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Photograph 014123 Second World War, 1939-1945MOVING ON. INFANTRY PREPARING TO LEAVE FRONT LINE POSITIONS AT DAY-BREAK DURING THE EIGHTH ARMY'S VICTORIOUS DRIVE. THE ENEMY HAS VACATED HIS LINES IN THE NIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
Wounded Japanese Accession Number: ART25875
Description
Casualties from the drive to Brunei by 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalions. Nearest Japanese was the only survivor of a truck load of enemy who tried to break the Australian lines with lights on, on the night of the landing, 10th June 1945.
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Accession Number
ART25875
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Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: watercolour on paper
Measurement
Framed: 38.4 x 48.4 cm
Unframed: 33 x 43.1 cm
Unframed: 33 x 43.1 cm
Medium
watercolour over pencil on paper adhered to hardboard
Date Made
1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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