Place | Asia: Borneo, North Borneo, Tawau |
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Accession Number | 121685 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
TAWAO, NORTH EAST BORNEO 1945-10-20. A SMALL PARTY, INCLUDING A CORPORAL FROM 23 AUSTRALIAN WAR ...
Description
TAWAO, NORTH EAST BORNEO 1945-10-20. A SMALL PARTY, INCLUDING A CORPORAL FROM 23 AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES SERVICE UNIT, AND A SERGEANT FROM AN RAAF BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT, WENT OUT TO AN AREA WHERE AN RAAF PILOT CRASHED HIS SPITFIRE APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES FROM TAWAO. THE PLANE WAS FOUND AND THE PILOT'S BODY WAS ABOUT 10 YARDS AWAY. APPARENTLY NO ATTEMPT HAD BEEN MADE BY THE JAPANESE TO BURY HIM. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT F. A. C. BURKE)