Japanese mines dug from Brooketon - Brunei road

Place Asia: Borneo, Brunei Bay Area, Brooketon
Accession Number ART26038
Collection type Art
Measurement Mount: 40 x 52.1 cm; Sight: 35 x 47.1 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and watercolour on paper adhered to board
Maker Flett, James
Place made Borneo: North 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

Three land mines just excavated from the roadway may be seen to the right of the picture. Troops of the 20th Australian Infantry Brigade are moving along the road, preceded by engineers with mine-detectors, seen just ahead of jeep, North Borneo, 1945.