Captured vehicles and tank used by the Japanese in patrolling the city of during the early stages ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Java, Batavia
Accession Number 157222
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Buchanan, Robert John
Place made Netherlands East Indies: Java, Batavia
Date made c 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Captured vehicles and tank used by the Japanese in patrolling the city of during the early stages of the declaration of an Indonesian Republic under the Soekarno (Sukarno) Government. From left to right are a Vickers Light Tank MK VI B (previously of B Squadron of the 3rd King's Own Hussars and left in Tandjong Priok 20.02.42), 2 x Marmon Herrington MK III armoured cars, ex-KNIL White M3A1 Scout car and a Japanese Type 97 Te-ke Tankette.