KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-26. KUCHING FORCE. CELEBRATIONS WERE HELD ON THE 71ST BIRTHDAY ...

Place Asia: Borneo, Sarawak, Kuching
Accession Number 120720
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-26. KUCHING FORCE. CELEBRATIONS WERE HELD ON THE 71ST BIRTHDAY OF HIS HIGHNESS, THE RAJAH OF SARAWAK, SIR CHARLES VYNER BROOKE. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AND NATIVES LOOK ON AS CHINESE MUSICIANS PLAY TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS OUTSIDE THE CHINESE TEMPLE OF SIN WONG KONG. (SGT F. A. C. BURKE)