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2/3 A.A. Regt Searchlight Bty site
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Maker: Friend, Donald
anti-aircraft; 2/3rd Australian Anti-Aircraft Regiment; campaign; anti-aircraft searchlightART23260
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A.I.F. coming aboard
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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
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A.I.F. coming aboard
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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
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Air support control
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Maker: Flett, James
Air Support Control, RAAF at 24th Australian Infantry Brigade Headquarter, Brunei, Borneo.ART25467
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Air travel - Lieutenant Ray Ewers
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Depicts a drawing of Lieutenant Ray B Ewers, Official War Artist, his sleeves rolled down and groundsheet over his shoulders, against the cold. He passes the time by reading on board the Labuan - Moro...ART25869
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[American officer's bags]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts two American officer's bags in detail. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illustrator. During the Second World War many of his i...ART96710
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[An afternoon under Labuan palms]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts two war correspondents, Jimmy Smythe and Alan Dawes, reclining under palm trees in Labuan, Borneo, with William Pidgeon in the background. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was...ART96703
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[Animal studies]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts studies of monkeys and a rooster. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illustrator. During the Second World War many of his illust...ART96605
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Anjo Palace
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Maker: Flett, James
Talkie show of 14th Airfield Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Lightening, Douglas and Liberator aircraft taking off at nearby Pitoe airstrip added to the dramatic effect, Morotai, Ha...ART26655
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7 Australian Division loading vehicles and stores
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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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[Barge control tower, Labuan]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a barge control tower, with megaphones, in Labuan, Borneo, during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illus...ART96729
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Beaufort carnival, Borneo
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Maker: Flett, James
A sports meeting in progress at Beaufort, North West Borneo, a town occupied by troops of 24th Australian Infantry Battalion during the North Borneo campaign and where Brigades Headquarters were set u...ART23354
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Beer issue, 1st T.A.F
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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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Blown-up bridge, Jesselton Railway, Borneo
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Maker: Flett, James
Destroyed by the Japanese during their retreat from troops of the 2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion Group which, on 17th June 1945, landed at Weston and drove the Japanese to Beaufort, and later to...ART23356
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Bombardment and assault on Green Beach, Brookton Peninsula
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Maker: Flett, James
Showing the smoke screen being laid from the air, and landing barges going in to land. The assault was carried out by the 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion, North West Borneo, 1945.ART23355
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Bombardment of Labuan
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Maker: Flett, James
The scene looking north from the upper deck of HMAS Kanimbla during the naval bombardment prior to the assault on Labuan on the 10th June 1945.ART25877
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Bongawan Bridge
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Maker: Flett, James
Showing troops of 24th Australian Infantry Brigade crossing the river at Bongawan by means of portion of a destroyed railway bridge and a ladder. The structure crossing the river in the background is ...ART25882
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Borneo Soldier's Club
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Maker: Flett, James
So designated was Artillery Headquarters at Seria. Typical house of the pre-war white residential section of the town, taken over by 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion in the shadow of the smoke clo...ART25881
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Brigadier William Windeyer
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Maker: Godson, John Barclay
Depicts a portrait of NX396 Brigadier William John Victor Windeyer, CBE, DSO and Bar, MID (x3), joined the AIF to command the 2/48th Battalion during its training and in the siege of Tobruk in 1941, w...ART31763
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Brown Beach landing, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicting troops disembarking from the landing ship into the surf. Sappers of the 2/7th Australian Field Company were in the first wave to clear the beach of mines. The assault battalions were the 2/4...ART23224
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[buckets and outdoor oven]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Recto: Depicts a scene with buckets and outdoor oven (possibly a kiln). Verso: landscape sketch with notes about colour. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, pain...ART96594
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Buoys on the beach
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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
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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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[Busy night scene in visitors and observor's mess]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts the interior of a mess with many men drinking and chatting, including the war correspondents Alan Dawes, Jimmy Smythe and William Pidgeon. This sketch formed part of a letter written on 19/7/1...ART96705
