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Australia is a food arsenal of the Allied world. We must share our food
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Maker: Unknown Commonwealth Food Control
Australian Second World War poster depicting the importance of Australia's position in supplying Allied nations with food. The poster include an image of the globe with Australia and various Allied na...ARTV02569
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Australia Is a Food Arsenal of the Allied World; We Must Share Our Food
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Maker: Commonwealth Food Control
Australian Second World War poster depicting the importance of Australia's position in supplying Allied nations with food. The poster include an image of the globe with Australia and various Allied na...ARTV02123
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Australian action at Buna
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
This painting shows an attack by troops of the 18th Australian Infantry Brigade, supported by General Stuart tanks of the 2/6th Australian Armoured Regiment during the struggle for Buna. The combined ...ART27547
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Australian air gunner (Warrant Officer Herbert Scott)
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of Australian air gunner Warrant Officer Herbert Donald Scott, 30623, 159 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Digri, India.ART23907
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Australian and Bechuanaland soldiers in ward of 2/3 CCS
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Maker: Dargie, William
Australian and Bechuanaland soldiers in Infectious Diseases ward, 2/3rd Casualty Clearing Station, Beirut, Syria.ART22025
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Australian and Greek soldier
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Maker: Drysdale, Russell
Illustration for the wartime publication 'The Australian Soldier - A Portrait'. Depicts two Allied soldiers leaning in toward one another. The Australian soldier is smoking and is offering a cigarett...ART28309.005
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Australian and New Zealand patients
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Maker: Dargie, William
Australian and New Zealand patients wait to board the hospital ship Oranje at Port Tewfik. The Oranje was a modern 20,000 ton vessel owned by the Netherlands government. In 1941 the ship was offered...ART24069
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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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14 Australian Antiaircraft Battery (Militia) Fixed Defences, Darwin
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
14 Australian Antiaircraft Battery (Militia) Fixed Defences, Darwin. This crew saw action when the Japanese first bombed Darwin. The Battery of 4 guns had, shot down 2 planes certain, one probable. Th...ART22719
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Australian Army Major
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Maker: Beck, Richard
A sketch of an unidentified Major, AMF, a telephone is placed in front of him.ART25961
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Australian Beaufighter in flight
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Maker: Ragless, Max
An Australian Beaufighter in flight. Seen from the air, far below the coastline and landscape are also visible.ART26035
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Australian captain of a liberator (Pilot Officer Leslie Hendy)
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of A410333 Pilot Leslie Arthur Hendy, Australian captain of a B24 Liberator, No 159 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force, Burma campaign.ART22386
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2/3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station (Captain Constance Box)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Australian Army Nursing Service; SFX10151 Captain Constance Clara Box, AANS; stainless steel drums containing autoclaved masks are on an overbed or 'heart' table, (caps and masks are worn by staff in ...ART21722
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2/3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station (Lieutenant Joan Box)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Australian Army Nursing Service; SFX27412 Lieutenant Joan Box, AANS; having 'scrubbed up' (both arms from the elbows down for a minimum of 3 minutes, using scrubbing brush, soap and hot water) a steri...ART21723
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Australian Comforts Fund: don't let them down, the Blueys and Curleys
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Maker: Unknown Australian Comforts Fund Unknown
Depicts a 2nd Australian Imperial Force poster appealing for donations of reading matter (books and magazines) for distribution by the Australian Comforts Fund to soldiers. Soldiers are shown in the j...ARTV05272
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Australian Comforts Fund: Some views of the activities of the fund in New Guinea
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Maker: Australian Comforts Fund Renwick Pride
Depicts sepia toned photographs of various services provided by the Australian Comforts Fund. In the top right corner, a hostel is shown where troops are given free beverages. In the bottom left corne...ARTV02489
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Australian Comforts Fund Victorian Division
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Maker: Unknown
Placard inviting members of the public to the Town Hall in Melbourne to view the activities of the Australian Comforts Fund. Poster is text only, and printed in red or blue ink. Title occupies the to...ARTV06099
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Australian "Commander"
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of Lieutenant Peter Cossey of the 1st Independent Company.ART92134
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Australian commandos attacking Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour, September 1943
