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AT SEA, MOROTAI - TARAKAN. 1945-04-29. CORPORAL F.J. PAPWORTH (7), WITH GLASSES, BY A 20 ...
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AT SEA, MOROTAI - TARAKAN. 1945-04-29. CORPORAL F.J. PAPWORTH (7), WITH GLASSES, BY A 20 MILLIMETRE OERLIKON ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN ON THE WATCH FOR ENEMY AIRCRAFT. THE MEN FROM 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, PREP...090870
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AT SEA, MOROTAI - TARAKAN. 1945-04-29. MEMBERS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON PRIMING GRENADES DURING ...
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AT SEA, MOROTAI - TARAKAN. 1945-04-29. MEMBERS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON PRIMING GRENADES DURING PREPARATION FOR THEIR LANDING ON SADAU ISLAND THE NEXT DAY. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- LANCE-CORPORAL K....090874
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AT SEA, MOROTAI - TARAKAN. 1945-04-29. TROOPER L.T. WRIGHT, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, CLEANS THE ...
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AT SEA, MOROTAI - TARAKAN. 1945-04-29. TROOPER L.T. WRIGHT, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, CLEANS THE TELESCOPIC SIGHT OF HIS SNIPER'S RIFLE IN PREPARATION FOR THE LANDING ON SADAU ISLAND.090872
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(Department of Information offical caption) TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. CORPORAL C.C. DONNELLEY, ...
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(Department of Information offical caption) TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. CORPORAL C.C. DONNELLEY, (1), AND SERGEANT G.W. BURLEY, (2), MEMBERS OF 2/4 COMMANDO REGIMENT, SIGHTING A SNIPER TIED TO A TREE...089447
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FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. TWO OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THESE ...
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FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. TWO OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THESE SIGNS RECORD ACTIVITIES OF THE 2/23RD INFANTRY BATTALION ASSISTED BY THE 2/4TH CAVALRY (COMMANDO) SQUA...071215
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Group portrait of members of 2/4 Commando Squadron displaying the souvenirs which they have ...
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Maker: Rainsford, Ross John
Group portrait of members of 2/4 Commando Squadron displaying the souvenirs which they have acquired during the fighting for Tarakan Hill, Agnes Feature, Susie Feature, Freda Feature, Hill 76, Hill 90...110637
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Group portrait of members of C Troop, 2/4 Commando Squadron grouped among the oilfield ...
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Maker: Rainsford, Ross John
Group portrait of members of C Troop, 2/4 Commando Squadron grouped among the oilfield installations in their unit area. Identified, front row, left to right: NX117695 Trooper (Tpr) K H Murphy (1); NX...110640
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Group portrait of members of Squadron Headquarters, 2/4 Commando Squadron, outside the unit ...
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Maker: Rainsford, Ross John
Group portrait of members of Squadron Headquarters, 2/4 Commando Squadron, outside the unit headquarters. Identified, front row, left to right: SX8341 Corporal (Cpl) G O Bray (1); QX11943 Sergeant F M...110641
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Group portrait of members of the Signals Group, 2/4 Commando Squadron, at the base of an oil ...
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Maker: Rainsford, Ross John
Group portrait of members of the Signals Group, 2/4 Commando Squadron, at the base of an oil derrick beside the unit headquarters on the road to Cape Djoeata. Identified from left to right, back row: ...110643
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Group portrait of officers of 2/4 Commando Squadron. Identified from left to right, back row: ...
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Maker: Rainsford, Ross John
Group portrait of officers of 2/4 Commando Squadron. Identified from left to right, back row: NX140839 Lieutenant (Lt) Robert James Stone from Lawson, NSW (10); and VX56267 Lt Hill Kentley Wightman fr...110642
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Members of 2/4 Commando Squadron hoisting the Australian flag shortly after landing on Sadau ...
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Maker: Stuckey, W B
Members of 2/4 Commando Squadron hoisting the Australian flag shortly after landing on Sadau Island, off Borneo. A Japanese pole and pulley were used.090924
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MOROTAI ISLAND. 1945-05-17. LIEUTENANT F.W. MCKITTRICK, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON (2), IN WARD 10, ...
