The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
On 20 September 1945, 251858 (NX148) Brigadier Ivan Noel Dougherty DSO, Commander, 21 Australian Infantry Brigade, arrived at Macassar for an official visit. During his stay he inspected a guard of honour formed by English Naval ratings who had been prisoners of the Japanese for three and a half years. Also he read a proclamation to the natives of the island announcing their official liberation. Special note: English Naval ratings in Guard of Honor are wearing Australian slouch hats. Also identified: 18001 (QX6378) Lieutenant Colonel Richard Harold Marson and The Sultan of Tenggarong on the steps ouutside the Sultan's Palace.
On 1 October 1945, troops of 2/14 Australian Infantry Battalion were transported from Balikpapan in HMAS Gascoyne and HMAS Burdekin to occupy Macassar. Prior to this, however, on 27 September 1945, tr
On 26 March 1946, Lord and Lady Louis Mountbatten made an official visit to Melbourne, VIC. They arrived by York aircraft at Laverton Aerodrome where Lord Mountbatten inspected a guard supplied by the
Admiral D C Ramsey, Commander in Chief US Pacific Fleet, with a party of his staff officers, paid a visit to the BCOF zone. Arriving at Hiroshima station they were met by 26 (N392) Brigadier Ronald Ni
