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War Memorabilia & Australiana — Lawsons

Auction House:LawsonsNumber of lots recorded:126
Sale Title:War Memorabilia & AustralianaLots with images:126
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:64
Date:21-Apr-2011
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'Sir Thomas MacKenzie, K.C.M.G High Commisioner for New Zealand visits New Zealand troops in France' to verso (16 x 21 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'A crater 40 feet deep was formed over an area of 2500sq yards' to verso (15 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph (allied bi) 'Plane Above the Clouds' - to verso (11 x 16 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'The Nth company of a Wellington regimant in France' to verso (16 x 21 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'The Arrival of Yet Another Contingent of New Zealand Ers to Help the Mother Country' to verso (16 x 21 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'Rapid Firing By New Zealand Field Artillery' to verso (15 x 19 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'A New Zealand officer on duty, giving orders to the gunners from his dug out' to verso (14 x 19 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'In the dining-hall at a New Zealand infantary base depot in France' to verso (16 x 21 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'Funeral of General F.E. Johnson Killed By a Sniper in Advanced Post' to verso (16 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'All Soul's Day. Despite Bad Weather Many N.Z'ers Attended Requiem Mass Hall in a Village Church in Honour of Their Fallen Comrades' to verso (15 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'New Zealand Artillery Officers and Men Enjoying Hot Coffee, After Bombarding the Enemy' to verso (15 x 19 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'Timber Salved From German Dug-Outs That Has Been Cut Up in the Saw Mills of N.Z. Tunnelling Company to Be Used in the Construction of Dug-Outs For Our Troops' to verso (14 x 19 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'Market Day in a Tiny French Village. N.Z's Bargaining For Green Vegetables with An Old Rustic' to verso (14 x 19 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'New Zealanders, who are waiting to be ordered to the front-line on parade at a base-depot in France' to verso (16 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'New Zealand engineers repairing the underground Signal lines' to verso (15 x 19 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'Shrapnel bursting near the N.Z. frontline' to verso (14 x 19 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'The Commander in Chief reviews the New Zealanders - The Commander in Chief on the review ground with the General commanding the N.Z. troops & other Officers - Mr Winston Churchill is an interested spectator' to verso (15 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'New Zealanders in the line' to verso (14 x 19 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'An Advanced N.Z Headquarters' to verso (15 x 19 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'The long long trail, an Auckland regiment on the march' to verso (15 x 19 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'New Zealand Troops Crossing the Ypres Canal on the Way to the Firing Line' to verso (16 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'Rations on their way to New Zealanders in the trenches' to verso (14 x 19 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'New Zealand 'Runner' leaving Company Headquaters with a message. It is the duty of the 'Ruuner' to carry messages from point to point during the fighting, and he never hesitates whatever the danger' to verso (15 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'Inspection of reinforcements for the line' to verso (15 x 19 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'A New Zealander at the front reading a copy of 'New Zealand at the Front' written & illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand forces' to verso (16 x 20 cm)
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Peter McIntyre, 'Signallers on the Western Desert' oil (36 x 48 cm), signed, World War II, Peter McIntyre was appointed official war artist to the New Zealand expeditionary forces by General Freyburg
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Nugent Welch 'Ypres' Watercolour (22 x 55 cm) signed, World War I, Western Front, Nugent Welch was appointed as official war artist by Sir Andrew Russell. Prior to this he was a sniper with the 2nd Battalion, N.Z. rifle brigade, he served as sargent. Inscribed Ypres to lower left.
