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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-01. TROOPS OF 7 DIVISION UNDER A HEAVY PALL OF SMOKE FROM BLAZING OIL ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-01. TROOPS OF 7 DIVISION UNDER A HEAVY PALL OF SMOKE FROM BLAZING OIL WELLS DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.110387
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Burning oil wells at Seria
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts burning oil wells at Seria, during the Second World War, when it was part of Borneo (it is today in Brunei Darussalam). Oil was first discovered in the area in 1929. The first landing of the J...ART96245
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Burning oil wells, Seria
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Maker: Flett, James
Looking south along the coast of the China Sea to Baram Cape. Showing line of wells along the beach, 38 in all, ablaze.ART25878
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Dawson, Herbert Henry “Smoky” (Private, b.1913 - d.2008)
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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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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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Lance Bombardier R H Q Trewin, 2/7th Field Regiment, (right) who suffered third degree burns when ...
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Lance Bombardier R H Q Trewin, 2/7th Field Regiment, (right) who suffered third degree burns when the petrol in his truck burst into flames, receiving treatment in the surgical ward of the main dressi...089600
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Malays and oil fire, Seria
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Maker: Flett, James
An oil fire in Seria, Malaya. Malay workmen watering surrounding burning carbon deposits preparatory to an attempt to put out the fire.ART23350
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Oil wells on fire at Seria
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a study of a row of holding tanks with billowing smoke overhead. The Seria oil wells were set on fire by the retretaing Japanese at the end of the Second World War. The first commercial oil we...ART96595
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Signallers' tent on the shore of the China Sea
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Maker: Flett, James
Night view of remote tent under the casuarinas that fringe the Borneo coast; drawn from a window of Fred Krone's 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion YMCA house in the glow of the oil fires at Seria, ...ART25880
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[Study for Burning oil wells at Seria III]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Scene depicting landscape filled with fire and smoke from the burning oil wells, with artist's notes 'jet cream', 'blue' and 'fume ledges' in pencil on the work. This is one of a number of studies of ...ART96247
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[study of oil well fires at Seria]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Study of bridge undergoing construction work, with a pipe leading off into river below. verso: sketch of figures performing repair work on a bridge and oil lines at Seria oil wells. William Edwin Pidg...ART96599
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Study of oil well fires at Seria
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Study of industrial scene with notes about colour, tone and environment. Australian engineers rigged up equipment to extinguish oil fires at Seria, which today is in Brunei. William Edwin Pidgeon (190...ART96598
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TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. PRIVATE E. SLEEP, 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, ABOARD A LANDING CRAFT TANK ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. PRIVATE E. SLEEP, 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, ABOARD A LANDING CRAFT TANK WATCHING LINGKAS IN FLAMES THE DAY BEFORE A LANDING BY HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE TROOPS.090836
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TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. PRIVATE E. SLEEP, 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, ABOARD A LANDING CRAFT TANK ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. PRIVATE E. SLEEP, 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, ABOARD A LANDING CRAFT TANK WATCHING LINGKAS IN FLAMES THE DAY BEFORE A LANDING BY HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE TROOPS.090835
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TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. UNDERWATER OBSTACLES SUCCESSFULLY BEING DEMOLISHED BY ENGINEERS OF ...
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Maker: Stuckey, W B
TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. UNDERWATER OBSTACLES SUCCESSFULLY BEING DEMOLISHED BY ENGINEERS OF 2/13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE RUINED PIPELINE JETTY, AGAINST A B...090909
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. ALLIED VESSELS STANDING IN CLOSE TO THE SHORE AS SAPPERS OF ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. ALLIED VESSELS STANDING IN CLOSE TO THE SHORE AS SAPPERS OF THE 2/13TH FIELD COMPANY CARRY OUT DEMOLITION WORK ON UNDERWATER OBSTACLES AT RED BEACH, GREEN BEACH AND...069350
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. ALLIED VESSELS STANDING IN CLOSE TO THE SHORE AS SAPPERS OF ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. ALLIED VESSELS STANDING IN CLOSE TO THE SHORE AS SAPPERS OF THE 2/13TH FIELD COMPANY CARRY OUT DEMOLITION WORK ON UNDERWATER PBSTACLES AT RED BEACH, GREEN BEACH AND...069349
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-19. OILFIELD WRECKAGE WITHIN THE HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-19. OILFIELD WRECKAGE WITHIN THE HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE AREA, CAUSED BY BLAZING OIL TANKS, BOMBS AND MINES. AT THE REAR OF THE PUMPING HOUSE AND POWER STATION...089957
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. THE TARGET AREA OF LINGKAS, THE MAIN PORT OF THE ISLAND, ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. THE TARGET AREA OF LINGKAS, THE MAIN PORT OF THE ISLAND, WHERE TROOPS OF THE 26TH INFANTRY BRIGADE GROUP, UNDER THE COMMAND OF NX376 BRIGADIER D.A. WHITEHEAD, DSO, ...069357