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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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Anti-aircraft defence
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
A Bofors 40mm anti aircraft gun and a slit trench. Emplacements are sand - bagged for protection. In the foreground is an observer's position. The occupant left his steel helmet lying on the ground ou...ART30066
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Anti-aircraft defences, Marsa Matruh
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts unidentified Australian soldiers standing with a Bren gun mounted on a tripod for anti-aircraft defence in the Western Desert during the North African campaign. Hele was serving as a private i...ART22868
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Anti-aircraft gun and enemy bombers
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
An incident on the Beirut - Damour Road. Anti-aircraft gun in action against enemy planes. Allied naval vessels are in the distance. Banana, prickly pear and olive trees were the chief form of vegetat...ART30055
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Artillery Lieutenant (Lieutenant Graham)
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Graham, RAA, who served in Crete and Syria, where he was wounded.ART21490
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14 Australian Anti-aircraft Battery (Bombardier William Richards)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Bombardier William Charles Richards, NX146567, of the 14th Australian Anti-Aircraft Battery, carrying a 3.7 inch anti-aircraft shell. He is standing in front of an ammunition storage recess in a gun ...ART22724
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Battin' the breeze (Sergeant Frederick Nielsen (USAAF) and Private Sam Brook (Australian))
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy Cecil
Depicts Sergeant F. K. Nielsen, 9 Fighter Squadron USAAF on the left chatting with Private Sam Brook, returned for Middle East, Darwin. The objective of this drawing was to capture a typical American ...ART21346
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Bofors gun site
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Maker: Baird, John
Bombardier Les Barrett, Dave Ritchie, and Gunner Don 'Stork' Hill (l-r), RAA, are depicted standing near a Bofors anti-aircraft gunART27870
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Bombardier Les Barrett
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Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of Bombardier Leslie George 'Les' Barrett, NX132451, Royal Australian Artillery, depicted writing at his desk. Beside him on the bunk his rifle and kit are layed out ready for inspection.ART27879
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Bombardment of Damour
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Bombardment of Damour. Evacuees leaving Damour with their packs and donkeys. Transport has stopped. The town is being shelled by the Navy and allied artillery. Large fires were started. The impression...ART30074
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Camouflaged artillery
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a 25 pounder gun camouflaged outside of Damour, Syria (now in Lebanon). Produced during the Syrian campaign and painted in July 1941. The artist wrote of the work 'Camouflaged artillery - Un...ART30090
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Camouflaged Gun Positions, Middle Head, Sydney
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Richard Ashton, an artist with the Military History Section, painted a number of works related to Australia's defences during the Second World War. This work depicts anti aircraft guns in place at Mi...ART23665
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Coastal defence gun
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Artillerymen from the Australian Military Forces crew a 6 inch naval gun on the coast in Darwin. The gun is one that was manufactured before 1914 and is probably off one of the First World War ships, ...ART22186
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Colonel Hudson
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Portrait of VX117083 Colonel Jack Gerard Varley Hudson , Officer Commanding of Anti Aircraft Group, Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART23655
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Gunner Harold Hiatt
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Portrait depicting Gunner Harold Oswald Hiatt, VX37290, Royal Australian Artillery, 9th Division, 2/4th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment.ART22103
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Gunner in tin hat and sheepskin coat
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of an unidentified gunner from the 2nd Australian Imperial Force during the North African campaign. Dargie noted, "Typical of the garb of the troops in the winter in Lebanon. He wears a Syr...ART22226
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Gunner Jackie Peacock
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Depicts a portrait of Gunner Jackie Peacock, 14 Australian Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Australian Artillery. In the background is a headland, on the end of which is located the boom on a defence whar...ART22727
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Gunner Mick Sawyer
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of Gunner Mick Sawyer of the Royal Australian Artillery, Woorim Fortress and Coastal Defence Units, Bribie Island, Queensland.ART29933
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Gunner Taiswell
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Depicts an unfinished drawing of Gunner Taiswell, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), Darwin.ART25974
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6 inch gun, Middle Head, Sydney
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Royal Australian Artillery; breech block of 6 inch gun and sights, Middle Head GarrisonART23646