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Adjutant Major White
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Portrait of Adjutant Major White, Adjutant to Squadrons 452, 458, 460.ART26229
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Alert in Piccadilly
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A night scene in Piccadilly, London. Several dark figures move quickly, while several search lights crisscross the sky illuminating a silhouette of the Nelson's column, Trafalgar Square, London.ART23537
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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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Astro Dome (Flight Lieutenant Jack Jewel)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Flight Lieutenant Jack Jewel of the Royal Australian Air Force, Coastal Command, No 10 Squadron was mentioned in despatches and further distinguished himself on 3 November 1942 having been awarded a D...ART25532
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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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Ballet of wind and rain
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
'Ballet of wind and rain' was painted in Holland late in the Second World War, in February 1945, when Colahan travelled into recently liberated regions of war-torn Europe. In this painting the artist ...ART25701
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Barrage balloons over Plymouth
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A cluster of barrage ballons hover over the city of Plymouth.ART22289
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Berlin
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Kaiser Wilhelm II Memorial Church, Kurfurstendamm, Berlin was damaged in air raids on the night of the 23rd November 1943. The church was in the neo-romanesque style and had been built under the Emper...ART25710
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Boer War - Last war - this war (Sapper Harold Knudsen)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Sapper Harold Ferdinand Knudsen (NX11833) served with the 2/1st Australian Forestry Company in Scotland during the Second World War. Note Knudsen is wearing ribbon bar indicating his previous service ...ART26227
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Bound for the Middle East
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A convoy of trucks is travelling down a street. The trucks have been painted with desert coloured camouflage pattern. Passersby include a woman and a young boy, while on the other side of the street...ART26225
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Breendonk prison
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Vaulted arches support open prison gates, with two armed men sitting on a bench at the end of the corridor. Built in 1906 along the ancient highway from Brussels to Antwerp, Fort Breendonk first resis...ART26238
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Burning off in Scotland
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Several men toil in the foreground alongside some tall trees. A large fire burns in the back ground in efforts to burn off the remains of the de-forestation area and preparing the ground for replantin...ART22310
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Bush Mill in Scotland
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A figure stands in front of a saw mill preparing a log in preparation for rail transport. The 3rd Coy, Australian Forestry Unit based in Canonbie, Dumfrieshire, Scotland is situated in close proximity...ART23538
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Collaborators in the lions' cage at Antwerp
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A guard stands at the entrance to the cage in which two women are seated. On 8 September 1944, Antwerp was liberated from German occupation by British troops. The lions cage in the zoological gardens ...ART25707
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County Squadron Leader S Richards
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Royal Australian Air Force, Fighter Command, No 456 Squadron; Squadron Leader S P Richards, DFC, in charge B Flight No 456 Sqdn RAAFART26096
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Court-martial
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A court martial taking place in an RAF/RAAF court room in London. Ten figures are shown.ART25908
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Destruction in Chancery Lane, London
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
The ruins of Kings college in the distance are in evidence as the artist depicts them from his viewpoint in Chancery Lane, London.ART26223
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Doc (Flight Lieutenant Shortridge)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Royal Australian Air Force, Coastal Command, No 10 Squadron; Flight Lieutenant Shortleigh, Medical No 10 SqdnART26230
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East meets west (First British convoy en route to Berlin)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
In one of his first paintings of early convoys on route to Berlin, official war artist Colin Colahan depicts the evacuation of German refugees and troops from the capital and surrounding villages as a...ART26247
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Flight Sergeant Eric Barber
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Flight Sergeant Eric Barber (5300) 456 Squadron, a member of the fighter command, who was awarded the British Empire Medal. This was published in the London Gazette on 1 January 1944 and the award was...ART25530