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A crash in the desert
Art
Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a desert landscape, with a small aeroplane on the ground and figure to the right of the plane. Aircraft such as this, possibly a BE12 or RE8, were used at the beginning of the war for reconnai...ART02684
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Action in the Vale of Tempe, Greece
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Towards the end of 1940, Italian forces invaded Greece from Albania. In February 1941 the British advance in North Africa was halted and a force, which included the 6th Australian Division, was organi...ART27554
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Adams, Harold Victor (Warrant Officer, b.1917 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Adams, Harold Victor Royal Australian Air Force
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 11061 Warrant Officer Harold Victor Adams, 43 Squadron, 112 Air-Sea Rescue Squadron, and 20 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and N...PR05173
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Aerial view
Art
Maker: Annand, Douglas
An aerial view of the Torres Strait landscape, with possibly a few airstrips also visible.ART92443
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[Aeroplane]; [Supermarine Spitfire and Mitsubishi A6M2 Zeroes flying over coastline]
Art
Maker: Ogi, Tomu
Recto: right hand side of a drawing of an aeroplane. Verso: Supermarine Spitfire and Mitsubishi A6M2 Zeroes flying over coastlineART91042.011
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After the Zeppelin raids
Art
Depicts a German family scene, consisting of a mother, holding baby and scolding a small child for disturbing her father. The father, a German officer in uniform, slumps wearily in a chair. The captio...ART02294
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[Aircraft carrier]; [Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero with Aichi D3A Bombers on Aircraft carrier]
Art
Maker: Ogi, Tomu
Recto: Right hand side of watercolour depicting a Japanese aircraft carrier. Verso: Left hand side of watercolour featuring a Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero with Aichi D3A 'Val' Bombers on aircraft carrier, wai...ART91042.002
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[Aircraft carriers with Nakajima B5N Torpedo Bomber]
Art
Maker: Ogi, Tomu
Recto: Blank page; Verso: left hand side of the watercolour of Aircraft carriers with Nakajima B5N Torpedo Bombers ( 'Kate' Carrier attack bomber) taking off the aircraft carrier.ART91042.013
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[Aircraft carriers with Nakajima B5N Torpedo Bomber]; [Nakakima B5N Torpedo Bomber attacking the USS Virginia]
Art
Maker: Ogi, Tomu
Recto: left hand side of the watercolour featuring Aircraft carriers with Nakajima B5N Torpedo Bombers; Verso: left hand side of watercolour featuring Nakakima B5N Torpedo Bomber ('Kate' carrier attac...ART91042.014
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Air Marshal John William Newham AC (Rtd) as a pilot No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1953, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
Sound
Maker: Australian War Memorial
Jake Newham talks about his early working life and his difficult path to being accepted for RAAF flying training; his training prior to being posted to Iwakuni, Japan for his conversion on to Meteors;...S02792
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Air Vice Marshal Billie Hicks Collings AO AFC (Rtd) as a pilot No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1953-1954, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
Sound
Maker: Collings, Billie Hicks Clark, Christopher D Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Billie Collings talks about: his enlisting in the RAAF; flying training and his being posted to No.77 Squadron, Iwakuni, Japan.; the inadequacies of flying training at the time; Air Force attitude tow...S02783
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Air Vice Marshal Bill Simmonds interviewed by Ken Llewelyn about his service in the Royal Australian Air Force.
