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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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Buoys, Victoria Town, Labuan
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a pile of mooring buoys resting on the edge of a lake, beside an old building in Labuan, Borneo during the Second World War.ART93836
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Captain John Searle
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting Captain John Edward Searle, NX21876, DCM, Liaison, 9th Australian Division Headquarters, formerly 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion.ART22440
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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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Clock tower at Victoria Town, Labuan
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Drawing of the clock tower at Victoria Town, Labuan, which was one of the three surviving structures after the Japanese evacuated the town in 1945. Writing for the Australian Women's Weekly of his tra...ART29342
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Hospital site, Labuan
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Maker: Newton, Max
This work depicts the site of a hospital that was located on the edge of high cliffs at Labuan. Max (Thomas Maxwell) Newton enlisted with the AIF. He was seconded to the RAAF War History Section as an...ART26806
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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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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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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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LCM at Labuan
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Maker: Newton, Max
The work depicts an LCM boat carrying a GMC (General Motors Corporation) CCKW U.S. Army cargo truck. LCM is an abbreviation for Landing Craft, Mechanised. This design of boat was used extensively in t...ART26964
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Liberator Bomber attacks on Balikpapan
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Maker: Jones, Vernon
Liberator Bomber attacks on Balikpapan. On 1 May, 1945 began the invasion by Australian forces of the oil-rich territory of Borneo, which had been in Japanese hands since 1942. The series of operation...ART27578
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Lieutenant Donald Friend
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Donald Friend, official war artist, seated and writing up his diary, during the Second World War.ART93863
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Lieutenant General Baba Masao
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Lieutenant General Baba Masao (Baba is his surname), General Commanding 37th Japanese Army, surrendered his sword to Major General G F Wooten CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire), DSO, a...ART22984