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Photograph relating to Jack Duffy, RAN
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Outdoors portrait of Captain John Stead 'Jack' Duffy, 57th Battalion, with bicycle. Captain Duffy served as a stoker with the Royal Navy from 1908-1913. Upon the outbreak of war he enlisted with the 8...P10176.003
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Photograph relating to Jack Duffy, RAN
Photograph
Maker: Duffy, John Stead 'Jack' Unknown
Informal portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) John Stead 'Jack' Duffy, 8th Battalion, in a sandbagged position somewhere in the Suez Canal Zone. Lt Duffy served as a stoker with the Royal Navy from 1908-1913. ...P10176.001
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Photograph relating to Jack Duffy, RAN
Photograph
Maker: Sharp, Edward Unknown
Studio portrait of John Stead 'Jack' Duffy. Jack Duffy served as a stoker with the Royal Navy from 1908-1913. Upon the outbreak of war he enlisted with the 8th Battalion, seeing service at Gallipoli, ...P10176.006
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Photograph relating to Jack Duffy, RAN
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of 57th Battalion officers. Identified front row, far left is Captain John Stead 'Jack' Duffy, and seated beind him (behind his left shoulder), 1567 Lieutenant Ralph Argyle Langley. Als...P10176.002
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Photograph relating to Jack Duffy, RAN
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of Sergeant John Stead 'Jack' Duffy, 8th Battalion AIF, wearing the Royal Humane Society Medal he was awarded for saving a young woman from drowning in 1907. Sergeant Duffy served as a...P10176.007
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Photograph relating to Jack Duffy, RAN
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
HMS Challenger, a protected 2nd class cruiser of the Royal Navy's Australia Squadron from 1904 - 1912P10176.010
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Photograph relating to Jack Duffy, RAN
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of Leading Stoker John Stead 'Jack' Duffy RAN, wearing the Royal Humane Society Medal he was awarded for saving a young woman from drowning in 1907. Leading Stoker Duffy served with th...P10176.004
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Photograph relating to Jack Duffy, RAN
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Outdoor portrait of 740 Sergeant (Sgt) John Stead 'Jack' Duffy, 8th Battalion. He is standing in front of the tents of his unit's lines with a pyramid in the distance. Sgt Duffy served as a stoker wit...P10176.005
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Photograph relating to Jack Duffy, RAN
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio group portrait of three convalescent officers at Malta. From left, 2nd Lieutenant (Lt) John Stead 'Jack' Duffy, 8th Battalion; Captain O'Brien and Lieutenant Shortall, both of the Newfoundland ...P10176.008
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Portrait of Telegraphist Jack Swift, Royal Navy who served on HMS Formidable. Jack met his wife ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Portrait of Telegraphist Jack Swift, Royal Navy who served on HMS Formidable. Jack met his wife Beth when a group of British sailors were invited to t Sheridan family home for a party. They were marri...P08715.001
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Pullover : Lieutenant R A E Cansdale, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White polo-neck pullover hand-knitted in 12 ply wool. The body and sleeves are knitted in a single piece. The collar, cuffs and basque are knitted in rib stitch and the body and sleeves in stocking st...REL34266
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Rating's coat frock : Women's Royal Naval Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) rating's dark blue wool serge coat frock with self fabric belt. The loose fitting coat frock has a high round neck without a collar and has a placket opening down th...REL/00245
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3rd Battalion men leaving the transport SS Derfflinger, a captured German liner, in a British ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
3rd Battalion men leaving the transport SS Derfflinger, a captured German liner, in a British destroyer to land at Anzac Cove. The enemy's shells were getting uncomfortably close. Each load gave a gre...C01764
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Remember.: "england expects-" : the need is great to-day... : join today
Art
Maker: Oakley, Harry Lawrence Unknown Chorley & Pickersgill
This First World War British poster was designed by Harry Lawrence Oakley and is designed to encourage men to enlist in the Navy. The poster depicts a sailor standing next to two barrels of a warship ...ARTV04904
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Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal : Leading Seaman E G Dandridge, Royal Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31858.007
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Royal Navy battledress blouse : Lieutenant H F Chandler RNVR, 849 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Royal Navy heavy black woollen twill battledress blouse with fold down collar and two pleated patch breast pockets. The blouse is fastened down the centre by four gilded brass Royal Navy officer's but...REL31742.001
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Royal Navy battledress trousers : Lieutenant H F Chandler RNVR, 849 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Royal Navy black heavy woollen twill battledress trousers with concealed six button fly closure. The trousers have two side pockets and an inset back pocket on the right hand side secured by a button ...REL31742.002
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Royal Navy flare container : Quinn's Post, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cylindrical flare container for a British No. 38 flare. The open end is flattened. The closed end is embossed 'IN / NO. 38 / R [broad arrow symbol] N'.RELAWM07780
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Royal Navy sweetheart brooch : Mrs Henrietta Grosvenor
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Sterling silver and enamel sweetheart brooch in the form of a silver officer's cap badge, with red enamelled crown and blue enamelled anchor mounted on a silver bar with a brass pin back. A blue ename...REL34690
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Scarf : Lieutenant R A E Cansdale, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Square fine white woollen fabric scarf marked in black ink in one corner 'R.A.E.CANSDALE'. Worn on informal occasions by naval officers in undress jacket, when detachable collar of the shirt and tie h...REL34267
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She talked... this happened
Art
Maker: Unknown Ministry of Home Security Fosh & Cross Ltd.