Sound
Maker: Simmonds, William Henry Llewelyn, Kenneth Australian War Memorial Burton, Neill
Commenced RAAF College in 1948; first flight in Tiger Moth June 1950; presentation of wings by Sir Robert Menzies; 75 and 76 Squadrons; service in Korea; shooting down of Mig; return to Perth; posting...S01214
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Air Vice Marshal Henry Neilson Wrigley CBE DFC AFC (Ret'd) discusses his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1921-1946, in an interview with Frank Marshall
Sound
Maker: Wrigley, Henry Neilson
Air Vice Marshal Henry Neilson Wrigley CBE DFC AFC (Ret'd) discusses his career in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1921-1946, in an interview with Frank MarshallS00416
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Air Vice Marshal Robert Bruce Treloar AO (Rtd) as a Pilot Officer, pilot No 9 (Helicopter) Squadron, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Wing Commander Ken Llewelyn
Sound
Maker: Treloar, Robert Bruce Llewelyn, Kenneth Australian War Memorial Brassell, Bill
Air Vice Marshal Robert Bruce Treloar AO (Rtd) as a Pilot Officer, pilot No 9 (Helicopter) Squadron, South Vietnam 1969-1970, interviewed by Wing Commander Ken LlewelynS03223
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Air Vice Marshal William Henry Simmonds AO (Rtd) as a pilot No 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF, Korea 1952, interviewed by Dr Chris Clark
Sound
Maker: Australian War Memorial
Air Vice Marshal Simmonds talks about the lack of relevance of basic flying training to combat mission flying in Korea; being posted to 78 Wing, RAAF Base Williamtown after graduation from Point Cook;...S02689
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Aitken, James Murray, MC (Lieutenant, b.1891 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Aitken, James Murray
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant James Murray Aitken, MC, 11 Battalion, Gallipoli and France, 5 December 1914-12 May 1918. Letters and diaries provide detailed descriptions of Aitken'...1DRL/0013
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Akers, Charles Alfred (Lance Corporal, b.? - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Akers, Charles Alfred
Typewritten copies of letters from Lance Corporal Charles Alfred Akers, 35 Battalion, 16 December 1916 - 6 October 1917. Letters were written to his mother and describe voyage over via South Africa;...1DRL/0014
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Alcorn, Gordon Charles (Warrant Officer, b.1923 - d.2011)
Private Record
Maker: Alcorn, Gordon Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 421289 Warrant Officer Gordon Charles Alcorn, 354 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Canada, England and India, 1941-1945. Wallet ...PR04564
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An account written by Col Chaplain James Green
Digitised Collection
Maker: Green, James
An account written by Col Chaplain James Green, with the Australians in Flanders, entitled 'News from No Man’s Land” [date unkown]. The account describes the action on the front in detail including r...AWM2017.6.78
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Angus, George Grant Geddes (Private, b.? - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Angus, George Grant Geddes
Collection relating to the service of 4127 Private George Grant Geddes Angus, 1 Pioneer Battalion, France, 1916. Collection includes letters written by Angus to his parents and an account of his jour...1DRL/0044
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An incident I saw Fritzy being chased by our planes
Art
Maker: Macqueen, Kenneth
This sketch shows an air battle of an allied plane chasing a German aircraft. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the Macqueen family in 2009ART93966
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Anti aircraft all the way
Art
Maker: Gilman, Don Office of AC of S, G-2, 14th Antiaircraft Command 650th Engineering Battalion
A poster issued by the Assistant Chief of Staff of the 14th Anti aircraft Command. The poster depicts a broad arrow heading towards a Japanese flag, on the flag is a listing of a number of battles, ...ARTV00538
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Argyle, Douglas Roy (Private, b.1893 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Argyle, Douglas Roy
Collection relating to the service of 4562 Private Douglas Roy Argyle, 6 Battalion, Gallipoli, 1915-1916. Collection consists of a diary compiled while Argyle was serving at Gallipoli.1DRL/0050
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Arthur William Doubleday, as a Squadron Leader, interviewed by Laurence (Laurie) Field about his service in 460 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War
Sound
Maker: Doubleday, Arthur William Field, Laurence Melville (Laurie)
Speaks of his pre-war life; enlisted in RAAF in November 1940 aged twenty seven; training in Australia and Canada; December 1944 posted as acting commanding officer 27 OTU; attended Staff College in U...S01276
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Attack! Attack! Attack!