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Dennis Adams was commissioned to depict Operation Jaywick, a bold raid by members of Special Operations Australia from Z Special Unit. Fifteen men under the command of a British officer, Major Ivan L...ART27649
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Australian cruiser at Milne Bay
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Painted from a small watercolour sketch and notes made at Milne Bay, from on board HMT "Taroona". Includes two Australian cruisers in the harbour and two aircraft flying overhead.ART23521
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Australian destroyers at Tobruk
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Preliminary drawing for larger painting. In the early part of the siege of Tobruk, the Inshore Squadron, including in which were the Australian "V" and "W" destroyers, did valiant work and many claim ...ART21270
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7 Australian Division loading vehicles and stores
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Scene at Smith Creek as personnel of 7th Australian Division load stores and equipment onto L.S.T's (Landing Ships, tank) for transport to Morotai, the staging area of the "OBOE TWO", amphibious assau...ART25936
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Australian doctors inspecting Japanese sick reports
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts Australian Medical Officers inspecting Japanese medical records, Dutch Timor.ART26148
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2/14 Australian Field Regiment (Jungle Division)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Second World War; 1944; Sio Bogadjim area, Huon Peninsula, New Guinea. Depicts five unidentified Australian soldiers involved in jungle operations, members of the Royal Australian Artillery, 2/14th Au...ART21354
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Australian Forresters, Scotland
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A group of four members of the Australian forestry unit manually saw the felled wood into smaller pieces for transport. Two men saw the wood while one holds the log in place and the other is lining up...ART25524
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2/13 Australian General Hospital at Johor Bahru
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The hospital occupied by 2/13th Australian General Hospital at Tampoi, Johor Bahru.ART24416
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Australian Headquarters, Dili
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Ruins of the building which was occupied as Headquarters by the Australian component of the Dutch-Australian Force that occupied Portuguese Timor in 1942. It was later, during the Japanese occupation ...ART26346
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Australian Headquarters, Ossu
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Maker: Bush, Charles
The building used by detachments of 2/2nd and 2/4th Australian Independent Companies as Headquarters whilst in eastern end of Portuguese Timor during their guerilla operations against the Japanese in ...ART26352
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Australian hospital ship "Manunda"
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Depicts the hospital ship "Manunda", with a fishing vessel in the foreground. Reproduced 'HMAS', Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1942, p.105.ARTI00081
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Australian Infanteer mans PIAT Gun
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Members of "A" Company, 2/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion who took part in the fighting along Milford Highway, Balikpapan. The man in the foreground is firing a PIAT (Projector Infantry Anti Tank) ...ART25903
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2/24 Australian Infantry Battalion crossing the Busu River at night
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts soldiers of the 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion crossing the Busu River at night. Dargie noted, "This is only a rough note for a composition, and is to be developed later."ART26197
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2/1 Australian Infantry Battalion positions
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Maker: Dargie, William
On a spur overlooking the airstrip at Rethymnon (or Retimo) showing the mountains to the south east. Very bitter fighting between an Australian infantry battalion and the German parachutists took plac...ART24056
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2/4 Australian Infantry Battalion positions at near Alikarnassos
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Maker: Dargie, William
The Australian positions were on extreme top right of picture, the meteorological station at hight point at left. In the depression running up the centre of the scene was a cornfield in which the Germ...ART24048
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Australian infantryman (Staff Sergeant Ian Thomson)
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of Staff Sergeant Ian Thomson, shown in full uniform with day pack and bayonet in his left hand, Syria.ART22223
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[Australian Jungle fighter]
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Maker: Hele, Ivor Henry Thomas
Depticts a full portrait of an Australian soldier in uniform holding his gun at the ready. This illustration was used as the frontispiece for the publication 'Retreat from Kokoda' by Raymond Paull whi...ART94209
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Australian Lancasters loading ex-POWs for England
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Maker: Moore, Alan
A group of ex-POWs boarding a converted Avro Lancaster bomber used to return POWs to England; the group includes Australians and Indians.ART24325
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Australian landing point, Dutch Timor
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Maker: Bush, Charles