During the Second World War, a fear of information falling into the wrong hands was felt by the warring countries. To remind the civilians and military personnel to keep all information from being ove...ARTV01097
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She talked... this happened
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster divided horizontally in half. The top half depicts two ladies engaged in conversation at a restaurant or cafe. In the left background a further gentleman peers intently...ARTV02511
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Souvenir Handkerchief : Flight Sergeant N F Skinner, Royal Australian Air Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Souvenir printed handkerchief with lace edge. The centre of the handkerchief is black, with a border of Tudor roses, Scottish thistles and green shamrocks. At each corner is a badge representing Brita...REL37872
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1914-15 Star : Able Seaman E G Dandridge, Royal Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1914-15 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL31858.001
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1914-15 Star : Boy Seaman Class I H A Roope, HMS Devonshire
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1914-15 Star impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL44912.001
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1939-1945 Star : Leading Seaman E G Dandridge, Royal Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Unnamed as issued.REL31858.004
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1914-15 Star : Leading Seaman H R Hearn, Royal Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1914-15 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL/21008.003
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1939-45 Star : Leading Signalman R Thompson, Royal Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Unnamed as issued.REL31003.001
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1914-15 Star : Leading Stoker J F Cotterill, Royal Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1914-15 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL/02791.001
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1939-45 Star : Petty Officer J Rogers, Royal Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details. Note that the medal is either a post-war Australian re-issue or that the recipient had his original medal named in Australia. British campaign...OL00222.003
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1914-15 Star : Stoker 2 E T Barry, Royal Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1914-15 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL37826.001
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Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Rex Wilkinson Close, Royal Australian Naval Reserve, Of ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Rex Wilkinson Close, Royal Australian Naval Reserve, Of Hobart, Tas. Lt Close, attached to the Royal Navy, was killed in action on 9 April 1942 when HMS Hermes was...P08855.001
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Submariner's jumper: Lieutenant Edward Arthur Woodward, HMS Unbeaten
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White 12 ply greasy wool submariner's jumper with polo neck. The cuffs, basque and neck are knitted in rib; the body of the jumper in stocking stitch. There are numerous oil stains and roughly darned ...REL35944
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Telling a friend may mean telling the enemy
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office J Weiner Ltd
British Second World War poster cautions against indiscriminate talk. The poster depicts four couples in each corner, the narrative of the communicated message begins with the soldier in the top left ...ARTV03637
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Tell nobody, not even her: Careless talk costs lives
Art
Maker: Unknown LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (NOTTINGHAM : STAFFORD & CO.)
Depicts a British poster of sailor and his girlfriend, with the accompanying text 'Tell NOBODY- not even HER- careless talk costs lives'. The poster warns of revealing military secrets to civilians.ARTV01007
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Thanks Chum... Keep It Up
Art
Maker: Unknown The Admiralty H.M. Stationery Office Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster published by the British Admiralty depicting a sailor shaking hand with a shipyard worker. Behind them a ship sits dockside. The poster would likely have been intended ...ARTV03442
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The British aircraft carrier HMS formidable going through the anti-submarine boom in Sydney ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The British aircraft carrier HMS formidable going through the anti-submarine boom in Sydney Harbour. The blackened funnel was the result of a kamikaze aircraft which crashed on deck. The photograph wa...P00444.047
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The burnt out wreck of a store ship sent from Germany with supplies for German forces in East ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The burnt out wreck of a store ship sent from Germany with supplies for German forces in East Africa. The supply ship, blockade breaker Rubens, a British steamer impounded in Hamburg and renamed the K...P00369.005
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The Difficult We Can Do at Once: The Impossible May Take a Little Longer
Art
Maker: Unknown The Admiralty Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster published by the British Admiralty. The poster highlights that while difficult goals can be reached, those that seem impossible will be reached eventually - essentially...ARTV03446
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The Enemy has Long Ears. Careless Talk Costs Lives
Art
Maker: Unknown
This poster asks Scottish people to be discreet, and watch their words when discussing H.M. ships. The poster is text based, with a small, black silhouette of a ship at the top. The title of the poste...ARTV02703
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The Fleet Air Arm : No.1 , the carrier photographed by her own aircraft
Art
Maker: Unknown Unknown Unknown
British Second World War Poster issued by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. The poster features one large aerial photograph of an aircraft carrier on the right side accompanied by 3 smaller photogr...ARTV08370
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The Navy Salutes You: British Shipyard Workers: The World's Best
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicting a British Naval sailor standing before a stylised ocean. The sailor is looking out into the distance and saluting. The poster's subtitle "British Shipyard Wor...ARTV03444
