The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion organised a carnival on the 8th August 1945 for the native children of Beaufort, British West Borneo. The 2/43 Battalion entrant Miss Liew Kui Yun is presented with a sash bearing the title 'Miss Beaufort' by VX133 Brigadier Selwyn Havelock Watson Craig Porter, DSO, ED, Commander 24th Australian Infantry Brigade. The children enjoyed all the fun of a carnival; slides, swings, games and native dances. Included in this number is 16mm Kodachrome footage taken by Military History Section photographer, SX16312 Sergeant Keith Carr Rainsford of the same subject; also shows the 2/16th Australian Field Company, RAE building a 140 foot Bailey Bridge spanning the Bongawan River on 9th August 1945. Also identified is VX89030 Lieutenant Colonel William Edward Hanley Stanner.
Opens with a close up of a sign show the word Beaufort written in English and Chinese. An Australian soldier walks up to a woman with a child both carrying open umbrellas and points to the camera. Ano
Lieutenant Colonel Harold Jackson was Contact Officer (rank at the time was Major) in 3 Australian Prisoner of War Contact and Enquiry Unit and carried out the release and repatriation of POW on Haina
