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US Camp somewhere in Australia
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A US truck belonging to a United States campsite is depicted on maneuvers in the bush in Northern Queensland, where several US bases were stationed during the Second World War. Roy Dalgarno (1910-200...ART93402
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US marines on manoeuvres, Morton Bay
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Combined USA Air, Navy and Army Forces are depicted doing excerise practice landing troops and supplies on Bribie Island.ART29884
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Victoria, Labuan Island
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
On his last assignment as war correspondent Wep was sent to Borneo. This painting depicts Victoria Town, Labuan Island. Visible are some damaged buoys and the only two buildings and a clock tower to s...ART29343
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[Victoria Town, Labuan; building, palm tree, truck, washing line & bouys]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts studies of a Building, palm tree, truck and washing line at Victoria Town in Labuan, Borneo, during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspond...ART96726
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View from the range behind Wewak
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A view from the ranges behind Wewak is depicted, where Japanese positions surrendered to Australians on Victory in Europe Day, 8 June 1945.ART28192
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View of Moresby area from Hombrom Bluff
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Maker: Bush, Charles
View of Moresby area from Hombrom Bluff, Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART23744
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Watch yere backs!!
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
A man's quiet reading time has been interrupted by a mate speeding along with a truck laden with sacks.ART90378.010
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Watering point, on the Tagessi River
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The Tagessi River flows into the bay not far from the watering point pictured. A native ferry can be seen, which is the outcome of a combination of native and army ideas, with its 44-gallon drums and ...ART21459
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Water tank
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Scene at the Water Point in the Sogeri Valley, New Guinea.ART25793
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Water truck
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Near the 46 mile post. Water would be drawn from pipes 10 miles away and then filled into 44 Gallon drums; a drum placed outside each tent in the area, Darwin.ART25142
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Wewak
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A scene at Wewak depicting provosts "persuading" Japanese prisoners.ART28210
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Wewak, Papua New Guinea, 6th Engineers
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Maker: Wieneke, James
James Wieneke (service no. QX28273) completed this watercolour in 1945, while still a serving soldier. It shows members of the 6th Engineers filling up trucks from above ground water tanks. This was ...ART94192
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Wewak Point Base Hospital
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
The Australian Base Hospital at Wewak Point, shown here during its construction stages, was completed in 1945 just before the Australians left. Wewak point had been previously held by the Japanese who...ART29863
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Wireless tender, Libya
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Maker: Norton, Frank
One of the communication sections of No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Three men off duty warm themselves in the winter sun, the fourth, with headphones, keeps contact with Headquarters. Acc...ART21152
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Wounded Japanese
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Maker: Flett, James
Casualties from the drive to Brunei by 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalions. Nearest Japanese was the only survivor of a truck load of enemy who tried to break the Australian lines with lights on, on...ART25875
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Wrecked truck
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
An overturned and wrecked truck on the ground in North Africa.ART90270
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You loose miles of rubber every time you jam on your brakes!
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Supply Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Supply, warning of the damage to tyres and loss of rubber when brakes on motor vehicles are applied suddenly.ARTV01477
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You loose miles of rubber every time you jam on your brakes!
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Maker: Ministry of Supply Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Supply, warning of the damage to tyres and loss of rubber when brakes on motor vehicles are applied suddenly. This item has been d...ARTV02422
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You Loose Miles of Rubber Every Time You Jam on Your Brakes!
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Supply H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
During the Second World War, to lighten the pressures of production for civil resources and thus allow greater resources to be pulled into war-related production, most governments around the world put...ARTV03404
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Your government warns: prepare for winter now!
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Maker: WASHINGTON ; SOLID FUELS ADMINISTRATION FOR WAR, 1944 (WASHINGTON : U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE) U.S. Government Printing Office
American Second World War poster issued by the United States Solid Fuels Administration of War encouraging people to prepare for winter and save energy. The Second World War was an immensely costly wa...ARTV05263