KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-24. KUCHING FORCE. A PARTY OF JAPANESE ARRIVED BY BARGE AT ...

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Accession Number 118577
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO. 1945-09-24. KUCHING FORCE. A PARTY OF JAPANESE ARRIVED BY BARGE AT KUCHING FROM NATOENA ISLANDS TO SURRENDER. THEY WERE DISARMED AND SEARCHED ON THE BORNEO WHARF AND LATER ALLOWED TO PROCEED UPRIVER TO BAU, THE CONCENTRATION AREA FOR ALL JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR. JAPANESE SOLDIERS OPENING PACKS FOR INSPECTION. (PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT F. A. C. BURKE)