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A.I.F. coming aboard
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Maker: Friend, Donald
A unidentified soldier of the AIF loaded with with full kit embarking on a landing ship at Morotai to take part in landing operations on Labuan, North Borneo.ART23326
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A.I.F. coming aboard
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Maker: Friend, Donald
A unidentified soldier of the AIF loaded with with full kit embarking on a landing ship at Morotai to take part in landing operations on Labuan, North Borneo.ART23327
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Ball game practice at night at Morotai
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified soldiers playing basketball at night, Morotai.ART23222
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Beach at Morotai
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified Australian soldiers on beach using a civilian canoe, Halmacheras Islands, Netherlands, East Indies. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunne...ART23221
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Beach Road, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The scene of desolation along the Beach Road, Balikpapan, after bombardment preceeding the landing by the 7th Australian Division.ART23267
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Beer issue, 1st T.A.F
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Maker: Friend, Donald
A rough sketch showing personnel of No 1 Tactical Air Force Headquarters, Royal Australian Air Force, lining up for their issue of bottled beer from Australia. This event stood out even more prominen...ART23271
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Bombed oil tanks
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The effects of bombardment prior to the landing of the 7th Australian Division in Balikpapan, Borneo, 1945.ART22909
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Buoys on the beach
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Enormous buoys have washed up on a beach at Labuan. The buoys are almost twice the height of the soldier who walkd amongst them.ART23300
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Burnt out oil tanks, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The pre-landing bombardment and strafing of the 7th Australian Division wrought such damage that for some distance there could be seen nothing but ruined buildings, blackened coconut plantations and c...ART23270
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Chinese Temple
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Chinese temple used as billets for Australian soldiers, 4th Australian Bulk Petrol Company, but shared by an aged Chinese priest called 'Wong', who vigorously repelled all attempts to move him to othe...ART23233
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Crowd outside a pub
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Maker: Friend, Donald
A group of soldiers and sailors crowd under the verandah of a closed pub on Victory in Europe Day. There was no relaxation of the austerity regulations when news was received of the German surrender.ART23289
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Debris, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Showing the results of bombardment and strafing of a town prior to the landing of 7th Australian Division.ART23243
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Decorating the officers' mess
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Maker: Friend, Donald
At an artillery training regiment in N.S.W. The artist stated that he was "temporarily rescued from the horrors of gun drill, digging gun pits, foot-drill, rifle drill, kitchen fatigues, guards and th...ART23244
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Demolitions, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Personnel from an unidentified Engineers unit are demolishing unsafe structures resulting from a bombardment prior to the landing of Australian forces in Borneo during the Second World War.ART23347
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Desert camp
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of soldiers around tents in the desert. It is likely that the subject of this work is Charters Towers camp in North Eastern Queensland. Friend travelled to Charters Towers camp in Dece...ART29770
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Domain crowd V-E day
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Maker: Friend, Donald
'Domain crowd V-E Day' depicts a scene in the Domain in Sydney on 9 May 1945, jubilant crowds celebrating the early morning announcement of the surrender of Germany.ART23294
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Field casualty
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a field casualty. Soldier laying on a stretcher while two men sit in the background.ART22900
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Figure study for "The Showers"
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Study of a nude male waiting to shower.ART23277
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From my window at Lae
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Maker: Friend, Donald
View from the artist's window of a native village in Lae, New Guinea. Donald Friend was in Lae the last week of May 1945. Of Lae he wrote in his Diary 24 May 1945; ' From the air it looked romantic, t...ART23218
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Gracie Fields concert
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Maker: Friend, Donald
A sketch of the audience at a concert at which Gracie Fields, a celebrated London variety artist, appeared. Miss Fields was touring the battle areas in the South West Pacific with other artists entert...ART23205
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Gun maintenance 25-pounders
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Several Australian soldiers are carrying out maintenance work on a 25 pounder gun. In the foreground two soldiers stand looking on. One is carrying a drag rope over his shoulder, and the other has a...ART23217
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Gunner carrying drag rope
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Study for "gun maintenance". Picture of unidentified gunner with a drag rope over his shoulder.ART23245
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Gunner's canteen
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Maker: Friend, Donald
'Gunner's Canteen' shows a group of Australian soldiers from the 2nd Artillery Training Regiment dressed in their khaki uniforms sitting outside the camp canteen. In the background are white tents (th...ART94379
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Japanese Corpse
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a corpse of unidentified Japanese soldier in Cantonment Road, Labuan, North Borneo.ART23225
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Japanese corpses
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The bodies of two Japanese who were of a party who, after eluding capture for ten days after the landing on Labuan, formed up under a Japanese Colonel and made a desperate march into the town with the...ART23272