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Alfred Avery Forrester 'Anzac Cove 1915', oil on canvas (45 cm x 80 cm) signed lower left & dated 1918 (when Forrester completed the painting) (1895 - 1981) Forrester was originally recruited as a reserve & it is not known which regiment he served with at Gallipoli. It is known he was back in N.Z. in 1916. In later life he was an artist & the city of Oamaru named its public art gallery after him. Titled on the original frame lower centre
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Walter Wright 'When the Empire Calls' Coloured Lithograph (36 cm x 88 cm) Boer War
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G. Fraipawth 'Cloth Hall Cathedral' Hand Tinted Engraving (31 x 23cn) signed
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R.F Way 'Field Marshall Foch 1918' Etching (30 x 20 cm) signed
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C.B Norton 'H.M.S New Zealand' Watercolour (20 x 31 cm) signed lower left, World War I
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Harril Barden 'Beached Japanese Ship, Guadalcanal' Etching (15 x 12 cm) signed, World War II
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Russell Clark 'Naval Rating' Pen, Ink & Watercolour (21 x 21 cm) initialled lower right
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Peter McIntyre Untitled Pencil (11 x 14 cm) signed lower right
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Peter McIntyre 'Army Encampment, Crete' Pencil (24 x 34 cm) signed, World War II
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W Barke 'The First Battle Squadron in Heavy Seas' ContÚ & Watercolour signed, Ramimilles, Revenge, Resolution steming in line behind flagship Royal sovereign
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Artist Unknown Untitled Watercolour (17 x 29 cm) Colonial, inscribed to verso, 'Hms Nymphe riding out a gate Wellington, NZ, Sunday, 28 July 1878'
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'Hundreds of pounds worth of valuable solder recovered weekly from old bully beef tins by the New Zealand divisional salvage company' to verso (15 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'The Nth Company of a Wellington Regiment in France' to verso (16 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'Training For the Real Thing. Teaching New Zealand Soldiers How to Cope with Hun Poison Gas' to verso (16 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'G.O.C. and Brigadier at Field Operation' to verso (15 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'Sir Thomas Mackenzie, K.C.M.G., High Commissioner For New Zealand Visits New Zealand Troops in France' to verso (16 x 21 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'A New Zealand Tunnelling Company destroy a huge quantity of damaged shells and land-mines. 52 1/2 tons of explosives were fixed. The photograph shows the explosion' to verso ((16 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'Some of the Nurses Who Accompanied the Latest New Zealand Contingent' to verso (rare nurses photo) (15 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'New Zealand Stretcher Bearers at Work' to verso (rare) (16 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'Grave of Lt. Col G.A. King' to verso (15 x 20 cm)
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The Drawings of Private Francis William Weatherall - New Zealand Expiditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements Machine Gun Section An extremely rare collection of eleven drawings by Private Weatherall completed while serving on Western Front 1917-18. Also included are Weatheralls service record, troop-ship departure, New Zealand cenotaph search results, priviledge-leave certificate, notice of discharge, returned soldiers railway ticket, two photographs of Weatherall in uniform. Inscription or drawing titles:-…
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Artist Unknown 'H.M.S. New Zealand' Coloured Lithograph, Printed in Oils (34 x 45 cm) World War I
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R.L. Tingey 'Mud' Drawing & Watercolour (23 x 15 cm) 1944, caricature of Adolf Hitler
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R.L. Tingey 'Pop Eye the Sailor Man' Watercolour (31 x 25 cm) World War II, 'I'm Pop Eye the Sailor Man, I'm Pop Eye the Sailor Man. For Britain I don't care a damn. I yam wot I yam. I'm Pop Eye the Sailor Man.'
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Stuart Reid 'New Zealand Camel Corp, Middle East' Oil (29 x 40 cm) signed lower left. Reid was a war artist who served with the New Zealand camel Corps.
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Paul Tozier 'Recruitment Office' Watercolour (26 x 35 cm) World War II, signed & dated 22.9.38 lower right.
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George Butler 'Farnborough Heads' Watercolour (43 x 59 cm) signed. Farnborough Heads, England with Man o' War standing off heads & watchtower in foreground.
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Tom Bell 'That Will Be the Day' Watercolour (46 x 34 cm) Signed. On verso; 'L.A.T. (Tom) Bell. Believed to have died in the mid-80s in Christchurch at the age of 88. Worked for Wright Stephensons for nearly 50 years, and spent most of his life in Wellington. It is understood he came from a Southland family originally. Served in both World Wars, in the Engineers in World War II. Never married. Was an accomplished artist and some of his work appears in the Wright Stephensons Centenary publication and some of…
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W Scott 'U.S. Warplane' Pencil Drawing (24.5 x 30 cm) Signed. U.S. Marine Corp.
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W Scott 'U.S. Warplane' Pencil Drawing (24.5 x 30 cm) Signed. U.S. Marine Corp.
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H.C. Seppings Wright 'World War I Troopship 1916' Watercolour (30 x 18 cm) Signed lower left.
