BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 6 JULY 1945. A MATILDA TANK OF B SQUADRON, 1 ARMOURED REGIMENT UNDER THE ...

Place Asia: Borneo, Balikpapan
Accession Number 110914
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 6 JULY 1945. A MATILDA TANK OF B SQUADRON, 1 ARMOURED REGIMENT UNDER THE COMMAND OF TROOPER H N PERKINS AND DRIVEN BY TPR W R RICHARDSON, FOLLOWED BY MEMBERS OF A COMPANY, 2/10 INFANTRY BATTALION. THEY ARE MOVING THROUGH THE OIL REFINERY CLEARING JAPANESE TROOPS FROM THE AREA DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.