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Don't spill the good oil
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Maker: Armstrong, H B LHQ, Australia Unknown
A poster published by the Army Land Headquarters to advise army officers not to waste oil. The image is of a soldier spilling petorl all over the ground while he fills up an army truck without lookin...ARTV07818
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Don't thrash your vehicle
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Maker: Unknown
Australian Second World War poster advising against the misuse of vehicles. The poster depicts a Japanese man set against a red background striking at an army truck with a flail-mace. The title, whic...ARTV02445
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Don't Thrash Your Vehicle
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Maker: Unknown
Australian Second World War poster advising against the misuse of vehicles. The poster depicts a Japanese man set against a red background striking at an army truck with a flail-mace. The title, whic...ARTV03303
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drawing for basepiece for The blitz in Greece
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Thirteen men and three trucks make their way along a very wet road during a rain storm. The men are wearing coats and helmets and carry backpacks. One central figure is carrying a rifle. The trucks ar...ARTI00775
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Dust at Daly Waters
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Unidentified soldiers examining the engine of a truck (possibly a Ford or Dodge) in the midst of dust clouds.ART30131
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East meets west (First British convoy en route to Berlin)
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
In one of his first paintings of early convoys on route to Berlin, official war artist Colin Colahan depicts the evacuation of German refugees and troops from the capital and surrounding villages as a...ART26247
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Embarkation at Freddie Beach
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Freddie Beach is between Tsimba Ridge and Soraken peninsula, where the swell is broken by the various islands, coral, and otherwise that can be seen in the distance in the painting. The large island i...ART22489
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Entrance to Headquarters 2 Australian Corps
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The petrol dump at the entrance to Headquarters 2 Australian Corps in Bougainville. At the Headquarters different companies were utilised for providing specialised services, such as medical aid, techn...ART22652
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Episodes in the life of a stupid fellow; Take a pride in your cycle and enjoy riding; verso: on field or road obey the code; They must obey their rules, you must obey the highway code
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Maker: Cusden, Leonard Goold, R Mendoza, Montague Philip Wilson, Radcliffe
Four separate images on recto and verso of the sheet. Recto: left image: 'Episodes in the life of a stupid fellow; Stealing rides is unsporting and dangerous' depicts a boy walking with crutches who h...ARTV02109
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[Escaping from explosion]
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Maker: Hall, Alan
Depicts several soldiers quickly escaping from a surprise explosion. The artist Alan Hall (1919-1979)enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During the Second Worl...ART93342
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Explosives
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Maker: Baird, John
Several figures are depicted sitting in the back of an ammunition truck in Darwin.ART27952
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Ferrying captured Japanese trucks across Belait River
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Maker: Flett, James
Ferrying captured Japanese trucks across Belait River, Kuala Belait, Borneo, 1945.ART25465
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Field Engineers
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A scene showing the 1st Field Engineers building a road over a hill near Bootless Inlet, Port Moresby.ART29853
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Figures and truck convoy
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australian soldiers standing behind a convoy of trucks.ART90266
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Figures of soldiers outside a canteen
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Several figures of soldiers outside a canteen in Finschhafen, New Guinea. A truck is parked at right.ART92642.001
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First house bombed in Moresby
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
The first house to have been bombed in Port Moresby is depicted, with severe damage to the roof evident.ART29969
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Flying Fortress
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A Boeing B17 Flying Fortress is depicted getting refueled at 7 Mile Drome, New Guinea, in preparation for an air raid on Rabaul. A dummy gun is pictured to the right.ART29960
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Gravel pit
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
Depicts a gravel pit with truck and heavy earth moving equipment. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the RAAF Historical War Record...ART26980
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Half burnt truck in cement shed
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Maker: Flett, James
Half burnt truck in cement shed, soldier resting on a stretcher, A company 2/17th Battalion, Jetty Kuala Belait.ART25473
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Here today and gone tomorrow
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Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
A cartoon depicting German soldiers loading a removal truck, with Hitler supervising.ART92389
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Holland, Winter, 1944
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A dutch rural scene. A truck is viewed from front-on driving across a dyke. A windmill is evident in the background.ART25706
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Infantry diggers resting at Wewak Beach; verso: [men in a row boat]
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A group of soldiers are depicted resting and relaxing nude on the beach at Wewak, with a truck visible to the right and Wewak Point in the background. verso: sketches of three nude men in a row boat ...ART29949
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Interest
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Maker: Unknown National Savings Committee, London and Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh J Weiner Ltd
law order and discipline; poster depicting six thinly disguised German spies (all speaking broken English) talking to police and civilians in the street, poster advises that interest on savings certif...ARTV07167
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Japanese prisoners of war
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A group of Japanese prisoners of war are depicted in Wewak, carrying packs.ART29956
