An amusing incident

Place Asia: Borneo, North Borneo
Accession Number ART26023
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 34.2 x 41.8 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description watercolour on paper
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

Troops of the 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion sheltering in sheds from shrapnel, get a hail of stones on the roofs from their mates in the rear for good measure at each burst. Note shrapnel bursting above trees, Brunei, North Borneo, 1945.

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