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Barbed wire entanglements
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Barbed wire entanglements along a beach in Melbourne. Edward Albert Douglas Watson born 1920, served as an official war artist in Australia, New Guinea and Borneo from 1943 to 1946. He became the youn...ART22195
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Barbed wire fence, hills vista
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Maker: Annand, Douglas
Depicts a barbed wire fence with hills in the background.ART92452
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Beach Dunkerque
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Depicts the beach at Dunkerque Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Mrs Kate Hodgkinson in memory of Frank HodgkinsonART94190
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Bomb damage, Hamburg
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Buildings in Hamburg wrecked by aircraft bombing. Building debris and barbed wire litter the street, a Cathedral can be seen in the background.ART25011
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Concentration camp
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Maker: de Kessler, Thomas
Several ghost-like figures behind barbed wire in a concentration camp.ART91466
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Escape
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Drawing of man crouching near barbed wire entanglements. Waiting until the guard had passed on, an emaciated prisoner-of-war is ready to slip over, or under, a known spot in the wire entanglements.ART26464
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From the centre of Slater's Knoll defences
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
The main Japanese attack was made directly on to this front at Slater's Knoll, however only one Japanese soldier penetrated beyond the barbed wire. There was thick foliage in the background.ART21463
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German submarine under construction, Hamburg
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Moore has recorded a German submarine under construction in Hamburg, Germany. The submarine is not complete and is surrounded by scaffolding. The site is littered with building materials and barbed ...ART25012
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Give now
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Maker: Carcett BRISBANE : AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, 1942 (S.L. : N.F. & CO.)
The Australian Red Cross was established in 1923 and is guided by the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It is a secular, neutral, impartial and independe...ARTV02169
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Greetings from the 17th Garrison Battalion
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Maker: White, Cyril Leyshon
Two Australian soldiers greet each other, the soldier on the left is in full Australian uniform and carries a 303 rifle complete with bayonet attachment. The soldier on the right wears Australian unif...ART28577
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Japanese beach defence at Namosain
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicts the Japanese Defences at Namosan, Timor. Native boats and Japanese barges engaged in ammunition dumping in background.ART26143
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Japanese war criminal stockades, Koepang
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Maker: Bush, Charles
View of the barbed-wire compound where Japanese prisoners were held pending investigation as to their responsibility for war crimes.ART26145
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left image: Just as well we have a good fence round us; right image: Its about time we knocked off work
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
left image: A guard is jumping in the air in front of a tangled fence of barbed wire. An Australian prisoner of war is running away from him. right image: Three Australian prisoners of war stand nex...ART90381
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Obstacles are made to be overcome...
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Maker: Hunt, P.I 3 Aust. Corps Sands & McDougall Pty Ltd
Australian poster issued by 3 Australian Corps, based in Perth in December 1942. It is aimed at Army recruits to boost morale. The image takes up the whole and shows a group of soldiers charging over ...ARTV10401
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[POW camp fence and huts]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts the fence and huts of Oflag 7B POW camp in Eichstatt, Germany. The artist, Gordon Henry MacFarlane, was born in Sydney in 1915, and was a member of the pre-war permanent army. He joined the AI...ART93164
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[POWs marching]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts a column of Prisoner of War camp inmates being marched along a fence of the compound. A German guard marches to the left of them. In the foreground is a pile of personal belongings being left ...ART93144
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Prisoner of War! Did your Careless Chatter Put Him There!
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Australian Second World War poster highlighting the importance of being careful about conversations that are overheard and that seemingly 'careless chatter' can negatively impact the Allied war effort...ARTV02493
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Somebody blabbed
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Maker: Dorne, Albert Graphics Division, Office of Facts and Figures WASHINGTON : GRAPHICS DIVISION, OFFICE OF FACTS AND FIGURES, 1942 (WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING
Poster produced in the United States by the Graphics Division, Office of Facts and Figures, depicting the outstretched hand of a dead soldier, his rifle on the ground beside him entangled in barb wire...ARTV05563
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Then ... and now!
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Maker: Batten, Theo
Depicts two cartoon vignettes. The top cartoon depicts a soldier trudging through water, in the rain and surrounded by barber wire, dreaming of relaxing in civilian life. The bottom cartoon depicts th...ARTI00353
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The tunnel was to come up in the woods beyond the guard box, Stalag Luft III
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Maker: Comber, Albert
Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Germany, showing buildings in the camp and the guard tower on a hill beyond. Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) was a German prisoner of war camp in Sagan (Sagan bei ...ART34781.021