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Accession Number | ART23356 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 60.9 x 78.7 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on canvas |
Maker |
Flett, James |
Place made | Borneo |
Date made | 1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Blown-up bridge, Jesselton Railway, Borneo
Description
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 Papar, North West Borneo, 1945.