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MOROTAI ISLAND. 1945-05-17. LIEUTENANT F.W. MCKITTRICK, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON (2), IN WARD 10, 2/5 GENERAL HOSPITAL, HAS HIS PILLOWS CHANGED BY LIEUTENANT P.I. FUREY, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (...092242
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NX80699 Lieutenant Frederick William McKittrick (1), watched by men of the 2/4 Commando Squadron, ...
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Maker: Stuckey, W B
NX80699 Lieutenant Frederick William McKittrick (1), watched by men of the 2/4 Commando Squadron, hoists an Australian flag at Sadau Island.090925
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Photographs relating to the service of NX137477 Lance Corporal Henry 'Harry' Phillips
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4 photographs relating to the service of NX137477 Lance Corporal Henry ‘Harry’ Phillips, 2/4 Calvary Commando Squadron. Images include possibly a Vickers No.1 Mk III predictor, an anti-aircraft gun on...AWM2019.206.2
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. A 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON BEACH DRESSING STATION. NO JAPANESE ...
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Maker: Stuckey, W B
SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. A 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON BEACH DRESSING STATION. NO JAPANESE FORCES OR CASUALTIES WERE ENCOUNTERED. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- LIEUTENANT R.J. STONE (1); CAPTAIN D.L. ...090927
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. AN AUSTRALIAN OFFICER OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON SILHOUETTED ...
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. AN AUSTRALIAN OFFICER OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE MORNING SUN WATCHING THE NAVAL BOMBARDMENT OF THE ISLAND. LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE-PERSONNEL CARRY...090856
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. HEADQUARTERS B TROOP, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON.
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Maker: Stuckey, W B
SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. HEADQUARTERS B TROOP, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON.090926
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. MEMBERS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON AND 53 ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT ...
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Maker: Stuckey, W B
SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. MEMBERS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON AND 53 ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT CARRYING WATER ASHORE FROM A LANDING CRAFT MEDIUM.090921
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. MEMBERS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON UNLOADING AMMUNITION FROM ...
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. MEMBERS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON UNLOADING AMMUNITION FROM LANDING CRAFT TANK THE DAY BEFORE AN INFANTRY LANDING ON D- DAY.090832
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. TROOPER L.J. O'TOOLE, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON (1), GETTING ...
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. TROOPER L.J. O'TOOLE, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON (1), GETTING AQUAINTED WITH A PET MONKEY HELD BY ENSIGN M. GARZONI, SKIPPER OF LANDING CRAFT TANK. THEY ARE ABOARD THE LAN...090833
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. TROOPS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON LANDING FROM A LANDING CRAFT ...
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. TROOPS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON LANDING FROM A LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY UNOPPOSED. NO JAPANESE WERE FOUND ON THE ISLAND AND THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES.090860
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. TROOPS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON LANDING FROM A LANDING CRAFT ...
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. TROOPS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON LANDING FROM A LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY UNOPPOSED. NO JAPANESE WERE FOUND ON THE ISLAND AND THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES.090861
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. TROOPS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON LANDING FROM A LANDING CRAFT ...
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. TROOPS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON LANDING FROM A LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY UNOPPOSED. NO JAPANESE WERE FOUND ON THE ISLAND AND THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES.090858
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. TROOPS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON LANDING FROM A LANDING CRAFT ...
