The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Melbourne, Vic. c. 1946-04. Preliminary assembly of a diorama depicting the Australian landing at Tarakan, Borneo, in 1945. This diorama, by the artists Vernon Jones and Ray Ewers, was commissioned by the Military History Section and is now in the collection of the Australian War Memorial. Note the model landing craft (right) and bombed out oil tank (left rear). (Donor: K. Davis)
Melbourne, Vic. c. 1946-04. Preliminary assembly of a diorama depicting Australian troops recovering wounded in New Guinea c. 1943. This diorama, by the artist Ray Ewers, was commissioned by the Milit
Tarakan, Borneo. 1945-05. Landing Ship, Tanks which landed troops of the 9th Division AIF and units of the RAAF at Tarakan. Destroyed oil tanks, bombed and bombarded, are in the foreground.
SX21823 Private Ray George Roenfeldt, 1 Air Maintenance Company, Australian Army Service Corps, poses in front of a soft top 6 x 6 GS (USA) truck, model GMC CCKW353, with a timber body, on the oil fie
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-01. AN OIL TANK BLAZES IN THE BACKGROUND AS AN LST (LANDING SHIP, TANK) CARRYING PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT OF UNITS OF NO. 61 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION WING RAAF HEADS FOR TH
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-01. SMOKE POURING FROM BURNING OIL WELLS WHICH WERE SET ON FIRE IN THE PRELIMINARY NAVAL BOMBARDMENT. THE LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) UNITED STATES NAVY STOOD OUT FROM THE SHO
TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-05-01. HQ 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE TROOPS GOING ASHORE IN LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE-PERSONNEL DURING THE LANDING. BURNING AND WRECKED OIL TANKS ARE IN THE BACKGROUND.
