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Maker: Herbert, Harold

Depicts the artist, Harold Herbert (made recognisable as such by the drawing and painting implements stuck in his hat) looking at a portrait he has drawn of Sir Thomas Blamey. The General was a frien...

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Maker: Herbert, Harold

Depicts mosques in Damascus, after the city was taken from the Vichy French by Allied forces. The Battle of Damascus was the final conflict in the Syria-Lebanon campaign, and ended on the 21 June 19...

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Maker: Herbert, Harold

Depicts a beach scene at Gaza in Israeal during the Second World War. The guard looks longingly at his friends who are surfing or lazing on the beach. The refreshment tents, where voluntary workers se...

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Maker: Herbert, Harold

Acre - Australians Passed this Way. The bay and town of Acre through which Australian troops passed during their advance towards Beirut. It was in this ancient town that the Armistice Convention was a...

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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...

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Maker: Herbert, Harold

Depicts a reconstructed view of action at the Battle of Merdjayoun (19 June 1941 - 24 June 1941). The work is softly described, with pastel blues and yellows, lending an air of unreality to the smok...

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Maker: Hodgkinson, Francis George

This sketch comes from a series completed by VX18229, Sergeant Francis George (Frank) Hodgkinson, HQ 7th Australian Division, completed during his time in Syria and modern-day Lebanon as part of Opera...

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Maker: Herbert, Harold

Depicts bridge crossing Damour, Syria, (now Lebanon). Herbert's classically trained handling of the medium renders the scene clearly, but in an aesthetically pleasing manner. The artist writes 'Syri...

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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank

This sketch comes from a series completed by VX18229, Sergeant Francis George (Frank) Hodgkinson, 7th Australian Division, completed during his time in Syria and modern-day Lebanon as part of Operatio...

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Maker: Herbert, Harold

Australian Imperial Force units arrived in Palestine (then a British mandate territory) early in 1940. They trained there before entering action in North Africa early in 1941. In this watercolour, whi...

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Maker: Herbert, Harold

Depicts the hulks of two steamers, the Parita and the Tiger Hill with the seaport of Jaffa, Palestine (now Israel) in the background. This work is part of the Syrian campaign series that was produced ...

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Maker: Hodgkinson, Francis George

This sketch comes from a series completed by VX18229, Sergeant Francis George (Frank) Hodgkinson, HQ 7th Australian Division, completed during his time in Syria and modern-day Lebanon as part of Opera...

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Maker: Hodgkinson, Francis George

These sketches come from a series completed by VX18229, Sergeant Francis George (Frank) Hodgkinson, HQ 7th Australian Division, completed during his time in Syria and modern-day Lebanon as part of Ope...

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