Kuching, Sarawak. 1945-09-11. Brigadier T.C. Eastwick, Commanding Kuching Force, 9 Australian ...

Place Asia: Borneo, Sarawak, Kuching
Accession Number 116932
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Burke, Frank Albert Charles
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Kuching, Sarawak. 1945-09-11. Brigadier T.C. Eastwick, Commanding Kuching Force, 9 Australian Army Division, accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel A.W. Walsh, Commanding Officer 2/10th Australian Field Regiment (a liberated prisoner of war), together with Japanese Colonel T. Suga, Commandant of Borneo Prisoner of War Camps, attended a parade held at the Prisoner of War and Internee Camp of Kuching to inform the occupants of their liberation.