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2/3 A.A. Regt Searchlight Bty site
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Maker: Friend, Donald
anti-aircraft; 2/3rd Australian Anti-Aircraft Regiment; campaign; anti-aircraft searchlightART23260
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Bombed building, Labuan
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Maker: Newton, Max
Depicts the wreckage of a bombed building in Victoria Town, Labuan. The wreckage partially reveals the interior of the buildling. A bulldozer works to gather the rubble and fallen masonry for airstrip...ART26809
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Brown Beach landing, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicting troops disembarking from the landing ship into the surf. Sappers of the 2/7th Australian Field Company were in the first wave to clear the beach of mines. The assault battalions were the 2/4...ART23224
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Buoys on the beach
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Enormous buoys have washed up on a beach at Labuan. The buoys are almost twice the height of the soldier who walkd amongst them.ART23300
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Buoys, Victoria Town, Labuan
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a pile of mooring buoys resting on the edge of a lake, beside an old building in Labuan, Borneo during the Second World War.ART93836
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Captain James Mellor
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting Captain James Corry Mellor, SX13831, Camp Commandant, Headquarters, 9th Australian Division, formerly Royal Australian Artillery, 2/7th Australian Field Regiment, 7th Australian Div...ART22438
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Captain John Searle
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting Captain John Edward Searle, NX21876, DCM, Liaison, 9th Australian Division Headquarters, formerly 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion.ART22440
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Captured Japanese H.Q. Don Company, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
This local house was previously used as Japanese commander's headquarters, but had since been claimed for use by the Australians.ART23246
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Chinese Temple
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Chinese temple used as billets for Australian soldiers, 4th Australian Bulk Petrol Company, but shared by an aged Chinese priest called 'Wong', who vigorously repelled all attempts to move him to othe...ART23233
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Clock tower at Victoria Town, Labuan
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Drawing of the clock tower at Victoria Town, Labuan, which was one of the three surviving structures after the Japanese evacuated the town in 1945. Writing for the Australian Women's Weekly of his tra...ART29342
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Dinah - wrecked Japanese bomber
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a wrecked Japanese bomber on the air strip at Labuan, Borneo. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, Friend was sele...ART22177
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Gwen Illidge, Labuan
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Maker: Meier, Joyce
Modeled on the British system of Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), Australia's VAD was established as an auxiliary service to supplement the war effort during the First World War by members of the Austr...ART96221
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Hospital site, Labuan
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Maker: Newton, Max
This work depicts the site of a hospital that was located on the edge of high cliffs at Labuan. Max (Thomas Maxwell) Newton enlisted with the AIF. He was seconded to the RAAF War History Section as an...ART26806
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Japanese Corpse
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a corpse of unidentified Japanese soldier in Cantonment Road, Labuan, North Borneo.ART23225
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Japanese corpses
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Maker: Friend, Donald
The bodies of two Japanese who were of a party who, after eluding capture for ten days after the landing on Labuan, formed up under a Japanese Colonel and made a desperate march into the town with the...ART23272
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Japanese dead from suicide raid
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Donald Friend accompanied the Australian forces which landed on the island of Labuan, off the coast of Borneo, in June 1945. The first drawings Friend produced on Labuan depicted the devastated lands...ART22857
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Japanese dead, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Unidentified Japanese corpses, Borneo campaign.ART22914
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Japanese Prisoners
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts three unidentified Japanese prisoners. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, Friend was selected for appointment as ...ART23251
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Javanese [labourers] at work on the strip, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Javanese labourers working on airfield, supervised by unidentified Australians; campaignART23262
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Javanese slaves in native compound sick ward
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts the emaciated natives of Java, shipped by the Japanese from that island during their occupation of Java, to Borneo. They were a tragic and pitiful spectacle when the Australian troops landed a...ART23229
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Javanese slaves in the native compound, sick ward, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified Javanese labourers in the Native Compound Sick Ward, Labuan.ART22920
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John Timbang, rouseabout at the searchlights battery, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
2/3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment; John Timbang, Malay rouseabout with 2/3 AA Bty, formerly forced labourer for JapaneseART23259
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LAC 'Curly' Bentley
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Maker: Friend, Donald
A seated portrait of Leading Aircraftsman 'Curly' Bentley of the Royal Australian Air Force, possibly from the No 62 Works Supply Unit.ART23303