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D.M.D 'Charge' Oil (60 x 40 cm) signed & dated lower right. Lightbrigade
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World War I Palestine Front, photograph 'Headquarters of the N.Z. Mounted Rifles near Jaffa.' to verso. (15 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'Destroyed German machine guns near the front line.' to verso. (15 x 19 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'The narrow path of safety, the slightest slip either side and mules and munitions would be swallowed in the mud.' to verso. (15 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph, the car's hospital. Where cars that have suffered casualties are repaired, the N.Z. Supply column, the workshops.' to verso. (15 x 20 cm)
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World War I Palestine, photograph 'German sea-mines washed up on the Palestine Coast and destroyed by the Anzac Engineers. A remarkable series of photographs.' to verso. (15 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'An old German observation post.' to verso. (14 x 19 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'Sir Thomas Mackenzie. K.C.M.G. High Commissioner for New Zealand visits New Zealand troops in France.' to verso. (16 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'Sir Thomas Mackenzie Visits New Zealand Visits the Wounded in France.' to verso. (15 x 20 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'The Commander in Cheif Reviews the New Zealand Ers, the March Past.' to verso. (8.5 x 20.5 cm)
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World War I Western front, photograph 'New Zealand Horse Show. Judging the Classes.' to verso. (14 x 19 cm)
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World War I Western Front, photograph 'N.Z. Troops take part in the Fete Nationale. The French General present inspecting the N.Z. troops.' to verso. (14 x 19 cm)
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World War I Palestine, photograph 'New Zealand Troops returning to Headquarters at Jericho after out-post duty.' to verso. (14 x 19 cm)
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World War II Western Desert, photograph album - 78 in total plus reunion dinner menu, May 1, 1943, Cairo
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World War II, box of photos some photos of the Middle East plus two small New Zealand flags
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World War I leather bound photo album fifteen real photos showing the battle of Ypres
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R.L. Tingey 'Himmler' Watercolour (23 x 15 cm) Signed initials lower right. World War II
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T Trip 'We Won, We Won' Watercolour - Cartoon (32 x 45 cm) signed lower right
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Pte Alfred George Flaws, Wellington mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F. World War I death scroll, death plaque and medal framed together. (48 x 37 cm)
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Tom Roberts (Attributed) The Amateur - The Professional' Pencil (11 x 16 cm) signed & dated 1914. World War I
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Tom Roberts (Attributed) The Nurse in Fiction - The Nurse in Fact' Pencil (11 x 16 cm) signed & dated 1914. World War I
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A Hansen 'The Achilles in Wellington Harbour' Watercolour (26 x 39 cm) signed. World War II, circa 1939
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John McIndoe Pair - 'The Prison Gate O' Flag VI Warburg' Watercolour (18 x 28 cm) signed. World War II
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H.H. Pottle 'Davenport Naval Base, New Zealand, 1945' Oil on Board (24 x 48 cm) signed & titled lower right. Artist exhibited at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts.
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Gunner George Nash 'A Munitions Ghoul' Pencil (24 x 17 cm) drawing by an Artillery Officer.
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World War II Pair of Photos of World War II aeroplanes
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John McIndoe 'Village of the Braach, Germany' Watercolour (18 x 29 cm) signed & dated John McIndoe, 1942. To verso, John McIndoe Capt, 3568-9A/Z. McIndoe was a prisoner of war.
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Leonardo Pizzanelli 'Portrait of Don Davies C.E, Nzasc, 2nd Nzef' Oil (24 x 20 cm) signed. Davies wrote to his mother explaining the circumstance of the portrait being painted. Details attached verso.
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Artist Unknown 'Naval Encounter' Watercolour (24 x 31 cm) initialled A.I. - World War I
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Artist Unknown 'Cavalry Camp, July 9th, 1855' Lithograph in Sepia (32 x 48 cm) 19th century
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Artist Unknown 'Funeral Cartage of Lord Raglan Leaving Head Quarters' Lithograph in Sepia (29 x 50 cm) 19th century
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World War I Palestine, photograph 'Turkish Cavalry at Sheria' to verso (11 x 15 cm)
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World War I Palestine, photograph 'Turks watching the Battle at Sheria' to verso (10 x 15 cm)
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World War I Palestine, photograph 'Turkish Field Bakery' to verso (10 x 15 cm)
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World War I Palestine, photograph 'Turks in the Trenches' to verso (10 x 15 cm)
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World War I Palestine, photograph (Turkish) 'Field Battery' to verso (10 x 15 cm)
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World War I Palestine, photograph 'Austrian Howitzer in Action' to verso (10 x 15 cm)
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World War I Palestine, photograph (Turkish) 'Field Battery' to verso (10 x 15 cm)
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World War I Palestine, photograph (Turkish) 'Field Kitchen' to verso (10 x 15 cm)
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World War I Palestine, photograph 'Turks in action - Sheria' to verso (10 x 15 cm)
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World War I Palestine, photograph 'Ali Faud Pasha Defender of Jerusalem' to verso (10 x 15 cm)
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World War I Palestine, photograph 'Turkish (Signal) Section' to verso (10 x 15 cm)
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