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  1. Admiral Sir George Patey

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey, KCMG, KCVO, was the first Commander of Australian Fleet, from his arrival in 1913 until 1915. In his flagship, the battle-cruiser HMAS Australia, he was in charge of n...

    ART09097

  2. A Field Kitchen

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    Depicts three soldiers wearing tin (protective) helmets and waterproof capes attending a field kitchen (travelling field cooker) in a wet, war-damaged landscape. With the field kitchen, the forepart o...

    ART92146

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    A shell swept road

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    A team of six horses from the 1st Australian Imperial Force, 1st Australian Division Artillery race along, pulling an 18-pounder gun. There are shells bursting nearby and there are ruined war-damaged ...

    ART92145

  4. Australian Artillery going into action at Harbonnieres

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    Depicts a team of horses with the Australian 1st Division Artillery pulling 18 pounder guns up a hill on a road near Harbonnieres on the Western Front and soldiers on horseback riding into action. Po...

    ART03336

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    Battery in action

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    This drawing shows four men from the 1st Division Artillery gun crew with an 18 pounder gun in action on the Western Front in France.

    ART03308

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    Battle of Menin Road

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    The Battle of Menin Road was an offensive operation, part of the Third Battle of Ypres on the Western Front, which saw the first involvement of Australian units (1st and 2nd Divisions AIF) in the Thir...

    ART03327

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    Bringing up the ammunition, Flanders, Autumn 1917

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    Australian soldiers with teams of six horses pulling linked half limbers loaded with boxes of machine gun ammunition. The horses are struggling through the mud as they cross a small river.

    ART03333

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    Bringing up the guns

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    Commissioned to produce a large-scale battle scene, Septimus Power drew from his experince on the Western Front as an official war artist from September to December 1917 to create Bringing up the guns...

    ART03334

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    Camel Corps at Magdhaba

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    Depicts the Camel Corp 'Cameliers' at the point where they were dismounting to advance on foot at Magdhaba. The Imperial Camel Corps Brigade was raised from the Australian, New Zealand and British Arm...

    ART09230

  10.

    Camp life in Flanders

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    This drawing shows a group of soldiers relaxing and resting near two small tents pitched between trees.

    ART03331

  11.

    Camp scenes

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    This scene shows the encampment of the 1st Australian Division Artillery, 2nd Battery. The view is of the camp with tents and horse lines amid the trees.

    ART03325

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    Camp stories

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus Power, H Septimus

    A group of Australian soldiers are talking and telling camp stories in front of a tent at an encampment in France. Around them is their personal military equipment, including helmuts, blankets and tin...

    ART03319

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    Canteen: some story: army canteen behind the lines in France

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    A group of soldiers sitting in an army canteen listening to a story told by a soldier just returned from leave in England, referred to as 'Blighty'. The central figure telling the story is in full uni...

    ART03337

  14.

    Cook house

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    The cook house for the 1st Division Train, was situated in a wrecked building, with a tent at the left. Three soldiers are sitting near a thatched house peeling vegetables

    ART03323

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    Corbie Abbey

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    Depicts the ruins of Corbie Abbey church and the village buildings of Corbie, with rubble everywhere. Corbie village is on the Somme and was close to the fighting, with AIF soldiers passing through so...

    ART03648

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    Damascus Incident

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    Depicts the 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade that was ordered to cross the gorge and cut the only other available escape route for the Turkish troops from Damascus, the road to Homs. The direct rout...

    ART03647

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    Evacuation of wounded horses in the battle line

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    A Royal Army Veterinary Corps horse ambulance Mark II, being drawn by two horses, is loaded with two horses wearing rugs. The the second horse is reluctant to enter the ambulance and is being pushed b...

    ART03313

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    First Australian artillery going into the 3rd Battle of Ypres

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    This work shows a team of six horses, three mounted and three led, struggling through thick mud pulling a heavy 18 pounder gun on the limber. Six other soldiers on foot are helping to haul the gun, al...

    ART19842

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    First Australian Division Artillery going into the 3rd Battle of Ypres

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    Features the 1st Australian Division Artillery during the Third Battle of Ypres on the Western Front. 18-pounder guns are pictured being brought forward by teams of six horses, other guns already in p...

    ART03330

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    German observation post, Mont St Quentin

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    Maker: Power, H Septimus

    This German observation post, made of concrete with slit opening, was on Mont St Quentin. Mont St Quentin stood out in the surrounding country, making it a perfect observation point and a vital strate...

    ART03646

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