The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-25. PRIVATE (PTE) E. J. COOK (1) POURING OIL OVER A LONG-DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIER WHILE PTE F. D. LINES (6) TURNS THE CORPSE OVER WITH A SHOVEL ONTO A GROUNDSHEET FOR BURNING AND BURIAL. THE AREA IS NOW OCCUPIED BY MEMBERS OF D COMPANY, 2/48TH INFANTRY BATTALION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: PTE L. K. WATTERS (2); PTE K. B. MCKEOWN (3); PTE V. L. JOHNSTONE (4); LIEUTENANT R. R. HOLLAND (5); PTE F. D. LINES (6).
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-25. PRIVATE (PTE) E. J. COOK (4) POURING OIL OVER A LONG DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIER WHILE PTE F. D. LINES (3) TURNS THE CORPSE OVER WITH A SHOVEL ONTO A GROUNDSHEET FOR BURNING AND
Group portrait of No 18 Platoon, D Company, 2/48th Battalion. Identified, left to right, back row: SX7472 Private (Pte) L G Steicke; NX178162 Pte E J Cook; SX17669 Pte K R Florence;WX29418 Pte J M Gar
Group portrait of the Headquarters Platoon, D Company, 2/48th Battalion. Identified, left to right, back row: QX34605 Corporal (Cpl) D E Frame; VX78433 Cpl A B Frith; QX37085 Private (Pte) E R Watters
Group portrait of the members of No 6 Platoon, 2/48th Battalion. Identified, left to right, back row: SX8384 Private (Pte) E Matthiessen; VX109852 Pte H J Smith; SX12980 Pte E H Merritt; NX169560 Pte
TARAKAN ISLAND. BORNEO. 1945-05-01. STAFF SERGEANT R. L. SCOTT, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, LOOKING THROUGH A JAPANESE PERISCOPE ON YELLOW BEACH. SMOKE FROM A BURNING OIL WELL RISES IN THE B
Tarakan Island. 12 July 1945. Members of 18 Platoon, D Company, 2/24 Infantry Battalion, at Djoeata Boorterein. Left to right, back row: Private (Pte) W. F. Marriett; Pte R. K. Hawker; Pte R. J. Matth
