TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-06-29. ALL PEOPLE UNDER THE CONTROL OF NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ...

Place Asia: Borneo, Tarakan
Accession Number 110360
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-06-29. ALL PEOPLE UNDER THE CONTROL OF NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION WERE GRANTED A HOLIDAY, THEIR FIRST SINCE D DAY, TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF PRINCE BERNHARD OF HOLLAND. THE DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES CELEBRATED IN THEIR OWN WAY. BRIGADIER D A WHITEHEAD, COMMANDER 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, REPRESENTING AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ON TARAKAN, INSPECTING A PARADE OF NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES TROOPS. SHOWN, VIEW OF THE COMPANY AFTER THE INSPECTION.