The beach at Oesapa Besar, near Koepang, Dutch Timor, where troops of "Sparrow Force", landed. "Sparrow Force", which was the Australian component of the Dutch-Australian Force to occupy the Island of...ART26158
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Australian libertymen landing from HMAS 'Kalgoorlie' on Rara Island, Seeadler Harbour, Admiralty Islands
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Maker: McBryde, John
Australian sailors, stripped to there waist, arriving ashore on Rara Island, Seeadler Harbour, Manus Island in the Admiralties, in landing boats from HMAS 'Kalgoorlie'. The men seem to be at leisure, ...ART92755
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Australian matelot and Sinhalese tattooist (Able Seaman Stuart J Vaughan and R H Sam)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
A 20-year-old B4773 Able Seaman Stuart Jackson Vaughan from the Royal Australian Naval Reserve, serving with the Eastern Fleet, has a Chinese dragon tattooed on his arm by R H Sam, a Sinhalese tattooi...ART22771
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Australian Merchant Mariners: Commemoration
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Maker: Unknown Department of Veteran's Affairs
A poster produced by 'Australia Remembers 1945-1995' to commemorate the role of Australian Merchant Mariners during the Second World. The background image is a photograph of the starboard side of the ...ARTV09175
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Australian Military Forces
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
A composition of four soldiers in a jungle setting wearing tin helmets and carrying rifles.ART28376.008
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Australian Military Forces
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
A group of five soldiers from the Australian Military Forces are grouped closely together wearing helmets and tropical kits. This drawing has been completed in Hinder's cubist inspired style.ART28375.012
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Australian Military Forces
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
A composition of six soldiers in a jungle setting, wearing tin helmets and carrying rifle.ART28376.007
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Australian Military Forces
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
Shows a group of three native women and two children standing chatting as two new arrivals of the Australian Millitary Forces stand nearby.ART28375.014
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Australian Military Forces, Rabaul
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
Depicts three Australian Military Force personnel in jungle wearing tin helmets and carrying rifles.ART28376.006
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Australian M.O inspecting tropical ulcers at Japanese Marine Hospital
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts a scene of Australian Medical Officer inspecting tropical ulcers at the Japanese Marine Hospital, Timor.ART26147
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Australian Navigator (Pilot Officer Alan Stephens)
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a portrait of A406494 Pilot Alan Richard Maidment Stephens, Observer/Navigator, No 215 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Digri, India.ART23580
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Australian Nursing Sister
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
An unfinished sketch of an unidentified Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), Darwin.ART25973
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Australian Observation Post, Same
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Maker: Bush, Charles
The ruins of an Observation Post used by the 2/2nd Australian Independent Company during their guerilla activities against the Japanese in Portuguese Timor.ART26308
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Australian officers around the stove at night, Sulmona, Italy
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Maker: Comber, Albert alpha lithograph
Interior of hut, German prisoner of war camp at Base POW Campo 78 at Sulmona, Italy. Prisoners seated on boxes around large heating stove. Comber and other officers were held prisoner there from Octob...ART34781.005
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Australian officers' compound, Sulmona, Italy
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Maker: Comber, Albert
Officers relaxing at the German prisoner of war camp at Base POW Campo 78 at Sulmona, Italy. Mountain, house and road in background. Comber and other officers were based there from October 1942 to Jun...ART34781.004
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Australian pilot tests his engine and controls (Flight Lieutenant James Franks)
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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
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Australian POWs embarking for home on the Largs Bay at Singapore docks
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23374
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Australian POWs homeward bound on HMT Highland Brigade
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23386
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Australian P.O.W.s on the march through Germany
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Column of prisoners of war, escorted by armed guards, two mounted, marching through snow. At the right, men are pushing a laden hand cart.ART25519
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Australian rear guard positions on hills above Kreikouki
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Maker: Dargie, William
Kreikouri is named as "Erithrai" in the Official War History. The covering force at Erithrai on 22nd April 1941 consisted of the 4th New Zealand Infantry Brigades, 2/3rd Australian Field Regiment of A...ART24021
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Australian Red Cross Society: Dedication to Service
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest [AUSTRALIA] : AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, [N.D.]
