BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 1945-08-08. A CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL, ORGANISED BY MEMBERS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY ...

Place Asia: Borneo, Brunei Bay Area, Beaufort (Borneo)
Accession Number 114430
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 1945-08-08. A CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL, ORGANISED BY MEMBERS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION, WAS HELD ON AUSTER AIRSTRIP. THE LOCAL ADULT COMMUNITIES, CHINESE, MALAY, INDIAN, FILIPINO AND OTHERS, TOOK THE CARNIVAL AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THEIR LIBERATION AND SHOW THEIR GRATITUDE TO THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS. SHOWN, SMALL GIRLS OF VARIOUS NATIONALITIES LINED UP FOR THE MISS BEAUFORT BEAUTY COMPETITION. WINNERS WERE CHOSEN BY BRIGADIER S. H. W. C. PORTER, COMMANDING 24TH INFANTRY BRIGADE AND SX9364 LIEUTENANT COLONEL MERVYN RODERICK JEANES, COMMANDING OFFICER 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION.