LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-08-27. AUSTRALIAN PARATROOPERS ARRIVED AT LABUAN AFTER A 4,500 MILE ...

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Accession Number OG3275
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-08-27. AUSTRALIAN PARATROOPERS ARRIVED AT LABUAN AFTER A 4,500 MILE JOURNEY FROM AUSTRALIA, AND WAIT TO GO INTO SINGAPORE WITH THE OCCUPATION FORCES. THE RAAF MEN WHO BROUGHT THIS DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT WITH PARATROOPERS ARE 300296 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) A. W. RANDALL, CAULFIELD, VIC, PILOT; 420844 FLYING OFFICER S. WILLIAMS DFC, PUNCH BOWL, NSW; 3490 FLT LT A. H. SPOONER DFC, MOONEE PONDS, VIC.