KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-19. KUCHING FORCE. HMAS TIGERSNAKE, PROCEEDING TO LABUAN DOWN ...

KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-19. KUCHING FORCE. HMAS TIGERSNAKE, PROCEEDING TO LABUAN DOWN THE SARAWAK RIVER ON 1945-09-18, MET TWO JAPANESE BARGES ON THEIR WAY FROM SIBU TO KUCHING TO SURRENDER. THE BARGES CONTAINED 127 MEN INCLUDING 66 OFFICERS AND 6 MALAYS. THEY WERE DISARMED AND ESCORTED TO KUCHING BY THE TIGERSNAKE AND NEXT DAY WERE SENT UPRIVER TO BATU KAWA. THERE THEY WERE UNLOADED TO MAKE THEIR OWN WAY OVERLAND TO BAU, THE JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR CONCENTRATION AREA. THE JAPANESE BROUGHT SIX OUTBOARD MOTORS WITH THEM AND ARE SHOWN UNLOADING THEM ONTO THE LANDING STAGE. (PHOTOGRAPH BY SERGEANT F. A. C. BURKE)