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Bring him home sooner...Invest in the First Victory Loan
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Maker: Commonwealth War Loans Office Unknown
Poster issued by the Commonwealth War Loans Office to promote the First Victory Loan (28th March - 9th May 1944) which followed on closely after four successfully subscribed Liberty Loans. The target ...ARTV10405
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Combined Operations: First Australian Army Tactical Exercise
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Maker: Shave, Lionel Kenneth
Cartoon of the First Australian Army participating in a 'tactical exercise' of football: officers versus sergeants.ART94365
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Diggers in the Middle East
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Maker: McLaren, Gus
A four-panel mural painting for the 2/9th Australian General Hospital recreational hut for the amusement of the patients. This panel depicts Australian diggers in the Middle East being characteristica...ART27775.002
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First prize entry in a competition for a design for an AWM outside Australia House
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Maker: Paulin, George Henry
A maquette for a Second World War memorial featuring a central column that has an Australian coat of arms on the front and on the top is a wreath of olive leaves with a ribbon. The maquette sits on a...ART90017
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"Guard, turn out!"
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Maker: Richmond, Oliffe
Depicts five Australian soldiers with rifles, humorously attempting a military drill command. This image is the original study for an image that was produced for 'Salt', volume 1, no. 12.ART29370
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Inspection branch, Army (Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts an unidentified women at work bench, detonator section, Army inspectors for quality control, Australian Army, Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22593
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Lieutenant-General Sir Vernon Sturdee
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Portrait of Lieutenant General Sir Vernon Ashton Sturdee, KBE, CB, CBE, DSO, Chief of Australian General Staff 1946-50 (retired).ART27518
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Map reading at night
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of men, reading a map at night. Towards the end of the Second World War there was pressure to commission a greater variety of artists for the official war art scheme. Friend was recomm...ART23913
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Memorial maquette
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Maker: Rawling, Darsie
2nd prize in a competition for a design of an Australian War Memorial to be erected outside the entrance to Australia House, London. This maquette features a square base with a sphere on it, upon whi...ART93072
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not titled [Portrait of a man, Lae]
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Maker: Burton, R
This portrait of Koho was painted by an Australian soldier on active service in Lae in 1945. It may well have been painted at the Lae Art Group, a program run by the Australian Army Education Service....AWM2021.233.1
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Not titled [portrait of an Australian soldier wearing full uniform with slouch hat]
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Maker: Gardener, Arthur
This sketch depicts a portrait of an Australian soldier seated in a chair reading a book. He is wearing full uniform with slouch hat and his hands are folded in his lap. Arthur Gardener changed his na...ART28500.002
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not titled [three soldiers]
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Depicts three Australian soldiers, all wearing an Army-issued wool felt beret. One wears an ammunition pouch, another a rifle over his shoulder; together they help a wounded soldier walk to a dressing...ART96763
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Obstacles are made to be overcome...
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Maker: Hunt, P.I 3 Aust. Corps Sands & McDougall Pty Ltd
Australian poster issued by 3 Australian Corps, based in Perth in December 1942. It is aimed at Army recruits to boost morale. The image takes up the whole and shows a group of soldiers charging over ...ARTV10401
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Rationale of the Horrocks test...
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Maker: Unknown
Australian Second World War poster issued by the Land Headquarters depicting water purification with chlorine and taste remover rationale. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commo...ARTV02488
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Research boat
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
This boat was designed and built by its owner, R.B Roberts, in the backyard of his home. Its construction has been sponsored by the Ministry of Munitions and assisted by the Army Inventions Directora...ART21373
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Smoko
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Maker: Richmond, Oliffe
Depicts four Australian soldiers having a 'smoko' break. One is standing with his rifle between his legs, another tying his laces, one is lifting his helmet of his head and the last is lighting a ciga...ART29368
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Swat that Jap!...
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Maker: Lee, Francis James 3 Aust. Corps Sands & McDougall Pty Ltd
Australian propaganda posters during the Second World War were used to instil anti-Japanese attitudes. Using racial stereotypes and derogatory humour the posters harboured fear and caution amongst Aus...ARTV10402
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Tetanus
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Maker: eX de Medici
'Tetanus' does not depict a particular location, but instead merges historical and contemporary motifs of the Solomon Islands to reveal a wrecked past and an uncertain future. Barefoot children play ...ART94226
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"The rabbeter"
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A Shipwright at work on the stern of an 85' wooden cargo vessel being built at Hayes and Sons boat building yard at Careening Cove, around Milson's Point, North Sydney, N.S.W. The finished shape of th...ART21371
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"You betcha digger!"
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Maker: Millar, Ivan Geoffrey
Illustration published for the cover of the 1944 Army Christmas Book. Original illustration with editorial and publishing notes in the margin. Depicts two servicemen, one wears a tin helmet and a smil...ARTI03316