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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
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Flight Sergeant Gordon Gatenby
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Royal Australian Air Force, Fighter Command, No 456 Squadron; Flight Sergeant Gordon Francis Gatenby, No 456 Sqdn RAAFART26235
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Flight Sergeant Vincent Ratcliffe
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A portrait of Flight Sergeant Vincent Peter Ratcliffe, a pilot with the 456 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Vincent Peter Ratcliffe joined the RAAF in January 1941 and was posted after pilot tra...ART25538
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Flying Officer Wynton Thorpe
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Flying Officer Wynton Powell Thorpe, depicted here aged 22 served with the Royal Australian Air Force, Coastal Command, No 10 Squadron, he was the RAAF Liaison with United States 8th Air Force. On 13 ...ART23535
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Front line medical unit
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
The Royal Army Medical Corps administer first aid to Australian AIF and a RAAF airman near the front line. An ambulance is located in trees at top of hill, toward which prisoners of war advance with b...ART26237
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Ground staff (Flight Sergeant Oswald 'Ossie' Ferguson)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Portrait of Flight Sergeant Oswald 'Ossie' Ferguson, ground staff, No 10 Squadron, RAAF. The young man from Goulburn smiles confidently and self-assuredly at the viewer, his tinsnips nonchalantly held...ART22312
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Holland, Winter, 1944
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A dutch rural scene. A truck is viewed from front-on driving across a dyke. A windmill is evident in the background.ART25706
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Inside the hangar
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Maintenance by members of the Royal Australian Air Force, Coastal Command on the Short Sunderland flying boats stationed in Plymouth Harbour.ART22834
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In the cellars of Cologne
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Allied soldiers in a cellar, in Cologne, pulling bottles wine off racks and drinking the contents. Several bottles are strewn at their feet.ART25703
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January 1945
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A snow-filled landscape populated by people huddled together and trucks moving in a line up a slope. A village is evident in the background.ART25700
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Launching the Sunderland
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Air Force, Coastal Command ground crew launch a Short Sunderland flying boat by holding onto the tail of the aircraft as it goes into the Plymouth harbour.ART25528
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Liberty Trucks
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
In the village square in Antwerp the American liberty trucks congregate in the early morning light. The liberty trucks had a top speed of 24 km/h and were primarily used to transport people and in thi...ART26249
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Lieutenant Austin Rule
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Portrait depicting Lieutenant Austin Rule of the 2nd Company Australian Forestry Unit, engineers unit. The 2nd Company based in Thornhill, Dryfenholme, Lockerbie were operating the wood mill to fell a...ART22313
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Lieutenant Edmond Russell
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
This portrait of Lieutenant Edmond Henry Cecil Russell (VX11769), 2nd Australian Forestry Unit, Royal Australia Engineers, was painted when the artist visited the AFU at Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. Prio...ART26231
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London leave
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A rainy day in London during the Second World War. A bus looms large in the wetness; a grouping of three women wearing high heels stand at the left and two men in Airforce uniform can be seen walking ...ART25523
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Maintenance [Corporal Henry (Blue) Rogers]
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Corporal Henry 'Blue' Rogers (NX14969), of the 2/1st Australian Forestry Company. This unit was based at Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, when this work was painted.ART25529
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Martha and Mary
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Two Nissen huts with laundry hanging on a clothesline at a RAAF base in the UK. In front one airman rests in a chair while another stands to his right holding a piece of washing in his hands.ART25526
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Milk for the mess
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Australian servicemen carrying an urn of milk from a dairy, while civilians watch on. The artist lived in one of the farm houses while undertaking commission as an official war artist during the Secon...ART26241
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M.T. Section
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Mechanic working below a vehicle with another man standing to the side.ART25527
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Night convoy
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Servicemen reading a map by torchlight alongside a convoy of stationary trucks. Two searchlight beams cut across the night sky.ART26242
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Night fighters
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Four airmen wearing dark glasses to preserve their night vision relax as they prepare for their mission. One airman lounges on an arm chair taking some liquid food and another on a table, three are we...ART25909
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Padre (Frederick Walter James Cottrell)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Portrait of Padre Squadron Leader, Frederick Walter James Cottrell, Methodist chaplain, 460 Squadron.ART26228
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Paris liberated
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
On a busy street corner outside a restaurant in Paris, the city's liberation on 25 August 1944 has stimulated a bout of activity in the streets. The Gendarmes are giving directions to foreign troops a...ART25705
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Pilot Officer Thomas Condon, radio observer
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Portrait of Pilot Officer Thomas Condon, radio observer, seen in right profile, in service dress cap, and wearing RAAF battle dress uniform, smoking a pipe.ART25539
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Plymouth Sound
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A view across Plymouth Sound where two RAAF Sunderland Flying Boats of No.10 Squadron may be seen at anchor, where the squadron was based.ART26128
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RAAF raid on York
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A busy street scene with three RAAF servicemen walking along Kings Square away from the York Minster Cathedral, the largest Gothic cathedral in Europe.ART25522
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RAAF Sunderlands in Plymouth Harbour
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
The Royal Australian Airforce provided a coastal command base in Plymouth Harbour for the Short Sunderland flying boats. This is a view from the RAAF base of the harbour with a Sunderland in the wate...ART22833
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Rain and bloody misery
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Eight members of the Australia Forestry Unit based in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, dressed in large hats and coats move away from a military vehicle in the foreground, tracing a path up a fenced hillside ...ART22311
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Sapper Francis Deering
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Sapper Francis Thomas Deering, VX13429, 2nd Coy AFU, engineers units, 2nd Company Australian Forestry Unit. When this portrait was painted by Colahan, Sapper Deering was based at Thornhill, Dumfriessh...ART26232
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Sapper Jack Garrig
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Sapper Jack Garrig was an engineer who worked in the 2nd Coy Australian Forestry Unit based at Thornhill in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.ART25531
