Occupation of Tank Knoll, Tarakan

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Accession Number ART26032
Collection type Art
Measurement Framed: 89.3 cm x 114.3 cm; Unframed: 66.4 cm x 91.7 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas on hardboard
Maker Browning, George Julian
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1946
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

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.

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