BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 3 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/4 FIELD COMPANY SHELTERING BEHIND A MATILDA TANK OF ...

Place Asia: Borneo, Balikpapan
Accession Number 110922
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 3 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF 2/4 FIELD COMPANY SHELTERING BEHIND A MATILDA TANK OF B SQUADRON, 1 ARMOURED REGIMENT, AS ONE OF THEIR EXPLOSIVES CHARGES GOES OFF. THEY ARE TO CLEAR THE OIL REFINERY AREA SO THAT TANKS TAKING PART IN THE OBOE 2 OPERATION CAN PROCEED.