TALAUD ISLANDS, DUTCH EAST INDIES, 1945-10-13. TALAUD FORCE WAS RAISED TO TAKE PROCLAMATIONS OF ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Talaud Islands
Accession Number 119779
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

TALAUD ISLANDS, DUTCH EAST INDIES, 1945-10-13. TALAUD FORCE WAS RAISED TO TAKE PROCLAMATIONS OF FREEDOM TO NATIVE PEOPLES, SUPERVISE THE ROUNDING UP OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS AND INVESTIGATE GENERAL CONDITIONS AFTER JAPANESE SURRENDER. HMAS BOWEN ACCOMPANIED THE FORCE. COLONEL SHIGE KODA, COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE TALAUD GARRISON, APPROACHES HMAS BOWEN IN A NATIVE BOAT. (PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT P. A. DIMOND)