BAKONG AREA, BORNEO, 18 JULY 1945. AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF THE MARUDI AREA BY MEMBERS OF D ...

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Accession Number 112156
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BAKONG AREA, BORNEO, 18 JULY 1945. AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF THE MARUDI AREA BY MEMBERS OF D COMPANY, 2/17 INFANTRY BATTALION, TROOPS OF 17 PLATOON, WENT BY LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED, ESCORTED BY A FLAK BOAT, UP THE BEKONG RIVER BEYOND BAKONG TO SET UP AN AMBUSH FOR A PARTY OF JAPANESE REPORTED TO BE COMING DOWN A SMALL STREAM. THIS AMBUSH FAILED AS THE JAPANESE DID NOT APPEAR. HOWEVER ANOTHER JAPANESE POSITION IN THE JUNGLE WAS SIGHTED WHEN THEY FIRED ON THE FLAK BOAT. SHOWN, MEMBERS OF NO 4 SECTION, MORTAR PLATOON, HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, FIRING THEIR MORTARS ON THE JAPANESE POSITION.