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Private Vernon (Happy) Towns
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Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of Private Vernon Royce (Happy) Towns (TX373) of the 2/12th Australian Infantry Battalion. Towns wears a slouch hat and is smoking a cigarette.ART21337
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Clock tower at Victoria Town, Labuan
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Drawing of the clock tower at Victoria Town, Labuan, which was one of the three surviving structures after the Japanese evacuated the town in 1945. Writing for the Australian Women's Weekly of his tra...ART29342
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Clay-pits near the air strip, Iraklion
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Maker: Dargie, William
The town of Iraklion is described in the Official War History as Heraklion. This was a site of heavy fighting against German paratroops in May 1941.ART24051
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Bombed house in Elasson
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Maker: Dargie, William
This is a watercolour sketch of a bombed house in the Greek town of Elasson. Two men stand in the foreground of the image. Elasson was on the line of withdrawal of ANZAC Corps from Greece in 1941.ART23979
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In Volos Harbour
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Maker: Dargie, William
Scene at the harbour in the town of Volos, showing moored vessels. Volos was on the line of the withdrawal of the British forces from Greece in 1941.ART23980
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The Harbour, Sollum
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Maker: Dargie, William
A sketch taken from the deserted shell of a shattered town. The only life was supplied by the endless convoys, which choked the coast road and slowly climbed the narrow, winding pass above the harbour...ART22375
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Harvesting wheat near Neo Khorion, Crete
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Maker: Dargie, William
View of the town and hillside of Neo Khorion. This was a defensive position for 19th Australian Infantry Brigade immediately before evacuation.ART24068
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Sketch for 'The Mad Mile', Syria
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Maker: Dargie, William
Troops and vehicles under shell-fire, just outside the town of Jezzine (now Lebanon). View from the top of a road winding down to the town below. A truck is parked at the top of the road and hills see...ART27983
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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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[Victoria Town, Labuan, Borneo]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts studies of men, old buildings and bouys and a palm tree in the background, the only building remaining in Victoria Town, Labuan, during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981),...ART96725
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[Men and old buildings, Victoria Town, Labuan]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a number of men standing in front of old buildings in Victoria Town, Labuan in Borneo, during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, p...ART96724
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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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Harbour and Pier, Heraklion
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Maker: Dargie, William
One of the ports in Crete at which survivors from Greece landed, including a boat-load of Australians. Heavy fighting took place for the town and determined attacks by German paratroops were repulsed....ART23861
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View toward Rethymnon
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Maker: Dargie, William
In the Official War History, the town Rethymnon is referred to as Retimo. As seen from positions held by 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion in May 1941. The Battalion was defending the airfield again...ART24052
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Elasson
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Maker: Dargie, William
This sketch shows two men walking along a path on the side of a hill, overlooking the Greek town of Elasson from the north during a storm. Elasson was on the line of withdrawal of the ANZAC Corps, whi...ART23977
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View looking East from the airstrip, Iraklion
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Maker: Dargie, William
In the Official War History, the town of Iraklion is referred to as Heraklion. Bitter fighting took place across this scene when the German paratroops invading Crete in May 1941, were met by the 14th ...ART24050
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Villiers - Brettoneaux
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Maker: Brewster, William Hill
The town of Villers-Bretonneux in Picardie, France, the scene of a major battle during 1918; vegetation and a broken-down fence in the foreground.ART92618
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Flying Fortresses (B17's) taking off at 0230 from 7-Mile Drome, Moresby to bomb Rabaul town and harbour
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Maker: Dargie, William
A night time scene of soldiers pictured standing in front of B17s taking off, with searchlights glowing up into the sky.ART22074
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Bombed house near the air strip, Iraklion, Crete
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Maker: Dargie, William
The town Iraklion is described in the Official War History as Heraklion. Heraklion was one of the points where German air-borne troops were landed in the invasion of Crete. The 2/14th Australian Infan...ART24042
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Bombed house in Yerania village, Greece
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Maker: Dargie, William
Described in the Official War History as 'Yannina', and also known as Ioannina, the Greek town pictured here experienced the fortunes of war on several occasions during the 1939-45 conflicts. Captured...ART23978