Depicts a young woman in an orange cardigan sitting on a stool with a book on her lap, gazing into the distance. The text beneath the image, from a volume of poems by Henry Lawson, reads, 'While her ...ARTV05271
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Australians at fruit market, Rabaul
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Australians at fruit market, Tahili, Rabaul, site of market close to several infantry battalions.ART26179
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Australian serviceman
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Maker: Ewers, Ray
This statuette is a maquette originally made to assist with raising money for the relocation of Ewers 'Australian serviceman' sculpture from the Hall of Memory to the Memorial grounds, showing Ewers' ...ART90406
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Australian serviceman
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Maker: Ewers, Ray Battaglia & Co, Milan, Italy
This sculpture was initially commissioned for the Hall of Memory in 1954. Leslie Bowles died in 1954 and it was originally he who had designed the proposed statuary to be the feature in the Hall of Me...ART40995
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Australian serviceman
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Maker: Ewers, Ray Meridian Sculpture Founders
This statuette is the first in a series of a possible edition of 100, which were to be cast for sale through the Australian War Memorial shop. The maquette was originally made to assist in raising fun...ART90837
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Australian servicewomen's memorial
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Maker: Ferguson, Anne
Whereas more conventional war memorials may incorporate a cenotaph or a representative figure, Anne Ferguson has created a bare platform of coloured stones, divided in two by a curved trench that rese...ART90968
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Australian soldier
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of an unidentified Australian soldier wearing a tin helmet, Buna, New Guinea, 1943.ART25025
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Australian soldier
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting an unidentified Lieutenant Colonel, Lae, New Guinea.ART22688
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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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Australian soldiers examining wrecked cars and trucks in dock area
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23380
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Australian soldier's tomb at Beco
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Maker: Bush, Charles
The grave of a member of the Australian Independent Company who waged guerilla war against the Japanese in Portuguese Timor. The tomb was made by natives who tended it throughout the Japanese occupati...ART26172
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Australian soldier wearing a steel helmet
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Portrait depicting unidentified soldier, wearing protective (tin) helmet, Darwin.ART25971
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Australian Soldier with Owen Gun (Sergeant J.F.M. O'Halloran)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Portrait of Sergeant J.F.M. O'Halloran, with an Owen gun.ART26558
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Australians! Prevent Bushfires
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Maker: Gibson N.S.W. Bush Fire Advisory Committee
This Australian Second World War poster was issued by the New South Wales Bush Fire (sic) Advisory Committee to promote actions to help the prevention of bushfires in Australia. The poster highlights ...ARTV02175
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Australian troops barrack, Ainaro
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Ainaro although situated inland was in effect the Base of the Australian Forces operating in Portuguese Timor. The "Lancer Force" Hospital was set up here in 1942 under Captain C R Dunkley, Australian...ART26305
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Australian troops boarding an LST
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts Australian troops disembarking trucks and boarding an LST (Landing ship/s tank), Goodenough Island, New Guinea. One of 8 drawings from a folio entitled by the artist ' Episodes in the life of ...ART28169.003
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Australian troops disembarking at Alexandria after the evacuation from Greece
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Study for the large painting Hele executed of this subject, depicting exhausted troops from the 6th Australian Division disembarking on the docks at Alexandria after the evacuation from Greece.ART23954
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Australian troops disembarking at Alexandria after the evacuation of Greece
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Exhausted Australian soldiers disembarking from trains at Alexandria after the evacuation of Greece. Hele was in Alexandria to observe the arrival of the battle-weary Australians. He made numerous stu...ART22230
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Australian troops embarking for the Atherton Tableland at Cairns railway station
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Australian troops embarking for the Atherton Tableland at Cairns railway station. During the war the Queensland Government Railway system transported armies and fighting material. Although this plac...ART25695
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Australian troops returning south rush the dining room, Rockhampton
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
During the war the Queensland Government Railway system transported armies and fighting material. The single track system extended from Brisbane in the south to the Atherton Tableland in the north. ...ART25562
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Australian troops swimming under Malanda Falls
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Before the war came to northern Australia, the people in Atherton Tableland lived somewhat remote lives. As the war progressed, the Tableland became the base camp for and northern training centre for...ART25636
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Australian wounded and Chinese bearers
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Depicts studies of Chinese stretcher bearers and wounded Australian soldiers Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Mrs Kate Hodgkinson in memory of Frank HodgkinsonART94185
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Australia through the windscreen
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
An unidentified Australian man, possibly 'Lille', stands under a beaming light, his hands resting on a table in front of him and a pipe in his mouth. In the background are a row of faces.ART90378.011
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Australia whilst under fire
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Maker: Hall, Alan