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SADAU ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. TROOPS OF 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON LANDING FROM A LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY UNOPPOSED. NO JAPANESE WERE FOUND ON THE ISLAND AND THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES.090859
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Studio portrait NX137477 Lance Corporal Henry 'Harry' Phillips
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Studio portrait of NX137477 Lance Corporal Henry ‘Harry’ Phillips, 2/4 Calvary Commando Squadron. A station hand prior to enlisting for the Second World War, he was killed in action in Borneo, 15 June...AWM2019.206.3
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Studio portrait of NX111795 Trooper (Tpr) George Crawford Merchant, 2/9 Cavalry Commando ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of NX111795 Trooper (Tpr) George Crawford Merchant, 2/9 Cavalry Commando Regiment, 2/4 Commando Squadron, of Marrickville, NSW. On 12 June 1945, Tpr Merchant was killed in action in Ta...P06478.001
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Studio portrait of SX13297 Lieutenant (Lt) Geoffrey Gordon Hoad, 2/4 Cavalry Commando Squadron, ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of SX13297 Lieutenant (Lt) Geoffrey Gordon Hoad, 2/4 Cavalry Commando Squadron, of Sanderston, SA. Prior to enlistment in June 1941, Lt Hoad was employed as a grazier. On 30 October ...P07199.001
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. CAPTAIN G.C. HART, OFFICER COMMANDING B TROOP, 2/4 COMMANDO ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. CAPTAIN G.C. HART, OFFICER COMMANDING B TROOP, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, EATING A MEAL ON TARAKAN HILL.089452
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. CAPTAIN N.T. NICOLAY, OFFICER COMMANDING C TROOP, 2/4 COMMANDO ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. CAPTAIN N.T. NICOLAY, OFFICER COMMANDING C TROOP, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, SPEAKING ON THE PHONE TO A TROOP ON THE RIGHT FLANK.089723
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON OFF DUTY TROOPS PLAYING BRIDGE 30 YARDS FROM ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON OFF DUTY TROOPS PLAYING BRIDGE 30 YARDS FROM THEIR PERIMETER. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- CORPORAL J.E. MADDOX, (1); TROOPER A. THOMAS, (2); TROOPER M...089727
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON TROOPS RESTING ALONGSIDE FOXHOLES ON THE ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON TROOPS RESTING ALONGSIDE FOXHOLES ON THE EASTERN END OF THE TARAKAN RIDGE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- LANCE-CORPORAL T. MILLEN, (1); LIEUTENANT-CORPO...089449
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. C TROOP, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, AT THE END OF SNAGS TRACK, WHICH WAS ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. C TROOP, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, AT THE END OF SNAGS TRACK, WHICH WAS TAKEN ON 8 MAY 1945.089721
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-08. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-08. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, (3), SPEAKS WITH TROOPER T.W. GORDON, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, (1), AT THE MAI...089790
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. LIEUTENANT F.A.M. GORMAN, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, 2/4 COMMANDO ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. LIEUTENANT F.A.M. GORMAN, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, ON THE PHONE AT TACTICAL HEADQUARTERS.089451
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. MEMBERS OF "A" TROOP, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, RESTING BY OIL DERRICKS ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. MEMBERS OF "A" TROOP, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, RESTING BY OIL DERRICKS ON THE TOP OF TARAKAN HILL. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- TROOPER F.R. PHILLIPS, (1); TROOPER I.W. ANDREW...089453
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. MEMBERS OF C TROOP HEADQUARTERS, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON WHO ARE OFF ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. MEMBERS OF C TROOP HEADQUARTERS, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON WHO ARE OFF DUTY, TAKING IT EASY. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- TROOPER K.F.J. BOWES, (1); TROOPER R.A. DENT, (2); CORP...089722
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TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-05-19. ONE OF THE WRECKED BUILDINGS OF TARAKAN OILFIELD, NOW OCCUPIED BY ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-05-19. ONE OF THE WRECKED BUILDINGS OF TARAKAN OILFIELD, NOW OCCUPIED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS. IT LIES AT THE FOOT OF TARAKAN HILL TAKEN AFTER STIFF FIGHTING BY 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRO...089955
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. SERGEANT A.S. HANSON, MORTAR SERGEANT ATTACHED TO C TROOP, 2/4 ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. SERGEANT A.S. HANSON, MORTAR SERGEANT ATTACHED TO C TROOP, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, (1), CONFERRING OVER A MAP WITH LIEUTENANT K.B. PAGE, SECOND COMMAND, C TROOP, 2/7 FIELD ...089728