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Japanese dead, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Unidentified Japanese corpses, Borneo campaign.ART22914
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Japanese Prisoners
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts three unidentified Japanese prisoners. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, Friend was selected for appointment as ...ART23251
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Japanese prisoners being searched
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Showing Japanese prisoners who have been concentrated in Balikpapan from outlying surrender areas, being searched on arrival in Balikpapan.ART23214
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Japanese prisoners being searched, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Japanese prisoners of war and their belongings being searched by Australian personnel on arrival at prison camp. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery ...ART22916
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Javanese [labourers] at work on the strip, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Javanese labourers working on airfield, supervised by unidentified Australians; campaignART23262
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Javanese slaves in the native compound, sick ward, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified Javanese labourers in the Native Compound Sick Ward, Labuan.ART22920
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John Timbang, rouseabout at the searchlights battery, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
2/3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment; John Timbang, Malay rouseabout with 2/3 AA Bty, formerly forced labourer for JapaneseART23259
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Kario Sendanoz, Javanese seaman
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a portrait of Kario Sendanoz, Javanese seaman. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, Friend was selected for appoint...ART23209
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Kitchen picquet
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The artist had six weeks to pass in Melbourne after his initial kitting out, and a further month in Sydney before his departure for New Guinea. He used his time to complete a number of drawings and pa...ART23213
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LAC 'Curly' Bentley
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Maker: Friend, Donald
A seated portrait of Leading Aircraftsman 'Curly' Bentley of the Royal Australian Air Force, possibly from the No 62 Works Supply Unit.ART23303
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Liberated POWs, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Two Australian prisoners of war liberated from Japanese custody in Balikpapan, Borneo, August 1945. Friend shows the deteriorating physical condition of the men held prisoners of the Japanese after su...ART23321
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Loading the L.S.T., Morotai
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Maker: Friend, Donald
loading Landing Ship Tank (LST) with suppliesART23323
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Major-General Wootten's quarters
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Maker: Friend, Donald
9th Australian Infantry Division; campaign; house used as headquarters by Major- General G F Wootton, CBE, DSO, General Commanding 9th Australian DivisionART23252
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Making camp, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified soldiers unloading trucks to establish camp.ART23226
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Making the Strip
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Unidentified personnel from the No 62 Works Supply Unit of the Royal Australian Air force are using earthmoving equipment, such as tractors, to build an airfield.ART23302
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Malay boy
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Maker: Friend, Donald
One of the Malay natives in the native compound at Labuan after the landing by troops of the 24th Australian Infantry Brigade. These natives had been brought to the island as slaves by the Japanese an...ART23231
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Malay boy in the native compound
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a portrait of unidentified Malay refugee, used as slaves, Labuan, North Borneo.ART23307
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Malay child
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a young Malay child observed at Labuan in Borneo in a crouched pose. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, and was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, Frie...ART23304
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Malays in native compound
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Maker: Friend, Donald
These Malays were amongst those shipped to Borneo from Java by the Japanese as slaves. They were shown in a compound in which they were congregated after deliverance from the Japanese.ART23249
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Malay type : John Timbang
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Maker: Friend, Donald
2/3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment; John Timbang, Malay rouseabout with 2/3 AA Bty, formerly forced labourer for JapaneseART23316
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Man o'war steps
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Unidentified sailors are unloading barrels from small vessels at the Man o'war steps in Sydney Harbour.ART23291
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Mayor Of Manly speaking at service on VE Day
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The Mayor of Manly addressing the gathering at a Service of Thanksgiving on the day celebrating Victory in Europe (VE Day), Manly, New South Wales.ART23293
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Mosquito net
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Maker: Friend, Donald
unidentified male nude sleeping under a mosquito netART23278
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Nature Morte
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Maker: Friend, Donald
This work depicts the remains of a party of Japanese who crossed in canoes from the mainland of Borneo to the island of Labuan and hid in the swamps of Garankak. After carrying on commando tactics for...ART22182
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People dancing in the street V-E night, Sydney 1945
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified people dancing in a King's Cross street on V-E Night, Sydney.ART23201
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Picture show on an LST
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Pictures being shown on a Landing Ship Tank lying in the bay at Morotai.ART23337