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Sapper Jack White
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Sapper Jack White of 2nd Company Australian Forestry Unit, Engineers Unit which was based at the Thornhill mill site in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.ART25534
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Scotch Sunday, church parade of 2nd Coy of Foresters
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A group of figures, participating in a church parade, march down a Scottish street with buildings to one side and trees to the other. A view of the countryside is evident above the parade. The men de...ART23539
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Scottish Idyll
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
An Australian in uniform talks to a local woman as they lean on a wall overlooking a river, bridge and town centre of Dumfries, Scotland.ART26224
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Sergeant Noel Bass
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Portrait of Sergeant Noel Gordon Bass, RAAF. The portrait was started on 27 August 1942 and was never completed because Sergeant Bass never returned that night from an air raid over Kassel, Germany wi...ART25540
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Skids on the Highlands
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Australian Forestry Units working in Dumfriesshire in Scotland move felled and cut wood which are then loaded onto trucks and transported to the saw mill for further processing. The use of skids or p...ART25525
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Squadron Leader Charles Bailey
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Squadron Leader Charles William Bailey who served with the RAAF in the 6 Squadron and was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross on 10 May 1945 by the Governor General of Australia for Gallantry in flyi...ART26127
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Squadron Leader Richard Osborn
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Royal Australian Air Force, Fighter Command, No 450 Squadron; Squadron Leader Richard Osburn, DFC, No 450 Sqdn RAAFART26236
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Station Adjutant
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
This portrait of John Edwin Pike, Adjutant, Royal Australian Air Force, Fighter Command, No 456 Squadron.ART23541
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Sunderland
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Royal Australian Air Force, Coastal Command, No 10 Squadron; Short Sunderland flying boat letter 'Z'ART22287
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Sunderlands in the hangar
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Royal Australian Air Force took up the post of coastal command where they were based at Plymouth in the U.K. In this painting, the No 10 Squadron, part of Short Sutherland flying boat, are supported b...ART23536
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Taking the blimp to the convoy, Plymouth
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
In Plymouth harbor, a blimp is towed by a boat while a RAAF Sunderland Flying Boat is located to the right of the Plymouth Harbour.ART25521
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Tea scroungers
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Beside a truck servicemen huddle around a fire holding mugs of tea.ART26240
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The Baron, Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Lord
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Southwell Forrest Lord, RAAF during the Second World War, a member Coastal Command, No 10 Squadron.ART23540
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The bridges of Germany
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A man and woman push a cart loaded with possessions across a narrow bridge. Behind, another horse drawn cart crosses the bridge.ART25708
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The Camp Cartoonist (Sergeant Barnett)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Depicts a portrait of Sergeant Arthur Barnett, RAAF, who was the camp cartoonist.ART25537
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The collaborator and the communicant
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A street scene with the towers of Antwerp cathedral in the background. In the lower right of the painting a collaborator with his hands held up is being escorted by a man with a gun. The street is pop...ART26243
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The Covenanter (Sapper Alan MacDonald)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Sapper Allan MacDonald, 1st Coy Australian Forestry Unit, engineers Units, 1st Company was based in Dryfholm, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire in proximity to the 2nd and 3rd Coy who were operating wood mills...ART26233
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The Endless Columns
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
On a tree lined road, a column of trucks recede into the horizon.ART25704
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The homeless, Normandy, 1944
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Independent transport in the form of a Ford utility gave Colahan unique access to the changes brought on by the rapid military advance in Europe. During his second deployment as an official war artist...ART25702
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The monster
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
An Avro Lancaster Bomber on the ground looming large at dusk. Figures of the bomber crew seen below.ART23413
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The roads of Germany
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A vast sea of people, trucks and wooden wagons travel on a German road and cross over a bridge.ART26246
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The towns of Germany
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A German street scene with civilians walking amongst some ruins and smoke.ART26248
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Twilight of the Wehrmacht
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Two feeble looking German soldiers walk with a women through the streets of a ruined German village. Wehrmacht became a general term for the German Armed forces throughout the Second World War.ART25709
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Under new management
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A former German aircraft is being painted with Royal Air Force symbols. A German swastika is still evident on the tail of the aircraft.ART26239
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VE night, Piccadilly Circus
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A jubilant scene, as men and women dance in the street on VE night which heralded the end of the Second World War. English and American flags are flown from the windows of the buildings that line Picc...ART26250
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Victory parade
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Colahan depicts troops from the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Airforce marching past the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, as part of victory celebrations in 1...ART26364
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Washdown
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A naked man stands with his arms raised in front of several tents. Another man, dressed in a uniform, is lifting a bucket to wash down the naked man.ART26245
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Waterloo Station
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Waterloo station, London, under black-out. Figures moving through the railway station; a large four sided railway clock hangs in the middle of the main conourse and at the upper left in the painting. ...ART25699
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Wellington Bombers taxiing round the perimeter track
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Five Wellington bombers are taxiing along a runway at dusk. They are preparing to take off on a night bombing raid over Germany from England.ART22288
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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 J. Alexander C.O., No.10 Squadron
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
This is a portrait of Air Commodore James Alexander OBE (b.3 April 1907), service number O319 (1343, 44). It was painted by official war artist, Colin Colahan, when Alexander held the position of Com...ART93420
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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