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[Camouflaged Gun I]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a field gun under camouflage in a landscpe during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon ('WEP') (1909-1981) was a painter, cartoonist, illustrator and newspaper critic. In 1926 as a 16 y...ART95030
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[Camouflaged Gun II]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a field gun under camouflage in a landscpe with a number of Australian servicemen loading and preparing the gun, during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon ('WEP') (1909-1981) was a pa...ART95031
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Captain Hoshijima Susumi
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait of Captain Hoshijima Susumu, Camp Commandant, Japanese Prisoner of War Compound, Sandakan, Borneo.ART22988
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Captain Nakata
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of a Japanese officer, Captain Nakata. His neck is bandaged as he had tried to commit suicide on a number of occasions. Douglas Watson (1920-1972) served as an o...ART22986
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Captain Shoichi Yamamoto
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Captain Shoichi Yamamoto, Jesselton Battalion Commander, 25th Regiment, 37th Japanese ArmyART22989
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[Caricature portraits of two men]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts caricatures of two unknown men. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illustrator. During the Second World War many of his illustra...ART96718
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[cartoon drawing of Cpl. Komoto]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a cartoon drawing of of the Japanese Corporal Komoto's face, with notes about his capture in Borneo. On the verso are 3 cartoon drawings of Corporal Komoto's face. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-...ART96633
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Chinese [labourer] from Malaya
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of a Chinese-born labourer from Malaya. The subject has been pictured after his liberation from the Japanese who had pressed him, along with many of his compatriots, into labour gangs for shi...ART24415
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Chinese [labourer] from Malaya
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of a Chinese-born labourer from Malaya. The subject has been pictured after his liberation from the Japanese who had pressed him, along with many of his compatriots, into labour gangs for shi...ART24414
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Chinese [labourer] from Muar Malay
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Portrait of a Chinese-born Malay labourer from the Muar River area. The subject has been pictured after his liberation from the Japanese who had pressed him, along with many of his compatriots, into ...ART24411
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Chinese Temple
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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
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[Clock tower and street scene with buildings, Labuan]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a street scene with buildings and a clock tower in the background in Labuan, Borneo. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illustra...ART96723
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Commemoration: Borneo
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Maker: Unknown Department of Veteran's Affairs
A poster produced by 'Australia Remembers 1945-1995' to commemorate Australia's involvement in the Borneo campaign during the Second World War. The poster features two photographs taken during the Bor...ARTV09172
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Conference at Morotai
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Maker: Jones, Vernon
2nd Australian Imperial Force, United States Army Air Force; included in work are: Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead, Commanding 1 Australian Corps, Major General G F Wootten, General Commanding ...ART27563
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Demolitions, Balikpapan
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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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Desolate plantations, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Appointed an official war artist in 1945, Friend served in Labuan, Morotai and Balikpapan in Borneo between 23 May and 10 September. The work depicts a war-ravaged landscape at Balikpapan.ART22894
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[Detail study of a barge on the sea]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a barge on the sea, off the coast at Labuan, Borneo, during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illustrator...ART96733
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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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8 Division truck on Brunei-Tutong road
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Maker: Flett, James
A truck of the 8th Australian Division, captured by the Japanese at Singapore in February 1942 and taken by them, with many others, to Borneo. Found abandoned and burnt by the Japanese retreating befo...ART25879
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[Early morning transport plane]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts the interior of a transport plane, in the early morning. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illustrator. During the Second World...ART96714
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Embarkation Australia - Diak patrol at Kuala Belait
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Maker: Flett, James
Under command of Captain P. Murphy, CBE, 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion (seen loading rations into prau) the patrol proceeded up the Belait River, Borneo, 1945.ART25484
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[Exterior of a Douglas C47 transport plane]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts men standing at the open cargo doors of a Douglas C47 plane. On the verso is a drawing of men loading objects into the plane. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war corres...ART96717
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[Female figure studies]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
recto: study of female figures in traditional Malayan clothing, and notes regarding colour and features. Verso: Notes begining with line 'Q x 29564'. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' ...ART96613