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Air Vice-Marshal Frank McNamara
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Maker: Honisett, Ray
Depicts a montage portrait of First World War and Second World War No. 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corp and No. 5 Flying Training School; Air Vice Marshal Frank Hubert McNamara, VC, CBE, RAAF. The wo...ART29094
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Anti-aircraft defence
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
A Bofors 40mm anti aircraft gun and a slit trench. Emplacements are sand - bagged for protection. In the foreground is an observer's position. The occupant left his steel helmet lying on the ground ou...ART30066
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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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Bound for Suez
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Bound for Suez - Freighters bringing up supplies for the army. The canal is something to see, after journeying across the desert. One realises, all at once, how good is the smell of sea water, the sig...ART30081
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Canal, Helwan
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a group of Egyptians carrying water away from a freshwater canal in Helwan, which is near Cairo. Other groups are working in the fields. In the distance are hot baking chalk-white hills. Th...ART30045
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Desert
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Just desert - Typical of the unpleasant Sinai crossing, with its never-ending strip of tarmac!ART30075
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First convoy in the Indian Ocean
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Maker: Norton, Frank
HMAS Australia and HMAS Canberra (Flagship) parting company with the First Australian Convoy approximately 61/4 hours from Fremantle. Convoy consisted of 11 troopships carrying 6th Division of 2 Austr...ART27542
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HMAS Parramatta at Port Said
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Maker: Norton, Frank
At anchor off Navy House, Port Said, while acting as anti-aircraft defence ship. Ship's camouflage is typical for this class of vessel and was designed by her first Fleet Lieutenant. Beyond the vessel...ART26930
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Operation Bulimba (2/15th Battalion attack near Tel el Eisa, Egypt), September 1942
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Tel el Eisa; 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion; QX5634 Corporal Horton Ford McLachlan (later Sergeant, DCM) 2/15 Btn 2 AIF, unidentified Australian and German soldiers; Operation, Battle of Alam el...ART27559
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Searchlight
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Searchlight - Final touches before evening manoeuvres. Time is about sunset'.ART30087
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Searchlight overhaul
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Search light overhaul - Late afternoon preparations for work at night. A felucca under sail is seen beyond an anti-aircraft gun in the distance'.ART30082
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Stretcher bearers
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Maker: Dadswell, Lyndon Meridian Sculpture Founders
Bronze statue of a soldier lying on a stretcher with two stretcher bearers tending him. This edition was cast in bronze in 1985 by Meridian Sculpture Founders, Melbourne.ART40930
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Transport column
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Army transport in the desert. One of the transport columns was several miles long. "One is hardly visible because of a sandstorm. Transport often had to contend with big sand-drifts which made passage...ART30069
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Two men with a Bren gun
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts two unidentified soldiers with a Bren gun, Egypt.ART21882
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Wardroom, HMAS 'Parramatta'
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Officer relaxing after night air attack. l-r: First Lieutenant, Gunner (Chief Yeoman), Chief Engineer, Anti-Submarine, Doctor, Gunnery, Navigator, of the deck outside is the Officer of the Watch,(none...ART21052