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Abdoel, Javanese labourer
Art
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
Art
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
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
This painting depicts two groups of soldiers from an artillery battery operating two guns at night.ART22433
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Aitchison, Alexander Malcolm (Sub Lieutenant, Beach Commandos, RAN)
Private Record
Maker: Various Aitchison, Alexander Malcolm
Collection relating to Sub Lieutenant Alexander M Aitchison, Beach Commandos, RAN, Second World War. Collection consists of two photographs of Aitchison; one photograph of the Tarakan landing; two ae...3DRL/3942
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Aitchison, Alexander Malcolm (Sub Lieutenant, Beach Commandos, RAN)
Private Record
Maker: Aitchison, Alexander Malcolm
From the collection relating to Sub Lieutenant Alexander M Aitchison, Beach Commandos, RAN, Second World War. Map of the southern island of Japan, inscribed "Presented to Lt Aitchison by members of t...3DRL/3942.001
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At work, orderly room
Art
Maker: Leviston, G W
At work in an orderly room in Balikpapan, Indonesia.ART29679
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7 Australian Division loading vehicles and stores
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Scene at Smith Creek as personnel of 7th Australian Division load stores and equipment onto L.S.T's (Landing Ships, tank) for transport to Morotai, the staging area of the "OBOE TWO", amphibious assau...ART25936
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Australian Infanteer mans PIAT Gun
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Members of "A" Company, 2/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion who took part in the fighting along Milford Highway, Balikpapan. The man in the foreground is firing a PIAT (Projector Infantry Anti Tank) ...ART25903
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Balikpapan, Borneo. 1945-07. A view of the native hospital at Balikpapan. Many of the native ...
Photograph
Balikpapan, Borneo. 1945-07. A view of the native hospital at Balikpapan. Many of the native patients had been driven by the Japanese from their villages. They were weak from malnutrition when freed b...018977
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-30. MATILDA TANKS OF A SQUADRON, NO 1 ARMOURED REGIMENT, BEING ...
Photograph
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-30. MATILDA TANKS OF A SQUADRON, NO 1 ARMOURED REGIMENT, BEING OVERHAULED IN THE UNIT'S OPEN AIR WORKSHOP.112526
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Bartter, Bernard A (Flight Sergeant, No. 8 Airfield Construction Squadron, RAAF b.1905)
Private Record
Maker: Bartter, Bernard A
PHOTOCOPY OF TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT TAKEN FROM JAPANESE KILLED AT 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON WATER POINT, SEPINGGANG, JULY 1945 AND MAPPR85/409
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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
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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
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Bombardment, Balikpapan
Art
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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Bomb crater, Noemfoor
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts a bomb crater in Noemfoor, Papua, Indonesia.ART23813
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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
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Brealey, A.O. (Leading Aircraftman)
Private Record
Maker: Brealey, Arthur Oliver
Diary (and transcript) of a fitter with a Spitfire squadron, describing Japanese and Allied air raids, losses, repairing aircraft, ground fighting, Japanese atrocities, natives, and relations with Ame...PR00346
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Bridge on coastal road, Balikpapan to Samarinda
Art
Maker: Leviston, G W
A bridge on a coastal road from Balikpapan to Samarinda.ART29678
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British Indian prisoner of war
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Study of Naik Kirpal Singh of 15 Punjab Regiment. He was one of the many prisoners held by the Japanese in Dutch Borneo and released during operations of Balikpapan. Natives reported that many British...ART26213
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British Pattern 1889 Cutlass and Scabbard : Royal Australian Navy
Technology
Pattern 1889 cutlass with a straight flat blade and spear point. The hilt has a turned over edge basket guard with a slot for a wrist strap near the pommel and a cast iron ribbed grip. The guard is st...RELAWM27412
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Buildling a merchant navy vessel
Art
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 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
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Bursill, Wallace Richard (Signalman, 7th Aust Division Signals, AIF b.1924)
Private Record
Maker: Bursill, Wallace Richard
TYPESCRIPT MEMOIRS OF WAL BURSILL RECALLING HIS SERVICE IN THE ARMY AS A SIGNALMAN ON CAMPAIGNS IN NEW GUINEA, INCLUDING THE KOKODA TRAIL AND BALIKPAPAN, LEAVE ACTIVITIES IN AUSTRALIA, AND THE BATTLE ...PR89/177
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Carroll, Gerard Patrick (Lieutenant, b.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Carroll, Gerard Patrick
Field notebook kept by Lieutenant Gerard Patrick Carroll of 2/31 Battalion, 8 Platoon, while serving as a platoon commander in the Balikpapan campaign during the Second World War; various letters writ...PR01528
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Colonel H S Plummer & Captain E L Atkins
Manuscript
Maker: Atkins, E L 'Ted' Plummer, Horace Sydney "Syd"
"Black and Yellow Triangles" The 2nd / 1st Machine Gun Battalion AIF Official History compiled by Colonel HS Plummer ED and Captain EL Atkins RL. Traces the battalion from raising in Rutherford, Pucka...MSS0955
