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  1. A Boston crew, 22 Squadron, RAAF (Flight Sergeant Alexander Mackay, Sergeant Phoenix, Wing Commander Charles Learmonth)

    Art

    Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy

    Flight Sergeant Alexander Mackay, Sergeant Phoenix (?), and the Commanding Charles Learmonth, 22 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force are seen walking to aircraft to take off from Ward's Drome to bomb...

    ART21711

  2. Australian pilot tests his engine and controls (Flight Lieutenant James Franks)

    Art

    Maker: Dargie, William

    The monsoon is over and on the first fine day the pilots are down at the strip to check up on the condition of their planes. In this sketch the pilot warms up his engine. A member of his ground crew, ...

    ART22388

  3. Buna bound - SS Bantam (Sapper D Bryant, Sapper Roy Lewis, Sapper Rex Briggs)

    Art

    Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy

    Seen sitting on the ships raft are, left Sapper D. Bryant, 2/4th Australian Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers; centre, an American sapper of 43 U.S.A Engineers; right, Sapper R.Lewis, and back...

    ART21699

  4. Conference at Morotai

    Art

    Maker: Jones, Vernon

    2nd Australian Imperial Force, United States Army Air Force; included in work are: Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead, Commanding 1 Australian Corps, Major General G F Wootten, General Commanding ...

    ART27563

  5. Crew of Hudson Bomber on return from Ambon attack (Sergeants Mossop, Frith, Madin, Flight Lieutenant Ian McCombe and Flight Sergeant Baker)

    Art

    Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy

    l-r: Sergeant Mossop, Wireless rear-gunner, Sergeant Firth, wireless air-gunner, Sergeant Madin, observer/ navigator/ bomb aimer, 250813 Flight Lieutenant (later Squadron Leader, DFC) Ian A McCombe, p...

    ART22731

  6. Four AWAS (Sergeant Carmichael, Corporal Inez Broom, Private Veronia Walker and Driver Channey)

    Art

    Maker: Hanke, Henry

    Depicts four Australian Women's Army Servicewomen (AWAS). l-r: Private Veronica Walker, Corporal Inez Broom, Driver P Channey, front: Sergeant Carmichael.

    ART23955

  7. Group of Dutch servicemen

    Art

    Maker: Dargie, William

    Depicts an unidentified airman, sailor and soldier of the Netherlands East Indies Forces. Note that while the sailor and air force officer appear to be Europeans, the soldier of the Royal Netherlands ...

    ART22350

  8. Group of VADs

    Art

    Maker: Dargie, William

    Voluntary Aid Detachments; l-r: Jean Morrison (Mess uniform), May Goulding (winter uniform), Connie Lang (nursing uniform) and Joan Treloar (summer uniform), VADs, 115 Australian General Hospital.

    ART22349

  9. Halifax crew, Driffield (J Venning, C J Challis, J McCarthy, J Nicholas, G Robinson, J Good and H O Stenborg)

    Art

    Maker: Bowen, Stella

    The crew members of a 466 Squadron Halifax stationed at Driffield; left to right top to bottom: Jack Venning DFC, rear gunner, Flying Officer Colin J Challis DFC, mid upper gunner, Flying Officer Jack...

    ART26268

  10. Interrogation scene (Squadron Leader Cuthbertson Learmonth, Captain Ray Hodgson, Flying Officer Harold Rowell, Flying Officer Vernon Hunt)

    Art

    Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy

    Scene in the Intelligence room of a squadron after the return of crews from a mission. Included in the picture are:- 385 Squadron Leader (later Wing Commander) Charles Cuthbertson, DFC, No 22 Squadron...

    ART22744

  11. Lieutenant Don Brown and Sergeant John Ash

    Art

    Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy

    Depicts Lieutenant D.N.B Brown and Sergeant J. Ash. Lieutenant D.N.B Brown, section commander of Anti-Aircraft, Light Machine Gun Section, 14th Australian Anti-Aircraft Battery who were defending the ...

    ART22722

  12. Men of 2/12 Australian Infantry Battalion

    Art

    Maker: Dargie, William

    Portraits of three unidentified men from the 2/12th Australian Infantry Battalion at the Finisterre Range, New Guinea.

    ART21338

  13. Portraiture of war (Corporal Smith and Corporal Shokatasi)

    Art

    Maker: Griffin, Murray

    Allegorical drawing depicting horror and futility of war, and the equality of foes in death. Allied soldier Corporal Smith lies next to Japanese soldier Corporal Shokatasi in the foreign jungle of Mal...

    ART24489

  14. Some members of No 2 Squadron

    Art

    Maker: Baird, John

    Group portrait depicting some of the airmen from No 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, casually seated around with a poster of a nude woman seen pinned up on the wall behind. From left to right: ...

    ART27860

  15. Study for Group of Dutch servicemen

    Art

    Maker: Dargie, William

    In this study for the painting 'Group of Dutch servicemen', William Dargie has recorded the typical appearance of men of the three Dutch military services in Australia. While the sailor and air force ...

    ART26048

  16. Three typical volunteers, Volunteer Defence Corps

    Art

    Maker: Abbott, Harold

    Depicts three volunteers of the Volunteer defence Corps; Private Jennyns (left) worked for essential industry, Sergeant Gibson (centre) was in permanent forces and served in the First World War, and S...

    ART22209

  17. Two WRANS (Third Officer Joan Cowie and Telegraphist Walton)

    Art

    Maker: Hanke, Henry

    Depicts Third Officer Joan Cowie (standing) and Telegraphist Walton, of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) at a wireless set with Walton wearing headphones.

    ART23956

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