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2/3 A.A. Regt Searchlight Bty site
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Maker: Friend, Donald
anti-aircraft; 2/3rd Australian Anti-Aircraft Regiment; campaign; anti-aircraft searchlightART23260
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Adelaide River camp
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
The Adelaide River played a major role during the Second World War. It was in this area that the 119 Australian General Hospital and huge military base were established. The American and Australian ...ART27513
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Airstrip Dunkerque
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Depicts the temporary airstrip on the beach at Dunkerque containing a fence and barbed wire which stretches out along the beach Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by...ART94189
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Ambush
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Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of two Australian soldiers who have just been wounded in an ambush. Dargie noted: "The enemy can set an ambush, too. Unfortunately, this is only discovered, as a rule, when someone walks into i...ART22092
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Ambush
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Maker: Dargie, William
The enemy can set up an ambush too. Unfortunately this is only discovered as a rule when someone walks into it. The enemy set a very strong defence and ambush position just beyond Daumonia. This ambus...ART22256
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American ack-ack gunners defending Kila Kila Aerodrome
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Maker: Dargie, William
American anti-aircraft gunners manning a Bofors gun on Kila Kila Aerodrome. They soldiers sit in bunkers wearing helmets.ART21319
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Anti aircraft all the way
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Maker: Gilman, Don Office of AC of S, G-2, 14th Antiaircraft Command 650th Engineering Battalion
A poster issued by the Assistant Chief of Staff of the 14th Anti aircraft Command. The poster depicts a broad arrow heading towards a Japanese flag, on the flag is a listing of a number of battles, ...ARTV00538
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Attack and win
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Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
A cartoon depicting three soldiers, one from Australia, one from the NEI and one from the USA.ART92359
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Australia whilst under fire
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Maker: Hall, Alan
Depicts three sailors huddle under a table during an attack on their ship. The artist Alan Hall(1919-1979) enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During the Secon...ART93338
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Back them up! Heavy Stirling bombers raid the Nazi Baltic part of Lübeck and leave the docks ablaze
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Maker: Nockolds, Roy Ministry of Information Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British poster depicting an air raid on the German port of Lübeck, showing fires and damage to the docks area and appealing to the public for support. The subtitle is 'Heavy Stirling bombers raid the ...ARTV02297
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Barbed wire entanglements
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Barbed wire entanglements along a beach in Melbourne. Edward Albert Douglas Watson born 1920, served as an official war artist in Australia, New Guinea and Borneo from 1943 to 1946. He became the youn...ART22195
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Benghazi
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
The westernmost place of any size captured by the 6th Australian Division in it's advance through the Western Desert, and 360 miles from Australia's first battlefield of the campaign at Bardin.ART22202
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Bofors gun position
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Maker: Dargie, William
Scene near Ratnap airstrip, showing Indian soldiers, tents and a bunker. Part of the Aerodrome Defence, this gun is manned by Indian A.A gunners, Ratnap, India.ART23557
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Bomber under camouflage
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Depicts a Lockheed Hudson bomber and airfield tractor under camouflage netting, Darwin.ART29703
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Camouflage, HMAS Sydney
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Maker: Norton, Frank
The war time upper deck of a hard worked cruiser presents a very different scene to the same deck in peace time. Splinter mats, carlie floats and above all, dull grey paint have bought about the chang...ART30019
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Captured Italian guns, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a captured Italian Ansaldo Cannone da 75/40 CA anti aircraft gun in emplacement at Tobruk, near Libya.ART22873
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Crows nest lookout's relief, HMAS Quiberon
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Looking up the mast of HMAS "Quiberon",as the crows nest lookout goes aloft to relieve his opposite number, Bay of Bengal, India.ART22279
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Deserted trenches, Darwin
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Maker: Wood, C Dudley Wood, C Dudley
The trench has a dark, shaded entrance which is supported by pilasters of piled stones. It is accessed by a broken ladder, which descends from high ground of red dirt. The trench is located amongst s...ART29212
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Destroyed Government Offices and Japanese A.A Defence - Madang
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Destroyed government offices and Japanese defences, Madang, New Guinea.ART22707
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Dug in offensive, old Vickers position
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Shows Australian soldiers holding a defensive position with a Vickers gun in the Markham River Area, New Guinea.ART22510