Depicts three sailors huddle under a table during an attack on their ship. The artist Alan Hall(1919-1979) enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During the Secon...ART93338
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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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Avenge December 7
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Maker: Perlin, Bernard Office of War Information WASHINGTON : DIVISION OF PUBLIC INQUIRIES OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, 1942 (WASHINGTON : U.S. GOVERNM U.S. Government Printing Office
American Second World War poster depicting a sailor with a clenched fist in the upper two thirds, with the silhouette of a sinking ship in the lower right corner. The title refers to 'aveng[ing]' the ...ARTV02553
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Avenge Our Nurses
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Maker: Marcuse, Ernest Henry
Rough study for a poster design by E H Marcuse. Completed while Marcuse was attached to the Officer Cadet Training Unit, Woodside, SA. The subject relates to the sinking of the hospital ship the 'Cent...AWM2018.254.23
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A vital war job - join the Women's Land Army
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Maker: Unknown Women's Land Army H & G Pty Ltd
Second World War Women's Land Army recruitment poster. The poster depicts a smiling 'land girl' driving a red tractor. In the background is an idealised rural scene of a farmhouse and rolling hills. T...ARTV02581
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A vital war job - join the Women's Land Army
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Maker: Women's Land Army H & G Pty Ltd
Second World War Women's Land Army recruitment poster. The poster depicts a smiling 'land girl' driving a red tractor. In the background is an idealised rural scene of a farmhouse and rolling hills. T...ARTV05278
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A vital war job - join the Women's Land Army
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Maker: Unknown Women's Land Army H & G Pty Ltd
Second World War Women's Land Army recruitment poster. The poster depicts a smiling 'land girl' driving a red tractor. In the background is an idealised rural scene of a farmhouse and rolling hills. T...ARTV01103
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Avro Anson on coastal patrol, NSW
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Maker: Norton, Frank
This sketch was drawn whilst Frank Norton was flying on a sea patrol in an Avro Anson with 73 Squadron, RAAF. The squadron were protecting a convoy that were on anti-submarine duties. Seated at the ...ART21081
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Avro Anson trainers near Rockies
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Avro Anson trainers being flown by RAAF personnel near the Canadian Rockies, a short distance from Calgary. Ralph Malcolm Warner was appointed Official War Artist in 1943, covering the activities of t...ART21280
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Avro Anson wings being dismantled
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Maker: Ragless, Max
Two men are at work, undertaking the task of dismantling the wings of an Avro Anson at Essendon for Ansett Airways Pty Ltd.ART25926
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Awaiting emergency landing
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Sketch of a tense moment on an airstrip in Northern Australia awaiting a plane reportedly coming in for emergency landing. Wep captured the activities of U.S Bomber Squadron 319 while on his first tou...ART29341
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Awaiting the return of a flight from an OP
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Maker: Dargie, William
Scene of members of the 450 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, standing and looking at they sky. Dargie noted, "Standing on a wrecked German plane, the Intelligence Officer of the Squadron scans t...ART23897
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Awaiting troops -"Queen Elizabeth "
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Maker: Norton, Frank
At anchor in Athol Bay, "Queen Elizabeth" the huge Cunard liner, is being fitted out to carry Australian troops overseas. Additional bunks, protective panels over valuable veneers and a host of other ...ART21080
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Award: For careless talk
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Maker: Dohanos, Stevan Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
United States Second World War 'careless talk' poster by Stevan Dohanos. The poster depicts a hand, bearing a Nazi swastika ring, holding an Iron Cross, the highest German award for bravery. The poste...ARTV02556
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Award: For Careless Talk
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Maker: Dohanos, Stevan Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
United States Second World War 'careless talk' poster by Stevan Dohanos. The poster depicts a hand, bearing a Nazi swastika ring, holding an Iron Cross, the highest German award for bravery. The poste...ARTV02815
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AWAS cleaning truck
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts an unidentified AWAS leaning into the engine of a Ford utility truck, possibly a civilian vehicle impressed into military service, during the Second World War, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.ART21566
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AWAS entering a light tank
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a member of the Australian Women's Army Service, 1 Australian Base Ordnance Depot, entering a light tank during the Second World War.ART21341
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AWAS on the way to report for duty at L.H.Q. Signals
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
George Browning was attached to the Military History Section during the Second World War. Initially, he was employed to contribute to the Army's Christmas book. Once this was completed, he was to be s...ART23622
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AWAS typist
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
A member of the Australian Women's Army Service who was the typist to the Commanding Officer of the Military Camp at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne.ART21544
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A.W.A.S wants 100's of Australia's keenest women urgently...
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Maker: McCowan, Ian Unknown LHQ Lithographic Coy, Australian Survey Corps
Australian Women's Army Service Second World War Anti-Aircraft Defence recruitment poster featuring a photograph of an AWAS woman (Doris Shilcock) in uniform, including hard hat, holding binoculars a...ARTV00335
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A Winter's Day
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
No. 450 Squadron (unidentified), pilots' mess in EPIP (European Privates' n Pattern) tent. Into one side of this the pilots had built a chimney from bricks. Firewood or coke was almost unobtainable bu...ART26115