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Assorted works of art |
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| This model
was made by artificers of 5 Tank Brigade, British Army, from German
shell-cases and driving bands, and presented to Sir John Monash in 1918.
The details written on the label on the base of the model indicate that
the wood used for the base had special significance, and that the model
may have been presented on 30 August 1918 in recognition of the
successful use of tanks on 4 July 1918 in the Battle of Hamel. |
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Portrait of Flight Sergeant
Rawdon Hume Middleton, VC, RAAF wearing B-type flying helmet, oxygen
mask and Ervin jacket.
He was promoted to Pilot Officer
posthumously.
Artist; Harold Freedman |
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| Australian Light Horseman
collapsing when hit, horse-holder falling from horse at rear of group,
fourth man with nude torso clutching at face. Depicted during the
Sinai-Palestine campaign Made by E J Gregory,
Melbourne, 1932 under Leslie Bowles' supervision from plaster, cast by
George Perugia,/Lambert, George |
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1905: The New
South Wales Mounted Rifles. Artist: Percy Spence |
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Depicts
Sgt W R Twohill, a Commando of the 2/6th Australian Independant Company,
Papuan Campaign. Twohill is depicted in uniform with his sleeves rolled
up, holding a rifle and wearing a handkerchief on his head. The original
catalogue record accompanying this work notes; 'The model for this
painting was selected by his Commanding Officer as one of his best
soldiers. Round his head he wears a knotted handkerchief, which was
found preferable in the jungle to a tin or felt hat'. The artist,
William Dargie, noted in a letter to Col J L Treloar (4 January 1943)
that 'General Blamey called to see my work today. He seemed quiet
pleased...he likes, particularly No 208, and so do I'. (No 208 is this
painting). |
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| This is a small section of
the larger image. |
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Sent home from Egypt by a
Kiwi soldier in WW2 |
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- A British bulldog makes his point
in this piece of British war time art from WW2
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The Digger 1943 Artist
not known |
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