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Photograph 108401 Second World War, 1939-1945TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-28. CAPE DJOEATA, NOW OCCUPIED BY MEMBERS OF C TROOP, 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON, AS SEEN FROM A LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED ON ITS WAY BACK TO LINGKAS BEACH.

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TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-28. THE VIEW LOOKING NORTH EAST ALONG THE BEACH AT CAPE DJOEATA SHOWING OLD DUTCH BEACH LANDING OBSTACLES IN THE FORM OF A DOUBLE ROW OF WOODEN POSTS ABOUT TEN FEET HIGH. SOME ARE STRUNG WITH WIRE CABLES. MEMBERS OF C TROOP, 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON ARE NOW IN THE AREA.
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-28. CAPE DJOEATA, NOW OCCUPIED BY MEMBERS OF C TROOP, 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON, AS SEEN FROM A LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED ON ITS WAY BACK TO LINGKAS BEACH.

TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-28. MEMBERS OF C TROOP, 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON INSPECTING ONE OF THE 7.5CM DUTCH COASTAL DEFENCE GUNS OVERLOOKING THE BEACH AT CAPE DJOEATA AFTER THEY HAD DRIVEN THE JAPANESE

TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-28. MEMBERS OF C TROOP, 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON, INSPECTING ONE OF THE 7.5CM DUTCH COASTAL DEFENCE GUNS OVERLOOKING THE BEACH AT CAPE DJOEATA AFTER THEY HAD DRIVEN THE JAPANESE

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. 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, 1945-05-27. THE PATROL FROM 8 SECTION AND C TROOP HQ, 2/4TH COMMANDO SQUADRON MOVING NORTH ALONG THE TELEGRAPH TRACK BETWEEN TALL TIMBER TO CAPE DJOEATA.
