Place | Asia: Borneo, Balikpapan |
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Accession Number | 118680 |
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 |
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-11. THE FIRST BATCH OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO ARRIVE AT BALIKPAPAN. ...
Description
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-11. THE FIRST BATCH OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO ARRIVE AT BALIKPAPAN. NUMBERING ABOUT 400 THEY WERE BROUGHT TO BROWN BEACH BY LCM'S (LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED) FROM THE HEADWATERS OF THE SEMOI RIVER. JAPANESE PRISONERS DISEMBARKING FROM TRUCKS OUTSIDE THE COMPOUND. THIS COMPOUND IS SITUATED ON PARRAMATTA RIDGE, WHERE STIFF FIGHTING TOOK PLACE ON THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE LANDING. (PHOTOGRAPHER CORPORAL R. DONALDSON).