Place | Asia: Malaysia, Labuan |
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Accession Number | ART26779 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Framed: 46.3 cm x 58.7 cm x 6 cm; Unframed: 30.5 cm x 43.2 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on hardboard |
Maker |
Freedman, Harold |
Place made | Malaysia: Labuan |
Date made | 1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
Radar ops
Description
Depicts two unidentified radar operators, Fighter Control Unit, using a Light Weight Air Warning (LW/AW) radar. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the RAAF Historical War Records Section and he worked here from 1944 to 1945, in Borneo, Noemfoor and around Australia.