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  1. Australian 9.2 howitzer

    Art

    Maker: Longstaff, Will

    Although 'Australian 9.2 howitzer' was painted in 1919, immediately after the war, it clearly represents a scene from the last phase of the fighting. The centrepiece is a large howitzer, the heaviest ...

    ART03004

  2. Australian Trench Mortar 'possy' in Treux

    Art

    Depicts a badly damaged building at Treaux or Ville-sur-Ancre in April 1918. Dyson titled this work 'Street at ....Trench Mortar Posee, Treux or Ville-sur-Ancre'. Will Dyson was the first Australian o...

    ART02414

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    Bringing up the guns

    Art

    Maker: Butler-George, May

    This is the original plaster cast of one of four bronze bas-relief panels commissioned from Butler-George for the base of the pedestal of the Second Division AIF Memorial at Mont St Quentin, France i...

    ART90084

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    [Gunner]

    Art

    This painting is intended to typify an Australian artilleryman in summer 1918 on the Western Front, wearing a slouch hat, trousers and leggings with a bare torso. He stands near the trail of a BL 6 in...

    ART19992

  5. Gun repair park

    Art

    Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick

    Watercolour sketch depicting British 6 inch Howitzers and artillery pieces in a maintenance park with a tripod crane for lifting heavy components. There are three soldiers in the mid ground of the ima...

    ART03066

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    Hidden guns at Coisy

    Art

    Maker: Fullwood, A Henry

    Depicts three gun limbers hidden under trees outside Coisy, with horses tethered nearby and the 5th Division encampment in the field in the distance. In the far distance at left can be seen Amiens Cat...

    ART02473

  7. Infantry

    Art

    Maker: Hoff, Rayner

    Study for part of the interior frieze of the Anzac Memorial Building, Hyde Park, Sydney. Three uniformed figures representing Artillery, Infantry and Light horse in the foreground; naked marching men ...

    ART50288

  8. Mountain gun crew

    Art

    Maker: Bush, Charles

    Depicts a drawing of four Mountain gun crew members.

    ART25805

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    Peronne. Heavy artillery advancing through the town

    Art

    Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick

    The 1st Australian Imperial Force going through the ruins of Peronne with heavy artillery such as 8 inch howitzers. A biplane can be seen flying overhead. Smoke from burning villages is visible in t...

    ART03043

  10. Study for Bringing up the guns; verso: not titled [figure study]

    Art

    Maker: Butler-George, May alpha lithograph

    A study for Butler-George's plaster and bronze panels titled 'Bringing up the guns' (ART90084 and ART90405). The principal drawing depicts a soldier straining on a rope to haul artillery into positio...

    ART90086

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    Study for Bringing up the guns; verso: not titled [study of figure carrying rifle]

    Art

    Maker: Butler-George, May

    A study for Butler-George's plaster and bronze panels titled 'Bringing up the guns' (ART90084 and ART90405). The principal drawing depicts two Australian soldiers straining on ropes to haul artillery...

    ART90098

  12. The attack begins in the factory...

    Art

    Maker: Foster, Harold Thos Forman and Sons

    One of a series of posters issued by the British Government to increase industrial productivity. The campaign aimed to motivate factory workers by appealing to their sense of patriotism. The posters c...

    ARTV10452

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    The Lagnicourt guns

    Art

    Depicts a number of Australian soldiers inspecting field guns and ordanance at rest on the battlefiled, at Lagnicourt. In April 1917 Germans attacked Lagnicourt and Noreuil, initially successful, but ...

    ART02247