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Abdoel, Javanese labourer
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait of a Javanese labourer, who was brought from Java by the Japanese to work on the airfields at Noemfoor, Dutch New Guinea.ART21296
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A captured Japanese naval civilian, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketched portrait of a captured Japanese naval civilian in Balikpapan, Borneo. The soldier's name, as translated from the Japanese characters written in cursive on the front of this work, is Yataroo I...ART22445
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Ack Ack Battery in action
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This painting depicts two groups of soldiers from an artillery battery operating two guns at night.ART22433
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Alternative headgear
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Three small sketched portraits of an Australian soldier from three different angles, wearing three different types of Australian Army issued clothing.ART29835
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Assembling Beaufort bombers
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts the construction and painting of Beafort bombers inside an aircraft hangar.ART23504
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Australian soldier
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting an unidentified Lieutenant Colonel, Lae, New Guinea.ART22688
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Beach head, Tarakan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Preliminary and unfinished sketch of a harbour view as seen from the water. Several boats, houses, mountains and trees have been drawn.ART29809
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Beach landing
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketch of a landing with soldiers unloading supplies and vehicles from naval vessels in a harbour.ART29808
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Blasted Japanese anti aircraft gun, Madang
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts a destroyed Japanese anti aircraft gun in Madang, Papua New Guinea, accompanied by hand written details of the gun's camouflage.ART22712
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Bombardment, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts the bombardment of beaches immediately prior to landing at Balikpapan. Douglas Watson joined the AIF in 1943 and was an official war artist for Australia, serving in Australia, New Guinea and ...ART22992
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Bombardment of Lingkas harbour, Tarakan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Preliminary sketch of large rising plumes of dark smoke.ART29791
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Bomb crater, Noemfoor
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts a bomb crater in Noemfoor, Papua, Indonesia.ART23813
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Bombed buildings
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketch of a man sitting outside residential buildings next to a group of unfinished palm trees.ART29811
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Bombed buildings
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketch of buildlings, trees and people in a town.ART29810
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Bren gunners in action on Acid Feature, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work is one of a series of drawings of members of 7 Platoon, A Coy, 2/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion, done in July 1945 in Balikpapan. In a letter to Treloar, 28 July, 1945, 205/2/13 Watson w...ART29795
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Bren gunners in action on Acid Feature, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketched portrait of two Australian soldiers taking cover behind shrubs. One soldier is aiming his gun while the other soldier watches from behind him.ART29796
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Buildling a merchant navy vessel
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts the process of buidling a merchant navy vessel with scaffolding and cranes in use.ART23947
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Burnt out Japanese aircraft on Kamiri airstrip, Noemfoor Island
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts the remains of a wrecked and burnt Japanese aircraft on the Kamiri airstip on Noemfoor Island during the Second World War.ART23731
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Camouflaged anti tank gun
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketched landscape depicting a camouflaged anti tank gun in the foreground. The anti tank gun has been covered with a large sheet for camouflage.ART29839
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Camp scene
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts a group of three Australian soldiers. One soldier is seated while the other two are erecting a tent structure.ART29836
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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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Corpral. H. J. Clarke
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting 40508 Corporal Horace James Chenezer Clarke, transport corporal, Royal Australian Air Force, 13 Supply and Despatch Unit, Noemfoor Island.ART22703
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Dead Japanese on Kamiri airstrip, Noemfoor Island
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts the corpses of two unidentified Japanese soldiers on Kamiri airstrip.ART22305
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Destroyed buildings
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketch of a group of residential buildings in Victoria town, Labuan.ART29806
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Destroyed building with arches
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketch of archways in a town centre with some fallen corrugated iron in the foreground.ART29805
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Destroyed Government Offices and Japanese A.A Defence - Madang
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Destroyed government offices and Japanese defences, Madang, New Guinea.ART22707
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Destroyed Japanese aircraft
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts Japanese aircraft that were destroyed during the initial bombardment of Kamiri airstrip. Both bomber and fighter planes were destroyed on this airstrip in Noemfoor, Dutch New Guinea.ART22437
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Destroyed Japanese lorries, Madang
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Two Japanese lorries are seen overturned into Merio River, Madang, Papua New Guinea. The bridge was constructed by the Japanese.ART22261
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Destroyed oil tank
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts a destroyed oil tank surrounded by rubble.ART22451
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Destroyed palms, Noemfoor
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts a group of destroyed palm trees in Noemfoor, Indonesia.ART25888
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Destroyed workshop, oil distilling area, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts a workshop that has been destroyed by bombing in Balikpapan, Indonesia.ART22453
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Devastated landscape
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Landscape with a bomb crater in the foreground, surrounded by a war damaged landscape with stark and leafless trees and tree stumps.ART29840
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Devastation No. 3, oil refineries, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts damage to oil refineries in Balikpapan, Borneo.ART22456
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Devastation no 2, oil refineries, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts the partial destruction of buildlings surrounding an oil refinery in Balikpapan.ART22455
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Devastation no 1, oil refineries, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts damage done to oil refineries in Balikpapan during the Second World War in the Pacific.ART22454
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Disembarkation, Balikpapan, 5 July 1945
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts a landing craft tank (LCT), unloading a supply truck and a 3.7 inch heavy anti-aircraft gun. The truck appears to be carrying rolls of barbed wire and sand matting. There was only on...ART22443
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Explosion
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Image of a bomb blast throwing two soldiers into the air, while a third soldier tries to jump to safety.ART29830
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Fallen soldier
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketch of an Australian soldier lying face down in mud, pulling his torso up by leaning on his arms. He is wearing a hat and a small back pack.ART29831
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Filling sandbags
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Preliminary sketch of three soldiers in the foreground of the work. A fourth soldier's head has been sketched in the upper left of the drawing. Two of the soldiers are filling a sandbag. One soldier i...ART29827
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First Lieutenant Akutagawa Mitsuya
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait of 1st Lieutenant Akutagawa Mitsuya, Commandant of Kempeitai (Military Police) at Keningau, north Borneo.ART22991
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First Lieutenant Genzo Watanabe
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts a portrait, in right profile, of First Lieutenant Genzo Watanabe, a Japanese staff officer at the prisoner of war compound in Ranau, Borneo during the Second World War.ART22987
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Flying Officer A. E. Smith
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting 128246 Flying Alexander Edward Smith, Royal Australian Air Force, 13 Supply and Despatch Unit, Noemfoor Island.ART22704
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Forward observation post overlooking cracking plant feature, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
A field artillery battery commander and another soldier sit with their backs to the viewer, behind a row of plants, in this position of forward observation post. One of the men is using a portable te...ART22448
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Four figures; squatting, running, falling, crouching
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Four sketches of undistinguished men in various action poses.ART29832
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Infantryman and dead Japanese
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
An Infantryman of 2/33 Australian Infantry Battalion standing over a dead Japanese whom he had shot, Balikpapan, Borneo.ART22466
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Infantryman (Sergeant J.F.M. O'Halloran)
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketch of Infantryman Sergeant JFM O'Halloran, sitting holding an Owen gun, Balikpapan, Borneo.ART22463
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Infantry resting on tank knoll
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts men of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion among ruins of oil tanks on a hill just inland from their landing point on Red beach.ART22477
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Interior of the mosque, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts the remaining interior structures of a mosque in Balikpapan following destruction caused by bombing.ART22464
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Japanese anti aircraft battery, Madang
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts a Japanese anti aircraft battery in Madang, Papua New Guinea.ART22711
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Japanese anti-aircraft gun
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
View of Japanese anti-aircraft gun in gun position, Finschhafen, New Guinea.ART22691