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Action at Parit Sulong, January 1942
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
This work depicts the fighting at Parit Sulong by the men of the 2/15th Australian Field Regiment. A 25 pounder gun is in the lower right corner. This battle became the scene of a massacre at the hand...ART24477
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Admiralty House, Tobruk
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Originally the Headquarters of the Italian Regia Marina, now British Naval Headquarters. Building was damaged by bombing, causing the collapse of the western wing. The red flag is a warning to town an...ART21741
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And quiet flows the don
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Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
A cartoon depicting dead German soldiers on the bank of a river.ART92399
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...and we talk about sacrifice, Invest in the 4th Liberty Loan
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Maker: Couillard, R
Australian Fourth Liberty Loan poster which appropriated an American poster design by R. Couillard. The original American text stated 'Buy War Bonds,' while the text on the Australian poster was chang...ARTV10386
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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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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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Berlin
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Kaiser Wilhelm II Memorial Church, Kurfurstendamm, Berlin was damaged in air raids on the night of the 23rd November 1943. The church was in the neo-romanesque style and had been built under the Emper...ART25710
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Black soldier
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Maker: Murray, Lesley
'Black soldier' depicts Lesley Murray's grandfather. The portrait is based on a photograph taken during the Second World War and is a private work of commemoration. It is also intended to serve as a t...ART91484
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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 of Lingkas harbour, Tarakan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Preliminary sketch of large rising plumes of dark smoke.ART29791
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Bombardment of Tarakan Island, Borneo, 30 April 1945
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Maker: Papworth, Francis John
Depicts a view across the bay from Sadau (Pelak) Island towards Tarakan Island, off the coast of Borneo. On the horizon Tarakan is being bombarded and two explosions and smoke are visible. There are s...ART93010
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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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[Bomb damaged building]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Scene depicting bomb damaged building, with figures in the foreground looking on. This image may be of bomb damaged buildings in Europe, and a story illustration for the 'Australian Women's Weekly' wh...ART96241
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Bomb damaged quarters, Selarang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Buildings used at Selarang to house the prisoners of war. The prisoners repaired the bombed buildings as best they could with what scraps they could find, as the Japanese did not provide any materials...ART26471
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Bomb damage, 19 February 1942
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The wreckage of the Post Office and Post Master's house in Darwin. The damage was caused through bombing by the Japanese on 19 February 1942. The postmaster and his daughter along with other post of...ART22723
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Bomb damage to Darwin township, 19 February 1942
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Depicts an image of the coast and city of Darwin and the bomb attacks as a result of Japanese attacks 19 February 1942.ART22736