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Bombed oil tanks
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The effects of bombardment prior to the landing of the 7th Australian Division in Balikpapan, Borneo, 1945.ART22909
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Burnt out oil tanks, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The pre-landing bombardment and strafing of the 7th Australian Division wrought such damage that for some distance there could be seen nothing but ruined buildings, blackened coconut plantations and c...ART23270
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Debris, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Showing the results of bombardment and strafing of a town prior to the landing of 7th Australian Division.ART23243
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Demolitions, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Personnel from an unidentified Engineers unit are demolishing unsafe structures resulting from a bombardment prior to the landing of Australian forces in Borneo during the Second World War.ART23347
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Desolate plantations, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Appointed an official war artist in 1945, Friend served in Labuan, Morotai and Balikpapan in Borneo between 23 May and 10 September. The work depicts a war-ravaged landscape at Balikpapan.ART22894
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Nature Morte
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Sketch of unidentified Japanese killed by AIF patrol during the Second World War. This is a preparatory sketch for the final painting, 'Japanese dead from suicide raid, Labuan' [ART22857].ART22183
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Ruins
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts some of the devastation wrought in Labuan during the Borneo campaign.ART22919
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Showers in a ruin
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Maker: Friend, Donald
In 1942 Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, he was selected for appointment as official war artist. He travelled to Morotai, Labuan...ART22907
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Souvenir hunters in the ruined mosque, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts unidentified soldiers collecting souvenirs in a destroyed mosque in Labuan, Borneo during the Second World War.ART22176
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Tank Road, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The artists has endeavoured to protray the destruction and desolation caused by the bombardment by our naval forces prior to the landing of troops, 7th Australian Division.ART23206
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Tank Road, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Twisted and burned oil reservoirs, whose metal had been warped into fantastic shapes and burned to strange colours by the heat, Balikpapan.ART22917
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The street, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
A street scene in Labuan during the Borneo campaign. A lone soldier stands in the street, with more figures and an army vehicle in the background. The sky is an ominous, dark shade.ART22855
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The town after the bombardment
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Portion of Labuan after the bombardment preceeding the landing on Labuan.ART23295
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Town, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts the town of Victoria on Labuan, Borneo, the day after the landing by troops of the 24th Australian Infantry Brigade were entrusted with the task of re-occupying the island as part of the Borne...ART22175
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Wrecked Japanese staff car, Balikpapan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Wrecked Japanese staff car, Borneo campaign.ART22853