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TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-06-29. ALL PEOPLE UNDER THE CONTROL OF NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION WERE GRANTED A HOLIDAY, THEIR FIRST SINCE D DAY, TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF PRINCE BERNHARD OF HOLLAND. THE DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES CELEBRATED IN THEIR OWN WAY. BRIGADIER D A WHITEHEAD, COMMANDER 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, REPRESENTING AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ON TARAKAN, INSPECTING A PARADE OF NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES TROOPS, AND THEN SPOKE TO THE LEADER OF THE CHINESE COMMUNITY WHO CELEBRATED THE EVENT WITH A PROCESSION. SHOWN, BRIGADIER WHITEHEAD AND CAPTAIN J O GEDDES, STAFF CAPTAIN HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, TALKING TO THE LEADER OF THE CHINESE COMMUNITY UNDER THEIR BANNER.
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