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 119790
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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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 TALAUD JAPANESE GARRISON. POINTS OUT THE DISPOSITION OF JAPANESE TROOPS IN THE TALAUD ISLANDS TO NX51115 MAJOR R. C. GARNSEY, COMMANDER OF THE TALAUD FORCE. (PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT P. A. DIMOND)