Art
Maker: Northfield, James Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
A poster produced for the Beaufort Division of the Department of Aircraft production during the Second World War. The poster depicts Beaufighters attacking Japanese naval vessels. The text below the ...ARTV09059
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Attack by No 3 and 450 Squadrons on enemy shipping near Venice
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
This was a precision attack by four squadrons of Mustang and Kitty hawk fighter bomber. including No.3 and 450 Squadrons, Royal Australian Air Force, against shipping and installations at Venice durin...ART27619
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Attack on Peronne
Art
Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Soldiers of the 53rd Battalion, 5th Division, 1st Australian Imperial Force, are depicted during the Attack on Peronne from 29 August until 2 September 1918. Peronne was a strategic location in a heav...ART02503
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Austin, John Ross (Flight Lieutenant)
Private Record
Maker: Austin, John Ross Royal Australian Air Force
Collection relating to 403682 Flight Lieutenant John Austin, 460 Squadron and 13 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 1941-1945. Collection comprises Flight Lieutenant John Austin's RAAF Ob...PR03206
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Australia at war in Korea (Cinesound News No. 983)
Film
Maker: Thompson, Geoffrey Whiteman, Bede Cinesound
Cinesound newsreel circa 1950 covering operations of No. 77 Squadron RAAF. Item opens with shots of the two cameramen, G. Thompson and B. Whiteman. Scenes of No. 77 Squadron RAAF at Iwakuni Southern H...F01991
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Australian Headquarters, Dili
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Ruins of the building which was occupied as Headquarters by the Australian component of the Dutch-Australian Force that occupied Portuguese Timor in 1942. It was later, during the Japanese occupation ...ART26346
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Australian soldiers embarking on a US Army Chinook helicopter (American Hill Climbers), Bien Hoa Province, Vietnam
Art
Maker: McFadyen, Ken
Soldiers from Australian Force Vietnam embarking on a US Army Chinook helicopter during the Tet Offensive, Bien Hoa Province, Vietnam, February 1968.ART40626
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Australians pouring out of the yawning bows of a beach landing craft north-west of Lae, part of ...
Photograph
Maker: Dick, Harold George
Australians pouring out of the yawning bows of a beach landing craft north-west of Lae, part of the sea, land and air operations that resulted in the trapping of 20,000 Japanese.015994
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Avenge December 7
Art
Maker: Perlin, Bernard Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information US Government Printing Office
This Second World War American poster, which depicts a sailor with a clenched fist and warships among explosions, refers to the surpirse attack by Japanese aircraft on Pearl Harbour on the morning of ...ARTV00660
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Avery, John Goodall (Major, b.1882 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Avery, John Goodall
Collection relating to service of Major John Goodall Avery, Australian Army Medical Corps, Egypt and France, 1916. Collection contains a copy of Avery's diary for the period 26 July 1916 to 25 Decemb...1DRL/0073
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Avro Anson on coastal patrol, NSW
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
This sketch was drawn whilst Frank Norton was flying on a sea patrol in an Avro Anson with 73 Squadron, RAAF. The squadron were protecting a convoy that were on anti-submarine duties. Seated at the ...ART21081
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Avro Anson trainers near Rockies
Art
Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Avro Anson trainers being flown by RAAF personnel near the Canadian Rockies, a short distance from Calgary. Ralph Malcolm Warner was appointed Official War Artist in 1943, covering the activities of t...ART21280
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Back them up! Heavy Stirling bombers raid the Nazi Baltic part of Lübeck and leave the docks ablaze
Art
Maker: Nockolds, Roy Ministry of Information Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British poster depicting an air raid on the German port of Lübeck, showing fires and damage to the docks area and appealing to the public for support. The subtitle is 'Heavy Stirling bombers raid the ...ARTV02297
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Baghdad defence ministry and two phantoms (Babylon sisters)
Art
Maker: Kostelnik, Dragan
A man lies on the ground inside the courtyard of a building, which (one is led to assume by the title) is the Baghdad Defence Ministry. Flying overhead are two aircraft.ART90708
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Baker, John Henry (Flight Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Baker, John Henry
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 409982 Flight Lieutenant John Henry Baker, 100 Squadron and 32 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and New Guinea, 1942-1948. Wallet...PR04873
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Baker, Thomas Charles Richmond (Captain, DFC, MM, b.1897 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Baker, Thomas Charles Richmond
Collection relating to the First World war service of Captain Thomas Charles Richmond Baker, DFC, MM and Bar, 16th Battery, 6th Field Artillery Brigade and later No. 4 Squadron Australian Flying Corps...1DRL/0084
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Baltimores return, 454 Squadron, Italy
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
Showing unidentified air crews of 454 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force leaving their aircraft after an operational missiong in mid winter. Martin Baltimore aircraft, Falconara Marittima, Italy, Eu...ART24339
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Barry, Owen Cressy (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Barry, Owen Cressy
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Owen Cressy Barry, 12 Light Horse Regiment and 4 Squadron Australian Flying Corps. Collection includes copies of Barry's diary describing actions on Galli...1DRL/0098
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Battle of Menin Road
Art
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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Beer, (given names unknown) (Landsturmman)
Private Record
Maker: Beer, (given names unknown)
Collection relating to service of Landsturmann [given names unknown] Beer, 89th Grenadier Regt, 17th Div, Imperial German Army, France, 1916. Extracts and translation made at unknown later date.1DRL/0106
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Berlin Recce's (Ops ?)
