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Photograph 109145 Second World War, 1939-1945LABUAN ISLAND. 10 JUNE 1945. BODY OF A JAPANESE SNIPER SHOT BY TROOPS OF 2/43 INFANTRY BATTALION.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LABUAN ISLAND. 10 JUNE 1945. BODY OF A JAPANESE SNIPER SHOT BY TROOPS OF 2/43 INFANTRY BATTALION.
LABUAN ISLAND. 10 JUNE 1945. BODY OF A JAPANESE SNIPER SHOT BY TROOPS OF 2/43 INFANTRY BATTALION.

LABUAN ISLAND. 10 JUNE 1945. BODY OF A JAPANESE SNIPER SHOT BY TROOPS OF 2/43 INFANTRY BATTALION.

LABUAN ISLAND. 10 JUNE 1945. GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, SUPREME COMMANDER, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR LESLIE J MORSHEAD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 1 CORPS

LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 10 JUNE 1945. MEMBERS OF 9 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 2/43 INFANTRY BATTALION, TAKING COVER BEHIND COCONUT PALMS AS A JAPANESE SNIPER OPENS UP ON THEM.

LABUAN ISLAND. 10 JUNE 1945. MEMBERS OF A PATROL FROM 2/43 INFANTRY BATTALION INSPECTING THE WRECKAGE OF A JAPANESE TWIN ENGINED BOMBER FOR POSSIBLE SNIPERS. IDENTIFIED: PRIVATE CRIMMINS.

LABUAN ISLAND. 12 JUNE 1945. TROOPS 2/43 INFANTRY BATTALION, SUPPORTED BY MATILDA TANKS OF 2/9 ARMOURED REGIMENT, MOVING UP TO THEIR FORWARD POSITIONS.
