KUCHING, SARAWAK 1945-11-11. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER PHOTOGRAPHS A GROUP OF MALAY WOMEN WHO ...

Place Asia: Borneo, Sarawak, Kuching
Accession Number 123498
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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KUCHING, SARAWAK 1945-11-11. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER PHOTOGRAPHS A GROUP OF MALAY WOMEN WHO RETREATED TO THE SHADE OF THE ASTANA PIAZZA DURING THE GAMES AND TRADITIONAL DANCES PERFORMED IN THE GROUNDS OF "ASTANA". THE GAMES AND A ROWING REGATTA HAD BEEN HELD IN HONOUR OF SX3295 BRIGADIER T. C. EASTICK, COMMANDING OFFICER OF KUCHING FORCE. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT F. A. C. BURKE)