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Advanced dressing station near Tengah, February 1942
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
This advanced dressing station provided care to the Australian 8th Division forces during the Battle for Singapore. The hospital was located near the large airfield at Tengah in western Singapore.ART24478
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Another victim of sabotalk
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Maker: Warner, Ralph Malcolm
Depicts a turbulant sea, into which a burning merchant ship sinks. Smoke billows from the bow of the vessel while the crew are escaping in a lifeboat. The caption and image warn of the consequences of...ARTV10121
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Attack! Attack! Attack!
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Maker: Northfield, James Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
A poster produced for the Beaufort Division of the Department of Aircraft production during the Second World War. The poster depicts Beaufighters attacking Japanese naval vessels. The text below the ...ARTV09059
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Avenge December 7
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Maker: Perlin, Bernard Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information US Government Printing Office
This Second World War American poster, which depicts a sailor with a clenched fist and warships among explosions, refers to the surpirse attack by Japanese aircraft on Pearl Harbour on the morning of ...ARTV00660
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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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Battlefield, South Bougainville
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Maker: Herman, Sali
This picture shows what bombing and artillery fire made the jungle look like, yet our men were living in dug-outs covered with heavy timber and a few painted tent flaps. On the day the artist sketched...ART22842
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"Blast!" drawing for illustration in 'Khaki and Green' 1943
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
A soldier holding his rifle and helmet has been blasted into the air by an explosion.ARTI03492
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Blown bridge, Libya
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Demolished by the retreating Italians on the road between Tobruk and Derna, Libya.ART27550
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Blown bridge, Litani River
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a ruined bridge over Litani River, near Marjayoun, Syria (now located in Lebanon). The bridge was blown up by retreating Vichy French forces. The artist wrote: "a serviceable low level bridg...ART30057
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Bombarded landscape, Tarakan
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Sketch for painting showing troops ascending Tank knoll among broken tanks. A torn and twisted oil tank forms a frame through which the artist looks.ART25440
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Bombardment, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts the bombardment of beaches immediately prior to landing at Balikpapan. Douglas Watson joined the AIF in 1943 and was an official war artist for Australia, serving in Australia, New Guinea and ...ART22992
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Bomb Damage, Darwin
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Depicts two unidentified Australian soldiers, one bending forward, the other smoking a cigarette, near a bomb crater and wrecked house in Darwin, Australia during the Second World War.ART28042
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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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Bombs on Lae
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a bomber flying over peninsula with explosions on the ground, Lae, New Guinea. Hotes for a later painting.ART21324
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Bombs on Lae
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Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of a bomber flying over the Huon Peninsula with explosions smoking on the ground.ART21323
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Boom
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Maker: McCowan, Ian Australian Survey Corp.
A ' careless talk' poster issued by the 2 Corps Survey Mobile Reproduction Unit. A humorous image featuring two farmers being blown up on their farm after talking about the Army using their land to ca...ARTV10232
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"Break down the noise!"
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Depicts two seated soldiers listening to Frank Sinatra on the radio while fighting, shells, bombs and explosions occur in the background behind them. Joseph Francis Garvey (b. 1912) was a commercial a...ARTI03256
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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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Burnt out Japanese aircraft on Kamiri airstrip, Noemfoor Island
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts the remains of a wrecked and burnt Japanese aircraft on the Kamiri airstip on Noemfoor Island during the Second World War.ART23731
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Careless Talk Brings Tragedy in Wartime
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Maker: Jameson, Lionel Department of Public Information
Canadian Second World War poster advising about the importance of keeping secrets. The poster is created in the form of a comic strip, depicting a timeline between a soldier telling his sweetheart abo...ARTV02464