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Pioneer patrol passing through a native village at Tanjongg, Rancharancha, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depict a group of unidentified Australian Pioneer Unit on patrol in native village, Labuan. The Australian Pioneer Unit was part of the 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion. In 1942, Donald Friend enli...ART23237
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Pumping out bomb crater
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Pumping out a bomb crater. In the early days of the job, when water was a rarity and there was none to spare, the deep green pools in the craters were used as laundries and swimming baths, so that eve...ART22896
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Pumping out bomb crater, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Pumping out a bomb crater. In the early days of the job, when water was a rarity and there was none to spare, the deep green pools in the craters were used as laundries and swimming baths, so that eve...ART22897
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Radar tower, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Royal Australian Air Force, No 4 Works Supply Wing; campaign; Radar towerART23255
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RAP bloke
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depict a portrait of an unidentified soldier, Australian Military Forces, Regimental Aid Post.ART22858
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Road menders gang
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Maker: Friend, Donald
A group of Japanese prisoners who were put to work repairing roads after their surrenderART23215
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Ruins
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts some of the devastation wrought in Labuan during the Borneo campaign.ART22919
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Searching Japanese
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Searching of Japanese prisoners and their belongings on arrival at prison camp, Balikpapan.ART22911
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Searching Japanese prisoners
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified Japanese prisoners and belongings being searched by Australians on arrival at camp.ART22898
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Shower baths
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Three unidentified men are showering at a makeshift camp shower facilities.ART23276
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Showers
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Unidentified men are showering at a communal camp facility.ART23275
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Sightseers in a Chinese Shrine
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Maker: Friend, Donald
rest and recreation, temple; unidentified Australians in a Chinese shrineART23315
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Sinking a well by night
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Personnel of 62 Works Wing of the Royal Australian Air Force sinking a well by night at Labuan in North Borneo.ART23312
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Soldiers and natives with outrigger
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Labels: ' Soldiers and natives with outrigger 1945 by Donald Friend (22886) ' etched on label along bottom front of frame; ' AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL '; ' 11 JUNE 1948 ' stamped on back of frame; ' CAS...ART22886
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Soldiers with Samurai sword
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified soldiers outside a tent, one is holding a Japanese sword.ART22895
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76 Squadron's Camp
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The camp of No.76 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Labuan.ART23253
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Study for Showers
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Maker: Friend, Donald
encampment; unidentified men showering, camp shower facilities; campaignART23280
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Study for showers
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Pen and ink study for the painting 'Showers'. This study shows two naked Australian soldiers.ART22915
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study for Soldiers and natives with out-rigger
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Soldiers and natives disembarking from an Outrigger.ART22913
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Tank Road, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The artists has endeavoured to protray the destruction and desolation caused by the bombardment by our naval forces prior to the landing of troops, 7th Australian Division.ART23206
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Tank Road, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Twisted and burned oil reservoirs, whose metal had been warped into fantastic shapes and burned to strange colours by the heat, Balikpapan.ART22917
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Thanksgiving service for peace
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Royal Australian Air Force, No 1 Tactical Air Force Headquarters; campaign; Japanese tank trap along shore lineART23285
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The clock tower
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Maker: Friend, Donald
A sketch of the damaged caused by bombardment of Labuan, before the 24th Australian Infantry Battalion landed on 10 June 1945. The Clock Tower remains standing amongst the rubble, and Australian sold...ART23230
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The clock tower, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts the clock tower in Labuan, Borneo. Donald Friend was in Labuan, an archipelago off the coat of Borneo, in June 1945. Of the town of Labuan he wrote in his Diary on 10 June 1945; 'On the starbo...ART23248
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The town after the bombardment
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Portion of Labuan after the bombardment preceeding the landing on Labuan.ART23295
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Troops waiting to embark, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Troops waiting to embark at night, Balikpapan.ART22906
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V.O.S. Officers' mess, Morotai
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The tent being used as the Officer's Mess for the No 1 Australian Visitors and Observers Section at Morotai.ART23220
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Wrecked Japanese staff car, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Wrecked Japanese staff car, Borneo campaign.ART22853
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Yank engineers Bulk Store, 593rd Headquarters
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Maker: Friend, Donald
United States Army, 593 (Airborne) Engineers Regiment; campaign; buildings used for US Army bulk storeART23247