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  1. Morotai Island

    Island

    Morotai was an island in the Halmahera group of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) that was a key staging point and airbase for American operations in the Phillipines and Australian operati...

    PL1988

  2. Richmond

    Suburb

    Richmond, approximately 30 kilometres north-west of Sydney, was the second permanent base established for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and today is its largest. Land in the Richmond area know...

    PL1052

  3. Balikpapan

    Town

    A port in on the southern coast of Dutch Borneo, Balikpapan was the site of the last major Australian ground operation of the Second World War. The landing at Balikpapan was codenamed Oboe Two, and wa...

    PL1913

  4. Tarakan

    Island

    Tarakan is a small island off the north-eastern coast of Borneo. Prior to the Second World War it was part of the Dutch East Indies and an important oil-producing centre. In early 1942 it was occupied...

    PL1939