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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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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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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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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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Corporal Henry Johnston
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting Corporal Henry Thomas Johnston, NX43723, of the 2/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion, lying in a bed with an injured arm and hand at the 2/2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station.ART22458
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Corporal Wilfred Saunders
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting Corporal Wilfred Norman Saunders, NX18821, of the 2/1st Australian Pioneer Battalion with a bandage wrapped around a wound on his head.ART22461
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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 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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Devastation, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts the devastion and condition of a section of an oil refinery at Balikpapan, South East Borneo, showing oil tanks burnt out after the bombardment preceding the landing by 7th Australian Division...ART22997
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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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Discharging an EY Discharger Cup (Private Henry Maris)
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
QX61195 Private Henry Richard Maris, 2/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion; using a rifle grenade launcher with EY (Edward Yule - inventor) discharger cup (these were ordinary .303 rifles no longer sui...ART22465
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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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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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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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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