BEAUFORT, BRITISH NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-18. A STEAM TRAIN LEAVING BEAUFORT RAILWAY STATION ...

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Accession Number 124964
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BEAUFORT, BRITISH NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-18. A STEAM TRAIN LEAVING BEAUFORT RAILWAY STATION WITH 100 JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR (POW) BOUND FOR THE POW COMPOUND AT PAPAR. THEY WERE GUARDED BY MEN OF 7 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 2/43RD BATTALION. (PHOTOGRAPHER LT A. W. HORNER)