in t...ART25725
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Aircraftwoman, WAAAF [Gloria Gwendolyn Grace]
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
This is a portrait of Gloria Gwendolyn Corcoran (nee Grace) (1920-2009) who served with the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) during the Second World War, service no. 97284. The portrait...ART27556
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[Airmen's non-stop ball]
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Maker: James, William
A female angel wearing a purple dress kisses the cheek of a smiling airman. A green plane flies off to the left of the composition and the text advertises a ball for airmen at the Civic Hall Casino on...ART93976
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Allied servicemen around a Merry-goround in a northern town, 1944
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Maker: Crooke, Ray
Depicts a group of service men and women standing around a Merry-go-round at night.ART28605
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All services canteen Mackay
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
This canteen was the voluntary effort of the women of Mackay. It stood alongside the railway station and throughout the war it never closed, day or night. Its welcome hot meals will not be forgotten b...ART25616
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Amaryllis lily
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Maker: Ueki, Shizu
Depicts a detailed botanical study of the Amaryllis lily in bloom, with two flowers . This flower was often used to decorate the hospital wards. Shizu Ueki was a Japanese nurse who worked as a civilia...ART91553.011
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An A.C.W, Canberra, HMAS Harman
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts smiling faced women in uniform overalls and beret propped up on desk top, with telephone.ART28144
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"_and the bullet would 'a went right through me heart only your photo made it glance off"
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Maker: Myhill, William Dudley
Depicts an Australian soldier returned from leave, meeting his wife or sweetheart at the dock during the Second World War. He explains to her that the photo of her has prevented a bullet going through...ARTI03063
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"And then Blamey asks me around to help him plan his next big move"
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Maker: Fluke, Roy George Herbert
Depicts a soldier, seated on a fence, with his arm around his sweetheart. Roy George Herbert Fluke (b. 1921) served with the Australian Army during the Second World War, enlisting in September 1942 at...ARTI03108
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...and we talk about sacrifice, Invest in the 4th Liberty Loan
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Maker: Couillard, R
Australian Fourth Liberty Loan poster which appropriated an American poster design by R. Couillard. The original American text stated 'Buy War Bonds,' while the text on the Australian poster was chang...ARTV10386
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An eye opener to him
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Maker: Taylor, Grace
A young woman wearing a pair of short-legged overalls with v-neck straps climbs a ladder to pick some fruit. An eager man holds the ladder while looking on admiringly. This image was likely to have be...ART29775
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A.N.G.A.U. natives resting
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Papuans being cared for in a camp administration by the Australian and New Guinea Administration Unit (ANGAU) and employed by that authority. Both male and female were being employed in this area for ...ART21203
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Anzac antics
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This is the original poster 'Anzac Antics' for an Australian show produced in 1942. Fort 15, Stalag 20A was a Non Labour (Nicht Arbeit) camp. As the artist later recalled, "Apart from the incessant ba...ART29545