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. TACTICAL HEADQUARTERS, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON ON OTWAY FEATURE. THE ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. TACTICAL HEADQUARTERS, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON ON OTWAY FEATURE. THE FEATURE WAS TAKEN BY 2/48 INFANTRY BATTALION ON 8 MAY 1945. LIEUTENANT R.J. STONE, (2), IS IN THE FOREGR...089720
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. THE SIGNAL SECTION, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, AT WORK IN THEIR REPAIR ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. THE SIGNAL SECTION, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, AT WORK IN THEIR REPAIR SHOP, SITUATED IN AN OLD JAPANESE BUILDING WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY USED AS A MOTOR REPAIR WORKSHOP. IDENTIF...089719
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. TROOPER G.A. MCGOWAN, (1), AND TROOPER A. THOMAS, (2), 2/4 COMMANDO ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-05. TROOPER G.A. MCGOWAN, (1), AND TROOPER A. THOMAS, (2), 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, CLEANING THEIR WEAPONS, ON TARAKAN RIDGE. THE TOWN AND BOMBED OILFIELDS ARE IN THE BACKGROUND...089450
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. TROOPER G.A. MCGOWAN, (1), WITH TROOPER P. SHERRING, (2); AND ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. TROOPER G.A. MCGOWAN, (1), WITH TROOPER P. SHERRING, (2); AND TROOPER MCDONALD, (3), IN A BREN GUN PIT ON THE FORWARD LINE OF C TROOP, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON COVERING SNAGS...089724
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. TROOPER J.D. GILL, (1), AND TROOPER A.L. ERWIN, )(2), MEMBERS OF C ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. TROOPER J.D. GILL, (1), AND TROOPER A.L. ERWIN, )(2), MEMBERS OF C TROOP, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, IN A BREN GUN PIT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF SNAGS TRACK.089725
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. TROOPER L.H. RUMBOLD, (1), AND CAPTAIN N.T. NICOLAY, C TROOP, 2/4 ...
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TARAKAN, BORNEO, 1945-05-13. TROOPER L.H. RUMBOLD, (1), AND CAPTAIN N.T. NICOLAY, C TROOP, 2/4 COMMANDO SQUADRON, (2), PASSING A BURNT OUT JAPANESE STAFF CAR ON THE WAY BACK DOWN SNAGS TRACK.089730
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TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-27. A CAMOUFLAGED AMMUNITION STOREHOUSE COVERED WITH EARTH AND VEGETATION ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-27. A CAMOUFLAGED AMMUNITION STOREHOUSE COVERED WITH EARTH AND VEGETATION AND INVISIBLE FROM THE SEA. THE SMALL AMMUNITION TRUCKS ARE IN FRONT OF A BUILDING USED BY JAPANESE TO...108387
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TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-08-05. A CHALLENGE ISSUED BY MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES NAVY PT BOATS WAS ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-08-05. A CHALLENGE ISSUED BY MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES NAVY PT BOATS WAS ACCEPTED BY MEN OF 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON, RESULTING IN A VERY EXCITING SWIMMING COMPETITION AT THE TARAKA...113416
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TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-08-05. A CHALLENGE ISSUED BY MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES NAVY PT BOATS WAS ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-08-05. A CHALLENGE ISSUED BY MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES NAVY PT BOATS WAS ACCEPTED BY MEN OF 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON, RESULTING IN A VERY EXCITING SWIMMING COMPETITION AT THE TARAKA...113412
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TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-28. A LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED BEING UNLOADED BY TROOPS OF 2/4TH COMMANDO ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-28. A LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED BEING UNLOADED BY TROOPS OF 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON DURING UNIT OPERATIONS OF CLEARING JAPANESE STRAGGLERS FROM THE AREA. A LANDING CRAFT MECHANI...108393
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TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-08-12. A PARADE WAS HELD FOR THE PRESENTATION BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-08-12. A PARADE WAS HELD FOR THE PRESENTATION BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) SIR LESLIE J. MORSHEAD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 1 CORPS, OF HONOURS AND AWARDS WON BY MEMBERS OF 26...113698
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TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-27. A PATROL FROM 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON FOUND TWO 7.5CM DUTCH COASTAL ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-27. A PATROL FROM 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON FOUND TWO 7.5CM DUTCH COASTAL DEFENCE GUNS (KRUPP ESSEN MADE 1913). SHOWN ONE OF THE TWO CONCRETE AMMUNITION LOCKERS BUILT INTO THE EM...108381