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A merry Christmas on board the SS "Bloody Lydia"
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a sketch of a Light Horseman Lieutenant Crossby-Brown wearing a life jacket and slouch hat on board the channel troop ship SS "Bloody Lidia" at night during rough weather in the English Channe...ART02720
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Coming aboard ship
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted of this work, "Troops and merchant seamen climb aboard a Liberty ship, up the Jacob's Ladder, in Lae Harbour. The troops are personnel who man the ship's A.A. guns and just before the ske...ART25917
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Flight sergeant M J Beaton
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Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of Flight Sergeant Malcolm John Beaton (417787), Royal Australian Air Force, seated in a canvas deck chair. He is depicted wearing flying boots, shorts and a Mae West life jacket.ART27849
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Fools talk...Men drown!
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Maker: Unknown
A careless talk poster produced by 1 Australian Mobile Lithographic Section A Survey Company during the Second World War. It features a depiction of soldiers being rescued after their ship has been t...ARTV10231
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Life vest, Lesbos
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Maker: Quilty, Ben
In 2016, artist Ben Quilty and writer Richard Flanagan were guests of the charity World Vision and visited refugee camps in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. Quilty painted this work in response to his exp...AWM2017.158.1
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recto: [Standing digger with life belt on shoulder]; verso: [Standing digger with life belt on shoulder]
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Maker: Richmond, Oliffe
On the recto is a pencil sketch of a standing soldier from behind with a life belt over his right shoulder and a hat on his head. On the verso is a rougher sketch of this same subject.ART28339.017
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Shipboard fashion, USAT "Sea Barb"
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Maker: Horner, Arthur Wakefield
A figure sketch on board the United States Army Transport "Sea Barb", New Guinea waters.ART25295
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Standby room, 452 squadron
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Maker: Baird, John
The operations room of No. 452 (Spitfire) Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, is depicted. Features in the room include flight charts, flight equipment hanging from hooks, and maps on the wall (not ...ART27931
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The fitting out wharf
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Maker: Ragless, Max
The 'River Murrumbidgee' at the BHP at the fitting out wharf, showing a busy scene with equipment waiting to be installed on the freighter.ART22626
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Troops aboard the 'Taroona'
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Troops would, on all occasions whilst on board, carry their "Mae West" (life jackets). Sketch from the aft deck showing US and Australian troops as the ship slowly approaches the jetty at Milne Bay, N...ART25171