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B.B.C.A.U. Officials looking over devasted Brunei
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Maker: Flett, James
Wing-Commander Kay and an English Major landed with 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion at Brooketon Landing and marched with them to Brunei and looked over the town preparatory to setting up the Bri...ART23358
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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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Captured wounded Japanese
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Maker: Flett, James
Captured wounded Japanese soldier. On the jetty of the Residency , BruneiART25481
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Fight at Brunei
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Maker: Flett, James
Depicting an incident during the capture of Brunei by 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion, North West Borneo, 1945.ART23353
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Interrogation of prisoner
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Maker: Flett, James
A wounded Japanese being questioned by an official interpreter after a meal of army biscuits and herrings in sauce in the grounds of the British Resident's house now occupied as Headquarters, 20th Aus...ART25876
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Landing of Sultan and his wife at Brunei
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Maker: Flett, James
Wing Commander K.E H Kay, RAF, British Borneo Civil Administration Unit (BBCAU) meeting the Sultan of Brunei and his wife on their arrival at the wharf after their journey from the village of Tentayer...ART25482
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Mortars shelling Japanese on ridge, Brunei
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Maker: Flett, James
Mortars shelling Japanese on ridge, Brunei.ART25873
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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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Scene of only fighting in Brunei Town
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Maker: Flett, James
Scene of only fighting in Brunei town.ART25471
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[Study for Burning oil wells at Seria II]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts the landscape and billowing smoke of burning oil wells at Seria (now in Brunei), during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon ('WEP') (1909-1981) was a painter, cartoonist, illustrator a...ART95025
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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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[study of seascape with ship that appears to be sinking at Brunei]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Study of seascape, with industrial harbour in the foreground, a ship that appears to be sinking in the midground, and mountains in the background. Brunei is noted by the artist. William Edwin Pidgeon ...ART96603
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Wounded Japanese
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Maker: Flett, James
Casualties from the drive to Brunei by 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalions. Nearest Japanese was the only survivor of a truck load of enemy who tried to break the Australian lines with lights on, on...ART25875