KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-25. KUCHING FORCE. COLONEL TAKAYAMA, A JAPANESE STAFF OFFICER, ...

KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-25. KUCHING FORCE. COLONEL TAKAYAMA, A JAPANESE STAFF OFFICER, LEFT BATAVIA IN A TYPE KI-54 AEROPLANE. THE PLANE LANDED AT KUCHING AIRSTRIP, UNAWARE OF THE AUSTRALIAN OCCUPATION ON 1945-09-24. THE NEXT DAY THE PLANE (PAINTED IN AGREED SURRENDER COLOURS OF A GREEN CROSS ON WHITE BACKGROUND) WAS REFUELLED AND THE CREW OF FOUR LEFT FOR BATAVIA. LIEUTENANT WAUGH, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SERVICE GIVES INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JAPANESE CREW PRIOR TO THE RESUMPTION OF THEIR JOURNEY. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT F. A. C. BURKE)