Film
Maker: RAF Film Unit
Berlin, Germany circa early 1945. RAF Bomber Command Operational film. A low level reconnaisance flight showing the bomb damaged areas of the city.F02627
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Berry, Roy Morley (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Berry, Roy Morley
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Roy Morley Berry, 25 Battalion, France, 1917. Collection includes letters written by Berry to his mother.1DRL/0114
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Betts, Robert Wye (Gunner, b.? - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Betts, Robert Wye
Collection relating to service of 3604 Gunner Robert Wye Betts, 102 Howitzer Battery, Gallipoli, Egypt and France, 1914-1917. Collection contains letters written to family in England. Collection com...1DRL/0115
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Bigelow, James Edgar (Flying Officer, b.1925 - d.2004)
Private Record
Maker: Bigelow, James Edgar Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 435801 Flying Officer James Edgar 'Jim' Bigelow, 12 Squadron and 24 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Australia, 1943–2004. This coll...PR04135
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Blackwell, Arthur Frederick (Flight Lieutenant, b.1919 - d.2006)
Private Record
Maker: Blackwell, Arthur Frederick Royal Australian Air Force
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 403980 Flight Lieutenant Arthur Frederick Blackwell, 500 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Mediterranean and ...PR03882
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Bob Curtis: home movie Nos 463 and 467 Squadrons RAAF and return to Australia 1943-1944
Film
Maker: Curtis, Bob
Waddington, England operational base for 463 and 467 Squadrons (Sqns) RAAF flying Avro Lancaster heavy bombers. Shows Australian airmen Bill Brill, Ron Fuller and Bill McMahon, Lancaster aircraft and ...F04790
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Bob Curtis: home movie No. 203 Squadron RAF, Cairo, Western Desert and Leopoldville, Belgian Congo 1941-1942
Film
Maker: Curtis, Bob
Kasfareet, Egypt (Middle East Pool) and transit camp Helwan Egypt March/April 1942 shows Arthur Dowing, Bob Smith and Bob Curtis. Cario area and street scenes. 203 Squadron (Sqn) RAF Camp Burg el Arab...F04789
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Bob Gardner's Vietnam: [161 Independent Reconnaissance Flight, 1970-1971]
Film
Maker: Gardner, Robert Harper
Scene 1 17-26 A U S Army U21, Ute, electronic battlefield surveillance aircraft taxiing out from the refuelling point at Luscombe Airfield, Niu Dat, Vietnam. Australian Pilatus Porter aircraft in...F04629
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Boe, James (Lance Corporal, b.c.1887 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Boe, James
Collection relating to service of 1916 Lance Corporal James Boe, 1 Light Trench Mortar Battery, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes copies of letters describing active service writte...1DRL/0132
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Bombardment of Tarakan Island, Borneo, 30 April 1945
Art
Maker: Papworth, Francis John
Depicts a view across the bay from Sadau (Pelak) Island towards Tarakan Island, off the coast of Borneo. On the horizon Tarakan is being bombarded and two explosions and smoke are visible. There are s...ART93010
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Bomber's moon
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
Depicts an Avro Lancaster bomber squadron flying over enemy targets. Search lights are directed on the bombers from the ground and they are withstanding heavy anti aircraft fire.ART27553
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Bombing ridge at Wewak (seen from Cape Moem)
Art
Maker: Thompson, Robert
Pencil sketch of a bombing ridge at Wewak, viewed from a distance at Cape Moem. In the foreground is a stretch of calm water, while the ridge features a hut, puffs of smoke and above this in the sky ...ART28716
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Bombing up a Boston (Flying Officer Francis Fethers and Corporal Athol Bulmer)
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Members of the Royal Australian Air Force loading bombs into a Boston aircraft, Port Moresby, New Guinea. Depcits Corporal Athol Bulmer on the left and Flying Officer Richard Francis Fethers on the ri...ART21715
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Bombing up, HMAS Australia
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Unidentified aircraftsmen bombing up Walrus aircraft on HMAS "Australia", with backward facing Pegasus engine, Tasman Sea. The aircraft is W2755 and was onboard HMAS Australia from 19 January - 23 Jun...ART21773
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Bombs on Lae
