Informal portrait of Japanese naval personnel found by members of the 2/5th Australian Field ...

Accession Number 030373/03
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Informal portrait of Japanese naval personnel found by members of the 2/5th Australian Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), in a damaged tunnel near Orr's Junction, Balikpapan, South Borneo. The photographs were taken in the vicinity of Orr's Junction and the personnel are probably of 22 Base Force (Navy) under the command of Vice Admiral M. Kamada, Supreme Commander of Japanese Forces in South Borneo. This Force opposed the landing of the 7th Australian Division.