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A.A. lookout, Red Sea [Donald Hambleton-Johnson and Reginald Ward]
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts Reginald Ward DX621 (N76513) standing, Donald Hambleton Johnson QX18024 2/25th Battalion, 2 A.I.F, part of superstructure of ships during the voyage to Australia of H.M.T "Felix Roussel" a fr...ART22053
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Able Seaman, Torpedoes
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of an unidentified Able Seaman from the Royal Australian Navy.ART23554
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Action in the Vale of Tempe, Greece
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Maker: Dargie, William
Towards the end of 1940, Italian forces invaded Greece from Albania. In February 1941 the British advance in North Africa was halted and a force, which included the 6th Australian Division, was organi...ART27554
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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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2/32 Battalion holding German counter-attack, El Alamein, 31 October 1942
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Maker: Dargie, William
2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion holding German counter-attack at El Alamein, Western Desert, Egypt, on 31 October 1942. The men are from B Company and the tank depicted is a German Mark IV C mode...ART22251
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Bombed house in Yerania village, Greece
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Maker: Dargie, William
Described in the Official War History as 'Yannina', and also known as Ioannina, the Greek town pictured here experienced the fortunes of war on several occasions during the 1939-45 conflicts. Captured...ART23978
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Bombed house near the air strip, Iraklion, Crete
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Maker: Dargie, William
The town Iraklion is described in the Official War History as Heraklion. Heraklion was one of the points where German air-borne troops were landed in the invasion of Crete. The 2/14th Australian Infan...ART24042
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Bridge demolition east of Delphi,
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Maker: Dargie, William
Royal Australian Engineers, British Army Engineers; Greek campaign; ruins of bridge demolished in turn by Australians, Germans and BritishART23846
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Carrying wounded over a landslide
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Maker: Dargie, William
A line of Australian soldiers from the 57/60th Battalion are carrying wounded men on stretchers along a treacherous stretch of a path that has been ruined by a landslide. Dargie noted: "This was one ...ART22164
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Clearing the junction of the Beirut-Aley, and Beirut-Damascus roads of snow under the direction of RE
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Maker: Dargie, William
An exceptional fall of snow throughout the Lebanon dislocated transport for several days. Here is seen locals under the direction of Australian Army Engineers, clearing the snow from the junction of t...ART26960
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Commando - 2/6th Independent Company [Sergeant W R Twohill]
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts Sgt W R Twohill, a Commando of the 2/6th Australian Independent Company, Papuan Campaign. Twohill is depicted in uniform with his sleeves rolled up, holding a rifle and wearing a handkerchief ...ART26049
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Flood on the aerodrome, Gambut
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Maker: Dargie, William
Pen and ink sketch of unidentified members of No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force struggling with their tent at their base at Gambut Airfield, Libya. There is a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk in backgr...ART22045
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Good Friday in the Finesterres
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Maker: Dargie, William
An unidentified soldier from the 57/60 Australian Infantry Battalion kneeling in prayer at a church service on Good Friday in the Finisterre Ranges, New Guinea.ART22257
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Infantry in trucks moving up to Owers' Corner, on the Moresby-Kokoda track [Kokoda Trail]
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Maker: Dargie, William
Moving up to Owers' Corner. Along the Port Moresby-Owers' Corner road. An outstanding feat of Allied engineers, the distance though not great in distance is formidable considering torrential downpours...ART21318
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In the slit trench, Gambut
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted, "Pilots of No 450 Sqdn [Squadron] RAAF [Royal Australian Air Force], surprised by German ME 109's raiding the 'drome. Caught without a tin hat, one pilot holds a spade over his head to ...ART23895
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Lieutenant Alan Moore
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicting a portrait of Lieutenant Alan Moore, artist, Official War Art Scheme.ART22564
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Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Edmund Herring
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicting a portrait of Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Francis Herring, KBE, DSO, MC, ED, MA, DCL (Oxon), KC, General Commanding 1st Australian Corps. This portrait by Dargie won the 1945 Archibald Pr...ART22563
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Night exercises, 9th Australian Division, Atherton Tableland
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, 9th Division on night training exercises near Atherton, Northern Queensland.ART22380
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Night landing exercises, amphibious operations
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie observed night training exercises, noting "16 Brigade Personnel, in conjunction with U.S. Naval Landing Craft, at White Cliffs Bay, North of Cairns. Time 0430 hrs". Under the light of flares, t...ART22252
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Operation in a field hospital
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts an unidentified surgeon, anaesthetist, assistant (all from the Australian Army Medical Service) and patient preparing for a surgical procedure in a field hospital, New Guinea. Dargie noted, "...ART22385