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts a bomber flying over peninsula with explosions on the ground, Lae, New Guinea. Hotes for a later painting.ART21324
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Bombs on Lae
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of a bomber flying over the Huon Peninsula with explosions smoking on the ground.ART21323
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Bombs on Lae strip
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of an aerial attack of bombs falling on Lae airfield during a straf by Australian Beaufighters. Japanese bombers are burning on the ground, Lae, New Guinea, 1943.ART25024
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Bringing up the guns
Art
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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British Pacific fleet, King George V carriers and escorts returning from strike against Japan
Art
Maker: Goodchild, John
Represents typical scene of aircraft carriers and escorts as major units of the British Pacific Fleet return from strike. This particular one was the last major strike prior to the commencement of pea...ART22922
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British planes flying towards the Lines over the Somme 1918
Art
Maker: Carline, Richard
Depicts a painting of either Australian Flying Corps (AFC) or the British Royal Flying Corps, biplanes flying over river valley in moonlight, Somme, Western Front during the First World War. The AFC w...ART50032
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Burnett, Thomas Vincent (Sergeant, b.? - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Burnett, Thomas Vincent
Collection relating to service of 504 Sergeant Thomas Vincent Burnett MM, 20 Battalion, France, 1916. Collection includes letters written home to family in Australia.1DRL/0164
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Burnham, James Leslie (Pilot Officer, b.1905)
Private Record
Maker: Burnham, James Leslie
Collection relating to the Second World War service of O210021 (2982) Pilot Officer James Leslie Burnham, 10 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, the United Kingdom and the Middle East, 1939-1942. W...PR04733
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Bushranger strike on Long Hais DPR/TV/1368
Film
Maker: Cunneen, William James
Helicopter gunships launched air strikes on the Long Hai hills this week following clashes with Australian infantry in which seven Viet Cong were killed. In his command Sioux, the battalion commander,...F04487
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Byrne, Cecil John (Private, b.? - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Byrne, Cecil John
Collection relating to service of 3016 Private Cecil John Byrne MM, 2 Pioneer Battalion, France 1916. Collection includes letters written home to mother in Araluen, NSW.1DRL/0174
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By the seats of their pants
Film
Maker: Fortitude Productions
Program on famous Australian Aviators and their experiences in war. Interviewees include: Bert Richie, Nancy Bird Walton, Sir Jones, Dr Newton, Esther Mather, Jack McMaster, Air Commodore Kingwell, Ch...F03471
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Callary, Philip Ignatius (Captain, b.1886 - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Callary, Philip Ignatius
Collection relating to service of Captain Philip Ignatius Callary, 9 Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection includes letters written home to family in Petersburg, South Australia.1DRL/0178
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Cameron, Alexander Douglas (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Cameron, Alexander Douglas
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Alexander Douglas Cameron, 36 Battalion, England and France, 1916-1918. Collection includes letters sent to family in Hillgrove, New South Wales. Copies ...1DRL/0183
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Campbell, Douglas Gordon (Captain, b.1887 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Campbell, Douglas Gordon
Collection relating to service of Captain Douglas Gordon Campbell, 5 Field Artillery Brigade, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1918. Collection includes transcribed copies of letters written home to family...1DRL/0187
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Captain Alexander Hughie Gordon LVO DFC RAN (Rtd) on observer duties 817 Squadron Sydney Carrier Air Group, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
Sound
Maker: Australian War Memorial
Alexander Gordon talks about: his enlisting in the RAAF in 1942 and his training as an observer [navigator/bomb aimer]; being sent to Burma in 1944 and flying transport operations in Dakotas there; fl...S02778
