P00043.009 Accession Number: P00043.009

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Photograph 069469 Second World War, 1939-1945

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A JAPANESE 155MM COAST DEFENCE GUN IN A BUNKERED EMPLACEMENT ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE "ROTTNEST" FEATURE COVERING THE CHANNEL ENTRANCE TO THE EAST. THE EMPLACEMENT MEASUR

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Photograph 069468 Second World War, 1939-1945

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. AN UNOCCUPIED JAPANESE COAST DEFENCE GUN POSITION ON THE FORWARD SLOPES OF THE "ROTTNEST" FEATURE. THIS EMPLACEMENT WAS SIMILIAR IN CONSTRUCTION TO A POSITION HOUSING A 155MM

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Photograph 069478 Second World War, 1939-1945

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1946. A BADLY BOMB DAMAGED JAPANESE 120MM NAVAL TYPE, COAST DEFENCE GUN EMPLACEMENT. THIS TYPE OF EMPLACEMENT WAS BUILT OF HEAVY TIMBER, WITH A 12" TIMBER ROOF, COVERED WITH 3' OF

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Photograph 305107 Second World War, 1939-1945

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-01. FROM A GUN EMPLACEMENT ON A HILL OVERLOOKING THE RUINS OF THE FORMER DUTCH BARRACKS, AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER ARMED WITH AN OWEN SUB MACHINE WATCHES JAPANESE POSITIONS. IN

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Photograph 110909 Second World War, 1939-1945

Balikpapan, Borneo. 1945-07-06. Photograph taken from inside the rear of a Japanese Six Inch Naval Gun emplacement showing its coverage of the beach on which the 7 Australian Army Division Operation O

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Photograph 111010 Second World War, 1939-1945

BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO. 6 JULY 1945. EXTERIOR VIEW OF A 6 INCH JAPANESE NAVAL GUN POSITION ON PARRAMATTA RIDGE SHOWING WRECKAGE OF THE GUN EMPLACEMENT CAUSED BY ALLIED NAVAL FIRE AND AERIAL BOMBARDME