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Lance Corporal C. Sherer
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait of Lance Corporal Charlie Sherer (NX67748; N74536), 2/10 Australian General Hospital, an ex-prisoner of the Japanese at Changi and Kranji camps, Singapore.ART29814
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LCM at Labuan
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Maker: Newton, Max
The work depicts an LCM boat carrying a GMC (General Motors Corporation) CCKW U.S. Army cargo truck. LCM is an abbreviation for Landing Craft, Mechanised. This design of boat was used extensively in t...ART26964
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Liberator Bomber attacks on Balikpapan
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Maker: Jones, Vernon
Liberator Bomber attacks on Balikpapan. On 1 May, 1945 began the invasion by Australian forces of the oil-rich territory of Borneo, which had been in Japanese hands since 1942. The series of operation...ART27578
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Lieutenant Ann Grant, physiotherapist AAMC
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Maker: Grant, Gwendolyn
Portrait of Lieutenant Ann Grant who was a physiotherapist during the Second World War attached to 106 Australian General Hospital with the 9th Division. This portrait was painted by her mother Gwend...ART29749
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Lieutenant Donald Friend
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Donald Friend, official war artist, seated and writing up his diary, during the Second World War.ART93863
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Lieutenant General Baba Masao
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Lieutenant General Baba Masao (Baba is his surname), General Commanding 37th Japanese Army, surrendered his sword to Major General G F Wooten CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire), DSO, a...ART22984
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Major-General Wootten's quarters
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Maker: Friend, Donald
9th Australian Infantry Division; campaign; house used as headquarters by Major- General G F Wootton, CBE, DSO, General Commanding 9th Australian DivisionART23252
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Making camp, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified soldiers unloading trucks to establish camp.ART23226
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Making the Strip
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Unidentified personnel from the No 62 Works Supply Unit of the Royal Australian Air force are using earthmoving equipment, such as tractors, to build an airfield.ART23302
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Malay boy in the native compound
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a portrait of unidentified Malay refugee, used as slaves, Labuan, North Borneo.ART23307
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Malay child
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a young Malay child observed at Labuan in Borneo in a crouched pose. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, and was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, Frie...ART23304
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Malays in native compound
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Maker: Friend, Donald
These Malays were amongst those shipped to Borneo from Java by the Japanese as slaves. They were shown in a compound in which they were congregated after deliverance from the Japanese.ART23249
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Malay type : John Timbang
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Maker: Friend, Donald
2/3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment; John Timbang, Malay rouseabout with 2/3 AA Bty, formerly forced labourer for JapaneseART23316
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Man in cape
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
Depicts a soldier standing wearing a cape. 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...ART26785
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Nature Morte
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Maker: Friend, Donald
This work depicts the remains of a party of Japanese who crossed in canoes from the mainland of Borneo to the island of Labuan and hid in the swamps of Garankak. After carrying on commando tactics for...ART22182
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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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Night maintenance
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
Royal Australian Air Force, No 37 Squadron; unidentified ground crew repairing damage to Douglas transport aircraft caused during supply dropping to prisoners of war in. During the Second World War Fr...ART26784
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Pioneer patrol passing through a native village at Tanjongg, Rancharancha, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depict a group of unidentified Australian Pioneer Unit on patrol in native village, Labuan. The Australian Pioneer Unit was part of the 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion. In 1942, Donald Friend enli...ART23237
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Private Ray Jones
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Portrait depicting Private Ray Cyril Jones, SX5842, of the 2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion.ART22439
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Pumping out bomb crater
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Pumping out a bomb crater. In the early days of the job, when water was a rarity and there was none to spare, the deep green pools in the craters were used as laundries and swimming baths, so that eve...ART22896
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Pumping out bomb crater, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Pumping out a bomb crater. In the early days of the job, when water was a rarity and there was none to spare, the deep green pools in the craters were used as laundries and swimming baths, so that eve...ART22897
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Radar ops
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
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 art...ART26779
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Radar tower, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Royal Australian Air Force, No 4 Works Supply Wing; campaign; Radar towerART23255
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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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