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Captain Digby Charles Johns RAN (Rtd) on pilot duties 808 Squadron Sydney Carrier Air Group, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
Sound
Maker: Australian War Memorial
Digby Johns talks about his service in the RAF during the last two years of the Second World War; joining the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and initial training; service aboard HMAS Bataan; return to th...S02690
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Catalina flying boats operating from North West Area
Film
Catalina flying boats of Nos 42 & 43 Squadrons RAAF at harbour and in flight. Bombing up with naval mine and shot of mine drop. Aircrew boarding a Catalina from a RAAF barge.F02106
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Catalina on patrol
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
Showing a Catalina Flying Boat of the Royal Australian Air Force on patrol over the Pacific Ocean off Sydney. A vessel can be seen through a break in the clouds.ART23667
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Catalina taking off
Art
Maker: Adams, Dennis
Consolidated Catalina flying boat taking off on a patrol which may mean twenty hours or more in the air over enemy territory. In a letter to Lieutenant Colonel John Treloar - Officer in Charge of the...ART22339
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Check up on a Liberator bomber
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Fitters checking up on a B-24 Liberator bomber on the morning after the bomber's return from an operational flight over Burma, possibly No 159 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Digri, India.ART23197
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Chopper lift-out
Art
Maker: McFadyen, Ken
Australian Forces in Vietnam, No 9 Squadron; Iroquois UH-1H helicopter at a landing zone, men running to embark.ART40746
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Clayton, William Thomas (Flying Officer, b.1914 - d.1989)
Private Record
Maker: Clayton, William Thomas Royal Australian Air Force
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 423447 Flying Officer William Thomas Clayton, 463 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada and the United Kingdom, 1943-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 ...PR06193
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Coates, John Edward (Flying Officer, b.1912 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Coates, John Edward
Collection relating to the Second Word War service of 404956 Flying Officer John Edward Coates, 106 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1941-1942. Wallet 1 of 1 – ...PR04404
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Collection of 23650 Sergeant Clifford Vernon James Potter RAAF
Photograph
Maker: RAAF Photographer
Aerial photograph of an air strike: "288M Boram 16 Oct 43 1100K 7" 100' ". This image is from the collection of 23650 Sergeant Clifford Vernon James Potter RAAF, who served as a photographer with 8 Se...P10364.001
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Commander Brian Gregory O'Connell RAN (Ret'd) as a lieutenant observer, 817 Squadron, Sydney Carrier Air Group, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Colonel David Chinn MBE (Rtd)
Sound
Maker: Australian War Memorial
Brian O'Connell talks about: service in the Second World War, first in the Army and then as aircrew in the RAAF; his aircrew training through to being part of a Lancaster crew; being shot down on his ...S02801
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Commodore Norman Ernest Lee RAN (Ret'd) as a sub-lieutenant on pilot duties No 817 Squadron Sydney Carrier Air Group, Korea 1951-1952, interviewed by Ben Evans
Sound
Maker: Preston, Lenny
Lee speaks of his service background and experience as well as training; joining No 817 Squadron 21 Carrier Air Group Nowra; his deployment to Korea with the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney; Sydney Carri...S02293
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Cornell, Harold Gordon (Lieutenant, b.1891 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Cornell, Harold Gordon
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Harold Gordon Cornell, 2 Squadron Australian Flying Corps, At sea and England, 1916-1917. Collection includes, letters; training notes and diary kept by C...1DRL/0212
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Cornish, Edmund Warhurst (Captain, b.1897 - d.1929)
Private Record
Maker: Cornish, Edmund Warhurst Various
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2352 Captain Edmund Warhurst Cornish, MC and Bar, 13th, 45th and 63rd Infantry Battalions AIF and later No. 2 Squadron, AFC. Collection consists ...1DRL/0214
