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TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-27. ONE OF TWO 7.5CM KRUPP ESSEN DUTCH COASTAL DEFENCE GUNS (MADE 1913) TAKEN BY A PATROL COMPRISING MEMBERS OF 8TH SECTION AND C TROOP HQ, 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON, WHICH PENETRATED TO THE CAPE DJOEATA AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: CORPORAL (CPL) K. MERRITT (1); CAPTAIN N. T. NICOLAY (2); LIEUTENANT J. J. MAYFIELD (3); CPL C. C. DONNELLEY (4).
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-27. ONE OF TWO 7.5CM KRUPP ESSEN DUTCH COASTAL DEFENCE GUNS (MADE 1913) TAKEN BY A PATROL COMPRISING MEMBERS OF 8TH SECTION AND C TROOP HQ, 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON, WHICH PENET
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-28. TROOPER P. W. SHERRING (1) WATCHING THE HILLSIDE WHILE CORPORAL C. C. DONNELLEY (2) AND CAPTAIN N. T. NICOLAY (3) LOOK INTO THE PILLBOX FOR BOOBY TRAPS. THE MEN, MEMBERS OF
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-28. A NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY TRACK, CONNECTING TWO 7.5CM DUTCH COASTAL DEFENCE GUNS (KRUPP ESSEN, MADE 1913). LOYAL FEATURE DOMINATES THE SITE OF THE GUNS LOCATED NEAR THE BEACH
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-27. TELESCOPIC SIGHT BELONGING TO A 7.5 DUTCH COASTAL DEFENCE GUN (KRUPP ESSEN, MADE 1913). PICTURED ARE TROOPER G. A. MCGOWAN (1) AND CAPTAIN N. T. NICOLAY (2) MEMBERS OF A PA
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-28. LIEUTENANT J. J. T. MAYFIELD, C TROOP, 9 SECTION AND CAPTAIN N. T. NICOLAY, OFFICER IN CHARGE, C TROOP, 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON, CHECKING A SMALL WOODEN PIER AT CAPE DJOEAT
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-27. A PATROL FROM 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON FOUND TWO 7.5CM DUTCH COASTAL DEFENCE GUNS (KRUPP ESSEN MADE 1913). SHOWN ONE OF THE TWO CONCRETE AMMUNITION LOCKERS BUILT INTO THE EM
