MACASSAR, CELEBES ISLANDS 1945-09-25. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. WHEN THE ...

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Accession Number 119479
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MACASSAR, CELEBES ISLANDS 1945-09-25. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. WHEN THE CITY WAS OCCUPIED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, MANY ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AND CIVILIAN INTERNEES WERE FREED. MAJOR GENERAL E. J. MILFORD CBE, DSO, COMMANDING 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND BRIGADIER IVAN DOUGHERTY CONVERSING WITH TWO DUTCH OFFICERS. (PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT F BUTT)