LABUAN ISLAND. 23 JUNE 1945. MAJOR GENERAL G F WOOTTEN, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 9 DIVISION, ...

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Accession Number 109920
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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LABUAN ISLAND. 23 JUNE 1945. MAJOR GENERAL G F WOOTTEN, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 9 DIVISION, CHATTING WITH CORPORAL NARAN JAN SINGH DURING HIS INSPECTION OF MEMBERS OF 17 FIELD COMPANY, INDIAN ARMY, WHO HAVE BEEN PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE SINCE THE FALL OF SINGAPORE. THEY WERE LIBERATED BY MEMBERS OF 2/13 INFANTRY BATTALION AT LUTONG, BORNEO.