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Aircraft spotter
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts an Australian aircraft spotter holding a pair of binoculars in his right hand, clad in shorts, boots and a hard hat looking skywards. The spotter was crucial in alerting the troops to the immi...ART21903
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Australian soldier, Libya (Sergeant Frank Collins)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of NX2630 Sergeant Frank Robert Collins, 6th Division 2nd Australian Imperial Force, in Tobruk. Like many of the official war artists, Hele painted portraits not only of high-ranking officers...ART28474
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Brigadier Heathcote Hammer, Nunn's Post, Salamaua
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of Brigadier Heathcote Howard Hammer, DSO, VX24325, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, Commanding Officer 15th Brigade, Miteirya Ridge (El Alamein), Bobdubi Ridge, Wau, Salamaua, New Guinea.ART22539
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Captain Louis Kyngdon
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of Captain Louis Godfrey Richard Kyngdon, PX162, Assistant District Officer of the Australian New Guinea Administration Unit.ART22495
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Captain W D Watson
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of Captain Walter Derrick Watson, VX20422, second in charge of 2/8th Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron. Captain Watson previously served with the 2/1st Australian Independent Company as Se...ART25754
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Commando officer (Lieutenant Sidney Read)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait depicting NX114931 Commando Officer Lieutenant Sidney Read, 2/3rd Australian Independent Company. Drawn during the Salamaua campaign, at Timbered Knoll, New Guinea, 30 July 1943.ART22492
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Digger, Libya
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Like many of his fellow official war artists, Hele painted portraits not only of high-ranking officers but also of the 'ordinary' men in the field, for whom he felt a great sense of empathy. The name...ART22879
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Digger walking
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian infantrymnan walking in the Western Desert in North Africa.ART21896
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Digger with captured Breda gun
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts an unidentified soldier wearing battle dress, captured 6.5 millimetre model 30 Breda light machine gun, 2 Australian Imperial Force, Libyan campaign, Western Desert, North African Campaign.ART21912
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Flight Lieutenant Gerald ('Jerry') Major
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a portrait of Flight Lieutenant Gerald Trevor 'Jerry' Major, No 54 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Port Pirie, South Australia. Squadron was a communications and rescue squadron, with an...ART23734
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Flight Lieutenant Peter Wright, Port Pirie
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of Flight Lieutenant Peter Wright, commanding officer of 54 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, wearing flying jacket and helmet. Flight Lieutenant Peter Wright was previously of 21 Squadr...ART21266
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Flight Sergeant Duncan McLachlan, Port Pirie
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of Flight Sergeant Duncan Kennedy McLachlan, 413646, operating a Vickers gas operated machine gun, RAAF station, Port Pirie, South Australia.ART21929
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General Sir Thomas Blamey
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of General Sir Thomas Blamey, CB, CMG, DSO, Deputy Commander in Chief Middle East Forces and General Commanding AIF seated and wearing field battle-coat. Blamey was a former school teacher wh...ART28252
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Group Captain Derrick Kingwell
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Group Captain (later Air Commodore) Deryck William Kingwell, DSO; Air Commanding RAAF overseasART27527
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Gunner (Sergeant Frank Craig) with parachute harness
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait of Sergeant Frank Craig from the Royal Australian Air Force, Bombing and Air Gunnery School, wearing a parachute harness. Hele was serving as a private in the AIF, when in January 1941 he was...ART25891
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Head of a digger (Signaller Geoffrey Helstroom)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a portrait of VX105661 Signalman Geoffrey Frank Helstroom, 3rd Australian Division Signals, BuloloART22548
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Head study (Lieutenant Colin Wade)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts a portrait of SX2610 Lieutenant Colin Angus Wade, 6th Cavalry Regiment; 2/9th Armoured Regiment, Giarabub, North African campaign Sollum, 2 Australian Imperial Force. The artist had a chance...ART22866
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Head study (Lyndon Dadswell)
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Portrait depicting the official war artist Corporal Lyndon Dadswell 2 Australian Imperial Force, 7th Australian Division. Lyndon Dadswell, one of Australia's most accomplished sculptors, was the first...ART21899