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The art of H. Septimus Power
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Creator : Power, H. Septimus (Harold Septimus), 1878-1951
Source : The art of H. Septimus Power, p. 15, p. 17, p. 19, p. 23, p. 43
Place Of Creation : Adelaide
Publisher : Rigby
Date of creation : 1974
Additional Creator : Middleton, Max, 1922-
Format : Book
Contributor : State Library catalogue
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Image 1) 'Ziza, 28 September 1918' [plate 1] from The art of H. Septimus Power, published in Adelaide by Rigby, 1974

Image 2) 'The camel corps at Magdhaba, 23 December 1916' [plate 2] from The art of H. Septimus Power, published in Adelaide by Rigby, 1974

Image 3) 'Third Ypres, Taking the guns through, 31 July 1917' [plate 3] from The art of H. Septimus Power, published in Adelaide by Rigby, 1974

Image 4) 'Horse lines, 1921' [plate 5] from The art of H. Septimus Power, published in Adelaide by Rigby, 1974

Image 5) 'The Australian Light Horse going into action Eastern Front' [plate 15] from The art of H. Septimus Power, published in Adelaide by Rigby, 1974

Septimus Power volunteered for service when the First World War broke out in 1914, but was refused on account of his deafness. In 1915 he was commissioned as one of Australia's first two official war artists. The other was George Lambert. Power served on the Western Front.

View Power's AIF service record [National Archives of Australia]

Subjects
Related names :

Power, H. Septimus (Harold Septimus), 1878-1951

Coverage year : 1918
Period : 1914-1918
Place : Ziza
Further reading :

"AN AUSTRALIAN ANIMAL PAINTER." The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) 28 Feb 1914: 8. Web. 10 Sep 2014 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59648497>.

Beaumont, Joan. Broken nation : Australians in the Great War, Sydney, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2013

Carlyon, Les. The great war, Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2006

Cochrane, Peter. Australians at war, Sydney : ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2001

Gammage, Bill. The broken years : Australian soldiers in the Great War, Ringwood, Vic. : Penguin Books, 1990

Kent, David. From trench and troopship : the experience of the Australian Imperial Force, 1914-1919, Alexandria, N.S.W. : Hale & Iremonger , 1999

Luckins, Tanja. The gates of memory : Australian people's experiences and memories of loss in the Great War, Fremantle, W.A. : Curtin University Books, 2004

Macdougall, Anthony. Australians at war : a pictorial history, Nobel Park, Vic. : Five Mile Press, 2002

Internet links :

Australian Dictionary of Biography See: Power, Harold Septimus (1877-1951)

Australian War Memorial See: People: H Septimus Power

1918 Australians in France [previous exhibition from Australian War Memorial]

AIF Database: Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918 [Australian Defence Force Academy]

Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) See: History: World War 1

Australians at War [Department of Veterans' Affairs]

Australian War Memorial See: Australians at War: Australian Military History Overview: First World War 1914-1918

Australian Army History Unit [Department of Defence]: See: History in focus [several sections about World War One]

Official history of Australia in the war of 1914-1918 [Australian War Memorial]

RSL Virtual War Memorial

Victorians at War - Oral History project [Department of Veterans' Affairs and State Library of Victoria]

World War I and its Aftermath 1914 - 1921 [New South Wales High School Certificate (HSC) online]


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