Road at Hatu-Udo Accession Number: ART26311

Description

A village in Portuguese Timor which figured prominently in the operations of 2/2nd Australian Independent Company in their guerilla tactics against the Japanese. It was frequently strafed by Japanese Zero aircraft when the place was occupied by the Australians and bombed by Hudson bombers based on Darwin when the Japanese were in possession.

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Accession Number
ART26311
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pen and watercolour on paper
Measurement
Overall: 21.6 cm x 27.9 cm
Medium
pen and watercolour on paper
Date Made
1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1943-46
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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