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The Navy Wants Men
Art
Maker: Unknown The Admiralty Recruiting Department D.P.C. Ltd
British recruiting poster produced by the Admiralty Recruiting Department. Depicts three British sailors and one officer standing in the crows next. The sailor on the right is peering through a tele...ARTV00405
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The Resolution
Art
Maker: Multi Machine Plates Ltd Unknown The Admiralty
British Second World War proclamation-style poster featuring a declaration made at the 'join meeting of all sections of the Industry of London on 23rd September 1942'. The proclamation states that the...ARTV03440
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The Signal Is Save
Art
Maker: National Savings Committee, London and Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast Unknown
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of saving money. The top section of the poster remains blank, only with greyscale flags spelling out the word 'save'. Below this section and...ARTV03414
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Three British Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurses attached to the Royal Navy, walk along North ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Three British Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurses attached to the Royal Navy, walk along North Terrace, Adelaide, while on leave from their work at a Sydney hospital. Left to right: W788331 N M (Ma...P02526.011
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Torpedo the Axis
Art
Maker: Unknown The Admiralty H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster promoting the torpedo. The poster depicts a torpedo dividing the poster from upper right to lower left, with additional images in the upper left of a torpedo being drop...ARTV03437
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Tropical dress trousers : Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White cotton drill, straight legged trousers with two side welt pockets and one back welt pocket all lined with plain white cotton. Buttoned waist and fly with various original celluloid and later pla...REL/18409.002
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Two German children standing at the head of the original graves of No 21870 Corporal H Foster, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Two German children standing at the head of the original graves of No 21870 Corporal H Foster, 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers, and PO/1216 (S) Private J Bohan, Steward, Royal Navy, British prisoners of war ...A01293
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Unidentified Royal Navy seamen who manned the Adriatic drifter fleet, used mainly on ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Unidentified Royal Navy seamen who manned the Adriatic drifter fleet, used mainly on anti-submarine patrols.A00914
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Unofficial Normandy Campaign Medal : Leading Signalman R Thompson, Royal Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unofficial Normandy Campaign Medal, commissioned by the Normandy Veterans Association. 'Normandy' clasp on ribbon. Impressed around edge with the number '8429'.REL31003.005
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'Vernaid' triangular printed bandage : Leading Sickberth Attendant M Williams, Royal Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Unknown Vernon and Company
Triangular cream cotton bandage entitled 'The Vernaid Bandage, Registered. Made in England. Design No 710438 / Approved by Sir James Cantilie K.B.E., F.R.C.S.' along the base and titled 'V & Co Ltd' w...REL41050
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Victory Medal : Able Seaman H A Roope, HMS Submarine K.6
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal, impressed on edge with the details of 4326 Private E Balkham, 30th Battalion.REL44912.003
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Victory Medal : Leading Seaman E G Dandridge, Royal Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31858.003
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Victory Medal : Leading Stoker J F Cotterill, Royal Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/02791.003
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Victory Medal : Midshipman W H Thurlby, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL35620.002
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Victory Medal : Petty Officer H R Hearn, Royal Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/21008.005
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Victory Medal : Stoker 1 E T Barry, Royal Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37826.003
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Victory Medal : Sub-Lieutenant H B Farncomb, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL28964.005
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Wallet 1 of 1 - Unattributed account titled "Battle of Matapan" by a gunner serving in HMAS Stuart and a transcribed German propaganda leaflet relating to the Siege of Tobruk, 1941
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of an unknown gunner serving in HMAS Stuart, the Battle of Cape Matapan and the Siege of Tobruk, Mediterranean Sea, 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 - Contains ...AWM2020.22.276
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Wings over the Waves
Art
Maker: Unknown Ministry of Aircraft Production H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War poster published by the Ministry of Aircraft Production. The poster is aimed at promoting the importance of aircraft in the Navy and includes several flights of aircraft in th...ARTV03482
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4,000 women wanted for fruit picking...
Art
Maker: Pizer, Herbert Unknown J Weiner Ltd
British First World War poster issued to recruit women for fruit picking. It features a three-quarter length portrait of a woman wearing a red dress and carrying baskets of fruit on both arms position...ARTV01076
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You Are on War Work
Art
Maker: Unknown The Admiralty H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster targeted for display within factories. The poster highlights that even the most menial of tasks contributes in a very important way to the overall production of war-rel...ARTV03441
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You Can Help to Build Me a Ship: You Can Learn Quickly and You Will Be Working to Win
Art
Maker: Unknown Ministry of Labour and National Service H.M. Stationery Office J. Weiner Ltd.
British Second World War poster produced to be displayed in factories. The poster depictings a Royal Navy sailor in the upper half pointing out at the viewer. The lower half of the poster contains tex...ARTV03500