TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-27. ONE OF TWO 7.5CM KRUPP ESSEN DUTCH COASTAL DEFENCE GUNS (MADE 1913) ...

Place Asia: Borneo, Tarakan
Accession Number 108379
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-27. ONE OF TWO 7.5CM KRUPP ESSEN DUTCH COASTAL DEFENCE GUNS (MADE 1913) TAKEN BY A PATROL COMPRISING MEMBERS OF 8TH SECTION AND C TROOP HQ, 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON, WHICH PENETRATED TO THE CAPE DJOEATA AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: TROOPER G. A. MCGOWAN (1); CAPTAIN N. T. NICOLAY (2).