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Colour note for landscape or Tank Plateau, Balikpapan
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Situated on a table top feature to the west of Parramatta feature is Tank Plateau, with its huge squat oil tanks. Not one of these tanks had escaped our bombardment and during the second day's fightin...ART25906
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2/3 Commando Squadron headquarter's, inland road, Balikpapan to Samarinda
Art
Maker: Leviston, G W
The headquarter's of the 2/3rd Commando Squadron on an inland road from Balikpapan to Samarinda in Indonesia.ART29690
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Cookhouse and store, campsite
Art
Maker: Leviston, G W
A cookhouse and the store at a campsite in Balikpapan, Indonesia.ART29681
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Cosgriff, Eugene Francis (Corporal, b.1911 - d.1980)
Private Record
Maker: Cosgriff, Eugene Francis
Diary of VX122191 Corporal Eugene Francis Cosgriff covering June-August 1945 when he was stationed at Morotai with 1 Australian Advanced Reinforcement Depot (1AARD). He was admitted to 2/9 Australian ...PR01010
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Cowan, Ernest Herbert (Lieutenant, b.1917 - d.1983)
Private Record
Maker: Cowan, Ernest Herbert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of TX3133 Lieutenant Ernest Herbert (Bert) Cowan, 2/8th Australian Supply Depot Platoon, 1945. The collection consists of a letter Cowan wrote to Do...PR04430
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Cusack, Roderick Douglas Clive (Warrant Officer (Class I), b.1921)
Private Record
Maker: Cusack, Roderick Douglas Clive
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX35742 (Q302617) Warrant Officer (Class I) Roderick Douglas Clive Cusack, Z Special Force, Australia, Borneo and Indonesia, 1940-1946. W/O Cusac...AWM2016.476.3
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Damaged Japanese 4" gun above Manggar
Art
Maker: Leviston, G W
A damaged Japanese 4" gun above Manggar in Indonesia.ART29682
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Damaged matilda tanks, Manggar
Art
Maker: Leviston, G W
Damaged matilda tanks in Manggar, Indonesia.ART29683
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Davis, Alfred Sydney (1. Woii, 3rd Fld Bde AMF. 2. Sgt, 1st Aust Heavy Regt , 2/2nd Fld Regt . 3. F/Off 452 Sqn RAAF)
Private Record
Maker: Davis, Alfred Sydney
SERVICE PAPERS FROM MILITIA SERVICE, INSTRUCTORS NOTES FOR 155 MM (1918) GUN, LECTURE NOTES FOR MOTOR TRANSPORT TRAINING AND RAAF SCHOOL OF ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONAL ORDER FOR LANDING AT BALIKPAPAN,...PR88/097
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Dawson, Herbert Henry “Smoky” (Private, b.1913 - d.2008)
Private Record
Maker: Dawson, Herbert Henry "Smoky"
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX126714 Private Herbert Henry “Smoky” Dawson, Australian Amenities Service, Entertainment Unit, Borneo and Darwin, 1944-1945. Collection consis...PR05495
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Day, William Lionel Denzil Bartlett (Staff Sergeant, b.1912 - d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Day, William Lionel Denzil Bartlett
Papers of Staff Sergeant William Lionel Denzil Bartlett Day, including four small diaries recounting his experiences in the Dental Units of the AIF from July 1942 - February 1946. The diary entries b...PR01767
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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
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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
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Desmond, Jack (Sergeant, b.1908 - d.1992)
Private Record
Maker: Desmond, Jack
Collection relating to the Second World War service of A31295 Sergeant Jack Desmond, 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Netherlands East Indies and Borneo, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Cons...PR05776
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Destroyed oil tank
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts a destroyed oil tank surrounded by rubble.ART22451
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Destroyed workshop, oil distilling area, Balikpapan
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts a workshop that has been destroyed by bombing in Balikpapan, Indonesia.ART22453
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Devastation No. 3, oil refineries, Balikpapan
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts damage to oil refineries in Balikpapan, Borneo.ART22456
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Devastation no 2, oil refineries, Balikpapan
Art
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
Art
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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Digger with Owen Gun
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
A rough pencil sketch of an Australian soldier looking down carries an Owen Gun across his body with his right hand on the trigger. This drawing was used for reference purposes and was to be used late...ART25902
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Disembarkation, Balikpapan, 5 July 1945
Art
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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Driver, Roy (War correspondent, b.1910 - d.1982)
Private Record
Maker: Driver, Roy
Collection relating to the Second World War experiences of Roy Driver, war correspondent, Korea, Borneo and New Guinea, 1943-1945. Collection consists of five typed documents including three accounts ...AWM2016.853.3
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Dutton, Percy William (Lance Corporal, b.1912)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Military Forces Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX72494 Lance Corporal Percy William Dutton, 2/1 Pioneer Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia and Borneo, c 1941-1945. Wallet ...PR05783