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Jungle Light Aid Detachment
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
241 Light Aid Detachment (LAD), attached to 7th Australian Infantry Brigade show the workings of a typical LAD unit . The LAD units were responsible for the repair and maintenance of the regiment's ve...ART21461
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Leigh Creek Coal Mine
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Maker: Ragless, Max
Ragless has drawn a deep cut coal mine. At the bottom of the pit are two trucks and a crane.ART23140
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Liberty Trucks
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
In the village square in Antwerp the American liberty trucks congregate in the early morning light. The liberty trucks had a top speed of 24 km/h and were primarily used to transport people and in thi...ART26249
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Loading freighters, Haifa
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts freighters in the port of Haifa, Palestine (now in Israel) being loaded with war supplies. This was produced as part of the Syrian campaign series of 1941. The sharp linearity of the drawing...ART30282
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Loading gravel through a chinaman
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Maker: Wood, C Dudley
The image is of two men operating machinery. They are located on a log bridge. They wear khaki coloured shirts with short sleeves, trousers and hats. A truck is parked beneath them, onto whose tray...ART30156
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Loading timber on a L.S.T
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Maker: Dargie, William
A four wheel drive truck is backed into the surf to load timber on the Landing Ship Troops for the construction of the oil pipe line jetty at Aitape in New Guinea.ART23499
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Looking from Base Hospital
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A view of the mountains between 7 mile drome and Rouna falls, looking from the Base Hospital in Port Moresby.ART29904
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Maintenancing Matildas, 2
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
One of set of three studies of Armoured Fighting Vehicle fitters doing maintenance work on a Matilda Mark IV tank. A view of a Maltilda Mark IV tank of the 2/9 Australian Armoured Regiment shown with...ART21425
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Mareeba
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Maker: Annand, Douglas
Daily activities taking place in Mareeba, North Queensland, near the Mareeba Royal Australian Air Force airfield.ART92432
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Matilda being hauled onto transporter
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Depicts a Matilda tank being hauled onto the back of a transporter vehicle.ART25328
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Melville Bay, Northern Territory
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Maker: Campbell, Les
A military truck is depicted alongside other vehicles and machinery in Melville Bay, Northern Territory. The gum trees of the Australian bush are the main backdrop, with the distinctive green and grey...ART93395
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[Men in the back of truck]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts men riding in the back of a truck with notes about red dust and trees black from fires. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Peter and Elizabeth Pidgeon in ...ART96365
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[Men, trucks and trailer]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts various studies of men, trucks and a trailer. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illustrator. During the Second World War many o...ART96685
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7 mile drome
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A view of the south-east end of 7 mile drome, New Guinea, with several aircraft on the ground. Located to the north of Port Moresby, seven miles from town, the aerodrome was first used by the Royal Au...ART29902
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[Military truck]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a military truck in New Guinea during the Second World War. On the verso are figure studies in pen and ink. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, ...ART96691
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Mobile Printers
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicts the 1 Australian Army Mobile Printing Unit which was formed in 1942 to operate with Headquarters 1st Australian Army. Its function, in accordance with Field Service Regulations, to print order...ART22861
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Mobile workshops - No.3 Sqn
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Maker: Norton, Frank
In the Syrian campaign this mobile workshop was captured from the French. By degrees it has been equipped with parts from enemy workshops etc. Its present equipment consist of a lathe, drilling machin...ART21747
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Moresby coast
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A sketch of the Port Moresby coast, east of town. Tracks can be seen leading from the road to the ammunitions dump on the side of the hill.ART29887
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Moresby Harbour
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A view of Port Moresby Harbour depicting a ship at the wharf, buildings in the foreground with a gun to the left, and mountains across the background.ART29962
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Moresby Township
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
View from a hill depicting Moresby township with the harbour and a ship at the pier seen in the background.ART28195
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Movement Control Office
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Movement Control Office for Australian personnel. At Ward's Drome. The personnel are allotted to planes to take them to forward area. In the background Provosts control traffic across the airstrip. Li...ART25152
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M.T. Section
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Mechanic working below a vehicle with another man standing to the side.ART25527
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Night convoy
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Servicemen reading a map by torchlight alongside a convoy of stationary trucks. Two searchlight beams cut across the night sky.ART26242
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Night landing, Cesenatico
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Maker: Moore, Alan
An aircraft from a Royal Australian Air Force squadron operating over Europe makes a night landing on return to base.ART25729
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No. 5 Barge Point, Empress Augusta Bay
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
This drawing gives an idea of the scene beside the bay in the Jaba River area, where barge points, with their characteristic signs, are suitably placed. These markers were very useful, for natural lan...ART21457