LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-29. 1800 INDIAN TROOPS COMPRISING GURKHA, MADRASI AND ...

Places
Accession Number 123622
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

LABUAN ISLAND, NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-12-29. 1800 INDIAN TROOPS COMPRISING GURKHA, MADRASI AND PUNJABI UNITS ARRIVED AT CHICK PONTOON, VICTORIA HARBOUR, ON HMT HIGHLAND BRIGADE. LIEUTENANT COLONEL W. LEMPRIERE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THE 9TH DIVISION (RIGHT), SPEAKING WITH AN ENGLISH LIEUTENANT COLONEL (CENTRE) AND AN INDIAN MAJOR (LEFT). (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT F. A. C. BURKE)