Blown-up bridge, Jesselton Railway, Borneo

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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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.