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  1. A.I.F. coming aboard

    Art

    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

  2. A.I.F. coming aboard

    Art

    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

  3. Ball game practice at night at Morotai

    Art

    Maker: Friend, Donald

    Depicts a group of unidentified soldiers playing basketball at night, Morotai.

    ART23222

  4. Beach at Morotai

    Art

    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

  5. Beach Road, Balikpapan

    Art

    Maker: Friend, Donald

    The scene of desolation along the Beach Road, Balikpapan, after bombardment preceeding the landing by the 7th Australian Division.

    ART23267

  6. Beer issue, 1st T.A.F

    Art

    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

  7. Body

    Art

    Maker: Friend, Donald

    Depicts a casualty corpse.

    ART23208

  8. Bombed oil tanks

    Art

    Maker: Friend, Donald

    The effects of bombardment prior to the landing of the 7th Australian Division in Balikpapan, Borneo, 1945.

    ART22909

  9. Buoys on the beach

    Art

    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

  10. Burnt out oil tanks, Balikpapan

    Art

    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

  11. Camp Labuan

    Art

    Maker: Friend, Donald

    Camp Labuan.

    ART23227

  12. Chinese Temple

    Art

    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

  13. Corpse

    Art

    Maker: Friend, Donald

    Pen and ink sketch of a corpse of a Japanese soldier.

    ART23211

  14. Corpse

    Art

    Maker: Friend, Donald

    Corpse of an unidentified Japanese soldier.

    ART23210

  15. Crowd outside a pub

    Art

    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

  16. Debris, Balikpapan

    Art

    Maker: Friend, Donald

    Showing the results of bombardment and strafing of a town prior to the landing of 7th Australian Division.

    ART23243

  17. Decorating the officers' mess

    Art

    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

  18. Demolitions, Balikpapan

    Art

    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

  19. Desert camp

    Art

    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

  20. Domain crowd V-E day

    Art

    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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