MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04-12. PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE ...

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Accession Number OG2415
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04-12. PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE ATTENDED BY COMMANDERS OF RAAF COMMAND, FIRST TACTICAL AIR FORCE, RAAF, US NAVY AND AUSTRALIAN ARMY. DETAILS OF THE AUSTRALIAN LANDING ON TARAKAN ISLAND, OFF THE NORTH-EAST COAST OF BORNEO WERE DISCUSSED. AMONGST THOSE PRESENT WERE: REAR-ADMIRAL FORREST ROYAL, US NAVY; LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD; AIR VICE-MARSHAL W. B. BOSTOCK CB CBE.