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8am P Day Tarakan
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Maker: Lindsay, Peter H
As part of Operation Oboe One, the first stage of the Borneo campaign, the landing at Tarakan occurred 1 May 1945 'P Day' by 9 Australian Division's 26 Brigade and 2/7 Field Regiment. The landing was ...AWM2022.223.1
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Bombarded landscape, Tarakan
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Sketch for painting showing troops ascending Tank knoll among broken tanks. A torn and twisted oil tank forms a frame through which the artist looks.ART25440
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Bombardment of Tarakan Island, Borneo, 30 April 1945
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Maker: Papworth, Francis John
Depicts a view across the bay from Sadau (Pelak) Island towards Tarakan Island, off the coast of Borneo. On the horizon Tarakan is being bombarded and two explosions and smoke are visible. There are s...ART93010
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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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Disembarkation from HMAT "Manoora"
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Disembarkation of 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion from HMAT Manoora, onto Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP), which took them to the beach head, Tarakan, Borneo.ART22476
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Electrical section
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
Disused floodlights at No. 1 Airfield Construction Squadron, Electrical Section. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the RAAF Histor...ART26783
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"ERK"
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
Depicts a portrait of an unidentified airman of No. 1 Airfield Construction Squadron seated. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the...ART26782
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Incident on Sykes, Tarakan 1
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Depicting an incident during the attack on Sykes Feature, Tarakan, by 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion.ART26030
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Infantry resting on tank knoll
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts men of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion among ruins of oil tanks on a hill just inland from their landing point on Red beach.ART22477
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Javanese lady (Soekira)
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Depicts a portrait of a Javanese women, Soekira, wife of Amat, one of the Javanese in Kampong 1, Tarakan.ART25997
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Liberator Bomber attacks on Balikpapan
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Maker: Jones, Vernon
Liberator Bomber attacks on Balikpapan. On 1 May, 1945 began the invasion by Australian forces of the oil-rich territory of Borneo, which had been in Japanese hands since 1942. The series of operation...ART27578
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Lieutenant Colonel George Warfe
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Portrait depicting VX186 Lieutenant Colonel George Radford Warfe, DSO, MC, served with the 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion in Libya and Greece in 1941 and in 1942 became commander of the 2/3rd Ind...ART27517
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Little Javanese boy (Soetrisno)
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Taken from Java by the Japanese during their occupation of the Island for work elsewhere and recovered by the Australians when they occupied Tarakan.ART25447
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Little Javanese Girl (Soepinah)
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Depicts a portrait of Soepinah, a Javanese girl taken from Java by the Japanese to Tarakan. Sketched in Kampong Satoe (Compound One) at Tarakan.ART25446
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Not titled [Surgical ward 28 Medical Clearing Station]
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Maker: Gibson, Reuben
Surgical ward 28 Medical Clearing Station, Tarakan, 1945.ART90444
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Not titled [78 Wing Headquarters, from 28 Medical Clearing Station]
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Maker: Gibson, Reuben
78 Wing Headquarters, from 28 Medical Clearing Station, Tarakan, 1945.ART90443
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Not titled [78 Wing Headquarters, Tarakan]
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Maker: Gibson, Reuben
78 Wing Headquarters, Tarakan, 1945.ART90442
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Occupation of Tank Knoll, Tarakan
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
The first troops on the summit are shown here. They are members of 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion who occupied the hill after landing at Green Beach, Tarakan, Borneo, 1945.ART26032
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Smashed Native Huts & Ships, Tarakan
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Remains of part of a native village, smashed and deserted, built over the mud between nipa swamps and the north pier. The beached ships are either Borneo "kapals" or Chinese junks.ART25412