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Coventry, Geoffrey William (Squadron Leader)
Private Record
Maker: Coventry, Geoffrey William
Collection relating to 457 Squadron Leader Geoffrey William Coventry, 11 Squadron, RAAF. It comprises his flying log book, 1939-1944, covering his training at Point Cook and Laverton and service based...PR03031
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Coward, Ivan Fernley (Flight Lieutenant, b.1911 - d.1982)
Private Record
Maker: Coward, Ivan Fernley
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 416415 Flight Lieutenant Ivan Fernley Coward, 13 Squadron, 2 Squadron, Heavy Bomber Replacement Training Unit and 24 Squadron, Royal Australian A...PR05877
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Cowper, Robert Barson (Squadron Leader), DFC and bar; McCall, Katharine (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Cowper, Robert Barson McCall, Katharine Various
Collection relating to 407666 Squadron Leader Robert Cowper, 456 Squadron and his fiancee (later wife) 422366 Corporal Katharine McCall, WAAF. It comprises correspondence between Cowper and McCall, ...PR03428
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Das ist das Heil, das sie bringen! (That is the salvation, that they bring)
Art
Maker: Heartfield, John Heartfield Archive and GDR Government
A skeleton hand with bomber planes issuing from its five fingers, raised imposingly over the destroyed city with bodies of dead children in the foreground. This work was horribly prophetic when first ...ARTV09077
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Davey, Allan Isaac (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Davey, Allan Isaac
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Allan Isaac Davey, 32 Battalion, France, 1916. Collection includes a letter written home to Davey's brother, Alex.1DRL/0234
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Dawn at Hamel, 4 July 1918
Art
Maker: Bell, George
Depicts the Battle of Hamel, July 1918. Australian Corps were under the command of General John Monash (the Battle of Hamel was his first operational success; the Australians had artillery support of ...ART03590
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Disembarking from Chinook helicopter
Art
Maker: McFadyen, Ken
Four Australian soldiers jumping to the ground from the rear of a hovering Chinook in Bien Hoa Province, Vietnam.ART40671
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Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar : Flying Officer T V McCarthy, 460 Squadron RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Flying Cross (Geo VI) and Bar. Unnamed as issued, but Cross and Bar are engraved on reverse with the year of award.REL24250.001
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Docks at Bruges under aerial attack by the Royal Air Force (RAF). (Purchased from the British Air ...
Photograph
Docks at Bruges under aerial attack by the Royal Air Force (RAF). (Purchased from the British Air Ministry as negative PPG 253)H12000
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Dodds, John Reginald (Flight Lieutenant, b.1917 - d.1944)
Private Record
Maker: Dodds, John Reginald
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 403838 Flying Officer John Reginald Dodds DFC, 460 and 156 Squadron RAAF. Collection consists of a diary written by Dodds in 27 very descriptive...AWM2016.70.1
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Dyring, Alfred Edgar (Warrant Officer, b.1921 - d.2011)
Private Record
Maker: Dyring, Alfred Edgar
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 15577 Warrant Officer Alfred Edgar ‘Eddie’ Dyring, 2 Squadron and 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, 2003. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consi...PR05695
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Easton, Donald Murray (Flight Sergeant, b.1924 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Easton, Donald Murray
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 432498 Flight Sergeant Donald Murray Easton, 61 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1943-1947. Wallet 1 of 1...PR04728
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Easton, George Campbell (Corporal)
Private Record
Maker: Easton, George Campbell
Collection relating to service of 554 Corporal George Campbell Easton, 2 Machine Gun Battalion, France, 1917. Collection includes typewritten extracts from letters written home to family in Sydney, N...1DRL/0255
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Eastway, Richard Elias (Flying Officer, b.1923 - d.1998)
Private Record
Maker: Eastway, Richard Elias
Papers of 423231 Flying Officer Richard E Eastway, Royal Australian Air Force. Eastway's logbook documents his training in Canada and operational flying in Europe, including Berlin, with 625 Squadron...PR04028